Another Life

The next morning, I was talking to Kuhei between the furnaces.

"I see, you're saying there's enough money but not enough hot spring water..."

This is what Kuhei said, and as confirmed by Kuhei's skills, the amount of spring water in this mountain is sufficient for each household to use, but the amount of hot spring water used for bathing is insufficient.

"Yes, sir. What do we do?

"... what about creating a public bath? That would save us some hot spring water, wouldn't it? The extra hot springs are at Elma's... can you make a separate room?

"Sure that would save you money, separate home...... does it feel like a hot spring inn away?

"Yes, it would be nice to turn it into an aristocratic spa inn and leave the price behind."

"That's so bad...... let's make that one too. Is there anything else?

"Right. Can you make a long pattern? I'd like to equip Boll's Spear Squad if I can."

"Long pattern? Is that that long spear with the handles? That would be easy, just replace the spear tip of Mr. Boll's spear squad."

"And it sounds like something."

"Sound?

"Excuse me, Master, why do you need something that makes noise?

Bash asked curiously.

"If you've decided to move before in battle, sounds are transmitted faster on the battlefield than orders."

In this world where there is no wireless or other technology for transmission from a remote location, visual and auditory signals such as sound, wolf smoke, etc. are the fastest and surest.

While the instruction can be given in detail, a time lag can really be made, so if you make a noise of wolf smoke and legal helmets and decide on the movement before, it would be effective in a battlefield that changes from moment to moment.

"If that's the case, we Lizardman have the skills to roar, so why don't they use it?

"Roar?"

"Originally it's a skill to intimidate when fighting, but it's actually a less meaningful skill that only sounds loud and not intimidating."

"Why don't you give it a try?

"Well, that's right, because I suck at using that skill and it sounds weird no matter how many times I do it... I thought Father would be more appropriate"

"It's all right. Try it."

"Don't laugh, then keep the volume down..."

The sound that sounded like that was quite a blast when I said to keep the volume down with a sound like a trumpet.

"Got it! Because I get it!

Bash stopped shouting and lay flat when I screamed like that.

"I'm sorry to hear such immature noises!

"No, no, this is good. This will only convey meaning without intimidation from your allies, and from now on, you will convey my instructions to the entire army, without objection."

"Got it......"

Sounds kind of unhappy, but well, it would be good, if it sounded like this trumpet, it would make me feel better.

"That sounded awesome... but Father, I can't show you without the troop flag, so take this"

That said, what the beads gave me was a large flag with my family crest of three cedars.

"What's this?

"I told Rondelick and let him make it as soon as possible. Aren't you going to tell everyone you've been wearing red armor since yesterday, or you're going to need a military flag?"

Sure, Pearl's right, if you're going to lead the troops, you need an army flag.

"Thank you for letting me use it."

That said, I took the flag and renewed my resolve.

Then a month later...

After a month, there was no harassment from Liliana at all, and it was supposed to be because Adele dropped Liliana's favorite horse's neck and put it in Liliana's bed while she was asleep, and Liliana woke up the next morning stunned and pulled.

Types like Liliana can be atrocious to others, but as soon as their lives are at stake, they are vulnerable, apparently they understood this warning.

But what's really scary is Adele, because Adele infiltrated Liliana's left-handed Fort Alm single-handedly and did such a divorce, let's just say this guy puts me on my nonoffensive list.

Nevertheless, a month after that, we've all been working together to say that the original mercenaries were the ones who ate the meal, so if we even got in touch with each other, we'd turn into a tough soldier.

Maybe it's time for a real battle, but so far, there are only two Demon Conductors led by Cecil, 30 Archers led by Mardi, 40 Spear Squads led by Bol, and Iris the Horseback Rider in Lana, Bash in Chloe in HQ, and a total of 77 of mine.

This shortage of troops is bad in action, and the rest depends on how far you can replenish the mercenaries... let's try to get them to do something about it at Mr. Oyaji's place.

I thought so. I came all the way to Nassau with Iris.

Lana has been in a state of immobility lately to teach the women of the tribe how to make shampoo, and Chloe didn't come along this time to see if it distracted her for any reason, well, it feels like a date and it's a good thing.

Except we're both armed... I figured I'd enjoy the date in normal clothes.

"But it's been a while since you and your husband went out like this."

"Right, that's the first time you've been married... do you want to go shopping in Nassau for a little while after you go to Mr. Oyaji"

"Yes!"

That being said, Iris has put his arms together, but the armor makes his precious chest feel... well, Iris looks like he's having fun, so let's just say it's good.

That said, when we entered Mr. Oyaji's store, there were still few customers because of the freshness of the store.

"Gee, Ruthai again!

Is this him again... hmm? Again? Are the orchids coming? No, you haven't come because you have training, but there are no other Luthai guests... well, if you walk around, you'll meet them, you're more of a jerk than that.

