286 Chapter 19-11 Contacts with the South

A few days after the conversation with the royal family, Rani and Reni arrived from the south as official envoys to the Otori family. Well, officially speaking, as usual, I bring products from the south, so the emissary feels like one, but Lani and the others say that it's a very serious story, so I and Grandpa, together with Primera and Amur, quickly prepared a place for the discussion.

“Thank you for setting up this space. This is a letter from my Lord. Please check it."

With a different wording and attitude, Mr. Rani sent a letter from Ms. Hana.

When I opened the letter received from Mr. Lani on the spot and read it, it was written as expected. I turned it to my grandfather, and from there I crossed over to Primera, and finally to Amur.

Since the letter was addressed to me, it was unnecessary to turn it to Amur, the daughter of the Southern Viscount family, regardless of Grandpa and Primera, who claimed the identity of the Ottori family. However, Primera who had read the letter gave it to Amur as a matter of course, so it was not long before anyone told Amur what it was. Well, it wasn't the content that was problematic because Amur knew about it, and it was Primera's decision that it didn't matter because it was written that it was related to Amur. By the way, Grandpa and Primera only nodded after reading the letter, but Amur frowned a little.

“I think I'll give you a thank-you note I wrote in the name of the House of Otori at a later date. I'm sorry, but I'd like to ask you to stay in King's Landing for three days. If the accommodation is not available, please use our house."

"I understand. However, I have plans in the future and the accommodation has already been arranged, so please just ask for my sister's room." As for the letter, we will drop by in three days, so please prepare it by then. "

"Now, let's give Leni his usual room." I will prepare the letter by noon three days later, but if I can't come due to urgent business, can I leave it with Leni? "

“Please do that.”

Lani has another job to do after this, and she plans to return to the south sooner than Lenny. She said that she will return to the south after receiving the letter three days later. Perhaps the other task is to gather and bring back recent information from our fellow citizens operating in the Royal Capital. And it seems that Leni has a job to hear from me and my grandfather about the flock of zombies. And, as usual, Amur's vetting.

When I finished talking as a messenger, I called Jeanne and Aura and told them to prepare Ms. Lenny's room. After the two of them who were on their way to prepare, Ms. Lenny and Amur followed. However, Amur may have planned to stay here a little longer because he was forced to leave by Leni instead of following him.

"Now, from here on out, you are the usual pedestrian... here is Temma's catalogue of yuzu pepper." I have secured the yuzu citrus this time, so I brought it with me. And the beans. "

This time my share (instead of stamp duty) is only yuzu and soybeans, but instead, they bring dozens of kilograms each (five bags containing a dozen kilograms each). The amount is much more than usual, but the sales of yuzu pepper have been good recently, so they have increased it.

In addition, I bought a number of products brought by Lani and was noticed by Primera, but I was able to go shopping satisfactorily as usual.

After shopping, she answered some of Lani's questions and held a meeting for an hour or so. In the meantime, I was a little concerned that Amur and Reni had not returned, but maybe they were also collecting information separately.

Now we can secure a place to escape when we have to.

“Yes, but it hurts as a royal family to fail to pledge reinforcements to the South.”

"It can't be helped, can it?" If a swarm of zombies also emerges from the "Forest of the Elders", it is conceivable that they will progress to the south. "

In the letter from Mr. Hana, it was written that if we were to escape from the capital, the South would accept the Otori family and their (...) (...) (...) (...) (...) (...). However, it seems that it is difficult to send a rescue team to the royal capital at that time, and if the situation is such that we can escape from the royal capital, it is highly likely that the south will be blamed afterwards, so it may be possible to pick up only a short distance away from the last moment in the Southern Viscount Territory.

Although the Beastman is basically a sturdier and more physically active race than the human race, it does not change that it is difficult to travel long distances, and it is written that my family and Amur have little in-laws to help the kings by putting themselves at risk (the letter to the kings said that they wrote another reason, so I would like you not to talk about the contents of this letter).

"If you read this, you can say that the South is cutting the kingdom off, but it's not written that you won't help." In other words, I feel like I'm staring at you. "

Hana-san's letter only mentioned when the King's capital was in a critical situation, and did not touch on the previous stage.

