Chapter 78: An Important Gift
“Son-in-law-dono.......If you don’t pay more attention to won, you won’t be able to live a long life, you know?”
“Your Excellency, I brought the jewels you asked for!”
“Your Excellency, since this place is famous for its perfus, won’t that be a good choice as well for a present-nya?”
“Oh my! It seems his Excellency is busy. And I ca all the way here to let him know that the pregnancy is progressing well.”
dia, get out!
My office was currently a fighting ground, and everyone was talking to as I was desperately trying to write the letter.
Thank you everyone.......But I have to finish this letter quickly, so you must wait.......
“Woooa, such beautiful jewels-nya! Will he find out if I take one for myself-nya?”
“Miss Katalina.......That is a bad idea.......”
“Eh? Lord Albert, how can you even say that-nya? How can you claim that.........”
“Miss Katalina, maybe if you take only one, he’ll think it was an accident or sothing, so it might be safe.”
“You two, son-in-law-dono can probably hear you talking about this, so try to keep it moderate, okay?”
..................Keep it moderate? No, master, you have to stop them.
Well, I couldn’t say anything, since it was I who was in the wrong this ti.
I completely forgot to take Princess Tsubaki into consideration.
But because everyone was collaborating, I could deal with it really quickly; even though there were a few misappropriations and a lot of noise, I decided to ignore them.
While listening to the turbulent and intriguing voices surrounding , I frantically wrote the letter.
‘After the war, I couldn’t really take any ti off.
But now that I finally got a mont of break, I imdiately wrote you a letter.
I’ll be very happy if you like the present I’ve sent you.
I want to see you soon.’
I wrote this letter the way a noble would do.
“Albert, hurry up and deliver these. I won’t allow any mistake.”
The cur grinned and saluted, then left the room.
He dares to laugh at other people’s unhappiness......Shall I reduce his salary?
Well, it’s all right. I’m too tired for this anyway.
I stood up and stretched my body a little.
My right hand and my shoulders were sore.
I decided to take a break and drink the black tea that the Maids Unit prepared for .
“........By the way, son-in-law-dono, you did write a letter to Bea, didn’t you?
“.....................”
“Are you tired? Didn’t you hear .........”
“.....................”
“Sonia-sama, his Excellency is crying-nya.”
“.........Don’t tell ...”
“I didn’t.........write to her.......”
“ “.......................” “
It was the mont that announced that a second fighting scene would surely take place.
That day, late at night, we finished with Bea’s letter-set at last, but we were feeling completely exhausted.
“........Son-in-law-dono, you are not to forget about these matters ever again, all right?”
“........Your Excellency, I’m expecting an overti pay-nya.”
“Your Excellency! If you really are tired, what about holding a sham battle!?”
“Master, thank you. Katalina, you can expect your overti pay.......I’ll also pretend I haven’t seen the jewel incident.”
Albert......don’t look at with those flickering eyes.
There’s no way I’ll fight in a sham battle at this mont.
“It will be all right now. Thank you very much, everyone. You were very helpful.”
I stood up and bowed my head.
At this point, there were only people I could trust inside my office, so it was all right for to bow to them, even though I was a noble.
I trusted Katalina too, after all.
Just in case, I investigated her past to see if she had any hidden motives or sothing.
I wasn’t such a softhearted person to unconditionally trust everyone around .
“Stop, son-in-law-dono.”
“Please stop-nya!”
“Please stop, your Excellency, there’s no need for you to thank your subordinates.”
So they said, with bitter smiles on their faces.
Haha, I was blessed with a great master and wonderful subordinates.
We all went to eat sothing light and to discuss about the plans for the near future.
It wasn’t very clever for to act this familiar with my subordinates, but master was part of my family and the other two were trusted friends. That’s why it was more or less all right for to act like that.
Since Katalina has joined us, the office work’s efficiency has improved considerably.
The people in the old royal capital have settled down, and more and more of them started to talk about what was going to happen with the castle: constructing a new one or repairing the old one!?
“So? Are you going to repair the old castle, son-in-law-dono?”
Master asked with a serious expression, like he was trying to test .
........Oh dear!
“I won’t. if I end up using a castle, the imperial capital would make a huge fuss about it.......Therefore, I will build a mansion on the site of the forr royal castle and use it as my ho.”
“.........but in this case, you won’t be able to protect it in case of an attack, you know?”
“There’s an expression in my holand, saying ‘The people are the castle, the people are the stone walls, the people are the moat; compassion is my ally, resentnt is my foe’ or sothing like that.”
These were the words of that famous daimyo 1 from the Warring States period 2.........Or was he a strategist?
Hearing this, my master sank into silence.......However, he was smiling.
“I have Albert to lead the knights and Katalina to think about strategies. I don’t need a castle, because I feel safe with my subordinates close to .”
Both of them fell silent and looked at .
“I have no great ambitions, after all. I really don’t want to build a castle and be suspected of treason.”
Yes, since I’m in possession of a very large territory now, there’s the likelihood that the imperial capital will be suspicious of .
I must be very cautious in order for them not to be too vigilant, otherwise it could get dangerous.
Master already understood these things, so he wanted to make sure I understood them as well.
“I won’t say anything else, my excellent son-in-law-dono.”
Master said and started to laugh.
It appears that I passed the test.
“However......You are a little too excellent........”
.................Eh?
“Your Excellency, Duke Zest!! Do you really........Do you really trust us to such an extent!!?”
“Woooa-nya! It’s the first ti-nya.......It’s the first ti soone actually acknowledged -nya! I was always made fun of for being a filthy kemonobito–nya!”
“For us, the Intelligence Unit, these words are much appreciated.......We will die for your Excellency at any ti.”
“We, the Maids Unit, swear unwavering loyalty to your Excellency until the end of ti!”
Did they sohow multiply?
Ah! The Intelligence Unit is always around........And the Maids Unit is always waiting to serve.
............Why is everyone crying?
“.................Son-in-law-dono, there is no feudal lord who holds no castle, you know? They’re crying because you spoke those killing words with such a serious expression; you don’t need a castle when you have such wonderful subordinates.......Really now, don’t cause a rebellion or sothing, okay? If you leave it to these children, the imperial capital would fall in 3 re days, you know?”
Master patted my shoulder as he inford in a low voice.
It was also ant as a warning for to keep this chaotic place under control.
“........You people are my castle as well as my own hands and feet. I have great expectations from you!”
“ “ “ “ “Your Excellency.....!” “ “ “ “
As I looked at how my subordinates burst into tears, I started to cry as well.
...........I failed to.........keep them under control............
Translation: Nana
Proofreading: Carmina
God’s gift to mankind: Mockii
Oh and yeah! You found out ><
Zest thought that the whole world should know about his story and hear his warning, so he hired ! xD
Even now, he’s sitting next to , paying close attention to what I write and to those who read it.
Who knows, maybe you’re the next one to get summoned here and party with us! ;D
Japanese feudal lord. Here, Zest is referring to Takeda Shingen. Read more about him here sen.wikipedia/wiki/Takeda_Shingen ↩
Sengoku Jidai (approx. 1467-1568 CE) ↩
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