Vol 1 Chapter 9 (2/2)
Seneschal: “Your Majesty, while we prepare for the next group”
Lone Winter King: “I, I understand Five minutes, let me rest for five minutes”
Butler: “Young man, here’s your tea”
Lone Winter King: “This is really hard work”
Butler: “Indeed it is As it should be”
Gulps down tea
Lone Winter King: “Can we speed up the deliberations?”
Butler: “Nope, the very nature of deliberations are slow”
Lone Winter King: “But at the present state……”
Butler: “Yes, but it really can’t be helped”
Lone Winter King: “Don’t tell reement, the number of reports, petitions and appeals have accumulated to this extent!”
Butler: “It was beyond our expectations”
Lone Winter King: “To begin with, have we not already split tax collection into Spring and Autuoods to warehouses in the cities?”
Butler: “Indeed”
Lone Winter King: “Municipally, we’ve already issued the decree to abolish serfdom and settled the issue of nutrition in the ar!?”
Butler: “With the route through the Southern Artic Ocean open, we’ve got port docking perot tax invoices froration…… It’s probably i by yourself, your majesty”
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Explanation
Public Good: A good or service provided by the governes that the entirety of society will be able to benefit from, which is paid for by public money In more developed and urbanised countries like japan, this is needed a lot less, but in places like the Demon World, it is utterly necessary for development to take place
Docking Permits: Ports must set a limit on the nuestion For this reason, docking permits can become very expensive
Ier a particularly special occurrence There were also es and before that It has been said that the true story of the 1284 Pied Piper of Harated to the East
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Lone Winter King: “That’s right, where’s the rest of my officers? Don’t I have Tax Officers?
Butler: “The system collapsed after an intense week and people in with, tax collection is a family business That’s e should have a dedicated civil service like the larger Kingdoms in the Central Continent
Seneschal: “Uation of merchants May I send them in?”
Lone Winter King: “Yeah, there’s no choice, come in!”
Disciple Merchant: “Very pleased to make your acquaintance, Your Majesty!”
Bows
Lone Winter King: “Ohh, glad you could make it, Merchant”
Disciple Merchant: “What a splendid study”
Butler: “This?”
Seneschal: “I’ll look in the mountain Is it this?”
Lone Winter King: “Or is it this? That’s not right!”
Disciple Merchant: “What are you looking for?
Lone Winter King: “Oh, sorry You’re here to trade in herring, right? We’ve received the certificate you sent us, and it’s here somewhere…… There’s also the issue of thisis everywhere”
Merchant: “Oh if you’re looking for that” Ruh mountain
Pulls out paper
Disciple Merchant: “Here it is This is the letter of introduction I submitted earlier…… and the tax is”
Pulls out paper
Disciple Merchant: “Noted in this slip here”
Pulls out paper
Disciple Merchant: “These are the permit applications This month’s is all tied up here, it’s just a few sheets but it’s quite messy”
Lone Winter King: “Ohh! Good job! You’ve saved us a lot of time”
Butler: “Every day is a battle in here”
Seneschal: “Always a pointless battle A battle of attrition so to speak”
Lone Winter King: “So, Merchant About the herring”
Disciple Merchant: “I’m afraid you have it all mixed up I’m the third son of atransactions is the second son, and the one who sits on the Merchant’s Union and handles the finances is the eldest son, I do not have anything to do In other words, I am jobless”
Lone Winter King: “Hmm, that’s a problem Then, what have you come to my Palace for?”
Disciple Merchant: “This Letter of Introduction……”
His education is complete Please use hihly capable
—- Crimson
Lone Winter King: “……”
Disciple Merchant: “If the Palace is willing to lendor in gathering econoence I am, after all, the son of a merchant family”
Lone Winter King: “Hht place Ahahaha”
Butler: “This country alelco people”
Disciple Merchant: “Eh? Why are you all so happy?”
Lone Winter King: “Hahaha! Don’t worry about all the ss! Ahahaha!”
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Explanation
Tax Collector: This can be split into levying (the act of deciding who the tax burden goes to) and collection (the act of physically collecting taxes) The forher-level official Naturally, a fair degree of power is endowed to tax collectors to fulfil their duties
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—- City of the Gate, A Large Boulevard during Ennichi
The Hero: “Heh, it’s fairly exciting out here”
East Fortress Base Co to plan, this is a good start”
The Hero: “What a nice smell”
East Fortress Base Coic Hey, Black Knight Let’s buy some”
The Hero: “Oh, let’s, let’s!”
