Frontier Lord Starts Out With a Population of 0 - Chapter 0
Do a useful job for others.
That is my mother’s will.
Be a man who can protect the weak.
That is my father’s will.
Twenty-five years after the two died of a pandemic, at the age of 10, I have lived desperately to not be ashamed of them according to my parents’ will.
Gather orphans who have lost their parents due to epidemics like yourself, clean the city and earn money daily, help with farming to get a little food, and sometimes hunt monsters that appear near the city; I lived for 5 years while receiving a bounty and making a living.
Then, at the age of 15, suddenly the war between the country I live in and the neighboring country began, and my country lost a series of battles.
Losing, losing, and continuing to lose, enemy soldiers rushed near the city where I lived … and the neighboring soldiers began looting in front of the city where I lived.
In the face of the unbearable act, I became a volunteer to protect the will of my parents … to protect everyone from such neighboring soldiers … and have been fighting on the battlefield endlessly for 20 years.
One day at the end of the winter of the year I turned 35, the country declared the end of the war, saying that negotiations with neighboring countries ended in an advantageous way … And I do not know why, but I saved the country. It has become an existence that is said to be a hero.
I was completely unaware of it, but apparently I only had talent for fighting, and it seems that I was doing a better job in battle than others. The reason why the negotiations ended in an advantageous way was that the result of my battle was a big influence.
Then I ended up having a confused day of being praised by the people I met.
My companions who fought together, the knight who commanded the soldiers, the people of the city who hated us orphans, and even the great men of the country who seemed to be doing some great work were praising me, an orphan.
I was praised by various people, and I continued to be praised and praised, and at the end I was praised by the king who was the greatest in this country, and the king praised me in difficult words. He even started telling me about giving me territory.
I didn’t know what it was like to have a territory, and I didn’t understand because I was illiterate (T.N: He really says illiterate [無学な/Mugakuna] here, so I’m keeping it.), but live in a corner territory, protect the subjects, collect money from the subjects, and give it to the king. One of the great men who stood near the king politely told me that I should do this.
It seems that it is common sense to go to the territory as soon as you get the territory, so I was forced into the carriage by the hands of the officials and left the royal capital without any preparation.
It’s been a month while being watched by the officials who dislike me profusely.
A cramped life in which I was not allowed to leave the carriage except when I was sleeping continued … One afternoon, the official said that we had finally arrived at my destination.
While the officials complained about this and that, I was kicked out of the carriage and then descended to the province.
In a place that seems to be the center of the territory, I stood still while scratching the blonde hair inherited from my parents … I looked around and received an explanation from the official that everywhere in front of me was my territory.
The point pointed by the official is a meadow where green grass grows, and that finger slides sideways … and beyond that is also a meadow.
The grasslands that spread out in front of me, and the meadows are my territory.
Far from the appearance of the territory, there are no man-made objects in this grassland.
The official utters words with a disgusting smile to me who keeps looking at such a meadow in a daze.
“It’s a territory that suits an orphan like you, so do your best.
The name of this meadow is Netross … Was your name Diaz?
Then from today you are Diaz Netross. “
With that said, the official left the meadow with the carriage because his work was over … I ended up standing alone in the meadow.
I can’t see the territories that the great man said at all … I can’t even find the house I live in.
Suddenly, I realized that I hadn’t eaten yet … I was wondering what to do for food, and I looked around again, but of course I couldn’t find anything that could be used as food.
All I have is the big double-edged battle axe that I used on the battlefield … and the linen clothes I wore, tattered boots, and iron armor full of scratches. No food …
In this way, my life began as a lord in a vast grassland with no subjects, no house, no food.
Living in the meadow has begun … What must I do first?
The answer, needless to say, is to build a place to live while securing water and food.
No matter what we do in this meadow from now on, we must avoid dying in the wild.
I have to find a water source, find food … a cave, a shade of a big tree, or a suitable place to live …
As soon as I decided to do so, I decided the right direction to go and started walking.
