93 – Desert Town in Neutral Region (2)
“Oh… You mean an oasis?!”
“Yes, they say they finally found it.”
“Huh….I can’t believe that the 3,000-year-old wish of the church will be fulfilled in just one day…”
Finding an oasis in a neutral area.
It is a religious country, but the weakness of the Hellenic Order, which is the largest import country, is taxes.
3,000 Years was a bit of a leap, but from the past when the national federation was created
It can be said to be the long-cherished wish of all the citizens of the denomination.
If the tax is high, the price of imported goods has to be high, and if the quality of foreign goods is higher than that of domestic goods,
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Preference is very high, so imports are forced to import, and there are many cases in which the government of the denomination provides subsidies for taxes.
By the way…Now, the government no longer has to bear the burden of taxes.
That means that the amount of money that can be invested in other places increases, and it means that it can grow to that extent.
“Oh….. Who found the oasis!”
“My husband discovered it and transferred all authority to the Holy Lady!”
“That’s right!! I’m glad.”
If a person belonging to the knights or a priest found it, it can be solved with a special treatment.
But if a maid or a handyman finds it, it gives him a headache because he has the authority.
“Your husband truly loves the saintess.”
“That’s right. She’s so envious of the saintess, Empress.”
When I said that I transferred all authority, everyone here automatically nodded.
They know best that her place as a saint has recently become too symbolic, and she did not have proper power.
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Perhaps, it was possible to guess that the saintess’ consort transferred her authority over everything in the hope that her wife would build a foothold so that she would not be abandoned politically.
“The power of excommunication possessed by Her Majesty is the most terrifying power in the world…”
“hahahahaha, but still, my wife wanted to give her real authority to the saintess.”
“If she establishes a city, what authority does the saintess have?”
The young cardinal raised his hand and asked.
Establishing a city in the desert in the first place was not possible, and it happened so suddenly that it was impossible to be scolded even if you didn’t know.
“First of all, you will receive cardinal-level protocol. And you will have non-arrest privileges.”
“If that’s the case, don’t you already have all of the saintess? Besides, she won’t even be punished by the law as a divine being rather than the privilege of not being arrested.”
“Finally, you can either appoint a mayor at cardinal level or you can become mayor yourself.”
“Uh…That’s…”
A saintess cannot raise agendas, but all her agendas pass with the permission of her saintess.
But what if such a saint also has a cardinal-level position to raise her agenda?
She becomes an administrative and legislative monster who can raise the agenda and deal with the agenda.
In addition, she has the authority of investigation/detention/judgment.
“…If that’s the case, then this country is in the hands of the saintess.”
“Originally, this country belongs to the saintess, the representative of the goddess.”
“Eup…Sorry. I made a mistake.”
The young priest bowed her head and handed her an apology.
Everyone knew that he didn’t mean to say that, so the Pope forgave him by patting him on the shoulder and raising his head.
“Now…Then… It will only be resolved when the saintess comes.”
“hahahaha, but isn’t the wait quite enjoyable this time? Didn’t your wife buy a large quantity of dried linseed water as a gift?”
“Now that you’re talking about it, would you like to go have a grilled meal with Lim Yeon-soo?”
“That’s great. Let’s all go to lunch then!”
The meeting ended abruptly, and the moment became noisy.
The Pope watched him, nodded, and stroked his beard with satisfaction.
***
We ran through the desert and arrived at a small village.
This looks like a city in a small country, but it is said that the oasis is very small, so the scale is small.
This is the scale determined by the size of the oasis Stella mentioned earlier.
“Did you see? Cultist cities can be built at least 50 km in diameter.”
“Isn’t that too big…”
“No! For neutral cities, the bigger the better!”
They say you need to build a lot of warehouses because you need to store many trade items.
Then you will definitely need a big city.
Even if you want to dig underground, only sand and dirt will come out.
Cleaning the floor is difficult, but building an underground storage must be difficult.
“Then do you want to spend today here?”
“No, I’ll take a break and leave right away.”
“Then I…”
I saw Stella’s notice and went into her carriage.
It is absolutely impossible to endure outside in this hot weather.
“No way! If you get too cold wind, you’ll collapse again like before!”
