Genjitsushugi Yuusha no Oukoku Saikenki Volume 3 Chapter 5 Part1

Genjitsushugi Yuusha no Oukoku Saikenki Volume 3 Chapter 5 Part1

Translator Corner





Minasan oideyasu. This is Yukkuri demasu!





Hopefully the schedule this month is not
that busy, so that is good news for everyone!





Also thank you for the readers RS and Z for
the donations, your money is used to buy Takarakuji Volume 6 and still
undetermined LN (suggestion please, will Meido Kara Haha ni Narimas.h.i.ta (From
Maid to Mother) be alright? – I will provide the digitalized RAW for any
interested translator).





Takarakuji also got a manga…… Perhaps I
should do a translation for it?





DISCLAIMER: There is no
guarantee that my translation is 100% correct. Please correct me if I was
wrong.





Author:





Dozeumaru(どぜう丸)





Translator:





Yukkuri Oniisan





Editor:





So-Chintzy





Postwar Arc





Chapter 5: As a Ruler A - Reward





「………」





「………」





It was the morning after a whole week
(eight days) since our return to Capital Parnam. Inside the government affairs office
at Parnam Castle, the only sounds that could be heard was those of me moving
the pen and Liscia presenting the doc.u.ments.





　◇　◇　◇





I had worked in the Dukedom Capital
Van, but this workload, ever since my return to Parnam, wasn’t that much
different either…… Not at all, or rather, it had multiplied. Since the system of
the Three Dukes had been dismantled, I need to reform the military immediately.
Then, in order to have an equal relationship with the Empire, I need to expand
the military, so I can oppose the threat from the Demon Lord’s Territory
together with them…… so to speak, I have to『strengthen
the military』[1]. And that “Strengthen the Military” plan is, for sure,
the 『United Army Plan』 that I had declared during the Final Counsel with the Three Dukes.





Looking at humanity’s history, a “strong
soldier (in this case, it has the meaning of an army)” might be a mobile army
corps. In short, whether or not we have the ability to send essential military
forces to important positions quickly.[2]
In practice, our complete victory in the battle against Amidonia was also
because we were able to take up positions on the predicted battlefield earlier
than our enemy. Since we arrived earlier, we would have had plenty of rest and were
able to battle with the totally exhausted enemy. If we had arrived at the same
time instead, then our fatigue levels would be similar and although the Amidonian
Army’s numbers were a bit inferior, it would result in a battle with no retreat
for them, so they would have held out considerably longer. If this happened, then
the Kingdom Army would have surely had a harder fight.





Then, so that we are able to gain
this mobility, together with the road improvements, I need to remove the fence between
the Royal Army, the Kingdom Army, the Navy, and the Air Force; unite them under
the same command; and create a structure that is able to move the whole army
immediately. This is the 『United Army Plan』. The Royal Army with the Kingdom Army, Navy, and Air
Force, together with the disa.s.sembled n.o.bles’ Army, the n.o.bles’ private soldiers
attached to Royal Army, will be reorganized to create the 『Elfrieden
Kingdom Defense Force』 (or EDF for short)[3].
Well, the abbreviation does give “that” sort of impression[4],
but for the people of this world, my complex feelings about the name wouldn’t
be able to be transmitted to them. By the way, it seems that this world has giant
ants.





Now, let’s return to the previous
topic. Of course there is a worry that by establishing the EDF, it could draw resistance
from each army, but by conducting rebellions, the Kingdom Army and the Air
Force have lost their voices, so there weren’t any problem in this area anymore.
Even so, since Glaive and Tormann, the people that I entrusted to take charge
for both of their armies were also cooperating in this endeavor. Then, the
Navy, that made no mistakes for choosing our side, also wouldn’t resist too
much, since I decided to appoint the Navy Admiral, Excel, as the EDF’s Commander
in Chief[5]
(the person herself dislikes to be put in such a high position, but since I
said to her that it was only until Ludwin gains enough experience, she
reluctantly accepted it).





The troublesome one was the
n.o.bles’ Army. They are attached to the Royal Army, but the right to command
them rested on the n.o.bles’ side, a very troublesome army corps to handle. In
this world where dangerous wild creatures, monsters (although before the Demon
Lord Army appeared, they only existed inside dungeons), bandits, pirates, and brigands
exist, it was necessary for each territory to gather some forces to police the
land. That’s why, the n.o.bles, who held territories, trained a private army that
have the duty of guarding the safety of the territory. It was just that, at
this present point in time in this country, that their numbers were too
excessive.





