“… and so, would you like to work for me?”
“”””Huh………””””
Capital, in a certain dining room .
In a meeting with 4 mercenaries .
“U, um, you mean, we would be your viscount territory army’s, um…”“Yeah, you’ll be the first members and treated as officers . As the direct subordinates of the commander and the superior officers of 36 soldiers . For now, I am thinking of setting the initial salary to be around 5 gold coins …”
“What, what should we do, hey …”
“What, what do you mean what should we do …”
“It’s 5 gold coins! Before buying the wagon we were lucky if we earn 2 gold coins a month… …”
“Even after buying the wagon, it would be 4 gold coins at best and there was no possibility of our income growing beyond that . Given injuries, illness, and old age, the stable income is attractive”
Oh, Ilse-chan is talking in long sentences!
“If it’s 5 gold coins, then 4 people living in comfort is……”“Eh? It’s 5 gold coins per person though?”
“” “” Eehhhhhhh ~ ~ !! “” “”
Huh? Don’t Japan’s self-defense force executive officers have that high of a salary?
Yup, they took the offer immediately .
It seems that living in the countryside is no problem since the village they came from was a small village in the countryside in the first place . And they had been talking about saving up money to start a business in the capital . Yeah, it’s a dream within their reach . There is also the possibility of a raise someday .
“… and so, would you like to work for me?”
“” “Ehhhhh ~ ~!” “”
Boses Earldom, Colette-chan’s village, Colette-chan’ s house .
No, it’s a waste to have this girl’s talent buried in a small village, definitely!
“U, um, Mitsuha, you have become a viscountess … …?”
“Yeah, kind of, the king said『I shall grant you a viscountcy』…”
Tobias and Eline are kind of trembling .
“B, but, Collette is still a child, if she goes so far away, we might never see her again …”
“Ah, my territory is the one neighboring this one, it’s closer than the capital from here, and it’s possible to make a round-trip in 2 days . ”
“”Eh……””
The rural village girl gets to be employed by the nobility, it’s an ultra super success story .
That night, the village had a great party celebrating Collette-chan’s ultra super success story and Mitsuha’s goddess of cataclysm crazy success in life . It was a mysterious happening where the lord of the neighboring territory and the people of a small village are having a party together .
By the way, word of what happened at the capital and the story of the Princess Shrine Maiden has spread to this village as expected but it was only the name of the 『Princess Shrine Maiden of Thunder』, and they seem to have no idea that the Princess Shrine Maiden became a noble and was granted viscountcy, or even that the viscountcy was of that of the neighboring territory . And that is also true of our Yamano Viscountcy .
“Hey hey, Mitsuha-chan, what about me, employ me . ”
“Haha … … . ”
“But Collette is becoming a servant of a noble … … Really, life is full of surprises…”
“Eh, no, Collette isn’t being hired as a servant, I’m thinking of teaching her various things to become a retainer candidate in the future …”
“” “” “Ehhhhhhhhhhhh!!!” “” “”
Recruiting was being done in the capital .
However, it was only recruitment for work in a rural area without using Mitsuha’s name .
Looking for blacksmiths with good arms .
Shipbuilders who seem like they can make small fishing boats . Woodworkers are also acceptable .
And Healthcare workers .
(tl: I think this was the ad . )
Ah, that scientist, Jork’s master, I also went to see Platidus . Jork-san’s nature aside, I was curious whether his mentor’s attitude towards science and insight was any better .
Maybe it was because he is sensitive to information, but as expected he seems to already know that Princess Shrine Maiden = Mitsuha = Yamano Viscounty, as the teacher himself came out to meet me . Maybe because of what I heard from Jork, I was super wary .
“So, the limit of the amount of moisture contained in the atmosphere changes greatly with temperature”
“Uh huh,”
“As the altitude goes up, the air pressure will go down and the temperature will go down, so like this …”
“No, then, wouldn’t it be like this in that case?”
“Ah, yes, that’s right . That’s way, like this …”
“<m-hmm”
The conversion got derailed…
Even though they don’t have proper measuring equipment, they got that much from just observation and insight? I was impressed .
I ended up donating about 10 gold coins towards research expenses ……
I told him they can contact me if they end up making something useful from their research . Just in case .
( 研究成果を元に何か実用品を開発する、という話になったら声を掛けて貰えるように言っておいた。一応。)
It seems that the information that Mitsuha was scouting in the kingdom got leaked out, a con man and a mistaken bastard showed up saying(という詐欺師や勘違い野郎がやって来た), “Let’s become me your first vassal” and “Let me manage your finances” . For the former, she repelled by asking for a letter of introduction from the king . For the latter, she tests him by giving some math problems and when he couldn’t solve even one I drove him away . Sigh .
