I introduced myself to all of them.
　They told me their full names, but I told them that they were "just Ortias" in the usual way of saying "just Ortias", so I told them that I was "just Hermes" to hide my identity.

　And then I asked them the question I've been asking for a while now.

"Why are you a bandit?　It's such a pain in the ass.

　Honestly, my sense is that it's all "messy".
　They steal gold, silver, and treasures, and distribute them to the people.

　To be honest, it would be more understandable if it was said that they are stealing to get money to play with.

　The entire Dreamscape group put a straight face on my question.
　The deputy leader of the group, a man who calls himself Cyrus, opens his mouth with a straight face.

''In order to answer that, I have to ask my brother one question first.
Hmm?
What do you want to do with your people when you're king, for example?
"When you're king?

　I thought about it for a minute.
　I'm not a king, but I'm a viscount, a fiefdom holder, a shrunken version of a king, so to speak.
　The first thing I thought about was what I wanted to do, or rather what I was doing.

　Yeah, maybe this would be a good way to get some affection.
　I decided to answer honestly.

"My men, I'll get the ministers to take care of everything.
"'Oh,'

　For some reason, the Dreamers marveled at it. What?

"Reign and not rule. That's the secret to being a king, as my brother used to say. Amazing.
'What?　No, no.

　I was suddenly misunderstood and my reputation was raised.
　I tried to defend myself by saying that's not what it was about.

'Be that as it may, that's not what I'm talking about. I just want to know what exactly you want to do with your people.
'Well...'

　I thought about it more.
　It doesn't sound like I'm going to answer honestly.
　Then I'll emphasize what I'm doing like it's a bad idea so that they'll be more affable.

　The people's rebellion would be a pain in the ass, and I'd have to prevent it from happening.

I'm going to "spread the money and jobs around.

　How about this. Public works is a breeding ground for corruption.

My brother before him said something similar.
Huh?
'A nation is a people, and a king who neglects his people has no future. That's what my brother used to say.
'What?　No, no, no, it's not that great a thing--

That's my brother.
It's amazing that you have a job and not just money.
'There are a lot of guys who don't seem to have a job to begin with.

　The buzzing Dreamers, I noticed that the glittering eyes directed at me became even stronger.

　.........What am I supposed to do?

''No, it really isn't that admirable.
That's what my brother said. But ... yes. Brother, would you like to have a drink with me?
Drinking alcohol?

　Cyrus nodded.
　I raised an eyebrow.

　No booze, I've made too many mistakes with alcohol before.
　Booze is a real no-no.

'Give me a break on the booze.'

　I said, and both Cyrus and the other Dreamscape members started grinning.

''My former brother was the same, he said his true feelings after drinking. The country is the people, too, after drinking.''
'What?　No, not like that.
You don't have to be shy, my brother.
Yuck!

　I don't want to talk to these guys anymore.
　It's hard enough to know that whatever you tell them, it's going to end in a quagmire.

Yeah, I can vouch for that. You're so sweet and easygoing when you're drunk, Hermes.
Oltia!

　I glared at her, but it had no effect.
　She laughed even more in a mock 'scary' way, "Scary.

I guess it's the same with this one.
Not only my brother, but all the famous tycoons turn into little boys in front of their wives, right?
You're a whore, aren't you?　It's weird how much the women in the water business can be honest with you, isn't it?
"He's so cute in front of me. There are so many of them.
Uh-oh!

　My misunderstanding-based conviction accelerated.

　Something is no good now.
　I'll get ripped off if we go out any longer.

''All right, that's enough for today.

　I got up and turned to leave.

My brother!　Where are you going?
I'm gonna be back.
Wait, wait. My brother, you said we were...
But just wait. I'll give you an update.

　In this continuing backfire, I decided not to reveal my identity as Hermes Cano because of the immense possibility of further backfire.
　I decided to walk away and think it over first before I formulate a response.

'The call--Ortia, can I use your place as a relay?
'Yeah, fine. Wouldn't it be nice to have my sisters as regulars?
So if you want to get in touch with me, go to her.
Okay.
And...

　I tried to caution them again, but they all read something from my straight face, and the entire dream group became equally straight-faced.

''As my brother told me, we don't attack people, we don't work evil.

　Cyrus, representing him, declared ahead of time.

'That's fine. And don't forget to tell me when you steal something.'
Okay.

　Thus, we talked for the moment.
　I said goodbye to the good-listening Dreamers and returned to the city.

　　　　　☆

My lord!

　When I came back to the house, exhausted from mental exhaustion, Mimis came running at me with a different look on her face.
　He's even hotter than usual, and I'm exhausted.

　To be honest, I don't want to deal with him right now, let's just deal with it.

"What?
It's a serious matter, sir, and I thought I had to get the word out to the master first.
What?
We've just received word that the famous Visionary Clan has arrived in the Cano family compound. They are a troublesome bunch, so we must take precautions.
Yeah, that's all right.
What?
What?

　.........
　................................
　...................

　Ah.

　I'm exhausted and it took me a while to figure it out.

　Then it's all right now.

　The way you say it, it's like I knew about it beforehand, and then declared that I took care of it.
　It's a coincidence, but the fact is, I did.

　Still, it's not a good idea to declare it.

'My lord, what the hell is that...'
I'm tired. I'm going to bed.

　With his current dull mind, he was going to dig more and more graves, so he forced himself to cut up and go inside the mansion.

　But that reaction was fatal, and it was too late.

　The Dreamscape Gang didn't do anything as a righteous bandit under my orders, and on top of that, they went into Ortiz's brothel and became regulars, so that the townspeople would know of their existence.

　I said to Mimis, "It's all right now.
　My stock went up again.