episode_0089

Development of mountain village territory (2)

“Good luck. Her Royal Highness! It is said that God is Baron Kimberley, who serves His Royal Highness the Third Prince! I am responsible for administrative work on behalf of His Highness Yuno.”

“Nice to meet you. Likewise, my name is Mayer and I am working under His Highness the Third Prince. It is responsible for military authority within the territory and security forces within the castle.”

Diane, Hyria, and Rachel smiled awkwardly after being greeted by Baron Kimberly and Meyer.

“Phew~ I guess Lord Cordelia told you that we were here?”

“Hahaha… well… that’s true… but wouldn’t it be better for you three to stay at the official residence that His Highness Yuno used rather than an inn like this?”

“I even made a reservation to meet Baroness Kimberly… Anyway, let’s do that. By the way, did you say Mayer?”

“Yes. Yes….only?”

“It seems like the guards at the official residence were not properly trained. Just by looking at Young Ji-min’s outfit, they tried to cut off the meeting with the administrator on their own terms, and even started being mean to me. Do you know what I mean?”

At Diane’s words, Mayer’s face turned red.

“….I apologize. Since the last monster invasion, a lot of new soldiers have been recruited… so it seems like training was lacking. We will provide more thorough training”

“I understand. I will keep an eye on you. I’ll be going out in secret often, so I’ll see you again sometime”

“We will take measures to prevent something like this from happening again”

“We’ll have to wait and see. When I presented my forged ID card, the gate went right through… It was so deplorable what the level of security was like”

Baroness Kimberly looked at Maier as if she were complaining as she watched from the sidelines as Meyer was being robbed by Diane from their first meeting.

‘Giggles, giggles, that guy… I’ve recognized him since he was always the same size as me. Oh, it’s refreshing~ The fatigue from working overtime yesterday is completely washed away~’

“Let’s stop here and go to the official residence. Baroness Kimberley?”

“Yes! Her Royal Highness”

“Please report the territory’s budget status, usage details, current project status, future development direction, population composition and occupation status of villages within the territory, crop status, etc. by tomorrow morning.”

The smile disappeared from Baroness Kimberly’s face at Diane’s sudden command.

“Yes….Yes? Why is that suddenly… like that?”

“Did you know that Princess Rachel was the Minister of Finance in charge of finances in the Kingdom of Leon? What a great opportunity it is that someone like that will look at the financial status of the County of Tessidanikana and offer to help.”

“Eh….yes?”

Rachel continued speaking to Baron Kimberly, who was crying.

“Hohoho If you have prepared well, it won’t be a big deal. However… if a false report is discovered…”

“Hahaha that will never happen!! …Maybe…”

“That’s right, right? Since you are Baron Kimberley, you have integrity, so there will be no holes in your finances… and you won’t suddenly register a false report… because if you do that, Diane will have your head blown off. Hohohoho”

Even Hiria, who had been sitting still, joined in and asked him to report the crop status in detail, and Baron Kimberley’s face became more and more rotten.

‘Aaaah Yuno, I wasn’t following this bastard!! Ahhh~~!! What kind of glory am I going to endure in this countryside where no one recognizes me!!!’

In the end, Baroness Kimberly had to work all night long, and was finally able to create a report for Diane, Rachel, and Hiria.

But his ordeal did not end with the report.

The next morning. In Juno’s office, the three women read the report and began to argue with Baron Kimberly and Mayer like crazy.

“Yes? You hired a troll and decided to give him 9 tons of food? Are you crazy? Baron?”

“No… I didn’t decide… This damn guy, Mayer… ”

When the eyes of the three women turned to her, Meyer, who was looking at Kimberly with a grinning smile as if she was disgusted, quickly turned her eyes to the side and looked the other way.

“Mayer Garrison Commander. Please explain what happened”

However, under pressure from Diane who asked directly, Meyer had to explain in detail what happened.

“Aha~ 20% of the mountain rangers and guards were killed and the rate of injured exceeded 50%, so while the troops were being restored, a troll who could speak human language and was a master level asked to use him as a mercenary and take charge of guarding the mountain range. There was no choice? Baroness Kimberly, are you telling me to believe this?”

