594 Lending strictly prohibited

"Brother Ars, I think this is a good opportunity, so I'm going to ask you now"

"Hmm? What is it, Kyle? You can ask me anything you want."

"Don't hesitate, then. Earlier, Brother Ars said, didn't he? He said he could help us expand the Reed family's territory. How long can you count on Brother Ars for that?

"What the hell, Kyle? Maybe you're thinking about me abandoning Kyle? I'm not gonna be that flirtatious."

"Um, but you're not gonna do anything for me, are you? 'Cause Brother Ars is deliberately limiting his powers, isn't he? For example, a Magic Boat is a good example. If we mass produce more of that, it's supposed to be a huge force for Barca, but we're not trying to increase it, are we? What if I asked Brother Ars to build a lot of Magic Guide airships to expand the Reed family territory?

"... I don't know if I'll do it. It's good for my own use, but I don't really want to increase it."

"Isn't it? That's why I want to make sure. How far can you help Brother Ars expand his territory?"

Hmm.

It's quite a troubling issue when you say so.

How far do you help Kyle?

Of course, I have a lot of desire to help with my cute little brother Kyle.

Sometimes that's a good side for the Barca family around.

But I was certain that that was why I wasn't willing to grant you a wish for anything.

First of all, I may not be willing to unconditionally deposit my trump card with Kyle, even if I help expand the Reed family's territory as a big premise.

The demon-guided airship I just talked about is built to power propellers by putting in a magic formation against spiritual stones that I created with magic.

I can't help but lend this to the Reed family and wonder what would happen if it were captured by a third party.

The magic formation itself is encrypted, so I doubt it will be decrypted, but it's not necessarily without Kyle level genius.

Even if not, even if the captured Magic Guided Aircraft was used against them only in reverse, it could cause a lot of damage to this one.

I mean, I didn't want anything dangerous out there if they took it away from me as much as possible.

Of course, magic guided airships and magic guided trains Kyle himself cooperated in the development, so one of these days it would be possible to create them in a way that uses other than spiritual stones as a source of power.

But I'd like to refrain from saying that my advantage might collapse soon.

To that end, no matter how much Kyle's wish it is, he intends to prohibit lending anything of high importance.

"So you're saying you can't have horns either, right?

"Right. Until now, Kyle has allowed the use of horns as well, but I guess that's forbidden from now on as well. Sorry, Kyle."

And no matter what, I wasn't going to let the horns, my greatest force, use whatever they wanted to acquire the Reed family's territory.

Of course, Kaiser Valkyrie is not willing to put himself on the battlefield either.

Because Kaiser Valkyrie, [synthesized] with labyrinth nuclei and others, has become the only one.

Kaiser with more magic. Valkyrie usually fights and loses. There will be no such thing as opponents, but you still don't know what the fight is.

It is possible that Kaiser Valkyrie will die using unusual magic or something.

I'm not willing to risk that.

I'm sorry I can't just say let's expand the lead territory, but this is all I can't give in.

Sorry, Kyle.

"Well, even if not, I think the expansion of the Reed family's territory should be done by the hands of people. Let's say, for example, we put a lot of horns into it, raided cities everywhere, and killed all the nobles. Do you think the people who live on that land would recognize the Reed family as rulers of that land, Kyle?

"You won't admit it. Maybe you'll rebel too much."

"That's right. In the end, we need force to gain territory, but all we need to do to sustainably govern it is to grasp people's minds. It is only through the victory of an organization called the House of Leads that the rulers of the land will be able to fight with dignity. Well, you know you don't have to tell Kyle that now."

"... then it's not a problem to get the army out of Barca, is it? Sometimes I want my part-time brothers to help me, and then I want some financial support from Barca Bank."

"Absolutely. I'll give you as much support as you want, and I'm going to lead the army."

"... then there's the last thing I really want, will you listen to me, Brother Ars"

"Oh, what? What else did Kyle want besides just leaving?

"Yeah. That said, I might get into what Brother Ars calls a ban..."

That's what Kyle's gonna do to me.

Put your hands together in front of your chest and stare at this one with your would-be eyes, looking up a little.

What the hell is this guy?

How can you create such a puppy-like atmosphere when you say you're a 17-year-old boy who's already married and has a wife?

I heard Kyle's wish when he attacked me to make me feel like I shouldn't.