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7, Mapo Tofu of Unreasonable Demand (Part 3)
I aourmet of Newbyst And the first princess of the Newbyst family I turn 10 this year
The territory I live in, Newbyst, is an abundant land embraced by the holy woodlands In the this woodlands abundant ildlife and food, ifts and the forest he lives in, giving thanks to it
Because of this land, our agricultural and cooking techniques are quite good Year after year, we can eat deliciously We, the royalty, are also thankful for that
However suddenly the neighbouring country Yuyubi cae between me and their prince
In this land where the forest resources are abundant but the et our hands on ht that it would continue to be like this
However we could see that the mineral exhaustion in Yuyubi That is when this friendly relationshi+p was destroyed
Yuyubi’s troops were also strong The quality of their weapons and arh If battle happens, we probably cannot win fair and square
Father noticed the neighbouring country’s resource proble to refuse but, is likely worried about the difference in troops
In the first place I don’t even like the prince of Yuyubi Wethe banquet but I hate that prideful attitude and arrogant personality of his
However, there are tis and becoood wife I can just work hard
Reserving the reply, the next day this problee it’ll become war If it becomes e can’t win
But if we accept the e of At least acco uncertain
On such a day, suddenly Yuyubi came to declare war
The reason was thenot received a response
Has there ever been such a ridiculous story There have indeed been wars originating froe hasn’t even been decided This is completely unreasonable
However, we also didn’t know if this was Yuyubi’s goal
Either way, it’s a plan to take the holy forest At the tie, ere already at a checkmate
Once again the attitude regarding the as coht to the bitter end or surrender Saying things like we should do so the eneiveness
In the end, father gave his verdict
We fight to the end
The matter is that if the woodlands were dirtied it’ll be a bumpkins
For that sake, only this year did the citizens get subjected to army conscription and tax increase Luckily a revolt didn’t happen but our victory is at most 30
I too, was told to flee with my maid and close aide by my father
“No, I won’t run!”
“I don’t know if this war can be won or not! Run to the forest while I lead the troops! If you do that, even in the worst case you can survive!”
“The citizens and officers, I won’t abandon the soldiers! I won’t abandon father either!”
“You fool…!”
I, until now, have been supported by Father, our subordinates, and the citizens
As such, I am unable to flee and abandon everyone
So in the end, I re
So that we can win the war, so that father and everyone else and come back safe and sound
Without even eating food, the castle which has become achilly
Despite that I continued to dedicate
It’s been three days since, and the maid came into the holy hall with a face full of smiles
“Princess! Good news!”
“Have on the war!?”
“No, it’s not that but…”
The htly troubled but immediately smiled
“We hired three mercenary corps”
“Mercenaries? I heard that we hired two though”
Where is the good news in that
Those twoour poverty deliberately raised the reward compensation
So harm to our economic situation is a fact
Those kind of people, there’s no way I’ll accept them!
“The last one is ‘that’ mercenary corp princess”
“‘That’? Where from”
“It’s the Ganglabe Mercenary Corp princess! ‘That’ leader knowing our poverty is willing to accept the ith the minimal rewards!”
Ganglabe Mercenary Corp you say!?
Ganglabe Mercenary Corp grew rapidly this year, and is the ht now
It was originally insignificant with only around fifty people but, the commanders all acquired abilities at the sath of a thousand people
In the siege war of Yanangan “Maverick Inventor” Riru with her new invention utterly destroyed the castle which was clainable in a mere three days
Defending the retreat route in the Salt Highway, that “Hundred Killer Death God” Cougar chased away the opponent just by himself
In the utterly crushi+ng Snow Mountain battle “Hard Blaze Witch” Ahrius displayed a feat in which her new ic melted all the snow on the snow mountain
“Bow Saint” Teg with his skills able to hit even a target extremely far away, is said to be able to defeat absolute all commanders
With just Ganglabe Mercenary Corp being there, they are able to successfully defend a castle which should have fallen, and is known right now as the number one mercenary corp that you would not wish to meet on the battlefield
“Why, us? If it’s that kind of e aold could’ve hired them”
“Well that, I’m not quite sure about the reason”
Not sure?
“Yes, the food supplies route and it seeotiations with merchants but…they said “I want to increase my repertoire…” in a small voice Wonder what that is about?”
Repertoire
Is it the food repertoire?
No, there’s no way that for the sole sake of increasing their cooking repertoire such elite troops would participate in war, no way
Then is it tactics?
