The next morning, we started moving relatively early. It was because there were a lot of things to do on the day, such as the final confirmation of the reception facility, the preparation of supplies, the arrangement of personnel, the arrangement of the kitchen, the securing of the site, and the preparation of the ingredients. Especially when it comes to carrying a large amount of ingredients, clothes, and bedding, it's the most efficient, fastest, and safest way for me to move.
Nera, it's not good for a king to get involved in trivial matters! I was angry, but I was convinced that no one would lose and the right person was in the right place.
"I have a little extra time."
Rifana mutters while looking at the people preparing the soup. Her pin-pointed elf ears twitched. When she sees this move, she really wants to grab it, but when she did it once, she was kicked with teary eyes, so she restrained herself.
By the way, she is my wife too. How do you like it? Moreover, even if the elf is an elf, it's a silver-haired elf with brown skin. In addition, she has a template tsundere temperament, and her cuteness is doubled, even doubled.
"Would you like me to help you cook?"
The fox girl Sherry tilted her head while shaking the fluffy tail of the fox.
Sherry is a daughter who lived in a hidden village of beastmen in the forest of Kalendale Kingdom. She seems to have been a pet slave of some noble in the Kalendale Kingdom before she came to the beastman's hidden village, but before she was engraved with the slave crest, she ran away with the sheep daughter Karen. She heard that it was Melkina who took Sherry and Karen out of town and into the forest.
Well, no matter what happened in the past, she's one of my cute brides now. I don't know if it's a noble or a royal family of the Kalendale Kingdom, but I'm going to let it pass without knowing anything now. If he doesn't agree with that, I'll hit him from the front and blow him away. Because I'm a bad demon king, hahaha.
"It's about a quarter of an hour until the promised deadline.
"Maybe it's better not to mess with it. You might end up confusing it."
Kusuha and Deborah reject Sherry's offer. She is a bear beastman and one of my wives. Although she looks like a bipedal bear, she is also a true beastman. It's hard to tell because she has fluffy body hair on her face, but if you look closely at her, you'll notice that her face looks more like a human than a bear.
She has a caring older sister-like personality, and although she is as strong as she looks, she is a homely woman who competes for number one among her wives. Most of her family's meals are cooked by her.
Since Kusuha and Deborah rejected Sherry's fox ears, I stroked her fluffy ears and head to encourage her. All right, don't be discouraged. Mofumofumofumofu.
As I was stroking it, Sherry's fox ears stood up again and her tail began to sway. cute.
"Master, are you heading to the Geppels Kingdom in that outfit today?"
"Yeah? I was going to do that."
Right now, I'm dressed in carefully tanned hydra leather pants, a shirt that Kusuha woven with his own threads, a dragon leather jacket, a sword belt made of dragon leather, and a long sword and dagger made by Shingin. . He doesn't wear armor, but he's armed to the bare minimum. An adventurer on a day off looks like this. It's actually easy and good. When you relax, you can remove the long sword and dagger together with the sword belt.
"Isn't it better to dress a little more dignified? Look, there was an armor you made with the dwarves a while ago, right?"
"Eh, is that it?"
A few days ago, I visited Mr. Peron, a dwarf who has taken over the blacksmithing work with this clover. -" was created.
The concept of the demon lord-like armor I made last time was to make it a black steel armor that blocks magic power, while allowing the wearer to fully use magic. As it is called black steel, it was a dark metal, so I tried to take a bad ride and incorporate a skull-like design into the design, emit an ominous aura even though there is no special effect, and use a voice changer on the helmet. It was a gem that I made with whatever I wanted to do, such as adding functions, but...
"I don't mind, but they might scare me."
"It's okay to be scared at first. There's no such thing as being underestimated by the king."
"Hmm, is that true?"
I think it's okay to have a friendly king, but... that's a bit of a stretch.
The concept this time is "Let's make the most of monster materials".
There are truly a wide variety of powerful monsters rampant in the Great Sea of Trees, but most of them are unknown monsters, or monsters with few sightings or subjugation cases that are said to be phantoms. In other words, they are monsters with little track record of being used as resources.
It is one of the most promising means of earning foreign currency for the Brave Demon Federation, but its actual value is unknown. After all, it is an unknown material with no track record. At first, it will likely sell for a high price as a curiosity or research material, but as the supply increases, its value will gradually decline.
