Episode 155 Domestic politics resumes in the Roccia region
I was given directions for the desert trade route, so I returned to the Ambitose region.
Vishka, the lord of the Ambitos region and one year older than me, thanked me for defeating the desert people.
"As expected, Milimos. Leave the rest to me."
Although he smiles bitterly and says that he doesn't talk much as usual, Vishka is serious, so I'm sure he will settle the matter regarding the desert trade route in a way that will benefit the desert people, Spozato country, and the Ambitos region.
After finishing my role as a commander, I changed from Camuhoho, who took care of me in the desert, to a horse, and returned to the Rocha region with Palvera and Familis.
"I'm home now."
When I entered the office while calling out to him, Honneth greeted me with a smile on his face.
"Thank you, Senpai. I've got a pile of papers, so please take a seat."
"Hey, I just got back from a trip."
"It's okay. The Rocha region is peaceful, and there are only a few documents that can only be processed by Senpai."
As Honneth said, the stack of documents on my office desk was only as tall as a clenched fist -- about the height of a thick monthly magazine.
“If this is all it takes, can we just finish it?”
"If you have the time, please help me with my paperwork, Senpai."
"Understood. Parvera and Familis can go back to their rooms to relieve their fatigue from the journey."
When I suggested this while sitting at my office desk, Palvera nodded back with a troubled smile.
"I couldn't even bathe in the desert, and I'm sure my current appearance is unsightly, so I'll dust myself off from my trip."
Due to the rigors of the journey, Palvera's appearance is somewhat distorted. However, if you ask me if this detracted from her beauty, that was not the case.
"No, it's not unsightly. It's still cute, isn't it?"
When I voiced my honest feelings, Palvera's face turned bright red with embarrassment.
"Enough, Milimos-kun. Please say such embarrassing words to me when I'm clean, not to me now when I'm dirty."
Parvera said this in a slightly angry manner, turned away to hide her embarrassed face, and left the office.
The family was following behind me, and for some reason they were looking at me with accusatory eyes.
I wonder if he should just say, ``Stop trying to play with the princess's feelings.''
In case something like that happens, I decided to keep the family in good spirits.
“Why don’t the family come and take a bath with Princess Parbella?”
"!? That's right. I'll have to wash every inch of the dirt from the long journey!"
The familias looked happy and quickly left the office.
Well, let's end the chat before work and start working seriously.
After I finished my work, Honneth called out to me, saying, ``By the way.''
"Looks like Senpai's research department has developed something new."
“There was no such report here, right?”
"While Senpai was out fighting, a report came in as a result report. There didn't seem to be any problems, so I instructed him to continue."
"That's right. Thank you for letting me know, Honneth. I'll go have a look right away."
"Now that you've finished your work, why don't you clean yourself up?"
"Even though it's called a research department, it's a place like a forge. Even if I have some dirt on me, they don't care."
In fact, I feel like the sweaty working people in the research department look even dirtier than me right now.
I leave the rest of the work to Honest and head to the research department. On the way, I ran into a servant, so I told him to bring tea and sweets to honor Hones who was taking care of him.
When I showed up at the research department, I saw something strange going on.
"Okay. Let's move."
"Let's go"
The entire research department was gathered in one place, and a strange thing was standing in the center.
It was a bulky, rugged, full-body armor, but it had an appearance that could be described as a life-sized bucket doll, a classic robot, or a mark 1 steel suit from a certain American comic.
There's no doubt that it's armor, so there must be someone inside.
However, the thickness of the armor was over 1 cm everywhere. Armor made from such thick metal plates is so heavy that even the mighty Rocha soldiers would find it extremely difficult to move.
I was looking at it with that in mind, but contrary to my expectations, the boneless armor lifted one leg and took a step forward.
It's not impossible to take one step with all your strength, but the boneless armor takes two or three steps forward.
"Does that mean there's some kind of trick?"
My interest was piqued and I tried to take a deeper look, but at about the fifth step, the boneless armor suddenly crouched down and fell to its knees, as if it had gotten dizzy.
At that moment, the people from the research department around him crowded around the rugged armor.
"Take it off! Remove the clasp of the 'magic armor'!"
“If you can move only five steps, it’s useless!”
"It's still too early to make armor after all. Let's make a shield first!"
“You said that the defense power of the armor is the greatest strength of the Rocha soldiers!”
The boneless armor was removed by their hands, making a noise.
The man who was dragged out from inside the armor had a pale face.
"It's going to suck up your magic power."
“Even though you changed the barrier to be activated at will, and limited it to assisting the movement of each joint?”
“Just with that assistance, the magical power of your body is absorbed.”
After a number of interesting words came out, I inserted my face into their circle.
"Hey, what are you doing?"
""Wow! Prince Milimos!""
The research team members all looked shocked and kept a certain distance from me.
“It hurts quite a bit when you react like you did when you found a monster like that, don’t you?”
When I said this while laughing as a joke, everyone shook their heads in unison.
"No, no! Prince Milimos is a monster!"
"That's right! I didn't know you were back!"
