Venus, who had been called that way, nodded after hearing the story.
“To protect the village and the people. All right.”
“Are you going to leave Venus behind?”
Crank nodded.
“Only as long as the village takes its place, and I will never abandon you. The contract is valid.”
Venus nodded as if it didn’t matter.
“By the way, what is the name of this town?”
“Your name doesn’t matter anyway, does it? Let’s start today with Venus, a pioneer village in the Far East. Because it was originally the name of the Goddess.”
“Venus, it’s okay. How are you?”
Carrot’s suggestion seemed to appeal to Crank as well. The glass bead eyes of Venus, who was once a security automaton on a pirate ship, sparkle.
“very good. The Pioneer Village, Venus, is a village with the same name as mine.”
* * *
The next day after the banquet, the adventurers staying there reported to the princess what had happened and what they had investigated.
Hearing the story of the influx of refugees, human trafficking, rescue operations, and the establishment of a living base, followed by the Cypher soldiers who came through the cave and the subsequent defeat of the hard-skin automaton, she made an exciting expression, but the mountain collapsed. I couldn’t hide my bewilderment in the story.
“A mountain? Knock down a mountain?”
Aple, who was presenting, stood up from his seat and looked at Crank and Carrot, who were sitting nervously, with satisfaction.
“Yes, if you look out the window, you can see with your own eyes that one mountain peak is missing.”
Princess Giuseppe rose from her seat and approached the window. Immediately, the escorts drew back the curtains and prepared the telescopes.
Seeing that one really jagged peak was sunk down, she lowered her telescope and looked back.
It was still unbelievable.
“What did you do to bring down the mountain? Then what about the cave?”
When the princess turned around and asked a question, Aple answered with a refreshing smile.
“Everything collapsed. Here is the distribution and internal condition of the surrounding caves, which we have investigated in-house.”
After examining the map, Princess Giuseppe came to her seat and sat down, feeling despondent.
It was unfortunate that the cave tour was canceled, but it didn’t matter because it was something that should have been blocked in the future.
“No, wait. Doesn’t that mean that the inside was empty enough for the peak to collapse? Maybe that cave… … .”
Gustav, who was sitting together and biting his nails with a frown on his face, faced Princess Giuseppe with wide eyes.
widely-!
He tapped the table lightly and pointed at the princess.
“I don’t have any intention of evading it, but I don’t like the fact that the Dwarves are first suspected before the possibility of a natural cave!”
“Yeah, you’re right next to me.”
Princess Giuseppe smiled. Gustav let out a huge sigh and sent all the other adventurers out except Crank and Carrot to keep it a secret before answering.
“Tin Giant, start.”
“That is what it is.”
It was Carrot who opened her mouth.
Carrot met the lost automaton inside the cave and told him about his experiences with the Admir tribes in the desert.
Everyone made interesting faces, including Princess Giuseppe.
“A tribe that has automatons and is at odds with the current Cyphers kingdom, plus gunpowder weapons… through hole… The benevolent Admir tribe… … .”
As she was gathering information, she started snoring again.
“Am I the only one who smells like money?”
“… … What does it smell like?”
At Gustav’s absurd question, Princess Giuseppe just smiled.
“There was not a single oyster in the previous adventurers’ investigation. Is there any detailed data left by the ancestors? Now that I’ve heard this far, I wish there was at least one left.”
“You are needlessly meticulous. You’re a bit different from the princesses I’ve seen.”
It was Gustaf who was babbling, but he was happy inside and took out the old map he had brought.
The surrounding aides also gathered around to look at the map. There were a total of 70 holes in the marked mountain range, 13 of which completely crossed the mountain range.
“That’s amazing. To cut through this huge mountain range horizontally.”
“I must have wondered what it was like to have such a large and long mountain range.”
Curious, Princess Giuseppe leaned forward.
“What happened?”
Gustav, who had a sharp expression uncharacteristic of a dwarf, raised a thick finger again and pointed at her face.
“Isn’t there more to talk about than that? Why do you think I am showing you these old data?”
Giuseppe and the aides lined up to her left and right were nervous. Gustav and Princess Giuseppe then negotiated the utility value of the village and the right to occupy and use it in the future.
It seemed very strange and meaningless to Carrot to put the value of the future on a watermelon flower that had not yet grown, but the so-called spitting was common in the world of adults.
Liliane smiled and asked Carrot separately.
“I am personally curious. What about mountains? How did you break that down?”
“Yes, the automaton’s magic engine that was raiding was made into a bomb and exploded, my master.”
Everyone looked at Crank.
“what?! Did you cause a mana runaway?!”
“Uh, um, yes.”
“You’re doing great things for the forage.”
It was Gustav who hadn’t heard of how the mountain fell, so he looked up and down at the crank once more, then looked at the princess and concluded.
“Do as I say. How is it?”
The princess, who briefly discussed with her aides, nodded.
“great.”
After the report and negotiations ended smoothly, Princess Giuseppe dispatched a search party according to her original mission and began searching for the surviving caves marked on the map.
