Episode 50.6 (1/2)
Chubby came back just as Lecan and Eda finished having dinner.
”Welcome back, Chubby-san.”
”It's Gwislan. I have returned.”
Chubby took the gold coin bag Lecan gave him.
”I ended up using 25 gold coins. Here is the rest.”
”Keep it with you. No telling when you're gonna need them.”
”I understand. Now then, for the report. The impetus for all this was Lady Rubianafale.”
”What?”
”On Kingdom Year 116, Lady Rubianafale was married to House of Shadrest, awoke to
and then was named as <Maiden of Solace>. Chief, how much do you know about <Maiden of Solace>?”
”It's like a saint recognized by temple or something. Dunno the detail.”
”Then allow me to explain. The history of <Maiden of Solace> was a history of Yufu Kingdom itself since time immemorial, those maidens led Holy Yufu Kingdom to prosperity through their prayers. Whenever the previous maiden was nearing her death, the next maiden would emerge. The succession was not through bloodline, one maiden of the temple would simply awoke to
.”
”Hou. That's curious.”
”But then, around the founding of Zaka Kingdom, <Maiden of Solace>'s succession ceased to be. The Holy Kingdom immediately experienced a long bout of famine that brought it down to its knee. Submitting to Zaka Kingdom was what afforded the Holy Yufu Kingdom to survive.”
”Hmm?”
Could they have been bringing food from outside? However, even with <Boxes> around, could you really bring enough amount to support the entirety of this vast land. And were there really territory lords who could offer that much food back then.
”As such, Yufu's citizens had always harbored a desire to revive Holy Kingdom of Yufu deep in their heart. Radical factions of nobles who would work toward independence were always around to a degree. That was when Lady Rubianafale showed up and named as <Maiden of Solace>. She then performed the complete form of <Rite of Harvest> after more than 100 years, after which Yufu experienced a grand harvest the same year. Yields from the forest and the lake were unlike anything before it as well. Then the next year surpassed even that and the year after that broke the record once again. This was fall last year. People began raising voices, saying they don't need to submit under Zaka Kingdom anymore.”
”I see. And.”
”On the 22nd of month nine, Dungeon Knights began their expedition into Dungeon Yufu.”
Dungeon Knights would go into Dungeon Yufu after the harvest period, then they would come back out around the end of month four or the beginning of month five. Bringing back heaps upon heaps of items. That is their duty as Dungeon Knights.
”Immediately following that, Viscount Hokkori Bono passed away. Do you know who Viscount Bono is?”
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