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Chapter 132 - Episode Seven
Chapter 132 - Episode Seven
Chapter 132 - Episode Seven
“Tha-, that’s right! Go check it out, Euris! Go check on the remains of Nalgarn!”
Lark keeps his grip on my hand and instructs Euris.
I lightly tug on it to see if it’s time to let go, but it doesn’t budge.
I decided to give up and let my hand do what it was doing.
“No, I’ve just seen them already. I’ve seen that he has three neatly lined up.”
“Then it’s true! Really, Nalgarn is…… oh, thank God……”
…… The character is totally different from what I expected, this guy.
Was that the one where the gatekeeper was strangely difficult, or was it because he was neurotic and didn’t want to provoke the lord?
I thought there wasn’t much concrete talk about the bad reputation, I didn’t know there wasn’t any substance to begin with.
Well, if the dissatisfaction of the residents grew, it would be the lord who would get hung up even if they didn’t do anything particularly bad.
“So…… um, my hand……”
“Oh, oh! How could I not yet greeted my benefactor You have not yet greeted your benefactor with the things I have done. My name is Lark Fage, and I am the lord who governs this territory. May I ask your name, then?”
Even if it’s hypothetical, the nobleman came from underneath a great deal.
Just how much was this lord driven in the corner?
I urged him to let go of my hand with a glance, but he didn’t seem to notice, so I decided to leave it be for now.
“I’m Abel, and from the right, Mea, and Elia. Actually, I was wondering if I could live in this territory for a while……”
“Hoh, Hoh! If you’re willing to stay in this kind of territory, you can stay forever. But right now, there are so many problems……”
Lark said shyly, releasing his hand from my hand and pressing his forehead.
“The number of food problems, damage to magical beasts, drought……In addition, the number of thefts and fights has been increasing rapidly every year. We’ve been trying to deal with it, but to be honest, things aren’t getting much better.”
…… And in addition, the reputation of the lord is fatally bad, right?
It’s not surprising that the new lord guarantees me a new position, that I would receive a strange backlash from some.
It’s a good thing that I’ve been able to ingratiate myself with the people of his domain because of Nalgarn’s incident, but even the vigilantes guarding this domain were treated as the lord’s dogs just because they were under Lark’s command.
I’m not sure how they will look at me either.
…… As expected, I’d like to think that it’s only a small group of people who are that extreme, though.
“This is difficult for me to say as the lord, but it’s not a condition that I can recommend. No, your food and clothing and shelter, of course, I’ll guarantee it, even if I had to cut a portion of mine. I just wanted you to understand that the security situation is not very good.”
When you say that much, it’s heavy on the contrary……
I knew before I came that we were having problems, but it’s hard for us to move forward with the conversation when you deprecate yourself this much.
“No, no, please don’t be so humble. This is a very good territory. And the character of the residents……”
Character…… Now that I think of it, this person is grieving that the residents is throwing his mansion unfertilized eggs.
Telling the lord that the character of the lord’s people is good isn’t any kind of flattery.
I tried to think of many other things, but none of the good things about the Fage Domain came to mind.
“Well…… A-anyway, it’s a nice place. I look forward to working with you in the future.”
“Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, okay.”
Lark, realizing our feelings, was awkwardly fiddling with the ends of his hair.
“Don’t worry! I’ll build a mansion for you! About five stories, a fine one!”
“No no, circumstances may force me to leave soon, so an inn or an empty house will suffice!”
“…… Oh, yeah?”
…… Why is this person so extreme?
A five-story building is much taller than the lord’s mansion…… and in addition, if we do such a thing in this state, we’d be the first to be noticed by the residents.
At any rate, since we’ve already greeted the lord…… the only thing left to do is to check the atmosphere of the territory, and then we can go and meet the other residents.
I also want to make sure that the Adventurer’s Support Center is functioning.
Then we’ll have to figure out what to do with Nalgarn.
After that…… I should help them weed out the magical beasts.
Depending on the functioning situation of the Adventurer Support Center, it may not be possible to expect much in the way of remuneration, but I’d prefer to avoid making the place where we’re going to live to be unsafe.
Once the immediate problems are taken care of, the residents will become more or less docile.
This is a frontier area with little interaction with the rest of the world to begin with, and from the appearance of the head of the family, Lark, he doesn’t seem to be the type who wants to cause trouble with other territories.
Even if you can make some connections, it’s unlikely that you’ll be dragged into a strange dispute.
At worst, if they run away, they wouldn’t have the power to come after them or imitate them to put pressure on the other territories to threaten them.
Huh…… isn’t that the best place for me to work for?
If you can revive the territory, you can create a debt of gratitude, and you may even be able to get them to invest in the cost of your magical research.
As long as it’s in the name of benefiting the territory, as long as I can create trust, I can borrow the prospect of profit in advance.
Not only that, but they could also help us to procure technology and materials.
In the future, it may be possible to create Magiphone, a magic cell phone that I have been wanting to make for a long time, build a magic tower, and even mass-produce it.
“Abel…… Abel? What happened, being silent all of a sudden? You look like you plan bad, you know?”
Besides, if you are the benefactor of a frontier lord, it should eventually be possible to get him to twist and turn the ordinances into whatever he wants.
In other words, it is possible to get rid of the complex, goose-stepping regulations on bio-magic with the lord’s authority, or even get special permission.
“What’s the matter, Abel-kun? Is there something that I said offended you……”
“No! I’m reasonably confident in my magic skills! I hope that I can be of help in the reconstruction of this territory!”
“Really, that’s reassuring! Ah…… no, but there’s a magical organization that manages in my name, and there’s a bit of a problem there as well……”
Again.
Just how much trouble is this territory in.
When I checked Mea and Elia’s faces with a side glance, they seemed to agree with me, and their expressions were dead.
I glanced at Euris as well, but she silently looked away from me.
“So…… well, as for me, I’d like to have you work in a separate frame of reference…… but, well, as long as it’s in the name of helping me with magic, it’s inevitable that you’ll be incorporated. That is, well, I can’t do much with it, I mean……”
Eh, ehhhh……
You just said it was an organization under your control, but……
W-well, It’s alright.
It’s a trivial matter now that we’ve come this far.
“…… in that case, I hope to be assigned to that department.”
“No, no! I’ll give you a little more time to look around, and if you think it’s OK, you can come in! I don’t know if they will try to lure you in…… but at any rate, there’s no need for you to rush to get to them.!”
…… no, it’s an organization under your control, isn’t it?
To begin with, you’re the highest person in this territory, right?
Isn’t there actually another lord who’s a scapegoat or something to keep them from complaining?