“Whew~ If you tell me honestly and spit out where those 9 tons of food went, I will spare you from being burned at the stake. I will hang you mercifully, so tell me honestly”

In response to Diane and Rachel’s words that they would kill him with ease if he coughed up the money, and that it was confirmed that he would hit his head, Meyer shook his head and hands wildly and shouted that what he said was the truth.

“Um… Her Royal Highness? What Captain Meyer said is true. It is true that many troops lost their lives in the large-scale invasion of monsters, and Azin, a troll who had reached the level of a master, also saved my life. I swear on the honor of my master, His Highness Yuno, that this is true”

“In that case… I will believe you. This is what my brother’s article said, so it must be true”

As Diane’s frozen face relaxed, Myer and Baroness Kimberly sighed.

“Baron Kimberley. I understand that the former administrator, Boras, created a hole in finances and made efforts to make up for it. However, the Baron’s financial management does not show how to develop this territory in the future”

But Rachel’s eyes lit up again as if this wasn’t the end, and this time her target was Baron Kimberly.

“Yes?”

“I can’t see the vision!! If you are a lord who leads a territory, you have a duty to try to provide a better life for the people of the territory, and you have a duty to suggest that direction! But I don’t see that in the way you do things! What I see in my eyes is just how public officials do their jobs as long as there are no problems every day!”

“It is…”

“And you received a lot of additional budget during the last monster invasion, right? Even after buying food for the troll mercenaries and rebuilding the army, there must have been a long time left. Where on earth did you use it?”

“We don’t know what else will happen in the future, so use a preliminary budget…”

“What the hell!! If you have budget left, you should utilize it and invest more actively!”

“And if you fail…”

“Whether you fail or succeed! If that’s the way to move the territory forward, do it! There is no progress if you sit still and are satisfied with the present! A territory is like a small country! I heard you were His Highness Yuno’s teacher of kings studies? I can’t believe I taught kingship while working like this!! I’m so worried about His Highness Yuno!!”

Baroness Kimberly seemed to be going crazy from Rachel’s criticism pouring at her.

‘No… I’m not a lord in the first place!! Youngju is stuck in that monster mountain range and can’t come out, so what can I do? If I use this budget however I want and His Majesty comes back and accuses me of running it carelessly, my head will be blown off!!’

No matter what his thoughts were, Rachel’s reprimands hit him like a wave, and he eventually lost consciousness and collapsed due to the fatigue of working all night, the stress of the reprimands, and the burden of his future work.

Craddangtang!!

“Look!! Kimberly! Are you okay?”

“Please step aside for a moment!”

Meyer shook Baroness Kimberly’s fallen body as a colleague, but he couldn’t get up, so Diane came over and looked at him for a moment, then moved him to the corner of the office, saying that he had lost consciousness for a moment.

“So far, we have roughly figured out how the territory was run. But now that we are here, it will be different from what we have done so far. Mayer?”

“Yes! Her Royal Highness!”

“Please report to me the future training plan for new recruits, discipline training for existing soldiers, and what to do with rangers who will retire due to injuries from the past incident”

“Please let me know the current status of weapons and equipment in the territory. We will allocate a new budget accordingly”

“I want to check the status of farmland in villages around my former territory… Please prepare two or three soldiers and horses to escort me”

Mayer’s complexion turned pale as Diane, Rachel, and even Hiria all did their work for him.

“Mayer. I will be in charge of escorting Mama Hiria. And I will leave the status of weapons and equipment to the knight under me, so please mind only Her Highness Diane”

“Thank you. Cordelia!!”

Grateful that Cordelia would take care of all but the biggest tasks, Mayer quickly escaped from the residence before further orders were given.

Of course, it was a bonus that in the meantime, I was internally criticizing Yuno a lot.

“Whew~ The matter has been somewhat taken care of… Lord Cordelia? What should I do to meet Yuno? Once I finish maintaining the territory to some extent, I want to go see Yuno?”

“Ah! You have to get permission from the elf queen in the elf territory…?”

“Lord Cordelia, then, could you please grant permission for me, Hyria, and Rachel to enter? Since you have already entered the Elven Territory, it would be possible to go back in and ask for permission, right?”

“That’s true, but…”

However, Cordelia was reluctant to enter the elf realm again and unconsciously stroked her lower abdomen.

There was a tattoo of her uterus there, and naturally, her uterus vibrated with excitement as she remembered the hell of ecstatic pleasure she had experienced for 2 days and 1 night in the elf realm.