Chapter 82 Part1 (1/2)

We, who escaped the coup d’etat which took place in Bardiche, did nothing except having the carriage travel towards the north

We encountered a pursuit party of Duke Nürnberg’s troops once ere travelling the northern main road and a second tih Earl Mizuho Country, but all of them were flashi+ly torn to pieces by Katharina’s spell 『Wind Cutter』

Don’t they have sufficient coordination with their allies thanks to the communication blockade?

The rebel aricians participate in the pursuit

They chased us while releasing Fire balls and such, however having all of it blocked by Katharina’s 『Magic Barrier』, they got counter-attacked and killed by her

『High-ranking icians won’t appear in a pursuit』 (Katharina)

『I guess they are busy with seizing the centre』 (Wendelin)

Katharina talks to icians she defeated

She seems to act completely like a bandit, but this is also how battlefields works, Burkhart-san said

『No matter how celebrated and powerful the opponent, they become simple headless corpses once they die Their bodies rot and turn into fodder for beasts The weak are killed and have everything stolen from them』 (Burkhart)

『Burkhart-san, do you have battlefield-experience?』 (Wendelin)

『It’s because me and Burkhart-dono were active as adventurers for many years At places where the eyes of the authorities don’t reach, such things happen as well if sly old adventurers do their work, and you have no other choice but to understand that, Earl Bau)

It’s no wonder that Doushi+ and Burkhart-san kill people without any hesitation

It’s only natural since they have experienced it already Even we turned into quite skilful murderers over this whole day

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“Therese-dono, what kind of country is the 『Earl Mizuho Country』?”

“For us it’s a country with quite a different cultural shape” (Therese)

Except for the ti, but once we travel for the whole day ill arrive in Earl Mizuho Country, and will apparently be able to take a breather

I try asking Therese, who sits opposite of e, about Earl Mizuho Country

“In the old ti of Holy Eroup” (Therese)

There are many people with black hair and black eyes It see an unique culture

“Since they are even older than the Lan tribe which is the roup of Philip Dukedom, their existence is known to the empire” (Therese)

The Great Basin Akitsu, which is adjacent to Philip Dukedo sphere Their population is about 12it as japanese pronunciation like anything else related to Mizuho Country)

Given that it’s a basin the summers are hot and the winters are cold, but due to the abundance of water and the intensity in the changes between hot and cold temperatures, delicious rice is cultivated in paddy fields as staple food It seems to be famous even as special product

We can harvest large quantities of rice in the southern Baumeister Earldom and beloell, but if we talk about taste, it appears that the Earl Mizuho Country’s doly superior evaluation

Which re areas in Hokuriku (T/N: part of Honshu, lies west of Tokyo) and the Tohoku region (T/N: northernmost six prefectures of Honshu) with their intense variations of cold and hot temperatures

In addition it seeoods, ic tool production technologies

Leading quite the wealthy life a the subjects of Holy Empire Urquhart, they entertain visitors, who come to their territory, courteously

There are alsoto other territories with large companies and carpenter associations They became what is called on earth overseas merchants

“(They resemble japanese people…)” (Wendelin)

“Clothes, books, food, buildings, all of it is unique They have been built in Bardiche as well” (Therese)

Apparently it’s the architectural structures with tiled roofs and tes, I saw at the time e arrived in Bardiche, which are referred to as Mizuho Style

Fro but coh

“Usually most of them are docile, but once it comes to battle, they turn absolutely atrocious” (Therese)

The knights, which are called sale to the death by wielding their single-edged swords which are called katana

Or rather, no matter what I hear, it’s the ancient japan itself

“They are a group who stayed on the side of the Lan tribe The empire dispatched soldiers to suppress them many times over” (Therese)

All the subjugations ended in failure They also suffered enormous losses, but the empire’s side suffered horrible losses each of those times, too

“The empire in those days expanded its territory in all four cardinal directions However, since the losses of the Mizuho expeditionary forces were each time disastrous, its advances in the other directions stopped every time as well” (Therese)

And yet they regularly dispatched troops until the Philip household gained total control of the Lan tribe’s soil, but before long, at the time where the number of allied soldiers, who disembarked on the journey to the other world due to the people of Mizuho, reached into the dozens of 10000 soldiers, the enised their autonomy in the end

“It’s because they don’t de appointed to a special peerage called High Earl, their territory was named as Earl Country and they were treated differently from other earldoms With the conditions that they yield diplomatic authority to Holy Empire Urquhart and a yearly paid tribute, Mizuho Country’s continuance was approved” (Therese)

