Hachinan tte, Sore wa Nai Deshou!

Luise, are you alright already? (Wendelin)

Currently Im fine, but the burden of the secret technique will affect my body (Luise)

It was an amazing technique. (Wendelin)

It has reasonable power, however its not to the degree of advanced spells used by high-ranking magicians. It loses out in range and strength. (Luise)

Its splendid in hindsight since it defeated that Gigantic Rock Golem. (Wendelin)

I wasnt able to move much for three days though. (Luise)

Herthania Valley, which was a nest of defending rock golems, was safely liberated thanks to the operation carried out by us.

The reinforcements of the royal army and the nobles feudal armies, split into 10 military units, pulled most of the grounded golems by entering and leaving the boundary border. During that time me, doushi, Burkhart-san, Katharina and Luise attacked their master, the Gigantic Rock Golem, located in the centre, from the sky.

The golems, which protected this Herthania Valley, all of them were controlled by the Gigantic Rock Golem as defence system to defend Herthania Valley, which was drawn up by the genius magic tools craftsman, Earl Ischrubak, of the Ancient Magic Civilization.

There was a great number of airborne wyvren and hawk golems, the heads of the Gigantic Rock Golem which regenerated right away even if destroyed and golems who increased the restoration speed and strengthened the offensive.

We were made to fight quite the close game, but in the end the activity of the Gigantic Rock Golem ceased after being busted by the secret technique of the magic combat style of Luise and 100.000 golems returned to being simple rocks after that.

That means it resulted in a safe liberation of Herthania Valley.

Wend, what did you do during those three days? (Luise)

Work. (Wendelin)

Since Luise had rendered distinguished service, she was allowed to rest for three days.

Since its not like she couldnt move at all, she apparently went to the toilet at least, but all of the other stuff, like her daily meals, has been taken care of by Elise and the others.

The teachings of the magic combat style are deep. (Wendelin)

There are many skills and secret techniques, but its also true that the majority of those cant be used by anyone. (Luise)

Whats with that? (Wendelin)

This times Big Bang Attack isnt something that can be used unless the user himself has a certain extent of mana. Even if its used by a person who doesnt possess more than a common amount of mana, it wont smash a slightly big rock, right? (Luise)

That means, if one has the ability to handle that by having plenty of mana, they will be able to release powerful techniques which wont be inferior to advanced magic by just applying the magic combat style.

The majority of people doesnt have that ((mana)) though, thus they have to put emphasis on the types of technique. As for the aspect of fighting by charging mana, doushi and you, Wend, are strong, too, right? (Luise)

Doushi was peerless against thousands of golems in this times battle.

Its not like he defeated all of them, but as he destroyed several hundreds without letting them get close at all, there would be another paragraph added to his legend as the strongest.

On the other hand, since such way of fighting doesnt suit my character, I will fire spells no matter what.

Given that doushi is in reverse weak at emission-type spells, one might even say that he is a strengthening type while Im the emission type.

I think there was such a type division in a manga I read in the old days.

Earl Baumeister-dono, an investigation team from the capital has arrived.

Are they going to start analyzing in this place, I wonder? (Wendelin)

No, I believe they will take things back.

It will be great if there are some results this time.

After the liberation of Herthania Valley, we moved our troop headquarters next to the mithril deposits located in the central area.

It was for the sake of me investigating things like deposits with magic and to protect the liberated Herthania Valley from people entering inside as ore thieves.

One part of the soldiers, who participated in this times operation, have taken up positions at the outer edges and are guarding against the intrusion of such people.

As a matter of fact, there were reports of them having arrested some intruders already.

It seems residents of neighbouring territories attempted to intrude with the motive If its now, it might become a nice profit as its easy to harvest ores.

Currently its at the level of being individuals, but the Browig household is the most probable for trying to do something as they are probably regretful.

The lot from the magic tool guild has high pride. (Achilles)

Viscount Achilles, who is managing the guarding of the troop headquarters, reports to me that magic tool craftsmen from the capital came.

They had chartered a large magic airship to collect the remains of the Gigantic Rock Golem destroyed by us.

The artificial personality crystal, the magic core production device and other devices, which I dont understand, all of them cant be used because they are broken.

You want to apply them towards advancement in technology, even if its just a small amount, by analysing it somehow, right?

Actually I wanted to seize those without breaking them, but if we did such skimping in that situation, let alone failing the operation, there would have been victims and thus it couldnt be helped.

