Hakai no Miko

A giant royal castle rises in the centre of the Wang capital, Holmenia. This royal castle, which takes over from the ancient dynasty, is one of the best in the West, even if you take one of its sizes.

It houses not only the anterior palace, where the king is in power, and the posterior palace, where the king and the royal family reside, but all the central institutions of the country, such as the ruling government, where the officials are in charge of the affairs of the country, and the guard, where the knights are in charge of the military. It was even equipped with livestock houses with pigs and chickens, horse farms to feed military horses, machine weaving plants, blacksmiths and various facilities on farmland where vegetables and cereals were grown, which were small but mainly served at royal tables.

It is still one city.

But it was also natural. The Royal Castle was once a city.

It was originally a city built on a small mountain in the middle of a plain to avoid aggression from external enemies. When it developed into a city, and it became even more known as the Wang Capital, what was a small city was transformed into a royal castle after several additional renovations, and the city that was spreading around it became known as the Wang Capital.

At the corner of such a royal castle was the Treasury Department.

A treasury is literally an important institution that records and manages the treasures of taxes and treasury collections collected from all over the country, guides the budget and distributes costs.

Formerly a treasury ministry where high-ranking officials dressed in fine official clothing worked regardless of their books, there is now no shadow of the past there.

From the inside of the bright royal castle, all the junior officials dressed in qualitative clothes that could be described as poor ministers were staring at each other with a serious expression in the dark (you) air that stuffed their breath.

They are the treasurers of the city of Bornis who were summoned to the king's capital by the Ethereal Horse.

Excellent people who have supported, from a financial point of view, what can be termed a pale horse flirtation in the city of Bornis, but the proud expression that they are now engaged in harsh but important duties that once floated from their faces had disappeared.

One fingers a book or document in one's hand and says something, but everyone just looks at each other's faces and nothing returns an answer. And after a while, if someone shook their dark face to the side, they would all repeat sights such as how much they would sigh.

One of the treasurers never says he wants a situation that is not clear from the edge.

"This is not just in our hands. Again, this is..."

Everyone on the spot knew the continuation of the financial officer's cloudy words. But at the same time, he understood that it was something that could never be spoken of.

As a result, a often painful silence descended on the spot.

"That's what I knew from the beginning."

It was Michena, the treasurer, who broke that silence.

Michena, who was greatly promoted by the Ethereal Horse where she was the daughter of a poor civilian and did something like a financial officer's underwork, and now even known as Secretary of Ice Blood, her face was clouded by this situation of thicker fatigue and less visibility than anyone else on this occasion.

"I know it's hard. But anyway, now we have to start from where we know and move on a little bit. Good luck, guys."

Naturally, Michena was also aware of the nagging of the words she had spoken.

But still, that's what I had to say.

And I knew that Michena and the finance officers she had been dating since her father weren't told either. That's why everyone said yes briefly, even though they didn't think it was possible, and started discussing the book in their hands again.

It was Michena who remembered the sorry and slight relief in their appearance back at work again, but it would soon be erased, too.

From the end of the corridor that leads into the chamber, a raging noise was heard.

Once upon a time, Michena shook her body in a vicious manner. I can't stop shaking my hand holding the pen. I felt an unpleasant sweat all over my body myself.

One of the treasurers speaks to Michena in such a sad state.

"Mr. Michena. How would you like it?

Michena couldn't answer that carefree word instantly.

After hesitating for a while, Michena rattles her throat and swallows one spit, never saying what she wants.

"I'll take care of it. Everybody keep working."

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The Ethereal Horse, told by Solon that Michena was in a bad situation, first floated a question mark.

"What the hell is going on with Mr. Michena?

Michenas and treasurers called from the city of Bornis were entrusted with the understanding and management of the financial situation of the Holmeer country.

Of course, the Ethereal Horse didn't leave Michena throwing either. Once a day, he made sure to always receive reports from Michena, so that the sharing of information was not indispensable.

Until now, however, no major problems have been reported by Michena.

Indeed, the color of dark fatigue was floating on Michena's face these days. But when the Ethereal Horse cared about it, he said that he was just taking the trouble of unfamiliar tasks, and after a while it would settle down as well.

Suddenly they were entrusted with the understanding and management of the financial situation on a national scale, so that would also be natural.

Solon's words were unexpected, just because he was so convinced of it.

"If you say one bite, you're not a bully."

The Ethereal Horse was surprised by Solon's words.

Though Michena had no outstanding talent and had somewhat of a bite to say, Aoima, who highly valued its rigorous and honest work, had given her all or all the various rights to the high office of treasurer.

