Mass production of the unglazed pots began the next day.
Everyone was very serious about this project because it directly affects their lives.
A large number of unglazed pots were also installed in the office.
This made the office more comfortable and was very well received by the women.
Even Kiara, in her long skirt, seemed to be comfortable.
But she was looking at me with a slightly resentful look.
“Brother. Would you please do something earlier ……”
This heat was totally unexpected.
“Please don’t be unreasonable. I can’t read the weather.”
Mil shrugs at my words.
“You can’t do it anyway because you don’t have enough information ……”
She’s right.
There are no weather satellites or anything like that …… And I don’t know anything about the weather.
There’s no way to know the mechanics of weather, which I wasn’t really interested in even before my reincarnation.
I can’t conveniently draw on my knowledge of the world before my reincarnation.
I’m not one of those conveniently reincarnated people who can somehow recall knowledge of the inner workings of machines that only engineers know.
Let’s say I remember seeing some drawings for display and a bit of online explanation before my reincarnation …… But I can’t build anything complicated like those.
If I were that handy, I’d be able to predict the weather.
“Isn’t it fine now that it’s cooler. We also need a small canal at the end of the street in town as a countermeasure against the extreme heat. Maybe we should build a fountain or a park too. This is a separate matter, but …… If we’re going to have unexpected heat, we also need to consider unexpected heavy rains.”
Mil couldn’t help but laugh.
“I wonder what Mr. Ludvig will look like this time when he hears about it.”
The words made all but the newest demons burst out laughing.
Just in case, I should follow up on that.
“We’ll find out tonight. Sir Ludvig will make an amused face when I tell him about the large-scale infrastructure work I’m doing.”
While we were talking about this, a messenger came running in.
“I report to my lordship! We have successfully repelled Dorius’ attack! Here is the report from Sir Rossi!”
So he had enough time to write a report.
I silently accept the report.
I smile at the messenger, who is breathing roughly.
“Thank you for your hard work. You can step back and rest now.”
The messenger bowed and left.
There, I skimmed through the report.
As I had assumed, the damage was only two people with minor injuries.
The enemy was wiped out.
There were approximately 600 enemy soldiers, all human.
This is not annihilation in military terms.
It literally means extermination.
I felt no emotion about it.
It was time to think about our next move.
As I was thinking this, I saw Mil standing in front of me.
She looked a little worried.
“Al …… Are you okay?”
So she thought that I’m splitting the difference on this one once and for all.
Kiara came up next to me.
“Sister, brother will be fine. He is not just a kind man, after all.”
When Kiara puffed her chest out with a “humph”, Mil’s face turns miffed.
“I know. But you know what? It’s not good for Al to get used to this situation. If he gets used to it …… he will blame himself for it. That’s why we have to look after him.”
This time, Mil huffed and puffed her chest.
Then Kiara’s face turned miffed.
These professional wrestling ……
It’s dangerous if I don’t stop it because sometimes they get into serious fights.
“I’m always grateful to you both. And …… I rely on you very much. But more importantly, let’s talk about this battle. Can you call Prytanis? He’s a party to this, too.”
They both seemed to realize and calm down.
Kiara signaled with her eyes, and one of the aides left.
I wondered if they were already able to give directions by making eye contact.
◆◇◆◇◆
Prytanis came with his usual two friends.
He couldn’t hide the expression on his face
“It’s going to be a bit long, Chiara. Could you prepare tea for all of us?”
Kiara smiles.
“I understand.”
I took a sip of the tea served to me.
“Then, let’s begin.”
I look around at everyone.
My assistants are supposed to be very reserved at times like this so that they can understand my intentions as best they can.
I cleared my throat.
“First of all, Dorius’ attack failed. Our only casualties are two wounded. The enemy is literally wiped out. They are about 600 human beings in all. I’ll take your questions here.”
Prytanis leaned forward.
“What do you mean, literally wiped out? How many people did they kill?”
In the army before the reincarnation, you’re wiped out with 30% of the losses.
In this world, it’s 50%, the same ratio as the old Japanese army.
“All combatants.”
Prytanis’ face turned blue and he nearly dropped his cup.
The hand holding the cup trembled.
Mil sighed deeply.
Kiara is unperturbed, though she has not been told of the trick.
The faces of everyone except Mil and Kiara were pale.
It seems that Prytanis has not yet recovered from the shock.
He is nodding deeply.
It’s no wonder.
A lot of his old vassals have died.