Even that diplo thedom on their own accord

“The e fordom” (Therese)

Earl Mizuho Country was established like this, but once they attained peace, the people of Mizuho became docile

They accept tourists as well Their popularity for high-class iteh-quality fabric, alcohol, coh

“It’s also the people of Mizuho who fished in my Philip Dukedom first” (Therese)

Even though they are living in a basin with no sea, they love sea fish for so in the Philip Dukedom seem to be people of Mizuho

“There areaway froe about edible fish, theand the means of preservation and transportation The haul limits, the establishe is froh rods similar to wood out of a fish called skipjack tuna or such They are an eccentric lot who are usually gentle” (Therese) (T/N: Quite sarcastic is that theto no international haul limit rules, but authors can dream, can’t they?)

“(It cameee~~~! A typically japanese culture appeared~~~!)” (Wendelin)

Toin the i time

I encountered a state possessing a japanese-styled culture in this western-styled fantasy world

Sightseeing, food and culture, I have to genuinely enjoy these during our stay there

“It’s because Philip Dukedo with each other I won’t ht No, should we stay for several days?” (Therese)

“To request reinforcements?” (Wendelin)

“That’s how it is” (Therese)

Because the survival and actions of the other prince-elector lords and nobles is unknown, Therese has to first start with the task of gathering the northern neighbouring feudal lords

“Therese-sa’s coup d’etat? What I heard from your story, their treatment is mostly that of an independent state…” (Elise)

I understand Elise’s worry

From Earl Mizuho Country’s point of view, it will be fine if their current treat as emperor

“On the contrary, it’s not like that” (Therese)

Duke Nürnberg tried to even kill Therese

In order to centralize the authority of the emperor, he plans to remove the prince-elector lords

“That man’s national policy is that of a powerful e like Earl Mizuho Country, which hasn’t yielded to the empire even after thousands of years, is likely a hindrance As a matter of fact, there were troubles with the treat Dukedom” (Therese)

Based on the drastic deficit in trade balance, Mizuho’s funds of co Dukedoe amounts ofthe ement of the domestic merchants The confrontation between both parties seems to intensify

“If it’s him, he would likely aim for a complete conquest of Earl Mizuho Country Moreover, he will be able to obtain their technology and such” (Therese)

“Then his way of thinking seems to be naive…”

He should realize that if the empire attacks with 1 million troops, a complete conquest of Earl Mizuho Country probably isn’t impossible

However, afterwards a large ay and productivity, will have been killed in action The empire would need to take care of the ruined, former Earl Mizuho Country’s territory

Given that their resistance will be extre in an unreasonable conquest either

That’s probably the reason why the e of Earl Mizuho Country’s continuance

“Fro that it will be fine if there’s a restoration of the destruction afterwards If he integrates Earl Mizuho Country into the ee budget and taking a few decades, it will turn into a plus for the new e term” (Therese)

“A rigid ultranationalist”

“He is troublesome because he has solid supporters outside and inside his territory which can be considered as his private domain or own country” (Therese)

You can even say that the coup d’etat was performed so skilfully because there were a number of supporters in the imperial army as well

In addition, ic tools and spells for communication and movement have been sealed away

The eovernment and the nobles shouldn’t have escaped the chaos until now

The possibility is also high that they have surrendered to the coup d’etat forces without any time to consider it

“This is bothersome…”

“I don’t think that he has brooded over it to such an extent before though Hea report about that after all” (Therese)

“That?” (Wendelin)

“Here It’s what thee assisted to get operational, Wendelin” (Therese)

It’s the huge acy of the historic ruins and was successfully restarted by using the ated by chance Recently it was christened as 『Lingaia』 and the huge shi+p with its over-all-length of 400 meters was safely placed in co training in order to investigate outside the continent

“It’s because thee were able to establish a lead even in the nuic airshi+ps” (Therese)

The ratio of the air forces’ war potential has expanded up to 22 to 1 This er

“In other words, it’s my fault?” (Wendelin)

“At very least Duke Nürnberg believes that to be so” (Therese)

I see, that’s why he stared at aze

Since his usual look is sharp too, he h

“In short you are tellinga peaceful future?” (Wendelin)

“I think that I want thee to participate in the war as mercenary if possible There’s no other way but to kill Duke Nürnberg He is dangerous” (Therese)

Based on his fluctuating radical beliefs, he even turned towards the use of force

Large dae will be done to the eush out froet co household

Soleader of a rebellion live, doesn’t exist in any world

“Before that there’s also the possibility thatwho succeeded in the coup d’etat” (Therese)