CHAPTER 4: EACH TRUTH AND EACH HAPPINESS (XVII)
Part 083
After looking around the grain sales warehouse and entering the office of the main palace, she was greeted by a huge mountain of documents on the desk. What, her afternoon routine was hiking? Believing that it had been delivered incorrectly, she looked at the document with trembling hands, and found that it was exactly what she needed to see. All without missing a single page. ‘Oh my god.’
Last year, the price of wheat was about 1 gold per 10 kilograms. However, currently, the merchants of Midok were receiving 2 gold for 10 kilograms of wheat. In order to stabilize grain prices in Midok, everyone sent three grains in lieu of taxes upon hearing that a portion of the tax would be converted into potatoes and wheat, 10 kilograms each, and 0.7 gold. Thanks to this, thanks to an unprecedentedly good harvest, the plummeting grain prices in the South returned to normal, and food insecurity in Midok was resolved. As food could be purchased at less than half the market price, the mood of the commoners, who had been on thin ice, eased up a bit. Work proceeded smoothly as intended, but there was one variable that had not been thought of: it was impossible to receive all taxes in three grains. 1 million gold worth of wheat is over 10,000 tons. It was impossible to transport all that much volume to Midock. So Isheinstructed the lord to send whatever amount was left at his discretion. Thanks to this, the Segok Line arriving at Midock was also loaded with documents that required a painful calculation process. And the painful calculation process was all mine. Since it was the result of my own efforts, she couldn’t blame anyone, and she couldn’t ask the staff I already had enough to do addition and multiplication, so she sat at my desk all afternoon, struggling with numbers. It’s getting close to work time, and she had barely finished half of the paperwork for the southwestern region. She looked at the scary pile of documents and fell down with her forehead on the desk.
“This isn’t it…”
“Yes? Miss, are you okay?”
Franz, who was standing behind me, asked in a worried voice. She raised her head and looked back at Franz, but when he saw her face, he hesitated and took a step back. Where was he going? Let’s dive into the hell of numbers with her.
“Sir Franz, are you good at addition and subtraction?”
“Huh? Are you talking about calculating numbers? I’m not good at that at all!”
‘Don’t tell me you can’t be refreshed. You seem like a traitor. If you abandoned me I’ll tell Adrian about it.’
She stood up muttering nonsense. Now it was time to report today’s work to the princess and go home. As she stood in front of the mirror to adjust my clothes, she realized why Franz was surprised to see her. When did these dark circles come about? She didn’t call him, so why was him here? She entered nervously because it was the first day where she had to report directly to the princess without Homer. It was said to be the office used by the king, and indeed, the princess was sitting at a huge desk inside the extravagant interior. Princess Remina’s face looked tired as she raised her head and greeted her. She was told that in the morning she came outside the outer walls to encourage the soldiers going out on battle. After that, she must have piled up a mountain of papers all day, so her desk was full of wads of paper.
“Oh, welcome. I thought you would rest today, but I heard you’ve been very motivated all day, right?”
“I can’t believe you are resting. You are working so hard.”
“Didn’t you send the Duke to the battlefield? He must have been very hurt, but he is stronger than he looks.”
He said he went on a campaign with Adrian about half of the time. Her heart must have been broken, but she bowed her head because he comforted her. When she uploaded a report containing today’s progress, he read it carefully and gave her his seal.
“I saw the promotional material you made. You put a lot of gold paint on my face.”
“It is possible because you made the decision.”
All she was doing was reporting the facts. At her answer, the princess lifted her lips and smiled. After being mesmerized by her beautiful smile for a moment, she cautiously asked about the thoughts that came to mind in the morning.
“I, the princess. If possible, would it be okay for me to enter the palace with her maid and take care of business?”
“Hmm? Yes. I guess you’ll need an aide too. I’ll give you as many manpower as you need.”
“No. I know very well that there are not enough people in the palace. I told you because I thought it would be easier to work with my maid.”
“Is that so? I’m just going to do what’s convenient.”
“By the way, my maid is a commoner, so I wonder if she would dare to come to the main palace with me…”
“It’s no problem at all. If you need it, you can be with anyone.”
“Thank you, Your Majesty.”
She readily received permission and left the palace with a light heart. As soon as she got back to the mansion, she broke the news to Jenny on the front porch, and Jenny’s eyes widened.
“My, am I in the palace? Miss. I know you care about me, but I’m a commoner. You’ll be in big trouble because of me.”
“No, Jenny. The princess gave permission. There is no problem.”
“Yes? Are you sure?”
Jenny was surprised and asked again, but Franz, who was standing behind her, came forward and intervened.
“Really, miss? Then, starting tomorrow, you’re going with your sister?”
“Yes, Sir Franz. That’s good.”
When she narrowed her eyes and smiled, Franz scratched the back of his head and laughed, then got hit in the side by Jenny. Jenny cleared her throat as they entered her room together, leaving Franz clutching his side. They didn’t seem to have any intention of talking to her, but she was not that clueless. At some point, Jenny’s eyes became very warm when she looked at Franz. When she smiled and looked at Jenny, Jenny, who was serving me tea, avoided her eyes and said,
“It’s not like that, lady.”
“What is that? I wonder what it is not.”
“Really. I only have a young lady. Franz is just like that.”
“Just what is that?”
“Oh, by the way. Miss too.”
