I tried again to gather information about the former frontier small town of Gehemorse, which I was to govern, and then reorganized the current situation.

　Based on the data from Gehmose Town Hall and the stories of the Ant People

　The main industry of Geghemorse is the trading of the ores that are produced in the mines of the territory.
　Although the quantity is not large, it seems that valuable magic stones and precious pearls are produced in good measure, and they sell them wholesale to the Chamber of Commerce to make a profit.

　Even though they sell wholesale to the Chamber of Commerce, the city didn't go to sell them.
　A sub-branch of the Chamber of Commerce was located in the territory, and that sub-branch controlled practically all of the mining operations, and the city only received money as the Chamber of Commerce told it to.......

Geldos single-handedly sold out the mining concessions in return for a bribe from the Clover Company~
　Saying this, the ant people of Gehmose Town Hall regretted it as they stepped on the ground.

　Because this concession was being controlled by the Chamber of Commerce.
　Gehmose's revenues were so tight that it was hard to believe it was a small frontier city.
　In the most recent month alone, the village of Liberty's revenues were nearly five times higher than those of the village of Liberty.

　To remedy this tight situation, heavy taxes were imposed on the city's residents.
　But the financial situation in Geghemorse was so bad that it was impossible to maintain and repair the city's roads, let alone improve the public facilities.

　As for the guards.
　Because of their inability to pay their salaries, they are firing all the guards they employ as a city.
　Instead, citizens were forcibly recruited to guard the city.
　Naturally, there was no training, and it could be said that they were completely apparent only.

　The old lord Geldos, who had come to Liberty Village before, had supposedly boasted about this military equipment...

　
　The first thing we need to do is to find out how to deal with the Clover Company, which has the mining interests in their hands.
　I heard that the members of the Clover Company who were supposed to be in Geghemorse have disappeared since the Chimera Pseudo fiasco the other day.
　Since their mansions have all collapsed, there is no way to hold a discussion with them in the Geghemorse area at this time.
　I'm planning to go to the capital to express my gratitude for the upgrade to a small frontier city and for my own elevation in rank, once the district is in order.
　It would be great if we can somehow buy back the interest in this discussion.

　While I have a general idea of what's going on in the Gehmose area.
　It could be said that it was just a matter of sorting out a pile of problems... To be honest, we didn't expect it to be this bad.

　Nevertheless, the first thing to do was to hurry up the restoration of the destroyed city functions.

　The center of the city had been badly destroyed, but since it was time to rebuild it, we decided to build a north-south, east-west road to the northwest.
　North to the frontier city of Batcombe
　East to the small frontier city of Picks.
　West to the small frontier city of Eads.
　And the south is planning to create a cobblestone street to head to the town hall in the Liberty area, which is now the center of the small frontier city of Liberty.
　The work is to be carried out at a rapid pace at night by Sarah the Salamander, a bone man (skeleton) summoned by a summoning magic.

　Sarah, who just had a terrible experience during the recent chimera spoof fiasco.
Just in time for the feast. I'll leave you to it.
　And he accepted with a big smile on his face.

　I have to work out the details with Foldente and the ants in the Gehmose area as soon as possible.

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　While I was working on the reconstruction of the city, Krome, the lord of the small frontier city of Pix, and Raymuris, the lord of the small frontier city of Eads, came to ask me at the same time.

　The two men congratulate me on my elevation to the rank of Lord and Lady Liberty's status as a frontier small town.
　The two of them then said.
　I offered to reunite the Union of Frontier Small Cities, which had been tied up mainly in Gehmose, with Liberty as the center of the Frontier Small Cities.

　Since I had only just become a lord myself, I refused this offer.
　As a result of subsequent discussions, an agreement was reached that the three cities would operate under a council system.

　This is how the new Frontier Cities Coalition was formed.