Therefore, we must urgently develop techniques to effectively utilize these monster materials. The armor I made this time is a gem that can be called the culmination of that.
"Then answer the request... put it on!"
Use the storage function to wear a new monster material armor like a transforming hero. Kukukuku... Roll, roll! Mostly in a magical sense! The concept of this time is the effective use of monster materials!
The entire body is wrapped in a monster material that has far higher magical power transmission than metal, and on top of that, it has the effect of increasing the wearer's magical power and physical ability with a large number of magic stones! Now, praise me for wearing the new armor!
"... Black."
"... it's black"
"... it's black"
"... it's black."
Three people, three people—no, four people, four people, four people? ――I am very satisfied with your impression. Oh, I'm so happy.
"... do you have any other impressions?"
"To be honest, it's too evil to draw."
"It makes me feel cold when I look at it."
"No matter how you look at it, it feels like an evil demon king."
"It's cool?"
I feel like I'm going to cry because Sherry cares about me.
"By the way, what material is that?"
"You really listened!"
"Ah, it looks like a hassle, so it's fine."
"It's fine, listen up!? First of all, the main armor is the shell of a powerful insect-type monster, which is light, durable, and has good magical power. It contains the crystalline body of the Terrorgazer, and this is what happens when you pour magic into it."
The breastplate slides and slides, exposing the lens of the Terrorgazer. Yeah, I was obsessed with this move. To be frank, it took the most time to recreate this natural movement.
"Wow gross"
"creepy"
Rifana and Deborah pull back and retreat.
"Don't call it creepy!? If you use more magic in this state, you'll activate mental magic that will make anyone who sees it fall into a state of fear! It's cool!"
"No, it's disgusting to have your eyes open with that kind of biological movement."
"Kuh, even though it's a surprise surprise function that sticks to that."
Apparently, the romance pursued by Peron-san and I will not be understood by the rifana and the others. Why can't humans understand each other?
"No, master, is that all? I feel a slight chill."
"Hahaha, thank you very much for listening. In fact, this armor also uses high-level undead materials. By chanting a slightly longer keyword, you can activate a function that absorbs mana and vitality from the surroundings. "
"... what is the range?"
"Is it around fifty steps on foot?"
"Wouldn't it be a problem if someone else took it away?"
"It's okay, if you don't have a certain amount of magic resistance, just wearing it will suck your life force and magic power and you'll pass out."
"Uh, Master. Isn't that generally called cursed equipment?"
"Oops, it's about time. Let's go. Let's go."
Concentrate your magic to open the teleportation gate while letting out a loud voice to interrupt Kusuha's point.
If you don't store this armor in a storage or space-time storehouse, if you don't put it in a black steel case, your eyes will open a little and people around you will get sick, but it's not cursed equipment. nice?
☆★☆
"Yes, it's okay."
We arrived at the royal capital of the Kingdom of Geppels, in a corner of it...it might be unreasonable, but it was the garrison of the Kingdom of Geppels near the royal castle on the north side of the capital. Its size is enough to accommodate an army of several thousand people, so it's a bit unreasonable to call it a corner of the royal capital. Yeah.
The garrison is surrounded by stone walls and moats that are about twice the height of a person, and it seems that even if the defense walls of the royal capital are breached, they will be able to defend themselves here. But well, if they attacked to this point, they would actually lose. Even if you defend here, the city of the royal capital and the royal castle will still be attacked.
"Hmm, is this the Goebbels Kingdom? Fumu, it feels a little warmer than the Sea of Trees, doesn't it?"
Kusuha raised his voice while looking at the defenses of the garrison. Without his mind, I feel that three pairs of red jewel-like compound eyes are shining on his forehead. Kusuha is surprisingly cold.
"Because it's on the north side of the continent and close to the sea."
"Suddenly... it smells like nothing I've ever smelled before."
"Hmph… is this the scent of the tide?"
"I can't smell anything on the boulder. I know the air quality is completely different."
It seems that beastman noses can feel something, but elven noses don't seem to feel anything. I wonder if that sharp Elf ear is capturing something. Kusuha...is spider eye amazing? I don't even know what I want to say.
I? I'm a normal person, so there's no such thing. However, thanks to the skill, only the danger detection ability is high.
"Well, it's not good to keep you waiting too long, so let's go."
