Chapter 49 (1/2)

CHAPTER 49 – STAY AT THE BAUMEISTER TERRITORY AND KURT’S TROUBLES

“Here we go, we have arrived” (Wendelin)

“Well, teleportation is convenient” (Paul)

As my family’s home is affected by various troubles, we leaped as far as the capital and consulted with Erich-nii-san’s group

The next day we once again came back to the Baumeister territory

Which reht tith undead armies, that any normal adventurer would want to avoid, yesterday in the Demon Forest, it left a weak impression thanks to my family’s home

Instead, nothing but the deeply rand-uncle’s lich was left within my memory

Since he was angry to have lost his life in an unreasonable expedition, he became a lich far quicker than the other undead

However, noticing that I’m his relative, he had me tell hi even a hint of fighting spirit

And, it was just with the words 『Leave it to you』

Having let him pass on by purification, I have decided to intervene at the turmoil of my family’s home

Afterwards ent to the Brandt’s mansion in the capital to consult with Erich-nii-san But in the end we didn’t knohether the things that Klaus said were the truth

It could either be 100 truth or 100 lie

That’s probably how it feels?

Besides, I ended up being told by Erich-nii-san

My influence is already too big So like this truth is a trivial issue

Once I spent an effort to investigate such matters, I should be able to so my family’s home

Certainly, it’s correct to not waste useless effort on that person in the future

Even about the aspect of resenting someone, it probably can’t be helped to worry about it as well since it’s already too late for Kurt

I have decided to take back the territory of my family’s home in this way

Even though I say that, I will decline to do so the territory by myself

I will only provide thethem in the future

Saying it in words of my previous life, I will have a proficient subordinate with political ability maintain the status quo as viceroy as it is a territory that has no borders with an eneames

Once time has passed, it will be a new miracle

The national poill increase on its own and send oods to the front

That was the strategy

Since there isn’t any particular front where goods and money can be sent to, it will already be a success, if the territory’s power increases

By the way, if I were to fail, I planned to quickly defect to the Holy Empire Urquhart

My only prayer was for the meals in the Holy Empire Urquhart to be delicious

Given that the seafood was tasty, I’h

Having heard the story froo to the Baumeister territory the next day, but ere provided with additional bodyguards

Without a doubt, as Finance Minister Rückner and Minister of Military and Naval Affairs Edgar should have been told by Erich-nii-san, they are likely the masterminds behind this

We ended up getting Paul-nii-san and 5 uards

Furtherive Paul-nii-san a justification to enter the territory, he has been appointed to do a provincial inspection trip

Going as far as this, the kingdo to proe Lands at the southern tip of the kingdom on the basis of my funds

Indeed, the kingdoht even if I fail at worst as it is someone else’s money

nobles are really detestable creatures

And, in theof the next day

The excellent guards see nobles, once I asked

A single pain in the ass wasthem

Albeit a relative of Minister Edgar, she still was a little girl not of age

However, she is endoith superhuth because of her hero syndroahan

Furtherar, I have no doubt that she also was a concubine candidate for me

It end at this point

Or rather, because it felt like even a single woman was impossible for me in my previous life, I honestly want to be spared from this part

“Say, Elise” (Wendelin)

“Yes, what is it?” (Elise)

Given that the number increased, I leapt to the forest located behind the mansion of the Bauet of interest was the situation with the little girl called Wilma

“That girl, is a bit, you know…” (Wendelin)

As it would be troublesoain, it proved fortunate that I had handed her a large quantity of candies

Wil with Paul-nii-san’s guards

Maybe they are discussing the guard schedule

“Certainly she also gives the ihtly childish, but I think she has a good head on her shoulders” (Elise)

Defending uards

For this reason, as the five people have gathered and are discussing the plan, it’s a normal matter for Wilma to participate in this as well

Judging bymistake

“Did you know about her?” (Wendelin)

“Only to the extent of rumors” (Elise)

Wilahan household

The associate Baron Asgahan household has a lineage of producing enerations as relatives of Minister Edgar

Because they are an appointed associate Baron household, they are suspicious people who e

In addition, there is also the handicap called hero syndrome

“At any rate, if she doesn’t eat a lot, she will end up starving to death It can’t be helped to call that a large handicap to soht?” (Elise)

Although she is powerful if ht or teach martial arts, it took manifold the food expenses of a normal child to raise her this far

Even if it’s the associate Baron Asgahan household, she is a valuable talent, but it was also a fact that they couldn’t only spend money on her

It’s also not like an appointed associate Baron household prospers to the degree of being envied by society

If it’s a s like thean active role in the arth

Holding those achievements, there is also the move to have the but daughters

But Wilma is a woman

Except being active as adventurer, this current country had in fact unexpectedly few places an existence like her could call home