"Mr. Oyaji, are you there?

"And wait a minute...... dude, come on!

"What?... oh, left-handed, then! What's up, today?

"I'm here today looking for a job, do you have a job?

"Wait a minute..."

That said, Mr. Oyaji took out some big thick books and put them on the counter to find out.

"Mr. Oyaji, what's that?

"Oh, you've never seen this before, this is a mercenary guild liaison book, and this has a mechanism where mercenary requests are automatically written down"

"Wouldn't it be easier if I put it on a bulletin board, etc?

"I would like to do so, but this request is written about military operations in various countries, so if you paste it on bulletin boards and publish it, the confidentiality of that country will be lost.

If we do that, we won't recruit mercenaries anywhere. Otherwise, our mercenary business will go up... Any hope?

That's right, when you do, you'll get rid of it all.

"Hope is first and foremost the nearest job you can take on a troop-by-unit basis"

"Well, it helps because the number of mercenaries has been low lately and the number of job requests has swelled to nearly double."

"Is something wrong?

"Whatever happened, the dog ear kid at your place told me that he made so much money in the dungeon with the pepper in our store, so if he was going to make so much money in Porter, the other guys went on a dungeon attack."

Claire's bastard... if you say that, the bandits will come after you, I'll be careful when you get home.

I'm sorry.

"I mean good, I'm just a talker when I say mercenary guild, and they're all free here, no matter where you do it... oh, there it is.

Near left, how's this job? It's the Serenity Empire's job, but the goal is to control Fort Alum, the reward is three million shillings.

Fort Alm is four days away from here, and it's close. "

Fort Alm...... like I heard somewhere...... ah! The fort where Liliana was moved left! Does that mean Liliana's going to be the target? So that's easy, plus three million shillings, 300 million yen, okay! Let's do this.

"Let's do that, and Mr. Oyaji wants to hire mercenaries, too, and ask for a cavalry-type mercenary with a horse, the recruitment deadline is today and tomorrow. Wages are the average amount of mercenaries."

"Where do we meet?

"On the Mountain of Demons, please."

"Got it. But hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. Something's wrong with you."

"Hahaha, I'll think about it"

"Do that, because I can hardly gather mercenaries if they make that place a meeting place every time, too, if you at least change your name, it's easy to gather mercenaries.

And this was your first time, I'll explain.

The mercenary industry is basically based on a late payment that is paid once the purpose has been achieved, which is the same for both troop and individual work.

And it's up to you to divulge information. If you do that, you won't be able to come to work next time, you won't be sent mercenaries from the mercenary guild and their country to crusade troops, or even to the country where you got that information, and you'll be sent mercenaries to the enemy countries of that country for a cheap price.

That, and the work of the unit of troops, will go to the lord of the city belonging to the requesting country, take the flag and two military supervisors to accomplish the purpose and confirm, then hand them all over to the requesting country and finish, where they will also be rewarded.

If the terms are different or the reward is not paid, tell the mercenary guild to take the drop.

Is there anything you haven't figured out?

"It's okay, so where are we bringing the military warden from this time?

"This request is for the control of Fort Alum, so don't be Viscount Medel, who is in the city of Panas, five days away from here in the vicinity.

Because of that, how much force do we have to go?

I believe it's about seventy.

"Hey! Fort Alm has been getting more troops lately, and he's nearly 3,000. Are you going to die?

"It's okay, I have a plan."

It was then, a woman's voice came from behind me.

"Interesting, I got on with that story!

When I heard that voice, I looked back, and there stood a woman with old wounds all over her body.

"Miriam, it's you again... Left hand. This guy says Miriam is an unusual mercenary who likes to lose, so a lot of losers say Miriam the Reaper"

"You can't sell your name if you fight in a victory!

"Hey, you're a weird guy, no one's going to lose a fight that's usually not even gold.

Near left, stop this guy. "

Surely this guy isn't a mercenary, as Oyaji put it, this way of thinking is a warrior's idea... that's funny.

"Mr. Oyaji, I'll hire this guy."

"Admiral! I know!

"Is it good or close left?

"It's okay, and I want more mercenaries than I have right now. Miriam, can you ride a horse?

"You've decided you can ride."

"Then bring your fellow horseback riders to the foot of the Devil's Mountain tomorrow. And I'm gonna be captain of your unit, my wife Iris, and on the battlefield, I'm gonna have you follow Iris' instructions on everything, can you protect me?

"It's okay, instead we have a condition here, the reward is twice as high as 400 shillings a day. How about we have all the food in action that way?

"Hey Miriam! That would be too much of anything."

I wonder if double 400 shillings a day means mercenary pay usually 200 shillings a day, or if 20,000 yen a day is not that profitable for a mercenary as the market.

"It's okay, Mr. Oyaji, it's okay on that condition."