The place where we appeared at the transfer gate is directly in front of the garrison. In other words, it was in full view of the sentry guarding the entrance, and while we were talking like this, one of the soldiers who was stationed at the entrance was dashing with all his might into the garrison. He probably went to tell his superiors about my visit.
As I approached the entrance to the garrison, I was greeted by a spear-wielding sentry.
"Welcome to Pidona Garrison. Lord Taishi, right?"
"Exactly. This is Taishi Mitsuba, the Lord of the Brave Demon Federation, our king. Following the agreement, I came to receive the demi-humans. Please guide me."
"Ha, this is it"
The conversation progresses without me having to say anything. I just keep quiet and follow. The guide soldiers didn't walk too fast, so they marched through the garrison at a relatively slow pace.
"Umu, are you watching?"
"Me and Kusuha are the center of attention."
Kusuha stands out just because she's Arkenia. The spider part of the lower body is simply huge, and when the spider part is added, the head is higher than mine. I mean, it's pretty big. Besides, Kusuha is beautiful. I think that's part of the reason why people are staring at us.
Why am I getting so much attention? I don't care about that. I wonder if they're just scared. Maybe the armor stands out.
"Oh, I can see it. Is it those people?"
"That's right. I don't wear any weapons or armor."
Or rather, since it's all demi-humans in the first place, it's very easy to understand even from a distance. There are no demi-human soldiers at all in the Goebbels Kingdom. From what I've seen, the clothes, physiques, and other things are completely different. Chaos indeed. The most common are the beastmen who have the characteristics of beasts somewhere on their bodies. The centaur is the runner-up, and the rest are scattered and I don't really understand, but lizardmen are easy to understand even from a distance. Dwarves are also easy to understand because they are short. There may be others, but I don't know because they're all messed up. Some are big.
"It's almost like you're inconsistent. That's what I knew."
"Well. However, there are a few but well-dressed."
"Yes.
A goat-beastman gentleman in solid men's clothing and carrying luggage that looks like a suitcase, a winged man in well-tailored clothes, and a dwarf in merchant-style clothes. The mouse beast people are probably that kind of people. There are also bunny-eared maids... are maids knowledge slaves?
"But most of them are wearing rags.
"Yes. Clean clothes and underwear are necessary even from a hygiene point of view."
Sherry clenches her hands together and lets out a rough snort. It seems that he had a lot to think about dealing with the POWs who were captured in the last conflict and caring for his pregnant wives, so while learning magic tool making and metal engraving from me, the midwives and Shitan worked together. He is energetically learning new knowledge by asking about medical technology and reading medical-related books. If things go on like this, Sherry will probably go in the same direction as Marle. No, in many ways, it's Shitan who is likely to become Marl No. Stop thinking, me
"What happened? Your complexion suddenly turned blue."
"No, I suddenly remembered the medicine I was given the day before yesterday."
"... that was an unpleasant incident."
Rifana gently looks away from me. For the time being, my body isn't like an industrial waste disposal site, so I don't want you to casually let me drink something like a failed medicine. There are crying children here.
As I approached the demi-human slaves while secretly using recovery magic on my stomach that was about to hurt, a civilian-looking man ran up to me. He is a serious-looking man who wears well-tailored clothes neatly.
"I have been waiting for you, Taishi-sama.
"Oh, nice to meet you.
"Ha, the total number of people gathered this time is 387, of which 311 are serfs, 23 are intellectual slaves, 20 are pet slaves, and 33 are criminals. I'm a slave."
"I see, what's the list of personnel?"
"Here you will"
After flipping through the list presented by the civil official who called himself Rutner, I handed it to Kusuha. What was written on the list was the name, age, type of slave, and what kind of work they had been engaged in. The family is written collectively at the end of the family.
"I see, it's easy to understand.
"Hah, as soon as the preparations for the second group are complete, we will contact you again."
"understood"
I nodded back to Rutner-shi, who lowered his head, and headed towards the demi-human slaves who were looking at me.
I stand in front of them and look at them with a mixture of anxiety and anticipation. These are the lives I will carry on my shoulders from now on. Keep that image firmly in your eyes.
"I'm going to open the transfer gate. Line up and enter in order."
Imprinting their appearance on my eyes, I immediately started concentrating my mana to activate the teleportation gate. Open the menu and specify Clover as the transfer destination. I'm used to manipulating magic. How long has it been since you came to this world? I think it's been a year, but I haven't been living with a lot of dates in mind. Does that mean you were desperate to survive?
