this day
　We were given a tour of the vast arable land south of Liberty and
　We have completed the entire tour course.

Thank you so much for your help this time.
　On the way back to the ship, they all bowed their heads to me saying that.

　I heard that this visit to Liberty was very meaningful for the girls as well.
　The five of them were originally from the royal capital and had rarely left the capital before.
　It was a kind of culture shock to be exposed to a frontier city here in Liberty.

　Above all.
Here in Liberty, I was honestly surprised to see how many sub-humans live here and yet they have a friendly relationship with their race...
　Well, as one of them said.
　Royal City, where racial supremacy is deeply ingrained.
　And the race-centered frontier city system that is formulated on that principle.
　In the districts where this system is rooted, there is more or less smoldering subaltern dissatisfaction with the race, and such a friendly atmosphere is unlikely.

　This Liberty.
　Although we are certainly within a framework based on the frontier city system.
　Almost all of the people who work at the town hall are sub-humans except me, and that doesn't make me feel any better about it.
　Rather, I've asked all the sub-humans to do their best in places where they can make the most of their abilities.

　For all the sub-humans who are good at detailed work, I'd like to have them work mainly on the accounting and taxation side.
　For the horsepowered buffalo man, cultivation of the
　The kobolds, who are able to turn in small circles and have relatively high fighting ability, will be given a guard.

　They're all working as hard as they can in the places they've been given.
　Thanks to that, Liberty is doing very well.

　I'm very happy to be able to introduce it to everyone who came to see it.

　Hopefully.
　If only it would create a stir in the aristocratic society of King's Landing, where racial supremacy is still prevalent....

◇ ◇.

　That night.
　The girls stayed one more night at the hot spring village.

　I was present at the dinner that night with Erdena.

　These five are my students, too.
　Some of them were taking classes in Erdena.
Dr. Eldena!　It's been a while.
　And some of them were happy to resume their work.

　
　Erdena herself.
　We were classmates in college together.
　At the same time, they became teachers and did research together.


I thought the two of you were a good match for each other since your days as teachers, but I guess we're together after all.
　When they heard that me and Eldena were engaged, they all congratulated me for saying that.
　For me, I'm surprised that people thought they were a good match for each other for so long.
　Then, as he said this, the five of them looked at each other and started giggling.
He didn't seem to realize it, but he had a lot of fans.
　There were a lot of kids who chose to take his classes because they wanted to talk to the teacher...
　When the five of us all said that together, for some reason, Riboneia turned bright red and slumped over... no way, right?

　Then.
　After finishing the dinner, I returned to the lord's office on my feet.

　If it were true, I would have wanted to relax in the hot springs.
　I was almost completely occupied with the inspection team all day, so I didn't get much work done today.
　
　Just.
　When I returned to the lord's office, I found that the desk was beatifically clean.

　.........Ha.
　Lately, even if I hadn't been in my seat for half a day, my desk would be piled high with papers....

　I twisted my head around as I thought about it.
　Foldente appeared.

　And Foldente chuckles.

　Well, sure.
　If that's all you have, don't, you should be honestly happy.

　With that in mind, I put those papers away as soon as possible.

　It was as if I was waiting for it to settle down.
Well, let me tell you something.
　Foldente comes up to me as soon as I put down my pen.

　She says.
　The other day, they found traces of a mysterious ancient monster race that they failed to capture as a result.
It's like the area around the old settlement.
　As he said this, Foldente showed me a map of the area.

　Then
　That's why the mysterious bandits are starting to move in on the egg...

　I muttered to myself, and Foldente began to giggle again.
"Your answer.
　While saying that, one of the places on the map
　I pointed to a corner slightly north of the site of the settlement village in question.

　There was an area of intricate cliffs there.

"The swallow people who were patrolling around here have encountered a bunch of those creatures.
　The other day, the


　The other day
　When we sent a three-city joint survey team to Liberty, Guianacombe and Greencombe
　As a result of running into a bandit group while the coordination was not working well and the days were taking forever.
　In the aftermath of the battle, both the ancient monster tribe and the bandits disappeared.

　Although the investigation team was later disbanded.
　Two members of the Guianacombe survey team are still in Liberty and have joined our ongoing survey of the area around the former settlement village.

　As you would expect, we can't continue to walk through that uncultivated area.
　They usually ask the guardsmen of the Imperial Guard, the swallow people, who usually do transmissions in the territory and patrol the area around the city borders from the sky, to make a regular patrol of this area as well.


　This time
　These swallow people have encountered a group of thieves...
　I bit my lip involuntarily when I heard that.

　Last time, the guard captain, Googus, had been severely injured.
　This time we have to be even more careful this time.

　I asked Mr. Foldente to gather more information on this.
　At the same time, I thought I'd have a meeting with the guards tomorrow.
Then I'll set them both up.
　As Foldente said this, he disappeared from the scene with his usual giggle.

◇ ◇ ◇.

　the next morning
　Even though it was still early, five delegates from King's Landing came to see me as I was working in the lord's office.

　The day before, the group had completed their entire inspection tour.
　I was supposed to return to the royal capital on the morning's scheduled magic ship flight that day.
''I was wondering if you'd like to join us for breakfast, since I asked for your room, and I was told it was this way.
　Yes, I've heard it all before.

　....Huh?　Was there someone else in your room?

'Yes, Lady Biblina of Batcombe... well, she seemed to be in a bit of a bad mood for some reason...'
　And all of them.

　At those words, I couldn't help but smile.
　Last night, when I was thinking about the bandit group and this and that, I fell asleep as it was on the couch in the lord's room.

　I did take a quick shower though.
　I didn't go back to my room yesterday, so....

　Well, I don't dare to worry about how long Biblina has been in my room.
　I shared a meal with the delegation in the town hall cafeteria.

　The town hall canteen is
　They are open rather early in the morning for public works employees, and although they are proud of themselves, they are cheap, tasty, and have a good amount of food.
　Since it is open to the public, there were already quite a few customers in the restaurant even at this time of day.

　The group enjoyed the dinner here.
　The first thing in the morning, the magic ship returned to the royal capital.

　As they were leaving, the five of them were all together.
Keep up the good work on the Ribboneian.
　Yeah, I kept reminding him.

　I've seen everyone off and once I'm stretched out.
...and you didn't come back to your room, what are you flirting with the little girls for?
　And.
　Before I knew it, Biblina, who had come up behind me, was looking at me with a sullen expression on her face.
　
　I wasn't supposed to have made any promises... and then I was reminded
That doesn't matter. You could at least have breakfast with me.
　As she says this, she pulls my arm.

　I mean, I just ate breakfast a while ago....
Drink your tea, my dear, but if you're too stubborn or insensitive for your own good, this man is...
　Yes, she was mumbling, but her body smelled awfully good.
　When I told it to Biblina
'Oh, yes!　It was all for naught because you didn't come back.
　Vivrina's cheeks are red in spite of her voice.

　While being taken away by her.
　I couldn't understand why I was getting so angry at Vivalina and kept twisting my neck.

　.........you don't think she came to crawl into my room at night or something......that's ridiculous, right?