Vol 1 Chapter 5 (1/2)
Chapter 5: Pick One of the Two Routes
—- The Mansion in the Outskirts of the Village of Wintering
The Deht?”
The Chief Maid: “Yes Hmm, well You look completely different”
The De: “What’s with that comment?”
The Chief Maid: “Since the Hero is gone, you haven’t been paying attention to the things you eat”
The Des like ‘The Hero is gone’ He’s just on a short trip”
The Chief Maid: “Yes, of course I would spenda person ould be able to si”
The De really harsh”
The Chief Maid: “Today is a beautiful day, De”
The De: “Hm I’m not satisfied”
The Chief Maid: “That being said, you’re going to be doing negotiations You ought to dress up”
The De: “Even so, how should I put it…”
The Chief Maid: “?”
The Deaudy?”
The Chief Maid: “Isn’t it a?”
The De: “I’m a bit worried that the neckline is way too low”
The Chief Maid: “That’s called being stylish”
The De: “Noooo…”
The Chief Maid: “Are you eraceful flab?”
The De: “Hey, shut up! I-I’la about her I’m just very motherly”
The Chief Maid: “I mean that your non-maternal meat is very flabby”
The De: “Oooh You’re really mean today”
The Chief Maid: “You’re a bit worked up The defence organizations have been assembled”
The De: “How is that?”
The Chief Maid: “Horror Ghost and Night Ghost have been activated Well, will h…”
The De: “Are you worried?”
The Chief Maid: “Our enemies aren’t noblemen or even soldiers, they’reis really best left to you”
The De: “You believe in me too much”
The Chief Maid: “I’s I cannot help with”
The De: “It can’t be helped This is a barrier we can’t sur it”
The Chief Maid: “At least if the Hero were here…”
The De: “If the Hero were to be useful, then that would otiations have completely failed In such an instance we should run Hence, there is nothere”
The Chief Maid: “I’m worried that you won’t be able to bluff the noblemen”
The De: “Eh?”
The Chief Maid: “Well, that’s fine as well”
The De: “Don’t mess with me”
The Chief Maid: “It’s almost time”
Maid Little Sister: “The guests are in the hall ～ My sister is currently serving tea to them ～”
The Chief Maid: “Please don’t stretch the ends of your sentences”
Maid Little Sister: “Understood ♪”
The Chief Maid: “De? Are you prepared?”
The De: “Ahh … Umm, Chief Maid, am I supposed to button this button?”
The Chief Maid: “That button is decorative It is not meant to be buttoned”
The De: “Then, allow me to wear my lab coat over my dress! At least I’ll look like a scholar!”
The Chief Maid: “You’re not a comedian”
Maid Little Sister: “Mistress, you have wonderful boobies ♪”
The Chief Maid: “This girl Well then, De”
The Deo!”
—- The De’s Mansion, the Guest Hall
Door opens
Young Merchant: “Ahh, this is!”
Shrewd Accountant: “Hoho”
The De wait I aless position, really In any case, please call me the Crimson Scholar”
Young Merchant: “Pleased to er in the Southern Frozen Sea”
Shrewd Accountant: “I areet you I hope to make your acquaintance”
The Deed”
Young Merchant: “We truly cannot hide our astonishment! A scholar and an inventor Pardon ricultural engineering, I had ie, but to think that you were indeed such a beautiful and exquisite lady”
The De: “Oh, you praise me far too much”
Young Merchant: “No, no, to think that the Scholar would be not only brilliantly intelligent but would also have beauty radiant beyond comparison” Smiles
The Chief Maid: (The flattery of merchants is truly powerful)
The De: “It’s my pleasure to be able to meet such a witty and handsootiate despite ence”
The Chief Maid: (Oho, the Deuarded)
Young Merchant: “No, no …After receiving that improved compass, I had to rush down here immediately”
The De: “And that took you a whole month?”
Young Merchant: “Hahaha I’m embarrassed about that For a novicewith the Union, there are an entire slew of procedures which must first be done”
Shrewd Accountant: “We are terribly sorry to have ”
The Deotiations… Please look at this first”
Young Merchant: “This is…”
Shrewd Accountant: “Sorain? I’ve never seen it before”
The De: “This is a plant known as maize”
Young Merchant: “Hoho”
Shrewd Accountant: “Maize? Not a compass?”
The De: “The special qualities of this food product are detailed in this book I would like for you to take it back with you For the ti, allow me to explain this to you personally”
Young Merchant: “Please do, Scholar”
The Dee is that it is capable of growing healthily in an environh water environrowth Of course, there is a minimum level of water required And furtherermination”
Young Merchant: “30 degrees, huh?”
