Chapter 75 – The Painful Days of Myer and Baron Kimberly (1)
The painful days of Myer and Baron Kimberly (1)
While Yuno was spending happy days filled with lewd sex with her family in Ellust, the situation for the two people in charge of the estate was completely different.
Da da da da!!
As soon as morning dawned at the residence of the lord of the County of Tesidanicana, the sound of the messenger’s busy footsteps echoed through the quiet hallway.
Shake!!
“Mayer!! This is urgent news!!”
“Uh-huh!! What… What?”
Yesternight. Mayer, who was unable to return to her house and was handling his duties as the commander of the defense and tasks assigned to him by Yuno, was sleeping in the corner of her office when her messenger came running and read the document she had sent him, causing her to jump up. 〉
“Holy shit!! Tell them to summon all the guards and reserve forces in the territory!!”
Meyer quickly adjusted her clothes and started shaking Baroness Kimberly’s body stretched out on the living room sofa.
“Ibosho!! Baron Ibosho!!”
“Uh… Huh? What… What’s going on?”
Baron Kimberly was also sleeping at his residence every day, handling administrative duties on behalf of Juno and cleaning up the poop left behind by the former administrator, so he was awakened by Mayer’s hands and looked at him with blank eyes.
“I think His Majesty the Damned Prince went to get the World Tree or something and got into a big accident? Monsters are coming in droves from the Monster Mountains!! This is not the time to sit idle! You idiot!”
“What… What?”
At Meyer’s words, Baroness Kimberly felt her sleep slipping away and woke up.
“I must summon the guards and receive additional reports from the rangers before dispatching the troops. I have ordered the summoning of reserve forces. Once the troops are gathered, you will open the warehouse and supply weapons and leave it to Sir Cordelia to lead the troops. Send it to the entrance of the Monster Mountains.”
“You! Again!! It’s you! Ugh… It’s not the time to be like this… I understand.”
Baroness Kimberley ran to the administrator’s office, and Maier also quickly walked to the garrison commander’s office.
“Have all the guards gathered?”
“Yes! Captain!”
There was a high proportion of new recruits this time, and there were many guards who had not yet completed their training, but now was not the time to worry about such things, so Mayer was satisfied with just having all the 500 troops gathered.
“It is said that monsters are flocking to our land now. It has been quiet for 10 years, so it may be justifiable. So, we are well armed and leaving behind all the equipment to capture people! All soldiers are armed only with shields and spears!”〈 Br〉
One of the new recruits raised his hand in response to Mayer’s instructions.
“Um… Captain? We are archers… We didn’t learn shield skills…”
“Eye! Do you think you can pierce the skin of monsters with the archery you learned in just a few days? There’s no time to explain, so just shut up and run with your shield and spear!”
‘These guys don’t have the time to fully arm themselves or the stamina to carry them, so it’s best to simplify their armament and quickly join the rangers.’
In preparation for an unexpected situation, Meyer sent only a few veteran soldiers who could help evacuate citizens and about a dozen new recruits to assist with the work to Baron Kimberly, and then departed for the Monster Mountains with 500 troops.
‘Damn, this is why I didn’t want to be in the military anymore… If my wife hadn’t been so desperate for me to make money…’
Mayer was deeply regretful, but there was nothing he could do now, so he rode hard, gathered troops from the surrounding villages, and increased his troops as he headed towards the ranger post at the entrance of the mountain range.
Meanwhile, Baron Kimberley was in the magistrate’s office, dispatching messengers here and there and processing documents so much that his hands were moving so hard that he could not see them.
“Gather all the food in the castle! We also need to find out what food the residents personally have! Announce that a rationing system will be implemented starting today!”
“Okay!”
‘Aaaaah, damn it, I only came down to be Her Highness Marie’s tutor, why am I doing this…!!’
Kwaaang!!
The door to the administrative office burst open, revealing Cordelia with her three knights.
“Administrator!! What on earth is going on? Monsters?”
“I don’t know the details, but… It looks like His Majesty Yuno caused some kind of accident while going to get that damn tree. The Monster Mountain rangers are buying time, and the commander of the Mayer garrison first called up the guards and went to stop them.”
“Then I’ll run right away too.”
When Cordelia turned her back, Baron Kimberley shouted at her.
“Wait a minute!!”
“What’s going on?”
“Citizens who have previously served as guards or enlisted in the imperial army are being selected as reserve soldiers, so I would appreciate it if you would lead them.”