　We had already established a friendly relationship with Pyx and a sales office, and it was agreed that we would establish a sales office in Eads as well.
　At the same time, I heard that two of the city's branch sales offices were located in Gehmose, but both were destroyed in the chimera pseudo-chaimera fiasco.
　We have decided to do this as part of the restoration work being done in Liberty, and as soon as both cities are restored, they will once again be allowed to continue operating their sales outlets in the Gehmose area.

　While there is still much work to be done, the

　Since there was also a need to urgently discuss the mining concessions with the Clover Chamber of Commerce, which was the biggest concern in the Geghemorse area, as well as the fact that I had been told by a messenger to visit early in return for the upgrading of the noble class and the upgrade to a frontier city from the royal capital, I decided to go to the royal capital once here.
　
　It is necessary to take a certain number of people with me to the royal capital.
　The reason for this is that, after the audience with the king, the Department of Frontier Affairs of the Central Office, which is in charge of frontier cities and small frontier cities within the Central Bureau, the central office of the king's capital, needs to process the paperwork and explain the situation with regard to the upgrading of the frontier cities, and this requires a rather large amount of materials.

　In addition to this work, there was also the possibility of being invited to a dinner party by other lords, nobles, or merchant associations, and they would need someone to accompany them.

　With these considerations in mind, the
　I've decided to ask Foldente to sum up this delegation and
　Unja will take care of you during your stay.
　As a practical secretary, Erdena
　Ten men, five each from the Liberty District and the Gehmose District Office of the Ant People, for a total of ten men, to handle the paperwork in the Frontier Department.
　Lil Pop as a security guard, just in case.
　
　A total of 15 people, including me, decided to head to the above.
　
''Woo~!　I want to go to Korok too, bear!
　And although Korok was quite spoiled, the King's Capital has a strong tinge of racial bias, even if only for the sake of it.
　As a badly noticeable group of delegates, composed of sub-humans except for me and Foldente, I had to give up this time, considering the danger of what might happen.
　Needless to say, they made me promise to buy them a souvenir instead.

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　We set out in three stagecoaches to be pulled by the boardman.
　First, we stopped in the frontier city of Batcombe and met with the lord, Gelter.

　Gelter laughed at me and said that if he wasn't injured, I would go with him and teach him this and that...
I would have liked to celebrate at your sister's place, but I guess that's a different time.
　And then he gave a guffawing laugh, as is typical of lords.
Father!　It's easy to imagine what you're talking about!
　And then Biblina gives him a great slap.
　
　

　At this meeting, Biblina offered to accompany me to King's Landing.
"Well, I heard that you lived in King's Landing, so I don't think you'll need a guide, but maybe you can at least introduce me to some of the other lords.
　It was Biblina who said that and laughed.
"........I'll take care of everything around me. An outsider is an outsider, so please be like an outsider and have only the minimum amount of contact with them, and from then on, please use your own weight.
'Oh?　What's that?　Are you going to put up a fight with a straw man?　Strawberry, is it up to the straw to decide how to deal with Safate?
　And then Erdena and Biblina are on the verge of an outburst, and I have to be in a huge panic.

　Anyway, with my desperate persuasion, the situation is somehow settled, but I'm starting to feel sick to my stomach wondering what's going to happen from now on.......

　A few days after leaving Butchcombe.
　The stagecoach was moving at a good pace.

　Since the journey would take about 20 days, it was not unreasonable to proceed while stopping at lodging towns and other places.
　Along the way, we stopped at outlying small towns, villages and settlements to introduce the outlying small town of Liberty and to explain about me, the new lord of this town.

　Since this road is an important passage from the royal capital to the frontier small city of Liberty, I decided that it was also necessary to advertise it to the surrounding areas.

　For a while after Batcombe, I didn't feel that way, but as we began to get closer to King's Landing, more and more people began to raise their eyebrows at the large number of sub-humans in my delegation.
　I've been thinking about this since I lived in the capital, but I've never gotten used to this kind of prejudice, and it's unpleasant to say the least.

　I'm sure you'll be able to see the huge city walls of the capital at the end of the road.