This was the influence of the territorial
expansion focus of the King from two generations ago. At that time, obtaining
military exploits in the battlefield was the shortest and quickest way to fame,
so the n.o.bles even conscripted their fiefs’ population to a.s.semble private
armies. Military power would increase even if it was through conscripting
amateurs, but won’t it have zero meaning if the productivity falls down
as a result……? Eventually, even though the previous ruler, King Albert, shifted away from the expansion focus, the enlarged n.o.bles’ Army had been left as
it was.





That is why, right now, I am working
to break up the n.o.bles’ Army, leaving only the minimum number sufficient enough
to police the territory. For the people who were conscripted, although they
have occupations, they will be released and receive a severance payment upon
discharge. For the people who showed any interest in joining the EDF, then if they
show good promise by pa.s.sing the exams then they would be enlisted. After that,
I will work to appoint talented people to suitable positions (the personnel
composition had been decided by the military authorities of Excel, Glaive and
Ludwin, my job was just looking at the plans they made and giving my seal of approval).





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「………」





「………」





During the work, Liscia and I didn’t
exchange even one word.





What an unpleasant situation…… No,
this unpleasantness might only be felt by me one-sidedly. Liscia was behaving
normally.





That day, even after I told her
that Georg Carmine had committed suicide inside the prison, Liscia didn’t make
any changes in her expression. While being expressionless, she only muttered a
tiny 「I see……」.





It didn’t mean that I expected
her to lose her composure. It also didn’t mean that I expected her to blame me
either. My relationship with her is not that shallow to the extent where I
don’t know that she isn’t that kind of person. However, I never expected that
she would still behave normally even until now. I thought that at least her
expression would become gloomy to some degree. Not only did she not feel any
anguish or any sadness, Liscia was acting as if nothing ever happened. This put
me at lost for words.





If it like this, then it will be
better if she at least said even one complaint……





『Why
didn’t you do anything to help Duke Carmine!』





……Yeah. This hypothetical
situation wasn’t any better. Just imagining the scene of Liscia scorning me was
depressing for me. Then, if she just hit me to finally wipe the slate clean…… But
in this case, the one who should be worried will be me instead, right? Really……
What am I doing? I had boasted to Georg, 「No matter what happens, I will protect my family」, but
in the first place I couldn’t protect the girl closest to me.





「Souma.」(Liscia)





「Eh,
ah, what is it?」(Souma)





I looked at the one who called
me. It was Liscia, who slightly tilted her head.





「Your
pen stopped.」(Liscia)





「……Ah,
sorry.」(Souma)





Not good…… I need to pull myself
together. I once again returned to my work. Let’s finish the things in front of
me right now. Perhaps, one day, time will fix this. While thinking like this
and working, someone knocked on the door. 「Come
in」 I called out to the door, 「Excuse
me」, Serina-san the grand chambermaid entered.





「I
came to inform Your Majesty that the preparations have been finished.」(Serina)





「I
understand.」(Souma)





After stopping our work, I put on
the kingly mantle and then we headed to the audience room together.





This day was the Commendation Day
for the people that had performed distinguished services in the war against Amidonia.





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「Glaive
Magna. I commend you for your loyalty and the great deeds that we have been
indebted to. To reward that loyalty, I confer to you the territory of Randell
and its surroundings.」(Souma)





「Yes,
Your Majesty. I am grateful for this blessing.」(Glaive)





「Yes.
This is just temporary, but I bestow to you a part of Former Supreme Army
General Georg’s authority to you. Until the time comes for the Elfrieden
Defense Force’s reorganization, please adeptly unite the Kingdom Army.」(Souma)





「Yes,
Your Majesty. These old bones will certainly strive to meet Your Majesty’s
expectations.」(Glaive)





In front of me, who stood out
from the throne and granted an award with a pompous tone, was Hal’s father, Glaive,
prostrating himself. Since it’s not being deliberately broadcasted, I actually disliked
this formal ambience. However, since the State Secretary was recording my each
and every word and action, I needed to act “Kingly” like this. So that the
people in the future wouldn’t belittle me when they read the historical records,
that was what my retainer, Marcus, had been telling me repeatedly. Honestly, I
don’t really care about the posthumous evaluation.





　◇　◇　◇





In the battle with the Amidonia
Dukedom, Elfrieden Kingdom didn’t obtain any territory, but the Kingdom succeed
in obtaining a large sum of indemnity money. Furthermore, the Kingdom collected
ransom money from Zem for the captured mercenaries, and seized the territory
and the a.s.sets from the dishonest n.o.bles. The dissolution of the Carmine Duchy
and Vargas Duchy had also been decided upon. Compared with the profits from the
war, the reward received by the soldiers was considerably small. It was because
most of the mobilized soldiers in the war came from the KIngdom Army and the
Air Force. Since they had been incriminated with allegations of rebellion, this
war was a battle for them to clear this incrimination, so there was no talk
about any other rewards.





