The first day of the month of Thue
　Finally, the frontier city of Liberty Combe has been inaugurated.
　Since the commemoration ceremony is scheduled for this weekend, today I'm just going to address the town hall staff and hand out fliers to the city residents.
　However, I have hardly slept at all since yesterday, as I've been busy with the remaining work from my days as a small frontier city and the process of updating our status as a frontier city.
　I'm still tense now, so I should be fine, but I've been working all night long, and I've been making a lot of careless mistakes and I've been feeling sleepy somewhere.
　For that reason, I decided to get some sleep, so I laid down on the couch in the lord's room.
　I could have gone back to my room, but from now on I would only be able to get an hour or two of sleep at best, and if I went to bed and slept soundly, that would be a problem....
　I turned off the magic light in my room, draped the sheets I always had on hand and laid down on the sofa.
　
　I was disowned by a nobleman and after some twists and turns, I became the lord of a frontier city.
　I've been awarded a knighthood for calming down the chimera riots in the past.
　I'm not even close to my ex-father's status, but with the support of everyone else, I've been able to get this far....
　But this is just the beginning, not the end.
　The city has to be developed as a city where all the city people living in this city can continue to live with a smile on their faces.
　I was thinking about this with my eyes closed.

''Hmm?''

　At that moment, I felt the presence of someone and opened my eyes.
　Then I saw Eldena's face right in front of mine.
''Oh my God, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to wake you up.''
　Eldena said and lightly kissed my lips.
'No you're the one who isn't sleeping, right?'
　I tried to raise my upper body as I said this.
　Then Erdena held me by the shoulders and
''It's okay with me. You've got a whole pile of work waiting for you in a little while, so get some sleep.
　As I said this, I immediately went to lie down.
　
　........probably brought them by Eldena.
　I winced and chuckled.
I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to sleep for a little while.
　When he said that, he closed his eyes again.

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　When I woke up, I quickly moved to my desk and went through the pile of papers.
　Then Unja came over and noticed that I was awake.
''Good morning, sonny. It's my heartfelt pleasure to inaugurate Liberty Combe, the frontier city.
　Unya said and bobbed her head.
　I smiled back at her and
Thank you and keep up the good work.
　I said back.
In the meantime, I'd like to bring you today's breakfast, if that's all right?
'Well, I think we're going to be busy today, so let's just get it done.
Yes, sir.
　Lately, when it comes to breakfast, I've been taking breakfast with Korok, Tille, Erdena and the others, but since my desk is already piled with papers, I don't feel comfortable if I don't get rid of them first.
　
'My lord, I wanted to have breakfast with you, so I followed you, bear.
　So says Korok.
　There was also Tiree's figure behind the door.
　The door to the lord's room is not made large enough for the big-bodied Tiree to enter, so only his face is peeking out of the door.
　I stare at the two of them, and
Well I'd be happy to have Tiree with me anyway.
　Saying that, he moved to his usual dining room with Korok and Tiree in tow.

''After all, the food tastes better with my lord, Bear.
I'm fine.
　Korok and Tiree ate their food happily in front of me.
　Seeing their smiles made me feel strangely invigorated, too.　
　It was probably a good thing we ate dinner together after all.
　I was thinking about that as I looked at the two of them, and I was just about to finish my meal and get back to work when Biblina came running into the dining room.
"Come on, Safate, join us for dinner, mistress...
　Biblina looked at us as she said this, and when she noticed that we had already finished our meal, she slumped her shoulders with a gulp.
　Except.
"Safate, supper is a feast and you are invited by your mistress.
　With that said, he didn't forget to install the promise.

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　After finishing breakfast, I returned to the lord's office and quickly cleaned up the pile of papers.
　In the meantime, I received word that Sarah had returned, but it seems she couldn't meet the salamander child she was looking for.
　She said she got lost on the way to her destination city and couldn't get there.
　I've asked Sarah to do her best at Urinacomb, so I thought it might be a good idea to go with her when our work is done....
　While I was thinking about this, this time Foldente appeared in the room.
'Safate, I thought I'd hurry up and listen in.
　While saying this, Foldente put his mouth to my ear.

　I'm going to be able to say that the area around my former family home, the Greed family, has become somewhat noisy.
　The other day, the Greed family's carriage was attacked in the traffic of the royal capital.
　The culprit is said to be the dark charmers who are said to be in charge of the black market throughout the King's Capital.

　According to one theory........
　It is said that the King's Capital has finally lifted a heavy hand against the Dark Charming and has begun to try to wipe it out of the King's Capital, and it is said that the Greed family may have followed the trend and tried to settle their relationship with the Dark Charming.
　It's no secret that the Greed family has been squeezing money out of the land they control here and there.
　But it's hard to believe that they were able to maintain that much extravagance on the proceeds alone.
　In order to raise this money, there is always a suspicion that Gapoli, the current head of the Greed family, is connected to the dark winsome, and that he is involved in the black market and has made huge amounts of money.
　It was easy to imagine that the winning voice of the darkness must have been a part of that.
　The rumor was that such an upperclassman had suddenly offered to end the relationship, which had incurred the wrath of the Dark Charming, and as a result of this, it was said that this was the reason for the attack.
　It is said that there are rumors circulating in the capital that the king's capital might take issue with this and launch a search for the Greed family.

　My father is one of the four dukes who are considered to be the highest level of nobility.
　Originally, if such a rumor were to circulate, the other nobles would have covered it up to curry favor with them, even if they were left alone.
　The fact that it's now a rumor in the city as well means that the nobles have already decided that there is no need to humor the Greed family.

Whether or not a search will actually take place remains to be seen, but in the worst case, they could confiscate their dominion and downgrade you to a middle-class nobleman.
　Foldente said that while placing his index finger on his cheek.
　It is true that there are many noble families who have been downgraded in the past because they were suspected of associating with the underworld.
　But when it comes to the noble families of the four dukes' status, it's a different story.
　It would be the first time in history that a noble family of the four dukes would be downgraded due to their association with the underworld, and the degree of shock would not be so great.

　I've decided to ask Foldente to continue to stock up on information on this matter, as well as add a letter to Quinn in the royal capital asking him to secretly tell me if he has any information on this when he sends out the invitation to the inauguration ceremony of the frontier city Liberty Combe.

　Anyway, there's still too much unconfirmed information on this matter right now, so I decided to put this matter to rest and go through the documents left on my desk once again.