Immediately after I started walking, I succeeded in discovering a stream that flows smoothly, and the water in the river is so clear that I can see the bottom of the river.
During the war, I used to sip muddy water every day, so I’m grateful that there is clean water.
If there is a river, there will be various creatures there, and there are expectations for food security.
After drinking a little water from the river to moisturize my throat, I looked at the river for a while … I searched for creatures that could be used as food, but I couldn’t find them right away.
I can continue to search for creatures here, but … No, I decide to move because it is important to find a place to live.
In search of food and a good place to live, walk, walk, keep walking … and then spend a considerable amount of time walking over and over, using the trampled grass as a landmark … … Yeah, I understand, I understand.
There is only grass in my territory.
No matter how far you walk, the grasslands continue to expand, and you can see grass, grass, and grass.
I couldn’t help but think that there wasn’t a convenient existence like a cave, but I didn’t think I could find even a single tree.
If I had a tree, I wouldn’t say it would be a house … but I had the option of making it even in the rain and living there …
Seeing the sun begin to tilt, I decided to return to the stream.
After returning to the stream to rehydrate, sit down on the grasslands and rest while gazing at the grass swaying in the wind.
Looking at the grass, can’t you use the grass because it’s still there? I thought about it, but if you cut it into pieces and eat it, the taste is unpleasant. Let’s go.
I sigh deeply, even if there are only a lot of useless grass.
In the meantime, the sun begins to set and the area is surrounded by darkness.
I lie down on the meadow, deciding that it would be impossible to do anything more in this darkness where I couldn’t see a few steps ahead.
I’ll go to sleep today and will act again tomorrow, I don’t know what I can do, but just act … If the situation still doesn’t improve, I think I should consider running away from here.
I may be scolded by a lot of people, but I don’t want to die here..
Well, after … If I can’t stick around for about two days, I’ll move while relying on the traces of the carriage wheels and go to a nearby village … There, let’s find something useful for people and live.
When I started thinking about that, I felt a little better … I felt lighter when I thought I could keep my parents’ will … and my eyelids started to get heavier.
Then I set out for the dream world, surrounded by the smell of grass.
“――――! ――――!”
I hear someone’s voice.
“――――! ――――!”
The voice, which repeats the same content over and over again, is ringing right next to me … Maybe the owner of this voice is speaking to me?
“――――! ――――!”
Who Are You? Who Are You? … Who Are You?
While moaning, I think about the meaning of the words but … I understand with a drowsy head that the owner of the voice is telling me to wake up.
Now … I can feel the sunlight while closing my eyelids. Seems to be morning.
Will the voice owner tell me to wake up because it’s already morning?
But I’m still sleepy and I don’t want to wake up yet.
I turned my back on the owner of the voice and turned over to go on a journey to the dream world again … I slept a little while thinking about what kind of dream I should have … and at the moment when I started to travel to the dream world, I was kicked on my back, and when I received a sudden shock from my armor, I was surprised at the shock and sound and jumped up.
As I jumped up and opened my eyes, I began to look for the criminal in a hazy view, awakening my consciousness, trying to protest the criminal who kicked my back.
An increasingly clear view captures the criminal’s appearance and sends that information to my consciousness … and I’m so surprised that the criminal’s appearance is indescribable.
The criminal was a woman who had a red paint on her face with a flame-like make-up and a mysteriously patterned cloth wrapped around her.
It can be said that the appearance is highly exposed, and the brown skin is very eye-catching.
But more than anything else, what caught my eye and surprised me was … the glowing blue horns on her forehead.
I was so surprised that there was a person with horns … I was just stunned.
“Who are you? What are you doing in a place like this?!”
The horned woman in front of me asks me such a question, glaring with her bright red eyes.
Every time the woman speaks, her beautiful silver hair woven like a string sways and the jewels woven at the tip collide with each other, making a beautiful sound.
“Don’t shut up and answer my question!”
The high-pitched voice is piercing, but she seems to be friendly since the sword on her waist is not pulled out.
