Chapter 123 – Chief Treasurer Patrasche
Currently, the government office of Ozuma was using the royal castle as it was.
Originally, it was planned to build a new government building for the Government General, but if we leave this place, the castle without an owner will become a wasteland that just takes up space, so it is inevitably occupied.
Today, when I went to work in front of the Government General in a carriage, the agents of the Restoration Party were demonstrating in front of the castle.
“There!
“Waaaaa!”
Someone in the front pinpointed us and shouted, and the supporters in the back shouted loudly and tried to run at us.
Then, perhaps because they are the same human beings, the soldiers who had only watched their protests finally stopped the protesters.
I told Ozma to go in first, then walked over to the protesters.
“Loyalty!”
“Oh, good job.”
When a soldier with a high level of discipline saluted, I roughly accepted it and, scratching my head, moved closer to the demonstrator who had just called me an asshole.
“Mister, how much do you work for?”
Then the man who had been instigating the crowd blushed and spat at me.
“Twee! I’m a patriot who rose up to take back this country! How dare you, you bastard… Ugh!”
Due to the naturally activated protective magic, the spit returned to the man, and seeing what he was doing, it seemed that words could not solve the problem, so I decided to use a simple method.
『Tell me who you bought it from.』
Then the hypnotized demagogue said with blank eyes.
“I am the Count of Wiesbaden.”
“Ah, that bastard. How many times has this been?”
I cursed out in an instant as the familiar name came out of his mouth.
I tried to live a good life, but this bastard can’t forgive me.
If you send an auditor to mess with it in a legal way, they say nonsense a few times that you shouldn’t come in because it’s private land, so I just let it go because it’s annoying, and it crosses the line?
I told the soldiers, pretending not to know that the demonstrators who had heard the truth from the mouth of the instigator stared in bewilderment.
“The next time I see these guys come and install it, I’ll die in my hands. Behave well.”
“Yes!”
“Then take care of yourself and disperse the protesters.”
Moderately longing for soldiers, first of all, go inside the government-general building to take a stamp of attendance.
It was early in the morning, but the staff working inside the building were busy walking around the building.
Originally, it was the royal castle of Oz, so it is a characteristic of this place that it is unnecessarily flashy.
As I pass by, I wave to people who greet me appropriately, and then head to the financial management office where I am.
Rattle!
“Welcome, Chief Treasurer!”
When I opened the door and went inside, one of the male staff who was cleaning in front of me greeted me with a loud voice.
The name… Was it Gordon?
“Gordon, you’ve been working hard since early morning.”
“No!”
It’s not even the military, but after I lightly tapped him on the shoulder with his military discipline, I looked around at the people who were busy cleaning the office in the morning and said.
“From now on, I’m going to visit Count George of Wiesbaden. Is there anyone among them who wants to go?”
Then, the employees of the financial management office, who had been cleaning hard, raised their hands in unison.
“Me! Me!”
“I want to go!”
“I went there the other day and got kicked by the guards!”
Most of the staff wanted to go, but I decided to pick and take only three of them.
I especially liked the last kid because his eyes were full of miasma.
I threw my bag at my seat and prepared for the trip.
The basic equipment of a gentleman is a silk hat, robe, and duck knuckle.
‘Ah, it’s been a while since I’ve felt this heavy and cold feeling.’
After confirming the sensation by opening and closing the palm, he removed the knuckle and put it in his back pocket.
“Get your tools.”
“Yes!”
I stand in the front, and three members of the financial management office accompany me as supporters in the back.
The target was the mansion of Count Wiesbaden, a former courtier.
It looks like he was trying to put some trust in the petty power and do some politics, but I have to fix my habit today.
***
The count’s residence in Wiesbaden was in the suburbs.
It was about 30 minutes away from Oz, the capital city. Usually, in this case, it is impossible to build a huge mansion inside Oz, so the next best thing was to build a mansion on a relatively low land price and a large site.
Four people, including myself, rode horses from the capital.
For reference, the horse I rode is Gold Run.
On the day he left Oz, he had no choice but to abandon Gold Run, but this clever guy went back to his original stable by himself.
Thanks to this, he was surprised when he returned home after occupying Oz.
“Whoa, whoa, whoa.”
