Hakai no Miko

"... you don't have enough money?

"Yes," Michena replied briefly, as Ethereal Horse asked. Then Michena explains to the Ethereal Horse as she turns the bundle of parchment that she has carried.

"To reward those who have become soldiers, rewards for those who have increased their warfare, compensation for the wounded and allowances for the survivors of the war. And it's a huge cost to rebuild a war disaster by taking it apart."

To Michena's words, the Ethereal Horse utterly leaked his voice.

It was the Ethereal Horse who decided to dedicate himself to the reconstruction of the war disaster in the Holmeer country. Though he was quite prepared, he was poked at the fact again, and the Ethereal Horse was meagre.

Michena, faithful to her duties, continues to report faintly.

"Anyway, the damage caused by the Romanian National Army was too great. Serious damage has been done to villages and cities that have been plundered and burned. In order to support those damaged villages, we must first restore the bridges and cliffs that were burned down and blocked by the Romanian National Army during its retreat."

Originally, they are the work of the lord who governs the land.

But many of the lords who had ruled the lands damaged by the Romanian National Army had already died in battle. Even if it had survived, it would not have been plundered by the Romanian National Army and there would not be any property to be used to finance reconstruction.

Besides, all future controls must be borne by the state, beyond what Ethereal Horse has declared to take from the Lords such interests as the right to govern in any case.

In other words, the Ethereal Horse had to spend from the State Treasury.

Moreover, bad reports from Michena continue.

"There is also an urgent need to restore farmland that has been trampled upon and razed. If recovery is delayed, the next winter will be overflowing with massive numbers of starving dead and displaced"

Food shortages are one of the worst things to count for in this day and age.

If people were to starve to death because of food shortages, even on that land, people would move to an approximate land ready to die for food and the means to obtain it.

But with that moved land, there's never room.

If there is a massive influx of displaced people, this time there will be a food shortage there. Naturally, this would create a misfortune between the original inhabitants and the displaced. It begins with a minor quarrel, and the destination is a riot or slaughter.

Moreover, the horrible thing about this problem is that the displaced people created by food shortages cause food shortages in another land to create new ones, and that the displaced people also ripple around them as if they were domino knockouts.

The Ethereal Horse almost held his head by accident.

Plus Michena comes after us.

"I'd like to stockpile some food in preparation for that, but if we turn the wheat in the Sorbiant Plains into stockpiles, this time the proceeds from the wheat sale will decrease and we'll have to review the budget plan from scratch"

So Michena frowned slightly before continuing her words.

"And I checked the treasure trove property at the Royal Palace, and some of it was lost. Perhaps there was someone who stole money and ran away."

In the midst of the Wang Du offensive, there seemed to be an uncomfortable man. Traditional royal treasures, etc. were safe, but they were quietly gone, mainly jewellery and ornaments that seemed to be ready for redemption.

Even trying to recover those stolen treasures was difficult to identify the culprit. It is also the end of the day when those who disappeared after the war do not know whether they have fled somewhere, or whether they have already died in battle and become wrecks and are exposed to the wild. Even if I found out I ran off with my treasure, it was too late to follow. Assuming that they are also in exile in the Romanian State, there is no longer anything we can do about it. Recovery of stolen treasures was virtually impossible.

Having finished explaining those things, Michena closes the paperwork in her hand and tells the pale horse with a bitter laugh.

"I think Soma's ambition to save the people of the injured Holmeer country is valuable. But there's nothing we can do about it without what precedes us. Anyway, we don't have enough money."

To Michena's report, the Ethereal Horse didn't even make a sound.

You can't fight when you're hungry, but just like that, you can't do politics without money.

Over the past five years, Ethereal Horse has developed agriculture and commerce in the city of Bornis, creating new industries and making huge fortunes. But it is only a story of a city on the border. It just didn't extend to bailing out one whole great power, Holmea, also known as the male of the West Side.

The royal palace treasures that I secretly counted on were much less than I expected, and some of them were stolen, so I sneak up on him weakly.

In comics, novels, etc., the hero who conquered the enemy country got the treasure trove treasure and became more financially rich. In my case, Ethereal Horse blurred in the heart.

"I wonder if I'll have to impose a temporary instructor..."

There was also the means to restore bridges and roads by driving the inhabitants out as mentors. The restoration of bridges and paths directly connected to their own lives would convince the people as well.

But an incumbent is the duty of a resident to provide labor to a lord - that is, to pay taxes on the labor force. Naturally, the inhabitants are also not paid a grain of wheat or a piece of bronze coin. Even at this time when we are busy getting our own lives back, it is decided that if we are driven out by such an instructor, we will not feel good emotionally even if we are convinced by our heads.

But it was also a reality that no one could just look good to him.

As the custodians of the rule of the country, we sometimes have to decide whether to be criticized or not.

But even though I knew it was, the Ethereal Horse himself wasn't in the mood for a ride. Because at this time when my reign was finally about to begin, it didn't seem like a good idea to impose an instructor cheaply.