I slowly open my mouth wondering if I could answer the question if she treats me in a friendly manner.
“Ah … I’m Diaz. When asked what I was doing here … as you can see, I was sleeping. “
“Why did you sleep in a place like this?!”
“Because there is no other place to sleep, I slept as it was because I felt sleepy when I was taking a break after drinking water in the river there.”
“… Are you stupid? Or is it some kind of illness? Is it because of illness that your eyes are blue?”
“… Illness … shouldn’t be. I can’t deny that I’m stupid, because I lived without learning. “
“…Why did you set foot in this meadow, what were you going to do here? “
“When I’m asked why, I was brought here and told to live here …? What I’m going to do is … I was going to manage to get some food to live in so that I wouldn’t die. “
“…What on earth do you want to do? “
“……what? Hmmm, what do I want to do, when you say that again, I …I don’t want to die for the time being, so I want to live … Hey, wait, don’t touch the sword!”
”If you don’t want to be cut, answer seriously?”
I’m very serious …
”Hmm … well, I want to keep the wills of my father and mother and help others, and I want to protect the weak. “
“… Why don’t you lie to me?”
“Eh?”
What is that question?
I answer because I can?
”There’s no reason to lie to you though …? “
“Are you my enemy or ally?”
I wonder what this woman is doing.
She’s been asking many unintentional questions since a while ago, and what’s the purpose? Every time she asks a question, her horn gives off a blue light, and every time I answer a question, her face becomes steep, so I really don’t understand.
And above all, isn’t this the question you ask for the first time you meet an enemy or an ally?
How should I answer?
At least I can say that I’m not an enemy, but I can’t say that I’m an ally, hmm.
“I don’t know which one …I can say that I’m not going to be hostile to you and I’m not an enemy, but it’s strange that I would suddenly become your friend when we just met for the first time. I don’t even know your name. Isn’t it the answer that I am neither an enemy nor an ally? “
“No! Enemy or Ally! Answer me clearly here and now!”
The woman lifts her eyes and says so, reaching for her sword and staring at me angrily.
I don’t know what she didn’t like about my response, but I’m worried that her friendly attitude is being lost.
It’s possible to say that I’m on her side, but I’m sure this woman won’t be satisfied with just the words above.
No, rather it may become a mess and she may pull out the sword.
I shouldn’t offend this woman anymore, and I start thinking about how to answer with my unreliable head.
I think seriously about whether she’s an ally or an enemy, and keep thinking … I realize that’s what I’m doing.
This is my territory, and the woman in front of me is standing in that territory right now.
In other words, I realized that she was in the territory that the noble was talking about.
The noble said that the lord’s job is to protect the people. (EN: This is referring to the “great man” that explained what the King meant in the previous chapter. Because great man sounds weird, I am switching it to noble.)
In other words, I can assure her that I’m on her side … I see, that’s why she reached for her sword with her eyes raised.
Anyone will get angry if the lord who is supposed to protect the territory does not declare that he is on the side of the territory.
If she has horns and it shines … I’ll ignore it as a small problem.
I look closely at her eyes and utter the vow in words, with a strong vow that I will do my job well as a lord.
“I’m on your side! I will protect you no matter what enemy you have! “
She opened her eyes to my words and was surprised, and began to emit a strong blue light from her horn.
She was squinting at the glare of the light, she was supposed to be the one who gave off the light.
“Why! Why does it glow blue ?! What is the intensity of this light?!! “
What a loud voice.
After that, she kept saying something wrong or impossible for a while, and then she glared at me tightly, dyeing her cheeks red.
When I tilt my head without knowing what her words mean, she grabs my arm and walks away, holding it.
“Wait a minute, what’s the matter? What’s wrong?
Are you willing to take me somewhere? “
“I’m taking you to my village! Follow me silently!”
Without even trying to check the area, she still holds my arm firmly and says so, walking through the grass and with great speed.
Village? Is there a village? In my territory?
I walked a lot yesterday looking around the territory, but I never saw a village …
I’m a little depressed by my stupidity, and I’m deeply grateful for the good luck I met her.