After running non-stop for a long time, we slowly slowed down when we saw a mansion with a blue roof in the distance.
As the four horses entered the territory of Count Wiesbaden’s mansion, one of the guards who lingered nearby shouted, pointing at a sharp spear.
“Who are you!”
I took out from my pocket and showed my ID.
“It’s Patrasche, the chief treasurer of the Ozma Government-General. Is Count Wiesbaden inside?”
Then the guard put away the spear with a startled look on his face.
“Yes? Oh, no. The Count is away from home and is not at the mansion. I’m sorry, but I think you’ll have to come see me next time.”
I ignored his words and pulled the reins of the gold run.
Then, Gold Run begins to slowly walk towards the gate.
Seeing this, the guards guarding the inside of the gate poured out.
“No matter how high-ranking the Governor-General is, you can’t step inside this mansion without a promise. Do you really want to see blood?”
“That sucks. Get out of the way.”
“Aagh!”
As if threatening, I swept away the guard with wind magic, then stretched out my fist wrapped around his whirlwind bone in front of him.
“An angry sheep.”
Dozens of projectiles fired from his fist mercilessly dented the iron gate.
Seeing that, the guards hurriedly rushed at me, but I beat them with the wind without discrimination.
Quaang!
Eventually, the gate breaks and you go back.
I jumped over the moaning guards on the floor and moved forward.
My subordinates, who were watching me from behind, said.
“As expected, Chief Treasurer! You are relentless in the use of force!”
“I should have learned some magic when I was young too.”
“Looks good. Bastards. The last time I came to see you, you didn’t get out of your way, winking.”
Perhaps he had heard the commotion in front of the gate, and he saw Count Wiesbaden’s privates running from afar.
‘Let’s see… ‘
For an enlisted soldier, he has quite a lot of heads.
It’s not like you have a territory, but you probably don’t know that having a private army of this size is against the law.
If you look at what the count usually does, he is a rebel no matter how you look at it.
It also resembled a faction of restoring the monarchy that was seriously seeking the throne.
While fiddling with my mask, I waited for the Count’s privates to approach.
Eventually, about 200 enlisted soldiers arrived in front of us and asked with a threatening atmosphere.
“How dare you know where this place is and act like a villain!”
“So you know who I am and come out so confidently?”
Then the captain of the guard heard me and flinched.
It must have been because there was no color at all.
“Sir, if you don’t mind, can I ask for your name?”
“Patrasch, Chief Treasurer of the Ozma Governor-General.”
“Huup… Second person in the Government General!”
“If you understand, can you step aside? The owner here is suspected of being a rebel.”
“Bar, rebellion! Come on in!”
Perhaps because he knew what would happen if he was involved in the word rebellion no matter how much his brain was filled with muscles, the guard commander hurriedly opened the way.
Thanks to this, without getting tired of each other, they enter bloodlessly and approach the front of the mansion.
Count Wiesbaden is probably drinking a cup of tea at home without worrying too much.
Because he’s never been caught doing what he did.
I didn’t feel the need to go all the way to the mansion, so I spoke through the megaphone magic.
“Ah, ah, I warn Count Wiesbaden. If you don’t jump out right now and put your head on it, I’ll vaporize the entire west wing of the mansion. I’ll give you just 5 minutes. The people in the West Building should also run away right now. If you don’t want to fall behind.”
We only waited 5 minutes on the spot.
However, the count who had been waiting for did not come out, and only the people in the west building rushed out.
‘Look at this bastard?’
I decided to show the bitter taste of reality for the count, who seemed to be willing to reach out to the end, not knowing that my life was at stake.
“Hoy.”
When I shot the accumulated ether with fire mana with my fingertips, a huge sphere of light appeared and disappeared in the west wing of the mansion.
Explosion, the 4th tier magic.
It is the only one with practicality among etheric magic, and it was good to use thanks to its moderate power and relatively short casting time.
As the mansion’s west wing evaporated cleanly, as it had always been, someone belatedly saw someone running from the main building.
Looking at the gray hair blowing in the wind, it must be the Count of Wiesbaden whom I have longed to see.
“A guest, welcome.”
I muttered that while putting Orihalcon knuckles on both hands.
Since it happened like this, please deny the allegation.
It’s been a long time since I’ve felt my hand.