Kiara is looking at Prytanis with a pitying look.
Eventually, she turned her gaze back to me.
“Brother. I have never heard of such a one-sided result in a battle. What kind of tactics did you use?”
This is not a battle.
It will not end unless we are all killed or we are all enslaved.
We are not going to fight such an opponent by the normal rules of war.
Before my reincarnation, there would be a fuss about humanity and soldiers would suffer from PTSD, so it would be difficult to use such a move.
But this time is different.
There are rules of war in this world.
It seems that someone in the apostles decided on them.
The contents of the rules were the same as the laws of war from my previous life.
When I saw the section on poison gas, I laughed.
I could see the smug look on the apostle’s face when he decided on it.
The rules have become a skeleton of the apostle’s complacency.
Even so, if they were to break it openly, it would only be a cause to allow the other party to attack.
However.
Even if you follow rules like the laws of war, it is meaningless if your opponent is religious.
It would only cause soldiers to die needlessly.
And the leaders are only useful to the extent that they gain a reputation for being humane.
Rules are meaningless unless both sides keep them or the one who breaks them has the power to make the other keep them.
If they are not willing to abide by them, they are sitting ducks.
A gentleman cannot first win against an opponent who takes advantage of him being a gentleman.
Even if they do win, the damage they take is incalculable.
If it were an individual, it would be settled by a statement of principle.
Our very existence is what shakes the social structure of Dorius.
Dorius cannot tolerate our existence.
And if they try to attack us, we have no choice but to annihilate them ……
Or thoroughly disable them.
If human supremacy is the ostensible principle, we can work out a compromise.
Or if they are aware that it is a policy decided by humans, we can coexist.
If there is a group of prophetist groups and they act like a commandment, there is no way to handle it.
Play the gentleman carelessly and they will be rational, so you will be fine ……
Such expectations are meaningless and futile.
They will seek outside to settle the distortion of their own society and set it up again.
As a result, the damage will only increase.
I detached my consciousness from the question I was asking myself and looked up.
“I burned them to death.”
I chose without hesitation the means that would cause the least amount of damage to us.
It seems that Prytanis has recovered from the shock ……
He is quite pale.
But he shook his head as if to rouse himself.
“It must be difficult to burn people to death. They move around, after all. It’s impossible unless you lure them into the center of an oil swamp. If there were such a swamp, they would be able to smell it. It would be impossible to lure someone in without being noticed.”
I signaled to Mil.
Mil nodded silently and brought a potted plant from her room.
""
“You mean this one, right?”
“Yes. Thanks.”
White flowers are blooming.
Prytanis nodded his head.
“What kind of flower is this?”
“It’s a Noontime Hollyhock. The flowers are blooming now because it is near noon. Then they wilt in the evening.”
I was curious about insectivorous plants before my reincarnation and was checking to see if there were any other strange plants and I got a hit.
The flower that was distributed in Europe.
I looked for this plant in a similar climate, and I found it.
“What in the world does this mean?”
“When temperatures exceed around 35 degrees Celsius, volatile oil is released from the stems. It is then grown in clusters around the point where the enemy attacks. It is also vulnerable to direct sunlight, so we use other tall grasses to protect it.”
It is very difficult to make them grow in clusters.
I was able to accomplish this with a lot of help from my plant-meister elf, who is my wife.
Without Mil’s help, it would never have been possible ……
I scratched my head and looked around.
All but Mil and Kiara were frozen in place.
I had no choice but to continue with my explanation.
“I began my preparations from the moment I made contact with Dorius. If the other party was fundamentalist, we couldn’t talk about being humane. They came at the right time of year, just when the flowers were blooming. If they wilted in yesterday’s heat, they would be ruined, so I was in sweating coldly inside.”
Prytanis’s voice was trembling.
“In other words, an oil swamp you’d never recognize on first sight ……”
“We’re trying to keep the cluster sites independent so we don’t have forest fires. Our opponents cannot afford to send their forces in small amounts. If they don’t consolidate, they won’t have the strength to fight. Even with archers and cavalrymen, they need to get close to a certain distance. The flowers, of course, are not blooming near the fort …… They grow in clusters within range of arrows over there. Even if they come in front of you, it will not be a problem. I’m sure they will be shaken if a fire breaks out behind them. That makes them a good sniper target. I said annihilate …… The non-combatants waiting in the rear would have gotten away.”
The temperature in the room, which was getting cooler, seemed to have dropped even further.
