The Other Side of the Last Boss

Later.

One letter arrives in the Kingdom of Britons.

The Kingdom of Scottyard has suddenly notified us that it will stop lending.

I don't have to follow it honestly even if I'm suddenly told to pay my full ear back to take out my debt.

When you borrow money, you decide exactly when to return it.

That only makes sense for those that haven't returned their money by the due date.

The kingdom of Briton, a great power, is not in that state, even though it is heavily indebted.

So Scottyard hasn't told me to give my money back.

He said he would not lend it any more.

The Kingdom of Britons will be devastated by that alone.

The finances of the Kingdom of Britons rely on debt for about 30% of their revenues.

This does not mean more debt for that matter every year.

Even in one case, about 30% are still paying off their debts.

I owe you £100 million.

I returned £100 million on the due date.

I borrowed another hundred million pounds that day.

In this case, there is no real change.

Interest rates increase, to be precise.

However, this is the case in the industry.

bicycle operation and.

If you keep rowing your bike, you won't fall, but as soon as you stop rowing, you're broke.

In this case, the lender is forced to take the pedal.

"George III... have you made it this far?"

King Richard II of Britton comes and goes the room frustrated.

"I don't have any specific demands yet, but it's probably about His Highness Euphoria's engagement"

Eldred makes modest inferences.

A venue for talks will not be far away, where conditions for the resumption of loans will be offered there.

Even if it is Eldred, it is a blue sky thunderbolt.

I thought I had succeeded in getting in a good mood the other day.

If this is done, my face as Treasurer in charge of the Treasury is rounded.

"What's the countermeasure?

"You can either borrow something else, raise taxes, or tighten your finances."

It is hopeless to borrow from others.

More than the Kingdom of Scottyard decided not to lend, banks in Scottyard should do likewise.

Without the biggest financial state, I don't think I can borrow that much money.

With Scottyard holding back in the first place, it is also possible that Scottyard will rely on loans.

"Even if I say austerity. I have done what I can in recent years. I got my finances back, too."

"The expansion of the deficit has just stopped. I still had to sharpen it."

Richard II looks up to Eldred's bitterness.

"What more can you sharpen?"

"Military costs, sir."

"Are you serious?"

Richard II is amazed.

Sharpening military power in this world is synonymous with weakening the power against the Demon King.

It is therefore also about the survival of mankind.

"Yes. When you poke around, military spending is the ultimate waste. The money you're spending on it, the military. If military personnel become craftsmen, they will produce more and enrich everyone's lives."

Eldred's words have a fever.

"It is a waste of human resources to just train one's body without doing so and to wait for war. If there's no war, it's the ultimate waste."

"I didn't know I could live in this world for decades and say that on top of it."

Richard II sees Eldred with his eyes as if he sees a strange creature.

I wasn't the kind of person who used to think strangely so far.

Is there someone blowing me into it?

"I am an incompetent man, other than a monetary account…………"

"We need military force. There is a demon king in this world. Demon King occurs. And we just have to be prepared more than we know when it's coming."

"I'm not going to get more and more armaments on that subject."

Eldred doesn't shake his head vertically.

"The land of Britton was ravaged by the Demon King's army half a century ago, making it a burning field. That reconstruction alone is a major undertaking. This would not have happened if we had kept our military spending low and focused on reconstruction."

"If there was such a paradise-like country, it wouldn't be hard."

Richard II smiles bitterly.

"Suddenly the treasury is empty and you can't even pay it?

"That's right..."

Eldred said so, but it is doubtful how much room there is in the world.

There was the Demon King's War last year, and there was the Fumeres mess again this year.

He has also invested funds in the reconstruction of the King's capital, which was destroyed with it.

"In the meantime, we just have to figure out what to do."

Richard II concluded that way, calling to tell this story to his beloved daughter.

The moment Euphiria entered the office of her father, Richard II, she looked at the general circumstances.

My father often makes such a face when it comes to his own engagement.

"Again?"

Euphiria talks as she behaves brightly.

When this is the case, the parent and the child speak ill of Scottyard, and that is the end of it.

It's not like the ministers can show it to me.

But Euphiria didn't hate this time.

Because I feel like I can be one heart with my father, who is busy in government.

"Hmmm...... It's about that."

But that didn't happen this time.

Neither can Euphiria hide her surprise in the story told.

"Do you go that far..."

"Scottyard doesn't have enough power to control our country by force. That's why we're doing this."

"So, what's your response?

"I want to say no, regardless. But that's not necessarily the end of their strategy. So think of it as the worst possibility."

Euphiria nodded silently.

There can be more political marriages than being born royal.

No, I thought it would be more likely that it would be a political marriage.

There is no such thing as the Prince of the White Horse.

But I wasn't willing to accept everything from the start.

Fortunately, he had the talent to fight and was able to be a brave man.

I could also take over the Demon King.

I think that has expanded my own possibilities a lot.

I'm sorry about my father, but I can live even if I'm supposed to leave my house at the worst.

So we have to do something about this one ourselves.

My father always said I could stay on track, but Euphiria doesn't mean to be hairy.

I'll figure it out myself.

With myself and my people.

- Yes, because I have company.