CH 198

Chapter 198 - After the Festival, Homework Awaits

The frenzied victory celebration was over.

At the representatives’ meeting, one agenda came up.

They wanted to increase the number of representatives and give one of the seats to a cat tribesman.

At least, they said, since they had fought together in the last battle, they would love to.

Even after the war, I knew that not giving them seats would be a problem.

But I told them that I would not interfere with the increase in the number of representatives.

I just told him that I would accept what they all decided.

As for the other organizational changes, I made a request.

“Now that the festival is over, I have some homework for everyone.”

Everyone was on alert at the same time.

With the look of a teacher giving homework, I gave the first task.

“We need an assistant secretary to assist the two secretaries. Please select a female who is less likely to be assigned muscle-intensive work.”

Mil and Kiara nodded.

As it was, I looked at Kiara.

“I will now inform you of the action plan of the intelligence unit.”

“Yes, brother.”

“Please investigate the cat tribesman that would have been destroyed, but since it is unclear whether the plague has subsided, please investigate in a reasonable manner. And mapping of the area outside of Dorius’ sphere of influence. We will need to confirm the location of other forces. I’ll leave the planning and implementation to you.”

Then I looked at Ludvig, the Minister of City Development.

“The Ministry of City Development is no longer limited to cities, so we are changing its name to the Ministry of Development. Also, I would like you to establish a library. Even if you can read, if you don’t have a chance to use it, it won’t be of much use and you won’t be motivated to learn. It is also necessary as a form of entertainment. The purpose is also to improve the intellectual ability of the citizens. In addition, we will also have the minutes of the representatives’ meetings and decrees in the collection.”

The Minister of Development, Ludvig, looked like Munch’s scream.

I almost blurted it out.

I cleared my throat and looked at Rabo Villani, the Minister of Civil Affairs.

“Please arrange for the installation of a regular carriage service to Bahia, so we can use it as a mere hot spring town.”

Rabo nodded silently.

Next, I looked at Abraham and Touko.

They felt my gaze on them and straightened up.

“I will give you permission to move to the former settlement. It It has become a fort, so please improve it like a town. Since the winged tribe has no one who wants to move there and it is not a direct sphere of influence, we will forgo it this time.”

Abraham and Touko seemed relieved.

Apparently, there were quite a few people who wanted to go.

I then looked at Joseph Paoli, the Minister of Fisheries, and Ludvig, the Minister of Development.

“The port and the town are connected by a river, so we will try to utilize water transportation using boats. In the future, I want to be able to transport goods to the town by water.”

The Minister of Development Ludvig’s face went from Munch’s scream to looking like someone from Kazuo Umezu’s manga.

I looked at the Minister of Immigration, Oracio, holding back my laughter.

Oracio was bracing himself for his turn.

“We’re establishing a contact point at the Ministry of Immigration to accept retired adventurers. Mr. Rosa will remain in an advisor-like position, and the contact person will be chosen from the retired immigrants.”

He was relieved to hear that.

Some of them were relieved, but most of them looked fed up with the large amount of homework.

Gentlemen, after the festival, there is always homework.

As for me, I’d like to see this form of input from everyone.

I’ll think about it when the representatives’ meeting gets a little bigger.

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Later on, there was a report from the frontline fort.

A messenger from the demon tribe came to ask for permission to collect the bodies and bury the dead beastmen.

They agreed to it as I was instructed, but they said they had some information to tell me.

The dead commander was the chief’s sister.

He didn’t tell anything other than what was necessary, so I couldn’t get any other information from him.

When I heard this, I almost made a bitter face.

It was a common reason for the opponent to start a war.

We don’t know how to fight the demon tribe.

And they’re already on cautious of us.

We don’t know how many demons there are, but if they’re holding back the demons, they can’t be that few.

If we were to win, there is even a possibility that the demons will come flooding in.

It’s no use …… I need information.

It’s no use worrying about the unknown.

And there are very few things that I can think of at the moment.

Even if they are demons, can they send an army beyond the territory of Dorius? 

The logistics are also a big responsibility.

That’s the only bright spot.

We have a flat road and high transportation capacity, so we have a definite advantage in a long-term battle.

For the time being, we’ll have to limit the damage and improve our strength per man.

I’ll leave that part to Charles.

Yeah, that’s good.

As I was worrying about it, the effects of the previous victory came into play.

Another tribe has made contact with us.

The species was said to be demons.

There is the matter of Despina too.

It’s not simple …… Alright, let’s meet up.

Either way, we need to meet and talk.

If there were demons here, Despina wouldn’t have come here.

She wouldn’t even know they existed.

If I were to talk to the demon tribe over their heads because I didn’t know them, Gerald and his wife would distrust me.

I don’t know if they will be convinced.

But I think we should give them an explanation.

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I felt I needed to explain, so I asked them to call Gerald and his wife.

If the couple was called together, they must have thought that something special was going on.

I was a little nervous.

“I don’t know if this is good news or …… bad news. But, there’s something I think you should know about.”

When I saw that they nodded, I opened my mouth.

“The demon tribe …… although, I’m not talking about the demons further inside. They have contacted.”

Hearing the word “demon tribe” made the two of them tense.

They were about to say something, but I stopped them with my hand and continued talking.

“I will tell them about Despina-san. Then, I’ll see if they want to join hands with us. For me, I thought that I shouldn’t talk to them without informing you guys. That’s why I asked you to come all the way here.”

I remain silent and wait for their reaction.

The couple looked at each other and nodded.

Gerald looked at me with serious eyes.

“I believe in what you said before, my lord. And I’m convinced it’s true based on what you’ve done so far.”

Despina is as serious as Gerald.

But I did not feel anger, fear or disgust.

“Therefore, we will follow the Lord’s decision. And we know that the Lord was sincere in informing us in advance.”

I was inwardly relieved.

If the trauma was strong enough, the rejection might come naturally.

But not to the point of unconditional rejection.

Hiding my inner relief, I changed my expression.

“Thank you for believing in me …… I’ll say it again. Your family …… naturally, it includes your children. I can assure you that you will not be treated unfairly.”

The couple bowed their heads and left.

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Kiara walked up next to me and smiled.

“As expected, my brother is really kind.”

“No, I just kept my original promise. I’m not being nice.”

Mil and Kiara looked at each other.

” “Yes, yes” “

They gave a very insincere reply.