This is going to be another name to add to the list ……
Mass production of the unglazed pots began the next day.
Everyone was very serious about this project because it directly affects their lives.
A large number of unglazed pots were also installed in the office.
This made the office more comfortable and was very well received by the women.
Even Kiara, in her long skirt, seemed to be comfortable.
But she was looking at me with a slightly resentful look.
“Brother. Would you please do something earlier ……”
This heat was totally unexpected.
“Please don’t be unreasonable. I can’t read the weather.”
Mil shrugs at my words.
“You can’t do it anyway because you don’t have enough information ……”
She’s right.
There are no weather satellites or anything like that …… And I don’t know anything about the weather.
There’s no way to know the mechanics of weather, which I wasn’t really interested in even before my reincarnation.
I can’t conveniently draw on my knowledge of the world before my reincarnation.
I’m not one of those conveniently reincarnated people who can somehow recall knowledge of the inner workings of machines that only engineers know.
Let’s say I remember seeing some drawings for display and a bit of online explanation before my reincarnation …… But I can’t build anything complicated like those.
If I were that handy, I’d be able to predict the weather.
“Isn’t it fine now that it’s cooler. We also need a small canal at the end of the street in town as a countermeasure against the extreme heat. Maybe we should build a fountain or a park too. This is a separate matter, but …… If we’re going to have unexpected heat, we also need to consider unexpected heavy rains.”
Mil couldn’t help but laugh.
“I wonder what Mr. Ludvig will look like this time when he hears about it.”
The words made all but the newest demons burst out laughing.
Just in case, I should follow up on that.
“We’ll find out tonight. Sir Ludvig will make an amused face when I tell him about the large-scale infrastructure work I’m doing.”
While we were talking about this, a messenger came running in.
“I report to my lordship! We have successfully repelled Dorius’ attack! Here is the report from Sir Rossi!”
So he had enough time to write a report.
I silently accept the report.
I smile at the messenger, who is breathing roughly.
“Thank you for your hard work. You can step back and rest now.”
The messenger bowed and left.
There, I skimmed through the report.
As I had assumed, the damage was only two people with minor injuries.
The enemy was wiped out.
There were approximately 600 enemy soldiers, all human.
This is not annihilation in military terms.
It literally means extermination.
I felt no emotion about it.
It was time to think about our next move.
As I was thinking this, I saw Mil standing in front of me.
She looked a little worried.
“Al …… Are you okay?”
So she thought that I’m splitting the difference on this one once and for all.
Kiara came up next to me.
“Sister, brother will be fine. He is not just a kind man, after all.”
When Kiara puffed her chest out with a “humph”, Mil’s face turns miffed.
“I know. But you know what? It’s not good for Al to get used to this situation. If he gets used to it …… he will blame himself for it. That’s why we have to look after him.”
This time, Mil huffed and puffed her chest.
Then Kiara’s face turned miffed.
These professional wrestling ……
It’s dangerous if I don’t stop it because sometimes they get into serious fights.
“I’m always grateful to you both. And …… I rely on you very much. But more importantly, let’s talk about this battle. Can you call Prytanis? He’s a party to this, too.”
They both seemed to realize and calm down.
Kiara signaled with her eyes, and one of the aides left.
I wondered if they were already able to give directions by making eye contact.
◆◇◆◇◆
Prytanis came with his usual two friends.
He couldn’t hide the expression on his face
“It’s going to be a bit long, Chiara. Could you prepare tea for all of us?”
Kiara smiles.
“I understand.”
I took a sip of the tea served to me.
“Then, let’s begin.”
I look around at everyone.
My assistants are supposed to be very reserved at times like this so that they can understand my intentions as best they can.
I cleared my throat.
“First of all, Dorius’ attack failed. Our only casualties are two wounded. The enemy is literally wiped out. They are about 600 human beings in all. I’ll take your questions here.”
Prytanis leaned forward.
“What do you mean, literally wiped out? How many people did they kill?”
In the army before the reincarnation, you’re wiped out with 30% of the losses.
In this world, it’s 50%, the same ratio as the old Japanese army.
“All combatants.”
Prytanis’ face turned blue and he nearly dropped his cup.
The hand holding the cup trembled.
Mil sighed deeply.
Kiara is unperturbed, though she has not been told of the trick.
The faces of everyone except Mil and Kiara were pale.
It seems that Prytanis has not yet recovered from the shock.
He is nodding deeply.
It’s no wonder.
A lot of his old vassals have died.
