Chapter 446: Klein Kingdom is… (2/2)

“The healing party as well! Hurry!”

The uproar finally calmed down after 3 o’clock.

Seven people had gathered in the king’s office.

Klein Kingdom’s King Alois The 3rd, minister Powell, leader of the order of chivalry Glen, leader of the 2nd knights’ squad Belnard, Bolton Ohlstat, Heintz Lash and Viscount Buyer.

“Now then, first off, Viscount Buyer. Let’s hear it. Bolton, you’re to intersect if the Viscount’s explanation has something missing or is unclear. Heintz as well.” said the prime minister.

Alois the 3rd was just glaring at the viscount in silence. Bolton was cowering in fear. Heintz was also on edge, being glared at by his superior.

Although his mental chaos had died down and his injuries had also been healed, he looked pale due to the tense atmosphere. However, since he was questioned, he couldn’t afford to stay silent and so he reluctantly opened his mouth.

“Y-yes… Firstly, we were at the Inada mine…”

He slowly started explaining the situation starting from his assignment there. Bolton also assisted in the explanation, and some details here and there and Heinz backed them up.

And then they came to the point where the centipede appeared.

“… A huge centipede crawled out from the back of the mine, and we had no choice but to retreat.”

Bolton added immediately.

“It was Deus Ex Machina who saved us, and it was also Machina who got rid of the centipedes.”

Hearing that, Viscount Buyer bit his lips and was trembling.

“Fools. Not only did you bring about loss of trust from Mr. Jin, but you also caused a disaster that you couldn’t solve yourself-making Machina, who is not even someone from the Klein Kingdom, fix your mess.”

The king was enraged.

“Did Mr. Machina really get rid of that monster?”

The Viscount was still in disbelief.

“Yes. Did you see the centipede piece that was left with you? The sword broke when they tried slashed it. Even as we see it here, I can understand that that monster is beyond our control.”

It can be cut with an adamantite blade. Unless it’s a super-fast vibrating sword, it’s definitely not easy.

“A part of the destroyed general-purpose golem was also sent. Ten of these golems were lost at once! …According to the letter, Mr. Jin is also indignant. But of course. We were secretly mining even after saying that we would give it to him. And to top it all of, a monster came out of the mine and it is now abandoned.”

The king’s voice slowly became sad.

“…I was stupid. I lost credibility and lost precious golems. I can no longer ask Mr. Jin to make more of them.”

Mining the natural resources from the mine without telling Jin was a breach of trust itself. What kind of a face is he supposed to make to ask Jin to make him more?

“…At this point, I have to consider completely transferring Kaina village to him, not just lease it.”

Alois the 3rd was at his wits’ end.

“Even Mr. Machina’s impression of us has surely gotten worse …”

Deus Ex Machina, who has the means to carry not only humans, but also the centipede pieces from Toka village all the way to Alban in just one day or less.

They assumed he had some sort of connection with Jin and wanted to deepen their bonds going forward but this is doing completely the opposite.

“…where did we go wrong?”

King Alois the 3rd regretted his indecisiveness and what he couldn’t say earlier.

However, in such a situation, the current situation cannot be improved overnight, and so his worries deepened.

Even so, he was able to dispose of Viscount Buyer as the person responsible.

He was well aware that this does not solve the problem. He only hoped that this would prove to be a warning towards the old nobles to act with care.

“Viscount Buyer is confiscated and deprived of his title. Exiled from the capital.”

The king himself declared the punishment. He had been taking a cut so this much was obvious.

On the other hand, Bolton Ohlstat and Heintz Lash were only rebuked and had their salary reduced for one year.

Afterwards, it was decided that the resources derived from the Inado mine loaded on the four wagons that returned a few days later would be transferred to Jin as is.

Furthermore, they also started considering making Kaina village Jin’s permanent land.

Such events in the Klein Kingdom were known by Laojun.

“Well, I suppose that’s a reasonable line.”

Kaina village will now become Jin’s land-not just a leasehold land. In other words, it would now be an independent area.

“Although, it seems it has not been made final yet.”

There is definitely a high possibility of it happening. It is not like he really wants it but it wouldn’t be bad to have it as his own land.

“In such a case, we need to stay unrelated to the Klein Kingdom… If that happens, my lord will be a feudal lord in its true sense.”

Laojun was secretly pleased.

“If that happens, we can develop Kaina Village boldly.”

And so Laojun began making plans for development straight away.