610 – Supply (2)
Recently, it has been a series of busyness. The wedding is creeping up, North’s pulling aggro, and the football schedule.
Writing was not a big problem because I had a stockpile of supplies, a trump card, and canned food.
just busy It’s not that I’m trying hard, I’m busy with a lot of things to think about.
Even at the beginning of the Blood and Steel series, I had plenty of time because I was done with writing, but I ran out of time as I was working on this and that.
Fortunately, I wonder if I can pass on the troublesome things to someone else. Unlike his father, he is using the manpower dispatched by the imperial family at the right time.
“offside.”
“Yes? This is it?”
However, the need to go out as a referee whenever soccer is in progress has not changed.
It’s only been two weeks since soccer became popular, and even the rule book wasn’t made properly.
Right now there is no place to professionally nurture soccer players, but what about referees? i just have to
The problem is that the number of soccer teams has increased by almost 10. Thanks to that, I have to go out to see the soccer referee every day.
“No offside! I didn’t even touch the ball! I swear to Luminous!”
“Don’t be ridiculous! I saw it with my own two eyes that it was caught on your leg!”
“f*ck you bullsh*t! Your pass went to my team!”
“How dare you lie in a territory supported by the gods! Aren’t you afraid of God’s punishment!”
Young Ji-min, who enjoys soccer, is also satisfied with me being the referee. Because it was fair and fair to everyone.
However, in really unfair cases like this, I tend to protest vigorously. Aren’t you still complaining as if you’re unfair?
This is also understandable because, as Mari suggested before, we are running a league system where prizes are bet.
The prize is two pigs. It can be said that it is only a small product, but it is an enormous product when considering the phases of the times.
Even now, in the distant past, stealing livestock was punishable by death or life imprisonment. It doesn’t even matter if it’s a chicken.
It was like two pigs were flying far away, so I had no choice but to be violent. You can open your eyes and cut your nose.
[I think you should check it once. It’s also ambiguous to me.]
Gartz’s voice resonated in my head as the penalty was correct or not.
As soon as the voice resounded, I put one hand forward and the other in my ear.
Earlier, he raised the flag for offside, but it seems that he could not make a clear decision.
An assistant referee was set up to make a more certain decision, but there are times when the decision is ambiguous like this.
For this case, we are recording a video every game. Cecily’s help was there, but Lina’s role was huge.
It was the reason that the video would be spread far to promote it in the Minerva Empire, and it was predicted that sooner or later a football frenzy would blow throughout the empire.
‘The result is the VAR of this world.’
Beep!
For a more certain judgment, after blowing the horn strongly, I ran to the place where the video was recorded.
Originally, the beads that record video are expensive enough to be called dirty, but money is rotten and overflowing.
Moreover, Helium is already standing tall as a leader in the film industry. It’s enough for the Minerva Empire to compromise at a reasonable price.
Dig!
“Well······”
When I touched the marble on which the video was recorded, a hologram appeared in front of my eyes.
At first, it was shown from the very beginning of the game, but Gartz came over and touched things and then just moved on to that scene.
Due to the limitations of technology, I had to manually operate it one by one, but this is enough. Also, magic is cheating.
Moreover, Minerva Empire’s distinctive Donjiral was able to watch the scene from various angles. It is a wonderful world in many ways.
‘It’s not offside.’
Exquisitely, the ball slipped between his team’s legs and went to the other team. It was about getting to know your own team.
The ball is not touched at all, that is to say, it is not offside. I tilted my head at a familiar scene somewhere, but I have to go.
After watching the video, I turned my back and ran towards the stadium.
Beep!
Then, he blew his horn and drew a square box with his hand. The hologram is also a square window, so it doesn’t matter if you copy it as it is.
In a tense atmosphere, I pointed right at the center.
means goal.
aaa!!!
When the goal that almost went over to offside was recognized, the players as well as the spectators enthusiastically cheered.
Recently, as more people want to watch soccer, the number of spectators has increased, and perhaps thanks to that, the cheers have become stronger.