Apparently they were all broken by Luises secret technique, but its probably the best to leave the reproduction of ancient magic technology to the magic tools guild.

While saying that, it doesnt seem like there are recently many outstanding achievements by the magic tools guild.

Their members have great influence since the production of magic tools is monopolized to 100% by them, but at this point their technology hasnt advanced overly much for several hundred years.

In that case, to analyse the excellent relics of the past, they forcibly bought the products, which were discovered in the Demon Forest, and moreover this times Gigantic Rock Golem by paying a large sum.

With the sorcery guild showing interest in the magic core production device, the magic tool guild, which is on bad terms with them, purchased the Gigantic Rock Golem by high-handedly issuing paper money.

The price for all of it was 500 million cents.

Even though I overcharged it as joke, I was also surprised when they put a bag filled with platinum plates in front of my eyes with a *bang*.

Huh? How are they going to take it back? (Wendelin)

It looks like they will load it onto a chartered large magic airship. Though it seems like its necessary for them to make a round trip.

The entirety of the Gigantic Rock Golem is regular rock and such, but from their point of view, it might have some yet unknown structures even in that empty rock and thus they are going to take it back without missing even a single piece of it.

Declaring that they will carry out the loading and transporting themselves, I recalled that there were indeed many obsessed people like engineers even including my previous life.

There were golems as well?

As expected its not all of them though.

They have bought a considerable amount of magic cores and masses of rocks which formed the golems that were controlled by the Gigantic Rock Golem.

This will be research material, too, but not all of it after all.

The remains of the golems, which stopped working in their entirety due to the destruction of the artificial personality crystal, is easily a share of more than 100.000 bodies.

Since its difficult to take all of them back, they collected only a share of samples and piled up the rest next to the troop headquarters where soldiers are currently gathering ores and usable magic cores.

So, how do you plan to develop this place?

I usually entrust it to someone.

Since my own territory is lacking manpower, it was natural for me to supplement it with personnel from outside.

Besides, if its people, there is plenty of them.

In case a noble discovered a mine in their territory, he will try to compensate for everything by himself as much as possible.

There were many prospectors, mining engineers, refining experts and such working away from home, but many miners are those below second son of farmers who are left over.

That means its a good place for employment for people who cant inherit agricultural land.

However, depending on the situation, there are also many mines where minerals cant be mined anymore after a few decades.

Its fine if a new mine is discovered in the same territory or at worst in the territory of a neighbouring noble, but if nothing is discovered, they will be unemployed.

There are such circumstances, too. One can gather as many miners as one likes.

Its alright for them to immigrate or to work away from home. In short, it will be fine if they can get metals by digging here.

Theres also no necessity of fussing over taking care of anything and everything by myself.

Gathering talents from other nobles territories and the areas directly under the control of the kingdom, it will be fine if our men only check for fraud.

Thats a very broad-minded setup.

Its fine if it doesnt take time, isnt it?

If we did everything by ourselves, it should take quite the time until ore can be excavated.

For that reason I decided to use people from outside.

(Beside, its fine if I give the surroundings a few candies to suppress jealousy.) (Wendelin)

Herthania Valley is the property of the Earl Baumeister household, but the majority of people working here will be outsiders.

The significant point of this is guaranteeing income and employment for people who are registered in territories of other nobles or areas under the direct control of the kingdom.

That will also become a measure to stimulate employment for the residents. And thats connected to the invigoration of the economy and and increases in the revenue.

The miners, who are working in regular mines, return to their home town and use their earned money there.

With just that it becomes an economic measure for their home town.

Even the royal army will increase by one official position.

As a matter of fact, Im planning to sell most of the plots, which are located at the outer edges of Herthania Valley, to the kingdom.

Theres no ores in those plots, but they will place 1000 soldiers and a troop headquarters called Royal Army Herthania Valley Garrison there.

Their task is to defend so that nobles other than the Earl Baumeister household wont meddle with the Herthania Valley. The remuneration is a stable supply of ores to the kingdom and a fee for consigning the security to them.

Theres that as well, but the mithril deposits in this place are bigger than expected. If the kingdom will come intervening anyway, I might as well bring them in earlier by by giving them a bait, right? (Wendelin)

Also, it was tied in the arbitration draft negotiated by the rules.

The people, who thought that it is an inferior property, ended up offering it up themselves for a slight reduction of the reconciliation money. Wont they have sentiments of wanting to get it back?