“I understand. I will be waiting at the back of the residence. Please tell me as soon as the convocation is completed, and I will lead the troops.”
As Cordelia went out, Baroness Kimberley sent her messengers to introduce the people in the villages near the mountain range and gave orders to rally troops.
“Will the residents obey quietly? It’s harvest season right now, so if we’re careful, the year’s crops will be ruined…”
“Tell them that life is the most precious thing in farming!! Rather than being eaten by monsters, it would be better to endure by digging up tree roots!!”
When Baron Kimberly made a fuss, the messenger got scared and ran out to say goodbye.
And as soon as the messenger left, a guard who had been helping with the work came in and added to Baron Kimberley’s work.
“Administrator!! The reserve forces within the castle have been called up! Please come out and open the weapons warehouse!!”
“Just open it and take it out!! It’s an emergency, so who cares!!”
“B… But the magic seal that can only be opened with the count’s seal is locked! So the administrator has to come… Ugh!!”
With so much going on, Baron Kimberley finally exploded and grabbed the innocent guard by the scruff of the neck and shook him violently.
“Aaaaa!!! Yuno, you bastard, what crime have I committed!! Aaaaa!!”
“Aaaaah!! Administrator!! Come to your senses!! Geeeh!!”
Unlike Myer, who only needed to fill up the guards, the people Baron Kimberley needed were civil servants, so there was no way that talented people could be easily found in this mountainous village.
There were a lot of civil servants looking for work in the imperial capital, but no one was willing to come down to the countryside to work even though he advertised for a lot of money, and when the emergency came, he had to do his best alone, so his anger exploded.
Baron Kimberly held the poor guard by the collar and shook him for a long time, and only after the guard’s face turned pale did he loosen the collar.
“Hehe… I’m sorry! I couldn’t control my anger for a moment… Hmm, anyway… I’ll go to the weapons warehouse, and you take this document to the communication room and send a message to the neighboring territory, County Grime. “
“Kehehekehehe… Huuhuu… But… What kind of document is this? I’m blind…”
A vein appeared on Baron Kimberley’s forehead, but he managed to control his anger and explain to the guard.
“This is a document requesting relief troops. It has the earl’s seal on it, so if you show it, they will believe you even if you send a message.”
“I… I’ve never seen any communication before…”
“You just need to place your hand on the magic ball! Her Royal Highness said she has charged it with magical power, so it should work fine!! Move quickly!!”
When Baron Kimberly shouted, the guard responded that he understood and left the magistrate’s office.
“Even if you have ten bodys, you will not be enough !!
Apparently, he used to emphasize proper speaking habits and manners to Yuno, but soon he started swearing, and his temper became more and more dirty.
“Lord Cordelia!! I will now open the weapons warehouse and distribute weapons to the reservists, so please lead them.”
“Understood, Administrator.”
Still, Cordelia was Yuno’s direct knight, and even though she was a bit harsh, she was always polite to him, so he couldn’t lose his temper to Cordelia.
“Phew~ But the spare weapons are in good condition. I haven’t been able to touch them up to this point yet… Well, I guess Boras knew what would happen if he did, so he couldn’t touch them. Even though his head got blown off anyway…”〈 Br〉
The empire’s weapons management was so thorough that a magic seal requiring the earl’s seal was placed on it, and thanks to this, the reserve forces were able to receive weapons equivalent to those on active duty.
“Administrator. Then I’ll just leave.”
“I wish you good luck, Lord Cordelia.”
After seeing Cordelia off, Baron Kimberly returned to her official residence. And as soon as he turned, the guard came running and reported to him.
“Administrator! We have now gathered all the remaining food in Kiise Castle into the warehouse. Please decide how to distribute it.”
“Phew~ I understand…”
Kimberly let out a sigh and ran to the food warehouse again to assign rations to each resident. As soon as he returned to the residence, a report came in that relief troops had departed from the Count of Grime, so he went to the communication room and expressed his gratitude to Count Grime.
And at night, since he still had to report the current situation to the imperial palace, he had to write a report as an administrator and also as an agent of the lord.
Because the report had to be written in duplicate, it became infinitely longer.
In the end, Kimberly couldn’t close her eyes for even a minute and had to move his hands all night long, and his mouth was constantly moving as he cursed at Yuno.
“Aaaaah Yuno you bastard!!!”
