304 Disaster Information Collection

"... you seem to have calmed down the shake. Kyle, hurry up and use [Reading]. The knights in the city of Fontana are to gather at once for the castle, and those everywhere are instructed to report the impact of the earthquake there."

"Yeah, okay, brother Ars"

"Oh, it was a pretty big earthquake, so maybe there's an aftershock. There may be several smaller earthquakes of the same magnitude over the next few days, so call attention."

Bad for Kyle, who still looks a little blue for fear of earthquakes, but gives instructions.

I don't think it's that big of an earthquake physically, but I'm not sure how much of an impact it has.

But Kyle's [pronouncements] are extremely helpful at times like this.

Because we can quickly exchange information with the Reed surname people who are at a distance.

But we can't just use the Reed people as a network.

Although it's convenient, it's because we haven't been properly positioned on all of Fontana territory yet.

I immediately ordered the others to run, put a letter on the tracking bird and fly all over the place.

"So you have nothing to do with this?

"That would be so. Earthquakes earlier are none of my business, Lord Peacha."

"... well. If you had known beforehand the alienation of the stars, the moon, and the sun, you would have thought you knew that this earth sway would happen, but it seemed like an evil push."

"Yeah, I'd love to if I could predict an earthquake. Probably can't make a complete prediction."

"Right. No, all of a sudden I'm also very surprised. I think we all do. It was beneficial to be able to gather and share information like this in your immediate actions."

"Right. Be careful for a while, as earthquakes are thought to occur due to crust fluctuations"

Sometimes it's still time for snow, and there are many knights in the city of Fontana.

By the way, knights here can have two people in large part.

An ordinary knight who does not have a territory named as a knight by the Fontana family, and a knight with a territory that has its own territory everywhere.

The knight with this territory will be in the city of Fontana during the winter because of New Year's greetings.

but that doesn't mean all the talent in each territory is coming to this city either.

For example, the Einrad family ruling the Einrad Knight Territory as the Einrad family. Peacha, the head of the Einrad family, is in this city, but Peacha's ministers remain in Einrad territory.

It's not like every part of the world is a mushroom at last.

Many knighthood principals, not just the Einrad family, interact with ministers in their territory using the [pronouncements] of the Reid family.

If you look at this, isn't there anything that doesn't realize the usefulness of the Reed family?

Even now, some have been asking me to make sure that one of my ministers is given the name of Reed.

That's how I realized that when I gathered information on earthquakes from all over the place in the castle of Fontana, the impact of the earthquake was wider than I expected.

The Arborest district is apparently not rocking that far, but the Fontana and Urk districts are rocking extensively, with the impression that further south is likely to have a higher rate of physical shaking and collapse.

Could it have rocked further south than Fontana territory?

"Okay, [Reading], please. The Arborest district seemed to have minor sway, but there must have been some places where the water was originally buried. The liquefaction phenomenon may affect the building or something. Tell them to be careful."

"Brother Ars, what's the liquefaction phenomenon?

"Er, certainly very briefly, places like landfills have a loose ground, so the ground is heavily recessed by the effects of earthquake swings, something like that happens. If it happens where the building is, it's as unstable as a building built on sand."

"Um, be careful because the ground will finally loosen up, right? Okay, I'll tell him."

"Thank you, Kyle. And then also ask if there are any avalanche influences in the heavy snow mountain system in the Urk district. So, we have to restore the buildings and the land with the people affected. Do you have any idea how recovery works in times of disaster like this, Lord Peacha?

"How to recover? Now, I think we can only evacuate ourselves and fix the building..."

"Huh? What do you mean you're on your own?

"Of course, it means what I said. If the house is broken, we'll have to fix it ourselves."

"No, that's like talking about a knight with money, right? What do the common people do? There's nothing you can do about securing shelter, or even though it's still cold weather without food, right?

"I'm not sure what you're trying to say. I guess it's natural for you to do your own thing, huh? Someone friendly shows up to fix someone else's building that broke on its own. Winter snow falls equally on everyone, so I think it's strange to be sweet on others."

Oh, are you serious?

That may be normal for you to do yourself, but this is an earthquake.

There's no way I can do anything with just self-help efforts.

But all the knights on this scene nod to what Peacha says.

Could that be how they all feel?

At best, it seems like enough recognition to make the tax take-up less stringent than usual.

Since Peacha herself is a peasant, it may not be a recognition by virtue of her superior identity as a knight.

Until now, I have often felt a difference in common sense because I have memories of my previous life.

Each time, a lot of things have been done with "because this is normal here".

But I feel a little different about this one.

There must be many lives to be saved if immediate action is taken.

And on the contrary, the more lives you die, the weaker your power as Fontana territory will also be.

That's what I thought. I rushed to implement disaster preparedness.