187 . Overtime processing and new processing



 Tomorrow, starting in the month of Thue, the frontier small city of Liberty will become the frontier city of Liberty Combe.

 Today, the last day of the outlying cities, many departments were busy in the town hall for the transition.

 The name of the seal that was used was changed.
 Change in the form of the application form with the city name printed on it

 Everyone in the town hall was busily working around to make sure all of the administrative items had been changed, and several people were checking them out.

 The city seal I used to approve the documents also had to be changed, so I asked the head of the dwarven settlement who was working as a blacksmith at the back of the hot spring settlement to finish it at a rapid pace.
 The head of the dwarven settlement who delivered the completed city seal to the lord's office said
I never thought Liberty Village would rise to the status of a frontier town.
 He looked deeply moved as he said this.

 They migrated to the area when Liberty was still a village.
 Since a good ore can be obtained deep in the hot spring village, they manufacture armor and other items using that ore while mining it.
 They also manufacture armor and other armor made from the dragon scales dug out of the dragon scale deposits behind the town hall, and the dragon scale armor is one of Liberty's specialties and is widely recognized in the capital.
 I was able to chat with the head of the dwarf settlement for a while while as we talked about such things.
 
 However, this was the last time I was able to have a leisurely chat with the chief of the dwarf village.

 When the head of the dwarven settlement left, the deputy lord Erdena walked into the lord's room quickly.
''.........Safate, after this, I'm going to have a meeting with everyone who came from neighboring settlements and cities to congratulate you.......''
Yeah, I know. I think there were twelve pairs.
 I remembered the number I'd heard at breakfast, and Eldena chuckled at me.
''Well that number is increasing one by one.
 Erdena stares out of the lord's room as she says that.
 I, too, turned my gaze in that direction, and there was already quite a line at the entrance of the lord's hall.
''Eh? You don't mean to tell me that's a line of people who want to visit me?
 At me saying that, Erdena nodded with a wry smile.

 The rumor that Grandonatz came to Liberty as an official emissary from the royal capital to inform the small frontier city of Liberty of its promotion to the frontier city of Liberty Combe seems to have already been widely known in the cities, villages and settlements around Liberty, and everyone who has heard of it has come to congratulate me in droves.
 It's proof that they're widely favored by the public, so we can't treat them with indifference...

 I made up my mind and went to the reception room to begin the meeting with these people.

 I was grateful that many of the visitors were concerned about the large number of other visitors, and many of them took a lot of care to make the visitation short, and some of the chiefs of the village who were familiar to me were willing to meet with me as a group.
 Thanks to their kindness, we were able to get through to all the guests sooner than I had expected.
 However, we had to serve tea and sweets to everyone, so my two secretaries, Una and Aura, went back and forth between the hot-water supply room and the reception room many times, and also served tea to those who waited in the corridor, and by the time it was all over, Aura was sitting in a chair, wobbling from the knees down due to fatigue.
 However, in contrast to such an Aura, Unya looked no different from the usual.
Would you like a cup of tea, little man?
 As I watched her listening to me, I thought anew how amazing she was.

 In the end, the visit took until late in the evening.
 However, if it hadn't been for everyone who wanted to see me, I'm sure I would have crossed the date line.

 As I was thinking about this, I was sipping the tea that Unja had brewed for me when Vibrina, the deputy lord, came in carrying a bunch of papers.
I'm sorry to say that I'm resting now, Safate, but I need you to look over these papers quickly.
 As she said this, Biblina put the papers on my desk in a heap.
 I finished my tea and picked up the documents and looked them over.
 Many of those documents were related to continuing the projects and contracts that we currently had as the frontier small city Liberty, as the frontier city Liberty Combe.
 One of the most important was the agreement related to the regular magic ship.
 The regular mage ships operated by Liberty were currently

 green conveyer
 Vatconvoy
 Palma, the royal capital
 Guyanacombe

 It has an agreement with the above four cities to operate a regular magic ship.
 This is only as 'Frontier Small City Liberty', and now that Frontier Small City Liberty has become Frontier Small City Liberty Convoy, the name of that agreement maker must be changed, and the agreement must be replaced.
 Because of the late notification from the King's Capital, the cities have already been briefed on the situation, and as for the documents, they have given their informal consent to send them in as soon as possible.
 However, that doesn't mean we can't drag it out.
The documents related to the treaty on the magic ship will be sent to the cities tomorrow morning on the magic ship.
 As Biblina said that, she added an explanation of the capture to the documents I was reviewing.

 I've got to make sure that the agreement is also revised with regard to the central wholesale market that Kuro is in charge of, the underground labyrinth run by Jean Barea, the dragon scale mining site where Sara is mining using the bone people she summoned herself, the magic stone workshop that Dorun and his wife are running, and other projects that are official Liberty business such as the one where we pay salaries and pay on a piece rate.
Anyway, the town hall staff is having a field day checking to make sure it's all in order.
 Biblina giggled as she said that.
 I desperately tried to process the documents as quickly as possible for the sake of Biblina, and went over the contents.

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 Despite my best efforts, it was a little past the date line when I finished looking at all the paperwork that Biblina had brought with her.
 Every time I finished looking over the paperwork, Biblina would take it with her and run to the town hall to take care of the paperwork.
Well, I guess that's pretty much it for the little outlying town of Liberty.
 Biblina laughed at me as she groomed her messy hair.
'Well well in time, this is now the frontier city of Liberty Combe,'
 I turned my gaze to Biblina as I chewed on her words.
 In front of me, Biblina
This is all thanks to Safate's efforts. You're doing very well.
 As he said this, he stepped closer to me and moved his face closer to mine.
"...Hey...
Ugh!
 Then Erdena, who had entered the room before she knew it, approached and popped Biblina's head.
 At Eldena's sudden appearance, Biblina retreated back with a red face.

 As she said this, Erdena left the documents she had been carrying on my desk.
 There were various documents lined up there, including documents related to the inauguration ceremony of the frontier city Liberty Combe scheduled for the weekend, as well as other documents.
''.........just in case you can look over them tomorrow.......but I need you to quickly look over the list of people scheduled to be invited to this commemoration ceremony and the draft regarding the sending of invitations,''
 As he said this, Erdena took some of the papers out of the stack and handed them to me.
 
 Eventually, it took me until dawn to read through all of these documents.

 As I finished looking through all the documents and stretched out, the sky was beginning to brighten outside the window.
'So it's the frontier city of Liberty Combe from today...'
 I chewed on the words as I stared at that sky.