Then I kept walking with her pulling my hand and rushing through the meadow … I arrived at a mysterious village lined with white cloth houses.
“You’ll meet the chieftain!”
As soon as we entered the village, the woman stared at me and said so.
It’s only natural for a newcomer to greet the elders, and when I nod that I’d be grateful if they could guide me there, she begins to walk, pulling my arms even harder.
I walked through a village lined with round cloth houses, exposed to the eyes of people with horns on their foreheads that looked a lot like the woman’s … then we reach a bigger house in the center of the village and step inside.
It was a space full of beauty that I saw for the first time.
There is a big hole in the center of the ceiling to let in the sunlight, and the appearance of the wooden frame spreading radially from there seems to me that it expresses the sunlight itself. What a beautiful thing.
The floor is lined with uniquely beautifully patterned carpets, which are lined with crafted wooden furniture and studded with jewels.
When I first went to the royal palace, I was surprised at its luxury and beauty, but I sigh that it might be more than that.
“I didn’t think Aruna would bring someone else … is that man blue?”
When I heard the voice of a hoarse woman from the back of the house and looked at it, an old woman was sitting on the carpet.
The old woman, who covers herself with many layers of fur, looks like a monster with a lump of fur.
A dead tree-like hand extends through the gaps in the fur, holding a cane studded with jewels.
Naturally, the old woman’s forehead also has horns that shine blue.
”Yes. I caught him sleeping and cross-examined him to find out his purpose for entering the grassland, but … all the answers were unreasonable … what should I do …?
So when I asked him if he was an ally, he answered that he was in strong blue. “
The woman holding my arm … Called Aruna, she suddenly sat down on the carpet, bowed her head, and began to talk to the old woman with her head bowed.
“Hey … that question doesn’t mean strong blue …Wasn’t there red? “
“There was never red. It was all blue. “
What are they talking about, red or blue?
“All blue? Hmm … that’s interesting. The blue man that Aruna brought … Can you tell me your name? “
“… Eh? Ah … Diaz is my name.”
Suddenly spoken to and surprised by the incomprehensible name of blue man, I managed to reply to the old woman, even though I was stuck in words for a moment.
“Diaz … It’s a strange name. Diaz, you seem to be on Aruna’s side … Will you be on my side? “
“Of course, anyone who lives in this village, I will be on your side.”
“… Oh, that’s right. Why will Diaz be on our side? “
“Because that’s my job”
“…Who ordered this job? “
“That’s … the king.”
As soon as I said the King, the old woman with shiny horns opened her eyes wide, and Aruna suddenly stood up and began to grasp the handle of her sword.
Did I say something bad?
Feeling the air in the house getting worse, I wondered if I should reach for a weapon … so I was shocked to find that I had left the battle ax on the meadow.
I usually don’t let go of my weapons, but when I was asleep, the shock of a sudden encounter with Aruna overlapped … I made a terrible mistake.
“Aruna, don’t be so impatient, he’s still in the middle of a story. Diaz … let’s hear more about your work … Well, can you tell me from the beginning why the King gave you this job? “
As Aruna glared at me with a keen eye, the old woman said so plainly … I will explain the process of meeting the King as the old woman told me, paying attention to Aruna’s behavior.
The first thing the old woman said was that she couldn’t judge from some random spot in my life, so from the very beginning, I will talk about my life as far as I know from the time I was aware of it. ..
“I see … I understand. That’s why it was blue … I’m totally surprised. No … to think there is such a man without horns. “
The old woman listened to me and muttered such a thing, and the content was also “blue” … What do the two of them mean by blue?
Aruna releases her hand from the handle of the sword when the old woman says it’s blue … and then, with a mysterious look, she keeps staring at me instead of staring at the old woman.
The old woman looked at Aruna, then looked at me and opened her mouth slowly.
“I understand that Blue Diaz, you are a good lord who really wants to protect the people.
