Garcia's research allowed me to get a more detailed overview of the seven villages than Tiana's file.


　The following is a list of the population and main industries


1 "Nakamura" 1,200 people (grain)

2 "Isomura" 700 (marine products)

3 "Tanimura" 300 people (vegetables)

4 "Kimura" 120 (lumber)

5「Shimamura」 80 people (marine products)

6 "Sotomura" 50 (commercial)

7 "Mountain Village" 32 (?)



　The largest 'Nakamura' is now in a busy season before rice planting.

　It seems unlikely that they will be able to call in a large number of people just yet.

　The next largest, Isomura, is also busy at this time of year, depending on the fishing season.



　Therefore, for the time being, only a small number of ...... 25 people were selected who had the potential to become future executive candidates or who had the potential to acquire particularly useful skills.

　This equates to a little over 1% of the approximately 2,500 territorial residents.

　After discussing it with Garcia and I, we decided that the number of people participating in quests, regardless of the season, should not exceed 2% of the population, in other words, 25 to 50 people.

　It is also important to note that some villages have a large population and some have a small population.

　For example, although the population is small, the "outer villages" that may become a point of reference for commerce and the "mountain villages" that may disappear if the population is low are not called up this time.

　As for Yamamura, we don't even know what they're doing yet.




　And so, the breakdown of the 25 members selected is as follows


10 attack wizards.

7 vanguard swordsmen

Three supportive mages.

2 recovering mages.

Archers: 2.

Martial artist: 1



　The reason why we took a lot of attacking wizards is because we thought about the future.

　This is because even though they were 'selected' from among the fiefdoms, they don't all have that much talent.

　That's why they want to combine their magic power with 【Fusion Magic】 in the future, so that they can obtain a high attack power as a whole.


　Well, that's only in the future, and it would be the seven swordsmen who would be the strength there immediately.

　However, there is no such thing as an outstanding talent among swordsmen, so there is no future for them if they don't have a combination of 'supportive magic'.

　In that sense, it would have been nice to have a few more people with supportive jobs.


　On the other hand. It may seem like there aren't enough recovery teams, but recovery can be supplemented with item supplies.

　In anticipation of the future, I only selected 2 people who had the potential to learn 【Global Recovery Magic】.


　Also, about the archer and the martial artist.


　The archer 《Shashu》 should be responsible for finally hitting monsters with an attack once the 【Fusion Magic】 I mentioned earlier becomes possible.

　I wanted them to hone their skills with bows and musketry while they're here, so I called them.

　The one I chose this time was an old man who had been hunting deer in the mountains at the time.

　The other was a young girl who worked as a woman diver in Shimamura.



　The martial artist is the loincloth of "Kimura", but there was a role for her that I expected more than her fighting ability.

　That was [Transport Ability].

　Right now I can only take a small number of people to the west of my territory, but from now on I'm thinking of taking a unit of over 100 people to complete quests.

　In that case, we'll have to travel with a large amount of 'recovery items', 'food' and 'equipment reserves'.

　So her experience of carrying lumber is something that should be soooo useful.


　However, having the martial daughter play an active role in the quest could affect the 'timber distribution in the territory'.

　Then, from the point of view of 【Domestic Administration】 as a lord, it would seem that the first step would be to develop the infrastructure for the 【Distribution】: ......

　I'm running out of stuff at the moment.



　◇



'Jord!'

　I cast an ice-based attack magic (level 1).

　Keen: ......

　The ice-blade, which looks like an icicle, attacks the fire-based frog, the Tabasco Toad!


Oh!

Yeah, wow.

That's my lord!


　When the monster fell, the men and women on the spot cheered.

　And with the [Blessing Play], twice as much experience fell on these 25 people.


''Alright! If you find a monster, don't fight it! You have to let me know.


　That's what I command with a sour taste in my mouth.


Yeah.

Why? ......

We're gonna slay monsters with swords and magic.


　And the disgruntled lords.


