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next day.

In the middle of a small castle in the middle of Zeeland, Luna was introducing me to her subordinates.

“This is Swen, who has been in charge of our military from today.”

Two of Luna’s military officers look at me and make subtle expressions.

There are a total of four people here, including me.

One is ‘Kane Nerkis’, an old man approaching 70 years old and in charge of politics.

According to the setting, this is the man who gave Luna the wealth she needed to raise the army as a leader.

The other one is Tifa, a female general who holds the position of general of the Luna Army.

He was Luna’s childhood friend and went out of his way to help Luna.

Although he was a bit flat, he wasn’t the type of person who would stab you in the back.

“Nice to meet you. My name is Kain Nerkis. It’s okay to treat him comfortably without worrying about his age. Hmm.”

Kane, a white-haired man wearing a tattered robe.

I lightly shook hands with Kane, who extended his hand, and then extended my hand to shake hands with Tifa next to me.

She held my hand with her large hand, then tilted her head and said.

“My name is Tifa. But, Swen… … Is it a woman or a man?”

“Yes? Can’t you tell by looking at it? I’m a man.”

“Why are this guy’s forearms so white and thin? Even though it looks beautiful.”

I didn’t know it when I only saw it as a dot graphic, but when I saw it in person, I understood what they were saying.

A solid, muscular body that resembles a female warrior rather than a woman.

Her red hair was tied up to make it easier to move around.

The large ax hanging on his back gave off a strange aura that made people feel intimidated.

She grabbed my arm and shook it violently a few times, then grinned and said.

“Anyway, please take care of me! A friend of mine!”

‘Wow, I feel like I’m getting tired.’

We just exchanged greetings… …

If your strength level is low, your spirit is probably a bit weak, or something like that?

anyway-

These two were the only talented people currently under the Lunarien army.

Kane is high on politics but mediocre in everything else.

And, Tifa is quite good at power and leadership, but not very smart.

This was Lunarien County’s talent pool.

Of course, both had enormous potential.

First, Kane. At first glance, he looks like an ordinary old man who will spend the rest of his life doing mindless chores-

In fact, his identity was the rumored dead younger brother of the fallen emperor of the unified empire.

The setting was that he was on the verge of death due to a power struggle, so he was eking out a living while hiding his name, but after reading a subtle possibility from Lunarien, he began to cooperate.

In other words, this man was an in-law of the Eingart family and the uncle of the famous tyrant Serpina.

Later, right before his natural death, he revealed his true name and added all of the descendants he secretly left behind to the Lunarien Army. The list of descendants was such that it is no exaggeration to say that they were a dream team, so they were SSS-level characters, so their lifespan was short. The most important thing was to keep alive until death.

Next is Tifa.

This woman may seem ignorant, but she was one of the few special people on the continent who could sense the existence of mana.

This game, [Garland Eternity Saga], was a game that mixed fantasy with a medieval base without much historical research, but – first of all, it was not a place where the profession of ‘wizard’ openly existed.

The cavalry beat the archers, the archers beat the spear infantry, and the spear infantry beat the cavalry.

It was a game where battles were fought using these three very simple mechanisms.

Since it’s a classic game, there wasn’t much depth to it.

but.

However, this does not mean that ‘magic’ itself does not exist at all –

Only a few selected people were able to sense the mana that existed on the continent and use strange attacks such as shooting lightning or raining down a meteorite of flame.

One of the people who could do that was Tifa.

Tifa’s biggest characteristic was that even though she was a general-type character who was good at using force, she could use magic.

Except for her, the other wizards were all intelligent treason characters, and in reality, it was more plausible for a wizard to have high intelligence.

In other words, her potential was to be reborn as the strongest general, ‘she’s good at fighting and even uses magic.’

Of course, there was no information about when that ability would bloom.

It was possible to just summarize it as ‘If you don’t kill Tifa as a Lunarien army and somehow survive and take her with you, you can use magic later.’

Since the concept of the Lunarien army is [King Ghost], it would be correct to say that the two only subordinates below also have a similar concept.

anyway.

Unless I could return home right away, they weren’t particularly important information to me.

In the first place, if Luna-kun was left to the CPU in-game, as soon as a year had passed, a phrase like [Lunarien-kun has disappeared beyond history] would be displayed.

“Then let’s begin this month’s meeting. If you have any opinions on what to do this month, feel free to express them. If there is a mission you would like to take on, please feel free to tell me.”

Orders are given once a month, and subordinates carry out their missions for a month.