“However, that girl has been strong since her childhood” (Paul)

“Paul-nii-san?” (Wendelin)

“I heard this story froar’s retainer” (Paul)

Because Wilht that she didn’t want to bother her family too much

Once she becaar holding a certain weapon from her family’s home

Displaying her own superhuth, she promoted herself to him

There was the troublesome point of how to deal with her since she is a wo for iar’s level to posses many pieces that can be used

“Minister Edgar judged that he can probably use her for so” (Paul)

Having her grasp battle-axe techniques to counterbalance her superhuth, he looked after her other necessities such as studying and food expenses as well

And now he found the most effective use for her

If he now offered a too plain woman to me, there would be many complaints from people like Cardinal Hohenheim

But, if it’s a woman who can even pass as party uard, even Cardinal Hohenheim won’t be able to raise any complaints

“It’s because the current Wend is also an adventurer Isn’t it pointless to throw soe into the fray?” (Paul)

“Certainly, that would beco more than a hindrance” (Wendelin)

We are currently going out of our way for the matter with my faoing to various places in the kingdom with my party members everyday, it would be a bother to introduce a sheltered young woman like that

“If it’s Wilma, she will fit in perfectly” (Paul)

It’s possible for her to enter a ht there as adventurer and she can even be used as guard like in this time’s case

This is why she is the most suitable talented person to join me

“Wilma will stick to Wend” (Paul)

“Haa…” (Wendelin)

During my talk with Paul-nii-san, the discussion of the five people finished

It is the duty of the five guards to escort ed that Paul-nii-san will officially do the provincial inspection trip

Although, normally there would be no choice but to take around one and a half months for the provincial inspection trip to arrive after the notification caether with us and furthermore, Paul-nii-san is the leader of the inspection

As expected, even for Kurt it’s unthinkable to accept this at face value

The kingdo system of this territory

In a certain sense you could even call this a proclamation of war

“The old et of Kurt-aniki’s resentment as well If it’s done this way, it will also lower the pressure on Wend” (Paul)

Anyway, the first one will be Paul-nii-san He cannot avoid greeting father and Kurt

That’s because the setup is for him to visit here on a provincial inspection trip

“Sieghard’s group belongs to the capital’s guards They have been appointed as groupnobles” (Paul)

Therefore they can’t avoid giving their greetings alongside Paul-nii-san

“However, Wilroup member” (Paul)

“I’uard” (Wilma)

Whileon the candies she had received from me, Wilma talked about her own role

However, it’s great that she isn’t a person getting diabetes

“Also, I will attend to you as necessary” (Wilma)

“That’s so that requires further discussions afterwards” (Wendelin)

“If Baron Baumeister-sama says so” (Wilma)

Wilma didn’t say that she would attend to me at any cost

Doesn’t she understand the ht it wouldn’t be good to push me down forcefully

Even so, she was stillon the candies

She ate the them

“Are those candies tasty?” (Wendelin)

“Given that they are froht that I want to eat fro I can buy myself” (Wilma)

Because those are candies from a store of a certain noble purveyor in the capital, Wilma never had the chance to eat them up until now

Even at her faar’s, she was indebted to, she couldn’t ask for such luxury

If I think about it like this, this girl is a bit pitiful

This was also Minister Edgar’s aim

“However I think the candy will be more delicious if you lick them” (Wendelin)

“I will do so from the next one” (Wilma)

At any rate the discussions and transfer of everyone finished

Having increased up to a total amount of 12 people, we leave the forest in the back of the mansion of the Baumeister territory’s main family and move towards the location of father and Kurt

“Paul… No, it was Sir Baumeister” (Artur)

Around two years ago, at alroom into the capital’s Bauiven the rank of appointed Knight as well

Therefore father wasn’t thrown off in his speech as noble of the same rank towards his blood-related son as conversation partner

However, my Baron household, the ht household and this territory, the nu completely like an amoeba

“It’s been a while As a matter of fact, I have been appointed for a provincial inspection trip by the kingdom the other day” (Paul)

Although even more than hundred years passed since the territory has been established by the kingdom’s administration, it’s probably funny that there hasn’t been an inspection even once

But, if you consider the time to travel for an inspection like this, it won’t be that easy to perform a provincial inspection trip

Accordingly, due to the role of Baron Bauic, Paul-nii-san, affiliated with the capital’s guards, was appointed to do a provincial inspection trip to get the details on the state of affairs on-site

While saying this, Paul-nii-san showed the official written appointdodo him to cooperate with the provincial inspection trip

“This is off-the-record But the actual circumstances of provincial inspection trips are as the rumors state, therefore it isn’t necessary to be this cautious” (Paul)

“There are rarely any crimes in our territory as well” (Artur)

“That’s so I know, too” (Paul)

The barefaced conversation between Paul-nii-san and father continues

Father understood the reason we ca Paul-nii-san himself

“And, the Baron-dono next to you” (Kurt)

“That’s impolite, Kurt-dono” (Paul)

It was Kurt, who showed a far too bitter face after seeing the face of Paul-nii-san But now he asked for the purpose of my visit

Did the afore?

