Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari:Web Chapter 174

Melty’s Job

The next morning.

“Come to think of it, the messenger knight isn’t here.” (Naofumi)

I didn’t see the female messenger knight. Where did she go?

Raphtalia, Rishia, and some of the slaves were taken to a training camp by the Granny.

Gaelion was playing with Atlas and Taniko…

• Growl*…

Gaelion complained of hunger.

He ate so much of the Bioplant that its production couldn’t keep up.

“Then, you guys go hunting again today.” (Naofumi)

“Okay.” (Taniko)

“Kyua!” (Gaelion)

“We’ll be going.” (Atlas)

“Atlas! I’m going too.” (Fohl)

Fohl joined their party again today.

Well, that's fine.

“I won’t let anything hurt Atlas!” (Fohl)

“It’s alright, brother. And besides, Gaelion-chan will protect me.” (Atlas)

“Alright shmalright! As if I’m gonna entrust Atlas to this monster.” (Fohl)

“Kyua!” (Gaelion)

“You’re not a monster, Gaelion!” (Taniko)

And so they left, with such a hubbub.

I’m glad they're having fun.

“Well, I guess I’ll also go hunting in the ocean. I wanted to raise my level anyway.” (Sadina)

Sadina remarked as she moved out to the ocean.

Now then, I should do some land management.

The villagers had my orders, and it became relatively deserted in the daytime.

When the peddling group left, the place became deserted.

I taught a simple medicine recipe to the Lemo slaves, other dexterous slaves, and also anyone with an interest in making medicine.

Just after noon, I announced that the food made by the junior slaves was ready, and we had lunch.

It was a peaceful day.

I felt uneasy about Rato's activities, but she should’ve been looking after the monster hut.

“Count.” (Rato)

Rato appeared as we were eating.

“You're also letting the monsters Class Up, right?” (Rato)

“Yeah.” (Naofumi)

“I’ll pick out some of the monsters that are ready, so can you take care of it?” (Rato)

“Got it.” (Naofumi)

Even monsters can Class Up.

“The Caterpilland?” (Naofumi)

“That’s just it. If I research on the Caterpilland, it won’t get much stronger even with a class up. It grew, but its abilities aren’t that high, despite being under your influence.” (Rato)

Hmm…

She did mention that she was considering modifying it.

Even with her abilities, it’s a rather weak species.

“Then, isn’t it better than to not do it?” (Naofumi)

“True.” (Rato)

After we finished talking about the monsters’ Class Up, I moved to the town.

The shops’ products have improved; they seem to have expanded favorably. The problem would be the formation of factions, but the Accessory Merchant seemed to have them all under his thumb and there weren’t any big movements.

I showed up at Melty’s estate.

…Melty was there struggling with a stack of official documents just like the Queen had been.

She dealt with them promptly, just like her mother.

That Melty did.

That Melty did.

“Firo-chan Charm.” (Melty)

“Yeah.” (Firo)

She struck a pose at Firo to relieve some of the stress from her work.

At first glance, she looked like an idiot.

“You guys…” (Naofumi)

I'm surrounded by idiots.

But I won’t say that.

I’ve heard that intelligent kids have some strange habits.

I guess this is something like that.

Melty’s a bird enthusiast, so she probably has that kind of fetish too.

“Huh? Well if it isn’t Naofumi. What do you want?” (Melty)

“I came to see how the state of affairs are.” (Naofumi)

“We’re doing well.” (Melty)

Melty took a break and rode on Firo’s back while massaging her shoulders.

Why did she ride her...?

Was she pretending to ride a horse or something?

I really don’t understand the relationship between these two.

“The people in the castle are working hard and the people in the Commerce Guilds are also putting in effort for your sake. I guess there is a misunderstanding problem with Demi-human adventurers.” (Melty)

“I see, sorry about all this. By the way, the knight who usually passes on messages isn't around… and I also don’t know the whereabouts of a number of the soldiers.” (Naofumi)

“Huh? You didn’t hear? We received a leave of absence saying that she and a number of soldiers were accompanying the Battle Instructor and were secluding themselves in the mountain.” (Melty)

I almost fell over.

What was that!?

She did say she wanted to be taught, but she was going so far as to take a vacation for it!?

How motivated was she!?

“Well Naofumi’s obtained the warping skill, so moving has gotten easier, right? We only need to receive messages from the castle now, so the priority dropped.” (Melty)

“So it’s that kind of thing… I’ve never tried using her to send instructions to the castle though.” (Naofumi)

“It’s just that Naofumi didn’t use her. We relied on her when Shadow had other official instructions. Really…” (Melty)

The documents on the seat Melty was sitting at… there was some sort of cross written on it.

Should I write on it as a prank? I drew the design of a paper aeroplane.