East Fortress Base Commander: “And some cold ale too”
Human Merchant: “Welcome!”
The Hero: “Givepork”
Hu up! That’ll be two silver pieces!”
The Hero: “Can you really sell things for that price?”
Human Merchant: “For today’s festival, the City’s Merchant’s association is absorbing half of all prices We’re also going to have a big dance later on!”
The Hero: “Really– That’s a really wonderful smell!”
Huht This roast pork is doood!”
East Fortress Base Coons of ale!”
Demon Merchant: “Hey, aren’t you the East Fortress Base Commander?”
East Fortress Base Co you”
De theive me just a moment”
East Fortress Base Co?”
Demon Merchant: “Quite prosperous I think theto the streets just for today It’s such a happy festival”
East Fortress Base Commander: “That would be nice”
De I’ burnt out of your hoh life, isn’t it?”
East Fortress Base Commander: “Yeah, I pro doesn’t happen around here”
Demon Merchant: “Hahahaha! The promises of a Human…… But, it’s the Commander, after all! In this City, perhaps you ons! It’s cold!”
East Fortress Base Commander: “Ohh, just put it down here”
The Hero: “Coot it!”
East Fortress Base Coot the ale here too”
The Hero: “Eat up, eat up”
East Fortress Base Coht Wow! It’s delicious!”
The Hero: “To drink this in this volcano-like heat is really refreshi+ng!”
East Fortress Base Commander: “Cold ale really hits the spot! It’s the best! Oi, this is what I call food!”
Fire Dragon Lady: “So you guys were here”
Deood afternoon”
The Hero: “Ah—“
East Fortress Base Commander: “We went out for a bit”
Fire Dragon Lady: “What do you mean? I told you, this observation is our public duty And to think the two of you were slacking off here”
The Hero: “W, eren’t really slacking off”
East Fortress Base Coet stuff for my subordinates”
The Hero: “I…… don’t have any subordinates……”
Demon Girl: “S, sorry……”
Fire Dragon Lady: “You should feel ashamed about yourself, it’s too late to find an excuse Sir Black Knight!”
The Hero: “Y, yes?”
Fire Dragon Lady: “I aa whole river right now”
The Hero: “You’re not uy said……”
Fire Dragon Lady: “No matter how you try to coax s to you”
The Hero: “No it doesn’t We don’t have that kind of relationshi+p”
Demon Girl: “I, I, I’m sorry”
The Hero: “No, none of this is your fault”
Deht went out…… I’m…… Sorry”
The Hero: “Well, no matter e do, ould have been found out eventually”
East Fortress Base Co said, aren’t you a little overdressed?”
Fire Dragon Lady: “Of course…… That’s because you said, ‘Ennichi is a day even the poorest peasant will dress up’, didn’t you?”
The Hero: “But isn’t that a little too little cloth?”
East Fortress Base Commander: “Hahaha! Haven’t I said this before? No o, you’ll find that people from the East all dress like this, it’s so incredibly hot after all……”
Fire Dragon Lady: “I had to rush it out It takes too long to sew”
The Hero: “I think……”
De…… Here……”
East Fortress Base Coirls are really quite cute”
Fire Dragon Lady: “It tooknow She’s very troublesome”
Demon Girl: “I, I’m sorry…… Sorry”
Fire Dragon Lady: “No, no, it’s okay”
Demon Girl flinches
Fire Dragon Lady: “It’s just that, even though you’re froirl should care about how she looks A Demon who’s yet to be married needs to show off her skin from time to time!”
De……”
Fire Dragon Lady: “It’s a De”
Demon Girl: “Ah, ahhchoo!”
The Hero: “Ohh— Roast potatoes, even in a place like this”
East Fortress Base Commander: “That’s a local delicacy”
The Hero: “Oh right, I forgot it came from the Demon World”
East Fortress Base Commander: “Eat up! Eat up! It’s delicious!”
Fire Dragon Lady: “Husband?”
The Hero: “Delicious, the butter is great”
East Fortress Base Coht? It’s the rock salt”
Fire Dragon Lady: “Husband!!”
The Hero: “Yes!?”
Fire Dragon Lady: “How is it?”
The Hero: “How? It’s a great Ennichi festival”
Fire Dragon Lady: “How?” Snorts fire
Deht”
The Hero: “This is a really delicious potato, isn’t it?”
