7444, Month 6, Day 20
If you want to say it's a loss then a loss is fine too. She can't accept it but it's certainly true she used the natural paralysis poison horukutokiso which is forbidden from practice matches so if you want to determine it as a loss because of that then it's fine to think that can't be helped. After all she already understood that it was a practice match at that point.
Rank 2 head warrior Akein raised a groan on Miduchi's side.
"~~! Yoretto inspect general. I can't agree with that. The matter this time, both rank 1 warrior Kurozakku and I were watching from the start. Exactly what about that was a practice match! Without knowing or being told anything, even though she just finished the hard for to finish a mission in a distance land, when an exhausted warrior finally returns home if suddenly ambushing them with seven opponents without asking questions is within the realms of a practice match then I wouldn't have any choice but to accept it though."
Yoretto warrior inspector general coldly looked at rank 2 head warrior Akein and,
"I don't remember permitting you to speak."
And said that before looking at Webundo once again. Miduchi was still thinking (It seems that rank 2 head warrior Akein is covering me but if it's like this then his position will get worse. Will things be fine if I just accept my defeat?) she had no idea what was going on. In that case then it's best if things are concluded even just a bit better here.
"I request permission to speak."
And Miduchi said while looking at warrior inspector general Yoretto. Since no one was giving her permission she continued looking at Webundo. After seeing Webundo consent with his eyes and a nod she opened her mouth.
"It's certainly true that I used horukutokiso in the practice match just now. I did it in order to render my opponents powerless without injuring them as much as possible but if you're going to decide the outcome based on that then"Chizumagurol!"
The one who raised a loud voice interrupting Miduchi's statement was rank 1 head warrior Zageruforu.
"No, I officially permit you to speak. Rank 1 warrior Chizumagurol..continue speaking."
It seems it's not a good idea to just obediently accept my defeat from the practice match just now.
"Ha, practice match is an abbreviation for practice combat. It's something that is modeled around real combat and normally rules don't exist. Even more, I was ambushed without being given notice that it was a practice match. I was hit in the abdomen with an arrow at the start..by chance I somehow managed to defend against this but following that I was attacked with attack spells. By that point, if I hadn't had any leeway I don't think the fault would have been with me if I had counterattacked with all of my ability and killed the opponents. In actual fact, I rendered all of the seven people who attacked me unable to move."
"You! This unsightly failure! There would be no fault for killing your own brethren you say!?"
(This is bad. It's true I might have said too far.)
Since she was already too used to hearing it during her childhood Miduchi's sorrows told ht tale of how she no longer feels anything to the remarks of "unsightly failure". Mentioning it additionally, thanks to the events of the other day she's gained some leeway her heart so in the first place she's gained a sturdy barrier and resistance against abusive statements and didn't take any damage from words like that at this point. Her girl power had become infinitely low.
"Webundo-sama, permission to speak."
On Miduchi's side rank 1 head warrior Zageruforu requested permission to speak in a deep coercive voice. Seeing Zageruforu, Webundo said just the single word "Permitted" to give permission.
"Ha..Inspector general Yoretto. There's several things I want to say but first of what does that statement "unsightly failure" mean? Appearance isn't requested from warriors. An apology for Chizumagurol. After that, the matter this time, the largest responsibility is with myself for making a statement that could be taken as a pledge at the start.
Therefore the reduction in the warrior class is"That's plenty. Remain quiet."
Assistant warrior inspector general Fantodu interrupted Zageruforu's statement.
"From there on is the job of us elders. Head warrior...Now then, Yoretto-sama, in regards to rank 1 head warrior Zageruforu's statement just now..First off of course there's the apology for the rash remarks you just made but why are you so insistent on reducing the numbers of the warrior class? In order to increase productivity, it's certainly important to increase the numbers of the service ranking. However, aren't you acting somewhat impatient on it?"
Yoretto was listening with a cynical face but he opened his mouth to reply.
"..What do the other elder members think about it? Aren't you taking her majesty Lilus's words too lightly? Her majesty raised an increase in the production of food as the number one point. We must carry out with it no matter what sacrifices we have to make. Since our countries human resources are limited after all.
Therefore, just as you know it's not as if we have 20,000,000,000 in profits. Our expenses reach 17,000,000,000 after all. If you include the compensation we pay our citizens as an expense then it's already at the limit with 20,000,000,000. We can't save anything more than tear drops worth of money towards the foreign currency reserve. We need to earn even just a bit more money in order to escape from this situation."
While Yoretto's tone of speech has already changed not just the elders, but everyone there was paying attention to him.
"Certainly I think it's an inexcusable thing to the warriors. However, at the current point my trial calculations show that a 20% cut, if over 50 warriors were to move to the service ranking then the tunnel expansion efficiency would increase by close to 30%. After all there's only around 300 people actively participating in the expansion of tunnels in the service ranking right now. Those 300 center around men but those in there 40s don't even need to be mentioned, a lot of them are in their 50s as well.
Of the records of her majesty Lilus's instructions, excluding that time 300 years ago during the "{Purple Worm} incident", almost all of them are connected to increasing productivity. Her majesty is always thinking about the happiness of our countries citizens. It's the same this time as well right? The new method of raising aberujii and the increase in cultivation efficiency, the maintenance to the seedbeds of takurujii, the method to control temperatures for the kofurujii it was all instructions about the edible mushrooms. Other than that it was about the direction to stretch the tunnels and how wide to expand them, almost all of it was regarding things needed for daily life and living. There was no instruction at all in regards to the ingredient for medicine like rakuhoggu or the poisons rirehoggu and soruhoggu. Even when it came to the warriors they weren't mentioned much at all."
Seeing Yoretto rub his head against the desk while stating the present conditions and plead, Miduchi thought.
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Author's note: some notes on glass bottles breaking, costs, and a small amount of livestock being raised in the kingdom.