“That…That’s why he collapsed from the heat!”
“Eight!”
Stella grabbed the hem of my dress and pulled it off.
I was forced to come out by her superpower, and I almost fell down because I stabbed her in the butt.
Yong-yong, who was behind me, grabbed me, so I was able to stand upright without getting hurt.
“Thank you, Yongyong.”
“Kyung!”
“Look, isn’t Yongyong also basking in the sunlight in this hot weather?”
“Yongyong is a spirit…”
The spirit lives by receiving water and sunlight.
So, since they like sunlight more than plants, they will rather like it.
I wonder if it’s photosynthesis or not…
But in the case of me, it is easy to collapse in hot weather.
“Isn’t it? Yongyong wants to be with his dad, too?”
“Quyaung! Kyaung!”
Yongyong defended her to the point of suspecting that Stella might have received something from her.
When I saw that, I gave up on going inside the carriage.
*
“You can stop blowing the air conditioner.”
“Ugh…Nothing different from me, the subject of blowing air in the air conditioner…”
“Air conditioner?”
“No, the air conditioner.”
“That’s because I’m your priest, so it’s inevitable. I think it’s because of my job.”
Dave says that while throwing a fishing rod into the oasis.
I also attached a bait, threw a fishing rod, and sat down with a sigh.
“But it’s too hot here…”
“Be patient. Then blessings will come later…”
“What do you mean?”
“You still don’t know where the headquarters of the National Alliance is?”
Dave suddenly started telling me this and that, as if he had been possessed by the chattering machine.
Some of them were so strange that I wondered if he was lying.
“Ah, what kind of gold powder is that?”
“Is it real? They say they use gold dust for decoration.”
I’ve heard that gold is used for decoration in the original world, but it’s the first time that such a thing is done in this world.
In this world, gold is quite expensive, so I don’t use it recklessly.
To some extent, I don’t make jewelry out of gold, I only use gold coins.
It is said that a person who wears jewelry made of gold has the meaning of gold coins… That is, a person on top of money.
“Our saintess tiara and rosary are gold?”
“That’s why Saint Yeha is a person who is above money.”
Is that so?
This world has a very different culture from the world I lived in, so my head hurts once in a while.
“Then what is the meaning of eating gold?”
“It must mean that you are a guest worth more than a billion dollars.”
“That’s pretty expected.”
Doesn’t the fact that you do such a meaningful performance mean that the treatment is just as good?
Then I can tolerate this heat for a bit.
“Ah… I want to eat cold ice cream.”
“Me too…But I wish ice cream in a desert city could be ice water.”
“There’s a lot of ice water… Dragon!”
“Kyung!”
As soon as I called, the dragon flew into the teleport.
I stroked his hair and rubbed my cheek against Yongyong’s.
“Yongyong, I want to drink ice water, Daddy.”
“Kyung!”
“Two drinks, please.”
Yongyong made a glass cup by heating the sand in the desert, and made ice using water magic and wind magic.
Then he broke each ice cube into small pieces, put them in a cup, poured cold water, and held them out in front of us.
“Thank you Yongyong.”
“Thank you, Yongyong.”
“What else is Yongyong?”
“Did you like being called that?”
To Dave, Yongyong was an object of worship.
I keep treating it like my pet, so I blink once in a while.
Yongyong is my daughter!
It’s not a pet, it’s my child!
“Ugh… I think my head will break.”
“Drink slowly. No one is taking it away.”
“No, look over there. They’re already coming to steal it.”
“Huh?”
Looking in the direction Dave was pointing, Etheria and Eri were coming this way.
I was taken aback for a moment, and in an instant poured cold water into my mouth.
“Dave. What did you just eat?”
“Oops…”
“Alvin, what did you eat?”
“Hmm…Would you two like some ice water too?”
As if a motor was attached to his neck, he began to nod quickly.
Once again, I asked Yongyong to get a cup of ice water and held it out to the two of them.
“Ah… It’s cold…”
“It’s still good…”
How nice it would be to be able to drink ice water in this hot weather.
Looking at that, he put on a satisfied expression and refilled Yongyong with more water.
Let’s give it to the knights and maids later.
In this weather, ice water will solve all the fatigue, whether it is present or not.