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Chapter 413 – The High-Grade Liquor of Victory
This time, there were no fatalities, although there were some wounded. The targets were easily eliminated, and the nests were destroyed. We were also able to show the military officers of various countries that our country’s military might was evident, so I guess we can call it a success.
And now we are tasting the spoils of war.
“It was hard. Hard. Isn’t it hard?”
“I can’t bite through it.”
I’m eating a steak of flying biter meat, about 1 cm thick and grilled, but it’s hard. The meat is like beef tongue made a little harder, and it’s hard to bite through. Even when I cut it into bite-sized pieces with a knife, my jaw gets tired.
“It’s a little hard for me too.”
“I like this kind of meat better.”
Ted, who is human like me, rated it as hard. Darko, who is a multi-armed woman, said it was good. Basically, it is popular among the carnivorous beastmen, while it is not so popular among humans like Ted and me, subhumans who are not beastmen, such as the one-eyed people like Isla, and herbivorous beastmen, even though they are beastmen.
“Oh, I like them sliced thinner, just the right amount of salty chewiness.”
“The stewed meat in the broth is delicious.”
The thinly sliced meat, not steak meat, grilled in salt, is delicious, just like beef tongue, and the flying biter meat in the soup Driada eats is so tender and seems to have a good broth that one wonders if it is the same meat. I guess it would be right to use that meat in soup, wouldn’t it?
“It’s not that unusual, is it?”
Grande bites off a thick piece of steak meat. Those are the fangs of a dragon. Hard meat is nothing to worry about. And the beastmen and lizardmen from various countries look at Grande, who is biting off thick flying biters’ meat as if they are admiring her. I have no idea. Do they have a culture of respect for someone who can bite off a piece of hard meat?
“But there were a lot of very large flying biters, weren’t there?”
“The monster survey is not perfect either. There were many 10-meter-plus individuals and even 20-meter-plus individuals in this colony. I will write a report when I return.”
This is how the world’s knowledge of monsters is accumulated. The individuals that have been reported so far might have been young and stray individuals that had flown away from the nest.
“Kosuke-dono, thank you for your help this time. There is still a possibility that surviving individuals or individuals that have left the nest may appear, but I am sure that our forces will be able to clean up the remnants without any problems.”
“We have our own agenda, but I’ll take your words of gratitude to heart. Once the cleanup is complete, will access to the sea be easier?”
I asked Crown Prince Sindriel, who once again thanked me and he nodded with an extremely serious expression on his face.
“Yes, that’s right. There are several settlements by the sea in our country that produce sea products and salt. The journey that used to take two days each way, even for a flying dragon, will now be cut in half, and the passage will be safer.”
“I see… Isn’t there a road between the two?”
“Of course there is. But until now, the number of escorts had to be increased due to flying biters and other attacks, so the land transport was not very efficient. Perhaps that will improve in the future.”
I see. So the place where transportation by air or land was a hassle will become more convenient in the future. If the nest of the flying biters is destroyed and they are no longer in the area, it may be possible to build a new lodging town or something like that to serve as a transit point for domestic distribution. If enough salt and sea products can be transported overland, the air transport capacity allocated to the western sea area can be redirected to other areas. The strategy of opening a western route may have been an important part of the Dragon Mountain Kingdom’s national strategy.
“We have achieved our goal and will soon return to our country. I miss Her Majesty the Queen, whom I left behind in the land. I also want to see my children.”
“Children? You already have an heir?”
“They are not the Queen’s children. Well, I’m going through a lot, you know.”
I am the one who generally makes the moves, or rather is made to make the moves, but since I did not strongly reject them and ended up having a relationship with them, it is clear that I am probably responsible for the situation. The best course of action would be to be as honest as possible with each person and enjoy my life as much as possible. A relationship based solely on a sense of obligation and responsibility will not work.
Perhaps sensing something, Crown Prince Sindriel gently poured me a glass of alcohol without asking any more questions. Good-looking people are also very perceptive, aren’t they? Even his mind is handsome.
“If that’s the case, let’s have you bring back a lot of the fruits of our proud trade with other countries on your way home. I’m sure there’s plenty of room on that big ship, isn’t there?”
“I am very grateful to you for giving me souvenirs. We would like to use the magic airship for trade in the future, but I don’t know when that will be. There are so many problems piling up that it’s giving me a headache. Just because there was a temporary truce with the Holy Kingdom, it doesn’t mean that many things have been resolved.”
“Huh, the Holy Kingdom, huh… it is doubtful how long they can keep it up.”
“Yes, that’s true, but we don’t want it to collapse in some strange way. As a neighboring country.”
As for how long it will last, it means that as a result of the failure to conquer the Merinard Kingdom and the great damage it caused, the domestic government system has become problematic. Originally, it was a nation that ran the country by overworking subhumans as slaves. As a result of losing so many soldiers―mainly human soldiers and knights on the side of managing subhuman slaves―in the battle with us, the Merinard Kingdom, their power to suppress the subhuman slave rebellion should have decreased accordingly.
Moreover, since they must have been in a comfortable mood to conquer the Merinard Kingdom, they probably did not expect that our counterattack would inflict heavy damage on them, and furthermore, the invasion by the two northern countries, which were actually their allies, was completely blocked and even counterattacked. The centripetal force of the present system of government must be in ruins.
To add fuel to the fire, the Kingdom of Merinard is planning to secretly provide food, weapons, and other support to the rebel forces within the Holy Kingdom and, of course, the Varyag Empire, which exists on the opposite side of the Holy Kingdom, is probably conducting similar maneuvers.
It is difficult to determine how to adjust to the situation. I want the Holy Kingdom to weaken more and more, but if it overreacts and dies a strange death, it might quickly become a country where violence rules everything. If that happens, it will be very difficult for the neighboring countries. If the nation’s system collapses, there will be a large number of refugees, and if that happens, there could be a large influx of refugees from the Holy Kingdom to the Merinard Kingdom. Of course, some of them will become bandits, and a deterioration in security will be inevitable.
However, in our case, if I work, we will probably be able to feed them, and we can create places to live and work if we want to, so we are not completely out of options. Is building pioneer villages and throwing refugees into them a solution? I have a hard time with that. But I can think of only one way to provide food, clothing, shelter, a new home, and jobs for people who have lost their homes. Perhaps Isla, Melty, or Driada can come up with a more brilliant answer.
“Eh? Sylphy? Sylphy’s more of a muscle brain, you know. Yup. I think she’s on the same level as me.
“Well, let’s not talk about something so gloomy. We have to drink to victory and the future today.”
“That’s true.”
I poured alcohol into Crown Prince Sindriel’s cup as well, and we clinked our cups lightly and toasted once more.
This is the end of this goodwill visit. I can’t wait to see Sylphy and the others again.