Shrewd Accountant: “Surely that’s a little high”
The De: “Yes it is It will be impossible to replace wheat with this maize”
Young Merchant: “Hmm”
The De which we cannot grow here, but is perfectly suited for the barren wastelands in the Central Continent”
Young Merchant: “…!”
The De: “In terms of food preparation, it can be dried and milled into a sort of flour and used to s This flour is fragrant and deliciously sweet After being dried it stores excellently in the right conditions In terms of its use as livestock feed, it’s many times more effective than barley or tulips Furtherh oil content, oil can even be extracted from it”
Young Merchant: “… Oil, huh”
Shrewd Accountant: “…”
The De: “Hmm A cartload of maize will probably only be able to make two bottles of oil However, this oil can be obtained during the et both of the products Naturally, the oil can be used for food preparation, alongside a variety of other uses”
Young Merchant: “It is certainly true… that oil increases in demand year by year The Union definitely requires it”
The De: “My friends, I would like you to consider this new business product”
Young Merchant: “…”
The De: “Of course, this will require a massive startup capital This capital will be used to send colonists to the wastelands to found farin to turn thee in a wasteland requires both capital and manpower, this can be achieved if you were to followthat covers the entire area, cohout the Central Continent where s communities foranized far system, but is certainly possible Moreover, all of these new colonies will be completely under the influence of the Union as a sort ofwith maize, new markets for other commodities and perishables like wood, salt, metal and cloth will arise”
Young Merchant: “In other words…”
Shrewd Accountant: “…Just what do you want?”
Young Merchant: “This is not about products or agricultural techniques, this is about selling the Union an ideology, is that correct?”
The De: “That is correct”
Young Merchant: “I understand, I… have heard what you had to say and I understand the price that must be paid Your words… I don’t think anyone would say anything like that in the cities of the Central Continent… no, I don’t think anyone would say anything like that anywhere in the world…”
The Deot a nice expression”
Young Merchant: “I’m sorry?”
The De to butter me up”
Young Merchant: “Is that so? Well In any case, I ht?”
The Deht?”
Young Merchant: “What you said just now, and the coiven s You have given y nor the product In other words, there is no way forwhich you have mentioned”
The De: “That’s true”
Young Merchant: “Have you not considered that ill si attention to your plan? Where will you benefit? Do you not intend to protect your rights?”
The De: “I have to surrender to the circumstances”
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Explanation
Milling: The act of creating flour This is especially done with grains like wheat orthe husks of the grains and chaff froy
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Young Merchant: “I’m sorry?”
The Dey and the plans are brilliant It is truly worthy of research There are also advantages If there’s money to be made, I would like that as well, because I would like to carry out even hts by preventing technological transfer for ain, the impact on the world would be limited What’s important is transfer and penetration”
Shrewd Accountant: “Is this soical treatise? It’s too complicated, I don’t understand”
Young Merchant: “…”
The De Merchant understand?”
Young Merchant: “…”
The De?”
Young Merchant: “In that case… You…”
The De: “…”
Young Merchant: “Need us to make a choice?”
The De: “You came here to make a choice did you not? As I understand, that’s what it ”
Young Merchant: “But, that’s… Just what is your intention?”
The De: “An early end to the war”
Young Merchant: “?!”
The De for an end which is neither victory nor defeat”
Young Merchant: “That’s…”
The De: “As I understand, the Union’s chief involve the primary sponsor to the Central Continent”
Young Merchant: “De of the force that opposes the Dely obvious that ould throw everything we have into it?”
The De: “That’s a very politically correct view point”
Young Merchant: “It’s the correct view point”
The Deh or lohether North or South, whether arid or frozen, working as an interht and shadow, cooperating and doing business, and in so doing, deriving benefits Is that not the job description of a merchant?”
Young Merchant: “Y-you…”
The De: “Yes?”
Young Merchant: “Are you a friend or a foe of the Union?”
The De: “I am a business partner”
Young Merchant: “…”
The Chief Maid: (De, you can do it!)
Young Merchant: “You are asking me to pick between two routes”
The De: “What do you mean?”
Young Merchant: “As a human, your previous statements are a betrayal Even from the Church, they are still contradictory I should probably just capture you and take you back to stand trial”
The Chief Maid: (De, we have Black Ops units positioned in the forests awaiting an ambush)
The De: (Keep it under control)
The De to split the world simply into friends and foes”
Shrewd Accountant: “… We have forces standing by”
Young Merchant: “Fine… Allow us to test you”
The De: “…”
Young Merchant: “Has it been this way previously?”