Fire Dragon Lady: “How, is, it!?” Snorts fire
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Explanation
Rock Salt: Salt which is mined as opposed to dried from seawater in salt flats Seas may have receded from ancient times, orin mineral deposits of salt inland These are abundant in hout the world
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East Fortress Base Co about that”
The Hero: (Small voice) “What?”
East Fortress Base Co”
Fire Dragon Lady fumes
The Hero: “Ah—, yeah! It really suits you! You’ve got a great sense of style, and your idea ofinternational fashi+ons is really splendid! ……It’s a bit revealing, but that’s alright, it’s a festival, after all!”
East Fortress Base Co a bit too far”
Fire Dragon Lady: “R, r, really!? Husband! I’irl in the world!”
—- The Village of Wintering, the Mansion of the De, the Study
The De: “Hmm……”
The Chief Maid: “If you include this otten bigger”
The Deotten shorter as well”
The Chief Maid: “Yes, I believe we’re at the limit……”
The De: “How much time do we have left?”
The Chief Maid: “It’s better if we get it over with as soon as we can, but I would say…… about a week”
The Deht, in a week then”
The Chief Maid: “…… I will do my best”
The Deood job of holding it, it’s nearly time for that day”
The Chief Maid: “Yes”
The De quarters at the Palace of Death”
The Chief Maid: “Understood”
The Deot to hurry up and conclude our work in the Human World”
The Chief Maid: “Yes”
The De: “Don’t make such a face”
The Chief Maid: “……”
The Deain soon”
—- The Kingdom of Metal, on a Hill outside the City
The De, the Hero and Elder Sister Maid teleport in
The De: “The air is really moist here”
Elder Sister Maid: “My head is still throbbing……”
The Deht”
Elder Sister Maid: “Y, yes……”
The De: “Don’t push yourself Take deep breaths”
The Hero: “Now that I think about it, that was your first ti”
Elder Sister Maid: “Yes, it was, enlightening…… I’ht”
The De: “It’s just motion sickness, it can’t be helped”
The Hero: “Just take your time and you’ll recover”
The three walk through the grass
The De: “It should be about 20 minutes to the city”
The Hero: “Indeed”
Elder Sister Maid: “So that’s the Capital of the Kingdom of Metal, how massive!”
The De from it, huh? Looks like there are a lot of factories down there”
The Hero: “That being said, what are we here for today?”
The De: “Yeah, it seems that the prototype of the machine I asked them to construct is finished”
The Hero: “So we’re here to look at it? With the Elder Sister Maid?”
The De my ith her She’s much more capable than any nobleman or merchant”
Elder Sister Maid: “That’s an exaggeration”
The Deo into the city?”
Right Gate Guard: “Stop!”
Left Gate Guard: “Where do you come from, are you mercahnts?”
The Dedom of Winter This is my Identification”
Right Gate Guard: “The Royal Seal of the Kingdoht in!”
The Des”
The Hero: “I’ed to avoid trouble there”
Elder Sister Maid: “A! Are all the houses built from stone?”
The De upwards”
The Hero: “Well, where to?”
Elder Sister Maid: “Where?”
The De: “Hmm, I don’t know”
The Hero: “What, how useless Show me the letter”
The De: “Here” Unfolds letter
The Hero: “Ahh, this is the Craftsmen Quarter by the River”
Elder Sister Maid: “You know this place well!”
The Hero: “I’abond, I have to ation is kind ofsuit”
Elder Sister Maid: “What an a ability”
The Deo?”
The Hero: “Yes, yes”
The Dedo silverware?”
The Hero: “You’re very interested”
The De here”
The Hero: “What sort of workshop are we headed to? A ricultural implements workshop?”
The De, but it’s neither ricultural i about education before right?”
The Hero: “Yeah, I did”
Elder Sister Maid: “?”
The De that education should really play a er role in this world”
The Hero: “…… Hmm”
The Deuess at its size Huainto understand more about the world around them”
The Hero: “That’s what you think But you seem to be convinced that your ht”
Elder Sister Maid: “……”
The Dee is important Well, that’s one level of education Perhaps aeducation is the reality of not having an education and the denying of understanding to those who have no education”
The Hero: “Huh? That’s a bit too complicated for me”
Elder Sister Maid: “I agree”
The De: “Elder Sister Maid, do you understand?”
