I, who was reincarnated as the villain character in a game, was secretly enjoying my role as the villain while pulling off heroic moves behind the scenes. However, my actions were exposed to my fiancée, who absolutely despises me - Episode 63

Episode 63

“From now on, the Validor family intends to create a monster corps. We want you monsters here to fight alongside the soldiers.”

*Woof!*

“If you’re willing to fight for us, as promised, we’ll provide delicious meat every day!”

*Woof!!*

The High Wolves wag their tails happily and let out triumphant howls.

…For now, it seems fine.

Confirming the excitement of the High Wolves, I decided to leave the rest to Ruf and the others.

“Ruf, could you please teach them about the manners and rules here?”

“Roger.”

Ruf nods and starts walking.

Increasing military strength all at once is difficult. It’s hard to gather excellent soldiers, and it takes time and money.

However, with the High Wolves, there’s a decent amount of strength, and above all, the cost isn’t that high.

…Well, as an initial investment, we’ll need stables to manage the monsters and people to take care of them. Ariana and Meesee, who were with Inaesia when I rescued her, volunteered for this role.

Also, Garing loves animals, so I think it’s good for them to take the lead.

Well, Garing has also become capable of easily defeating monsters on the second layer recently, thanks to training. So, I’m counting on him as a fighting force, but it might also be good to ask him to lead the monster corps.

For now, it will contribute to improving the current military strength, so it’s not bad.

After finishing the morning training, I head to my workplace after breakfast.

For now, the military strength is ready.

Now, I need to start working on managing the territory.

…

As a lord, I have various responsibilities, but the most important is being able to start managing the territory.

Of course, this can also be done in the game.

I’m not managing everything by myself; my subordinates primarily handle it, and I just set the policies.

It incorporates elements of simulation games.

Recruiting soldiers, managing their food supply, and considering the collection rate of taxes are some examples.

Unlike in the game, while setting it and leaving it alone remains the same, the difference lies in more verbal communication and the like compared to manipulating numbers and giving orders as in the game.

My role is to give instructions to the administrative officers who manage the military, agriculture, commerce, and industry.

Since there are overlaps between each field, if I focus solely on strengthening the military, problems like soldiers not having enough food or weapons can arise, so I adjust them according to the conditions of the territory’s land and scale.

But, there are quite a lot of them.

…It would be fine if I were just managing Validor, but within this Validor territory, there are many fiefs entrusted to subordinate nobles.

The Validor domain I was granted is so vast that it feels like I’ve entrusted the management of the territory to nobles in positions close to myself.

To give an example, my current position is like that of a governor, and my subordinates are like representatives of cities and towns.

So, it’s a fact that I’m in a very troublesome position.

But, well… I became a lord because I wanted to cherish the subordinates who have started to grow.

…First of all, it’s necessary to have territories that have grown in order to have a happy ending.

In order to live a relaxing slow life in the world after the story is settled, I have to do my best.

Eventually, I’ll need to greet the nobles who are entrusted with the management of the territories.

However, they probably won’t be very welcoming.

My father didn’t keep anyone except those who obeyed him or his yes-men.

Birds of a feather flock together, so there are many nobles who are like villainous aristocrats.

However, I can’t just unilaterally dismiss them.

If I unilaterally change things, dissatisfaction towards me may accumulate, and it may lead to a worst-case scenario like a civil war.

On the other hand, if I leave things as they are, dissatisfaction will arise from various places.

It’s best to make them understand my thoughts and be satisfied with my current way of doing things… Well, even if I do it well, there will still be dissatisfaction.

It’s troublesome. I want to send all those troublesome nobles into subspace with spatial magic.

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