In the end, the game ended with the team that was helped by the goal taking the 3 points. As time goes by, I feel that it develops into real football.
Of course, I was struggling with that. It was a culture that I spread, so I have no choice but to take responsibility myself.
Someday I will have to hand over the referee position, but I think it will take a little longer. I had to make it in detail from the rulebook.
“It was so much fun! This is football!”
And today, as soon as I returned, I welcomed special guests.
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Lina promoting at the empire level means that nobles should also participate.
Whenever the time is right, aristocrats from all over the country come to watch soccer. Not only the empire, but other countries as well.
At first, even the aristocrats, who were casual, soon began to shake their butts. As much as that, the enthusiasm for entertainment is the same regardless of class.
“It’s been a while, Viscount Callas. Thank you so much for enjoying it.”
“You can call me Marshall if you feel comfortable. By the way, did Isaac think of soccer?”
“First of all… Yes. That’s it. I came up with it after seeing kids playing ball games with each other.”
My conscience stings when I lie without spitting on my mouth. I avoided Marshall’s gaze, which was unbearably burdensome.
As I averted my gaze, I met eyes with Marquis Mathius. He is looking at me with an interesting gaze.
His skin was still pale to the point of being pale, but his coolly shining eyes looked straight at me as if they were piercing.
“You’re a really strange person the more I see you. From Call of Duty to soccer. Are you sure you’re not from the future?”
“Call of Duty is my partner’s idea, not mine. I’m just lending the name to it. Football is just an idea change.”
It is not always possible to meet aristocrats from all over the country who come to watch football.
The aristocrats who feel burdened with me tend to get used to their faces and go back.
Marshall and Marquis Martius had gotten acquainted with me before, especially since Marshall once consulted by letter.
Moreover, since Marquis Martius had a personal relationship with his father, he was treated as a guest.
“But your fiancée is…”
“Marie is sleeping now. As I heard rumors…”
“Right.”
Marquis Mathius nodded as if he understood. He was also a married man, so I understand this much.
The news of the marriage between Marie and I had already spread widely not only in the Minerva Empire, but all over the world.
Of course, he personally informed me that he was speeding. Most of them, however, responded with congratulations.
Of course, there were also presses asking when he would marry another woman. This is something I am genuinely curious about.
If it were Earth, it would sound sarcastic. However, the era is the era and it is a world where polygamy is tolerated.
Even more, the world already knows that my relationship with a woman is complicated. It will probably go down in history as a beast.
“I know the wedding is not far away.”
“Yes. There are only a few days left.”
The long-awaited and long-awaited wedding will soon take place. There is no need to open it grandly, and we plan to invite only people we know.
Of course, the locals are indispensable here. It will remain as a festival of the territory itself, not a social gathering of nobles.
We also prepared a wedding dress for Marie. I really liked the design because I put a lot of thought into it.
The wedding ceremony itself will be conducted in a simple manner like a medieval one. It’s like a festival with our wedding as an excuse.
“May I ask who is going to receive the blessing, Ruminus-sama or Mora-sama?”
“Cardinal Kate said she would give her a blessing.”
Cecily was there, but declined under mutual agreement. I’m going to marry Cecily anyway, but it’s going to look weird.
In the first place, the wedding is held by the Luminous Church. Nothing has changed so far.
However, there is one ‘event’ that no one knows about. I didn’t even tell Marie.
Perhaps the event that was more nerve-wracking than the proposal was, it was just the two of us, Marie and I.
The event being prepared this time will be held in front of everyone.
“Are you going to attend?
“I want to attend, but unfortunately, it will be difficult because of the position of commander.
“Like Marquis Martius said, if we take a day off, the soldiers on the front may starve. I’m sorry.”
Marquis Martius, as well as Marshal, who was normally active, politely refused. I smiled softly at their true military figures.
My father said that he could trust Marquis Martius even if he didn’t know about other nobles.
