97 . 2nd visitor from the royal capital



 Five of Livoneia's schoolmates from King's Landing... or should I say...
 Five of my students from my days as a teacher in King's Landing.

 As soon as we finished lunch, he started asking me questions about this and that.

 He says.
 About the tax system....
 About the law....
 The city's development plan....

 I put my pre-prepared notes in hand.
 They would ask me questions with a twinkle in their eye.

 But
 I'm going to answer your questions, but there is one thing you must remember.
"I'll answer your questions, but there's one thing you must remember.
 "I'll answer your questions, but don't forget one thing: this is a typical frontier city.
 When I said that, they all started to look at me with a puzzled look at first.

 So I continued with my words

 Since the city is located in a remote area, the majority of the population is made up of sub-humans.
 As a result, many of the people living here make their living by traditional farming.

 As we talked about this.
"Are there no 'serfs' in this city?
 One of them raised his hand and asked the question.


 Farmer.
 These are the so-called servants of the nobility, the ones they use as slaves.
 Among them, those who are mainly engaged in agriculture are called

 In King's Landing.
 The slavers who deal in sub-humans are the official business, and the market is established.
 Powerful aristocrats usually have their own slavers to deal with.
 The sub-people purchased from the slavers are used as serfs and house slaves.

 This is a system that is unique to King's Landing, which is based on the principle of racial supremacy.
 If you ask them.
 I've also heard that in the west, where sub-human dominated countries exist, conversely, races are bought and sold into slavery, but that's beside the point...

 I am.
'Here at Liberty, we do not allow the sale of slaves.
 We are making it known that when we ask for people to work in agriculture, it is in the form of employment, and we are making it known that we require them to sign a contract.
 When I responded, the five of them began to discuss something zany with a surprised look on their faces.

 Well, I guess it can't be helped.

 These five are the children of the so-called typical royal capital's aristocrats.
 Although they are dissatisfied with the ways of their father's generation, they haven't come to the root of their dissatisfaction, which is the discrimination and disregard for subhumans.......

'In this city, sub-humans and races live as equals.
 Yes, the carboneias will follow up.
 Somehow, the five of us were able to agree on that.

 I don't think I've completely figured that out.
 Now, if we can get people to realize that sub-humans are the same people, I think that's a big step forward.

 After that.
 We finished our after-dinner tea while answering our first questions about the tax system and how the city works.
 This time we took the stagecoach to the Gehmose area.

"I didn't know that there were cobblestones all the way through the forest...
 They all looked out from the stagecoach that was galloping towards Gehmose, and they couldn't help but look at it.

 Well, if you live in the royal city.
 It is rare for the inhabitants of King's Landing to go out of the city, since everything is done within the city.
 Instead, merchants would go out of the city to do business with its citizens.
 Therefore, the main roads leading from the capital to various places are neatly paved with stones, but 
 It's not always built up to the main roadways that connect cities to each other.

 After that
 When I was guiding you through the streets of the old Gehmose district, which is centered on the town hall and has streets extending from east to west and north to south.
 Again, we're all here.
'This is ... so much modern maintenance in such a remote area ...'
 And I will be amazed.

 Nevertheless
 There is a big reason why this Gehmose area has become such a modern city.

 Once, in Batcombe, the forces that confronted the lord Geltar made the chimera pseudo rampage, and this part of the city was overrun by the chimera pseudo.
 So, thanks to the injuries, the city was able to completely rebuild itself.

 Originally, this area alone was once a small frontier city, and
 This former Gehmose area is very much inhabited and is still in the midst of an ever-increasing number of residents.

 Therefore.
 We use the old Gehemorse Town Hall, which is still in the old Gehemorse area, as a sub-branch of Liberty Town Hall, but for the most part, we do more business here than at the main office.
'There's a lot going on here,'
 While looking at the town, we all took notes on this and that.

 After spending the entire afternoon in the Gehmoos area, we moved on to the hot spring village.

 We were planning to have them stay the night here.
 We all arrived at the inn.
 
 First of all, I was overwhelmed by the size of the accommodation that was the central facility.

 Although located in the mountains, not many accommodations would be this large, even in the royal capital.
 Such a building has been created by cleverly using this area of the mountain slope.

 What surprised us all even more was the food that night.

 The young elf master who manages the food at the inn was
 Although he's young... but he's a long-lived elf, so he's already lived over 100 years.
 Because of his life, he has trained in many places and honed his culinary skills.
 I'm proud of myself, but I'm not saying it can absolutely beat the fine dining restaurants in the royal capital, but at least it's not inferior.

 As expected.
 The five of us were engrossed in our meals, bringing them to our mouths.
I don't think there's anything like this in the house.
On the contrary, I doubt if there are even restaurants that can serve this kind of flavor...
 Yes, everyone ate more and more of their food with a look of astonishment on their faces.

 In my opinion, as expected of the young master of elves, I was once again grateful for his existence.

 Actually, this young master of elves
 It seems that some restaurant managers and innkeepers in King's Landing, who had fallen in love with his skills, had offered him a deal that was more substantial than Liberty's.
'I'm happy with the way my lord lord has treated me, who has trusted me with everything.
 And then he refuses to do all of that.

 That's what the young elf's young master would say.
 We will continue to respond to those requests as much as possible.

 After that
 They enjoyed the hot springs.

 At first, they seemed to have imagined it was like the public baths in the royal capital
 It seems that he liked the effect and the view of the open-air bath completely.
 Combined with the fact that we were all women, we didn't come out of the hot spring for two solid hours.

 Everyone.
It was worth it just to stay here at the hot springs.
 He laughed at me happily, and that's why
 I was also relieved somehow, thanks to that.

 On this day.
 After the hot spring, we will dismiss.
 We asked them all to move to their respective rooms.

 At that time
 I told them that I would show them around again tomorrow morning after breakfast at the inn.

 Tomorrow.
 We're planning to visit the underground labyrinth and the great cultivation area.
 Gianbarea, the person in charge of the underground labyrinth, when I told him that in advance.
Yes! Leave the hospitality to us!
 

 I am.
 Somewhat apprehensively, I made my way back to the Liberty town hall on that leg of the trip.
 Since I had been dealing with everyone else that day, I hadn't been able to get much done on official business, so I thought I'd look over a few things
Well, welcome back.
 In the lord's office of the town hall, Erdena was doing this and that document sorting and so on.
''........I've taken care of the things that are sufficient for an after-action report first.
 That's what Eldena tells me.

 I'm so grateful to Eldena for that.
 I picked up the remaining papers on the desk.

 Erdena made me a cup of tea.
Hey, little man, I've brought you some tea.
 And at the same time as Erdena, Unja entered the room.

 What a surprise!
 You guys really understand my timing, you know.

 I was pouring them both a cup of tea.
 He got his work done.