Chapter 205: 208

Translated by Sleepy Cadmar

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Chapter 208 - Dealing with the West

"Ahh... Ars-dono... I'm ashamed to admit it, but I've always thought that alcohol was meant to be drunk at room temperature."

"Oh. The Fontana knights recognize the magic of the [ice spear] as attack magic, and they probably didn't think much of using it to chill their drinks."

"Haha, that hurts to hear. But in Paramea, Ars-dono has created a refrigerated warehouse. From now on, you can always enjoy chilled drinks and food in the cold storage."

"Please don't drink too much, Gana-dono, and don't forget to send some fresh, ice-cold fish to Barca once in a while."

"I know, I know. But you have a different point of view than the other knights, don't you, Ars-dono? I can clearly see that the development of Barca in such a short period of time was no accident."

"You're dramatizing me finding a new way to use ice..."

"No, it's not just ice. Knights like us govern the land and collect taxes from it, such as wheat. That's what I've always thought of as running a territory. But that wasn't all. I think it's a little unwise to be too greedy with money, like Ars-dono."

"I don't think I'm that greedy....but I do think that Paramea is a good place to make money, Gana-dono."

"Yes, it is. It's not only a gateway to the Arbalest territory, but also has a river that flows to other noble territories. In other words, goods from other territories are traded through this Paramea. It's certainly a land suited for commerce."

"The Arbalest territory is on the northwestern edge. This place was both an impregnable fortress and an import point for goods from other countries. If we keep this place, the Arbalest territory will be in a lot of trouble."

"But Leon-dono said to be careful not to overdo it. He said that if we do anything too crazy, the Arbalest family will soon unite and act to take back this place."

"Hmmm. I personally just think that it is a matter of doing it too early or too late. You are still trying to carve out more of the Arbalest territory, right Gana-dono?"

"Of course, I intend to. In any case, you have provided us with all of the land data that the Arbalest knight who was in charge of this place would have had. There are various records, starting from the number of inhabitants in each place, the number of knights, the amount of tax harvest, and so on. Just by having this, there will be a lot more means we can take."

　Then, Gana held the document I handed him and waved it in the air.

　Some of this is the content that I memorized from a book that was in the knight's house when I fought the Arbalest family.

　In fact, even though it was a book, what was actually there were a lot of documents that seemed to have been used to manage the territory.

　The names of the various regions and the number of inhabitants were the same, but what Gana was most pleased with was the map.

　To me, it looked like a sketchy map, but whether it was there or not had a big impact.

　It seems to be true that a map is a military secret.

　Well.

　At any rate, I think my efforts to deal with Paramea and the rest of the Arbalest territory have come to a close.

　We've succeeded in keeping the inhabitants under check.

　The repair work of the fortress, which had been called impregnable, has been completed, and Gana's men are taking good care of it.

　In addition, we have given information about the territories beyond Paramea and are helping the others target them.

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　If the Arbalest family would not respond immediately, there was no need for me to stay here any longer.

　Having made that decision, I withdrew my soldiers from Paramea after having finished developing the land around it.

 

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"Welcome back, Ars-nii. So, what's that grass?"

"This? This is a water plant indigenous to Lake Paramea."

"Oh, really? I've never seen it before. So what are you going to do with it?

"I'm thinking of growing it at Kyle Dam."

"At the dam? I don't see why you want to do that. What's the point?"

"Well, I heard that this water plant is a favorite of slimes. Slimes live in Lake Paramea, where this water plant grows, and they don't go anywhere else. The slimes also eat the mud that settles along with the water plants. In short, I was thinking of letting the slime take care of the soil that accumulates in the dam."

"Oh, aren't slimes dangerous mamonos? Will it be okay?"

"Well, if it's not okay, we can just drain the dam and get rid of the slimes afterward. Anyway, there's no harm in giving it a try."

　I said that after having returned from Paramea and showing Kyle a souvenir.

　We had built a dam to secure water for the farmland.

　But dams take a lot of work to maintain.

　Rivers have water flowing in them, but they also have soil in the waters.

　The soil accumulates where the dam holds it back and ends up at the bottom of the dam.

　This is why the dams need to be maintained periodically.

　However, when I was thinking about how to reduce such trouble, I heard about slimes in Paramea.

　I heard that they like to eat unique water grasses and also help to remove mud.

　I thought this might be useful for dam maintenance.

　I immediately planted those water grasses and released the slimes.

　I prayed that the rest would go well without any problems.

　In this way, the dispatch work to the west that Carlos had asked me to do ended without any major problems.

CadmarLegend Well... what was mentioned here, "rebuilding the water fortress", still doesn't give me solid proof that I translated correctly, but the possibility that the festival was held in the newly-rebuilt Paramea Fortress is getting larger.

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