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Vol 20 Chapter 1
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Chapter 1 – I See, I Want to Go Home
After receiving a job from Her Majesty Queen Adelheid, I was thinking of taking it easy and going sightseeing when Princess Annemarie asked me to invite Her Majesty and the others to the Chateau, and after a few surprises from Sea God-sama, Princess Annemarie managed to proselytize the magical girl anime to Her Majesty. It shouldn’t be a bad thing, but I’m a little worried about the Mermaid Kingdom.
“Is this okay?”
“Yes. This place is not too far from the Aquamarine Kingdom, so we just need enough space to escape.”
“I see…”
Right, we’re already arriving at the Aquamarine Kingdom, aren’t we?
After leaving the Mermaid Kingdom, in order to complete the task given to me by Her Majesty the Queen, I used the sacred treasure of the Sea God-sama to create barriers under the sea and on the sea floor while listening to the opinions of Princess Annemarie and the mermaids.
The barrier is like a cocoon of violent ocean currents, the entrance and exit of which cannot be discerned from my point of view, but it seems that the mermaids can easily discern the weak part of the cocoon of ocean currents and use it as a very safe shelter.
The entrance and exit are just large enough for a large mermaid to enter with some luggage, so even in the case of an accidental breakthrough, it is believed that only monsters that can be handled will be able to enter.
The barriers are placed along routes that are easy for mermaids to navigate, so if word gets out in advance that the barriers are there, the mermaids will discover them and use them on their own.
As you would expect from mermaids, they are surprisingly efficient in the sea.
“Master, aren’t you going back to the ship?”
While I was thinking, Ines called out to me. The mermaid figure of Ines is as attractive as ever.
“Yes, I’m going back.”
There is no point in sitting here in a daze, so I have no choice but to go back, but I do not feel like going back.
Considering Princess Annemarie’s words, the placement of the barrier between the Mermaid Kingdom and the Aquamarine Kingdom will be the last.
In other words, if we set sail, we will definitely reach the Aquamarine Kingdom.
I know I have no choice but to go because of my position and responsibility. However, I’ve been buying time to carefully set up the barriers, but that’s over now. There is no escape.
I know that. I really know that.
It is easier mentally to leave quickly and get the unpleasant things out of the way. Just like you can enjoy your summer vacation more if you do all your homework first.
But even though I know I have a lot of work to do, I am not human enough to be efficient.
But I can’t be so shameless as to run away. Even if I have a cheat, I will always be an ordinary person. A low-class one at that…
“Master. Everyone is waiting for you, right?”
This time, Felicia warned me. Surely, this battle had come to an end. Let’s go back to the Chateau.
…As slowly as possible.
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I can see the place where the port will be built.
I am a person who can learn properly. Last time, I learned the hard way that if I went straight to the royal capital without thinking, I would get into trouble.
So, this time, I decided to go directly to the construction site without stopping at the capital.
“Yes, but they have already started working on the port, haven’t they?”
“Yes, that’s not what we planned. Something might have happened while we were gone.”
Alessia-san is right; I can see people in the area where the port is going to be built. There are a lot of them. A simple port has also been built, and several wooden boats are moored there.
The last time I escaped the Aquamarine Kingdom, or rather, left it, the village in front of it was in the process of gathering materials and manpower to build a village for the beastmen’s city.
Still, I remember being surprised to see the place that was supposed to be a small village transformed into a bustling city, so why are they even bothering to build a port?
I had discussed with the architect, William-san, that we would eventually build a port there, but we wanted to focus all our efforts on the original beastman city first, and the port would only be built to the extent that we could bring in materials.
Since William-san is both an excellent and a terrifying person, I don’t think he would commit the folly of spreading his hands in vain, so it must have been something unexpected.
…I’m beginning to feel like turning back and retreating to the Dark Elf Island.
Well, I can’t just run away after all this time, so I maneuver the Lutto into the simple port.
“Wow, that’s an unfamiliar ship. Are you bringing in materials or transporting people?”
As we approached the port hut, a fisherman spoke to us. As expected, there was no fee to enter the port.
“Neither, sir. I’m here on business with William-san or Yule-san, are they here?”
I don’t explain that I am the one who is paying for the construction of the village and the port. The last time I did that, a lot of people thanked me, and it became a big deal. I can learn, except when it comes to women…
“Huh? You mean the architect boss?”
“Yes.”
“Well, maybe you want to promote yourself, but there are a lot of people pushing to meet him, and now you can’t meet him unless you have an introduction. If you try to force a meeting, you will be shut out.”
It sounds like things are tough on William-san’s side as well. Well, he is in charge of a 250 billion yen project in a world where prices are low, so there must be a lot of people who want to get in touch with him.
