Chapter 15: The Responsibility of a Secretary

Chapter 15: The Responsibility of a Secretary

On a certain day, I was called by Lyle-sensei to have an earnest talk with him.

Despite this place being my company, it was my first time entering Senseis private room, so my heart was throbbing a bit.

There were books lined up in a row on shelves, and his desk was crammed with piles of documents. It was a bit hard for me to find a place to sit, so I had the feeling the 2 of us would end up sitting on his bed.

Still.

Whats the reason behind Sensei giving out a nice smell, characteristic of that in girls?

Despite his brown, short hair and his body covered in official clothes, as one would expect, he looked nothing different from a girl with a ripened, beautiful profile.

Whats it, Sensei? Its rare for you to call me for a talk.

Usually, it would be me to hold a conversation, however, this was truly rare.

Haa, could it be that its finally come to that?!

Was he finally going to reveal the secret behind his gender?!

Yes, its not something I can do on my own, so I need to discuss it with you.

Yes!

Could it be, that I raised Lyle-senseis flag, before I couldve even noticed?

Fine. Be it a cross-dressing male or a girl, I love both of them!

Im ready to accept them, to the extent of being at the point of bursting!

Wont you consider merchandising guns and cannons to the country? If thats fine with you, I will use my experience as a secretary and draw up a plan of sale and distribution.

Eh, thats.

Whats that? So he isnt going to confess his gender?

Being an arms dealer is profitable, you know?

Yes.

I also thought about trading weapons, since I wanted money

However, I also thought it could end up as a bad idea.

I do understand your concern well, Takeru-dono. Youre afraid that the weapons would be used in battles between human fellows, right?

True, theres such a possibility as well.

As expected of Lyle-sensei.

It looks like he was able to see through all my thoughts.

However, theres a but. The monsters spawning from the miasma hole of doom are causing great troubles to the kingdom. Only in the royal capital, the area nearby, and the main road are barely able to keep them away. On the other hand, the villages and cities on the east side are sustaining devastating attacks from the monsters, rather than fighting between each other.

Thats.

Well, please let me finish speaking. If even people, who arent able to use magic, can use guns and cannons for self-defense, things like having hard times dealing with the monsters wont happen.

I do understand your point, Sensei.

No you dont, Takeru-dono. Its thanks to the large influx of refugees to the royal capital, that there are this many slaves, and therefore, lots of children being randomly sent to the mines.Updated from novelb(i)n.c(o)m

I see. So the situation looked like this?

I didnt give it that much thought.

Takeru-dono, youre also gentle toward slaves, right? You even rescued the villagers in Ona, who had lost their basic livelihood, gave them means of self-protection, and new jobs. Thats splendid coming from you. I too, feel greatly proud of myself, having helped.

Well, it wasnt that much, but.

In the end, I used the slaves and villagers for my own gains.

I wasnt trying to do any good deeds, so it felt embarrassing to be praised.

However, things like these are originally what a country is supposed to do. Even if I wasnt the one to suggest them, the royal capital would still inquire of me upon hearing about the rumored recovery of Ona village. I think they would buy the new weapons and do nothing but utilize them.

I see, Sensei had thought about that as well.

Thats why he was so passionate about manufacturing the arms and researched how to use them.

I dont know if theres any difference, but, we have also tested lots of materials for ammunition when building a bronze-made cannon, instead of just the standard iron-made one.

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Surely, if I remember right, Crpes are supposed to be French-based cuisine, so perhaps you could find it somewhere in this country, were you to search deeper.

Still, I couldnt spot it anywhere in the city of Est, so I made one with raw cream inserted inside. This one is certainly a Japanese style one, hence, you will probably find it nowhere in this world.

I added the raw cream inside my quickly baked Crpe, and tried to eat it in one go.

Its delicious, but, I think it lacks a bit of sweetness.

Still, for me, it felt like a taste that Id been missing for a long time.

Colette stared at me fixedly with a face telling me she wanted some, so I immediately baked one more.

I thought about increasing the Crpes sweetness, therefore, I put a peach that was rich in sugar together with the raw cream.

I presented the Crpe wrapped up with the peach to Colette.

Once she put it in her mouth, her brown eyes sparkled with light.

She had an incredible smile.

Itsh Dhelhicius.

Is that so?

It felt really good to watch a child enjoying something delicious.

I myself was still an adolescent, but, perhaps this is how I would feel if I had a sister.

For some reason, watching her makes me want to smile as well.

Master-sama, its so delicious it feels as though my cheeks are about drop. This is the first time Ive ever had something like this. I think this Crpe will become a blockbuster if we add it to our line of sales products!

Indeed, that would be nice. Ill quickly bake some more Crpes, so how about you give them to Roll and the rest?

I also added nuts and cinnamon to other Crpes, and even made a Mille Crpe, so as to create different tastes to enjoy. The Crpes received extreme popularity from the others, as soon as I served some to them during our lunch.

It was still difficult for us to produce large amounts of raw cream, but, it isnt like you had to add cream to every Crpe.

About its sweetness, you could always add fruits as a replacement, even though they were a bit high on that part. As for the raw cream, you could use egg white to make desserts, such as meringue.

Not to mention, there were also salty Crpes, besides the sweet ones, which you could eat just like a sandwich with cheese and ham inserted.

Speaking of which, there are still sandwiches common in this country, so maybe I should make some hamburgers?

There were, as well, girls that wanted to open a food cart inside the company building. If I tell them how to make street food and have them sell it, perhaps, a new culture of eating while standing will be established.

The Crpe as a sales product wont yield any huge profit, but, it could become a source of encouragement for people who make a livelihood from cooking.

I think this will leave a much greater impact than just promoting guns and cannons.

Scene Change

Holding a letter with the delightful affixed seal of the Silesie Kingdom, Lyle-Sensei entered inside my room.

Im sorry for intruding!

Ah, whats the matter?

It was rare for Sensei, who was usually well-mannered, to enter without knocking at the door.

Sensei, whose skin was normally pure white with no tan, had a face even paler today.

I guess its not good news.

Its from the kingdom of Silesie. Our proposal for the deployment of weapons, has been rejected.

Ah, so I guess it was no good?

I felt sorry for the Sensei being vexed, but, this information made me breath out sigh of relief.

Thats because I feared that the implementation of arms would bring a huge disbalance in hegemonic stability.

However, the both of us have received an urgent calling from the royal capital. Can I have you come with me there? Right now!

Why, were we summoned to the royal capital, despite our proposal of deploying arms being rejected?

I had a slightly bad premonition about this sudden call.

It would be nice if it was just a needless worry, but.