Chapter 368: A new day? (1/2)
TLN: Hey guys, Reigokai here!
Merry Xmas to everyone! This calls for an obligatory…
Yes, this is one of the great things that happened to me this year. I have fallen into the Vtuber rabbit hole, and you can be sure I am enjoying it! Years of japanese have led to this moment!
Hope you guys are enjoying yourself too! Fight on guys, as we are close to the end of this messy year!
Merry Xmas to everyone! This calls for an obligatory…
Yes, this is one of the great things that happened to me this year. I have fallen into the Vtuber rabbit hole, and you can be sure I am enjoying it! Years of japanese have led to this moment!
Hope you guys are enjoying yourself too! Fight on guys, as we are close to the end of this messy year!
“Today, we will promise two things to the world. One: We will become the shields that will protect the people of the many threats that push through the wasteland in waves. Second: We will only utilize our power for that sake. In other words, us Tsige will refrain from waging war against hyumans and demi-humans. However, we will fight back thoroughly and aggressively against any invaders -as a measure to continue being the shield that protects the people from the threats of the world.”
Tsige had achieved independence and is now approved as a nation.
Four weeks have passed since the war has finished.
Today is the day when envoys have come from many nations, and it is announced that Tsige will now be a country of its own.
It was being announced at the plaza where the envoys of the countries that answered the invitation were gathered at.
It is information that has already been told in letters, but a public announcement of the rise of a nation really does carry weight.
He is saying they won’t be waging war at all.
They will fight back any invaders. In other words, they have drawn the line that they will defend themselves, but the true feelings of the many nations present here was that they couldn’t understand the reason why they would go through the trouble of making a grand announcement about something that can only be taken as disadvantageous.
In the first place, Tsige was the one who began the war for independence.
It could be taken as quite the hypocritical thing to say.
Especially the envoys of the Aion Kingdom. They are most likely burning in anger internally.
“Now then, let’s leave the greetings of the newly reborn Tsige to this much. There must be a lot of things that you couldn’t properly transmit through letters. From here on, we will be answering your questions as best as possible, and after that, we will be enjoying the banquet. You may begin your questions.”
With gestures that show overflowing confidence, the man that is recognized as the head of Tsige, Patrick Rembrandt, takes a seat.
Around 10 company representatives lined up in a row took seats too with him at the center, and they were facing the envoys of the many nations.
At the side there’s a woman who is leading this meeting.
This woman was wearing a sensational dress that doesn’t match properly with this serious setting. One of the idols that the Rembrandt Company took the forefront to invest in, and also a former Adventurer Guild receptionist, Ates.
An injury that was by no means her fault and came from the worst of timings had changed this one woman heavily.
One time she was pushed into a negotiation with the Kuzunoha Company’s representative which was something she brought upon herself; the second one was that she was faced with misfortune even though she didn’t neglect her job even once, and ended up being transferred into the idol industry.
She still lacks the ability to recite her lines smoothly, but it would be appreciated if it were to be forgiven.
“Then, I would like to ask this of the head of Tsige. This city has been serving as the lid of the wasteland until now. Why have you chosen to cause a war for independence in this time when the war with the demons is intensifying? There’s word that there was even a civil war that was a sorry attempt of a revolution. You could say it can’t be helped that a number of such incidents were to happen, but I would like to hear an explanation of this.”
The man that Ates directed her hand at threw in a question to the Tsige merchants while sitting tightly on his chair.
Rather than saying he was throwing a question, it was more like he was demanding an explanation.
It was a tone that most likely carried criticism.
“It is true that the civil war and the circumstances overlapped, but…explanation, huh… I think it is obvious enough to not warrant an explanation though. You are telling me you need it spelled out for you?” (Muzo)
One of the merchants, the Representative of the Muzo Company, responds to the envoy of Limia.
“Obviously. If it is an independence that took advantage of the revolution, then that speech of just now would be a complete lie.”
“Understood. Then, I will spell it out. It is exactly because a revolution happened in the Aion Kingdom that we finally ran out of any favor towards them.” (Muzo)
“W-What?”
“Even though they are counted as one of the 4 major powers and are counted as one of the nations that represent hyumans, their country was split due to a dispute between royals, and a civil war happened. We have run out of favor towards that so-called Aion country that can’t even properly rule their own lands. Thus, we decided on independence. That’s why it is a bit different from ‘taking advantage’. We were disappointed in this country whose ruling caused a civil war, and that became the reason for wanting independence at this time.” (Muzo)
“In that case! Shouldn’t it be your duty to show gratitude towards the king who rules the remote regions, and offer your cooperation in subjugating the revolutionary army?!”
“If it were like the Limia Kingdom where there’s overflowing loyalty from the nobles, and we had a king with overflowing charisma like yours, that might have been the case.” (Couple)
“!”
This statement that could be taken as ‘the country was way too pathetic, so we abandoned it’ made the envoy of Limia raise his voice because their ruling is similar.
The one who responded to him with a gentle smile was the representative of the Couple Company.
It was clear that she was being extremely sarcastic when she said ‘nobles overflowing with loyalty’, and the envoy of Limia ended up choking on his words.
“I don’t mind if you investigate it, but all the generations of the governors assigned to Tsige were not cooperative at all in the defense of the city against the wasteland.” (Couple)
“What…?”
“All those kinds of problematic things where blood is spilled would be thrown to the Adventurer Guild and the Merchant Guild to deal with and regulate. There wasn’t a single one who would be willing to put out money from their own pocket and spill a single drop of blood for the sake of this city. As you can see, I am already old, but as far as I can remember, the only thing they were passionate about was wringing out every single coin they could from us.” (Couple)
“I have been in Tsige for longer than this lady due to being a dwarf, and I share the same opinion as her. The governors of Tsige have never taken the initiative in utilizing their private armies for the sake of the residents.” (Bronzeman)
The one who agreed with the Couple Company was the Bronzeman Company.
He is a dwarf and a demi-human, but his words hold the same weight as the hyumans in this place.
He is here due to his position and not his race, so no one could complain.