“Don’t worry, we know each other in that area.”
“Is that so? Well, even if that’s true, I’m not going to tell you where he is because I don’t know if it’s true or not. If you want to meet him, the guild has a branch in the beastman village. You can check there.”
“By ‘beastman village,’ you don’t mean the village at the very front where they brought in the materials, do you?”
That should be a normal village, not a beastmen’s village. Did the number of beastmen increase and take over the village?
“Oh, that’s not the village I’m talking about, brother. It’s the village that was created by the road ahead, and that’s the beastman village.
You mean the village that will be the base for the construction of a full-fledged beastman city. I’m relieved to hear that things are going well, but is it finished enough to have a guild in the beastmen’s village?
Even though I’ve been away for a long time, it can’t have been more than a year, right?
“Ah, okay, I’ll try to get there, thanks. Can I leave my boat here?”
“No, you can’t dock here, it’s just for transportation. I think it would be better to go to the royal capital and take the overland route from there.”
I don’t want to go near the royal capital, so I reject the idea. Well, if I drop anchor here, it will be difficult to repatriate it, and I think it would be better to land from another place.
“All right, thank you.”
I thank the fisherman’s uncle and turn the boat around. Now, the easiest place to land without being seen is…
“Master. Isn’t it kind of amazing?”
“Yes, I have a feeling it’s not what I expected.”
I returned the Lutto to a secluded place and tried to leave on the Ranger but soon gave up. The reason was that, as Ines said, something terrible had happened.
There was a road leading out of the harbor, and a lot of pedestrians were passing by. If we had been on the Ranger in such a place, we would have stood out from the crowd.
Well, even if we were walking normally, we would stand out because we are a group of beautiful women, but so far, we have not been noticed, so I guess we should agree that we are less conspicuous than the Ranger.
I am so glad that I asked Princess Annemarie and Pent, who wanted to come with us, to stay behind.
I didn’t want them to have a hard time on land, where the environment is not well prepared, but in the current situation, it would have been difficult in a different way.
But I am a little sorry to think that Pent asked the Sea God-sama for help because he was sad to part from us at such a time.
We walked along the street as naturally as possible, but we could not gather any information. This is because the topic of conversation changes to us.
Most of the people walking along this road are beastmen, probably doing manual labor. And when beautiful women of various types appear in front of these muscular men, the topic of conversation changes to something unique.
Especially Ilma-san, Carla-san, and Claretta-san, who are beastmen, seem to be very popular. So, I asked Marina-san to gather information on her own.
If we took a leisurely walk, Marina-san would come back with lots of information.
“Oh, so that’s what happened?”
“Yes. It’s not definite, but I think it’s almost certain.”
“Heh, I guess it’s as expected from Wataru, isn’t it?”
No, Alessia, I didn’t do anything, so please don’t make it sound like I did.”
I protested to Alessia-san, who gave me a jealous look. I don’t want her to blame me for everything.
“It was Wataru who paid the money, wasn’t it?”
Dorothea-san’s sharp criticism hurt me. It was true that I was the main cause. But I had no idea that it would end like this, so I guess I had no choice. I am innocent.
For now, let’s sort out the information Marina-san gathered for me as we walked around. Ignore everyone’s stares.
Let’s see… This was the reason why they started building the port.
Apparently, the reason is that too many beastmen have gathered. It seems that until the middle of the project, merchants were recruiting the beastmen and buying them as slaves to gather them.
This was not a problem because they were on schedule, but as a result, rumors seemed to have spread across the continent that the Aquamarine Kingdom, under contract with the God of Commerce-sama, was investing large sums of money to build a city for the beastmen.
Normally, it would not be easy for the beastmen, who have suffered so much, to believe such a rumor, but an organization has emerged to vouch for the rumors.
The Adventurers’ Guild and the Merchants’ Guild.
The guilds gather supplies and human resources that cannot be gathered in the Aquamarine Kingdom alone, and they use their money to gather them in neighboring countries.
The guilds have a clear job description and purpose for using the goods, and it seems that the guilds are now guaranteeing the construction of the beastmen’s city.
Aside from those who can stand on their own two feet, those who are not blessed with the current situation have thought about it. Even if they cannot go to the Beast Kingdom, they can ask a merchant to take them to Aquamarine. They thought they could make a decent living there.
With such a trend, the beastmen gathered spontaneously, and there was not enough work to go around.
Normally, this would have led to bankruptcy, but since there is plenty of money, why not start building a port and increase employment?
This seems to be the real reason for the large number of beastmen and the start of the port’s construction.
…This is the pattern, isn’t it? That the bill for advancing the schedule is going to hit me?
It’s not a joke, it’s not a wish, and regardless of other people’s inconvenience, I’d like to escape quite seriously.
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