Chapter 475: Chapter 67 - This Jobs Never Ends
"I don’t know what you’re talking about, Mio."
"I’m not trying to get Yulia to work overtime or me... being too lazy to explain something at night."
"Whatever you are thinking right now is completely untrue."
Deep down, I just didn’t in the mood to explaining something after enjoying a dinner. Right after dinner, I worked hard to read each report paper that Madam Estelle had compiled and signed it after verifying the information through the neatly arranged map sheets on my desk.
To be honest, I am just confirming the location on the map and verifying that the code is sufficient to make it an important, approved report.
After that, the next step I need to take now is to have an important meeting tonight before going to bed.
However, it seems... that plans have changed after Madam Estelle had a new assignment to teach Lisa about the legal procedures for making military reports used by Marquess Rommel’s military.
Alice and Alyssa were also busy deciphering every metaphor written on the scroll of paper. that the Elven Elder had given to me. It’s not gonna be easy until they realized a key to use Nature magic, which is required the divine blessing from the Goddess of Nature.
"Lily-sama, you sound like you want to relax after a hard day."
"Is the Duchess’s... M-Makes too much problems for you to fix it, Lily-sama?" Mio asked as she moved her hand to arrange the report paper in the wooden box.
Mio’s question sounded like she was curious about my interests in Duchess Kaori’s territory.
Since my job is done and I’m waiting for the military officers to understand the use of the color codes that Yulia is teaching, it seems... I’ll fill this free time by answering Mio’s curiosity.
"Ugh, no... It’s not that much of a hassle; it’s just that... there are too many misunderstandings happening at the same time."
"For examples... Uhm, what would you do if an arrogant noble used my name to threaten others, Mio?"
To satisfy Mio’s curiosity about what actions I had taken while in Duchess Kaori’s domain, I threw out this ridiculous question.
This question that came out of my mouth did not happen without reason; it was because I remembered the figure of a fat nobleman who was always lying on the ground with his body pressed down with the horse carriage doors.
Pretending to be unconscious for quite a long time and seeking pity from everyone present in the courtyard of Jeanne and Furina’s house, the fat nobleman was actually ignored as if he had not been born into this world.
I didn’t feel any pity at all at that time after seeing his behavior, which was beyond need to be get a help.
He has violated several noble etiquettes...
He has broken several social rules...
Even he, tried to challenge the laws of the Goddess of Destruction...
How unfortunate and pitiful he was...
"Someone who uses Lily-sama’s name to threaten others?"
"Is there anyone who is that brave, Lily-sama?"
"I mean... The Black Maid units will definitely silence that person under the pretext of illegally using the name of nobility to deceive the people. If there have anyone that was brave like that, isn’t it weird?"
Mio asked me back, even though I was only asking about the possibility that someone was using my name as a threat to do something.
The answer Mio gave made me smile calmly.
"If there have someone is that brave like that..."
"What are you going to do, Mio?" I asked, trying to keep Mio from giving an answer that came from her own mind.
Ploooppp...
Ploopppp...
Mio seemed uninterested in my question and was still busy arranging the report papers into the wooden box until the last pile was moved inside the wooden box.
"If that happens... I will definitely hunt that person down with the Black Maid unit, Lily-sama," Mio replied without looking at me, but her tone sounded angry and serious.
"Joining the hunt for that person with the Black Maid unit... what an honest answer from you, Mio," I replied as I reached out my hand to gently pat Mio’s head.
Caress...
Caress...
"I like that answer," I continued, gently stroking Mio’s hair and smiling sweetly at her.
"Lily-sama, I don’t want to speculate about what happened to you in other nobles’ territories. But, did something like that happen in Duchess Kaori’s territory?" Mio asked, closing her eyes after finishing her activity of arranging report papers into a wooden box.
A simple question...
But it showed Mio’s sharp instincts about something I had experienced.
"Yes, but not for me, someone has used Duchess Kaori’s name to threaten the people I have trusted to move independently from behind the scenes, in Duchess Kaori’s territories," I replied briefly and let go of my hand on Mio’s head.
"Let me take a further guess... the person who used Duchess Kaori’s name to threaten someone is a nobleman, right?" Mio said, looking confident in her guess.
I wanted to tease Mio by giving her an wrong answer, but with that sweet smile filled with confidence, I just nodded.
