According to what Deterra once told me, the ancient monster race is capable of laying eggs, even if they are only male.
　After all, many of them have a primary gender, but are basically hermaphroditic.
　It's not hard to see why.
　However, the frontier city of Liberty Combe is currently protecting them, and they don't seem to be thinking about increasing their offspring to the point where they are forced to.
　Incidentally, the ancient monster race that can change into human form doesn't seem to have that kind of ability.
　For example, Tiree and Gupupop, who is currently being raised by Googus and Lilpop as their adopted daughter, can't change their gender.
　
　There's a reason why I'm remembering this story now.
　The site of the former frontier village where we're going to send our strike force is a zone where ancient monster tribes that have gone wild used to live.
　In fact, the ancient monster tribe that lived there was laying eggs and trying to multiply their offspring.
　We have recovered all of the eggs and other materials that we were able to find, but there is no guarantee that the eggs we found were all there.
　If the ancient monster tribe that was born from the eggs we couldn't find had grown up, laid more eggs and produced more babies... that's how they could breed and create a new race of wild ancient monsters.

　However, even in that case, they couldn't just get rid of the ancient monster race.
　When I went to investigate this area of the old frontier village before, I was strongly told by the frontier city of Guianacombe that the ancient monster race is protected by the royal capital due to its rarity, and Guianacombe is the main body that protects the race.
　For that reason, Guianacombe has been protecting all the frontier cities before.
''If you find an ancient monster race, I want you to make sure you hand them over to GianaCombe alive.
　The notification was jointly signed by the Central Frontier Bureau of the King's Capital.
　The Central Frontier Bureau of the King's Capital is also named in this notice, and in the event of a deliberate violation of this notice, the King's Capital will cut off subsidies and impose other quite severe sanctions, so I've heard that every frontier city is nervous about the matter of the ancient monster race.
　The reason why the frontier city of Green Convoy is difficult to deal with the old frontier village and the reason why the number of guards is low is probably also a reason, but I can easily imagine that this notification has had more than a little effect on them.

　Since I was a little concerned about this matter, I called the deputy lord, Vibrina.

　I've asked her to take charge of the Liberty Combe guard station, and I've also asked her to work with Lilpop, the captain of the unit that will be going to the site, on this matter of the old frontier village.
　When Vibrina came to the lord's office, she heard this from me,
"The mistress is concerned about that... and if she encounters one, Serbin is supposed to seal it up in a sealed capsule, but that doesn't mean we can't have a rampaging ancient monster race...
　He said this and thought about it while folding his arms.

　Although the two of them consulted with each other for a while, they could only conclude that at this point in time, they had no choice but to ask Lil Pop, who had Serbin's sealing skills and the ability to deal with the ancient monster race with enough force to deal with them, to do his best.
　If this was simply a matter of eliminating them, Dodona and the troops of the Knights would be able to deal with them adequately.......
Anyway, please tell the troops to put their own safety first and not to take it easy. I'll say this before we leave, too.
Yes, I agree.
　Finally, with these words exchanged, Vibrina and I ended our consultation.

　While I was doing this, this time Gin came into the lord's room.
''My lord, I'm sorry to trouble you at this time, but...''
　Saying that, Gynn asked for advice regarding the armor made of dragon scales.
　
　Since the end of last year, fake dragon scale armor has been circulating around the royal capital, but thanks to the fact that Liberty Combe, the main source of the armor, began selling a set of appraisal magic stones and appraisal certificates, it seems that the fakes are rapidly disappearing from the market.
　However, I heard there was a new problem here.
It seems that some armor with dragon scales that didn't come from Liberty Combe was brought into Batcombe...
Is that a fake that was brought to King's Landing?
''No actually I've been checking out the real thing, but by all accounts it's the real thing.
　I was more than a little surprised to hear those words.
　This is because there are not many dragons in this world.
　According to legend, the dragon tribe left the magical world through this gate when the heroes destroyed the gate connecting the magical world to this world, and that's why there are not many dragons in this world.
　However, I've asked Sarah about this legend.
'Really? I've never heard of it.
　This was the case.
　However, Sarah had been sleeping deep in the cave for decades, and it is possible that the events happened during that time. Perhaps it could have happened before Sarah was born.
　That's why I was surprised by the fact that there are people other than Libertycombe who can use dragon scales as material for armor....
It's a good thing that you're not the only one," he said, "but if the goods are the real thing, it's a bit of a problem if they're sold differently than we are.
　After all, we've introduced the grimoire and certificate of authenticity as an anti-fake measure.
"Any armor made of dragon scales without a certificate of authenticity and magical stones is a fake.
　Yes, since Quinn Chamber of Commerce, the distributor of the dragon scale armor in the royal capital, has made a notice, if this is the case, the dragon scale armor being brought into Batcombe could be treated as fake, even though it is genuine.
''Gin, who are the people who are bringing the dragon scale armor into Batcombe?''
Apparently, it's a company called Don Tacoacoaco, based in a frontier city called Nakankombe.
You don't have anyone else, do you?
Yeah, I don't think anyone outside of that particular trading company has ever come to the store.
　I listened to this story and pondered it for a while.
'.........then why don't we team up with this Dontacosuco Trading Company and form a sort of a Dragon Scale Armor Dealers Association?
Agents Guild...?
''Yes, there aren't really many vendors that deal in armor made of dragon scales,'' he said, ''so why don't these vendors join forces with each other to guarantee the quality of their union? Then I think that they should join forces with each other and form a union to guarantee the quality of their armor.
''I see.......So you're saying that you want to spread the appraisal magic stone and certificate system that Liberty Combe is currently running on its own to all vendors dealing in genuine dragon scale armor?
'You'll have to bring the goods to Liberty Combe, but I think they'll comply if we issue all the appraisal magic stones and certificates at Liberty Combe's expense instead.
　Later, after much discussion with Gin, I decided to propose my idea to the Dontakosuco Chamber of Commerce.
　I heard that the Dontakosuco Chamber of Commerce comes to Batcombe once a month, so it was decided that Gin would go to Batcombe at that time.
　I told Gin that I would be willing to go to Butcombe in person if necessary.
Then I will proceed in that direction. If someone other than that Dontacosuco Trading Company appears who deals in armor made of dragon scales, I'll see if I can bring this story up each time.
　Ginn then left the lord's office after reporting that he had not yet received any strong information from the demons he had sent to various locations to find the people who dealt with the fakes.

　After Ging left the lord's office, I wrote a letter to Quinn of the Quinn Trading Company.
''Since it seems that there are other people besides Liberty Combe who manufacture genuine armor made of dragon scales.
''Armor made of dragon scales that does not have a certificate of authenticity and magic stone is a fake,'' the announcement said.
''All of the dragon-scale weapons we sell at Quinn Trading Company come with a certificate of authenticity, which guarantees their quality.''
　After writing those details, I added a note that I was thinking of setting up an organization as Liberty Combe, an organization like the Dragon Scale Armor Handling Association.
　He asked the Yan people to have this letter flown to the Quin Chamber of Commerce in the royal capital on the same day.

　With the riots over the fake dragon scale armor and the old frontier village site issue, many problems are going to happen....
　
　I sighed loudly as I thought about it.
　Just then, an aura in a maid's uniform came into the room.
''My lord, would you like some tea? I don't think it's a good idea to put too many roots in it.
　Aura laughs at that.
　When I first started working as a secretary, my aura was nervous and awkward, but lately my aura seems to have gotten used to it, and at the right time she offers me tea and talks to me with a nice smile.
''Yes, then, may I ask you to do me a favor?
　As I said this, Aura bowed with a happy smile on her face and walked out of the room once.