Saving 80,000 Gold in an Another World for Retirement

234 . Portrait of Battle 1

Its a war (?)

Eh? (Mitsuha)

When I went to the [Products Store], my base in the capital city of the Vanel Kingdom, the uncle at the neighboring guard station, told me so .

That sure came out of nowhere .

and somehow, I got a sense of dj vu from that line . I wonder if I had this kind of exchange somewhere before

Or rather, was it such an international situation? I didnt know at all

I guess I shouldve done more serious research not only on this country but also on neighboring countries and international affairs .

Even if this is a critical situation for this country, I wonder whether itll be good or bad for me

so you didnt know yet . Well, Its a topic that is hard to mention to a noble of another country and a child at that . I thought you already know it, but Im glad I told you just in case (Guard-san)

Uwah, thank you!

I dont know if its the effect of gifting them regularly, or he just told me that out of kindness for a lone foreign girl, or that was his bosss instruction, but Im grateful for that . That information alone is well worth dozens of gold coins .

I wont pay for that, though!!

Lets just show my sincerity with some snacks .

I appreciate that! It would be bad if I got stuck in another country, or if our cargo ship were to be captured by an enemy! Ill be sure to thank you for this later! (Mitsuha)

After saying that, I quickly dashed to the product store .

First, I need to gather some more information . Without information, I would have limited options .

A war means theres at least an enemy country I dont think theyve realized that theyre currently in conflict with our country .

By the time I went to the party the other day, the higher-ups and military personnel probably knew this already . Still, as expected, theres no way they could tell me about the situation with other countries, I guess .

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well, thats a given .

Certainly, Ive met some of the higher-ups and military personnel of this country at parties, but from their perspective, Im just a business partner, not someone who can talk about politics with them, let alone talk about the other countries . Theres no way theyll talk about something like that in a place where I can hear them .

Besides, they thought that I was a child in my early teens . Before the fact that I am the one who is responsible for the full-scale trade with this country, Im supposed to be the daughter of the secondary queen of some country who was entrusted with preliminary investigation . So its unavoidable if they think that Im not in charge of political talk or war .

In the first place, they dont know whether if my country is in this countrys side or the enemys side, so of course, they couldnt say anything .

Anyway, collecting information is my first and foremost priority right now .

Speaking of someone I can ask without hesitation and having absolutely accurate updates, that would be

Mitchan, Im here to play! (Mitsuha)

again, youre always so suddenly (Mitchan)

Mitchan rubbed her temple with her fingers as if she got a headache .

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I have a good headache medicine if you want?

In the Marquis available today? (Mitsuha)

And youre treating someones father, and the head of a Marquis family at that, like a friend First of all, why dont you ask [Is Marquis Mitchell at home today? or something like that!! (Mitchan)

Is that really bad?

Well then, let me rephrase that

Miss Micheline de Mitchell is the Marquis around? (Mitsuha)

Its the other way around!!! (Mitchan)

Mitchans seriously enraged .

OF course, it was on purpose .

To me, Count Bozes is [Count-sama], but Marquis Mitchell is just [the Marquis] . Its not like hes the kind of person that I should attach [-sama] to,

In the past, it was okay to call him [Marquis-sama] because he was a senior aristocrat from another country and Mitchans father, who happened to be the one who took care of me in this country . But now its no good .

Ive softened my attitude a little bit, but I havent really forgiven him .

Besides, Its not like Im calling him by his name . Its not rude to refer him by his title, after all . Im also called [Viscount Yamano] or simply [Viscount] by Barons or other Viscounts .

No, Im in a hurry . I have to fulfill my main duty (Mitsuha)

When suddenly entered serious mode and said so with a serious face, Mitchan seemed to know that this was related to my work as an aristocrat . And after a few seconds of silence, she nodded

all right . Wait inside the reception room (Mitchan)

nice to see you . So what is your business? (the Marquis)

The Marquis came after I waited in the reception room for a while .

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Maybe he was consulting with Mitchan about the reason for my sudden visit, how to deal with it, whether to apologize for the last time, or just to shove it under the rug

And Mitchan is nowhere to be seen .

Perhaps she decided that she shouldnt be present . Mitchan is a bright child, after all .

Well, Its also possible that the Marquis didnt let her come with him

But it doesnt matter .

Theres one only thing I want to know .

It seems that a war is about to begin . Please tell me about it in detail . The enemy country, the cause that triggered the war, the difference in war potential, the chances of winning, and so on, all of them!! (Mitsuha)

Eh . (the Marquis)

Well, of course, he will be troubled .

Theres no way he can talk about political secrecy and military decisions to a little girl he doesnt even know where she is from .

But hell want to repair his strained relationship with me, so he cant flat out disregard that . Somehow, I have to talk him into it skillfully

Hmm

Only the part that will be publicly announced to some extent is enough . The ones that already leaked to the enemy from the nobles who were colluding with them, or from soldiers who were caught in honey traps, etc . that nothing will change even if you tell me now . Anyway, please tell me everything that you can talk to nobles, soldiers, or merchants of this country without any problem (Mitsuha)

(the Marquis)

The Marquis is looking at me with a bewildered look .

Well, I guess thats too straightforward

However, if you dont care about being considerate or reserved towards the other party, of course, itd be like that

In any case, I cant make my move just by knowing that theres going to be a war without knowing anything else!! Is it okay if someone from the enemy side gets in touch with me and tricks me into making all of my products flow to their country? Even though the cosmetics, alcohol, and spices could be used for spying and political movement? (Mitsuha)

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Un, its like something I would do!

Ugh!! (the Marquis)

Alright, its working!

Lets give him anotherbody blow!

Also, our small high-speed ship might be captured by the enemy, and then they seized both the ship and all of our supplies with it (Mitsuha)

Uuuuh (the Marquis)

And

Or they might trick us, and we became friends with the enemy (Mitsuha)

Uppercut!!

Guha!! (the Marquis)

alright, hes down!