Kiara is looking at Prytanis with a pitying look.
Eventually, she turned her gaze back to me.
“Brother. I have never heard of such a one-sided result in a battle. What kind of tactics did you use?”
This is not a battle.
It will not end unless we are all killed or we are all enslaved.
We are not going to fight such an opponent by the normal rules of war.
Before my reincarnation, there would be a fuss about humanity and soldiers would suffer from PTSD, so it would be difficult to use such a move.
But this time is different.
There are rules of war in this world.
It seems that someone in the apostles decided on them.
The contents of the rules were the same as the laws of war from my previous life.
When I saw the section on poison gas, I laughed.
I could see the smug look on the apostle’s face when he decided on it.
The rules have become a skeleton of the apostle’s complacency.
Even so, if they were to break it openly, it would only be a cause to allow the other party to attack.
However.
Even if you follow rules like the laws of war, it is meaningless if your opponent is religious.
It would only cause soldiers to die needlessly.
And the leaders are only useful to the extent that they gain a reputation for being humane.
Rules are meaningless unless both sides keep them or the one who breaks them has the power to make the other keep them.
If they are not willing to abide by them, they are sitting ducks.
A gentleman cannot first win against an opponent who takes advantage of him being a gentleman.
Even if they do win, the damage they take is incalculable.
If it were an individual, it would be settled by a statement of principle.
Our very existence is what shakes the social structure of Dorius.
Dorius cannot tolerate our existence.
And if they try to attack us, we have no choice but to annihilate them ……
Or thoroughly disable them.
If human supremacy is the ostensible principle, we can work out a compromise.
Or if they are aware that it is a policy decided by humans, we can coexist.
If there is a group of prophetist groups and they act like a commandment, there is no way to handle it.
Play the gentleman carelessly and they will be rational, so you will be fine ……
Such expectations are meaningless and futile.
They will seek outside to settle the distortion of their own society and set it up again.
As a result, the damage will only increase.
I detached my consciousness from the question I was asking myself and looked up.
“I burned them to death.”
I chose without hesitation the means that would cause the least amount of damage to us.
It seems that Prytanis has recovered from the shock ……
He is quite pale.
But he shook his head as if to rouse himself.
“It must be difficult to burn people to death. They move around, after all. It’s impossible unless you lure them into the center of an oil swamp. If there were such a swamp, they would be able to smell it. It would be impossible to lure someone in without being noticed.”
I signaled to Mil.
Mil nodded silently and brought a potted plant from her room.
""
“You mean this one, right?”
“Yes. Thanks.”
White flowers are blooming.
Prytanis nodded his head.
“What kind of flower is this?”
“It’s a Noontime Hollyhock. The flowers are blooming now because it is near noon. Then they wilt in the evening.”
I was curious about insectivorous plants before my reincarnation and was checking to see if there were any other strange plants and I got a hit.
The flower that was distributed in Europe.
I looked for this plant in a similar climate, and I found it.
“What in the world does this mean?”
“When temperatures exceed around 35 degrees Celsius, volatile oil is released from the stems. It is then grown in clusters around the point where the enemy attacks. It is also vulnerable to direct sunlight, so we use other tall grasses to protect it.”
It is very difficult to make them grow in clusters.
I was able to accomplish this with a lot of help from my plant-meister elf, who is my wife.
Without Mil’s help, it would never have been possible ……
I scratched my head and looked around.
All but Mil and Kiara were frozen in place.
I had no choice but to continue with my explanation.
“I began my preparations from the moment I made contact with Dorius. If the other party was fundamentalist, we couldn’t talk about being humane. They came at the right time of year, just when the flowers were blooming. If they wilted in yesterday’s heat, they would be ruined, so I was in sweating coldly inside.”
Prytanis’s voice was trembling.
“In other words, an oil swamp you’d never recognize on first sight ……”
“We’re trying to keep the cluster sites independent so we don’t have forest fires. Our opponents cannot afford to send their forces in small amounts. If they don’t consolidate, they won’t have the strength to fight. Even with archers and cavalrymen, they need to get close to a certain distance. The flowers, of course, are not blooming near the fort …… They grow in clusters within range of arrows over there. Even if they come in front of you, it will not be a problem. I’m sure they will be shaken if a fire breaks out behind them. That makes them a good sniper target. I said annihilate …… The non-combatants waiting in the rear would have gotten away.”
The temperature in the room, which was getting cooler, seemed to have dropped even further.
This is going to be another name to add to the list ……