"Then you have a contract. See you tomorrow, Admiral."

"Hey, lady?

Iris was a little hardened when he said that, but with Iris on his ass like that, Miriam left the store.

"Mr. Oyaji, is 200 shillings a day the market for mercenaries' salaries?

You're right, but if you pick up the other nobleman or general, if you get a special reward and capture him, you can give the ransom to the client country or his country, because the guild is always there for you. "

You're even asking for ransom, mercenary guild sounds like a free mafia organization.

"Thank you, Mr. Oyaji, was Mr. Oyaji a mercenary guild at the place?

"Right. He's a mercenary guild, he's an IDCU unionist... well, you're a talker.

Besides, nobody likes a branch of the Alliance in such a despicable place, and the bandits burn it down where they serve it, and they take the money. "

Was Nassau such a shitty city, let's make everyone aware next time.

"Well, Mr. Oyaji, I'll take care of the mercenaries."

"Yeah, I'll take care of it."

So we left Mr. Oyaji's store, and we headed to Nassau's market, where some people produce and sell things, others sell stolen goods.

In this commercial compartment of Nassau, the implicit rule seems to be that looting is lawful, well, if you can't safely do business in this place where even stolen goods can be sold in grandeur, the bandits can't sell stolen goods, then you buy bandit grudges, the country and bounty hunter Nassau residents. It was also because the bandits would be targeted.

"Sir, those earrings over there are adorable. Ah! This is cute too."

Iris looked at the earrings lined up in the dewstore, sparkling his eyes.

"Husband, you're a beautiful lady, is that her?

When I did it, a man with a low back approached me and said, I guess this guy is a dealer specializing in stolen goods.

"No, it's my wife... you understand Luthai?

"This is rude, because you two were too young. And I don't understand Luthai."

Don't you see? Well, now that my skills have gone from automated to fully automated, it's easier to translate my conversations, too.

"No, it's good. From what I've seen here, you specialize in earrings?

"That's right...... sir, just for the record, there's also a ring. Well, I can't tell you where it's from. I keep it close to here, don't you see?

You mean stolen goods. That's expensive stuff you can't get out here.

"Fine, just why me?

"When I say Luthai around here, there's only that Luthai living in that mountain of demons.

Besides, if you're a Luthai there, you made a lot of money in that dungeon in Pique Mountain the other day, didn't you?

Claire's story got to this point... I can't tell him anything classified.

"I get it. Iris, why don't you go check out the ring?

"Good, but..."

I see, you suspect the trap... it's possible, you hear Claire talking and you hear she's got money, and this is just a story where if you can go on guard and frame her, and if you kill all the people who said this here, then no one will try to frame us later.

"Iris, let's have some fun here."

"... right"

Looks like Iris got my intentions.

That said, we walked into a two-story house with a man from the dewstore.

Until we got into the house, a few guys followed us, but I don't know if this was really following us.

Because most of the inhabitants of Nassau were so-called outlaws, such as bandits and mercenaries, which meant that there were too many people to know if they were really following them.

When we were walked upstairs to one of the rooms at the outdoor store, there was a sofa and a luxurious table like the reception.

What, here? Doesn't matter what you think, it feels like Yakuza's office... I've never actually been there.

"Please wait here. I'll bring you a ring as soon as I can."

That said, the man left the room in a hurry.

"Sir, is something wrong?

"Iris, you think so too?

"Yes, this kind of correspondence is weird. Maybe the mafia Lana said before."

"Mafia?"

"Yes, it looks like someone has come out lately to bind the Nassau bandits, and they seem to be handling everything, but Lana said something stinks of kina"

"I see... Usually a fragmented bandit joins hands in Nassau is a possible story"

That being said, several footsteps were heard from the hallway.

As Iris and I waited for the knife to slip right through, the door opened and a dozen or so men came in, and then a man with a gold necklace and a ring came in.

"Should I say hello? Mr. Left, I'm the one who binds Dutch around here."

"Excuse me, have we met somewhere?

"That's the first time I've seen you like this, exactly, because my brother attacked a merchant and you killed him, so I let him look into you a little bit."

Was this Dutch brother among those who attacked Zenito and Iris?

Besides, all the men here have bandits... they must still be mafias.

"... so you're paying me back for killing that brother?

"No way! Doing that doesn't make one shilling. What I want to do is talk business."

So when the men lined up the case on the table, there was a ring in it.

"Well, sit down. I know you do, but don't ask me where it came from."

I don't know how hard it is to get over it, but I'm not going to break my guard.

"Iris, pick what you like, I need to talk to this Dutch"

"Got it......"

"So, what can I do for you? Dutch."

"You've just killed my brother before, it's quick and helpful... let's just get straight to the point, close left. Do you want to come under me?

"I refuse to talk about it, because I can't go under anybody."

"Near left, I thought you were a little smarter... can you say that in this situation?

