Year 7446, Month 9, Day 2
This bastard(she's a woman though), I'm amazed she can say that so shamelessly...
【Refaisu Family: Baron of Rombert Kingdom. Investiture date was Year 7314, Month 5, Day 24.】
【Rise to power: William.Rombert the Third went independent and founded it.】
【The current head of the family is Vizonsu.Refaisu, the sixth generation.】
Hmph.
I'm not rejecting the aspect of nobles forming relationships through marriage itself. It's somewhat effective after all. However, just those who are related to the King of Rombert are no good. If it comes to that then it will really just end up as a vassal Kingdom and if things go badly based on the blood relationship background it can be thought they might try to take control of politics or the internal details of my Kingdom.
No, it's not particularly like I'm against being a vassal Kingdom. Of course I don't want that to be the case though. But, starting a country that can maintain it's independence in this state of affairs is putting it frankly impossible.
If I can make a portion of the Dirt Plains into my territory then in regards to food(just the staples wheat and meat though) I think we'll be fine with self-sufficiency. That's if we can cultivate a bit of it though. In regards to an army I have confidence I can do something about it as well. If I'm there, and I make things like guns or gunpowder then putting aside a foreign campaign, I think there will most likely be no problem with defense. If I just have enough time to make several tens of guns, anti-personnel mines, and pseudo claymores(though it's just planned but I plan to have a certain amount ready before hand) then even if an army of several thousand lead by the first knight group with sister included were to attack five or ten times, I think it'll be possible to deal hard blows to them every time and still drive them into retreat. Though I'm sure the cleanup would be difficult.
The problem is if in secret something like a commando unit of a small number of super elites invade and perform combat sporadically almost like a guerilla warfare and perform things like terrorism towards non-combatants but whether it's Rombert Kingdom or Guranan Empire , I'm sure any place would be troubled by that so it's the same.
Rather than the problem is the various types of manufactured goods other than food and an army. Even if it's not perfect if we can at least produce all of it inside of my territory then we should be able to mange anything. Whether it's the founder of the Nosebleed Arts or whatever else it's fine if I just make the machines for producing it. However, the problem is in regards to mineral and plant resources. No matter what it's necessary to import them.
There's few mountains in the area around the Dirt Plains so I'm sure it'll be necessary to rely on imports for most of those sorts of things. Certainly there's also territories that have mountains included in them as well but those areas have few forests along the border of Devas Kingdom and there's a lot of combat. There's merits and demerits right.
It's because of reasons like that in regards to a vassal Kingdom, particularly for the first assistance period where it's necessary I think it can't be helped. However, I personally am hoping to form those sorts of relationships through marriage with a noble that has a territory in the surrounding areas. If it's possible then ideally a territory that's right next to mine in contact with it. Even when it comes to receiving aid, going back and forth to the next territory over is easy. Additionally if it ever comes down to it, it makes it easier to conquer as well. No, I don't think I will though. Yeah. Probably.
In any case, I want to form blood relatives with some place which won't make any sort of unreasonable demands. In this case, the demands towards my country wouldn't be the delivery of money or resources but I can guess it would be offering military strength. Even if you just look at me individually it would be a large force and in regards to guns even if we desperately try to hide them the moment they're used in live combat of a reasonable scale once there's no way left to hide them anymore. It's necessary to find a different route than offering them military strength until then. If we can skillfully cultivate the land in the Dirt Plains and defend it then it's possible that eventually we could deliver food in exchange. This would be better.
It can also be thought that something might be demanded using sister as a hostage but as long as sister is in the first knight group of the Kingdom, that's something we already knew could happen. Since my brother and parents are citizens of Marquis Webdos's territory as long as I don't let my relationship with Marquis Webdos deteriorate then even if it's the King he shouldn't be able to do anything unreasonable. To be more precise it's possible for him to request things of the Marquis but I can't imagine that the Marquis would accept it.
In those sorts of meanings Miduchi's Lail Kingdom has considerably good conditions. It's a moderate distance away and a small country that's maintained complete independence. It seems they perform some foreign trade but their population is extremely small and they rely on imports for a considerable portion of their daily necessities. The primary things they export are drugs and the various types of mushrooms that are the ingredients for those and secondary they also sell magic stones. After that is..they have something that can't even be called a military but is quite literally a commando unit of a very small number of assassins.
Though it's thanks to Miduchi as well but just in case I have the pipe with the healer Baidu~nsu.Tukerin in the capital and I'm also making use of it to purchase some industrial waste from their country. In between operation time of the sausage factory I have two of each flavor being deliveries to his healing office everyday. Baldoggie are a favorite of his and he's supposedly extremely pleased over them. I think it might be good to sell Baldoggie and wheat to Lail Kingdom through him as well.
