Vol 6 Chapter 92 (1/2)
Chapter 092: Written pledge
Translator: Tseirp
Within the mansion where the leaders gather at the northern central region of the capital Ienith, I attended a meeting with the representatives of the 8 races.
The fox beastman representative Forens acted as the chairperson of the meeting.
“Well then, we shall begin this representatives meeting. Firstly, allow me to present the various earnings of the Merchant’s Guild.”
Forens-dono summarised the reports of the net incomes and expenditures of the state-owned shops and the Merchant’s Guild.
He reported in detail what was sold last month and how it was sold along with the income.
I stayed silent for the time being as the dragonewt and tiger beastmen did not speak out during this report.
“That is all. Please raise your hand if you have any questions, if not we will proceed on to our next agenda … there doesn’t seem to be any so the next agenda would be the progress of the respective fields, Olga-dono please start.”
“Yes. Regarding this month’s harvest … ”
He explained about the harvested spices, the spices that can be obtained next month, and the presence or absence of disease.
Next, the rabbit beastman Ririaldo-dono reported on the extension of the fields and the presence or absence of monsters.
The dog beastman Sebec-dono proceeded to report on the fields that they have cultivated.
“Next, regarding security, it has always been managed by Jack-dono until now but from now on it will be managed by Kyasral-dono.”
“Four days ago the bear beastmen transformed but other than that there were no other remarkable incidents.”
It was eye-catching … alright.
“Regarding that incident, I handed over the honey I possessed so I apologize. I sometimes use it in cooking but the other day when Souther-dono accompanied me, the bear beastman Brian-dono requested for me to import honey and I judged that it was impossible to achieve immediately so …”
“There’s no helping it if you gave them honey.”
Souther-dono said as he spoke from above.
“Then moving on, Souther-dono, any updates on the monitoring of the skies?”
“No problems.”
Souther-dono answered.
“Okay. Well then, do the 8 races have anything … I apologize. Including Luciel-dono, please raise your hand if you wish to suggest anything.”
n.o.body raised their hands. I guess this happens normally.
Are they planning to ignore the work they promised to do just like this?
There was a need to ask about that and the meeting would be totally meaningless if it ended like this.
Since that’s the case, I’ll have to use the report I received well.
I thought until that point and raised my hand.
” … So, Luciel-dono.”
There was a momentary pause but I’ll ignore that.
For the domestic affairs that I plan to gradually advance, even if they originally do not have the motivation to do it, as long as I convince them then there wouldn’t be any problems.
“Since yesterday, I have something that I’ve been bothered with but rather than a report it’s more of a question. Firstly, who is supposed to drive the plans for the healing district? In addition, how about the structure of that plot of land and the relocation of the people living there? Who is responsible for the budget and to acquire the manpower required to construct it?”
I asked and the room became dead silent.
I imagine they did not think that I would ask about the healing district.
I can also somewhat understand that it would not proceed at all if nothing is done.
However, I will not allow them to disregard their verbal promises.
“What’s the matter? If it has not been decided upon, is it alright if we distribute the responsibilities here? I think that there is no reason for us to sc.r.a.p the decision to make the healing district that was made during the representative meeting.”
I said and laughed.
” … Regarding that, we are currently deciding on the allocation of budget.”
“I see. What is the progress status? Is the budgeting team made up of only Forens-dono?”
“No, I plan to carry it out together with the dragonewts.”
“I see. Well then Jack-dono, swear to the dragon and tell me about the progress status?”
” … It’s the first time I’ve heard of this.”
He looked like he just received a bolt from the blue.
Normally they would dodge the question but since I’ve been told that they would not lie to me because I possess the blessing of a dragon, it was the natural outcome.
“I see. Well then Forens-dono? What is the meaning of this?”
“Well everybody will forget about conversations sometimes.”
Olga-dono said and cut into the conversation.
“I see. That is true. I trust that everything will be put in place by next month’s report. Including the construction period, personnel, and budget.”
” … Yes. I understand.”
He nodded.
“Second, of the 6154 residents living in Ienith, 1600 are children. Leaving those 1600 people out from the calculation for the payment of workers, there should be quite a sum of money floating but is it left floating somewhere?”
“That should not be the case, please wait a moment.”
Forens-dono tossed out his facilitator role and went to collect the ledger.
“Did I anger him? Ah, that’s right Souther-dono, I wish to ask something, I heard that there was a brave bird beastman who drew a map of the blank area to the left of Ienith, is it true?”
” … I have heard of such rumours but I did not hear about who it was.”
“I see. Then, could you help me find out by next month’s meeting? It’s for the sake of attracting adventurers so please report even if he doesn’t exist. Because I’ll have to think of other strategies to attract them.”
” … Understood. It seemed like he was an adventurer so I’m sorry if there really isn’t such a person …”
“No worries. I’ll entrust it to you.”
I answered with a smile and this time I spoke to the tiger beastmen’s representative.
He should be Shaza’s subst.i.tute but I could not establish a good impression of him. Maybe it’s because he is a tiger beastman?
“Within the report just now, there was the talk about the day that the bear beastmen transformed, but apparently the people from the tiger beastmen race have been applying pressure on Brian-dono, have you heard about this as the representative of the tiger beastmen?”
After I said that, Souther-dono reacted before the tiger beastman could.
“What! I’ve already told them to lay low after the incident with Shaza, what are they thinking.”
Under that intimidation, the tiger beastman opened his mouth in a hurry.
“Pl, please let me verify the facts. It’s the first time I’ve heard of it.”
I don’t know if he was panicking because he really didn’t know about it or because Brian-dono talked about it but I felt that the atmosphere was gradually getting chaotic.
The representative’s office term is 2 years.
Moreover, this time, it was only for a year and there wasn’t any policy about it.
For the healing district case as well, I felt that all of them were not well-informed about the wages and payment for each of the races.
The representatives were most likely just figureheads.
Which was why it was fine as long as they did not cause harm to their own races.
“There’s one other point regarding that question. Who is the person who pays the workers’ using the national treasury?”
” … The representative in office.”