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Lazy Dungeon Master - Chapter 366




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Chapter 366: 366

Wozuma’s Explanation



​ “—And due to all of that, there is now a village on the other side of the tunnel…”

​ After being summoned for by Village Sub-Chief Wozuma, I heard about the village on the other side of the tunnel .

​ First of all, the village was entirely unrelated to Golen—is not exactly true, but they were definitely a separate village .

​ Its name was Draco . I got the feeling it was a bit similar to how Golen was named, but maybe it doesn’t have anything to do with a Dragon coming by? Who knows . Still though, this is Tsuia Mountain . We did have that whole Dragon thing happen .

​ The village’s Village Chief is the Pavuera lord’s son, Cid Pavuera . He was around ten years old, about the same as Maidence .

​ … Oh yeah, wasn’t he affected by Meat becoming Maidence’s fiancé? I can’t really remember . Wait, wasn’t there something about them borrowing my name? I forgot since I was having to deal with the Kukkoro elf girl, Shikina, times were busy! I should actually look into that… oh, wasn’t there also something about them lending the [Godly Pillow] to Beddhism?

​ Well, at least the dungeon side of things will have no issue with it . I mean, Draco’s already inside of our domain . The more they develop, the better it’ll be for us .

​ I suppose Rei not reporting to us about it was due to it not actually being an issue . It really isn’t . Rather than being an issue, as far as Rei was concerned, it was like someone else giving us a gift for our dungeon out of nowhere .

​ I agreed . It’s not like it’d be an issue for us monetarily either .

​ “I’m told they have also constructed an inn of their own . ”

​ “Hooh, that’s good . It’d decrease how many people come to our inn . ”

​ It’d take some of the work off our backs without affecting our DP income . It’s a win-win .

​ “…? Sorry, Village Chief . Did you just say that was good?”

​ “Yeah?”



​ “You also said that it would decrease how many people come to the inn?”

​ “Isn’t it a good thing there’s less work to do? I can’t see it as anything but a good deal for us . ”

​ I mean, I only ever made the inn to have a place to sleep .

​ Now that I have my own residence as the Village Chief, it wouldn’t be a stretch to say the inn’s served its purpose .

​ —Well, I guess it’s still good for entertaining Haku-san when she comes .

​ “… I suppose you have developed quite the range of businesses, Village Chief . ”

​ “Have I? It should just be that religion . Was there something else?”

​ Letting out a sigh, Wozuma moved on to his next point .

​ “Fields, shops, even having a bar, they have mimicked many aspects of our village . ”

​ “Hoh, really? What about having a dungeon?”

​ I waited for his response, knowing they wouldn’t be able to . A change on the level of creating a new dungeon isn’t just a [Sure, go for it] thing for dungeons .

​ “… No, they have not been able to mimic our dungeon . ”

​ “I see… So there’s no problem then? I mean, our village is only here because of the dungeon . ”

​ It’s existence is so significant that I’m surprised Draco even became a thing without one . Could they be antagonistic toward us?



​ “You said they’ve been copying us, do they have a church, too?”

​ “… They have shrines . Ones for White Goddess-sama, the Trade God, the Blacksmith God, and the Food God . ”

​ Maybe I could make a Beddhist shrine… nah, sounds too troublesome . At any rate, we’ve got the founding church of Beddhism here . Let’s just say the the inn is the Beddhist shrine .

​ “Anyway, peddlers will like having a village there, too . They’ll be able to trade their wares even if they can’t make it through the tunnel, making it a good turnaround point . Wouldn’t it be good to promote trade between Golen and Draco?”

​ It’d be good for peddlers since they wouldn’t have to pay the toll and go all the way to the village on the opposite side .


​ The tunnel’s toll would then be paid by merchants ferrying goods back and forth .

​ “W-Wouldn’t… wouldn’t that only serve to please those in Draco?”

​ “… Huh? Is that a problem? It’s not like we’re enemies . ”

​ “Not… enemies…?”

​ Was Wozuma thinking of them as enemies? I don’t know why he would… but maybe there’s a reason?

​ “What, is it better to think of them as enemies? Wouldn’t that just ruin public order?”

​ “Huh? Oh, no, public order is important . Draco’s Village Chief is the Pavueran lord’s son, so… if you say they aren’t our enemies, that’s good…”

​ “Even if they want to say something, they’re on the other side of the tunnel . The tunnel’s not something that’ll choose one side over the other, nor is it something they can just capture . It’s a clear separator between us . ”

​ —Is how I explained it . It being part of my dungeon’s a secret .

​ “In truth, although they didn’t exactly declare war on us when they founded the village, they did say something about being our enemies . ”

​ “Heeh, what’d they say?”

​ “That they wouldn’t lose to an upstart . ”

​ …

​ I waited for him to finish, but that was everything .

​ “That’s all? I mean, that’s probably a summary, but still…”

​ “Yes, but many villagers heard them insult you, our Village Chief . ”

​ “Did they say something that bad?”

​ “It’s permissible that you are an upstart and prefer little girls, but…”

​ I mean, it’s great that it’s permissible and all, but how is preferring little girls alright…

​ “They also said that you were frivolous, did nothing… and that you are nothing but a figurehead, of all things!”

​ …?

​ … … …?

​ Oh! Oooh, I see, yeah . I get it . So to Village Sub-Chief Wozuma, them figuring out that I’m a figurehead is a bad thing, huh . Man, I don’t know what I could even say to refute that . I mean, it’s a fact .

​ “Seriously, Wozuma, you’re so diligent . ”

​ “No, no, I could never hope to match up to you, Village Chief Kehma . ”

​ “Hahaha, sure . ”

​ Still, Draco’s Village Chief’s quite cunning .

​ Maybe I should go check him out?

​ “Still, that declaration of war that wasn’t actually a declaration of war… have they harassed us? Like putting up a door to the tunnel or trying to charge taxes?”

​ “No, nothing like that . ”

​ Right? If they wanted to harass our village, all they had to do was put up some barrier to entry to reduce the number of merchants coming through . They didn’t have to go through setting up an entire village .

​ “… Why did they make a village?”

​ “Perhaps you could find out by talking with each other as fellow Village Chiefs?”

​ “Right . Alright, Wozuma . Please arrange that . ”

​ And thus it was decided that I would confer with Drago’s Village Chief in a few days .

​ I decided to relax under the pretense of being exhausted from my travels until then… oh, he saw through that, too? Oh well .





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