Hakai No Miko Chapter 24-1 (1/2)

Michena finally ca she does after co that you are his new Lordshi+p, I was terribly rude to you…!”

Michena repeatedly apologized as if she were a criht to their trial, which e wry serated

However, to Michena, the feudal lord is the person who holds authority over her fate It wouldn't be odd if she were to be killed here on a whi deemed an invader that was able to subdue the ferocious zoan

Due to that person trying to console her, the daughter of a poor co so far as to even appear aard, she became even more confused

It's Shyemul who helped the utterly perplexed Souma At first she watched Souma's troubled behavior with a bitter smile, but since it didn't seem like the matter would come to a close no matter how much time has passed, she beca So that while baring her displeasure, Sou a bit too far there, but the addressee Michena gets up like a weighted spring and stands at attention

“Yes! Your Lordshi+p, please askyou like!”

For Michena, Shye was a lotthat it wouldn't do any good if he behaved too modestly, Souhty tone,

“Very well Then at once—”

…then i uncoes his tone

“—Keeping it broad is fine, so please teach me about the city's financial situation”

In his back he can hear Shyenores it

What Sou the available funds

The a soldiers, i new land; all of these required money first

And that's probably no different fro to do, it will cost money Hence he had to precisely understand how much funds he has on hand so he could understand how much freedom it would allow him

However, even Sourasp the financial situation easily by hih school student Then again, while it may be true that it's difficult, he can't believe that it's better to leave everything up to someone else either

How much tax revenue is there? How many expenses are there? What kind of products are traded?

As it's fine to start with thisthe city's finances, he assessed

However Souma realized that only thisat the documents spread out by Michena, he furrowed his eyebrows

The block si body that has been noted down horizontally on the left side are very likely the letters of this world But he didn't understand the ht of those letters

“…What are these?”

“Yes Here's the collected tax, over there the expenses The result of adding both of theht”

Michena pro on the sy for

“No, not that The one lining up over here, the symbols that look like tirly, flabby lines”

“The numbers?”

In contrast to Michena, who lookedso obvious, Souma was honestly and simply surprised

“So these are numbers —By the hat nu symbol

“That's a thousand Those are one, two, three, four, five, in other words five thousand Next—” Michena points at a sy “—Given that this is a hundred, and three of them, it adds up to three hundred In total it becomes five thousand three hundred”

“Haa~ I see…”

Due to Michena's explanation, Souma was in a state where it wasn't clear whether it's fine to call him baffled or simply in awe Furthermore, Michena presented one document after the other

“Over here are the records of the tax revenue of each village located within the fief For exae From the top, in order: wheat, barley, people—”

“People!?”

Sou term that shouldn't fit the occasion

I wonder, does soirl in case the taxes aren't paid, as often seen in historical plays, actually happen in this world?

“Yes With the scale of this village, they can be forced to send 25 men as workers to the city But, inas workers”

Not only oods serve as possible tax payrew up in s are paid for with

Sou about it, but the forced labor within “Taxes in kind and service – Forced Labor,” which is an old taxation syste ed into labor Such taxes weren't rare by any means

After that, Michena continued to carefully and thoroughly teach Souma without reluctance no ht be expected, financial affairs isn't so that can be learned by a novice in a day

What turned into an especially i the currency and value of things in this world Once he looks into the account book, he sees howand how ine what kind of value he should attach to these numbers

He tried several tioing s in the towel

“I really was a bit too optirumble this

After all, it seems as if it's better to trust and rely on the people fro with these matters unskillfully

Michena called out to Sou like that

“Your Lordshi+p, are you still listening?”

“…Ah, excuse ive up, but since Michena is going out of her way to explain it all to hiht, It'd be rude to her if I don't at least invest a little bit of effort into understanding all of this

He dips the tapered point of a thin, wooden, conic stick into ink and writes down a summary of the explanation by Michena just now as memo in his oay And then, each time he had any questions, he immediately asked Michena

“This is the wheat collected as tax fro to a colue, he er to the colu the city

“Isn't the amount carried to the city se?”

“That's because the wheat fros and the wheat carried into the city is on wagons”

Souma was confused by Michena's explanation

“Eh? It's the saht? Why does it ons?”

“…? That's only natural, isn't it?”

The wheat levied froarded as unit bags during the counting However, in case these wheat bags are brought into the city it changes to the unit wagons because wagons are used in that situation

“Uwaah…even though it's the sa on the location”

Souma's rallied will power seems to have just vanished into thin air Even so, he so,

“By the way, howto Holon is decided”

“Uons is…”

Michena watched Souentle sht that this boy is a terrifying person who uses the ferocious zoan as his li to him to explain the financial affairs of the city, I understood that Soht instead be called a very cal dreadful

Besides, in contrast to the previous lord who left all of financial affairs to his officials, she has a favorable i to understand the financial situation by putting in great efforts as soon as there's so he doesn't understand

“These letters are wh-e-at And this flabby one is ten thousand, so one, two, three…”

He was apparently suht with a troubled look Being curious in ay he's doing that, Michena sees hi cryptic scribbles once she peers at his hands He's likely trying to memorize the unknown characters with symbols and pictures As it looked as if a child, which waslike an adult, Michena unintentionally felt warm in her chest

That is, until Souma said his next words—