Solon tells the seriously-surprised (a lot) pale horse that someone could bully her like that to spit out even sour liquor.

"Officials who kept their finances in the Holmeer Country, they didn't come forward."

In other words, it is a savotage.

In this day and age, the forms and formats of the documents did not exist as common as in modern times, and the various records were left to the discretion of those who manage them. Thanks to this, even the people who were doing the same finances will be different on their own if they have room, and they won't be able to do what they think.

And the Holmeer nation was so great that it was called the male of the West. That's all the records on finances and assets. In addition to that, the king's capital, Holmenia, was also the capital of the ancient dynasty, which predecessors the Holmeer kingdom. That was a good thing when it came to enormity, including records from around that time.

However, the finance officials of the Holmeer country, who had originally managed and grasped them, refused to show up because they were ill, etc. That's why Michena and the others are searching for and organizing huge amounts of material by hand.

It is a tremendous task to check every single one of those huge quantities of material and just find what you need. No matter how good someone is, it's not something that can be cleaned up overnight at all.

"Plus, keep it with the Lords near Wangdu. I've signed up for books and personal books in the realm and brought them to Miss Michena at the most."

Solon said with disdain on his words.

"Even though it's hard to just search records for your daily business, you can bring even more massive dossiers in there, do it quickly, do whatever you want to say, because this is not a good idea for civilians."

After being brought in an indescribable amount of work, he was exposed to cursing rumors about bringing up his identity, and Michena seems to be coming along that way.

Besides, Shemr speaks out his doubts.

"What, is that? What the hell's in it for you to do that?

Now I know what's happening. But if I tried to make it Shemr, I couldn't understand what it meant there.

"To regain their former power."

Solon threw up with disgust.

"If you want me to tell you where the necessary paperwork is, bow your head to ourselves. If you don't want to be brought in a troublesome territory record, leave everything to ourselves as we have been. - Let Miss Michena raise her voice and try to reclaim her former interests."

Shemr was outraged by Solon's explanation.

"If you have a complaint, you can tell Soma!

It's the Ethereal Horse who made Michena treasurer and is letting her report on the inside of the territory. Shemr's words are, at all, the best stories.

Besides, Solon laughed and showed with his nose that it was just ridiculous to speak of the intentions of the treasurer and the marquis.

"I can't tell you how scared I am of the kid who destroyed Holmea. If you're in a bad mood..."

Solon scratched his own neck off and said, "Gah!," he says.

"- If this happens, it's not a hoarding thing. So you're pointing a spear at Miss Michena."

So Solon shrugs his shoulders.

"And the bottom line is, I just don't care."

Solon just slashed away.

"Fiscal is what the country needs. The kid sent in Miss Michena, whom she trusts, because she doesn't hold onto the need. Of course. - Well, few of us know that. Mostly it's all about the gold account and ridicule."

It was a time when individual martial arts were still being entertained and government and other things were being seen as low. Wealth is that which is taken away by power, if we take it from those who deviate from such a martial arts. For this reason, there was even a tendency to look down on finance as a gold account and make it a despicable position.

"If I took it from those guys, I'd be pissed to even be explored on a golden account for the inner affairs of the territory they were doing whatever they wanted, but that was when the civilians and the women (stomach). Well, that'll get you to the head. It's something similar to the finance officers who were there."

Shemr was even more outraged by Solon's words.

"What, those gut-rotting people?!"

Shemr hates it the most when it comes to using his position to hold the weak. The Ethereal Horse was also of an unforgivable character for such despicable acts. The Ethereal Horse kicks the chair and stands up.

"We'll talk to Mr. Pompius right away and decide what to do."

Pompius, even called the Grand Chancellor, would help if it were caused by the old ministers and lords of the Holmeer country. That's what I think, and Solon stops the Ethereal Horse who tried to get to Pompius' mansion quickly.

"Stop it, stop it"

Solon looks sinister and waves his hands hiccups.

"The problem is that Miss Michena is a woman. It is there that the roots of this commotion, and that complicates it"

To Solon's words, Shemr puts his neck up.

"What's the problem with being a woman?

It was the opinion of Zoan-like Shemr, who fights as a warrior if even women have power. But that is what passes because it is Zoan's society. "Exactly," laughs Kerakera. Solon is more of a minority and heretic in human society.

"But for a fool, Miss Michena and the kid are unmarried young men and women."

Solon said with a bad grin of Niyaniya and people, turning to the Ethereal Horse and Shemr, who were about to hang their necks.

"Miss Michena used her own woman to cage the kid, and now she's got a bad reputation."