Elder Sister Maid: “Yes That’s…… For example, serfs, who have little education, and hence little knowledge, are unable to comprehend that there exists a better world That is why they will always be in poverty”
The Hero: “But surely they can see that the landlords live a better life than they do”
Elder Sister Maid: “Yes, but they cannot see what they should be doing Or rather, they cannot see that it is possible to do things this way to get better results”
The Hero: “……”
The De: “……”
Elder Sister Maid: “This is a very unfortunate thing, to not know your place in the world and who you could be…… No, one would not even knohether one was happy —- That’s why I can really understand what the Mistress is saying”
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Explanation
Casting: Metal is heated to itspoint and then poured into a mould such that when the metal cools it will take the shape of the mould If one is able to increase the temperatures involved as e scale production
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The Hero: “Is that so……”
The De like education, there’s a noticeable flaw in it Do you knohat it is?”
The Hero: “What is it?”
Elder Sister Maid: “I don’t understand……”
The De is too slow For one person to transnificant amount of time is required Moreover, there are lie to at one time If it continued to be that one teacher could only accept one student at a ti this, the sue would never increase”
The Hero: “Ahh, I understand what you mean”
Elder Sister Maid: “But, knowledge is such a precious thing, so there’s really no choice The more I learn from the Mistress, the more I don’t feel like I can catch up……”
The De: “That’s a system which you have convinced yourself to believe Whoever decided that just because knowledge is precious, learning has to be difficult?”
The Hero: “Is that so?”
—– The Kingdoe Workshop
Opens door
Chief Crafts journey!”
The De: “Thank you for all your help, Chief Craftsman”
Chief Craftsman: “No, no! It is truly everybody’s pleasure to be able to receive such interesting assigne”
Elder Sister Maid: “What a huge workshop!”
Chief Crafts lady”
Steam hisses out of a vent
Chief Crafts out of everywhere It’s important to cool down the molten metal”
Elder Sister Maid: “Y, yes” Scared
Chief Craftset you some tea, so how about we head to the back……”
The Deht Above all, I’d like to see the prototype”
Chief Craftsed since we last talked in the Kingdoned a special warehouse”
Churnm, churn, churn, churn
The De: “So this is it!”
The Hero: “It’s massive!”
Elder Sister Maid: “Is this a……? It looks like a Threshi+ng Machine, but it’s so er……”
Chief Craftsman: “It’s er It was originally a rather ser, it functions fairly well as a warehouse”
The Hero: “Warehouse?”
Chief Craftsman: “Come in”
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Explanation
Threshi+ng Machine: A rain from the chaff that surrounds it in cereal crops like barley or rice In the process of separating the chaff, there is the opportunity to reand separating the chaff at the same time
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Clank, clank, clank……
Elder Sister Maid: “What a lot of drawers and cupboards”
Chief Craftsman: “This is what’s inside” Opens drawer
The Hero: “Are these stamps?”
Elder Sister Maid: “Or seals?”
Chief Crafts Types”
The De: “This is our neeapon”
Chief Crafts Press”
—– The Village of Wintering, the Mansion of the Deht in the Corridors
The Female Paladin: “……” Shocked
The De: “……” Shocked
The Female Paladin: “W, why, a, are you here?”
The De: “That’s my line”
The Female Paladin: “No, where’s the washroom?”
The De: “It’s in the opposite end of the corridor”
The Female Paladin: “So why are you over here?”
The De: “Th, that’s…… Umm”
The Female Paladin: “That’s?”
The Deown! Isn’t that s, s, silk!? What a luxurious item!”
The Female Paladin: “It’s fine isn’t it? People should be allowed to hat they want!”
The De is not fine!”
The Fe a pillow?”
The De: “…… That’s”
The Fe to sneak into this door?”
The De of the sort”
The Feo to the Hero’s rooht?”
The Deht tea”
The Feht tea as well”
The Deown to go to a ht tea! Stupid!”
The Female Paladin: “Don’t lecturea pillow!”
The De: “Mm, look here Female Paladin”
The Female Paladin: “What?”
The Deht that you were my only friend in the Human World……”
The Fe”
The Deht now”
The Female Paladin: “That’s not possible”
The De important to talk to him about”
The Fe important to talk to him about too”
The De: “Like what?”
The Female Paladin: “Like this!” Unfurls handkerchief
The De: “What’s that? “I promise to be forever faithful to my love”? Isn’t this a woman’s handkerchief…… Eh? Ehh!?”
The Feon Lady I’rind this person to dust” Cracks knuckles
The De: “Definitely……” Cracks knuckles
The Feht My sword hungers for a divine massacre!”
The De fe