CH 63

”It stinks, it stinks! S**t, what the h**l is going on!” (King Carcel)

In the Carcel Kingdom, the young king stood resolutely, his thunder-like roar pouring down on the ministers before him. And the inside of the castle was filled with a terrible stench.

Thanks to this, his anger showed no signs of abating, with a glare in pursuit of “who the h**l’s responsible for this!”.

And the eyes of many ministers were focused at one spot. The one at the end of the line — the Minister of Construction, Dowal.

”Dowal! Construction work is your role! Tell me what the h**l is going on right now!” (King Carcel)

”Ye-, ye-! The strange smell that has broken out within the royal capital is the result of faulty construction work, r-, right! The fact that Wirk has been cutting corners in his construction work has now come to light, and its effects are being felt all over the city!” (Dowal) [TL: the “ye-” bits, I imagine, are him stumbling on his words and cutting himself off from saying “yes”]

”Tsk, it’s that Wirk again!” (King Carcel)

The young king punched the armrest of his throne, gritting his teeth. He seemed so angry that he didn’t even notice that his gums were exposed.

At present, the harm of cutting corners is erupting in various places all over the royal capital. Of course, everything that Dowal said was nonsense, but rather, this is a negative chain reaction caused by the craftsmen Dowal hired having thoughtlessly destroyed the infrastructure that Wirk went through the trouble of setting up.

Thanks to this, the smell of waste leaked out from the sewage pipes and filling the royal capital, the water supply also doesn’t reach each household, the roads are also caving in here and there, and furthermore, as a result of destroying the magic conduits, the magic-reliant vehicles have also been completely destroyed.

Naturally, even the toilets are no good, so the citizens are left to soil themselves outside, which has become the main cause for the even worse stench. There’s even no water in the taps, so they have no choice but to go and fetch water.

[TL: Wow, a lot has happened in this chapter. We got some foreshadowing for Dowal’s future misdeeds, the royal capital has fallen even further into disrepair, and the committee has finally arrived. Speaking of which, why did it take them this long? If I remember correctly, it took Wirk two days max to go from the kingdom to the island, and his boat was only, was it 3 times faster than current ships? That still means 6 days max. They should have arrived maybe one or two days ago. But oh well, it’s close enough. They probably bumped into another monster or something.]