The Deions of the Central Continent, we have begun to replace water wheels with functional windh it does deplete soun to introduce paper as a replace material”
Young Merchant: “Just what is your focus?”
The De in Economics”
Young Merchant: “Economics…?”
The De: “I’m sure that’s a word you have not heard often I specialize in the flow of goods and money, the calculation of revenues and costs, the production of goods in a society and the transfers of said goods both historically and for the future”
Young Merchant: “Revenues and costs, huh”
The Deht My focus is but the same as yours”
Young Merchant: “For this, you intend to betray humankind? Your dream may be to put an end to this war, but just what makes you think this benefits me?”
The De: “I have faith”
Young Merchant: “What do you have faith in? Me? The Union? Humanity?”
The De: “Profit motive is a vocabulary we both have in coest bond in all the world”
Young Merchant: “—Ahahahahaha!”
Shrewd Accountant: “What?”
Young Merchant: “No, it’s true It is just as you say Before being a hu an adherent of the Church, I am first a merchant This is truly the motto of the Union”
Shrewd Accountant: “That’s…”
Young Merchant: “What an unexpected surprise, even for ht to tomorrow”
Shrewd Accountant: “That’s…”
Young Merchant: “Yeah, you can back out of it if you want”
The De Merchant”
Young Merchant: “Oh my I’ve never experienced such a level of nervousness even when dealing with Eastern Merchants What a relief that you are a scholar and not a merchant”
The De: “I am but a powerless and weak existence”
Young Merchant: “No, no, as a member of the nobility, you do have some level of power even here”
The Chief Maid: (Of course The De is still royalty even here!)
Young Merchant: “But, that’s… The second strongest bond, eh?”
The De: “…”
Young Merchant: “When can you begin shi+pping the corn?”
The De, we have yet to begin cultivating the shoots We will shi+p the”
Young Merchant: “That’s early enough After listening to your plan, it see in the core territories of the Union For this huge profit, it would be easy to shi+p the goods but we hts over the profits No matter what, in order to see your dream to fruition, you will need much more power”
The Dereat that the compasses came into use after all”
Young Merchant: “Allow me to make use of them as much as possible”
—- The Mansion in the Outskirts of the Village of Wintering, at the Door
The Chief Maid: “The day is drawing to a close, please take care”
The De nearby, do you not?”
Young Merchant: “A ‘caravan’ eh, hahaha”
The De: “I have also made some precautions, for us both”
Young Merchant: “Wow, today is just a series of surprises”
The De: “I have heart proble”
Young Merchant: “That’s right… You said we share the second strongest bond What is the strongest?”
The De: “As I’m sure you know, Love”
Shrewd Accountant: “—That’s…”
Young Merchant: “Ahahahahaha Yes! A twice in one day!”
The De even little children know” Smiles
Young Merchant: “Definitely! I am now lost on those two routes of which I spoke to you about earlier I’ve given up on killing you Now… I can only ask for your hand in e”
The De: “Wh-hat the hell?!”
Young Merchant: “What do you e proposal”
The Dehtly! Know your place!”
Young Merchant: “My, ht of the subtleties in life Really Do you think I would earnestly ask for your hand insome sort of dowry?”
The De: “I, I, that’s…”
Young Merchant: “No, no These sorts of things requirerelationshi+p will be the deciding factor, it’s an important weapon for any merchant”
The De: “No The ansill still be the sa you take”
Young Merchant: “Well then, till we ain! Perhaps in the city or on a boat I will send you the contract as soon as possible, Beautiful Lady Hahaha… Do you mind if I call you that?”
The De: “Don’t call me that!”
—- A Se of Wintering
Maid Little Sister: “～ ♪ ～♪”
Maid Elder Sister: “You’re in good spirits”
Maid Little Sister: “Yep I really enjoy scrubbing these pots”
Maid Elder Sister: “We’re really lucky to have been able to find such warm and productive jobs”
Cicadas chirping
Maid Little Sister: “Yep Just last autuhtfall”
Maid Elder Sister: “Yeah”
Maid Little Sister: “This tiently like everyone else”
Maid Elder Sister: “Really? Good luck with that”
Maid Little Sister: “Are you not doing that as well?”
Maid Elder Sister: “I a to use some difficult words”
Maid Little Sister: “It’s alright Re words is for, umm…”
Maid Elder Sister: “‘The whims of the nobility’?”
