“Hey, what’s with that story? Where did you hear that from… oh, it’s just the guards here.”
“Yeah, yeah. They were asking if I had any plans to leave here or something, so I told them I didn’t. But I was curious where that rumor came from, so I asked. Then they asked me, ‘Is the reason you’re attacking anyone trying to enter Lindor because you’re trying to take over Lindor?'”
“…Ah~”
Well, it was just to kill time, though.
So, from the perspective of other countries, it looks like I’m saying, “Don’t enter my country without permission!”
I didn’t realize that.
I don’t care about the surrounding countries.
“I told them that I didn’t think that was the case, but was that okay?”
“Yeah. I have no intention of doing that at all. That answer is correct.”
When I said that, Ivern looked relieved.
“I see. Oh, good. I thought that maybe you were making rice fields in the old Lindor farming villages as a stepping stone to conquer Lindor.”
“It’s not fields, it’s rice paddies. And why would I have to rule over such a huge, barren land? No matter how you look at it, it would take too much of my effort, and there’s no point in ruling it.”
Let’s say I did rule Lindor.
What could the eight of us do?
Why can’t they understand something that’s obvious if you think about it a little?
As I was tilting my head at the thought process of the people in this world, Eva, who had come to pick up the luggage, spoke to me with a wry smile.
“Many of the royals and nobles in this world think that land will automatically generate profit if they control it. The citizens there aren’t even counted.”
“They’re seriously rotten.”
Eva chuckled at my words.
“This is a painful thing to hear. Honestly, when I was in the Royal Castle, I hardly ever left the castle, so I can’t deny that I had that kind of thinking.”
“Oh, is that how it is?”
“Yes. It’s only after coming here. I’ve seen Ivern-san buying various things, and Mitsuhiko-sama working hard to grow rice, and I realized that the things I’ve been using were made and sold like this, and the food I’ve been eating was made like this.”
Is that how it is for royals and nobles?
And the ones who decide the country’s policies are the royals and nobles who don’t know the reality of the situation.
No wonder they seem like they’re not thinking about anything.
“From their point of view, Maya-sama’s actions probably look like you’re trying to prevent people from entering your territory.”
“So that’s it…”
I see, I see.
Then.
“I’m going to stop target shooting at those who cross the border.”
If I’m going to be misunderstood like that, I won’t do it anymore.
It was just to kill time in the first place, and now that Nara-kun has learned Teleportation Magic, I only need to go and cast Growth Magic on him from time to time.
I’ve target shot quite a few people so far, but those kinds of guys keep coming out one after another, so there will probably be many more who cross the border in the future.
Well, good luck to them.
So, from that day on, I stopped target shooting at people crossing the border of old Lindor.
A few weeks later, a town near the border between Admos and Lindor was occupied by a Criminal Organization.
And a few days after that, Admos quickly formed a subjugation force.
Because it was close to the border, it was quickly annihilated by the Admos army.
Actually, I was watching this in real-time from nearby, but honestly, I wondered if they were trying to make me laugh to death.
Because the moment I stopped target shooting, the Admos border guards started allowing people to cross the border like crazy, and the Criminal Organization occupied a town near the border.
Seriously, are they stupid?
I was watching with the magic that was monitoring the Princess-sama of Weimar, and I laughed so hard that I almost had a panic attack.
Honestly, I thought I was going to die the most since coming to this world.
And because I didn’t get involved in this incident at all, the rumor that I was trying to rule Lindor died down.
On the contrary, it seems that the story that I was the one who was stopping the criminals crossing the border finally came out.
And that’s when I realized.
Ah, so that’s what Weimar was thanking me for.
Only Weimar noticed that I was stopping the criminals crossing the border.
That’s why they thanked me through Ivern.
Then, I guess I’ll make sure that only the border between Weimar and Lindor is blocked.
The other countries get a free pass.
They were all shouting that I was trying to rule Lindor! But now they’re suddenly changing their tune.
It’s like that.
It’s too late.
I put up a Barrier similar to the one in this forest around the border between Weimar and Lindor, and around the farming village where Nara-kun is, so it’s impossible to cross the border from the Weimar side, and even if they cross the border from other countries, they won’t be able to reach that farming village.
I was taking a “I don’t care about other countries” stance, and for some reason, Admos started saying that they should put up the same Barrier as Weimar on their own border.
When Eva heard that, she covered her face with her hands, saying, “How embarrassing…” and Nara-kun muttered, “I’m glad I ran away quickly…” with a sigh.
When I ignored that claim, the relationship between Admos and Weimar started to worsen again.
Jeez, why do their relationships get so bad so quickly?
Or rather, with all these rumors about Admos, could it be that the King of Admos has revived?
What a nuisance.