Even in the County of Etihart, there were several knights who rebelled against Jenny. Jenny was not interested in them enough to be worried, so how fortunate he was. Jenny was already twenty-seven. Although Sir Franz was a nobleman, he was not the kind of person who would hurt Jenny. Of course, it didn’t seem like Jenny would be overtaken by Franz’s title, but they get along quite well, and they were an older-younger couple. Wow, the lady kept smiling with her eyes closed, so Jenny excused herself with a slight blush on her cheeks.
“Franz, that’s right, he’s just like a big puppy. Do you want to raise him? If you feed him well, he’ll grow up quickly, right?”
“Lord Franz is already big enough, fourth…”
He already seems to be a little bigger than when we first met, so I wonder how much he plans on raising. Jenny, who was embarrassed for a while, gave her another cup of tea and left the room. A sound like Franz’s scream was heard outside. They still get along well.
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Adrian, who was checking the troops outside the outer castle waiting to go out, clicked his tongue when he saw Thierry and George standing in the front row of the Knights of Bigor with their horses’ heads side by side. Then he asked Ethan, who was following him.
“I asked George to stay, but why is he here and why is Hegel left?”
“That guy says he will follow me to death, but Hegel insists on escorting my wife, so what can I do? Fortunately, the wound is healing quickly. Don’t worry, I’ll take a look and exclude you.”
“There will be a blind spot in one eye. Don’t stand in the front.”
“I understand. Anyway, that guy is stubborn too.”
Thierry and George were the servants who stood by Adrian’s side, overcoming everything, even when he returned to Midoc. He was nervous about George, who was sitting on a horse with an eye patch over one eye, but he couldn’t stop him because he knew how determined the knight was to do his part. Adrian was looking in the direction of the Duke’s residence with a distraught mind, and was speechless when he saw the crown prince appear in a carriage. Instead of Tyrellius, who was sitting in the carriage and not showing his face, Remina, who left the outer palace on a horse, wished good luck to the army going out. Adrian refrained from throwing the carriage to pieces, bowed his head to the princess, and set out. The plan was to join the main force on the Jezero Plain as quickly as possible, but it was impossible to keep up with the rickety carriage. Adrian looked pitifully at the carriage following him. Ethan turned around after Adrian and scoffed openly.
“I never thought I would see with my own eyes a crazy person riding a carriage to the battlefield.”
Van, who was riding a horse nearby, seemed startled, but he didn’t say anything. Homer also shook his head and kept his mouth shut.
“The smell of alcohol is very strong up here. Wouldn’t it be better to just overturn the carriage because there was an accident, my lord?”
When Ethan took off his butler’s mask and ran with the horse’s head to Adrian’s right, Ethan appeared just as he did in the border area. Adrian didn’t respond as if he was used to it, but instead looked back at him and clicked his tongue. Since the march consisted of knights selected from each family, their lords, and even cavalry and spear units, they all rode on horseback, so it was originally supposed to be faster than it is now. Tyrellius, who had been vomiting out of the carriage since the morning after having a grand solo eve of his expedition, opened the window and retched when the speed increased even slightly. Adrian stroked his head and sighed. Even if he thinks about it again, he can’t keep track of time like this. This morning, news broke out that the Rapture Marquis had been completely breached. Now the key question was how long the combined forces of the Counts Ollie, Great, and Etihart would hold out. They had to join the Western Front within a week at the latest, no matter what. If Baek’s allied forces collapse, he will not be able to deal with the Taln army with only 5,000 cavalry. We cannot allow the Count’s alliance, which includes Damien’s family, to collapse. The speed of the rebels departing from Romanov was also faster than expected. The battle will begin in ten days on the Jezero Plain.
‘30 days, we will end this war within 30 days.’
Adrian took the reins and controlled his mind. He left Damien alone, who was smiling with eyes that looked like he was about to cry. He felt like it was going to be hard to let go, so he couldn’t even hug him properly and got on the horse. He couldn’t waste his precious time on the street.
“Homer, be the firstborn.”
“Yes?”
“We’re going to Vito Basin today. Ugh!”
The Vito Basin is halfway from Midok to the Jezero Plain. Homer sighed and stopped talking, and the knights, including Ethan, sped up to follow Adrian. To protect the crown prince, the ‘King’s Eyes’ members lagged behind, and the rest rode away. The Crown Prince stuck his head out of the carriage, looked around, and asked Homer.
“What, you’re all leaving this body behind? Captain! We need to speed up too!”
Homer looked down with a cold face at Tyrellius, who was still shouting with a young face, and wondered.
“Either come out and mount your horse, or stay shut.”
Although he could not understand everything that was softly muttered, Tyrellius had already felt that Homer’s attitude was not the same as before. As he tried to stick his head out with his spear to protest, Homer violently slammed the window shut.
“The Crown Prince tells us to speed up. Flyers, we run too!”
Although it was not as fast as those who had gone before, the carriage carrying the ‘King’s Eyes’ members and the crown prince also began to run. Tyrellius shouted from inside the carriage, but no one listened. Long after the rearguard led by the commander had set up barracks in the Vito Basin, Homer joined them in the morning dew. Tyrellius protested to Adrian, who was about to set off again as soon as the sun rose, that he could not rest, but Adrian did not even listen. With no other choice, Tyrelius also got on the horse with a swollen face. On Tuesday morning, the late troops joined the main force at the Jezero Plain.
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