The Ethereal Horse and Shemru, they get stunned.

No way, neither of us saw that being said.

After a while, Shemr finally understands what he's been told, it takes solon to eat.

"There's no way Soma would do that!

To the words of the loyal minister who places his absolute trust, Shemr goes on to say, pointing to the Ethereal Horse who nods with the expression of "Not at all".

"There's no way that's all that guts and merit!

To Shemr's assertion, the Ethereal Horse said, "Huh?" Be the face. More eladia chases him there.

"Master Shemr is right. If you could do that, some of my sisters would be familiar."

To Eladia's convinced words, the Ethereal Horse became even more of a "eh?!" face.

You two should be defending yourself. Yet for some reason, the Ethereal Horse felt his dignity as a man was markedly denigrated.

This is also ridiculed by Solon.

Though he was a pale horse who thought so and watched Solon, surprisingly Solon had a frown root and a serious look of worry.

"Kid.... is it some kind of illness or is it also flawed by Nani?

I was seriously worried.

"It's good about me!

The Ethereal Horse says as he dyes his face red in shame, slapping his desk with a bang.

"Oh, God, Ri, now you're talking about Mr. Michena!

Solon laughs karakara and then says to the panicking Ethereal Horse.

"Kidding aside, that's why Miss Michena says nothing to the kid and works so hard."

They are the ones who fear the Ethereal Horse and are pointing their spears at Michena. It's just a little thing that if the Ethereal Horse stands on the arrow and wields its power, it will disappear in one shot.

However, people around them may think the rumors were true about Michena's reliance on the Ethereal Horse without solving the problem on her own.

From Michena, who has greatly promoted the difficult part of her life to the CFO and feels deeply beneficial to the Ethereal Horse who saved her family, she could not sand the benevolence with her hind legs.

"The chief lady who's there has noticed so much, she'll take the neighborhood into account for not saying anything to the kid."

Eladia looked gracefully at Solon as he squeezed his jaw to show but the Ethereal Horse and Shemr turned to him.

"On my own, I was stopping you from putting it in Master Soma's ear in my presence"

To Eladia's words, the pale horse mumbled his face.

Sharing information and values is a great principle for any organization. If we fail to do this, there's no way we can get together with an organization that doesn't want to.

The Ethereal Horse turns the eye of criticism to Eladia's judgment, which he should know about.

Then Eladia says clouding her face.

"If you know about Michena's plight, you will always try to do something about it if you are a kind hearted soma. But there is no basis for slander. That's why there's no evidence or basis to deny it.

But that's why Master Soma won't be able to shut up.

But that just wastes the patience and hardship of only one indulgent Michena, or it can put her in even more predicament.

After that decision, we withheld it from putting it in Soma's ear. "

Furthermore, Eladia said she would submit to sin after apologizing for her own arbitrariness.

But to this extent, they say, on the contrary, "Yes. Really?" You can't punish me. After careful attention, the Ethereal Horse reserved herself to be sure to tell herself even trivial things in the future.

Solon laughs at Niyaniya for Eladia, who is noticed by the Ethereal Horse and shows a special victory.

"I'm talking about the mistress. Anyway, let's keep track of the crap that's going to tighten them up. If you had to, you'd be willing to intervene."

Besides, Eladia denied "It's Old Solon's Buy" with an innocent maiden smile who knows nothing.

But besides, Ethereal Horse and Shemr said at the same time, "There's no way!" I thought.

Ethereal horses and Shemr have already dated Eladia for quite a while. From its birth, Eladia knows that women are fiercely averse to outrageous manipulation by men. I don't think Eladia was just looking at me with her hands around her. Perhaps we have arranged to clean up after just stabbing a stop.

As much as you two think so, it was Eladia you should know, but this one remains polite and unaware, I say even more.

"It's easy to resolve with power here. But that will only be a moment. What Michena needs now is to be shown your power. But it's taking away the opportunity and the place at the heart of it, and it's stubborn."

Besides, Michena is appreciated for her honesty and steadfast work in the first place, but she is not the owner of a talent that will surprise everyone. It's not enough for one morning and one night at a time to let the people around her know what she's really worth.

As Ethereal Horse twisted her head desperately wondering how she had solved the problem, she placed the liquor cup that Solon had emptied at once.

Solon turns to the pale horses who gaze at themselves in amazement at the sound.

I'll take care of this.

The Ethereal Horses were surprised by this.

It is unusual for Solon, who is usually inclined to everything and has a floating attitude, to take the initiative in this way.

Solon makes Ni laugh at the pale horses surprised by his remarks.

"Hey. This time, I'll keep it in mind."