Isekai Nonbiri Nouka

AN: A story about Tiselle going to a human realm.

TN: Your long awaited Tiselle chapters.

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Hello.

I am a human man known as the Conquering King.

I am the king of the Jidoen Kingdom.

Yes, a king.

The most important one.

And yet, even someone as important as me sometimes faces situations I cannot understand.

Well, being important does not mean being wise.

Hahaha.

……

Why did it turn out like this?

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My country lies in a region where around forty small nations are scattered.

This region is called by many different names, but in my country, we call it the Careland Region.

The name comes from an ancient agreement, the Careland Pact.

That said, it is unclear where the Careland Region truly begins and ends……

Until now, there was no need to care.

No one cared, after all.

I only dealt with the problems right in front of me.

There is no food.

Then we attack a country that has food.

There is no money.

Then we attack a country that has money.

Short-sighted?

Yes.

That is exactly right.

And what is wrong with that?

You say I should make plans?

Do disasters and enemies come according to plan?

Do not say such foolish things.

As a king, I must protect my subordinates and my people.

To be blunt, people of other countries come later.

We are not wealthy enough to worry about other nations.

That is what it means to be a king.

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……

Ah, now that I think about it, when I attacked the Gozlan Kingdom.

Letting the Third Princess, who was excellent at domestic affairs, escape might have been the mistake.

At the time, I threatened the Yunodennna Kingdom… no, I bowed my head to the Yunodennna Kingdom, and they sent me twenty civil officials.

I thought that was enough to recover.

The Third Princess of the Gozlan Kingdom whom I let escape.

Through her introduction, a group of three female adventurers came to my country.

An all-female group was unusual, but their manners toward this king were proper, so I allowed them to stay.

Then, before I knew it, those female adventurers had taken control of the government.

You might think this sounds like a lie, but it is the truth.

The civil officials working in my country’s Ministry of Internal Affairs were shedding tears of joy as they gave up their seats to an adventurer named Tiselle.

Giving up their seats would have been one thing, but they even happily listened to her orders.

The generals, who never cared about domestic matters, were subdued by force by an adventurer named Ekaterize.

Those generals were treated like children.

It was more like… I do not really understand, but she beat them down with some strange martial art.

After that, the generals listened to Ekaterize more than they did to me.

No, they still listen to me, but after hearing my orders, they glance at Ekaterize’s face.

Is that really fine, generals?

And the remaining adventurer, E3…

She began capturing foreign spies who had been hiding in my country, one after another.

While I stood there in shock, wondering how so many could exist, she cheerfully suggested execution methods.

It was frightening.

So, I resisted.

Even if they are foreign spies, killing them without question is not a good idea.

I had to explain that it would be more profitable to file complaints with their countries and demand compensation.

Why do I have to protect foreign spies?

Is it an honor for a discovered spy to be killed on the spot?

What kind of custom is that?

Even on the front lines against the Demon King’s Kingdom, it should not be that brutal!

Ah, no, maybe.

I do not know the details.

In any case, the spies were thrown into prison.

Perhaps dissatisfied with that, E3 started hunting bandits and thieves instead.

Those can be executed, right?

No, they cannot.

No.

No, no, this is not about collusion or anything like that.

The bandits and thieves are also citizens of my country.

No, I am not being hypocritical either.

They are only acting as bandits or thieves because they are struggling to survive.

You can tell because they are not doing things like kidnapping, right?

They just steal food and leave.

Of course, I am not saying there is zero damage.

They take things by force, so it is impossible for no one to get hurt.

But there are circumstances where that cannot be helped…

S-see, even Tiselle says you must not kill them.

That is right.

You must not kill them.

Yes, yes.

Forced labor… what?

Wait, wait, wait.

Is that not execution by another name?

No?

You would not do something that wasteful?

If they are so poor that they become bandits or thieves, then we should make them work and give them food?

If that were possible, this would not be a problem in the first place.

This area has a chronic food shortage.

……

Buy food from elsewhere?

The surrounding countries also suffer from chronic food shortages.

The Careland region has poor food productivity.

Buy food from outside the Careland region?

That is impossible too.

There is no one who will do business with this region.

Why?

Because we keep attacking merchants who come from outside.

It cannot be helped.

There is no food.

We do not kill the merchants.

We properly chase them away.

Though I think we take almost all of their goods.

Do not attack them because we will invite a merchant guild from outside through Ekaterize’s connections?

What kind of connections are those?

Even if a small group comes, the food will not be enough… what?

Is this not a major merchant company that has become powerful in a superpower nation?

Even I know that name.

What kind of connections do you have if you can reach them?

Ekaterize is a former duke’s daughter from that superpower?

And she was the one who founded that merchant company?

…what?

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For now, I promised that we would not attack the merchant company’s group if they came.

I also sent word to the surrounding countries.

There is nothing to gain from attacking merchants in the service of a superpower.

Saying we did not know would not be an acceptable excuse.

But even if we can buy food from that merchant company, how are we supposed to pay for it?

I hate to say it, but we have no money.

If we searched, we might find some kind of mineral vein, but even if we started now, it would not be in time.

So for the moment, debt?

Even if you are acquaintances, they would not lend money with no prospect of repayment.

Some kind of collateral is required.

A mineral vein that has not even been found yet would not count as collateral, right?

I do not really understand these things.

The civil servants working in the Ministry of Internal Affairs were nagging loudly about it.

Is it really all right?

I mean, if you say so, I will leave it to you, but…

Hm?

What is it, Tiselle?

You have a job for me?

Something that will benefit the country?

If you put it that way, I am the king, so I will do it, but what do you want me to do?

Hold a conference and summon the kings of the surrounding countries?

No?

Not just the neighboring countries, but all the kings in the Careland region?

No, no.

Nearby ones might respond if we threaten them with force, but distant kings will just ignore us.

Attack them?

Huh?

Those who respond will be left alone?

Those who do not will be attacked until they send a representative to the conference?

Wait, even if we expand the country, governing it would be…

We will not govern them?

For now, just make them participate in the conference?

Gather everyone?

……………………………………

Marching an army requires money and food, you know?

If we ignore that, the civil servants in the Ministry of Internal Affairs will be very noisy.

Is that really all right?

You have already talked with the great nation of Yunodenna Kingdom and arranged money and food for the march?

It will arrive within thirty days, so I should organize the army?

Uh, I do not really understand what is going on, but this is my specialty!

Leave it to me!

Y-yes, I know.

First, I need to write letters and invite them to the conference.

I am bad at it, but I will do my best!

Ah, wait.

I do not know where the Careland region starts or ends.

What should I do?

It is the king’s job to decide that?

…So, it is fine if I decide on my own.

I am going to do it.

I really am going to do it.