It was exactly the same as the Garland Eternity Saga.

Kane slowly raised his hand at Lord Luna’s words.

“Master. This time, it seems like it would be right to invest money in the market for commercial development.”

‘It’s commercial development.’

When you first start playing the game, of course, you don’t have enough basic funds.

There are only two ways to save money.

Explore the surroundings, or invest in commerce to increase your monthly tax income.

In that sense, Kane’s proposal was very reasonable. The probability of finding money was low if you kept repeating the search, and since there was a character with a high level of politics, the effect would be good when conducting commerce.

“… … Swen. What do you think?”

Luna was lost in thought for a moment, then looked at me and asked a question.

There are two things I asked of her.

If possible, treat me as you would a subordinate, and discuss all major and minor issues with me.

Whatever the first, the second was very important.

In order to use my intelligence 100 brain, it was important to be asked questions in some form.

And the results come quickly.

[If you let Kane do commercial work, you will get decent results.]

but.

‘Let me think about what I did when I played Lunarien Army.’

Actually, Luna wasn’t a monarch I played that much.

After I succeeded with the Wanggui concept just once, it seemed like I didn’t try my hand at it because it wasn’t fun.

Before Wanggui, the game was so intense that I had to hold my head to play it, but after Wanggui, it became so easy.

So, even if I can’t act on my playing experience as an absolute golden rule – wouldn’t it be okay to use it as a reference to some extent?

“… … My lord. May I give your opinion?”

“Tell me.”

“I think it would be better to order Prince Kane to strengthen and repair the castle walls in preparation for enemy attacks rather than commerce.”

“… … ?”

Kane looks at me and asks curiously.

“Look here. Did you say Swen? It’s nice to overestimate this old man, but… … In order to repair the castle wall, you will need someone to personally lead the soldiers along with the soldiers. Do you think the men repairing the castle wall will follow an old man like me?”

By listening to Kane, I was able to get an idea of how the actual commands of this game work.

In this game, [Strength] had to be high in order to properly repair the walls.

Conversely, in order to achieve results in commerce, [Politics] must be high.

Since it has a very simple mechanism that determines the level of performance based on numbers, I have never thought about how the numbers are specifically applied in the workplace.

Since Kane, who has low strength, cannot produce good results, there seems to be a good reason for it, [because he lacks strength, workers do not follow orders well].

‘Still, we cannot grow commerce without meaning.’

There is only one reason why I ordered repairs.

This was because this city was destined to be taken away anyway.

Even if we continued to recruit, train, and grow commerce with this talent pool, this city – [Zeilland] – was destined to be taken over by the Brans army, which was in close range.

Lin Brans, the monarch of Brans County, tended to pursue quite expansionist actions, so this was almost like an established fact.

In that case, rather than developing something like a market and handing over a city with a high level of development-

It would have been much wiser to build up the walls and strengthen them, pretend to be staging a sit-in, and buy time to escape.

This wasn’t a delusion, it was just the same trick I used when I actually played Lunarien.

If there is a powerful country nearby, run away as much as possible.

When you arrive at an area that doesn’t have much merit that a powerful nation won’t invade, use that place as a base and hold on somehow.

Since it was a game where different correction values were applied each time and the location of each country and the quality of territory were not fixed, it could not be an absolute strategy, but that did not change the basic operation method.

Luna didn’t seem to understand my opinion about ordering Kane to repair the castle wall.

He quickly nodded and said.

“… … I understand. Then what about Tifa?”

“I order anything. Because I will do anything. Shall we go repair the walls with this old man?”

“Swen. I will ask you. What kind of mission should I give Tifa?”

Well, wouldn’t it be okay if we just built a castle wall or a cocoon like she said?

Anyway, the future is already decided.

Still, since I was asked a question, I guess I’ll have to ask it.

‘What should I order Tifa to do?’

This time too, my 100-intelligence brain very quickly draws the most perfect conclusion.

[Commerce].

“… … ???”

what?

Commerce?

No matter how many times I think about it, there is only one conclusion.

[You must give Tifa a mission related to commerce].

‘… … Huh.’

No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t understand it.

I trust my intelligence level.

Intelligence of 100 in this game is to always say the right thing.

As long as this is a game world, aren’t the conditions immutable?

“… … Swen?”

“Oh, sorry. Think about it for a moment.”

I looked at Luna, Kane, and Tifa in turn… …

He said this in a very serious tone, as if he wasn’t joking.

“Tifa, please engage in commerce and develop the market.”