Or did they fail?

There were no more choices than those two

“We have safely concluded thethe articles of the deceased of the Baumeister feudal army” (Wendelin)

“I see” (Kurt)

“In relation to the articles of the deceased, there’s probably nothing we can do but consult the bereaved families” (Wendelin)

If that’s the case, it becoather the bereaved families somewhere

If I remember correctly there were 77 victims in the Baumeister feudal army As far as a place where all of their bereaved faather is concerned, there was no other choice but the plaza where we held the bazaar before

“Have the They will be able to assess the articles of the deceased there” (Wendelin)

“No, that’s unnecessary Leave everything that seems to be an article of the deceased behind” (Kurt)

“Haa?” (Wendelin)

Whereupon Kurt once again said so foolish here,

“We are a poor agricultural coh the bazaar the other day was the same, it’s troubleso the fief’s inhabitants I will handle the inquiry work for the articles of the deceased” (Kurt)

“No, we refuse” (Wendelin)

“What was that!” (Kurt)

“Is that sory over?” (Wendelin)

Getting angry over the things said probably uilty about

To begin with, rave Breithilde

Beyond being told by him his wish to have the articles of the deceased returned to the bereaved families, it was necessary for me to confirm whether this has been fulfilled completely

If I left the distribution to Kurt, he wouldn’t hesitate to put all of it into his own pocket

I think he won’t exploit such rusted weapons and aruarantee that for almost everyone’s shares such as the inhabitant’s wallets in addition

Special rewards were apparently given by the previous Margrave Breithilde for obtaining results in hunting during the previous expedition

More than one would think, those were often packed with silver coins and such

“(Hethe contents of the wallets within the articles of the deceased…) I was told by Margrave Breithilde that to have them returned to the proper bereaved families” (Wendelin)

“You bastard! This is my territory!” (Kurt)

“You are the person in line to be inaugurated as next faht? Lord Baumeister?” (Wendelin)

Due to my words loaded with sarcasm, Kurt’s face has become even more red

And, he probably judged this situation to not be beneficial

It’s unusual for father to talk to me first

“I don’t ather the bereaved families to show them the articles of the deceased, however will that really make the distinction easier?” (Artur)

“To be honest, it will be easier than the Breithilde feudal army” (Wendelin)

In the case of the Breithilde feudal army it was easy to differentiate between the equiproup and icians

However, when it coular soldiers, it’s quite difficult to differentiate to hich equips as all of them had similar equipment items

On the other hand, it will be simple to split up the Baumeister feudal army’s side’s items

That’s because all of them didn’t have any common equipment with their patchwork equipment

“Understood You have o see the articles of the deceased at the plaza in the evening” (Artur)

Evening because they will have finished the farm work by then

“Also, I don’t think we have those within our territory, but thereto take away articles of the deceased by i others It’s fine for you to use Klaus as assistant” (Artur)

While father’s facial expression has becoloomy, he tells me that he will have Klaus help us out

Father and Klaus

They have a bond from the past You can’t really say that their relationshi+p is awfully good

But, I guess father is forced into a position where he has to consider Klaus’ abilities

And, another point is, he likely understands that if he entrusted this task to Kurt, it would spell nothing but troubles

“Today it’s this place, I wonder? I will guide inspector-dono on his inspection in the territory” (Artur)

It seeh the territory today

They will probably carry out the original task of the provincial inspection trip, but even Kurt has already noticed that Paul-nii-san’s group is uard troop

Having said that, they can’t officially abandon their task and not go either

Father will innocently guide Paul-nii-san’s group to the familiar places within the territory since it is his home Paul-nii-san will also check merely for form’s sake whether there are any problems with the public order within the territory

These are adults, I, withan ossan, decided to believe

“By the hat’s your schedule for today, Baron Baumeister-dono?” (Artur)

Given that the distribution of the articles of the deceased is in the evening, father is asking what I will be doing until then

“If possible, I’d like to stay here for several days with a large number of people” (Wendelin)

“Certainly It will be necessary to go hunting and collecting, huh?” (Artur)

Or rather, if we don’t do that, it’s likely that thebrown bread and thin, salty soup

As expected, the current me wants to be excused from such meals

“Although I allow you to gather herbs and go hunting, before that…” (Artur)

“Before that?” (Wendelin)

Father points out that I have forgotten the

“It’s been a while, mother” (Paul)

“I’reeted you the other day” (Wendelin)

The aspect pointed out by father was neither Paul-nii-san noryet met mother

Or perhaps I should say, as this country is doht even say that it was nopriority on his task of the provincial inspection tour as it is official business

Also, even though father’s group and us are currently talking about work, ould happen if ed into those talks?