Also, the n.o.bles’ Army attached
to the Royal Army, that was just waiting on the sideline during the Three Dukes
campaign, and were mostly abstained from fighting in the war against Amidonia,
so they also didn’t receive any rewards. They had missed the chance to get in on
this sweet tale, but this is reaping what they sow. So the ones who needed to
be rewarded were only the Royal Army’s Kings Guard and the Navy. The n.o.bles, who
were of Knight peer or higher, that had joined both of the armies were bestowed
with territories, but these territories came from the dishonest n.o.bles or were created
from the dissolution of the Carmine Duchy and the Vargas Duchy, so it was a
good contrivance. n.o.bles lower than Knight peerage would receive a monetary
bonus.





Then for today, those who had accomplished
an outstanding achievement would be rewarded personally by me. The contents for
those rewards were typically peerage or territory, but if they desired
something other than these, then they could mention this directly to the King.
If the King could accomplish it and appropriate with merit that they had
obtained, then the King might grant it. They even could ask for money or rare
items possessed by the Royal Family. In the past, by using this arrangement, a
knight requested the hand of the Princess he loved, or a person would make a
direct appeal to expose a vice n.o.ble. Since this was a situation where any kind
of request might come out, it was decided to not to make any broadcast using
the Royal Voice Broadcast Orb.[6]





Then, these were the people who
will receive the commendations this time. The one who switched sides from the Kingdom
Army and led it in the war against Amidonia, Glaive Magna. The Lord of Altomura
who had delayed the Amidonian Army, Wyst Garrow. Similarly, the Commander of
the Marine who delayed the Amidonian Army in the Goldoa[7]
Valley, Juna Doma. Lastly, the one who led the reinforcements to the battle at Randell’s
outskirt, the Chief of the Dark Elves of the G.o.d-Protected Forest, Wodan Utgard[8]
(Aisha’s father). Actually, the one with the most meritorious deeds should be the
Navy Admiral, Excel Walter, but at the present situation, she had “already used
up” that merit, so she won’t received anymore rewards.





Moreover, before giving the
rewards for the aforementioned five people, Aisha, who had been protecting me
as an “uninvited bodyguard” until now, was bestowed with the newly created position
of 『Dame of the East Wind (東風
Kochi)』[9]. The difference between this position and the
previous one was that previously, she was treated just as a mercenary that was employed
out of my own pocket money, but from now, on she would be treated like a Knight
that will receive wages from the country. By the way, the origin of this 『Dame
of the East Wind (東風 Kochi)』 was from imitating the nickname of Xu Chu, the leader of Cao Cao’s elite
bodyguards[10],
which is 『Foolish Tiger (虎痴 Kochi)』[11]. Since the origin of this name was because he was 『a
fool who was as strong as a tiger』, I change the letters into 「East
Wind (東風 Kochi)」. The meaning was that, when I called “East Wind” (東風
Kochi)…… She would come this way (こちKochi).[12]





When I congratulated Aisha, who
had been appointed as Dame of the East Wind, by granting her with an 【Impregnable
Gauntlet】(A gauntlet that had been enchanted with physical and
magical damage resistance effects, from the castle’s treasure warehouse. Although,
originally it was going to be a shield that suited her position’s image,
however, since Aisha uses a Great Sword, it was replaced with this gauntlet), she
held it tightly to her chest while speaking in tears and fumbling her words,





『Hiks……
Your Majesty…… for me……. t-thank you very mach! So that I can keep protecting
Your Majesty’s safety, please put me beside Your Magestiiiii……!』





No, I know that she is happy……
But isn’t that too… you know, over…?  After
seeing her behave like this, the other people in the room made wry smiles.





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「Wyst.
We are grateful for the great deeds you have done in your duty to induce
Amidonia. As the Lord of Altomura, from hereafter, be diligent to keep the
peace of the realm.」(Souma)





「Yes
Your Majesty. I am still lacking, but I will strive to serve the duties I
receive.」(Wyst)





I finished bestowing the rewards for
Wyst, who came after Glaive. Wyst will receive the southern territory from the former
Carmine Duchy. Since his original territory was already a very fertile
agricultural region, combined with the new territory, he suddenly sprung up
into a very influential n.o.ble. In the last war, he had to endure the disgrace of
playing as a small fry in front of Gaius and Julius. I must reward this deed.