Fortunately, when looking for engineers mentioning her name, she found some people who didn’t try anything funny and found several people to interview . (幸い、名を出さずに行っていた技術者募集の方にはその手のおかしなのは湧かず、数名の面接にまで漕ぎ着けた。)
But, they all had obvious problems, people with incomplete training, men who acted stupidly because the interviewer is a girl, people who thought they’ll be directly employed by a viscount or knew about Mitsuha and got ahead of themselves,(子爵家の直接雇用だからかミツハのことを知っていたのか、変にはしゃいで調子に乗る者等、) etc, they couldn’t find any good talent .
Well, if you have the skills and a good personality, normally you wouldn’t be out of a job, right?
Should I try the people in my territory …?
Ah, I have to open the store and sell shampoo ……
A few days after I tied up some errands in the capital and Japan and returned to the Viscountcy .
“Mitsuha-sama, we have some visitors”
The butler Anton-san has an unreadable expression .
“Who?”
“Yes, that …, the former lord’s eldest son, August . ”
Ah ~ .
Again, someone who’ll likely cause some headaches has shown up…
Well, I can’t drive him away without meeting him first .
“Please come to the drawing room”
“It is my pleasure to meet you, my name is August von Thomson, the previous lord of this territory, Thomson Barony’s eldest son . ”
“… Haa?”
I was astonished .
“So, what business does mister eldest son have?”
August who had a smiling smile seems a little panicked because of my subtle reaction .
“No, on this occasion I came to offer tutorage after hearing that a young woman became the successor to our territory . You have no vassals and that is a hardship”
Ah, does he intend to be taken in as a vassal, or be adapted to make a comeback to nobility as a viscount?
“Eh, that isn’t particularly necessary, all the servants are doing a fine job . ”
“Eh? No, there are some servants that can’t be depended on, there’s a trick to manage those servants by using useful people, such as Gunter …”
“Eh? Did you trust him with important responsibilities? So that’s what they did wrong, the former lord household . He was obviously abusing his position for personal gain, so I had fired him a long time ago, along with five other similar people”
“Eh……”
August doesn’t seem to know what to say .
“Besides, the Thomson family had been deprived of their titles and became commoners, but why are you still claiming to be part of a barony and putting 『von』 before your household name? Isn’t that lying about peerage, it’s a felony, is not it? ”
“Ah, no, that’s to, make it easier to understand my position as part of the former lord’s family …”
“Quiet! William, capture this fraud who lied about his peerage! Starting with the king who bestows peerage, he is a fiend who has shown contempt towards all the nobility within our country!”
August unleashed a shower of yells and resisted, but the former noble’s “bon-bon” couldn’t compete against a skilled mercenary(元貴族のボンボンが熟練傭兵に敵うわけもなく) and was easily arrested and tied up .
“Let go of me! Who do you think I am! Anton, do something!!”
The butler Anton calmly answered the yelling August .
“You are just a commoner named August, I am a faithful servant of Viscount Mitsuha von Yamano, so why would I help you?”
August looks around with a face seem to say “eh?” .
What he saw were the gazes of his former servant’s expressionless, no, some had eyes of hatred and disdain .
The dejected August, facing down, was pulled away by the servants .
“Hmm, I don’t have soldiers yet, what should I do …?
That’s it, Anton, sent a message to Earl Boses saying that I caught a criminal who lied about their peerage but I have no soldiers to escort him to the capital and would like to ask for assistance . ”
“Wh, I understand, but …”
“But what?”
“Whether the Earl will easily undertake such a request without anything in return…”
Ah, they haven’t heard yet?
“Do not worry, I have a little connection with the Earl, so please use it . ”
“Wh, I am sorry for saying something unnecessary”
2 days later, the messenger returns, the soldiers for the escort will arrive the next day .
And in reply to the message from Earl 『Another strange person might come again . Should we assign someone to be Mitsuha’s guard?』, I said, “I appreciate the offer, but I decline . ”
“Mitsuha-sama, we have visitors”
Anton-san for some reason has an almost dead face .
For some reason, I have a bad feeling ……
“Who?”
‘Yes, he is the second son of the Thomson Barony, He named himself Burkhardt von Thomson … … . the second son of the former lord”
……My head hurts .
“William-san, catch him quickly”
William-san also had a bitter smile .
“Well, it’s good that they both can be escorted at once”
And so, I asked the thing I was concerned about .
“Hey, Anton-san, how many kids did the former lord have?”
“Yes, 3 boys and 2 girls”
Oh, come on… . (勘弁してよ、もう……。)
