In the palace of the Dragon Kingdom, Drotilon made a stupid sound after listening to the minister's report. It's not that Drotilon couldn't understand what the goblins were doing in the country, that's it -
In order to expand his contacts and connections, Larva grabbed several other fairies who were traveling with him and took the identity of adventurers. Therefore, according to the rules of adventurers, he cannot attack humans in person, so those who always want to annex mercenary groups with illegal activities
Let's leave the matter to the subordinates he "seduced" and his other goblin companions, right?
Although I don’t know why——
These goblins seem to care a little about human rules.
Are you worried about the threat of your own nominal origin magic or the threat of the Theocracy next door? Other than that, you can't guess any other possibility.
Recently, we have taken action against large mercenary groups, and we have taken care of all the matters that need to be dealt with with the country. We have also raised a lot of supplies. According to some officials, we speculate that we may have to take the initiative against the orcs who are gathering at the border but are not yet ready to attack.
I struck once, but...
One of them "bang" spread out in the country, and a 300-meter-long tree bloomed with flowers, causing the area to be covered with golden "dust" for several kilometers. The other three also dispersed and left the Dragon Kingdom.
Why are you here to co-write? Are you here specifically to bloom?
This flowering has troubled the Dragon Kingdom, because the pollen of the magic tree was found to be toxic (to non-plant species), so an important road in the country had to be blocked.
However, Drautilon decided to leave this matter alone. After all, these goblins still had some rules and did not actively disrupt the order of the people. Fortunately, they only blocked a road to temporarily avoid the problem from expanding.
Now we still have to deal with the problem of orcs.
"Forget it, since the place where the magic tree takes root and blooms is still some distance away from the orcs, then we have to repel the orcs by trying to involve the magic tree in the battle without any strategy. Do you have any good ideas? Just repel the orcs.
if--"
When Drautilon said this, he seemed to struggle for a moment before continuing——
"Unfortunately, our country's adamantium-class adventurers and other mercenary groups were either merged or killed in the fight with the "Holy Tree Fairy". If you are just considering repelling the orcs, hire the "Holy Tree Fairy"
Can we save some war expenses by using a small number of goblins to assassinate the orc leader?"
Preparing for war requires a lot of money, and the Dragon Kingdom is not a wealthy country now. For the very kind-hearted Drotilon, it would be great if there was a way to avoid war by spending a small amount of money.
Besides, the "Holy Tree Fairy" is indeed asking for payment from the Dragon Kingdom, so there's nothing excessive about adding a little money and letting you do more work and killing a few more named enemies, right?
"Your Majesty, considering that their asking price is lower than that of adamantine-level adventurers, this should be the best way, but -"
The minister also paused for a moment before saying——
"Did you know? If you hire adventurers, due to the rules of the Adventurer's Guild, such employment will not have any political impact, but annexing Mesme will allow you to occupy two-thirds of the Dragon Kingdom's mercenary-armed "Holy Tree Fairy"
If they come forward - it might be an opportunity for them to get involved in politics."
"Do you...do you have a speech defect in that last sentence?"
"Say important things twice."
“‘Maybe’ is an important thing?”
"...Yes, Your Majesty (stick reading), I did make a slip of the tongue because I was a little out of control."
"I understand. I forgive you for always thinking about me and the country." Drautilon sighed and said, "I remember that the backbone of the goblins are also adventurers, right? Is that okay?"
"If you were running a territory yourself, you wouldn't have this problem." The minister said with regret.
"Okay, okay, I've never run a chassis myself, so I don't have experience, right? If you don't understand, I'll ask. I'm not ashamed to ask, just tell me." Derodiron was a little angry at this moment.
"In fact, some nobles and officials have contacts with adventurers, and some of their families have even registered as adventurers in the Adventurer's Guild for various purposes. Although there are not many of them, they are definitely not absent."
The minister explained.
"I see, that is to say the other way around - some adventurers who should have nothing to do with politics can still manage to get involved with political legitimacy because of their family background, right? The "Holy Tree Fairy" can use this as a model to infiltrate the country.
, they can do it with their strength, right?" Drotilon nodded in understanding.
But she immediately responded: "It doesn't matter, just do as I say."
"What?" The minister thought for a moment that he was hallucinating.
"I said, just hire them to do things. Or do you think it's better for more people to be eaten by orcs? Or do you prefer to spend your energy on intrigues instead of people being eaten by orcs? I think
Our country doesn’t have that energy.” Drautilon sneered.
"I don't dare. It's rude."
If we were in a world and country where humans could live and work in peace and contentment as the masters, naturally many people would be happy to play intrigues and seek personal gain, but in this world where humans are regarded as inferior creatures, they cannot do these things.
but--
Drotilon waved his hand casually: "Well... there is no harm in moderate competition. If your opinions are always the same, it will look suspicious, but - don't hold each other back because of this."
"Yes." The minister bowed his head, and it was not just a formal bow.
"So, what are the current trends of those fairies pretending to be fairies? Based on this situation, we have to formulate a strategy."
Drotilon felt that goblins would definitely not be kind to humans, but they should have their own things to do. If the operation of the Dragon Kingdom could be beneficial to the country and its citizens, it would be okay to "use" the goblins a little more.
.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, the goblins of the mercenary group and the goblins who have taken root are standing still, while the others are heading to the empire," the minister said.
"I know this, but what are they going to do in the empire? They have to cross the Kaz Plains... It doesn't matter to them. There won't be some people who live in the darkness like those in our country who will lament.
?”
"This... I don't know about it. The information is too little. Do I need to continue to follow it?"
"Forget it goes too deep. If the empire misunderstands it, it will deepen the estrangement. You know, if the orcs can't deal with it, we may need to rely on some empire power, right... Having said that, you should have considered this a long time ago.
It’s here!”
"But in the end, Your Majesty will need to think and approve it, and His Majesty also needs to accumulate more experience."
"Okay, okay, let's do whatever we need to do. Compared with those, the next topic is to look at the problems related to our country's agriculture."