Chapter 177: This Gabalda Roja also not a dead copy but Minerva-made

Humans with the resolve to risk life and fight for others if necessary minority.

"At just right timing a used Jaguar type was out for sale at joke-like cheap price, ship coming across."

"Jaguar type?"

"Don’t know? One generation previous terrestrial ship, corresponding to Cougar type small ship now."

Liz inherited Uraka’s talk.

"Good ship Minerva made, but now almost not seen antique, so young kids don’t know."

"Well with the money earned with that antique could buy this catamaran type, so I was lucky."

"Minerva made?"

Not understanding the meaning, Kazui asked the two.

"Don’t know Minerva?"

At Uraka’s unexpected question Kazui nodded.

"Minerva Incident or something not learned in school class?"

This time Liz asked Kazui.

"I... other world refugee, so not taken this world’s school classes."

Uraka and Liz put on surprised expressions.

"...A little surprised Kazu other world person, but if that then not knowing Minerva no help."

At Uraka’s words Liz nodded.

"Minerva is an autonomous city on an island near the West Continent."

Uraka started explaining about Minerva to Kazui.

While supplemented by Liz.

Between West Continent and North Continent many islands, among them one relatively close to West Continent side a large island Minerva Island.

On Minerva Island the same name as the island Minerva autonomous city existed.

An autonomous city with flourishing terrestrial ship industry, as a production place of high quality terrestrial ships Minerva high reputation.

Many ships dead copied at other production places, but many popular ship types originally ships made in Minerva.

A world with loose intellectual property protection, so popular ship types dead copied by other production places and companies.

But no shipbuilding technology of Minerva degree on the dead copy side, so Minerva-made terrestrial ships popular as high quality ships.

The Minerva Incident was the major incident seven years ago when the large country of the West Continent Gloria Alba Kingdom tried to annex this Minerva to its own country.

Gloria Alba Kingdom’s aim was Minerva’s terrestrial industry.

Originally Gloria Alba Kingdom occupied a world-class position in the terrestrial ship industry.

But by the emerging production place Minerva market share cut and declined.

There Gloria Alba Kingdom aimed at recovery of the terrestrial ship industry by annexing and incorporating Minerva.

What resulted was the Minerva Incident.

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Actually the one who created the autonomous city Minerva was royalty of Gloria Alba.

Teresa Minerva called a rare witch, while royalty of Gloria Alba Kingdom, disgusted with domestic political strife left the kingdom.

Teresa after wandering the world set eyes on Minerva Island and placed her own magic research institute.

At the time Minerva Island not owned by anyone anywhere, unowned land.

Surrounding ocean currents too dangerous and an island left rough, at the time no resources discovered, so an island no one wanted.

That was why Minerva Island unowned land, and unowned land becoming the thing of the one who occupied first, by the reason of first occupation of unowned land became Teresa’s.

Genius mage Teresa discarded the surname of royalty era and named herself Teresa Minerva, continued magic research on Minerva Island.

What Teresa especially held interest was development of terrestrial ships.

Already at the time terrestrial ships widespread, but many ships with problems in quality and performance, accidents many.

There Teresa aimed at development of high performance high quality terrestrial ships and succeeded.

Teresa herself launched a shipbuilding company... company Minerva Shipbuilders and entered the terrestrial ship market.

Minerva Shipbuilders achieved great success, and the name Minerva became a powerful brand of the terrestrial ship market.

After succeeding Teresa divided her own Minerva Shipbuilders and as multiple companies gave to those corresponding to disciples.

Competition itself connecting to manufacture development of superior terrestrial ships, Teresa thought.

Simultaneously Teresa made Minerva the standard city system of the North Continent, democratic autonomous city.

Until then population expanded to city scale, but because personal owned island of Teresa no political system existed.

Population increased too much, so thinking better to prepare political system too Teresa introduced the system of North Continent autonomous cities.

In the original kingdom life era fed up with monarchical dictatorship politics that kind of reason.

By introducing the same system as North Continent Minerva also joined the North Continent Autonomous City Alliance.

Minerva became a world-famous autonomous city prospering with terrestrial ship industry.

Then seven years ago suddenly Gloria Alba Kingdom declared annexation of Minerva.

Gloria Alba Kingdom that became kicked down by Minerva in the terrestrial ship market tried to recover the defeat in the market with military.

Teresa who could be called the founder of Minerva royalty of Gloria Alba, so Minerva part of Gloria Alba Kingdom the basis justifying annexation.

Gloria Alba Kingdom dispatched army to Minerva and aimed at occupying and annexing at once.

But Teresa in advance grasped the movements of the Gloria Alba Kingdom side and requested rescue to the Free City Alliance.

The Autonomous City Alliance when autonomous cities joining the alliance about to receive military invasion by nations and such have the obligation to cooperate in city defense.

Many autonomous cities joining the Autonomous City Alliance immediately organized a volunteer army lined with powerful adventurers and sent to Minerva.

As a result before Gloria Alba Kingdom army arrival Minerva became a state protected by the Autonomous City Alliance volunteer army.

Gloria Alba Kingdom army and the volunteer army came to confront in the coastal region of the West Continent close to Minerva Island.

In numbers four times the volunteer army, but Gloria Alba Kingdom army practically driven to retreat without fighting properly.

Right before the two armies confronting actually small-scale battles occurred at various places.

In those battles all the volunteer army side overwhelmed the Gloria Alba Kingdom army side.

The adventurers of the volunteer army constantly continuing real combat against powerful monsters and accumulating rich real combat experience.

Monsters also appeared in the West Continent but not to North Continent degree.

The Gloria Alba Kingdom army side clearly inferior to the volunteer army side in real combat experience.

That was why almost all the soldiers of Gloria Alba Kingdom army could not match the adventurers of the volunteer army.

Even with four times the number could not win against the volunteer army of the Minerva side lined with skilled adventurers.

The commander of Gloria Alba Kingdom army judged so and decided retreat, so as a result not reaching large-scale combat this incident ended.

This event of Gloria Alba Kingdom aiming at Minerva annexation and failing came to be called the Minerva Incident.

In this world’s schools a major historical event taught in classes.

That kind of things Uraka while picking magic stones with Liz explained to Kazui.

"This Gabalda Roja also not a dead copy but Minerva-made."

Following proud Uraka Liz opened her mouth.

"Dead copy catamaran type too dangerous to ride. Occasionally the central part unable to bear the weight breaks and causes accidents of becoming two pieces."

(A talk Tint would be happy about.)

Kazui recalled Tint who liked terrestrial ships.

Then because in a hurry regretted not leaving a note to Tint.

"Talk digressed too much so returning to original, anyway labyrinth cities during Reverse Festa prices extremely high, so better prepare resolve."

While showing the picked magic stones to Kazui Uraka continued.

"If fighting protecting our ship can earn a certain degree with magic stones, and become help for Kazu in Virgo?"

"...I’ll fight hard and be let earn."

"When fighting against thieves not monsters that cannot obtain magic stones, from our trading company properly give reward."

"If so done thankful."

At Uraka’s words Kazui frankly thanked.

After that for a little while Kazui while hearing various talks about Virgo and dungeons from Uraka and Liz continued picking magic stones.