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Kazuto: Even if you tell me to hurry as much as possible...
I also have a lot of miscellaneous work to do.
It took me almost an hour to finally come after Ei called me.
It's depressing in many ways. I can picture Ei's angry face.
For Ei to call for me is a rare occasion though.
Well, considering Ei and Yue are together... I wonder what exactly do they want to do on the castle walls.
Master... Actually, I, for a long time, about Master...
Please, accept our feelings! (Yeah, right, nice delusions there, Kazuto)
Kazuto: *Shiver*!.
I'm an idiot for having delusions in the middle of the day!
What, do I... have a lot accumulated? (I'm sure there are enough heroines willing to help you with that "problem")
Kazuto: No, no! That's... well, I guess a bit.
Come on! I know Yue and Ei are cute... they are, but I should keep my cool.
...So, why did I decide they're going to get on me!?
Kazuto: Aaah, aaah.
...Master.
Giku!?
...It's something we should've asked, normally... I'm sorry for troubling you. We've been waiting.
Yue, you don't need to be so formal with him.
But, Master is our master...
I don't remember serving this guy! (I do, though. Not yet, but you'll get there)
Doesn't seem to be any chance for a sexy outcome. Yue... and a wary Ei.
What a noisy person. (Been a while, Nene)
And an even smaller girl. (Yup. This episode is about a loli horde)
With Ei around, I feel the intelligence of all conversations dropping a lot.
I don't like getting anything about intelligence pointed out by you.
Know your place!
That's my phrase!
Ah, Nene-chan, Ei-chan! We're before Master... don't fight.
They sure are like cat and dog. They even ignore Yue trying to stop them.
Sorry for the wait, Master...
I could notice the two, who looked like hosts here that were sitting further.
Kazuto: I don't understand well, but it seems important.
Considering the tense atmosphere, it's certain that the sweet outcome that I was imagining is impossible.
Kazuto: Shuri, Hinari, Yue and Ei... why are all the smartest of our army here? (Yue? Not Nene? Yue isn't really very smart or anything. She's not stupid though)
Chinkyu Kick!
Kazuto: Ugh!?
Master!
You left out Nene on purpose! I'll beat it into you so you'll never forget about important strategist again.
Kazuto: Sorry, ugh!? I tried to soften the mood... guh.
Speak about intelligence... you're just a pet that's with Ren all the time. (Anime did treat her as Ren's dog at first...)
I won't forgive anyone badmouthing Ren-dono, but it's also unacceptable for Ei to badmouth Nene!
Wanna fight!?
Let's stop, let's stop... you two. (Kazuto, do a sudden loud "FUS RO DAH!")
U, umm... umm. (I mean, like in those historical dramas: "Hikae oro! Ou no mae ni!" or something)
No way Hinari can stop them... with only those members here, there's noone who can stop Nene and Ei.
Master is here now, so can we continue the meeting, everyone? (Kazuto, display some dignity as a ruler for once. Perfect opportunity)
W, we should... yes.
It can't be helped, we'll help you save the face here.
Heh, we'll continue later. (Aand, he missed a chance to be epic...)
Noone will even mention she stepped on my back? Ugh, my waist hurts.
Kazuto: ...Can I leave?
Please, attend the meeting! It won't be scary. (He's way stronger physically than Nene or Ei...)
Kazuto: Forget about scary or not, the actual harm is already done...
Master...
Ugh, it's no fair to look at me like that.
Kazuto: ...Fine, I'll participate.
Don't sound mighty.
I don't want to sit next to Ei and Nene. I sit down near Shuri and Hinari, out of Chinkyu Kick's reach.
Kazuto: Excuse me. (How about you respond with a Kazuto Throw to a Chinkyu Kick once?)
Ugh... how cute. She blushed from just my knee touching her for a moment. (Or even Kazuto Dodge is fine, which'll result into her flying into some wall)
Kazuto: ...So, what are we talking about?
Yes... actually, a several problems appeared in domestic affairs.
...Yue-chan, Ei-san and Nene-chan... we wanted to borrow their wisdom.
Explain why Ei is "san" and Nene is "chan"!
I, I'm sorry.
