Chapter 44 (1/2)

Chapter 44 - The Local People and Capital City Project

I changed my t.i.tle/series template. It seems that NU bot bug was caused by how I name the chapter.

The village chief who had solidified returned to sanity. We gathered in his house.

Because it will affect their very own village, most villagers have gathered too.

The village chief's house is the largest in the village but as expected, everyone can't enter. Because of this, all the doors and windows were opened and let the other villagers to peep from there.

I am being guarded by Sainos, Sedeia, and Sunny in the village chief's house. The village chief, Dan, his wife Miera, and their daughter Sherry are there too.

I want to keep Lagreat's transformation as a secret so I have to let him wait outside in his dragon form.

「Why are you here?」

The village chief suddenly complained to Dan who sat next to him.

「I will be Ren-dono's subordinate. There is no problem if I stay here.」

「How selfis.h.!.+」

The village chief complained to Dan's argument. The village chief lifts up his eyes.

「That's all right. Let me speak for the time being.」

I suddenly cut out their talk to sooth the quarrel of these two.

「I told you earlier but I founded a country. If the people of this village are fine with it, we'll proceed with our plan of constructing a castle a short distance from here to the forest of abyss.」

As I said again, the village chief nodded greatly.

「You don't need to ask! We would like to cooperate by all means!」

The village chief did not even take the vote of the villagers and immediately gave his approval. I intend to ask the others for their opinion but all of the villagers in my view are nodding for some reason.

Is the dragon knight t.i.tle that effective to people?

I was surprised but I noticed that there was someone who is not nodding.

The mage, Sherry.

「Do you object? 」

When I ask, Sherry shakes her head in a hurry.

「N-no! Th-this village is a part of Rembrandt Kingdom. Therefore…. 」

When Sherry said so, the village chief held a rough fist and snorted.

「What are you saying? I would tell it personally to Earl Villiers if you like! Dragon Knight-sama founded a nation! Who would decline such a miracle! 」

The village chief swings his arms as he says so.

Though it is natural, it seems that they were not informed of what happened yesterday.

I opened my mouth looking at the excited village chief and the worried Sherry.

「Ah, Earl Villiers, his margrave territory, along with other feudal lords surrounding his territory will be part of my country.  Because of his track record of maintaining the margrave territory, the earl will be my prime minister for the time being.」

「Nue!? E-earl Villiers will be prime minister!? There is already a talk like that…! 」

「Wa, Earl-sama? 」

The village chief and Sherry were surprised at my explanation. I also heard surprised voices from the villagers outside.

I nodded at the two of them and pointed at Sainos who stands behind me.

「We have a certain amount of confidence in battle. We can subdue a dragon king cla.s.s without any problem. However, I have never managed a country. It would be nice to create everything from scratch but it will definitely take a long time and will be confusing before it takes shape.」

「I-Indeed. Because of that, Earl Villiers…. 」

「Eh? Dragon king? Eh? 」

The two of them reacted to my explanation, but I keep talking without minding them.

I want them to understand quickly so that we can proceed in making the castle.

Viva monozukuri!

***TN: monozukuri means manufacturing/crafting/making things manually. I find it hard to find the right words to put in that cheer.***

「Ah, for the time being, I'll look around the territory while the castle is being built to fix problem places. I'll be able to understand the problem immediately once I speak with the resident. 」

When I said so to delimit the topic, the village chief hit an oak handle.

「Splendid! To actually see and hear the citizens directly!? No king had performed such in their reign! 」

The village chief is groaning alone as he says so.

He's totally lifting me in a way that makes me feel that I'm receiving entertainment or something.

「Ah, then it's good. I want to make this village a capital city. 」

「Thank you very much for that proposal! My best regards from now on! 」

As soon as I uttered the request, the village chief shouted loudly and showed approval.

Dan's family's shoulder bounced as they are surprised from the excessively loud voice.