145 Episode Ten: That Side's Response

He had dinner, took a bath and then just went to bed, watching the rat monitor with Bell in his bedroom to find out what was going on with the enemy.

Yesterday.

"Hey! The dungeons on my territory have been crushed!

Apparently, he'll show you when he tells you that I broke through the fog dungeon.

The head of the Filibelle family was in a hurry and had come to the General (tentative).

I guess I'm in a pretty hurry to move from myself.

The general looked surprised, too.

"Dungeons? What's wrong with the dungeon?

"That's why they crushed me last night!

"To whom?

"I don't know that yet...... but it must definitely be him!

Well, you will.

"Ha. So, what are you saying? If he broke through, it would be troublesome to get new skills... he was at school yesterday, wasn't he? Even the boulder guy doesn't think he can break through the dungeon in a few hours. If you can do that, you better give up fighting."

Oh, you're saying something so decent, but you haven't hit it at all.

You forgot about the metastasis.

Oh, but don't you think you can metastasize into a dungeon on a boulder?

"Oh, right. All right, find out who broke through the dungeon."

"That's not our job. If you want to find it, use your own soldiers to find it."

"Hey, why!

"Because we have no reason to look. We are the knights of the kingdom, not yours. And because this dungeon thing is a problem in your territory."

Well, that's right.

"Can I say that? I'm the one giving you the money."

"So I'll tell you again and again, if you're going to say that, please give me the money quickly. If we keep this up, we'll have to report to His Majesty the King that he's unwilling to fight the Filibels, won't we?

If it did, what would happen?

First of all, the Filibels will be turning both empires and kingdoms against their enemies.

Then it will either be crushed by the empire or attacked by the kingdom.

The Filibels are over in either future, though.

"Fuck, fuck! Okay. Just wait six months! Increase taxes more so that we can start the war by six months later. Now I have no money to spend on war because I paid a fine."

Wow... this guy is going to roll up the money from an already exhausted territory.

You're going to be broke before the war starts.

"Six months...... ok. We have a deadline of six months. If you fail to pay after six months, I will report you to His Majesty the King."

Well, then, I guess I just have to make the Philibel family's financial difficulties worse so they don't make it in six months.

This has made me feel like I could end the war without fighting.

Two Hours Ago

Now is this the scene when it's told that we broke through a dungeon in the mountains?

"It's tough!

"What's up?

"Following the fog dungeon, we were trampled through the mountain dungeon"

I knew it.

The footage began where one soldier was reporting to the General and the head of the Filibel family.

"Huh? Who!

Pooch's father heard the report and yelled at the soldier.

Soldiers aren't bad enough, so you don't yell.

"The fog dungeon is still under investigation, but it turns out the mountain dungeon was broken by three people: Leons Muldeen, Frank Boardrail and Herman Kahloon"

"Huh? He was in school until yesterday, wasn't he? What do you mean! Explain it!"

Hearing the soldier's explanation, he now yelled at the general.

True, you're a busy guy.

"Come on? If you don't find out, I don't know either. But the fog dungeon won't be a problem either, considering he stepped on it. So he's got two more skills. When this happens, there is no respite for another minute or second. We just have to start a war right now."

That's a boulder... I'm calmly analyzing it in no hurry.

But because the other one is incompetent...

"I can't do that."

"Why not? Now, the more time we have, the tougher it gets, right?

"They've crushed two dungeons! How do we collect the money!

Yeah, yeah, it's unfolding as planned.

"Oh, you know what... I found out what he wanted to do"

Oh, have you noticed? But it's too late for that.

"Duh, what do you mean?"

"He's trying to buy time. He's been poking precisely at the sources of funding that we're plagued with right now. Damn, you got hit. I didn't know they would do this weakness while I was trying to explore his weakness..."

"Well, so what?

"Thanks again, we just have to retreat. Yeah, I thought the only money would be fine because I'm a duke, but I didn't know I had any money so far..."

When the general sighed, he stood up.

"Ma, wait! Running away?

Pooch's father rushed to stop the general walking out.

"Right. If I report to the King that I could not fight because of you rather than fight in vain and get a lot of soldiers killed, it will likely do less harm."

"Ho, are you serious!? What's gonna happen to me!

"Exquisite, bear with me. Oh, maybe if you drop the Empire, the kingdom will assist you. Bye."

That's all the general said, he took his men out of the room.

"Shit!"

The video was finished when Pooch's father kicked his desk in a room where no one was left.

"Oh. I didn't expect you to give up so easily"

"But I think it's the right decision"

"Right. I'm glad that general is competent."

Because if we were incompetent, a lot of people would have died from being attacked weirdly.

Well, it's a big deal that the general can impersonate the Filibels with all the causes of defeat, too.

If the Filibels had offered half the money, it might have been a muddy war.

"Yes, Master Leo's efforts have been rewarded."

"Yeah. Now we can invest in territorial development for the time being."

Tomorrow, it's been a long time since you've worked in the territory.

"Yes, Mr. Elsie and Mr. Lou will miss you, so go for it"

"Sure, I haven't been there in a week or so..."

Speaking of which, you left a lot alone.

So did Mr. Elsie and Lou, and we left Alma's training to Bernort.

"Huh."

No, I can't. I can't turn my head anymore.

Think about your upcoming plans again tomorrow?

"Oh, go to sleep already. I haven't slept here in forever."

With that said, Bell leads me to bed.

"Yeah... I slept early yesterday"

Frank woke me up and I didn't sleep well.

"Still, I'm tired, so go to sleep."

"Okay...... But I miss something, so why don't you accompany me to bed until I go to bed?

"What are you already saying about falling asleep?

Maybe he does fall asleep.

Usually, you don't say this...

But you kind of miss human skin......

I wonder if I was living in a dungeon and mentally exhausted......

Even though I knew it was safe, I might have felt traumatized somewhere in my heart because of my grandfather.

"That's good. I missed Belle for about two days."

"You don't have a choice anymore... Until you go to bed, right?

While Bell lit up, he fell asleep next to me.

"Thanks. Good night."

"Good night."

Then I fell asleep immediately, but the next day I woke up rarely early in the morning, and Bell's face was in front of me, so I let him look at my sleep until Bell woke up.