Maid Little Sister: “Yes, that’s right! That’s what the Spectacles Sister said”
Maid Elder Sister: “The Chief Maid really takes care of us”
Maid Little Sister: “But she’s scary and gets angry real fast”
Maid Elder Sister: “She’s not angry She’s just scolding us… She’s actually a really kind person”
Maid Little Sister: “Is that so? My ass hurts because she made me sit on the chair in that painful position”
Maid Elder Sister: “That’s because you ate food that fell on the floor”
Maid Little Sister: “You used to do that too”
Maid Elder Sister: “Don’t they give us enough food?”
Maid Little Sister: “Yeah”
Maid Elder Sister: “Then don’t do such es”
Maid Little Sister: “What are you going to do for the New Year’s Festival?”
Maid Elder Sister: “What do you mean?”
Maid Little Sister: “It seee?”
Maid Elder Sister: “With whom?”
Maid Little Sister: “The boys and girls of the village, lots of them”
Maid Elder Sister: “I think I’ll pass”
Maid Little Sister: “Really?”
Maid Elder Sister: “There’re lots of chores to be done”
Maid Little Sister: “But the Spectacles Sister said we could go and dance, didn’t she?”
Maid Elder Sister: “True…”
Maid Little Sister: “The mistress isn’t very lively How fun it will be when the Hero returns”
Maid Elder Sister: “Hht”
Maid Little Sister: “?”
Maid Elder Sister: “Let’s prepare some presents for everyone in the mansion for the New Year’s”
Maid Little Sister: “Let’s!”
— The Mansion in the Outskirts of the Village of Wintering, the Master Bedroom
The De: “Write, ’I would like to increase the nurounds I would also like to increase the aold from the Holy Empire’”
The Chief Maid: “…” Scribbles
The De: “Seal that with Beeswax”
The Chief Maid: “As you desire”
The De: “Hm— What’s this?”
The Chief Maid: “It is a letter from the Huntsman”
The De: “Oh yes, I remember, I passed him the Telescope”
The Chief Maid: “Yes”
The De: “What’s this, what’s this, ‘It is convenient and extremely useful’”
The Chief Maid: “It seereat use to him”
The Denification, but its fixed zoom seems to contrarily make it even more useful”
The Chief Maid: “Yes”
The Delad for your speedy report One’s work in the forestry is indeed difficult, but this house has interest in developing a reatly desire a conversation with you, kindly pay us a visit when it is convenient’ Send that out”
The Chief Maid: “Kindly read this as well”
The De: “This is the report from the Holy Order”
The Chief Maid: “My, my”
The De as planned”
The Chief Maid: “That appears to be so”
The De: “However, experiments on the soil samples have shown that nutrients in the soil tend to dry up in high temperatures This causes the immune systems to falter and raises the risk of Infestation”
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Explanation
New Year’s Festival: Since ancient times, the Europeans have celebrated a festival at the end of the year to in to get longer and it celebrates the rebirth of the sun The Christian religion involved the December 25 to January 6 as Christmas
Beeswax: Wax created fro candles in religious functions It is also used as a lubricant and as medicine In this instance, it is used to seal the letter by heating the wax and i it onto the envelope
Telescope: The inventor of the telescope remains unknown While it’s earliest recorded patent appears to have been in the 17thcentury, it was likely already in existence in the latter half of the 16th century, and hence the patentee was likely not the inventor It is prominent as one of the few European inventions of the pre-Renaissance period
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The Chief Maid: “Hmm…”
The De: “This matter will need to be reassessed for the Holy Order”
The Chief Maid: “Shall I write a letter?”
The De: “No, we’ll settle this when I visit them next Make a note of it”
The Chief Maid: “As you desire” Scribbles
The De?”
The Chief Maid: “It’s much easier to write on than vellum”
The De: “Yet mass production has yet to take off”
The Chief Maid: “It’s quite simple to be produced, but to create it in bulk creates other problems…”
The De: “What’s that stack?!”
The Chief Maid: “This stack comes from the Union Patents, receipts, clarifications, reports…”
The Delass, sand? Even pepper, silk and nails?”
The Chief Maid: “It’s all in the list of procurements you have submitted”
The De: “I understand I almost couldn’t recall Do we knoho it is from?”
The Chief Maid: “Let me check the accounts book Oh my”
Flipping pages
The De: “What a complete mess”
The Chief Maid: “Don’t tell ain”
The De: “It can’t be helped Let the Maid Elder Sister do it”
The Chief Maid: “Her?”
The De: “Why not?”
The Chief Maid: “Nothing”
The De: “…?”
The Chief Maid: “It’s alright I’m sure she’s up to the task”