I don’t know, there’s way too little judging information
“Anyway princess If it’s Ganglabe Mercenary Corp, there’s no need to worry”
“Y-yes If it’s thatsomehow”
The military power just that mercenary corp holds is extraordinarily ridiculous
A five people where each of the battlefields
I can’t i
A few days after, the battle on
Without a doubt, a sudden reversal on the battlefield where our troops and the other labe’s Corp launched a surprise attack as an interruption
Splitting the opponent’s teaht in half, it seems like the plan was to destroy the isolated troops fro
At that tilabe-dono
Pursuing the opponent, eli them
The as a perfect victory The opponent’s coing about a complete victory
The troops returning froe open arms
A grand victory parade was held, the soldiers who have returned to the castle are sharing their victory with their comrades on standby
The coranted a reward and medal, they seemed happy
Father said
“This battle If Ganglabe Mercenary Corp did not coht now”
“Did they hold such power?”
“Yes After interfering with the battlefield with a surprise attack, crushi+ng each of the each of theures with the power of a thousandtame
Above all, the pursuit after was over i-dono’s bow reaches from a scary distance There was no need to pursuit too far”
On father’s face, you could see rather than the joy of having survived it seereater
However a problem has also occurred
We must pay the mercenary corps an additional reward however, we do not have enough money for that
Froun and co I too think that it’s fine to pay only Ganglabe-dono
The other corps were truthfully just uns too, seeht
I wonder e should do And that’s when,
Kururu~
My storowled
I looked doith a red face but father as well as the cabinet minister were somehow relieved
“Princess too, you can be at ease and eat now”
“Indeed ‘Peace is the best’ can only be felt in this moment when peace has been attained”
Father hearing that, smiled at me
“How about this, the one to hter shall be paid the reward”
“Alright And we can pay Ganglabe-dono like this”
Is that ok? hat I was honestly thinking but, I was silent ‘Well, that’s fine too’
And then calling for theto say during the audience
The other corp’s only had their leaders here but, Ganglabe-dono brought a mysterious man to his side
Black hair and black eyes, a thin line-like body and a delicate face
‘What’s with this guy’ I seriously thought
Initiating the audience, Father started speaking of the arrangement
Basically, the additional rewards will be paid
Basically, paid only to one
Basically, make a delicacy
Theunsatisfied but if it wasI would want to say those who survive, survive; that I wouldn’t ever pay you people who took advantage of us, and raised the fees
Which is why I said in a malicious way
“What I wish to eat is a delicious dish which is sweet, sour, spicy and bitter Shohat you got”
With this the looh he couldn’t reveal his expression, seemed to want to say ‘That’s impossible’
However it’s fine if I ask for so like this In the first place I have some expectations towards that kind of dish
I have eaten up this country’s delicacies and delicious foods, so I have confidence in labe’s corp then even the other corps can’t complain
In reality, what the other corps brought up were terrible It wasn’t edible
Even though I was the one who suggested this, I’ry
“Terrible!”
It really was bad so there’s no helping it There’s no way I can eat this kind of strange combination
As the other corps were in the labe-dono finally came out
Thethe plate so, somehow that man appears to be their cook
“Princess Our chef, Shuri has prepared a dish Please enjoy”
“You’re the last ones huh…”
I was boiling in anger fro bad food but, I held it down and replied I’m already so tired
However what the e dish I’ve never seen it before
Dark red I understand that the ingredients are s onions and tofu
But everything else was a blank Even e this
“What, is this”
“Mapo Tofu”
Maapou Toufu?
Never heard of it This dish
“Maa… what?”
“Please try it It’s good”
Sounds fake This kind of strange soup can’t be delicious
However if I don’t eat this then Ganglabe’s Mercenary Corp won’t be paid its additional reward
With a do-or-die resolve I ate it
…Hot!!
The insides of !
“H-h-hot, so hot!”
This is way too spicy! How is it delicious!
“Little princess, please savour it well”
Savour it!? In this torture?!
Adding little as well, I will kill this guy!
However as I control h the inside of my mouth
“… It’s sweet?”
It’s sweet Inside this spiciness there exists a sweetness
It lightly crumbles inside my mouth and spreads, what I felt was some kind of sweetness
I see, this is the bean
The slight sweetness of the bean And that cohout the inside of my mouth
“That’s the sweetness of tofu”
Toufu
Recently, I hear that this is a food made from beans that’s reached the public
There’s no sign of the bean’s original shape, and you can eat it just like that, fried or boiled
Furthermore it’s said to be delicious whether it’s cold or hot, a strange food
If I recall correctly half a year ago, it was spread out from some place
And this is so with that in it
“And sour”