Even though it is difficult to trust as a realistic problem, you can know that trust itself is enough.
‘Come to think of it, I heard that Marshall is in charge of all supplies in the northern region, right?’
The Northern Territory, or more precisely the northern borderlands, is the region far from the capital.
Now that the railroad is not even laid, Marshall is showing off his amazing ability. That even surprised me.
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Local supply is the priority due to the limitations of the times, but it is very difficult to supply locally due to the cold and harsh environment in the northern region.
Therefore, there is no choice but to operate the supply corps separately, but even the supply corps consumes a lot of food, which consumes a huge budget.
This is the reason why the Navy Knights had no choice but to work as a small elite, and why they changed people like the Battle of Stalingrad in the past.
Even the Minerva Empire could not afford to supply it to the northern region, so only people were recklessly put in.
Even there, if they had procured locally, they would have looked like Napoleon and Hitler.
“Come to think of it, how did you manage to supply supplies to the far north?”
“Are you saying that?”
“Yes. You have the same name as Marshall in the book.”
So I asked myself. General George Marshall, praised by Churchill as ‘the architect of victory’.
He was more like a staff member than a commander on the front line, and even the president clung to him because he was so talented.
The sad reality is that he struggled to get out of his desk to leave his name in history. That’s how great the ability is.
At least Marshall was after the railroad was laid, but the Marshall of this world did not even have a railroad. Even so, it has been able to spread the supply over such a long distance with ease.
“I don’t know if I’ve told you before, but I visited the Navy Knights with my father. The food was great and the barracks were warm, except the weather was murderously cold. I heard it was all thanks to Mr. Marshall.”
“That’s too much praise. Even putting together a system would have been impossible had it not been for Lord Hawke’s massive amount of time.”
Marshall waved his hand and replied humbly. In fact, if my father hadn’t bought time, I wouldn’t have been able to create the current environment.
However, there are a lot of people who can’t even buy time. His father’s feat is also outstanding, but Marshall’s ability cannot be underestimated.
“Still, great things are great. Blood and steel is possible because of the technology that transcends the limits of space, including railroads, but there are no railroads here, right? You’ll have no choice but to use a wagon.”
“Yes. That’s right. But really nothing special. I just made an amicable agreement with the nobles.”
“An amicable agreement?”
Here’s Marshall’s explanation: Unlike the Kingdom of Terse, the Minerva Empire is a country where the power of the emperor is very strong.
However, it is not that there is no force to check the emperor. There is a faction mainly composed of counts, and each holds real power.
Marshall was cleverly aiming for that. For the imperial family and nobles, the most important thing is honor.
It is said that they save money as much as possible while taking care of both honor and interests, and accordingly extort huge budgets from the upper ranks.
“Recently, the importance of oil has emerged and it has become easier to obtain a budget. Moreover, among the counts, the Countess of Kerrison, who was in charge of funds, is under investigation for collusion with devil worshipers. We can supply it without difficulty right now.”
“······Incredible.”
“Thank you. Despite this, until Isaac’s advice, there was no progress in shell-related research.”
“Hmm. Hmm.”
Marshall smiled broadly while Mathius cleared his throat. I just smiled bitterly.
Anyway, it’s because Marshall explained it easily, and that must be a great ability.
Doesn’t that mean that countless nobles and even the imperial family were roasted and boiled with horse teeth?
The situation was good because his father bought him time, but he is excellent in many ways.
“Are you thinking about after the railroad was laid?”
“Of course. If the railroad is laid and the mana locomotive is running, the budget will be greatly reduced. It’s a problem because the imperial family keeps putting it off.”
“Let me tell you something. My brothers are on duty there.”
It’s not lip service, it’s sincere. Our brothers are working there right now, so we have to do this much.
No matter how much it is, it’s not like this, and the brothers say they won’t be sorry, but it’s just a matter of moving the place of work.
They say they will just feed you well, send you something fun, and put you to sleep in a warm place. What’s the problem? no problem.