"Even in the south, if you want to sell your debt to the royal family, you would want to create a more effective model." It was only natural to be reluctant. It may have been written in Alex's letter, but it may not have been written in the letter to the Otori family. "

"Since the Southern Viscount Territory is an autonomous region, even if it is requested by the royal family, it may not be shown unconditionally in" Yes, I will give it out ", and at the same time, it may not be good for the southern family to be regarded as giving priority to the Otori family over the royal family. The Viscount of the South has an Amur in the House of Otori, so it is not strange to say that you will accept it in case of emergency, so even if the contents of the letter to the House of Oori are known to others, there will be no problem.”

Although it is a troublesome story, the southern part is not completely controlled by Mr. Hana's Southern Viscount family, and the "Southern Viscount family headed collective" aspect is still strong, and the worst south alone has the power to do as a country. If Hana is judged unreliable, the flag may be changed to another person, and the south may choose the path of independence. For that reason, it's not good to think that Hana-san is not very good at it, and the royal family cannot strongly criticize it even if it is rejected once because its friendship with the south may be broken. However, since Hana wants to avoid being told that she is contemptuous of the royal family at this time, she may have omitted that part from her letter to me.

Well then, do you feel reluctant for the first time and accept the request for the second time?

"At the same time, I'll let Alex bow his head." Anyway, I could ask Ernesto to bow his head... that would be more interesting! "

"I thought you were overdoing it..."

As usual, Grandpa's prank was a bit of a draw in the Rock Primera. If I was the only one listening to this, I would definitely be laughing and listening.

"However, it might be a good idea for Grandpa to enter between the royal family and the south." As long as Ernesto and I are playing games together, Grandpa said, "I'll take the space with the south, so be grateful!" In terms of what I said, if the Southern Viscount Family and the Royal Family alliance were realized from there, it would fit in surprisingly well. "

Although I can say it myself, my grandfather and I are quite popular in the south, so many southern residents may be convinced that it would be unexpected if either of them were in between. However, when I move, the Otori family's great achievements will increase again, so I want to use the rotten edge of Grandpa and Ernesto to strengthen the impression that the royal family and the Southern Viscountry family have arrived unhappily from their personal connections. This makes it easier for me to tell you to give it to Grandpa personally, even when it comes to rewards.

"Hmm... it may be interesting indeed." Best of all, I could be the star of what I know will almost certainly succeed. Ernesto and Alex can expect a reward, and it's not a bad story. Then we should hurry and meet! "

“And we have to get ready! While saying so, Grandpa ran to his room.

Surprisingly, maybe Hana-san wanted me or Grandpa to be in the room.

"Maybe...... or maybe it's true." Of the close acquaintances of the Southern Viscount family, Temma and Grandpa are the most influential of the royals, so it would be odd to think that one of them would not be a bad thing for the South if they were in between. ”

Temma-sama! Merlin just jumped out the hallway window!

A few minutes after Grandpa jumped out, Aura rushed to let me know that she was talking to Primera. Apparently, Grandpa flew out the hallway window without leaving the front door. Surprised by the sight, Aura seemed to have come to inform her that something had happened, but when I said that my grandfather had gone to Ernesto to play, he returned with a convincing face, "What, it's always the same thing?"

"I'm used to it, but even if it's normal at home, it's unusual to fly out of a window upstairs, so please be careful in front of your children."

"Yes... I'll take care of it..."

Primera told me never to do anything good, but to be honest, I don't think I can. Well, I couldn't say such a thing even though my mouth was torn, so I nodded silently... but I didn't feel confident that I could protect it because Primera had found out, so I was pushed several times.

By the way, Grandpa came back about an hour after he jumped out. Anyway, for the royal family, Grandpa's proposal was for a ship to cross, and he said that he would immediately start negotiations with the South, using Grandpa as his point of contact. The reward is a lot of expensive liquor and unusual liquor, and I think it's like Ernesto's contract who knows his taste well... he's doing well to use his grandfather.

"I'll give you a name, so we can do other things ourselves..."

"No, that's a nominal thing. Since Grandpa will be your point of contact with the South, you need to know the contents of the discussion and the letter, and above all, you need to write to Hana-san from Grandpa, right?" To have fun and take only delicious places with you is too rustic. ”

"Yes, as a royal family, we can just wait until the next negotiation."

