Chapter 30 (1/2)

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T.N: Too long, 4100 words

Mitsuha Novel Chapter 30: Lady Baron Yamano

I got a rank.

That means I became a n.o.ble family.

Because being a n.o.ble isn’t like a court n.o.ble.

Yes, I got a thing called a territory.

Yeah, I have to do territorial management. I.

…How did this happen!

Well, at that time, the king rode on counseling.

Together with the Prime Minister and the person in charge of the territory management.

Ah, the person in charge of domain management, doesn’t mean the《pro in the management and operation of the territory》.

He only knows the location, the size, the features and the like of all the territories in the kingdom.

His role is like a human database for giving a territory to the n.o.bility and changing the land.

(T.N: Database in Katakana/English. I don’t know if FUNA sensei watch log horizon though)

I was asked and I told how I wished my territory would be.

「Facing the sea, have mountain, river flows. Just a small territory is good」(Mitsuha)

「Is it okay to have a small one?」(King)

「Yes, being large and having lots of people is troublesome when I wanted to have fun with my citizen like a family,

And I also refuse to face the borders that are likely to have disputes!」(Mitsuha)

The king had a bitter smile.

「If so, then you should have land on the north side.

First of all, our country only faces the sea on that side.」(Database)

Database-san responded immediately.

「Well then, Please check this map.

This big river is flowing into the ocean, however this and this and this. Thin narrow lines around here are small rivers.

Near the big river, there are many wide plains. But most of them are in the Earl’s territory.

And the others aren’t vacant, there are aristocrat

The territories that have mountain and small rivers, closes to the sea and also vacant.

In this case, there are only a few lands left that is direct under the royal family,

We can’t give other lands, unless we kick out the aristocrat who is now in charge of that land」(Database)

Ohh. If I was to ask something like that, I would definitionly get grudged.

I might ask the king to give them another territory.

But they must have a lot of memories with their homeland and citizen, and they also wanted to protect land they inherited from their ancestors.

The vacant land is the best.

「Well, then this land …」(Mitsuha)

「Oh, there’s no problem with this land.

It is the baron’s territory, however he responsed to the invitation of the Empire and became a traitor.

He got his punishment he deserved and his land was confiscated.

This land is just a baron’s territory, I hate to say this but it’s just a small subterranean territory.

However, it meets the conditions with small river, mountain that is not so steep.

But are you really okay with this?

There are also many other lands we can…」(Database)

Database-san recommended other lands, but of course I refused.

Because I don’t want that kind of thing.

The distance from the capital is far, it might be a problem for aristocrat or a merchant.

But, distance doesn’t really matter to me.

So, the territory, get!

(T.N: getto in Katakana)

Hmm? But the territory facing the sea on the north side?

It seems like I’ve heard it somewhere …

It was next to the Earl Bozes’s territory!

Is it really a coincidence?

Database-san, you do know that I’m the Earl’s acquaintance, don’t you?

Was he doing this because he took it into consideration?

Well, if there is something I don’t understand, I can ask the Earl to teach me, or get help. And they are all good people.

It would be easy to go to Collette-chan’s place, and it would easy to make excuses when we are close.

Huh? The territory that Alexis got, is also next to me, on the opposite side of the Earl Bozes?

Did I get sandwithed?

I was definitely plotted, wasn’t I?

So whenever he went to his parents’ house, he would pa.s.s through my territory, right?

Yes, yes.

Eh, I only need to say “yes” once?

Yes, yes.

And what will I do when I go to the territory?

Shop? I will not lose it. Just shut it down temporarily.

I will restart if the territory goes down.

I will not spread to the territory…

Well, for now. Yes, for now.

Shampoo? Well, I will resume as soon as possible. Sorry.

***

Three days, the King introduced me someone to give me a special training on the territory management.

Yeah, ridiculous stuffing education.

Fortunately, thanks to modern knowledge, cla.s.ses have proceeded relatively smoothly because there was a tax system, budget management, manipulation of manpower, and so on.

The teacher was surprised.

Also, since cla.s.ses were properly recorded with a micro recorder, I can review them at any time.

Viva, scientific power!

And, to my territory.

On a average carriage.

No, I don’t have a luxury horse-drawn carriage, I don’t ride with Alexis, and I don’t want to spend days alone with only him on the carriage.

Actually, I have another way to travel, teleport to the Earl Bozes’ land and go from there.

But for once, I wanted to look closely the traveling route with my own eyes.

Well, I rode on the carriage when I first came to the capital, but I didn’t check the surround at that time.

What can I do for my territory?

Problems of coming and going with the Capital.

Surrounding situation.

There are many things to learn.

It will be good to hear various stories from other pa.s.sengers.