Chapter 195: Age Range is Huge

TL:METEOREMPE i.e METE

ED: LISYCHE

TL Note: Here, range refers to age, so it’s kinda like the age range is wide.

Author Note: Volume 6 of "To Deprive a Deprived Person" is on sale!

The Kingdom of Moberu.

It was a middle sized kingdom which lied along the Free State of Hamerun and the largest lake on the Rem Continent.

The Brey Lake was not only a very important resource for the Kingdom of Moberu but also for the Free State Hamerun, Udon Kingdom, and for dozens of other kingdoms. The lake supplied water to important points, and because of this, it was unusual for the kingdoms to compete for aquatic resources.

The war between the Kingdom of Moberu and the Kingdom of Ropuginu that occurred several months ago was thought to be caused due to the water resources, but the actual fact was different.

The Saporo Mountain range that was in the territory of the Kingdom of Ropuginu did not have any valuable animals and plants even though there were plenty of resources. But all of a sudden, a labyrinth had appeared at the basin of Saporo Mountain Range.

Even so, although the labyrinth was only D-rank, it was a labyrinth that had lots of mineral resources which every country wanted. Especially in the Kingdom of Ropuginu, water resources were abundantly available in Brey Lake, but they did not have any mines of their own, so when they got this, the kingdom was delighted to be able to acquire this mine. However, it was the Kingdom of Moberu which tried to get ahold of it.

The place where the Saporo Mountain range was originally situated was in the territory of the Kingdom of Moberu and so they immediately sent letters to the Kingdom of Ropuginu and asked for their immediate return. Naturally the Kingdom of Ropuginu was enraged with this letter.

Certainly, hundreds of years ago, as written in the letter by the Kingdom of Moberu, the surroundings of the Saporo Range were in the territory of Moberu Kingdom, but were then later abandoned due to lack of resources and forced the Kingdom of Ropuginu to forcibly buy it without leaving any leeway for refusal.

With the discovery of the Labyrinth, they immediately sent a letter seeking the return of the territory. The King of Ropuginu was trembling with anger and immediately instructed the organization to prepare the army immediately.

Ropuginu Kingdom, a small kingdom country, and Moberu Kingdom which was apparently even worse when it came to war, was clearly in the worse position. Therefore, the King of Ropuginu made a preemptive strike against the Moberu Kingdom.

They had hired the 『Immortal Mercenary Group』.

The First Division Knights headed by the First Prince of Moberu Kingdom were facing the 『Immortal Mercenary Group』 which numbered less than a thousand.

The Knights Army which totaled to ten thousand received a catastrophic blow by just one person who was the 『Immortal Mercenary Group』 Leader.

Thousands of troops led by the Second Prince were deployed to collide directly with the 『Immortal Mercenary Group』 in order to save the First Division Knights of the Moberu Kingdom who were scattered. But amazingly, the five thousand troops were routed back to the border just by the 『Immortal Mercenary Group』 which numbered to a thousand or less.

The Army of Ropuginu then flowed down below and destroyed the territory of the Kingdom of Moberu through vandalism. It was the Kingdom of Ropuginu which became victorious with almost no loss of troops, but there is a punchline to this story.

The amount of remuneration that the 『Immortal Mercenary Group』 demanded from the Kingdom of Ropuginu was an amount comparable to the kingdom’s National Budget.

Although it was not impossible to pay, the Ropuginu Kingdom asked the 『Immortal Mercenary Group』 to wait for the payment after the compensation from the Kingdom of Moberu arrives. When they entered into negotiation, saying that they would be able to gain peerage and the commanders would benefit if they would wait, the proposition was flatly rejected and the negotiations broke down.

During this time, they killed the earl who was the negotiating partner from the side of the Kingdom of Ropuginu and then threw the body into the royal palace. The knights from the Kingdom of Ropuginu were raging, while the Division Knights engaged in battle with the 『Immortal Mercenary Group』, but they were obviously never the opponents of this group and were promptly defeated.

As a result, the war that occurred between the Kingdom of Moberu and the Kingdom of Ropuginu was analyzed by the neighboring countries’ generals and civil officials. Despite being victorious over a defeated country, neither winning nor losing.

A woman who had silver-edged glasses with a matched maid outfit, knocked on the door of the office room yet there was no reaction from the inside.

「Please excuse me.」

When the woman entered into the room, she could see the figure of a man fighting (working) with documents which were stacked like a mountain on a solid desk. Despite the mountain of documents, the man was still visible showing how large the man was. It could be said that he was quite the stout fellow.