Before long, something like a black door appeared. The transfer gate always looks intimidating.
I immediately pass through the transfer gate and check if there are any problems at the destination. When I went through the door and looked around, it was just near the place where I was preparing to receive the slaves. It's just like the image. I waved to Elmina-san, who was preparing to receive me in a remote place, and returned to the Geppels Kingdom.
"I'm passing without problems. Rifana, Sherry, please lead the way."
"yes"
"Okay then, everyone, follow me into this black thing. There's nothing to be afraid of, so don't panic, don't make a fuss, and take turns."
Rifana and Sherry lead the slaves and enter the teleportation gate according to the previous arrangements. Perhaps she was afraid of the strange atmosphere that the teleportation gate gave off, the slave who was in the lead had a pale face, but when little Sherry stepped into the teleportation gate without hesitation, she went to the teleportation gate with a desperate expression. jumped in.
Then the flow after that is slow but smooth. It's an easy job to just watch people being swallowed up by the teleportation gate without being particularly stuck.
"... I'm glad you weren't there this time, but what if there's a pregnant woman?
"That also seems to be a strong stimulus.
"If something happened to the child in my stomach because of that, I wouldn't be able to fully regret it."
If there are pregnant slaves in the Kingdom of Geppels, I have told them not to force them to move, but to provide a clean and healthy environment for raising their children. The cost is on me.
I have to thoroughly verify the effects of teleportation magic on the fetus. I wonder if there are any documents that have investigated such things in the past.
"Hmm, I have to find out somehow."
"Can't you ask God?"
"...oh!"
I had that hand. Would you like to listen to it in real life later? If you don't know the real thing, let's ask God who seems to know. While doing so, the last person entered the transfer gate.
"This is everyone. Then we will also withdraw."
"Ha, thank you for your hard work."
Since the duration of the teleportation gate is limited, I greet Rutner-shi and withdraw quickly. If I close it, I can make it again, but I don't want to waste my magic power.
When I returned to Clover through the teleportation gate, the slaves—no, former slaves were drinking warm soup. Perhaps the effect of the soup had come out, and their atmosphere, which had been somewhat tense, seemed to calm down a little.
Some of the former slaves noticed that I had appeared, and after that, everyone focused on me, Kusuha and Deborah, who had returned together. I'm not used to this kind of thing. But we cannot remain silent. Shall we try to act as brightly as possible here?
Welcome to Clover! My name is Taishi, Taishi Mitsuba!
People's reaction is... well, overall confused. It can't be helped, because it's urgent.
"Regarding what happens after this, once they have warmed up after drinking the soup, they will be moved to a temporary dormitory. I just talk like that."
I look around at everyone's faces, but no one seems to say anything in particular. Well, there aren't many people who have the guts to ask questions in this atmosphere.
"First of all, you'll need to get used to the environment here. I think you'll have interviews for a while, and then you'll be asked to do simple jobs in this clover. We are short of manpower in many ways.As long as you have the motivation and the perseverance to improve your skills, you can do anything.Up until now, you may have just done the work you were told, but if there is hope. I will give you various jobs and support you.I will not let you starve or freeze as the Lord of the Federation of Brave Demons.And I will give you a place to live and a job.I promise."
People started murmuring. Anticipation, anxiety, or surprise? I have no way of knowing what emotions are swirling in each person, but I do know how to convey my thoughts to them. Raise your hand and raise your voice.
"When you came to this Federation of Brave Demons, you were released from your status as slaves! You became the citizens of this Federation of Brave Demons, and became the people I should protect! The chains that bound you and controlled you. From now on, you will decide your own path with your own will and strength. Beside you are the citizens of the Brave Demon Federation, who walk together and help each other."
I lower my raised hand, make a fist and hit my chest. His breastplate and gauntlets collided, and a loud bang rang out.
"And if you're at a loss and can't do anything about it, rely on me. I'll do something about it then. That's all for me."
From somewhere, crackling applause began, and in an instant it spread into thunderous applause. No, I can't get enough of this.
When the applause subsided, Elmina-san, who was distributing the soup, came forward.
"Then, if you've finished drinking the soup, come over here. I'll guide you to the dormitory."
Thus, the first group of former demi-human slaves began their lives in Clover. Now, here's the hard part