And Crank, along with a village delegation, called the people together and announced the contents of the meeting.
“What the dwarves want is preoccupation with cotton products that will be produced in the future. Think of it as your number one customer. You will have to discuss the details yourself.”
“You will feel that we did not help for free.”
Arms crossed, Gustav sniffed and sighed.
Crank pointed to several automated transport vehicles now parked outside the village.
“It seems that the princess intends to turn this place into a cotton processing complex in the future. You don’t need to worry too much about this either. You just work hard and have a stable life on the money you earn, and that helps him.”
“Don’t worry, it’s because the princess’s breath will reach you. it’s rather good If anything, contact us! I’ll get paid!”
The people who had been whispering with anxious faces shut up after hearing Carrot’s words. Crank looked at him with a grunt, and Carrot stuck out his tongue with a oh hee hee laugh.
“And sooner or later we will all be leaving. Now, only you guys really have to stay here and live.”
The villagers who received the interpretation looked really sorry.
Carrot, who was smiling while standing on the platform, asked.
“Standing alone is important. Are you all confident?”
Everyone kept their mouths shut and remained silent. Crank then summoned Venus.
“But I am still worried. I’ll leave my automaton behind. My name is Venus, and for the time being, I will become the temporary guard chief and protect you and the village. And I also named this town Venus. If you don’t like it, change it later.”
When I introduced Venus as the name of the pioneer village and the temporary guard chief of the village out of nowhere, the people were a bit bubbly, but they all seemed relieved.
If it was Venus, it was an automaton that had been in charge of guarding and escorting the village since the first time they met, and everyone remembered its name and face.
Write, where do you think you saw it?
Gustav, who had his arms crossed and a suspicious face, suddenly recalled his memory and breathed in vain.
“hey! That guy, no way! Of a southern pirate ship?!”
Before long, Venus slowly turned her head, wearing a green heat-dissipating wig. Carrot, who had kept his mouth shut the whole time because he was curious about Gustav, whom he had not recognized until now, wondered what face Venus would have made if he had been able to make expressions with his soft skin.
“Nice to meet you. Mr. Gustav. You’re noticing it now.”
Gustav, who had been beaten by him, had a very grotesque expression. However, since he had seen many automatons in the mines, he understood with his head. But my heart couldn’t agree.
“Hey, do you really have to write that? Can’t the other guy?”
“How are you? An automaton is a tool. not a person Act as ordered. And on the contrary, wouldn’t it be an opportunity for atonement?”
“Our Venus wanted to receive thanks, love, and attention from people.”
Carrot helped, but Gustav was still a grouch. During this time, Crank told him about Gran.
“He too?”
Gustav turned his head.
“Are you guys all right?
Godive and the villagers who had been informed in advance nodded.
“Yes, according to the people who were taken away, he was the only one who was treated well. If there are at least one person who is bright about the situation here, we are good.”
“Tsk, it seems like people who are similar somehow end up taking over here. I get it. I’ll bring you here as soon as work is over.”
As the story was almost finished, Crank approached the old man who had given out expensive Kata leaves among the crowd.
The shadow of the crank fell over his face as he sat on a bench by the well with the other old men, both hands on his cane.
“Client, how are you? How do you like the service?”
The old man nodded and raised his thumb.
“I’ll leave it to you for one year, one year. Let us test your will. This village is yours now.”
The old man got up from his seat while listening to the interpretation, and shook Crank’s hand with a thrilled face and nodded. And I said something, and Godiv laughed and translated.
“You say you want to accept me as your granddaughter’s son-in-law?”
“wow?! really? who is this? who!”
The young people around me laughed mischievously and called someone by name.
“Myorina!”
Soon, a little girl appeared in the middle of the crowd, whimpering, and Carrot shouted “Puhahahaha!” I laughed.
Krank, looking down at the little girl who seemed like he wouldn’t even come, tidied up his helmet a little, then put out both hands and refused.
In the meantime, Tuna and Ariete expressed a very uncomfortable expression. Thanks to that, the quick-witted people who realized that those two were targeting this man shook their heads with sad expressions.
It was because the impression the madman Crank left on them was so strong.
It was then.
Flash!?
“Oops!”
“Wow?!”
“Ohhhhh?!”
The sudden flash of light made everyone in the room close their eyes and struggle.
cried Carrot, who closed her eyes tightly.
“and! I think I’ve been through this before!”
Sasasasasasak!
Instead of a mask, an automaton with a face made of large lenses placed a drawing board in front of it, drew a picture, and held it out to the person next to it.
Princess Giuseppe, with a happy expression, looked into the painting and smiled.
“It looks good. Actually, my hobby is nailing down your memories. like this,”
Liliane, who followed as an attendant, let out a short sigh as she heard the princess’ plausible nonsense.
She accepted the picture handed over with the words that she picked a good one this time as well, and took a peek at it.
On the paper, there is a large man with a small child in front of him who gestures desperately to refuse something, people laughing at him, a pharmacist and a female technician with a dissatisfied expression, and a little doll girl smiling while holding on to her stomach that has no pain. was painted with