But that's not why I have a one-shot reversal proposal.

The Ethereal Horse thought with a difficult face that something could not be done about.

Then, there's Solon speaking up.

"There's a way we can get a lot of money in no time."

Russia (but not at all), the Ethereal Horse brightened his eyes to expectations and said, "Is it true?," he asked.

It is now a recommendation in this context. Even if it doesn't even have to be a one-shot reversal, it would just be a lot of money to help.

Solon nods firmly to the expectations of such a pale horse.

"I'm not lying. A little further north than the Wang capital is a small mountain. There lies an enormous treasure."

A huge treasure sleeping.

From the words, Aoima thought of the pirate treasure of an adventure novel he had read in modern Japan. But unfortunately, the place isn't the sea, it's the mountains. Then it could be a bandit, not a pirate.

"Even the treasure of a bandit is asleep?

"A bandit!

Somehow Solon gave Kerakera a laugh at the words of the Ethereal Horse.

"Well, it's something similar. There's the tomb of King Holmeer in history."

The Ethereal Horse raises his bare voice.

"Graveyard?!"

It is a good thing to hear the King's graveyard contain a sumptuous burial item along with the remains. King Tutankhamen of Egypt was buried along with many other treasures besides that famous golden mask. They also had treasures so enormous that 300,000 people could not be transported after thirty days in Shihuang Mausoleum, the tomb of the ancient Chinese Emperor of the Beginning.

So, the Ethereal Horse is hacked.

The tombs of the ancient kings are marked by looting and theft.

It is a famous story that the city near the Egyptian pyramid was originally a village of the burglars. The discovery of King Tutankhamen's tomb was so heavily covered, also because it was unusual for the burglar to have done so little damage. In addition, even the fire has been unleashed after the treasure was taken out by Chu's Xiang Yu when he was in the Initial Imperial Palace of the Emperor.

With that in mind, there is no way that looters and burglars will not be targeting graveyards where immense treasures are supposed to be sleeping now that the State of Holmea has perished.

"What's going on with security?!"

Solon answers the pale horse who kicks up the chair, laughing at its haste.

"Rest assured. His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Hornius is guarding the cemetery."

Grand Duke Hornius is the younger brother of Sadma, the former king of the Holmeer kingdom - that is, the person who falls upon the uncle of the late King Walius.

Although the security and management of the cemetery held by Grand Duke Hornius is an honorable function, the truth is that outside of festivals and funerals it is only occasionally idle to look around the cemetery.

Hornius, the Grand Duke, is in such a position of absenteeism because of his duty to provide abandonment support (bumps) in the name of the cost of maintaining the cemetery to the king's brethren, who do not have territory such as the one that descended to the throne without inheriting it.

But Grand Duke Hornius did not divulge one dissatisfaction with it and still continues to guard the cemetery with a few private soldiers, Solon says.

"Quite an elderly man. I hear you're not feeling well these days either. Probably protecting the cemetery from the looters and dying."

In the meantime, the Ethereal Horse was horrified to learn that the cemetery had not been plundered.

But immediately put your hand on your jaw and the Ethereal Horse thinks. After a while, the Ethereal Horse pounded and smashed his hand.

"That's right! Princess Wallina! Let her go to the cemetery!

To the words of the Ethereal Horse, everyone who was on the spot was gnawed.

Have him go to the grave.

That's like saying you're going to die.

"What do you mean, Soma? Send those who have already accepted defeat to their graves…"

If you're really going to do that, even if it's your "you under the umbilical" - no, you can't forgive me because it's your "you under the umbilical".

The Ethereal Horse hurries to excuse Shemr, who tells him with such intimidation.

"Oh, misunderstanding! You're not gonna let me kill Princess Warina!

The fact that Princess Wallina is alive is like guaranteeing the authenticity with which the Ethereal Horse has given way to the country from her. Besides, even civilians who have no special attachment to the royal family would never feel good if they heard of the murder of Princess Wallina, who was a royal family of their own.

In any case, killing Princess Wallina now would only be detrimental to the Ethereal Horse if it did not benefit her in any way.

Asked what it meant then, the Ethereal Horse explains his thoughts.

"That Grand Duke of Hornius is a long time old, isn't he? Then what if I succeed Princess Wallina?"

"You're letting the princess guard the grave?

"Yes," the Ethereal Horse agrees with Shemr's confirmation.

"It's a cemetery where the kings of history sleep, so we need to manage it properly. If treasures are buried together, even more so, we need countermeasures from the burglars. Then it would be appropriate to make Princess Warina, the descendant of the kings sleeping there, administrator."

Everyone circled their eyes as surprised by this idea of a pale horse.

The graveyard where the historical kings of the country attacked and destroyed sleep is a place for the conquerors to plunder their outfits. Without harming the people who will then become subjects, the treasures buried with the king's wreckage will be better gold than those taken from the people.