「Your Majesty, if you could please spare some time, it would be nice.」

「You can see this situation right? Do you think I have any spare time?」

A man who looked visibly like an orc glared at the woman steadily, but the woman was accustomed to this and smiled and said with a 「Ho ho ho」.

「Then I shall say the same to Satou-sama.」

「Wait. You should have told me that first.」

「Then?」

「He is the most important person for the Kingdom of Moberu. Whatever I said should be completely ignored right? Or rather, Adorin, you already know about this right?」

「Maa, how terrible. Do you feel happy bullying me like this every time?」

Seeing the figure of Adorin who imitated crying, a blue vein rises on the head of the man.

「Your crying face is not delightful at all. Quickly send Satou inside.」

「Actually, he is already waiting in front of the room. You people, please bring Satou-sama into the room, and please make sure not to be impolite. Also, this room smells like a beast’s cave. Open the windows and ventilate this place! It's a really serious affair to make Satou-sama uncomfortable!」

Following the instructions of Adorin, the maids who were in the room hurriedly moved around and opened the windows at once, they sprinkled perfumes made by the perfumers of the royal family.

「Satou-sama, sorry to have kept you waiting.」

Adorin who apologized for being late held Yuu's hand. Furthermore she was doing something else with a *SuriSuri*

TL: She is basically hugging Yuu and sniffing him like crazy.

「Adorin-san, although I don't really mind this, but please let me go.」

「O~hon」

「Maa Maa, Satou-san is a really friendly person desune~」

「O~hon, O~hon」

「Hey Adorin, I am quite impressed by the mercy showed by Satou's heart.」

「Eh~hen. Adorin, is it really fine to be like this?」

Tl: Two lines above are said by the King with a little time gap a few minutes-ish

「Satou-sama, since Your Majesty is getting quite angry, let's be like this.」

The man who was called Your Majesty was quite uneasy while looking at the interactions between Yuu and Adorin, and faced towards Yuu.

「Your Majesty? You?」

「Satou, be careful with your words. It is not good for a king of one country to say to another, if possible.」

「This is because I created a country which does not have a king. It would be even better if you forget that I was the one who did it. Rather, more importantly Your Majesty that......the Majesty before you, the first prince, and the second prince, what happened to them?」

「They retired. They caused a war that they shouldn't have, caused a lot of suffering to the innocent, that’s why」

「I see, and also the money that I had lent, when shall you be returning it?」

「Even if I wanted to return it, the Kingdom of Moberu is undergoing revival due to the war damage. There is no money that I can return. Originally, it seems that there is no such thing as borrowing and debt between countries. Did you know about this?」

「Oi, Daddan. No, pig. Even if you say that you can’t return the money that I lent you which is about 100 Billion Madoka, I don't mind getting something other than money you know?」

「Pi-Pig!? Isn't that rude?!!」

「That's right. I was rude to a pig. Oi, Debu.」

「Satou-sama, I shall apologize instead of the pig-----Daddan King's rudeness, so please quell your anger.」

Adorin hugs Yuu while apologizing. Daddan said「 Adorin, Y-you just called me a pig right now, didn't you?」while sounding mad but Adorin did not respond and was hugging Yuu and was going 「Aaa, Satou-sama. It is such a wonderful smell, with such smooth skin.」 while her fetishes were exploding and was on full display.

「Adorin-san, if it's fine with you, why don't you come to work in my country?」

「Maa! Do you want me?」

Yuu did not feel bad or try to reduce his attitude one bit of trying to poach a subject of Daddan right in front of him. Rather, it was Adorin who was acting right in front of her master since a while ago, but in fact she is a very loyal subject who had been serving the royal family since a long time ago.

「How about a hundred gold coins?」

Adorin was a chief maid, but the payment does not compare with the general maids or the ordinary maids. Usually, the amount she would be paid in a year would amount to around 120 gold coins. Although it was not very much, Adorin liked little boys and little girls who were quite young, and she would never betray the royal family who had been served by her clan from a long time ago for just 100 gold coins.

「Satou-sama, you’re quite the tease but---」

「Is 100 gold coins every month really not enough?」

A shock that was so great came upon Adorin, to the extent that it seemed like a crack had come upon her glasses with silver edge. The smiles of the surrounding maids were frozen. In which world would someone pay a hero 100 gold coins a month, let alone a maid? This was too outstanding.