For the sake of preventing that, we employed more guards than the Browig household.

In addition, with such large-scaled mining area, wont it become necessary to run a refining establishment in the future? As people will gather, a city administration will be indispensable, too. We need manpower.

Its necessary to employ the young people of appointed nobles, who are secluding themselves in the capital, as future personnel so that they can carry out the checks for fraud over here.

They, their relatives and parents will guarantee the possession of Herthania Valley for the Earl Baumeister household in order for their children to have a steady livelihood.

Thats why it will become busy immediately.

As theres an insufficiency of mithril anyway, a lot workshops, located in the capital, are saying that they will buy it even in the state of being an ore.

Given that they want to send airships as fast as possible, they told us to please prepare a port where its possible for magic airships to land and take off as well as to mine, even if its only a bit, until then. It once again reached the point that I will be pressed to provide roads and a plot of land, where a city will be built, as public works adventurer.

That stone-paved road is magnificent.

Thats because theres plenty of materials.

Since there are as many rocks, which arent ores, as one likes, I create stone plates with those as material by magic and complete a paved road by just pushing them into a dug-out path.

Will you promote your rule in both, name and reality? Since the post of commanding officer of the Herthania Valley Garrison is encouraging for me, I will pay attention to stuff like meddling by the Browig household. However, will they come rushing in at once? (Achilles)

Although the arbitration negotiations havent finished yet, its an urgent situation (Wendelin)

The arbitration negotiations between Margrave Breithilde and the Browig household arent progressing at all thanks to the Browig household persisting in a reduction of the reconciliation money.

What effect will our liberation of Herthania Valley bring about in the middle of that? There was no reason for me to know that yet.

Even if something is said, this place is the Earl Baumeister households possession. Its not something I will concile to the Browig household.

Thats true, I guess. The Browig household itself is still remaining at this point in time because of His Majestys kindliness.

If this was during war times, they likely would have lost their peerage long ago.

In case of war times, it will reach a conclusion if its possible to abate the confusion, which accompanies the change of peerage and the inauguration of a new feudal lord, with strength.

Even the soldiers wont hesitate since it will become deeds of arms if they remove the disturbing elements which are resisting.

The Browig household care-freely continuing the quarrel between brothers itself was proof of this country being peaceful.

First we will put priority on the preparations for being able to excavate the mithril deposits.

Since its fortunately possible to open-air mine the mithril deposits, its probably possible to excavate the ores without spending too much time.

Around one week after that I received reinforcements from Roderich after creating the foundation of a port, where its possible for magic airships used for shipping to land and take off, and the infrastructure with magic.

Its an enclave, but its impossible to do local agriculture or stock-farming. For a while it will only be digging out of ores. After several years you plan to optimize it by building large-scale workshops where its possible to refine to some degree. Thats about it? (Roderich)

Roderichs voice is audible through the magic hand-held communication device.

For the sake of this Herthania Valley being controlled completely by the Earl Baumeister household, he dispatched additional personnel.

Guards, mining engineers and personnel from government and financial affairs to manage the new city that will be built.

In addition to this, we have decided to employ a large amount of people in this place.

Immigrating and working away from home applicants gathered in this place.

Is it impossible to be self-reliant in regards to food?

Its not impossible, but it wont work if we dont carry out work to establish soil on top of the bedrock quality-like ground and begin from afforestation for that reason.

However, there isnt even a river or swamp in this Herthania Valley.

Since its hopeless if we dont draw water through water wells from below by digging through the thick bedrock, it will likely require time in the range of several decades at the least.

Theres also the problem of mine pollution appearing from the ore deposits and mines.

If its me, it will finish with Extraction of the metals which can be used with magic, but theres a low possibility that the next generation and afterwards will be able to do that.

While pondering over countermeasures against mine pollution, when it comes to improving the soil so that its possible to do stuff like agriculture, this will be postponed no matter what.

The first priority is the situation of the Savage Lands development after all.

The self-support for food is fine for a while. Make the surrounding nobles into allies and buy it from them.

This is also for the sake of preventing interference by the Browig household.

In order to not lose their precious client, they will probably be gladly cautious of the Browig household.

Thats alright, but wont the prices be raised?

Thats possible, however its likely difficult if they dont consult with all the nobles selling food.