So I’d like to ask you one question, what would you do if we weren’t your subjects? “
“If you weren’t my subjects …? No … I wouldn’t do anything. If the people I thought I finally found weren’t my subjects … I would have to drop my shoulders, but that’s it. “
“Can you be on our side even if we are not your subjects?”
“Yup……? Well … we got to know each other even if you’re not subjects, and I want to get along. If you have any problems, I will help you and I will be on your side, right? “
When I say so, the old woman slowly makes her horn glow blue, nodding as if she were checking something.
Why would the old woman ask such a question, if she wasn’t a citizen ….
that? Maybe the people in this village aren’t citizens?
Well, that’s not the case, right? The official explained that this is also a territory, and it must be citizens who live in the territory …
“That face … did you finally notice it? Yes, we are not your subjects. On the contrary, we’re the enemy of your king, we’ve been fighting your country for many years. “
The old woman said in a clear tone … I fell to my knees instead of dropping my shoulders at those words.
The person who I thought was a citizen was not a citizen, but rather an enemy, that is, this is the center of the enemy territory.
I don’t even have a weapon in the center of the enemy territory.
When I was shocked by the fact and continued to feel down without speaking, the old woman spoke to me, my enemy, in a gentle voice for some reason.
“Blue Diaz, we are enemies of your king, but we may not be your enemies. You are blue, a rare blue. If you’re blue, we should be able to get along well. Don’t look like that forever, look up and listen to me. “
To the old woman’s words … I slowly raise my face.
Then, when I looked at the old woman’s face … the old woman was kindly smiling with wrinkles in her face … as if she was a mother.
“First of all, let me give you my name, my name is Moru, the leader of the Oni people.
We, Oni People, have long been in conflict with the kingdom … with your country for control of these grasslands.
We attempted many negotiations and fought in many skirmishes … this trend was repeated for a long time.
…… But in the war that broke out 50 years ago, we were defeated and fled from this meadow, losing a lot of friends … and the kingdom gained control of these lands. “
Moru, who was smiling at me, began to talk about that while distorting her face.
How old was she 50 years ago? That seems to be a painful memory for her.
When I heard that story, I corrected my posture, and asked the questions that came to my mind.
“If you fled this meadow 50 years ago … why are you living in this meadow now?”
“We snuck back into the meadow after running away, maybe a couple of months after we lost the war.”
“… Why didn’t the kingdom notice?”
“The answer is this.”
With that said, Moru points to the horn on her forehead with her finger.
What the hell is this blue glowing horn?
“This horn is one that stores magical power.
By accumulating magical power, you can use various types of magic that cannot be used without horns, one of which is concealment magic.
We’ve been hiding in the grasslands for 50 years, covering the entire village with concealment magic.
The reason you couldn’t find this village yesterday is because of the effect of concealment magic. “
“Can you really tell me such an important secret?
I’m a citizen of the Kingdom … “
“You’re blue. If you weren’t blue, I wouldn’t tell you.
…… Why are you making a face like you still don’t understand?
You are a dumb fellow.
One of the magics that only we can use is soul appraisal, which identifies the soul of the other person.
When the other person is dangerous or hostile to us, the horn will shine red and the color and intensity of the light tells us the degree of danger. “
“Ah … I see, that means blue isn’t hostile?
Even so, to tell me such a secret with just that … “
When I utter such words, Moru smiles at me with a cunning grin.
“No, no hostility is white.
Blue is the light that comes out when the judged person is someone who will bring us happiness and grace, and the light becomes stronger depending on the degree.
If you were a little hostile or lied while talking to us, the blue light would start to become muddy and close to red.
Your color was never distorted … well, listening to your life story, this makes sense.
It’s a not a stupid way of life, keeping your parents’ will in mind, and living honestly up to your age.”
“… Is that … a compliment?”
“What are you talking about, haven’t I been complimenting you for awhile now?
I’ve lived a long time, but I’ve never seen a fool like you “
With that said, Moru started to laugh loudly.
Hmmm, I feel like I’m being insulted rather than being praised.
