Chapter 75: Duke Zests Territory Change

This is an Imperial Command! Duke Zest is to receive the former Tarminal Kingdoms capital city and half of the kingdoms northern region. The Duke is allowed to name his territory Zest-Gaiyus-Tarminal.

I comply to the Imperial Command.

Haha,I am even allowed to rename the former kingdom as I wish.

That Emperor, he definitely pushed this onto me.

After his Majestys messenger left, I discussed the matter with my master.

Master, the Frontier Count is receiving the southern region, right? Lets trade for food.

Well, well probably have to do that. The north is..

Yes, the northern region was not suitable for grain-production.

Normally, there shouldnt be any wetlands near the coast, but

Anyway, its a very unusual terrain that is extremely rare to find.

When it comes to crops that could be grown in wetlands, that would be rice, but, unfortunately, you cant find it here.

If they had rice, they wouldve definitely used it.

Then, the only thing left is fishing.

Son-in-law-dono, youll have to ask thekemonobitoto do this job.Look.

Aaah! The former kingdom used to discriminate them, so there are no fishermen

In this world that hates discrimination to an extreme, there are no highs and lows when it comes to races.

And they are fishing and blacksmithing.

Its not like other races cant do those jobs or anything, but theres such an overwhelming difference in ability that they dont stand a chance.

Since the sea if filled with all sorts of evil magical monsters, if youre a fisherman who doesnt use machines, and youre not a physically blessedkemonobito, you wont be able to survive.

..Should I use Herman and his people?

Thats all youve got left.

Including Herman, the former leader of the Rebel Army, they were allkemonobito.

For the time being, Albert was looking after them as they worked as cleaners and repairmen in the capital city.

I told an otherwise pretty convenient maid soldier to tell Albert to select a few fishermen candidates.

Even though they had muscle brains.

Then..all I have left is to search for a civil official.

Master didnt answer anything this time, instead, he frowned.

MasterWere doing overtime work today too. You should just give up.

It was already midnight when we finished our work eventuallyI already knew that once you get promoted, your office work is bound to increase, but at this rate, I will certainly die.

Civil official-san..Ill give you an ample salary, so please come to me!

The next day, Albert and I took Herman and his men and walked towards the coast line.

The rest of them wanted to become soldiers out of admiration for Albert.

I pray that the mongrels wont increase with this.

On the way, we encountered some thieves and former soldiers of the defeated army, however

Hahahaha, kill the thieves!

Its been a long time since I last exercised.

Im pregnant, so dont touch me!!

Hm?

Media, youre not pregnant, you idiot!

The Maids Unit formed a Death Women Party, apparently.

Media, dont stare at me like that..I already told you, I cant give you a maternity leave.

Your Excellency, you promised that you wont treat me like a man

..This is discrimination!

Its called making distinctions, you absolute moron!!

Media buriedherface inherpalms, andshecollapsed on the ground, but no one was worried about it.

Theres someone crying loudly over there! Kill them faster next time!

After two days filled with similar events, we arrived at the coast line.

For some reason, we were greeted by otherkemonobito..Who are they?

I am glad to meet you, your Excellency. I am acting as chief for these people.

An old lady.ahem, a womankemonobitoat a blooming age, prostrated herself in front of me as she spoke.

It seemed that there was akemonobitovillage close to here, where people who ran away from the former Tarminal Kingdoms oppression lived.

They even sent a few people to check the situation, only to find that thekemonobitowere living rather normal lives.

Therefore, they too decided to come out from hiding when they met with us.

Yeah, it does make some sense.

In this case, why dont you join us? We came here in order to build a fishermen village. If you dont want to, we will guide you to the city and offer you other jobs, since theyre plenty. So, what will you do?

She happily nodded to my proposal.

Many of the catkemonobitowomen used to do fishing up until now, so they would rather stay in the village and continue with their lives. They were so grateful that all of them bowed their heads to me.

Obviously, this was great for me too.

I had no reason to refuse them, since all I wanted was a fishermen village that would bring me lots of fish.

I gave instructions to Herman and his men to finish with the villages foundation and demarcation.

I had so much work to do that I started to hate it.

Albert was in charge of collecting materials for the demarcation.

I couldnt ask him to do complicated things after all.

Your Excellency, Ive finished.

Albert, dont bury everything! Take some out!

Ah!

I already told you this was a demarcation, damn it!?

Some similar happenings took place, but nothing I couldnt tolerate.

Id rather want it to end with this. That would be actually great.

It was already gettingdark when we were about to finish.

Ill leave the rest to Herman, whos going to become the village chief.

I was thinking about that when I heard someone quarreling.

Youre wrong-nya.2Thats not enough to enclose the village with a fence-nya.

We could only make about 50 planks from one log-nya. And we need about 800 of them for the fence-nya. We need at least 6 more logs-nya.

..I see. Your counting is correct. How did you do it? You have no tool, right?.Did you write it on the ground or something?

Thats not too difficult for a mental arithmetic-nya. Im good at counting-nya.

The young girl catkemonobitosaid then started to laugh.

.I found her! I found my civil official!

Hahaha, my dear young lady..Why wont you come talk to this old man for a second?

It was dark and my words were sudden, suspicious and somewhat dangerous sounding, so much so that the girl freaked out and burst into tears.

Albert, youre laughing too hard.

Translation: Nana

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