Besides, if it gets too expensive, its fine to import it from the Baumeister Earldom and the Breithilde Margraviate.

Nobles arent a monolith either.

Thats how it is.

It was the personnel selection of a governor, but were you pleased with the person I chose? (Roderich)

I leave such things to you. (Wendelin)

After that talk the governor and other parties have arrived with a magic airship from the Baumeister Earldom.

Although I was appointed as governor for the time being, Im uneasy.

The one who Roderich designated as governor was the third son of Earl Armstrong, Felix.

Though he has no experience in domestic and financial affairs, it will be fine if we compensate for that with other people. The reason he was appointed is because he is in good control of Viscount Achilles who will be the commanding officer of the Herthania Valley Garrison.

Even if he plots something bad, it will become difficult for him to realize it if the governor of this place is the third son of Earl Armstrong who is an authority in the royal army.

Even the capitals Earl Armstrong household wont be frugal with supporting their third son who has become a chief retainer of the Earl Baumeister household.

Although it costs money accordingly, me and Roderich will die from overwork if we try to take care of everything with a developing household.

The way of increasing allies by giving them a certain extent of concessions will be a gain, if you look at the long term.

In addition, its easier.

For the first generation of this place being military officers is also for the sake of preventing meddling by others. Since theres also plenty of budget, Id like you to make sure that the ores are excavated well by hiring people skilfully. (Wendelin)

At your command! (Felix)

Being appointed as first governor, Felix will start the governing of Herthania Valley by also borrowing help from his home.

Even though I continue the public works, I get back the time to drink refined tea in my free time.

My elder brothers will likely be in a great panic. (Karla)

Even if they panic, theres nothing they can do anymore. (Wendelin)

You are much more like a noble than my elder brothers, Earl Baumeister-sama. (Karla)

Me and Karla talked while drinking tea in my free time.

Its not really just the two of us as Elise is the area as well, but its something irregular.

Speaking of the action benefiting her household the most for now, its her, who is a daughter of the Browig household, seducing me.

Thats true. Herthania Valley is already possession of the Earl Baumeister household in due form. At the beginning they were delighted to get a reduction of the reconciliation money with this inferior property, but (Karla)

Having liberated it completely, its now starting to be developed as promising mining area.

Unable to tell me to return it this late in the game, they should be worrying endlessly.

Karla-san, might you be thinking that its fine if you are pushed onto me. (Wendelin)

I do. From the viewpoint of my elder brothers, they are believing that I will become happy with that if it happens. A social outcast daughter becomes the wife of the dragon slaying hero. You can even say that its a huge success in life. (Karla)

If you consider it from the position of a noble, that wasnt a mistake recognition.

What are you thinking about it, Karla-san? (Wendelin)

I dont really want to have something like the Browig family name. Why cant I receive treatment as daughter of the Bnker household? (Karla)

She is pitiable, but those two wont let go of Karla in the first place even if the person herself desires it.

If we assume that the Browig household accepts the current arbitration draft, she will be next married of to some place for the sake of recovering the household.

If you are indebted from your childhood and in addition to that accepted as daughter of a noble (Karla)

Even though she has been left alone until now, she has been called at this point just to be used.

Karla is indifferent towards the future of the Browig family because there are such circumstances.

Being treated as daughter of the Bnker household, huh

Karla is the daughter of Margrave Browig, but you can say that she was treated as daughter of the Bnker household until now.

Its unusual because she willingly wants to be lowered to that treatment, but she wont be used politically if she is the daughter of a poor Knight household with no posts in the capital. Thats also a way of thinking that will grant her freedom and let her marry whoever she wants.

Since she is saying that she wants to be independent together with her mother, I didnt know whether she might not have even considered marriage.

Cant it be done somehow? (Erwin)

Erw, who is serving as my guard, interjects which is unusual for him, but it could be called natural as any obstacle to marry her will be gone if Karla ends up becoming the daughter of the Bnker household.

The one who decides Karlas position is the family head of the Browig household (Wendelin)

In this world the position of a households head is powerful.

Thats why Karla couldnt go against being summoned by Margrave Browig. She wont voluntarily say no even in the matter of both successor candidates trying to push her into becoming my wife.

Thats right Klaus. (Wendelin)

At this point I request the opinion of Klaus, who is a genius at coming up with plans hated by people.

Its Klaus who thoroughly did things I hate until now.

If its that guy, he should be able to come up with a nasty plan for the Browig household.