Industrial revolution starting with the undead

gossip: Imperial fetus

"I finally got a grip on where it all came from."

"Oh, finally"

"Yes, thank you very much for your cooperation"

Empire E. Nurtz.

'Office of the Minister of Finance' present in the court. So looking at the report, the Grand Slam Empire Finance Minister, Oscar Uno, thanked the person in front of him.

It is that person who is Ursula Birches, one external advisor from the Imperial Sorcery Association - commonly known as the "Magic House", the Four Witches of the Continent.

Also known as' Baba over time '.

I'm not sure why those two names...

"I washed the whole place of the fake silver coins I recovered, from its trading partners, and I finally grabbed them. This is all thanks to the help of the" Demon House "in the search for counterfeit silver coins."

"So where the hell were the fake silver coins coming from?

"Yeah, probably even considering the whole thing, it's supposedly coming from the western side of the empire. The spill started, probably a year or so ago. The number of copies found as of now is three hundred and fifty two. It just doesn't look like there's any more new offerings."

"I see, when it comes to the western side of the empire..."

Yeah, it's Heilhorn.

Oscar tells the name of his virtual enemy.

The Heilhorn Union is a virtual enemy country on the western side of the Grand Slam Empire. So far we haven't gotten to the meet, but if there's any hang-up, the war starts - that's the situation. Heilhorn, united by the three countries, extends to the Empire if its national power alone.

Such a Heilhorn splashed fake silver coins this time in an attempt to cause confusion within the Empire - which is likely to happen.

"The territory on the western side of the empire will also have dealings with Heilhorn. In that deal, we have a good chance that Heilhorn will have fake gold."

"Hmm... Heilhorn has so much magic"

"Perhaps it was a litmus test to see if this one would notice. I decided if this one would notice and tried to bull my country's economy if it was going to work. But sooner than the other assumption, my country realized that… that would be the place"

……

To Oscar's words, but Ursula frowns.

I don't think I'm convinced.

"What's wrong? Lord Birches."

"No... Heilhorn is a backward country in magic. I don't think Heilhorn can have enough magic to replicate all that silver coins."

"Is that so awesome?

"Three hundred and fifty, right? Even if all the magicians of our country gather together, we can't make that much"

……

Hmm, and Oscar puts his hand on his chin.

Oscar is never, ever, bright on witchcraft. Instead, you can say I'm a gatekeeper when it comes to magic. From such an Oscar, I was convinced to consider it a conspiracy on the part of Heilhorn. I don't think there's any more.

But that doesn't seem to convince Ursula.

"So what do you think of Master Birches?

"Perhaps if there were an arv somewhere, I would think so"

"Right. Like I said before."

"However, would you have the magic of a luxurious arv and replicate silver coins, etc? If there is an environment in which you can freely use the magic of the Art, then the magicians of the Heilhorn Union are not fools either. We'll be looking for more troops and more military power."

"Mmmm..."

Indeed, Ursula is right.

Oscar is not familiar with witchcraft, but the Heilhorn Union should also have a witchcraft association. I don't think those sorcery societies would be content to get an arv with bottomless magic power and just replicate silver coins.

That would be no wonder, even if we were manufacturing weapons that would destroy the Empire once and for all.

"So what the hell..."

"Even mine, I've done a lot of research. So I discovered one interesting sentence from an ancient document."

"When it comes to…"

"It is Fleetberg territory, present on the western side of the Empire."

"Fleetberg territory?

Hmm, and Oscar tilts his neck.

It's a place I've heard of but haven't been so impressed. Perhaps even the empire is a part of the country.

What the hell, that's...

"Fleetberg territory, he said, was once the place where the Arts lived"

"Oh my...!

"This Lord of Fleetberg territory has acquired the Art by some means. And I did a silver coin reproduction using an arv... if you think about it, aren't you convinced?

"But why replicate silver coins..."

"I'm a country lord, so I guess I didn't know how to use the Art effectively. Besides, I heard from someone close to me. In Fleetberg territory, there is now a moving skeleton."

"-!"

To Ursula's words, Oscar opens his eyes.

The moving skeleton - it is a supposed apostle of cults in the 'sacrament' in which Oscar also believes.

Why is there a cult apostle in such a rural lord?

Isn't that the proof left that Art exists there?

"That's... for sure!

"Yeah. That's all I heard from you. I'm not sure yet."

"No, that's for sure. Let's play to His Majesty the Emperor from my side."

"If so... please, come in"

Ursula says so and speaks to the entrance.

Mm, and when Oscar raised his eyebrows, it was a slender beauty who came in from it.

"Excuse me, Minister of Finance"