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 72

Episode 72

“It would be more efficient. Besides, the cost of transportation would be almost negligible, right?”

“But…”

“If the items obtained from the dungeon become stable, it will be a big plus for territory management. Also, I plan to give temporary rewards to the soldiers who participate in dungeon conquests. Participation should be strictly voluntary.”

Just like Zangell, there will be people who are not enthusiastic about dungeon conquests. For such people, money would be the deciding factor. There may be considerations of honor and such, but money is probably the clearest motivator.

Distributing some of the profits obtained from selling materials acquired during dungeon conquests should ensure that we don’t end up in the red. Then, we just need to prepare for the appropriate number of participants and rewards while conquering the dungeons multiple times.

“Certainly, if Lord Reis will be using spatial magic, there’s no need for concern. Understood. Let’s give it a try.”

“Of course… If it turns out to be too much of a loss, I’ll stop sending troops to conquer dungeons. Thanks for your input.”

“No, I’m the one who should apologize for my rudeness.”

…Some monsters in dungeons can provide experience points efficiently, so I want to carefully select dungeons for experience points to strengthen the territory in the future.

Then, there are dungeons for materials, dungeons where rare skills can be obtained, and dungeons where rare equipment can be obtained.

It takes time for dungeons to reappear.

…I want to get started on this as soon as possible.

But, well, if it’s clearly disadvantageous, I can conquer them when I’m acting as Ryō.

Currently, there are five dungeons in the Validor territory. It was announced to each household and guild that unauthorized conquest of these dungeons is prohibited by the Validor family.

There wasn’t much backlash, and it was even welcomed by the guilds.

Although it’s true that there have been no reported damages such as monsters appearing from dungeons, periodic inspections of nearby dungeons were ordered, so it seems that they’re relieved to have one less task.

The information about the existing dungeons is summarized by the guild, and now I have asked the guild leader of Validor to bring me the documents.

Although I don’t have much of a relationship with the guild leader, he seems a bit nervous, perhaps because he knows about me through completing some unorganized guild requests. …Well, that’s also because we set ridiculously low rewards.

But I was surprised by the paper documents brought by the guild. It wasn’t information about the dungeons but rather… it looked like it was printed on a computer.

…Well, of course, it’s much inferior compared to printing technology on Earth. The letters here and there are somewhat blurry, as if printed with minimal ink, but it’s still readable.

“W-What’s wrong?”

Since I remained silent for too long, the guild leader asked in a frightened tone.

…Even if he’s heard some good things about me, it’s natural to be wary of the heir of the Validor family.

To dispel his anxiety, I immediately shook my head with a smile.

“I’m a little surprised. Was this document created with magical tools?”

“…Ah?! I-I’m terribly sorry! I was in a hurry…! I’ll redo it right away!”

For some reason, the guild leader became extremely flustered and bowed his head in response to my question.

…What’s going on?

“No, wait. I’m not angry or anything… I just want to know if this was made with magical tools…”

“…Uh, y-yes… That’s right. It was made by the fairy tribe… I apologize.”

“…Why are you apologizing?”

“Eh? W-Well… nobles don’t use things made by the fairy tribe… right? So, um… all the documents submitted to the nobles were supposed to be handwritten, but I made a mistake…”

…Why are the nobles going through such trouble?

Furthermore, I continued to question the guild leader. “I personally think this is better for saving time, but come to think of it, nobles never mentioned anything like this. Are there rules against using items made by the fairy tribe?”

“Well, I’m not sure about the details… but handwritten documents are considered warmer… The previous guild leader before me got scolded and fired…”

His face paled as he said this. In his mind, he must be thinking of the family he needs to protect.

I wasn’t married in my past life, so I couldn’t fully understand that level of determination… but I started to feel really sorry.

“I see… So, are there any issues with using fairy tribe technology, for example?”

“I don’t think so. The guild has been using magical tools for a long time, and we haven’t heard of any particular issues.”

“I see. I have a few more questions…”

With that, I continued to ask the guild leader questions.

What I learned from this was that it seems the nobles are quite set in their ways.

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