"Ernesto told me the same thing as Primera." Without owning the name of the Lord, we should be together in less than a month. "

It's like a race that was originally made, so you probably knew that eventually you would be talking to the south. Maybe even if Grandpa were in between, it would only make the difference that a month would be shortened to half a month.

However, by daring to accept Grandpa's evil spell, the royal family must have attached importance to the half-month difference. Otherwise, the King could not have accepted Lord Caesar, Lord Zayn, or Ernest as he was.

However, since the story was almost settled, while talking to the kings in the future, Grandpa was disgusted by Ernesto's stupidity and ran away. However, as far as I can tell, it feels more like a complaint about Grandpa's behavior than a fool's fault... but even if Ernesto was sneakily conditioned after that, it would mean that Grandpa, who wasn't there until the end, would be in bad shape.

"But no matter how many days I could shorten, if the royal family wrote to the Southern Viscount's house immediately, I wonder if it would arrive in about a week?" If I get a reply from you at the same time, I'll get a request for reinforcements to the South Viscount's house, and the South will have time to form an army, armor, and food. It's going to take a while to move the army... so it's going to take about two months at the earliest. "

"There is a possibility that only a small number of troops with fast legs will advance, but if the battle starts before the whole army is in place, it may be incorporated into other noble troops and used to destroy them, so even if you split the number and come to the capital, at least you will be able to move as the Southern Viscount Army alone."

So far, I haven't heard that the zombie herd seems to be moving, so I am focusing on strengthening the army and facilities. However, if this situation continues, it is possible that the army will advance to the border area of Houston, and those who want to rescue the border area colleagues and invade the imperial territory will emerge. In that case, I don't know how many aristocrats will send an army, but I'm sure the Viscount of the South will refuse. After all, the enemy is not the only zombie coming from the Empire.

"I don't know where the zombie herd is based, so I can't move so badly, and the kingdom has reformist problems in the first place, so I can't even show you the big gap... At least, if you can make it clear what the enemy is and where they are, the situation will change."

"When you're advancing to the frontier territory, you have to think about defending the royal capital." We've gone out of our way to reduce our numbers, and there are so few facilities that we don't know when to betray them. It would be a bad idea to break in.

"That said, even if you are waiting near the King's City, your dissatisfaction is accumulating on one side... it may be the most difficult war in the history of the Kingdom."

If there were any other plans that could change the situation... we could somehow pull up the army surrounded by the border to the capital city, organize the army again, and then pull the zombie herd into the frontier territory and smash it.

It's impossible, isn't it?

I think it's the solution down there.

The Duke of Sangha and the Marquis of Samons may retreat, but the Houston Frontier will almost certainly remain. That's because making that choice means abandoning the frontier territories and their people.

If you can let all the people in the frontier territory escape, you may agree with the frontier territory, but it's close to impossible... It might be impossible. If you imitate the frontier territory and abandon it, the royal family will be finished even if the kingdom wins this war.

"Besides, it seems that the army's idea is that the zombie herd came straight to the King's City because the border colonels are stuck near the border."

Even if the zombie population is larger than the Royal Army, it is my impression and Grandpa's impression that the average strength of each Zombie will increase the army's military strength, and it is reported to the Military Department as one of the few information about zombies.

That said, the zombie herd is aiming for the royal capital at the shortest possible distance to take advantage of its greatest strength.

"The kingdom should be winning at movement speed, so as a zombie, if you reduce the number of herds, you may think that you could be destroyed individually." Moreover, if you spread the herd poorly, it will be easier for the Duke's army and the Frontier Lord's Army to escape, so it may attack the zombie herd from behind. "

In fact, it is unclear how much Rich thinks he is leading the herd of zombies, but in the current situation where the Sangha dukes are staying, the zombie herd has been aiming straight for the capital city, so the army thinks that the plan to intercept them near the capital city will cause the least human and economic damage.

When we intercept them in the Royal Capital, the Southern Viscount Army, which is worried about working with the Knights of the Royal Capital, will be treated like a Rangers?