Height. (Yup)
I challenge you to a duel!
I, it's not like I said that... Master.
Kazuto: You're asking them for advice, right, Shuri-kun, Hinari-kun? (Now her pretends to be some kind of school principal... well... that works)
...Y, yeah.
Hinari slightly nodded several times. And Shuri nodded strongly once .
Kazuto: Domestic affairs... I'm not sure if I'll be of any use. (You should've called Shion or Kikyo instead...)
Yes, we can't get too involved into politics on our own, after all. (Shion probably would know better about domestic affairs as a former lord)
W, we know you're busy, I'm sorry... (So does Pairen. And they wouldn't make a fuss before Shion or Kikyo)
Kazuto: No, no, don't worry about that. (Half of their social problems are due to unoptimal choice of group members)
Aren't you exaggerating it? It's okay. I bet he was just sitting in his room.
Kazuto: I was in the office! After it's over here, I'll go back to working again!!
W, when you're so busy...
There's no point in shaming Hinari!
Kazuto: It's not urgent, so it's okay. And I'm interested in this meeting here, so don't worry about it so much, okay?
Thank you.
That sounded like a gratitude squeezed from the bottom of the heart.
Kazuto: So? For example, what are the topics here?
Simply put, it's the increase in population.
Oh, she looks like a strategist now.
It's inevitable if the force grows. It's also due to you and Touka's rumors of virtue.
It's Touka-san and Master... Ei-chan. (Come to think of it, she never called him by anything but "you" or insult)
Yue's comment is ignored and Ei flashes with her glasses and shows motivation.
We can't ignore immigrants.
There's a lot of them who have no property too. They're thinking like, we won't get treated bad at your land.
Kazuto: Wasn't that always happening? I heard of it from time to time.
We're a big country now, so the scale is different.
We can't really accept just anyone who comes. At this rate all those hungry people would empty our warehouses.
Nene-chan...
It's not something we can decide on pity alone.
She sure speaks strong... I can feel she has logic in those words. (Yeah, when she works, Nene is a pretty good strategist)
I agree with Nene about that. They are coming here to get protection. They are way more troublesome than those who come to join our cause.
That's a human nature. They want careful... and quick support.
Kazuto: It sure is a [delicate] problem...
[Delicate]? (Nice, Hinari. Memorized the first time again)
Kazuto: It means difficult. I'd want to say that he who does not work, neither shall he eat.
It's the problem if we can provide them labor or not. It's not like we just take fields from our civilians.
But it's even worse to take those who don't work into our country. (Just make them all into merchants or soldiers)
Kazuto: For the territory having too many people is a problem...
I guess it's a progress for me that they're asking for my opinion about such difficult problems, but it's also a grave responsibility.
Kazuto: Hmm...
I can't really just give opinions on a whim. (Why? Shotgun method works well)
I know I lack knowledge compared to them, so I use my brain until it starts smoking.
Kazuto: ...Right, can't we take them as soldiers? (Oh, one of my suggestions. Probably not)
Soldiers? A part. We can't take women and children though. (Orly? Say that to Rinrin, who's both)
Kazuto: We can give part of them jobs, right? We had a need to do conscription anyway. Though we'll have to train them from nothing.
We can't take all of them as soldiers, but... conscription, huh. That's right. (Wait... you didn't even consider that option?)
Kazuto: For example, give soldiers we hired jobs of cutting down forests and opening up new fields.
Kazuto: W, what. (Farmland expansion, huh. Yeah, not a bad but basic idea)
She sounded impressed just now.
Just a bit, a bit!
So she was a bit impressed... I'm relieved by that evaluation. (Well, conscription and farmland expansion are basic options)
We won't be able to take them all with that... but we'll keep it as an option. (I mean, those strategists should've thought of those solutions by default)
Kazuto: Yeah, please do. Is there anything else?
I was happy, so I kinda ended up sounding mighty.
It's related... I think we should organize the city sections. (Like, market district, slums and such?)
Kazuto: Hmm, yeah, that's also important.
If it grows complicated, we won't be able to develop it. And that'll be a major setback to the country.
Simply speaking, if the city is messy, so is the security.