"... you want to try?

The moment I said that, the men around me pulled out their swords and set them up against us.

"Hey, close left, now you understand?

"Hey, Dutch. I'm not saying anything bad, put your sword away quickly. Otherwise..."

"Otherwise, what happens..."

"Gah!"

"Gua!"

"This is what happens."

The two arms that were pointing their swords at us while Dutch was talking were slashed off in an instant by Iris.

"You! You want to die?

"If you want to die or nothing, you're the ones who pulled the sword out first. And what do we do? Now we're eight, no, Dutch, let you in. Nine."

"... crazy, I can't believe I'm not freaking out with this number! Plus, they're crazy to suddenly slash off their arms!

"Thank you very much for the compliment.

This one's got the knights of the Kingdom of Saltz in front of the dungeon, me and Iris, and over thirty of them are dealing with each other at the same time for a blood festival, just nine of us, you think you can beat me and Iris?

Now, Dutch, let's talk business next, sword... will you put it away?

I knew Iris would move like this.

The moment Iris finds out it's harmful to me, if I didn't tell you before, she's an instant attacking woman.

And sometimes this place is called Nassau, and Iris himself wouldn't imitate it like this if this was Rennes, the king's capital, etc., I have the distinction... maybe.

"You think we're talking business? Tell me what else you got besides a ring deal!

Is that it? Business is translated as business, it's easy and helpful for you to translate it on your own.

"That's right, it's a business, actually. Next time I have a job to take down Fort Alm in my unit, so I want to ask you for a job in food procurement, 14 days of food for 100 people.

I don't care where it came from, but if it was crude, I don't know if those 100 people went to kill you guys.

Take it or die... pick whoever you want "

"Are you crazy? Fort Alm now has 3,000 soldiers stationed! That's enough for a hundred people? Besides, going to ask for a military superintendent would be the nearest city in Panas, five days from there, and four days from there to Fort Alm as well, and four days to come back, 13 days in total, would drop Fort Alm in just one day.

Whatever it takes, it won't be helpless!

"Great job Dutch...... you can do the math too.

So, can you do it? Which one of you can't?

"... it's 28,000 shillings, let's hit our hands with 28,000 shillings on the advance, what's the deadline?

Hmm, 2.8 million yen... I think it's reasonable to say that it costs 2,000 yen per person per day to eat.

"The deadline is the day after tomorrow, bring it to me the day after tomorrow at the Mountain of Demons."

"The day after tomorrow? Too soon! At least give me five days!

"Dutch, there's a saying in my country that sometimes it's gold, if you can't do it, there's no such thing as this story, and there's no such thing as your lives... now what?

"Okay, Admiral, let's get that story."

"I thought you'd say that. Iris, have you made up your mind yet?

"Yes, I thought this red ruby ring was cute..."

"Good, cute and suits Iris. Dutch, how much is that?

"Ma'am, that will be 850 shillings because your eyes are high, it will be a platinum ruby ring."

Eighty-five thousand yen, cheap! I was imagining something a little more expensive, but is that about it? I don't like appraisals or curse rings or anything.

Name: Ruby's Ring Type: Ring

Skill: Luck Rise Small

Whoa, that comes with skills, and Ruby looks real and good, too.

"All right, let's get this too, we have a deal."

That being said, I put food and ring money on the table in front of Dutch, and it was when I was about to leave, two bandits blocked in front of us.

"Dutch, can I kill them?

"... you guys, let him through there"

That's what Dutch told me. The men were reluctant, but they cleared the way, and when we left the room, we heard voices coming from across the door.

"Boss, are you okay, let me live and go home? It's all about us!

"You idiot! His... Did you see his close left eye? His eyes are those of hundreds or thousands of people who have killed him, those who have no intention of killing him.

Plus, you're a crazy bastard to attack a fort with 3,000 regular soldiers standing in a cage for a hundred! I absolutely don't like that crazy guy's opponent! I want to finish his work quickly and avoid engaging with him!

It's a good call, Dutch, but I'm gonna ask you to do your job next time, so I'm not gonna get involved.

"Sir, you look bad again."

"Oh, yeah? Sorry about that."

"Absolutely... I don't know which one is the mafia to blackmail the mafia... but you do understand very well that the mafia boss will come out there?

"Oh, that one. As a matter of fact, there has been a problem with troop food for a long time, and since Dutch happened to be there, I just thought that the Mafia could do anything from legal to illegal to procure food.

If you can't do it, you can kill them all and lend them to Mr. Oyaji. "

"Sir, I knew you were a villain."

"Really?

"That's right. But it's kind to me and Lana, so I feel like we're special... and I'm married because I'm such a husband."

That said Iris quickly, wearing a ring as a nigga, walking all over the city of Nassau.

... And I, am I that badly eyed? It's kind of a subtle shock.