"Well, I guess that's fine." In the first place, the southern soldiers and the noble knights fight differently, so it would be more efficient to keep them separate from the beginning, and there would be less trouble. Because the beasts in the south prefer individual martial arts to collaboration. "

In that case, Temma-san and Grandpa might fight alongside the Southern Viscount Army a lot.

That's like saying that the way I and Grandpa fight is by the side of my brain... but maybe it's a good tactic for me and Grandpa to let go of their magic and push the front line while the soldiers in the south kick out the leaks.

That might be the case, so I might need to meet with Hana-san once.

Well, as a Southern Viscount Army, it would be better to go rampaging with us than to stand side by side with the strange nobility.

It's difficult to make a moat as a ranger, but since there are golems on the moat, it's possible to make one while moving.

"The Otori family and the Southern Viscount Army's [Mobile Fort] raid... no, it's a raiding party?" If it wasn't for Rich, we could have invaded the Empire like that. "

As for resupply, I have a lot of magic bags and dimensional bags, so if the opponent does not have enemies with non-standard or ranged attacks like Rich, they will be able to invade the Imperial Realm, but they will be able to go to the Peripheral Realm.

"Well, I think I can go, but the presence of that rich is the most important problem." If it wasn't for Rich in the first place, it wouldn't be a big problem. "

Not only Rich, but also the four-armed monster was a threat, but since we found the weakness, we could take some countermeasures. Otherwise, unlike Rich, the knight would need a few people to deal with it.

It's because of this richness that the kingdom has been cornered so far.

"On the other hand, you can say how powerful Temma and Merlin's [House of Otori] are."

To be able to hunt down a monster that hunts down the kingdom with me and my grandfather, Primera is right, the strength of the House of Otori is one of the best in the kingdom.

"If you can win and finish safely, this time you'll have to pay attention to the [...] side..."

As long as I and Temma are around, I'm worried after that.

While I'm alive, I'll be a deterrent myself, so I'll manage, but I don't know what to expect. Perhaps Tedda's next generation will judge the House of Otori to be in the way of the Kingdom.

"You can say that the way I and Temma get to know each other is completely different, so you have to be careful with your grandchildren's education."

You may ask for a primera, but if you have to, you should bow your head and beg the Sangha Dukes to teach you.

When I told them, Grandpa and Primera agreed, but soon after,

"In that case, please remember that Temma-san and Grandpa are at least fine before the children."

I was told with a smile. You must be worried that your attitude towards me and my grandfather's kings will have a negative impact on my children. Well, I can't deny it, and above all, I was scared of the smiling primera, so my grandfather and I nodded honestly without a word of disagreement.

"Um... may I have a moment?"

When my grandfather and I were under the pressure of Primera's smile, Reni and Amur peered at us from a slightly open door gap.

What's the matter, Lenny?

Is something wrong?

My grandfather and I spoke to Lenny almost simultaneously to escape the pressure of Primera. I wonder if Primera has been distracted by our appearance, and the pressure she had just experienced has completely disappeared.

"I heard a little talk, but if the House of Otori and the House of the Southern Viscount were to fight together, I thought it would be nice if you could lend it to the House of the Viscount in the corner of the garden."

It seems that there are bases for the activities of the Southern Viscount family in the King's City, but they are not suitable for activities with one or two people in the King's City.

"It's okay." If you have a way to contact the south when you have to, I'd appreciate it. "

I also checked with my grandfather and Primera and decided to set up a temporary Southern Viscount hub in the Otori family's garden. The place I rented out was a storage room for noble servants that I had built before, and compared to that time, I got a lot of things so that I could sleep in without any problems.

However, even though I gave permission to rent it out, it seems that this story is at Lenny's discretion. After consulting with Lanni, he wrote to Hana and decided whether to borrow it officially as soon as he responded.

"The South didn't have much to do with the King's Capital, so I was struggling to find just the right place... well, the Otori family was the first choice."

I was talking about it as if I had just come up with it, but from the beginning, I was going to rent a part of the Otori family's mansion as a base. Well, I thought it was unlikely that I would be turned down because I had stayed in the top class of the Viscount family many times, except for the Robo Honorary Viscount.

"Oh! I will thank you properly when it is officially decided, and rest assured that the intelligence agents who will stay will be especially trustworthy!"

She wanted me to lend her the remaining water from the bath because she would be careful not to get in the way of the Otori family.