Kazuto: Now that you mention it... (Hmm, yeah, I didn't think of the fact that you need to manage that)
It'll be a problem if it turns into slums... I stop before I say anything.
So... we were talking about with what policy to organize it.
Another challenge. I cross my arms...
Kazuto: At Edo period... ah, where I lived, they seperated it by occupations. (Blacksmith district, Merchant district, like that?... Unless they also live there)
By occupations?... you say. (I mean, you'd want to avoid them having to walk to the other end of the city daily)
Like, blacksmiths are in blacksmith district? (Yeah, that's the first occupation that comes to mind...)
Kazuto: Not only about where they live. Won't it color the city in different colors? Like, if you want something, you just go to that district.
So, decide by the product they are making? (Will be a problem when the city grows really big)
Kazuto: It doesn't involve daily necessities though. City should be easy to live in. (Oh, so, for example blacksmiths would have 10 smiths and one grocery store...)
That's, y, yes... I think it has a lot of merit. (Yeah, it should be good with that correction)
I'm in a good form today. I get more and more confident.
It's not like the city would prosper if we place shops. If we develop the city, it's true that the flow of economy would become active though.
...Security, huh. True, guards and neighborhood watch won't be enough. (Merchant coalitions then?)
Kazuto: Won't we be able to deal with it if we expand the army as we discussed eariler?
Hmm, even if we dispatch untrained farmers that are just wearing armor...
Kazuto: Then, the opposite. Let's send current soldiers to the city. And train novices. (Better than being on standby... but aren't they already patrolling?)
That might go bad though... they'll think they were demoted for bad work. (Shouldn't all soldiers on standby patrol? Better than having only free time)
Kazuto: It depends on the period. (Make a roster... yeah, sounds effective)
Master today is like a different person, you're a fountain of ideas.
Oh, I got praised. (Don't get too full of yourself though. You're just using basic solutions)
Kazuto: For example, make soldiers on standby to lead the patrol. (Yeah, you should've been doing that from the start. Never played Civ?)
...It should be possible if it's short-term.
Kazuto: First we should leave it to someone like Aisha, who does everything seriously. After that, I doubt anyone would really complain.
Kazuto: We don't want to make citizens anxious, after all... Right, as a counter-measure we can start festivals, it'll increase morale too.
Festivals sound good. Citizens and those from castle will form bonds while having fun.
Hmm... It's not bad.
Kazuto: We don't want them fearing to even have a brawl so how about we counter it with the beauty of mikoshi or something. There are options.
It'll be a good entertainment too. We should discuss it with generals.
Kazuto: Next is...
...That was spontaneous.
We were raising opinions and discussing them for more than an hour now.
Kazuto: Well... sorry, I should get going soon.
Ah, r, right... I'm sorry for taking so much of your time.
It was a meaningful meaning thanks to you... (Shotgun method where every idea hits the target. Well done, Kazuto)
Kazuto: No, no, I'm glad I participated. Those were all difficult problems for me.
No way! We were really saved by Master's opinions.
It seems you can say useful things sometimes.
Kazuto: Haha, just sometimes... it's everyone else that actually support this country on daily basis. Thanks.
Ah... we're not worthy of that praise.
Kazuto: I'm counting on you from now on too, okay? Well then, I'll be going. (I was kinda hoping Ei, Yue and Nene would join the blushing too...)
Yes!
What... trotting around like that. If he had something to do, he should've said so.
We should thank him later. Thanks to him, it turned into a meaningful meeting.
Heh, I hope he doesn't get full of himself from that. He... What's with that "everyone's supporting the country".
He sure said that casually. (I don't see a problem)
That was flirt! He said that to make us excited. (Oh... that's how you twisted it this time...)
So you got excited. (Yeah, she sure is hiding something by that twisting)
I'm talking about what he tried to do! I never said I got excited. (The fact that you mentioned that without no clues is a proof already)
Hehe... I got excited in a lot of meanings.
I found the city division idea great. (Well, he borrowed it from his history though)
Master's ideas have flexibility... he sees things from a different angle than we do sometimes.
I refuse to lose to him! Let's continue with strategist work.
Heh, yes. Let's do so.