Volume 4 Chapter 35 It's Difficult to Hold Back Discontent Once It's Erupted
Just as I stepped out of the bath, Miloslaf returned home. I told him, "If you don't want my daughter to dislike you, you better take a bath," and he obediently agreed.
He really doesn't want to be avoided by Mariana.
She's an angel, so I can't blame him, yeah.
Meanwhile, Her Highness, I checked in the workshop with Mr. Dietrich about the progress of the outer wall construction with Lene.
Since there's a civil war going on, strengthening the town's defenses is our top priority.
"The cement factory is about to start operating parts of it, yeah. It seems the limestone extraction is going well, too."
"I see, thanks to Lene, we're saved. Can I leave the outer wall construction to you from now on?"
"Absolutely not."
When I joked about it, she refused with a serious face.
Well, I guess I have no choice but to take over and push it forward myself again.
By the way, cement is made by burning limestone, and we need fuel for that. The fuel is coke, and I heard the furnace to make it from coal is already finished.
It's a bit of a manpower tactic, but many people are gathering in safe Sartzstadt, and they're rushing to build houses.
I hope Lord Reichner doesn't work himself to death.
"With so many people gathering, it seems like there will be security issues too."
"Well, Adventurers are also coming together, so the guards are getting help for their work. It's a lot of trouble because we need money for that."
"Yeah..."
Lene gave me a clear answer, but she's right. If more people work, we need more money.
We can't get money from the Quechua Empire because we trade things.
We can only get money by taking things to the Goldmont Kingdom.
"...I think there's a war in Goldmont, right?"
"Yes, there's war in Goldmont, Deahr, and Guant. I don't know about Romanov because we don't have information..."
If it's Her Highness's information, it must be true.
So many wars at once... It must be planned.
Miloslaf said Romanov did this.
"Hey, here he is!"
Just as we were talking about the wars, Miloslaf came back.
He was questioning someone, I wonder if he found anything new.
"We were just talking about the wars. Did you find anything?"
I asked, and Miloslaf sat down.
He doesn't change his attitude, even if Her Highness is here.
"Well, it's simple."
"Simple?"
"Yeah, Romanov is helping the wars to take over the countries."
"...I see. Simple, and messy."
I felt a headache from such a bad plan.
I can feel how civil war weakens the country back home.
But to start a civil war in 4 neighboring countries, wouldn't it need a lot of people and money?
Still, Romanov has a saying that "you can grow soldiers in the fields," and even in such harsh conditions, there are still many people.
There are so many people who can take action, and with rich resources like minerals and wood, they probably have plenty of funds.
"It's a really bad cost-performance plan, isn't it~?"
Her Highness spoke for me what I was thinking.
If they go this far to start a civil war, I can't help but think there's something behind it.
"Is the Romanov Empire really only aiming to intervene in the civil war?"
"Well, I don't know what that guy Rudolf──the Pope──is really thinking."
Miloslaf shrugged at my question.
So the Pope's name is Rudolf.
That man has all the power over the plan, huh?
"If we intervene, when do you think it will happen?"
"Well, the earliest would be next spring. But Goldmont and Guant, who are closer to Romanov, will probably be first."
"Then we need to suppress the civil war before that. ...sigh. I thought our royal family had been stable in recent years, but it's hard to wipe away discontent."
Her Highness let out a sigh filled with worry at Miloslaf's guess.
Civil wars are heavily influenced by emotions, so once a fire starts, it's not easy to stop.
"At least we should keep the peace so that Sartzstadt doesn't catch fire again."
I decided to wrap things up and move on with the discussion about building the outer wall.
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