Then, the next person would be the
one who dispatched the dark elves reinforcement to the battle at Randell’s
outskirt, Aisha’s father, Wodan Utgard. This reinforcement was not something
that was even predicted by Hakuya or me. I knew the battle prowess that the
dark elves had, but they should have been busy with the reconstruction from the
landslide, and in the first place, they didn’t have any desire to meddle with events
that happened outside of their forest, so I thought that it would be futile to
request for their cooperation.





However, contradicting our predictions,
Wodan-san’s group arrived at the battlefield as reinforcements for our side. I
had heard from Hal, that the dishonest n.o.bles took out the cannon without
permission and wantonly fired it, so this reinforcement was really an fortunate
miscalculation. I met halfway with Wodan and shook hands with him to show him my
grat.i.tude.





「I am
very grateful. Even while being in a dire times yourself, you had admirably come
as reinforcements for us.」(Souma)





「How
could it be. We, the Dark Elves tribe, couldn’t just not repay our debt of
favor. During those times of calamity, when Your Majesty had personally led the
relief party, we had been reminded of the connection we had with the outside world.」(Wodan)





「It
is such joyful news. It is as if I once again felt the origin of this country’s
founding day when various races united their hands together. If you have something
that you desire, by all means, please tell me.」(Souma)





When I said these words,
Wodan-san tilted his head.





「We
had already received such favors that we could never able to repay. Not only had
we received so many aid materials for the reconstruction, but you also gave plenty
of rewards for each soldiers who took part in the war. There is nothing new
that I have to wish for.」(Wodan)





「Please
do not be so reserved. Didn’t the decision to send the reinforcements lie
solely on your side? If you desire it so, we could plant trees on the outskirts
of the G.o.d-Protected Forest and increase the size of the forest.」(Souma)





「I am
happy to hear it, however, the current size of the G.o.d-Protected Forest is
already sufficient for us.」(Wodan)





Fumu…… How troubling. I want to show my grat.i.tude to Wodan.
However, even though I had presented other forms of reward, Wodan-san firmly
refused it.





「……Are
you really certain that you do not have any wishes?」(Souma)





「……In
that case, I have one wish from Your Majesty.」(Wodan)





「What
is it? If I can do it, then I will grant it.」(Souma)





「I deeply
appreciate it, Your Majesty. Then, please, can you take my daughter, Aisha’s
hand?」





「Father!?」(Aisha)





Aisha who had been standing behind
the throne, made a disarrayed yell.





「My
daughter doesn’t have any interest in things other than martial arts, but it
looks like she has finally reached her blossoming age. Besides, there should be
changes in how she yearn for Your Majesty. So please, could you take her hand
as your wife.」(Wodan)





「Wodan-dono’s
t.i.tle is that of the chief of the village inside the G.o.d-Protected Forest,
however in practicality speaking, he can be thought of as a n.o.ble with a
territory of the G.o.d-Protected Forest. Regarding your daughter Aisha-dono, she could
be accepted as 『The Second Queen Consort』.」(Marcus)





Marcus quickly made this
complementing remark. Today, instead of Prime Minister Hakuya, who was away on other
businesses, Marcus was the one who presided for this occasion. This had been
mentioned before[13],
but in this country, Queens (that is, a King’s wife), are mostly divided into
Queen Consorts and Royal Consorts[14],
and it is possible to have several of them at the same time. Although this
country originally had only one Queen Consort, with the rest of the wives being
Royal Consorts and numerous Mistresses that held no real authority. However,
the Elfrieden King from several generations ago said, 「I
don’t want a hierarchy amongst the ones I love.」So
because of that, the Royal Consorts up to that time were elevated into Queen
Consorts (the original Queen Consort become 『The
First Queen Consort』, the rest will be just addressed as 『The
Second ~』, 『The Third ~』), while the mistresses were elevated into Royal
Consorts, which was practiced up to this day.





For that reason, to become a
Queen Consort, one needs to come from a family with a n.o.ble rank higher than
Knight and the children of a Queen Consort could inherit the crown. The order
for the succession is not based on the order which they were born of, but was
in order starting from the children born from the First Queen Consort (if there
is a large age difference between the children, then it could be adjusted by
changing the order of the Queen Consorts). On the other hand, a Royal Consort
could hail from any social status (even serfs or slaves), but their children wouldn’t
have any rights for throne succession. However, since they are still royalty, the
n.o.bles or Knights that want to tie relationships with the royalty would desire
them to become their in-laws, certainly the Royal Consort children will gain
money or status from the marriages.





(So, Aisha will become the Second Queen Consort, huh?)





☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽





Now that the can of
worm has opened… Who will fill the Third, the Fourth, the Fifth, the Sixth, and
the Seventh Queen Consort places? (Since Liscia permit as many Queen Consort as
a day in a week – so she could still have a turn…)