Adding to that as well and if I just return Miduchi to Lail Kingdom once, the fact that it seems we can simply form an alliance is the greatest. Although, in this case there's not very many short-term merits other than preventing me from becoming the target of assassination and making obtaining the various types of drugs easier.
However, in the future on the occasion I start trying to increase my territory it's possible I could have some powerful reinforcements. After all I can make a unit of close to 100 all with mana on the level of Miduchi and depending on the case I might even be able to get my hands on their systematic education and upbringing method as well.
Putting aside Lail Kingdom, this lady Yorire is almost definitely a forerunner pawn for that middle-aged King. I don't know if he intentionally ordered this, guided her into doing it, or convinced her into believing this was her own thinking though. In that case there's only one way of dealing with it that matches up with my goals. The objective is of course, making sure even just she doesn't keep dragging this on any longer. It can't be helped if someone else is sent in instead. After that, it's also let him understand the message, "I've noticed, don't underestimate me so much."
Of course, if he doesn't do things like underestimate me and hopes for a relation of an equal alliance then I'll raise my hands in the air and welcome it. I'm sure something like that is impossible though.
"I see. So you have the intention of coming to my place? Just now, you said that if I marry you then I'll have an advantage in the future but..What are you saying is the collateral for that to be the case?"
It's quite something that she didn't even bat an eyelid seeing my attitude suddenly change to arrogance.
"I stated it just now right? I was born from the seed of his majesty the King."
"Well then, if a blood relation with his majesty is important then you yourself have no value other than giving birth to an heir? Ah, you were still just a squire was it. One from the third knight group even."
I made a face as if I was completely looking down on her as I said it. Someone like you other than your blood relation, whether it be as a soldier or as the commander of a unit(at the very least for now) are useless, also, I tried saying it as if she was at best a tool for giving birth to children.
"What other value do you wish for than that?"
Oh, she's got quite a bit..of resolve behind it I see. I guess it's proof that she knows her own position?
"If you don't know that then you're lacking to become my partner."
"Of course I know that much. In place of your excellency, it's to provide relief for places your excellency's hands don't reach in the territory."
She sure says it easily. Certainly if she could do that then it's a high point as a partner. However, for her to answer with this sort of reply means she isn't an idiot. But, this reply is still no good. If she's going to highlight the blood relation then she should lay out all of the merits of it thoroughly. That's right, regardless of what I tell her. On the contrary if she said something like she would get all of my wishes to pass with Rombert Kingdom using her blood relation as a shield then even if it was boasting I'd have give her a second look.
Although, she's not an official child so I'm sure something like that is impossible. She should be showing guts. If it's just this degree of reply then it lacks in tangibility and it just feels like she's trying to cleverly match it up to me. There's no different from saying "I"ll give my best".
"How are you going to prove that?"
"I can't prove it until things from here on out."
Of course that's the case. Since you have no achievements after all. Well, since nothing concrete came out here, I'm sure it's impossible. If she doesn't at least say something like, "Since your excellency sub-Noble Greed is an adventurer from a remote area I'm sure taxes, human resources, and law are a weak point so I'll support you there" or "I have connections to a good candidate for tax collection official or governor". You, for what reason are you in the third knight group? Doesn't the knight group raise those sorts of talents?
"Even though you don't have any achievements at all just blood relation isn't enough of a reason to accept you. I think I have some considerably talented people in my place after all."
Additionally I guess I'll say this as well.
"By the way, why is the color of your hair different from last time?"
It's a beautiful blue color but it's hard to say it suits her very well. It's in bad taste.
"Oh my? Isn't it the color you prefer? I heard that you preferred blue or green so I dyed it though.."
Eh? Something like that...
The only ones I thought things like they're beautiful or cute the moment I saw them, based on just appearances were Bel and sister-in-law Shani-san. Of course, the elf Miduchi is beautiful and even Ralpha has reasonably cute facial features. However, since Miduchi has the blood of an elf it's just that she's beautiful in comparison to humans but looking in the framework of elves there's many more beautiful people. Ralpha is in the cute category looking from a Japanese person standpoint, but somehow she smells of piss*. Looking in the case of a dwarf Gwine is an overwhelming beauty but she's far off from my preference.
If I were to observe my own glances towards women then I might notice that the way I looked at Bel's hair dyed deep blue and sister-in-law Shani's light green hair is different. Of course I have no self-awareness of doing it.
However, things like red, black, blonde, and depending on the case light red, white, were all hair colors on Earth. Blue, green, and pink are hair colors that weren't on Earth so at first I was considerably surprised over them. I guess that means they realize, no, realized that? I'm sure it's just overthinking it though.
"It seems that wasn't the case."
She must have noticed that I had raised my eyebrows and was making a doubtful expression. She continued with a slightly disappointed voice.
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