CH 75

Chapter 75

I gathered as much information as I could from Beruza, a famous pirate city.

After that, the necessary materials and personnel were arranged for the negotiations.

Which member was going to guide us and take us to Beruza was also decided.

“I thought I would be called.”

Mao, a trader, spoke as he prepares a caravan.

“I buy salt at Lozzo, not at Beruza.”

“But do you sell rock salt there?”

Mao sighed,

“That’s right. The Viceroy over there is a good customer.”

His company will take care of all the small things you need for your trip. It’s very convenient.

We are going to meet the Viceroy of Beruza, disguised as traders who have come to sell rock salt.

Mao was staring at me.

“What happened?”

“I know that I am responsible for the journey, but please pay for the travel expenses?”

“I know. I’ll give you and the rest of the personal proper pay as long as you do your job properly. And you’ll also be provided with security.”

There will be werewolf bodyguards. It was great.

And next to Mao was Rashi, the former fake saint.

“Ah, am I going too?”

“Oh yes, Rashi’s illusion is useful. Follow me.”

Rashi’s illusion can develop a wide range of precise virtual images, so humans who are not accustomed to magic would be easily deceived.

In case of emergency, there is a wide range of uses such as running away or threatening, so we plan to have her come with us as a precaution.

And this was the person who was formerly an employee of the Senate. The fact that the Demon King’s army has taken in Senate officials can be used as a basis for negotiations.

However.

“Well, don’t act alone? And at the negotiating table, keep quiet until I allow it.”

“Okay”

Rashi nodded enthusiastically.

“I don’t trust myself either, so I’ll never leave your side Mr. Vaito! And I will keep my mouth shut!”

“Yes, that’s fine. I’ll protect you if something happens.”

“Yes!”

Her ability is outstanding, but it’s also a bit dangerous …….

And finally, the troublesome brothers.

“What is this rock salt? It’s quite interesting to go to the salt producing area to sell salt. Hmm, is the taste different? What’s the taste like?”

“Mr. Parker, do you know the taste?”

“You can’t tell even though you don’t have a tongue! Hepero! Oops, that’s why you don’t have a tongue! Ha ha ha!”

Uzee.

It’s all about it.

As you can see, all of them are completely unreliable by force, so I decided to bring two squads and eight werewolves.

Those of particular note were the Gurney brothers and Monza.

The Gurney brothers are quite dexterous even if they don’t transform. Even in situations where it is not good to transform into a werewolf, you can expect them to be active as a full-fledged soldier.

Monza was looking forward to using her skills as an intelligence officer. She’s also the most reliable person to watch out for assassination or tailing

“Hey brother, Beruza seems to have a sea.”

“Well, the sea is like a huge lake and it’s salty.”

“Wow, you know everything!”

“Oh, but the waves seem to be rushing in, so I’m a little scared.”

“What’s that? Then is Beruza under the water?”

“No, that’s why … Hey Vaito, is Beruza soaked in water !?”

Hey stupid brothers.

Don’t worry, the waves will pull away, revealing the city underneath.

I really wanted to take the demons who were good at negotiations, but those types were busy with the internal affairs of each city.

“You can leave the negotiations to me!! Even though I look like this, I’m an orator with two tongues! That’s why I don’t have a tongue!”

I caught Parker, who was leaning on my shoulder, showed him an empty box in hand and squeezed his back.

“Hey, what are you doing, brother?”

“I think if you break these bones apart, they’ll fit in this box. I think it’ll be easier like that for the both of us.”

“Wait, are you going to make me into a boxed big brother !?”

“I want to keep my important brothers and sisters with me. Hey someone, nails and mallets.”

As expected, I will forgive you if you really were packed in a box, but it seems that there is room for consideration in the event of an emergency.

Parker leaned against an empty box and looked up at me.

“You have a much worse personality than when you first started …”

“About half of this is your fault!”

I joined the caravan and left Rune Height. This time it’s a horse trip.

From here to the seaside Beruza, it will be a walk on a gentle mountain road.

“Our ancestors who landed across the sea started to move north from Beruza, but as you can see, there was no place to grow fields around here.”

Mao explained about that while being shaken on the back of a horse.

“The ancestors went further north and went out into the plains to create a city that served as a relay base. That’s Rune Height.”

It’s almost the same story I heard from Aria.

Because it was incidental, I would like to confirm the feelings of the citizens.

“Then Beruza and Rune Height citizens are like relatives?”

“That’s right. They have similar cultures and values ​​because they have the same ancestors, and they are relatively familiar. Because the trade route is inconvenient, they are a little distant relatives …”

In that case, negotiations may be easier.

I suddenly became curious and decided to ask about the northern part as well.

“If the humans in the south have crossed the sea, where did the humans in the north come from?”

Actually, I asked Aria the same question, but she didn’t seem to know it well.

Mao was a trader who also travels to the north, so he may know.

Mao then looked a little embarrassed and replied:

“I don’t really know the answer to that …”

“But you often go to the north, right? Isn’t it the topic of their origin?”

“I do, but the answer varies from person to person.”

Mao shrugged his shoulders.

“Some say they are indigenous people, some say they are descendants of the great people who built an empire beyond the North Wall Mountains, others say they were commanded by God or that they were collected here from all over the world. “

It was splendidly disjointed.

Probably one or more of them are correct, but I’m not sure.

In any case, it seems that people have ancestors different from those of humans in the south.

Certainly, it can’t be helped if the story doesn’t match. It’s not a simple matter of which one is right, but the way of thinking is different because what you have experienced is different.

When I was convinced and sighed, Mao was looking at my face.

“Can you understand the dangers of the country of Miraldia?”

“I understand. I understand well. This is why I feel like unifying everyone together.”

Then Mao laughed a little happily.

“You’re a funny person, aren’t you?”

“What is it?”

“I thought the demons wouldn’t understand it, but Vaito-san seems a little different.”

Because in the previous life I was a human being.

Although I was reincarnated as a werewolf and spent my time comfortably, I never thought I would face the problem of ethnic conflict here.

After all, it is a good idea to capture only the southern part first. If the southern cities see the northern cities as potential enemies, there seems to be room for negotiation.

The master, no, the Demon King was also from the human royal family, and if you talk about the situation, you will understand it immediately.

However, as Mao was concerned, this is a problem that ordinary demons cannot understand.

I had a headache just thinking about how to explain to the generals …

Mao liked to tell me this story, and continued to tell me this.

“I heard that it was the northern side that stuck to the end of the Miraldia Unification War. They wanted to take control of the southern city.”

“Is it a Southern folklore?”

“Yes”

Then it might be better to ask half the story.

According to Mao’s explanation, the southern part resisted, “OK, leave me alone!”, But the northern part said, “Urusei, form an alliance with us!”

In the end, the northern part won, so the southern part was forced to formed an alliance. It’s an annoying story.

But I don’t think the northern guys are particularly the bad guys, so if that’s true, I think they had done something wrong.

These are circumstances that cannot be said about in the south.

But I wonder what…