“It’s fortunate for us that an idiot like you became the lord of these lands … I’m convinced since my horn glowed such a strong blue.
After all, if we get along well with you, we may not have to rely on concealment magic, and if that happens, we may be able to expand our village.
…… The range of concealment magic is also limited, so I’ve had a hard time for the last 50 years without expanding the village. “
“Why are you so particular about this meadow?
Somewhere … Isn’t it okay to go somewhere beyond the kingdom and build a big village there? “
“Our hometown isn’t so easy to throw away … and the livestock called Me-ah, who support our lives, tend to eat a lot of grass.
This grassland, rich in soft and nutritious grass, is an inseparable place … “
“……So that’s why.
I don’t have any objection, and if you want to expand the size of this village, you can feel free to do so…I think
I was only told to protect the territory and collect taxes … well, there’s nobody in the territory yet … “
“Hmm … you’re really a fool!
Don’t you think about negotiating a little or setting conditions?
He’s a man who can’t help it at all!
…… You don’t have a house or food, right? We’ll prepare it, and we’ll give you some livestock.
Instead, you should support us, and don’t you tell anyone about this village or us Oni. Even if the person requesting is the king.
Also, if you gather more people and become a good lord, and then lose your position, this story will come to an end.
And if you’re gone, I wonder what kind of guy will become the next lord. Oh, I’m sorry for already thinking about your replacement.”
“Well, of course I’ll do my job … I intended to keep this village secret from the beginning, so it’s okay to overlook it and keep silent …
……Hmm? Like before? …… was there a lord before me?” (EN: Yeah…challenging to translate)
“Oh, there was.
It seemed that he had another territory and lived there.
Occasionally he came to check on this meadow … well, he was a fool who frequently did terrible things.
Shortly before you came … news was that he died of illness.”
The face Moru makes is beginning to darken more and more … It seems that the former lord was doing something that was not so good.
Aruna, who stands by the side of Moru, has had an angry face since the talk about the former lord. What the heck did he do … I think it’s better not to ask for more details.
“Well, that’s an old story, so let’s leave it.
Let’s talk about the future, from now on.
I’ll give you materials for a house as I said, it will be smaller than this one … well, let’s build it where you and Aruna met.
I’ll also prepare household goods for you and a change of clothes.
And let’s say you’re going to eat dried meat for a week.
After that, it’s Me-ah’s turn … I’ll lend Aruna as a caretaker for a while.
You can live together in that house.”
I was surprised and speechless at Moru’s words… Aruna seemed to be significantly more surprised than I was, trembling with her eyes wide open.
“You don’t even know how to care for livestock, right?
You also need to take care of the house after you build it.
There’s a lot to learn about how to deal with the beasts that live here and how to avoid illness, so Aruna will teach you.
Aruna, you’re fine with that too, right? You’re the one who brought him to the village, so take responsibility for his well-being.”
Aruna tried to object while raising her eyes to Moru, but she swallowed the words at Moru’s gaze… she reluctantly nodded and accepted to be my caretaker.
“That is the end of our negotiation.
That’s why, Lord of the Meadow, we’ll be in your care from now on. “
The discussion ended with a word from Moru, and in this way I succeeded in securing a place to live and food, which was my goal.
It was an unexpected development to live with Aruna as my caretaker, but I hear that great people are accompanied by butlers, maids, and vassals.
There were a lot of maids in the royal palace, so let’s accept it as such.
Her atmosphere is different from the maids I witnessed at the royal palace, a little … rough … no, quite wild, but … such a maid isn’t bad … it should be fine, yeah, should be.
After the discussion with Moru was settled, I was back to the place where I met Aruna.
The reason is to build a house … or, more like, just to observe the assembly.
The cloth house of the Oni … called a yurt, it was supposed to be done by the hands of three Oni men … the assembly work proceeded at a speed that could only be said to be tremendous.
The grass at the planned construction site was cut, and as soon as the floor was laid there, walls began to be built, and at the same time, a pillared skylight was thrust onto a flat stone placed in the center of the floor. ..
