"Are you going to build a store in a frontier city?
Well, what if we set up a storefront in the neighboring outlying cities?

　There are three outlying cities surrounding Liberty Village, within a five-day commute by carriage.
　They suggested that we set up shop in these outlying cities as a Liberty Village and do business there.

I'd love to have a store there, but there aren't any cities that will let us subhumans set up shop there.

　Not only in King's Landing, the tendency of races to disregard sub-humans is deep-rooted and is spreading almost all over the continent. It is not unusual for small villages to have subhuman shops, but in large outlying cities, it is not uncommon for a subhuman to have a shop.
　Most of the time, they are lucky if they are able to become a scullery maid or, at best, a hired manager.
　Even if they were lucky enough to get a permit, they were usually given only a bad location, such as a corner of a back street.

Then," he said. I'm thinking that if the owner of the tribe is the owner of this Liberty Village store, there's a good chance I'll be able to get permission to open a decent store in a frontier city.
　Then I would have a base of operations, and the lord would have a stable place to sell the village's goods.
Well that's certainly a good story for me, too.

　However, since the village's public works projects are not yet up and running and they have nothing to sell, they have decided to apply for a store as soon as they have an idea of what to do with it.
We'd like to ask the village to help us pay for the store and the salaries of the staff.
　In return, I'll take care of all the merchandise delivery.
　We'll decide our share of the proceeds at a later date.
　Saying that, Kuro laughed and smiled as usual.
　
　Although it felt pretty tough to suddenly pay the entire cost of the store, if Kuro was willing to take care of all the transportation work afterwards, then surely, that would be more beneficial to the village.
　Anyway, since we can't just spend the money of this newly established village like hot water, we decided to talk it over with everyone first and settled the matter for today.

　Black said that he would stay here for 4 or 5 days as usual, so I would ask him about the surrounding frontier cities and villages during that time.

　When we were done talking.
It's a spa!　The hot springs!　It's the best thing about this place for me.
　With that, Black ran off to the hot springs.

　The next morning, Father Hawkman carried me again to the site of the cave on Mount Gorn.

　The next morning I was carried by Father Hawkman again, and we went to the cave site of Mt.

　Even though only one night had passed, the cave had been dug out considerably, and three new houses made of excavated stones had been completed beside the cave.
　Although none of them were so large, all of them were two stories high, and they were already habitable, and in one of them, Erdena had already set up a magical blast furnace and other equipment, and had begun the process of smelting the bones of bone humans (skeletons) into magical stones.
''I'm still groping, but I think I can manage it.
　Erdena looked at the magical blast furnace beside her as she added the pile of bones carried by the dwarf fathers and others into the blast furnace one after another.
''If I wanted to, I'd like to have seven more blast furnaces... after all, the number of bones isn't half bad.''
Certainly ... that's enough for a thousand bodies in one night.
　As I recall, there were two medium-sized magic blast furnaces in my magic box, so I told Eldena that I would bring them the next time I came.

　Eldena will likely use this place as a base for generating magic stones.
　This is going to be the first public works project in this village, so even for me, I'm very excited about it.

　When I went to look at the former cave site again, I found Sarah lying on the back of a wagon by the entrance, wrapped in a blanket and sleeping.
　I figured she must have been tired from commanding the bone man (skeleton) all night.
Once you give the skeleton some instructions, it can work on its own. It's just a sleeper in its own right.
　I materialized beside me, and Foldente was scowling abjectly.
　Even so, it continues to generate that many skeletons, and we need you to work hard again tonight, so I desperately appease Foldente, who is trying to beat Sarah up.

　Afterwards, while strolling around the cave site with Foldente, we discuss this and that about the future of Liberty Village.

　In terms of life experience.
　The body has already disappeared and has been looking at this place for more than a hundred years since it became a contemplative body.
I think her opinion is very useful.

''Well for now, we need to create a town hall to organize the official functions of the village.
　That said, the tree house I'm living in now is good enough for me, I thought.
Don't you forget that you're a frontier baron now?
　You are a miserable nobleman living in a wooden house, and the surrounding towns and villages will look down on you and all the inhabitants.
　If you are treated like this, trade, contracts, and everything else will be against you.