In addition, it was the constant means of the conquerors to dig up, whip and expose the remains of the kings of history in order to deny the kingdom of the destroyed kingdom and denigrate it.

But in the sense of the modern Japanese of the Ethereal Horse, it is an ancient tomb when it comes to the King's sleeping tomb. It is a valuable historical heritage that should be properly maintained and communicated to future generations. Instead of plundering it, it's a big problem just messing around poorly and letting it damage you.

Furthermore, the pale horse continued "to it".

"I think you should give Princess Wallina a job, just in name."

Princess Wallina, who is no longer royal, naturally has nothing to earn. I need to know because I'm not royal anymore. I can't leave her alone, so now the Ethereal Horse is in the form of paying for her living.

But it would be better to be a Holmeer country and just give it a title in name than to keep this up and pay for its living.

Solon confirms to the Ethereal Horse who explained such an idea.

"What. You're not gonna lay your hands on the grave treasure?

"I don't like that."

The answer of the Ethereal Horse to Solon's question was concise.

"It's disgusting to take what belongs to a dead man and sell him off"

Plus Solon laughed a lot.

"Sure, sure. It doesn't feel good to strip a dead man of his figure. It is cowardly to whip a dead man who can't even resist. It is the poor who strip that figure. But the kid's walking the hegemony!

To Solon's unexpected high esteem, the Ethereal Horse became adept at it.

The Ethereal Horse deliberately makes a doya face toward Shemr, who stands next to him, to show him. Even Shemr, who deeply loved the Ethereal Horse, whitened to this, responding with Zoan's peculiar trick of "ridiculous and undateable" rubbing the head of his wrinkled nose with his fingers.

Michena says terribly to such an expert Ethereal Horse.

"Dear Soma. As for me, who was once one of the people of the Holmeer Country, I think it's a great idea."

So she hesitated slightly before Michena continued.

"I'm glad you're spending more, aren't you?

The pale horse opened his mouth softly.

If we are to entrust Princess Wallina with the management of the cemetery, we must prepare it accordingly. We have to recruit new soldiers for security, and we're going to need the building where Warina lives. I think the dwellings and the like can divert what Archduke Hornius uses, but it would be very unsolicited in Wallina, an elderly old archduke Hornius and a young woman. Should need a lot of renovation.

And that costs money.

I was talking about getting reports from Michena that I didn't have enough funds in the first place, but when I realized it, the Ethereal Horse was stunned even though I had increased spending instead.

Sounds like Solon, who had noticed the whole thing, laughs a lot and sighs heavily all the way to Shemr. I couldn't wait for the Ethereal Horse to do this, and I just had to make my body shrink smaller.

However, the Ethereal Horse's proposal, which seemed to have only increased this extra burden, would later have an unexpected effect.

The actions of the Ethereal Horse to refuse to inherit the Holmeer State and to entertain the new State were a great departure from common sense at the time. For this reason, the people of the Holmeer country - the old ministers and the queens who were involved in the national politics of the divided Holmeer country - were still feeling great anxiety.

However, the attitude of the Ethereal Horse, which did not plunder the graveyard of the Historic King of Holmea, but rather protected it at all costs, was reflected in people's eyes that although inheritance was refused, it would in no way leave the Holmea nation at bay. This prompted many who had previously been anxious to relieve themselves and accept the reign of the Ethereal Horse.

I hadn't thought about that at this time, Ethereal Horse, but the story of the cemetery and Princess Warina must be a good idea. After listening to the opinions of Pompius and others and packing the contents, I decided to make a decision.

On top of that, he was haunting his head along with Michena about how he compensated for the funds that were even more missing.

Solon speaks to the Ethereal Horse in a casual public speaking tone as the two are about to hold their heads ununung.

"By the way, kid. Have you seen Jebor lately?

Jeboa's petite is Joash Shapiro, who is cordial with the Ethereal Horse.

Joash, also known as the secret son of Menahem Shapiro, the great merchant of the marine commercial state Jeboa, ran a small chamber of commerce in the city of Bornis since Menahem cut off the edge of his parents and children because of his poor bare lines. But it is the person behind it, in terms of appearance, who plays the role of an important pipe connecting the Shapiro Chamber of Commerce with the Ethereal Horse.

"Speaking of which, you haven't seen your face lately..."

I didn't even care because of the busy postwar processing, but Joash has given me a letter and a gift to celebrate his victory when he defeated the Romanian National Army and returned to the King's Capital, and he hasn't come to show his face at all since. The Ethereal Horse now realized it.

When I was in the city of Bornis, I would be worried if something had happened to me when I said that I had come to show my face without being free for three days, saying, "I have trouble getting something interesting done to the gap I took my eyes off".

Solon laughs off such a pale horse worry.

"He's the root 'Jebor kid'. You can't miss this kind of business opportunity. I'll see when I can sell my stuff the most."

He was a half-hearted Ethereal Horse in Solon's words, but just there came a woman official to tell him that a guest had visited.

"Dear Soma. Lord Joash is here to greet you."