After that, the skylight and the skeleton of the wall are connected, and the general shape is completed, and the work of covering the skeleton with the outer cloth while adjusting the fine parts begins.
“This was fast, you started assembling in the daytime, and even though the sun hasn’t set yet, the shape has already been completed.”
“Yurts are easy to assemble, disassemble, and carry.
When a crisis that cannot be avoided even with concealment magic approaches, we dismantle the yurts and take all of the village and escape from the crisis … That’s why yurts are built like this. “
Aruna, who was my caretaker, explained to me.
Aruna reluctantly became my caretaker, but she doesn’t seem to hate teaching someone in this way, and she has taught me various things since the discussion was over.
It is said that it is easy to get sick in the grassland, so you should bathe every day to wash away the cause of the disease, shave every day because the beard also accumulates the cause of the disease, and take good care of your nails. There’s a lot of details to remember.
She especially taught me enthusiastically about the livestock, Me-ahs, which were shared by Moru, along with how to take care of it.
Me-ah is a domestic animal that grows two horns that bend like a whirlpool and wool, which covers their whole body with white fluffy hair, and is said to be indispensable to the life of the Oni people.
The purpose of raising Me-ahs is not meat, but their hair.
It is said that the hair has excellent durability and water resistance, and when it is woven into a cloth, it is said that the highest quality cloth with excellent durability and water resistance is produced.
It is used not only in various parts of life, such as used for yurt cloth, bedding, and underwear, but it is also a valuable source of income for the Onis by selling it to peddlers.
As I’m listening to Aruna’s explanation, do I need to get a peddler from the kingdom? I asked the question without thinking, but Aruna’s answer was silence.
Apparently she can’t tell me the details in regards to peddler.
Perhaps it is a peddler from a foreign country instead of one from the kingdom.
Well, I won’t say anymore.
When the yurt assembly is completed, we will also assemble the Me-ah breeding hut, and once that’s done, one male and one female Me-ah will be delivered from the village.
It seems that Moru will select the ones that are particularly young and healthy, and it may take some time, but I am grateful that she not only shared a yurt, but also their precious livestock.
They say that the more Me-ahs eat grass, the more their hair will grow, and if I cut their hair and take it to the village, I can exchange it for food and daily necessities.
Aruna, who will be responsible for my future food situation, wants to take good care of the Me-ahs, and if possible, breed and increase their number.
Occasionally, wild Me-ah will appear in the grasslands, and it seems that those who find them are free to capture them, so if you see one, try to capture it with all your might.
As the number of Me-ahs increases, not only does wool production increase, but breeding opportunities also increase, so it cannot be overlooked.
Let’s steadily increase the number of Me-ahs and enrich the territory, even if it is little by little.
Moru, who has given me so much … I have to do my best to meet the expectations of the Oni people.
Enrich your territory and increase your subjects…
Hmm? Increase the number of subjects …?
Increase the population? ??
That? What exactly should I do to increase the number of ctizens?
“By the way, Aruna … I have one question to ask … Do you know how to increase the number of subjects in my territory?”
“I wouldn’t know that.
… the only thing I can say is that humans don’t just wander like Me-ahs. “
That’s right, I don’t know, that kind of thing.
Aruna, who I thought was a subject … The Onis were not citizens.
In other words, my territory’s population remains 0 …
Aruna’s words that subjects won’t just come like Me-ahs is like a stab in my idea of getting subjects from the Oni village, and how I won’t find any wild citizens …
What should I do …
The citizens … I wonder they will just spring up from somewhere …
・ Prologue Grisalt
Territory [0 people] → [0 people]
Diaz got a house [Yurt].
Diaz got a facility [breeding hut].
Diaz got two livestock [Me-ahs].
Diaz got food [dried meat] for a week (for one person).
Diaz succeeded in forming a [friendly relationship] with the Oni People.
Diaz succeeded in getting a caretaker [Aruna] dispatched from the demons.