「O-One Moon coin.....per month...?」

「Ee. I believe that Adorin's ability is worth paying that much. Also, did you know? The beastmen children are very friendly and have fluffy hair. I thought that Adorin-san will surely like it. There are even children from the demon tribe and some who have suffered through magic disasters. Although they have a different charm too, I am sure that Adorin-san will definitely come to like them desuyo.」

「Children of beastmen......Fluffy fluffy....Demon tribe children.....Namari-chan, children victims of magic disasters......waiting for me.」

Even when the other maids called out, Adorin was not in her right frame of mind for quite a while.

「Daddan Majesty. For a long time, I have the family-----」

Adorin tried to tell her parting greetings to Daddan.

「Naaa!! WAIT!! Seriously, you bastard!! Satou, would you please stop trying to poach other people’s subject!! You are really a terrible kid. You have not only taken my heart but you want to take Adorin's as well! Okay fine, let's do it like this. I shall pay using my body.」

Not only Yuu, but everyone excluding Daddan where wondering the same, thinking「What the heck is this guy saying?」.

「I know it very well zo. A body, chubby like mine, is quite funny. But it is quite lovable, right?

So come indulge in my body as much as you want!」

「You, are you an idiot?」

「It is as Satou-sama said. Your Majesty is not chubby but is completely stout desu!! Aaa, Satou-sama. The Responsibility-----------the responsibility of the lord, as a retainer is also my responsibility. I will pay the money that has been borrowed by Moberu Kingdom from Satou-sama using my body! Come come, let us hurry. Let's quickly go to my room!」

「Let us not do that now. By the way Adorin, did you not call me Ogre until a while ago?」

「Maa! Have you neglected your health so much that your ears have been affected? I definitely called you an Orc instead of an Ogre you know?」

「That is still worse!」

「Can we stop this? The gold is still fine, I shall think about properly repaying it.」

Yuu was quite amazed at the exchange of the two people and finally chose to ignore them while the two were exchanging words.

「Although I understand. But still? Even though we are a defeated country, even the Royal Purveyors are still trying to get on their feet. On top of this, there is still the compensation that is to be provided to the Kingdom of Ropuginu. Honestly, if you could increase the debt a little bit more, the reconstruction will be quite successful.」

「Merchants......Perhaps it can be possible. Let us talk about the gold after looking at the situation a little bit more. Also, this is a souvenir.」

Yuu tries to pass a basketful of baked sweets to Daddan from the item pouch, but Adorin came up from the side and receives it.

「Adorin-san?」

「Satou-sama, I am really very grateful for this. But as you can see, Your Majesty’s daily routine is quite strict and sweets are strictly prohibited. As the head maid, I cannot let Your Majesty eat such sweet like this.」

Behind Adorin, Daddan was trying to grab a sweet from the basket by reaching out, 「STOP YOU! Those are the things that Satou brought for--------」while saying that, but he could not get past Adorin's ironclad defense.

「Is that so. But I brought it all the way here, if you’re fine then please eat it with your people Adorin-san.」

「Thank you very much.」

Adorin elegantly thanked him showing the gratefulness of a head maid.

「This is a gift from Satou-sama. We appreciate it and shall have it later.」

The maids raised voices of delight and gathered around Adorin.

「Wha-what are you guys doing, get your hands off. You are in front of Satou-sama.」

Although voices were heard, they were quickly reprimanded and immediately straightened their posture to the words of Adorin. As expected, Adorin-san had become quite corrupted from staying at the royal family for many years.

「I have shown you an unsightly image.」

「You’re included in that.」

Yuu's sarcasm had no effect on Daddan.

「By the way, did you come alone today?」

「Aa.」

「Yes..... Why?」

「Because you would usually come along with that lass Namari to teach her or Momo.」

「What are you implying?!」

「I thought it was like that but…」

The face of Daddan who was not convinced was unsightly, but in the next moment he recovered.

「Well it's fine. You can stay over for today.」

「Maa! It is quite the good suggestion Your Majesty!」

Adorin agrees to Daddan’s proposal with a smile, but wrinkles were gathering between Daddan's eyebrows.

「Adorin, please add one more pillow to my bed.」

「Aa?」

Adorin spoke with a vacant voice implying that she did not understand what Daddan said, and again, the expression of the maids were frozen.

「Satou, how old are you again?」

「13....No, I think it is 14」

「Is that so. Rest assured. I am fine as long as they are 15 years old or less.」

「Go DIE.」

All the members excluding Daddan were thinking the same thing.