　Certainly, I think that Foldente is right.......but it seems like the goal is to look good, and I can't agree with it somehow.
　Foldente, who was looking at me, who was troubled, with the usual chuckle, was
Well, that's what I thought you'd say.
　I'll ask Sarah to build you a little stone house.
　It's not expensive and the labor is practically free.
Well sure, that's... no, I think that's the best way to do it, too.
　Finally, I nodded, and with another chuckle, Foldente took out a map with Mount Gorn at its center.
The town hall is just down the road from here. I think it's a good idea to build the town hall a little bit down here.
　From there, we can extend the road to the village at the foot of Mount Gorn, and we can build buildings around it that can be used as shops.
　While explaining to me, it seemed that Foldente was continuing to ponder this and that, and from time to time, he would think about it and continue to explain to me.

　I'm not sure if it's a good idea for me to be able to get the job done.
''My lord!　I'm glad you're here.
　From the town hall, Alea the Ant People ran out with great speed and greeted me.
　Behind her, her subordinates, the anthropoid anthropoid people, came straggling along, and bowed their heads together.
　In total, there must be about 10 of them....
　When I thought about it, I had to pay everyone in the town hall's salary as well... I realized and pondered for a bit about what was going on, but then Alea saw that, and she
This is the village association at the foot of Mount Gorn, and it has been agreed that the association fee will continue to be paid for the maintenance of the village at the foot of Mount Gorn. The union fee will continue to be paid for the maintenance of the village at the foot of Mount Gorn. Therefore, we don't need to worry about it for a while as our salaries will be paid from there.
　Then he patted me on the chest.
　
　There was a part of me that was uncomfortable with the idea of having everyone in the village pay for these expenses in addition to taxes.
　The villagers said that they were much more grateful for the reduced taxes.
　In fact, the villagers had voluntarily decided that they would rather be left in charge of the running costs of the union.
　
　I'm grateful, and I've decided to take advantage of that favor, but I think it would be nice if I could somehow bear the union's maintenance costs someday....

　Once again, I ask Alea to briefly explain the current state of the village at the foot of Mount Gorun.

　The population is about 500 people, and the inhabitants are all sub-humans.
　Agriculture, hunting, and trading with the harvests are the only means of subsistence for everyone.
　The only trading partners are the neighboring frontier cities, and the villagers conduct their own trade, not mediated by the union. In addition, there is no one who goes to the royal capital to trade.
　I've heard that there are no outstanding specialties, so it's unlikely that peddlers like Black who travel from place to place on the continent will stop by.

I'm sure that all of us ants people will work hard for our lord. It's a sure thing.
　I smiled at Alea, who slapped my chest and said, "Thank you.

　The conversation died down and I was just about to head back to Liberty Village.
My lord, my lord, please wait a minute.
　The chief of the village guard, the dog people, Googus, came running up to me.
　From behind him, the sub-people, who seemed to be his subordinates, were following him.
　They are all wearing simple armor and weapons.
I would like to introduce you to the entire guard of the village. I'm sure they are usually farmers or hunters, but they all do their best for their lord.
　Then, Gugsu saluted.
　Following that, everyone behind me saluted as well.
　I was very happy to see that they were all smiling at me, even if it was a thoughtful salute.
　In the meantime, they offered to send personnel to the cave site if security was needed, so I asked them to take a look around the cave site at a moment's notice, and I decided to ask them to continue guarding the site for the time being, other than that.

　It wasn't until after dark that I asked my father, the hawk father, to come and return to the village house.
''I understand that it's your job, Botchan, but you shouldn't try too hard, Nya.
　Unja, who has prepared dinner for me, puts her index finger on my cheek and gives me a reminder.
　It's true that I'm a bit tired after running around all day, but it's also been a day where I've been able to confirm that I have a lot of problems to deal with.

　As I was eating dinner and pondering this and that
'Oh!　The master is coming home, bear!
　Korok, who seems to have been playing upstairs, finds me and runs up to me.
　Maybe it's because he hadn't been here all day, but he's not playing at all.
　I couldn't help but ask Unja for help, but she just smiled and ignored me, saying, "Please help her a little.

　Well, maybe this kind of time is important, too....