On this day, I'm still working on paperwork for the city.
...do you have a minute?
　And then Erdena came over.
　
　I stopped working.
What's going on?
　I walked over to Erdena.
　Erdena handed him a letter.

"...to the small frontier city of Liberty, a letter of congratulations.
　So, as I heard Eldena say shortly, I opened the seal and looked through it.

　It's one of the four lords.
　It was a gift from the Greedo family to a small frontier city called Liberty.


　My family's former home.
　Disowned, it is that house that was disowned.


　The other day.
　When we were just a small frontier city.
　At the unveiling ceremony hosted by the King's Capital, the
　
　Maybe it's because I'm the lord of one small city in the frontier, or maybe it's because I'm the lord of one small city in the frontier, but I'm that, you know, Gapoli who left without even looking at me, let alone greeting me.

''Well there are a few more celebratory gifts that have arrived as well.
　As I listened to Erdena's words, I thought for a moment.

　He is that father..........my ex-father.
　He is the father who has a nose for money and profit.
　The fact that his father sent a letter of congratulations to Liberty, a small city in the middle of nowhere, to which he had no intention of giving a tooth, means that this Liberty is at least worthy of being recognized as such........

　I thought about it so much that I stopped thinking about this in isolation.

'Thank you, Eldena. So, if you've received congratulatory letters from other nobles, could you put them together?
　That's what I said.
Is that what you want?
　So, Eldena asks with a complicated look on her face.
　I'm going to ask Eldena.
'I think I have to. I'm in a position right now where I have to lead everyone in this city and I don't think it's a good idea to bring more personal feelings into this than you have to... I guess.
　He complied.
　Erdena heard that.
Well I'll do it then.
　Then I said so, and went back in with an invitation.

　I said.
　At least we're in a city where that father sends a congratulatory letter, while realizing that
　Once again, he went back to organizing the paperwork.

◇ ◇ ◇.

　this day
　I spent the entire morning working on paperwork.
　In the afternoon, we moved to the Gehmose area.

　We used a small magic boat for the town hall to get around.
　As the small magician ship approached in the sky above the Gehemorse area, I noticed a huge crowd of people gathering in the streets below, chasing this small magician ship.

　It's true that this small magician ship is very convenient, but
　Every time I seemed to be in a hurry to get somewhere, I thought this was a bit of a long shot, but
　But that doesn't mean there's any solution to the problem, so I went straight to the town hall in the Gehemorse area.

　There, I got off the small magic boat and
　We moved on to the Auditorium.

　This was the main venue for Liberty's small frontier city unveiling dinner, which was to be held this time.
　Being guided by the town hall employee, I checked inside.

　The preparations for the event have already begun, and according to the antsy guy who showed me around
In half a day, everything will be ready to go.
　Yes, he told me.
　After listening carefully, he told me that Erdena had also come to check on the place yesterday.

　Because I also have the normal business of the city to deal with.
　I've been left to deal with matters related to this ceremony.
　Erdena has been really good to us.

　And a report on this ceremony.
　He's giving me what he sees and hears for himself.

　This time, I visited this auditorium.
　This is because the preparations for this auditorium, which Eldena gave me a few days ago, are a little behind schedule, but it seems that Eldena has already arrived and given her instructions.
　Apparently the delay was after they had made up for everything.

　I told everyone who was preparing the venue
Thank you all for your hard work. Don't push yourself too hard.
　I called out to him and went back to the town hall.

　Then
　The ants came to this Gehmose area.
'My lord, I know you're busy, but we need you to come and work here more often.
　If you don't do your job well, you will be in trouble.
　As I said this, you led me to the old lord's room.
　When I entered the current frontier small city lord's room, there was a mountain of documents on the desk in front of me....

　anything
　These days, the Gehmose area is
　We've made the rebuilding of this city a top priority by mobilizing Liberty's labor force.
　It was incredibly fast, and the reconstruction was finished.
　So, this time, there was a literal pile of matters regarding the district's finances.

　Especially this time around, this district.
　This is the place that suffered the most from the chimera fiasco, and
　It's not just about looks.
　We have to do everything we can to get these finances back on track as soon as possible.

　At first, I went through this pile of documents.
　As I expected, there were many requests for financial support that required a significant amount of money, so I couldn't give an immediate answer.
　I decided to take those documents back to Liberty Town Hall once to scrutinize them.

　Stay tuned.
　We'll be returning to the town hall in a small magician's boat.

What?　I've done some work over there, you're a great workaholic.
　Foldente, who had just come to the lord's office, said this to me while laughing at me.
　I tried to say it back, but

　There were parts of what Foldente said that couldn't be said to be all wrong....

　In the meantime, we have decided to deal with the petitions for renovation and additional restoration work in the direction of doing this as a priority and will propose it at the council meeting scheduled for tomorrow.

　As it was decided to submit it to the council meeting
　I spent the entire afternoon running around the town hall preparing related materials and laying the groundwork in advance.
　In the end, it took me until late this evening to somehow get a break from the day.

　I sat down on the couch in the lord's room and took a breath.
I'll make you a cup of tea.
　Erdena came to look in the room, and as she said this, she brought me two cups of tea and some baked goods.

　I thanked her and said thank you.
'By any chance, has Eldena been working this late on some ceremonial thing I'm asking you to do?
　I asked him that.
　Erdena smiled and laughed.
Well that's not the point.
　Yes, he said it enigmatically and smoked me for asking further.

　In

　From there, we'd bring our tea to our mouths with light banter.
'Yes, the meeting is coming up and I thought I'd ask you to make it official.
　Can I ask for a partner for the day?
　Yes, I told Erdena.

　At a meeting like this.
　Since it is customary for a lord to always have a spouse or prospective spouse or secretary with him or her
　I've been thinking about this meeting since the day I decided to hold it, and on top of that
　For some reason, the ladies were doing this and that around the place, creating an atmosphere where it was impossible to ask for help.

　Now that it's just the two of us, it seemed like a good time to ask you to join me as my secretary.
　That's what I was thinking.

　Eldena heard those words.

　I don't know, I just suddenly started ragging on the tears.
Are you sure you want me to?
　And while saying that, he was trying to curry favor with me...

　I'm not going to tell Eldena that.
''Well, Eldena's been doing a lot of preparation for the ceremony, and she knows the most about this ceremony, so I thought it would be best to have her join us as secretary...''
　When I said that, Erdena leaned closer to me.
I don't want to be a secretary.
　While saying that clearly, she gazed into my eyes.

　.........um, that's.......

　I was looking back at Eldena's gaze.
Oh, my lord, there you are.
　and

　At the worst possible time, Biblina walked in.
"Wait a minute, what did you guys just do, what did you try to do to me while my eyes were still black!
　We had been staring at each other at close quarters, and then he strolled over to us...

　in the end
　So my partner's case is already under control this night, yes....