446 - - 13-34 The Kingdom of Klein...
The conversation slid around quite a bit, but eventually returned to its original topic of how to deal with the Kingdom of Klein.
"What are you going to do about it, Jin?"
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"Well,...... I wasn't planning to do anything in particular,...... but it's a hassle."
Reinhardt laughed at the answer, but the next moment his face turned serious,
"That's no good. We'll be licked, and nothing will change on the Klein Kingdom side. If they don't change, there is a possibility that they will do something similar again.
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He admonished Jin.
"Oh, so that's how it's going to be."
"Think about it, huh? If the gigantopods attacked the village of Kaina and caused damage, we can't be so optimistic, can we?
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Jin's face tightened when he heard this analogy.
"Indeed. In that case, I guess we'll have to take a firm stand. ......"
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The old man suggested.
Hearing this comment, Stearina spoke up in doubt.
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"Who is this Machina?"
"Oh, yes. I thought I had heard of you during the conflict. ......"
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Stearina is convinced.
<"Since it was Machina who saved the four people of the kingdom, let us warn the kingdom in her name.
"In that case, they might find out about the relationship between Jin and Makina, right?"
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Reinhard thought for a moment and nodded.
"Well, if I may add, I think it would be better to say that Jin and Makina are not so close, don't you?"
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"Something like that. Well, I don't think you'll be asked."
<"I'll send you some pieces of a gigantopod, shredded...>
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"With a written denunciation of what the Klein Kingdom has done, of course."
Reinhardt and the old man continue their conversation.
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By sending a piece of the exterior, we remind them that they have lost a valuable golem because of their foolishness.
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"Oh, that's a good idea. Let's see, Boulton, Heinz, Gyoja, and Viscount ...... Beyer, right?"
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"Okay, let's quietly take him out in the middle of the night and send him on his way to Alban."
Jin seemed quite angry inside when he saw the broken generic golem.
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Early morning of July 4.
The golem is sent to the royal castle of the Kingdom of Klein by transporter. The position data is provided by Quinta 5 and Spica 7, who are in charge of Alban, and the transfer is completed with a very small margin of error.
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Morning of July 4.
There was a great commotion in front of the royal palace in Alban, the capital of the Kingdom of Klein.
"What is this?
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A hundred-legged monster?
Who is there? Who's there? ...... Bo-Bo, Mr. Boulton? And Heinz Rasch!
Viscount Beyer!
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...... Who else? The Gentleman?
A piece of a centipede, the remains of a golem, and an important man, all of them unconscious, were in front of the palace before I knew it. How could there not be a commotion?
And even though it was small, it was a piece of a gigantopod (gigantoped), the original length of which was 10 meters. It is a threat in its own way.
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"Here's the letter. ...... addressed to King Klein? From ...... deus ex machina!"
Call the Prime Minister! No, call him!
And the healing squad! Hurry!
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Three hours later, the chaos was over.
Seven people were gathered in the king's office.
They were King Alois III of Klein, Prime Minister Powell, Commander of the Kingsguard of Glen, Commander of the 2nd Bernard, Boulton Allstadt, Heinz Rasch, and Viscount Bayer.
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"Well, first of all, Viscount Beyer, let's hear what you have to say. Boulton is to point out any mistakes or ambiguities in the Viscount's explanations. The same goes for Heinz."
The Prime Minister's voice. Alois III stares at the baron silently. Boulton is cowering. Heinz, too, is a little nervous under his boss's stare.
Viscount Beyer, whose head wound has been healed after the mental turmoil is over, is uncomfortable and looks pale. However, he could not remain silent since he had been asked the question, so he opened his mouth.
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"Yes,...... first of all, we are at the Inado Mine,......" he said.
He explained in a halting manner how he had come to be assigned to this position. Boulton adds a few words here and there, and Heinz backs them up.
Then they come to the place where the centipede appears.
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...... a huge centipede crawled out from the depths of the tunnels, and we were forced to retreat helplessly."
Boulton immediately adds.
"It was the deus ex machina that saved us, and it was also the deus ex machina that killed the centipedes."
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Hearing these words, Viscount Byer bit his lip and trembled.
"You fool! Not only did you do something to lose the trust of Jin-dono, you brought about a disaster that you could not solve by yourself, and you even asked Makina-dono, who is not from the Kingdom of Klein, to solve it for you.
The king cursed.
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"Did Makina-sama really eliminate that monster?"
Viscount Beyer was skeptical.
"Yes. Did you see the remains of the centipede that was left with you and the others? I tried to cut it down with my sword and it broke. That shows us that the monster is not something we can handle.
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It was only by using an adamantite blade that he was able to cut through it. It is not easy, unless you have a super high-speed vibrating sword.
"We also received some of the destroyed general-purpose golems. We lost ten generic golems at once! According to the ...... letter, Jin-sama is also angry. Of course he is. He had told them that he would give them the mine, but he had continued to secretly mine it. And now the mine has been abandoned because of the monsters that came out of it.
The king's voice became plaintive.
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"It was ...... foolish. I lost my credibility and my precious golem. Now I can't ask Jin-dono to make more of the same."
How can we ask him to make another Golem when giving him a mine where he has been secretly mining resources without Jin's knowledge is in itself an act of treachery?
"......We should also think about transferring the village of Kaina instead of leasing it. ......"
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Alois III was troubled.
"To top it all off, it would have been bad for Lord Machina's reputation as well. ......
Deus ex machina has the means to transport human and centipede remains from Toka village to Alban in just one day, or even less.
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It is assumed that there is some kind of connection with Jin, and while we had hoped to deepen our friendship with him, the exact opposite has happened.
"......What could go wrong?"
After much consideration, King Alois III of the Kingdom of Klein reflected on his indecision and his failure to say what needed to be said.
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However, there was no way that the current system could be improved overnight, and his worries deepened.
Nevertheless, I could at least dispose of Viscount Beyer as the person in charge.
We are aware that this is not a fundamental solution. At the very least, the king cannot help wishing that the old nobility would take this as a warning to be more careful.
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"The Viscount Beyer is stripped of his titles and confiscated. He is to be banished from the capital."
The king himself pronounced the sentence. The king himself pronounced the punishment.
Boulton Allstadt and Heinz Rasch, on the other hand, received only a reprimand and a one-year salary cut.
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And the four wagons that returned a few days later with the resources from the Inard mine were to be given to Jin as they were.
Furthermore, it was considered to make the village of Kaina a territory instead of a leased land.
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The old man was aware of all these developments in the Kingdom of Klein.
The village of Kaina is no longer a leased land, but a territory of Jin. That is to say, it is an independent territory.
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The old man was secretly pleased.
The old man was planning to make a development plan while he still has time.
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