　Hmm. I think it's time to let them fight: ......


　Thinking that, I looked at the selection team with my [Status Look] ability.


'......'


　Well, you're right.

　I'm not a fan of the "status-looker" ability, and status is something that should not be taken for granted.

　It's a good idea to have a number of people in your life that have a lot of experience in the field.

　There are many conflicts in the field of status, such as 'Which cut-off point, which assumptions, and which criteria are used to measure the numbers ......', and there are many theories and models, and there are also some disturbing ideological and religious conflicts in the academic world. It's a good idea to use it as a "rough guide".


　However, if you're going to use it as a "guide", then the "status indicator" is also useful.

　So I always use the 【combat power】 status for beginner and mid-level adventurers.

　It's popular and general, and since it's rough from the start, it's the perfect "standard" to look at.


　But ......

　I'll take a look at my uncle 'Tanimura' who I adopted as a 'swordsman'.


　Combat power ...... only 5 or .......


　I buy everyone's enthusiasm, but I can't let them fight yet.


　Only the martial artist has a fighting strength of 32, but that girl was trained by [hyoi] beforehand, so the rest of us are very similar to my uncle.


　I still forbid everyone from fighting, and took out "Horned Rabbit", "Good Bee", "Margarine Dog" and others in rapid succession by myself.

　Come to think of it, it's been a long time since I've had a battle.

　The other side is a novice monster, but it's still fun.


　When I looked back, I saw that everyone's fighting ability had improved a lot.

　17, 23, 14, 11, 32......

　Yup.

　I can't look at people's [level], but apparently everyone's level has gone up with the benefit of double the experience.

　If it's like this, they won't be seriously injured anymore.

　They're all wearing the intermediate equipment I bought at Marine Label.


''Good! You can fight now!


　Oh!


　The lords jumped up as if they were waiting for it and scattered to find the monster.



''Hey! Don't get too far away from me!

Oh, I'm sorry.

　The young guys tend to get too into it and get far away from it, so we have to stop them.

　Good grief.

　When I looked around ...... to see if anyone else like that came up.


'Yes! We've got it down!


　Zawa: ......


　It seems that the first monster to be killed by the territorial residents has been found.

　A swordsman, after all.

　The opponent was the 'Green Bad'.


''Oh, wow.''

I love it.


　And the voices around me.


'Well done! Everyone should be able to do this by now!


　Shhh! Say ...... and everyone gets into it again.


　This is the kind of thing where when someone 'can do it' first, everyone in the room can do it too.

'Oh, it can be done!'

　I guess you'd think.


　Each one of us took down at least one monster and seemed to know the joy of victory.


　After that, I stopped the guys who were fighting over 'who defeated you', stopped the guys who seemed to be going far away by themselves again, and answered the ones who were asking me questions even though they were eager to do so, so I didn't fight them myself.

　Even if I didn't have to defeat the monster, if someone here defeated it, the [Blessing Play] would benefit everyone.

　If that's the case, it would be better to have them learn how to fight in a real battle, so their real strength would increase.


　Kaa, Kaa: ......


　When I noticed, the sky was Akane.


''Oi! Let's go home now!


Uh, we're gonna do some more.

Nandan.


　But that can't be done because night is the tick of the monster's magical nature becoming stronger.

　Everyone hasn't gotten that strong yet.


　But looking at the [Combat Strength], it was clear that everyone was improving.

　71, 65, 49, 81......

　It varies from person to person, but it seems to look different.


　Is it because she is wearing a loincloth with her buttocks hanging out?

　The first prize for the number of monsters defeated was the daughter of a martial artist.


''Guys, it's your first day and you did well. See you tomorrow.

Yes, sir.


　With that, we slithered back to the south side.

　A lot of guys look back on today's battle and talk excitedly about it.


　Wahahahaha ......


　It would be fun to get along with those smiles and smiles, but I'm a lord, so I watched them from the perspective of the crescent moon in the western sky as I left.