“Thank you very much.”
“I, thank you very much. I will not forget this grace.”
While Marshall was calm, Marquis Mathius expressed his gratitude with a trembling voice. I was simply smiling.
In this way, today’s guest reception is over. I was going to invite them to dinner, but they declined first.
I made time to come here, but if I eat dinner, I’ll be behind on work.
I understood their feelings, so I let them go without any regrets.
“Mr. Marshall.”
“Yes, Isaac.”
“I wish you all the best in the future.”
I didn’t forget to thank Marshall before leaving. In my other words, it meant to do well as usual.
But maybe it wasn’t for Marquis Martius? I knew it belatedly, but that remark was tantamount to a life sentence for Marshall.
Of course, this is a later story, so let’s move on. I let them go and went back to the bedroom.
“I’m here?”
Marie, who was being brushed by Adelia, greeted me with a friendly voice.
Judging from the fact that he was brushing his hair, it must have happened recently. As such, Adelia is usually by Marie’s side.
I smiled brightly at her and slowly approached her. Eventually, after receiving the comb from Adelia, she began brushing it gently.
Her silver hair, as white as snow, was beautiful and refreshing at any time.
“When did it happen?”
“A while ago. Strangely, I woke up before dinner. What about the guests?”
“You heard from Adele. She left earlier.”
“Are you going to eat dinner here?”
It was Adelia’s question, not Marie’s. As Marie has recently become difficult to move, she often eats in her bedroom.
In response, I shifted my gaze to Marie. Marie pondered for a moment, then shook her head and opened her mouth.
“No. Let’s eat dinner face-to-face with the family. This time, let’s eat together, too. Working hours are over.”
“My duty will last until the baby is born. It’s yours, but it’s also Isaac’s.”
“······Something strange.”
really weird Isn’t that something you would hear in a drama or movie?
Marie and Adelia smiled weakly while I was making a puzzled expression.
Adelia’s relationship with me was half-official, so the bond has become stronger.
It’s strange if you don’t know when the newspapers spread that Marie couldn’t stand my night shift and brought in an escort driver.
Perhaps thanks to that, the concept of ‘family’ rather than rivals became stronger. So it’s not awkward to say something like that.
“If you’re sorry, take a shot at Adele, too. Then it’s fair.”
“It’s okay. I don’t have any plans to have children and I’m satisfied enough now. And other people are waiting for me, right?”
“Ah. Adele unnie. I’ve said it before, but you want me to be greedy? If it’s you, I can admit it.”
“Who wouldn’t admit it?”
“Uh… I don’t know. Anyway, unnie is fine.”
It’s a really friendly atmosphere. They don’t even fight and they are sincere to each other.
If you think about it, the lovers, starting with Marie, are really kind. Occasionally they go and fight for fun, but they are not divided.
Even if you want to share love as fairly as possible, it is difficult in reality. Even so, everyone understood and poured out love.
I will continue to love you diligently. I vowed to smile.
“Oh, come to think of it, the Lirus orchestra is also coming to our wedding, is that right?”
As I was almost done brushing, Marie asked me in a questioning voice.
I flinched slightly at the question, but kept my composure as best I could. And even glancing at Adelia.
It was a kind of event, but everyone who knew except Marie knew about it. In particular, he even had ‘personal contact’ with the Lirus orchestra.
“Right. It’s a wedding close to a festival, so I invited you. Do you not like it?”
“Not at all. Rather good? I want to wear a dress quickly.”
Fortunately, it seems to have gone well. I let out a sigh of relief as Marie smiled.
‘I will receive Luminus-nim’s blessing, but Mora-nim will like it too, right?’
Another event I’m planning.
And even asking Mora directly and working hard.
‘Singers are great. How can you sing in front of so many people?’
It is a ‘congratulatory song’.
For reference, I can’t sing dirty.
To the extent that Mora, who was so lively, remained silent.
‘······I have to do well.’
So recently I’ve been canned and I’m developing my skills.