Volume 2 - CH 333

Chapter 8-5. Current Situation in Bamil Territory

After a short visit to Satella’s mansion, Alena and Varadim seem to be doing a little preparation for a mock battle.

On the way there, I suddenly remembered something …….

“Huh?”

“What’s wrong?”

“Come to think of it, I wonder if Houen is still around? Is he staying overnight at the On villagge?”

“Houen-san, right? I saw him yesterday.”

“Oh, you know him, Varadim?”

“He is a well-known person in the Kingdom of Salettana, you know. We hear about him too.”

Really, he is a famous person.

He was here yesterday.

But since he is not acquainted with Satella and Varadim, he must be staying at some random place.

I guess it’s a good thing that I know he was here.

I wonder what he is doing now. ……

“Ouren-san, what is the rank of Alena right now?”

“Ah, C rank.”

“Eh?! C rank?!”

“That’s right. Her skills are very strong, ……. If she keeps doing more and more requests, she’ll be A rank in no time.”

“Wow! That’s amazing! ……huh? So, how are Uchikage-san and Reizen-san doing?”

“Ah,…… there’s a lot going on,…….”

Uchikage is helping to rebuild the destroyed village.

Reizen is burdened with the troublesome shackles of hibernating in the winter.

In addition to the fact that the village of the Oni was also so damaged, it will take a lot more time to recover.

Really, I realized after he was gone that I had been helped a lot by Uchikage.

Reizen is …… going to have to quickly level up and evolve once he comes out of his …… hibernation.

He’ll probably end up becoming some kind of divine spirit, and he won’t be hibernating anymore.

Maybe.

“Like us, Satella seems to be doing a great job. I’ve seen the reactions of the residents several times, and it shows how much they love you.”

“Fufu~. I can’t do anything myself, so I devote myself to listening to the people of the town. If we can solve their problems, it will surely make the town a better place.”

These sisters are really too clever for such young age, aren’t they?

Nobody usually thinks like that at their age.

Alena was doing her best as Alena, but Satella is doing her best as well.

She might be more capable than the average aristocrat.

Though I don’t know much about aristocrats.

“But …… we’re having a shortage of people these days. ……”

“For what reason?”

“We are short of experienced carpenters. When you entered this town, you saw the building materials, didn’t you? They have been there for about two months now. ……”

“I also saw that they are building houses for the residents, lodging for visitors, and establishing guilds, churches, etc. …… I see. You don’t have the manpower to build the walls now?”

“Yes. The people prioritize their own lives. Therefore, if we listen to what they need, we will not have enough people to build the wall. ……”

I guess the reconstruction work is still in progress.

It seems that they are doing their best, but it seems that the lack of manpower will not be solved easily.

Building materials are said to be donated from the Kingdom of Garott, but carpenters are not easily sent over.

Since the Kingdom of Garott is a large place and there are frequent repairs to the castle walls and rebuilding of houses, it seems that there is not much hope of replenishing the manpower.

Certainly, that Kingdom of Garott was very well-equipped with defensive facilities on the castle walls. ……

Still, isn’t it important to build defensive facilities?”

“It is, but right now the soldiers of the Kingdom of Garott are patrolling the Bamil territory and defeating the monsters and bandits. So, since there has been no danger since the reconstruction, I don’t think they feel much of a sense of danger.”

“I see.”

The fact that the walls have not been completed when the devil is about to arrive may be a bit of a problem.

We are surrounded by walls now, but there are more inhabitants outside of it, and many facilities that are important for daily life are scattered around.

Not to mention, those guys can fly. ……

It may be effective against small monsters, but for devils, it’s as if we don’t even need the castle walls.

But we should be able to stop them at least.

There are wooden fences, but they will likely be destroyed in a single shot.

“Also, we need to recruit …… guild members and adventurers. The food situation has stabilized, but we are still dependent on imports from the Kingdom of Garott. And since we have far fewer craftsmen, we are constantly putting a burden on them. We would like to improve them a little more, but unfortunately we still can’t support this Bamil territory with our strength alone. ……”

“O-oh ……. Well, don’t be so depressed. Everyone looks up to you because they see you doing your best. we can work it out”

“I guess so.”

Hmm, this lady is really working hard.

No wonder they adore her so much.

There’s still time before the attack, so it might be a good idea to go to the Kingdom of Garott and talk to Asure.

I’ll ask him if he’s willing to send reinforcements.

“You’re doing great for someone so young.”

“Fufu~, this is the home of my memories where we all spent time together. Because I am the daughter of the lord!”

“Azbal, right? I’d have liked to have met him once.”

“There is a grave, so would you like to go and say hello after this?”

“Then, I guess I will.”

While we were talking, Alena approached us, apparently ready for the pair of us to go.

“Alright, let’s watch them fight first, shall we?”

“Yes!”

“Ouren~! Referee~!”

“You want me to do it, ……?”

Well, fine.