Chapter 75 (2/2)
By contributing to that as the monarch, the other n.o.bles should also follow suit.
*
“It takes so much money though~”
She knew why, but their money decreased steadily. A certain merchant appeared before Ria, who was currently suffering such a grief.
“Thank you for your continued patronage. Always smiling with guaranteed security, I am Black Cat Transportation’s Ferna.”
“Heeey, you’re here.”
Black Cat readily undertook the transportation of their valuable currency. Moreover, they succeeded in it quickly.
“Now I can take a breather.”
“Then, again, we look forward to working with you next time~”
“Yeah, wait a moment. Does Black Cat’s leaders.h.i.+p want to become aristocrats by any chance?”
She’d called her here today for that reason.
Black Cat’s transportation capabilities were attractive, looking at it both strategically and commercially.
Just leaving them as a private organization would turn into a problem in their current situation.
“Although that is a welcome topic, as we come and go through various countries, to attach ourselves to a specific nation is…”
“That so, you didn’t say it’s impossible. But please make sure to look at the current situation. The Millennium has nothing to do with country borders.”
Having finished being interviewed by the queen, Ferna sighed deeply.
Was it ‘as ever’, or maybe ‘even more so’? The queen was a person that gave off the feeling of oppression.
“Ah, Ferna-san, good work.”
Seeing Halt, who had waited for her at the castle’s gate, she felt relieved.
Although the person himself may say that he disagrees, Halt was a man of healing. Being with him would settle someone down.
He was a man that was unrelated to royalty and n.o.bility.
“How’d it go? Any unreasonable demands?”
The way he worried about people was different from board directors.
She liked being spoken to with a little bit of gentleness once in a while.
“No, she appreciated everything so far and invited us again. Halt-san, I do think you would be a fit for this country’s purveyor, though.”
Halt smiled unconsciously. There was no way he could be.
“Where will you be going after this job’s over, Ferna-san?”
“I wonder… maybe Casalia?”
Casalia had lost a potential enemy by the name of Cordova. And Ogress couldn’t be any more of a friendly nation towards it.
The considerable amount of war potential it had across its borders could now be distributed at other places.
“I also think there’ll be something suspicious happening there. Rather, if Casalia doesn’t annex them quickly, the small countries might stand together.”
The former empire’s territories didn’t belong to any nations yet. The small-time lords had each sent out their defenses.
Although Lemdria was moving to annex the empire’s south-east areas, the opposite side was still open to Casalia.
“We’ll be together a while longer, then?”
“Ah, yeah, that’s right.”
It would be instantaneous if they used teleportation magic, but Ferna hesitated on that.
She didn’t particularly dislike the thought of seeing the route to Casalia.
“I look forward to working with you in the future then, Ferna-san.”
“Yeah, same here.”
And so the two people went to an inn where they could entrust their carts to.
*
Northeast of Cordova. A remote village far in the mountains.
The group, now finished sabotaging Cordova’s forces, set out to return home.
“Well then, that’s it for us.”
“Yeah, good work. Thankfully we didn’t lose anyone.”
Giving a stern smile, the beastkin teleported. The only two remaining were Ordo and Pineau.
“Don’t you want to go back as well? You should show up for your family.”
Ordo spoke. The man turned towards him due to the unexpected statement.
Although Pineau’s immediate superior was prejudiced, he didn’t particularly dislike that sort of Ordo.
“Rather, Ordo-sama, are you alright going without meeting that Jou-sama?”
It was that thing. In other words, the thing about him ama.s.sing a harem. That he would receive hate from the man-hating Asuka would loathe him if he met with her.
Even though it looked like she was building a girl’s harem herself.
After all, she hated all men other than his majesty the demon king.
“Well, I have other business to take care of.”
What was the business Ordo spoke of? Something that he would keep to himself to the bitter end.
It could be said he fell in love with Carla the dragonslayer.
“I got it. You’re not interested in dead girls after all.”
He preferred taking women by force. Because of that, although he hadn’t made his majesty the demon king angry a second or third time, he would probably be turned into an example the next time.
It wasn’t like he didn’t understand it as a man. Brandis.h.i.+ng power eccentrically without mixing in any shallow reasoning felt manly.
However, his opponent this time was that person.
Recalling that feminine figure and that beautiful silvery hair, Pineau sighed softly.
Footnotes:
This is implying that’s a great thing to do if the premise is that you’re a country that screws its citizens. Probably.Return
Founder and first emperor of the Han dynasty, ruling China from 202-195 BC. Ria uses his original name, Liu Bang, but I changed so people could probably understand the reference without having to reading this
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