Likely she would have been only scolded to re considered as shameful towards a close relative at all

In addition the bad thing was that I didn’t meetthe purification

Though it ended up like that thanks to Kurt

“No, I understand the difficulty of Wendelin’s position” (Johanna)

Although there is also Kurt’s wife, Amelie-sister-in-law-san, mother understood well the isolated nature of this territory since she also is a person who married in from outside

Due to ht from now on become possible to easily trade with other fiefs

More than half of the fief’s population expects this to become a fact

On the other hand, there are also people who think that the current lifestyle is sufficient and that such convenience is unnecessary

It’s the elder people of theKurt

If you consider that they originally were inhabitants of slums, their current life would satisfactory

Or rather, my existence is a hindrance to the order within the territory for them

In their case, they support the line fro me to receive a hearty welcoes

“At any rate, both of you have become handsome men, haven’t you?” (Johanna)

Although we are her children to whoh chances to e in rank

No matter howslightly painful

“Mother, that’s because I’m a bonus to Wendelin” (Paul)

Only Paul-nii-san and I have entered mother’s room to have a normal parent and child conversation

Therefore Paul-nii-san rejected mother’s words with partly filled sarcasm

“It’s probably different from Erich, who became the son-in-law of the Brandt household by his own efforts, but Hels on that, I think We consider us as disappointing as elder brothers However, even on’t throw a tantru no mercy” (Paul)

Thanks to their younger brother they were able to becoe

Although they co worthless as elder brothers

Even I’ quite well

“Although I think that Kurt is strange as well, there isn’t anything I can say about it in this territory” (Johanna)

If ion, it would only kick up a fuss with the conservative folks

I’ion

Father and Kurt are relying on Klaus for stuff like calculations, but in fact, even if Klaus didn’t do that, mother and Amelie-sister-in-law-san should be able to handle it to some extent

But it would be conceited for a woman to butt in on such work

Thanks to that, it has turned into h it’s a reality you can’t really laugh at

“It can’t be helped now that it has already beco about this By the way, Helmut and Paul have ht?” (Johanna)

“Yes” (Wendelin)

At such occasions you would show so

In fact caic tools with a very high price, they were out of a lower noble’s reach

Although I should say that this would be Paul-nii-san’s reason For me there was no problem to buy a camera

Since I didn’t have h, I didn’t purchase it

“Elise wanted to extend her greetings to mother” (Wendelin)

“Understood The others are probably concubine candidates, right? Bring theether” (Johanna)

I introduced Elise’s group, aiting outside the room, to mother

Elise was silent in accordance to noble’s etiquette and it was norhtly nervous too

Even that Luise introduced herself calmly since she was nervous

“It’s not like I’ it on the surface although we are opposing each other Which reminds me, my mother was on bad terms with the mistress as well” (Johanna)

Mother’s and Leyla-san’s relationshi+p isn’t to the degree that they have unpleasant feelings such as hate

However, they do keep a distance fro aren’t that pleasant either

It seemed to be such a situation

“It’s alright, mother-in-law-sama We are also members of the same party” (Elise)

“Yes, the three us of us have to cooperate” (Ina)

“Wend is… no, that’s not it, the surroundings are eager to push concubines onto Wendelin-sama” (Luise)

“It seems so, doesn’t it?” (Wilma)

Before enteringat my side

Looking at my current situation, she probably noticed that she had been forced onto me

“Because Wendelin has returned ho in this territory Please support Wendelin properly That’s the only thing I can say as his mother” (Johanna)

She probably wanted to request the safety of Kurt’s child as mother

But she gave priority to this as it would have nohappened to Paul-nii-san and me

At any rate, she wanted us to put the priority on our own safety

It looks likein such way

“Umm… Mother is…” (Paul)

“This is a remote place with a nore someone like the old me” (Johanna)

Certainly, assue spreading to mother, who has no political authority, is low

Even if so happened to father or Kurt’s child, everyone knows that mother is without doubt necessary to put in order the state of affairs required afterwards

Therefore mother is attentive to the safety of her own children

“However, it’s also a fact that I’ happens” (Johanna)

“No, that is…” (Wendelin)

“I do understand In the end it’s just a hope” (Johanna)

Even if nothing happens here, there would be no point if the territory were to be once again plunged into chaos right away

Even if it turns into a cruel outco to happen so that there is a necessity to deal with it

“Wendelin, Paul, just keep the victims low” (Johanna)