"Yes, he is a nobleman who comes from the Duchess’s main family."
"Ugh! Just as I thought. He must be so weak and keep bluffing until used the Duchess’s name to threaten others."
"Whether he was weak or not, what is certain is... he has repeatedly used the same method to threaten others. At the same time, he is threatening someone who can make a huge benefits that could have been obtained by Duchess Kaori. Sadly, he receiving a punishment from someone... he can’t fight as a human when doing something wrongful in her eyes."
"H-Huuhh?" Mio didn’t seem to understand my answer and put the last paper note into the wooden box.
"Is he received a severe punishment from the Duchess," Mio said to continue her words and try to understand my previous words.
Plooppp...
With the final piece of report papers neatly stacked in a wooden box, the task has been updated to deliver these report papers to Marquess Rommel’s residence.
The plan was... this reports must be delivered via a magic protofon call, first.
But, after we get the dragon flock invasion and the military expedition’s will be busy each day, the only way to get a quick update on the military expedition report was to meet with my mother in person.
In other words, there would be someone meeting with my mother every night to report on the progress of this military expedition.
It made me want to see my mother, but I must hold that longing, as a someone who take the command baton and leading this military expedition,
Actually, I have a permission to return to Marquess Rommel’s Main Mansion, but it have a strictly required rule to keep one my loyal subordinate to take control in the Central Command tent before I going out.
However, I already broke that rules...
"Ugh, I had already broken that important rule a few hours earlier and was busy taking care of matters in Duchess Kaori’s domain," I muttered to myself in a low voice.
This is the same as me breaking the rules to stay within the circle of military expeditions as a military leader...
"Yes, even he gets a heavier punishment than Duchess will do to him," I replied with words that made Mio tilt her head.
"W-What is really happen to him?" Mio asked in confused tone and still looked at me with her head tilted.
"Nevermind... It’s okay, Mio. He already... in peace, I guess."
I tried not to make Mio too curious about this because Mio dislikes anything related to magic. If she knew there was something more than magic, like a divine punishment, she would definitely never set foot in the old castle town which is already became a sacred territory to the Goddess of Destruction.
Mio stared at me with intense curiosity. Her lips glowing as she tried to ask more, but she managed to hold it in after I shut her curiosity and smiled at her.
"You’re better off not knowing that, Mio."
"..." as if understanding what I meant, Mio just kept quiet and tried not to be too interested in our previous conversation.
"I understand, Lily-sama. This is for my own good, right?"
"Yes, for your own good," I replied as I stood up and prepared to open the teleportation slash after seeing her works done.
Mio, who had finished arranging the report papers in a wooden box, immediately carried it out of the Central Command tent. I also stood up from my seat and walked out of the Central Command tent with Mio.
There was no sign of the military officers taking over the wooden box from Mio’s hands, so I assumed that Mio would be the one to give the wooden box to my mother as my military aide or secure that wooden box in safe place.
Tap...
Tap...
Walking behind Mio, who was carrying a wooden box, the corner of my eye suddenly saw a pile of wooden boxes not far from the entrance of the Central Command tent.
My body suddenly felt weak after seeing the wooden box containing glass jars, filled with samples of flora and fauna found by the exploration unit.
My expressionless face now broke into a exhausted smile as I saw that my work wouldn’t end easily. It felt like the pile of reports Mio had brought was nothing compared to the pile of reports that awaited me, tomorrow.
"Um, Neee... Mio."
"Is it just me, or has our exploration unit discovered something new quickly?" I asked Mio, who was walking ahead of me.
Tap...
Tap...
With careful footsteps and making sure not to bump into the knights who were on duty, handing over the glass jars containing the samples that had been found, Mio glanced at me with a wide smile.
"Yes, it’s all thanks to the information Lisa provided, Lily-sama! The informational assistance provided by Lisa was something new and not found before. Also, the map given by Earl Timoti did not touch the deepest part of the forest. So, this military expedition can touched the deepest part of this forest while following the directions given by Lisa."
"The Alliance Contract with the Forest Elf race turns out to have many benefits, huh?"
"Yes, Lily-sama! As expected of Lily-sama’s wise decision."
For some unknown reason...
My body suddenly got goosebumps when Mio said that.