“Which reminds me, was it a rule of the town? I’m sure it was written down somewhere.” (Naofumi)

“Yes, this region is under the protection of the Hero of the Shield, but nevertheless, the Demi-humans have been trying to discriminate against the humans.” (Melty)

“That’s troubling.” (Naofumi)

Discrimination is forbidden, the Hero of the Shield treats Demi-humans and humans alike equally; I had rules written down for everything.

It’s not like I didn’t understand.

But there were fools who felt like they could do whatever they liked here, just because I was the God of Demi-humans.

Of course, I won’t tolerate that sort of thing.

I won’t forgive anybody discriminating anyone without a proper reason.

Just for the record, if they do have a reason, I may forgive them to a certain extent.

Otherwise I wouldn’t be able to discriminate against the other Heroes, right?

“Ah, so lucky. Naofumi’s slaves are patrolling around so we’re managing without problems, but when the town grows further, there might be some commotions we can’t ignore.” (Melty)

“…It should be similar to what happens in the Castle Town.” (Naofumi)

“That’s true. We have to be tolerant to a certain extent, but I wonder if the people from Silt Welt and Schild Frieden know that.” (Melty)

Melty took a deep sigh.

That this child has to be burdened with middle management, being a queen is hard work.

“I’ll be honest. We kept it from Naofumi, but there are many abandoned Demi-human children; it’s troubling.” (Melty)

“…huh?” (Naofumi)

“Naofumi only made the Demi-humans he chose into his slaves, right? However, there’s no end to the people abandoning their children near this town and village, wanting them to become Naofumi’s subordinates without them knowing that.” (Melty)

“What are you doing about it?” (Naofumi)

“For now, we’re deporting them back to what we think is their own country, judging by their language and species. It’s not like we can’t discern their species and we’re also receiving the deportation costs from the other party. But we don’t know how serious they are.” (Melty)

“So the Demi-human countries have really become active.” (Naofumi)

“Now, can you warn them in some public place? It's troubling.” (Melty)

“Is that so… I understand.” (Naofumi)

Not directly interfering with me was something they said when they were peeved.

I wonder if there’s any way to handle this problem.

Of course, it’s not that I can’t pick up the abandoned children and turn them into slaves.

But if I do, it’s likely there will be more children being abandoned.

I understand that, so I can’t do it.

“It’s true that we profit from the money left by the Demi-human adventurers, but regulating them is hard… and besides, humans come too.” (Melty)

One way or another, there’s an emphasis on Demi-humans.

Come to think of it, if you look at the streets, there are many Demi-humans.

“If Firo-chan wasn’t here for the disturbance before, it would have been dangerous.” (Melty)

“I see, I’ve been helped in many ways.” (Naofumi)

“If you think that, won’t you warn them? At least by the end of today.” (Melty)

“I understand.” (Naofumi)

I brought Melty with me and headed to the town square.

I stood on the platform established in the square and vocalized loudly.

“Er….everyone who put in effort for the sake of the town’s development, and all the adventurers who are utilizing the town, I have some things I want you all to hear.” (Naofumi)

After I checked that everyone had gathered, I started talking.

I didn’t have a memo, but it was a simple task to say all the lines I had memorized earlier.

“Lately, some people have the misconception that we are a privileged class and have been causing some disturbances. That’s why I’m giving this warning. In this town, there are no social statuses between races.” (Naofumi)

A third of the demi-humans started to make noise.

“I’m not really saying to forget the past and make friends. However, whether it’s this town or the village, our purpose is reconstruction. My goal is to create a town in Melromarc that will provide Demi-humans with hospitality, but I want no more than to have a government like what the previous head who lived here created. Please don’t forget this.” (Naofumi)

As far as it goes, I heard that what the previous head wanted to do was to spread the awareness that Demi-humans and humans were equal living beings, in both hospitality and discrimination.

I also joined that cause.

“In the same way, my raising of slaves is a not a charitable enterprise, but for the sake of increasing the war potential during the Waves. Please bear in mind that I don’t have the intention of raising any abandoned children.” (Naofumi)

This was a problem I had to bring up in public.

It’s not something that can be forgotten.

Jeez… did they really think they could ask anything of God?

Whether it was Silt Welt or Schild Frieden...

They’re nations which I may visit eventually, but I hope that they’re the kind of nation that don’t like to be influenced, if possible.

That is, when these problems occur.

I finished the announcement with no problems, and returned to the village.

After that was the trivial addition of Melty coming to blame me for a delay in her work, which was actually caused by her playing around with a paper aeroplane. She had Firo teach her how to make one and had used the paper on her desk – the document with a cross that I had drawn on as a prank.

Come to think of it, I’ve made paper aeroplanes with the children before.

Although they didn’t fly very well because we used the leaves of the Bioplant instead of paper.

I was told that that paper had the plans for the town written on it.

"Indeed, you’re still a child..." (Naofumi)

When I said that, Melty’s face turned red, after which she became hysterical and left, together with Firo.

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