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　Thus, a military strategist named Zhuge Kongming became my subordinate.

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　When I met him at the hermitage, his hair was shaggy, his clothes were wrinkled, and he was anything but neat and tidy, but when he came to the castle, he had his hair in place and his clothes wrinkle-free.

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　He insisted that he could not be dressed inappropriately when he appeared before the lord.

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　He was the opposite of Hijikata Toshizo, who sometimes came to the castle in his clothes from a brothel.

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　His earnestness would be suitable for the position of the castle keeper of DeKalabia Castle.

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　So I gathered all the military and civilian officials in the castle and appointed him as the lord of the castle.

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　Demons, humans, and sub-humans all voiced their condemnation.

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"He seems to be a hero from another world, but isn't it a bit much to put him in charge of a castle so soon after his arrival?

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　This was the modest opinion of one demon tribe, but it was also the consensus of everyone.

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　I explain to them.

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"This man was called the best military strategist and bureaucrat in the other world. But I understand what they are saying. So here's what we're going to do. We'll watch him for two weeks. In the meantime, I'll make him acting lord of the castle, and you can see how he works.

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　If I, as the lord of the castle, say that much, they will have no choice but to accept it.

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　In the end, the plan was adopted and Kongming was appointed as the acting lord of the castle, but during that time, he did not work at all.

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　For ten days, he was holed up in the castle library reading books without doing anything.

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　The civil servants of the castle, seeing this, colluded with me and brought a false accusation against me.

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　Their argument was that Kongming, who did not work, was not fit to be the lord of the castle, and they were not wrong.

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　However, I told them that I had four days left.

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"There are four more days until the appointed time. Until then, I will not accept this false accusation.

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　After saying this, he turned over the slanderous charges.

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　The officials raised their eyebrows.

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　Some of them whispered behind my back so that I wouldn't hear them, but others were honest in their accusations.

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"This castle had been run without a hitch by Eve-sama. However, the administration of the castle stopped after ten days since the arrival of Lord Kongmyou. I don't think anything can be done in the next four days.

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　The civil servants were saying this, but they were greatly mistaken.

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　Kongming had managed to do something in four days.

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　When he learned that I had received the false charges against him, he entered his office and said, "I better get to work," and in just three days, he had dealt with the mountain of documents.

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　He handled them accurately, flexibly, and fairly in the eyes of all.

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　For example, a complaint was received from a citizen contesting the custody of his child.

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　Confucius summoned the man and woman who were disputing the custody of the child and had them fight over the child right in front of him.

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　He told them that the winner would get the child, but Confucius gave the custody to the loser.

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　Seeing the child in pain from being used as a tug-of-war rope, he took pity on the one who felt sorry for him and gave the child to the one who felt sorry for him.

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　They also dealt with water rights in a fair and equitable manner.

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　When he built a waterway, he calculated the number of laborers from each village, the distance of the section of waterway he had undertaken, and the cost of building the waterway, and quantified it in units of one copper coin.

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　Watching her work, Eve said,

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"...... is amazing!

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　I said, "That's great!

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　I said proudly,

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"This is the true power of Kongming. As long as he is here, this city will grow forever.

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　I assured him.

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　Thus, Kongming was recognized by his subordinates and the citizens as the lord of Castle DeCarabia.

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　Finally, my burden was relieved.

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　Feeling good about this, I told him that I wanted to find another hero to take charge of Eligos Castle as well, but that was asking too much of him.

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　But that was too much to ask.

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There are not many heroes in the world. We have to steadily increase our human resources and expand.

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"I see."

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　I agreed, and immediately set about steadily expanding.

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　The castle of DeCarabia had been largely destroyed in the previous battle.

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　The gates were intact, but the castle was in shreds.

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　At this rate, if the enemy were to invade the castle, it would fall in a single night.

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　The castle needed to be repaired and the outer walls reinforced.

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　To do so, they would need building materials.

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　They would use the little gold and silver that was left in the castle of De Caravia.

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　They also borrowed money from merchants staying in the city.

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　Knowing how talented Confucius was, they were happy to lend him money.

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　The remaining materials were to be used for the expansion of the army.

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　They decided to do so, but when they were wondering what kind of demons they should summon, Komei gave them some advice.

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"Demon king, I think we should organize a long spear unit here.

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"A long spear team?　Why?

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"The neighboring demon king Zagamu is known to have a strong cavalry force. We need a countermeasure.

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I see.

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"I see." DeCarabia said. I sent my token to the neighboring kingdom of Zagam, and I'm still trying to find out what kind of token I sent, but I have a bad feeling about it."

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"That's what I was wondering too. You're right. You're right, we need a long spear team.

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　I remember the story of Hideyoshi Toyotomi.

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　When he was ordered by his lord, Nobunaga, to fight a "joust," he prepared a long spear longer than his opponent's.

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　He knew that a long spear was stronger than a short and strong one against an untrained farmer soldier.

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　I will prepare a long spear, but it will be longer than the one that Hideyoshi prepared.

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　It will be five meters long.

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　When Eve heard this, she said,

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"A man cannot handle such a long spear.

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　I never said anything about giving it to a human.

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"You want a demon to carry it. And a large one at that.

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That's what Kongming is all about!

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　The military genius seems to have understood my intentions perfectly.

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　Using the materials I got from the castle of Dekarabia, I decided to create mainly large demons.

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　I put the green sun stone and the giant spider plant into Klein's jar.

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　When the usual performance started, out of the jar came out a large demon,

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　A large monster came out from inside the jar.

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Rarity】 Gold Rare

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Race】 Troll

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Occupation】 Warrior

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【Battle Strength】 560

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Skill] Monstrous Strength

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　Half-giants called Trolls.

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　They can use long spears.

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　I immediately order Godreave the Dwarf in Ashtaroth Castle to make long spears.

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　The troll had called for 30 spears, so he ordered at least 30, but he had never dreamed that the day would come when he would have to make 30 such long spears! He had never dreamed of the day when he would be able to make 30 such long spears.

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　When I apologized to him through the magic of telepathy, he laughed.

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"I'm not angry. Quite the contrary. Dwarven blacksmiths burn when they are asked to do technically difficult things.

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　A born technician indeed.

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　Now that the troops have been summoned, there should be no problem leaving the castle in Kongming's hands.

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　With the special long spears that would arrive in a few weeks, he would organize an anti-cavalry unit and make it into the most powerful one.

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　He said he would never fight in a war again, but he was one of the best ever in terms of training, troop organization, and strategic thinking.

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　There was no doubt that he would become a dependable hero.

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