“Thankfully Prince Milimos wasn’t around, he didn’t try to advance his research in any direction he wanted!”
"'Hey, idiot!'"
The other people covered the mouth of one person who made a careless remark.
But even if I do that, there's still a rugged suit of armor that ``I don't remember giving instructions to'' sitting in front of me.
"So, what is this armor? The material looks like bronze?"
When I asked with a smile, everyone in the research department started pushing each other with their elbows, and eventually one of them came in front of me.
"This is what we call 'magic armor' and we make it."
“Judging from that name, I wonder if the armor is a magic tool?”
"That's right. I'm trying to remake the Rocha soldiers' armor into magic tools using the Empire's armor as a reference."
I'm still in the same clothes I came back from my journey, and I'm wearing the empire-made leather armor mentioned in the story.
I didn't activate it because it wasn't necessary, but I know that this leather armor has ``hardening'' and ``impact mitigation.''
"But this rugged armor has thick armor, so it doesn't seem to need hardening magic?"
Even if it's a shock-reducing magic, it seems like just wearing a thick undergarment under the plain armor would be enough.
In response to my question, the man from the research department grinned meaningfully.
"Yes, it's not necessary. That's why I'm trying to incorporate a different magical pattern into this magic armor."
The man picked up a paper that appeared to be a memorandum from a nearby desk and thrust it at me.
"The strength of the Rocha soldiers is their strong armor's defensive power! To take advantage of that strength, the magic armor has universal defensive power due to the thickness of the metal."
"That's the reason for the thickness of the armor. But the thicker it is, the more it weighs, right?"
"That was the problem. So we focused on the fact that the Empire's armor had two magical patterns: hardening and impact mitigation, and came up with the idea of replacing them with different magic."
"I heard something a little while ago, but was it 'barrier' and 'drive assist'?"
"That's true about barriers, but driving assistance is another way of saying 'double speed magic.'"
Double speed magic does not mean that a person can move at twice the speed, but it is a magic that temporarily lightens moving objects by throwing or shaking them.
It can be used to increase speed and distance when throwing objects with the hand, firing arrows with a bow, or throwing rocks with a trebuchet. It's a magic that has a somewhat strange history, as the speed and distance of the projectile appear to be doubled, which is why it was given the magic name 'Double Speed'.
"It's a spell that only works on things that are moving, but since your limbs move when you walk, you can apply double speed magic. That's a good idea."
At least I didn't try to learn double speed magic because I thought I couldn't use it.
Because even if the distance of thrown objects, bows and arrows, and rocks from trebuchets increases, the ways in which they can be used are too limited.
If you want to increase your distance, you can practice throwing, change the strength of your bow, or even improve the structure of your trebuchet.
The only opportunity to use double speed magic is when you are using a bow and arrow or catapult on the battlefield, and the distance from the opponent is greater than expected.
In the first place, when such a stupid situation arises, the previous strategy is as good as a failure. Even if they used double speed magic as a temporary fix, they were bound to lose due to their poor tactics.
My thoughts strayed a little.
In short, double speed magic is an incredibly minor magic that almost no one uses.
“But that double speed magic is the problem, right?”
"Yeah. Apparently, the double speed magic pattern seems to consume magic power when things move in one direction. And every time the direction changes, it consumes magic power again."
"Even if you move one step, you'll be moving up, down, left and right in various places, so your magical power will decrease all at once."
“Even if you limit the parts used to the joints, the average human being can only move five steps.”
If that's the only way you can move, you can't use it as armor for war.
“Are there any prospects for improvement?”
“Either adjust the armor thickness to make it lighter so that you can move without relying on magic, or remove the barrier and use a different spell.”
That's a reasonable modification plan. I would do that too.
“Then, continue development on those two lines.”
"What! Can I continue developing magic armor?!"
I smile at the surprised research team members.
"It seems like the Empire doesn't have armor like this, and it looks interesting. Also, the Rocha region won't be involved in any disturbances from here on out, so there should be plenty of time for development."
“Oh, really?”
From their puzzled faces, it was clear that they were thinking, ``There's no way we wouldn't end up in a war because of Prince Milimos.''
"You see. The Rocha region is bordered by the Empire to the north, Nonette's land to the southwest, and a vassal state to the east. Now that the issue of the desert in the south has been resolved, where can we start a war?"
"Well, from the Empire that we had a rift..."
“If that happens, it would be pointless for us to resist now, so we would have no choice but to surrender bloodlessly.In other words, no matter what we do, there will be no war.Well, even if we have a falling out with the Empire, it is a matter of national policy. We're still mutually beneficial trading partners, so don't worry, we won't attack you lightly.''
Everyone in the research department looked unconvinced at my explanation.
However, there seems to be one point that he agrees with.
"You're right that we can't beat the Empire right now. We're losing in everything."
"That's why I have to complete this magic armor!"
"That's right. We need to develop something that can prevent even the Empire's magical attacks!"
It seems that passion was ignited in a strange way, and everyone in the research department began to work hard on modifying the armor.
That's a good thing, but I'd like to point out one thing.
"It's good to focus on armor, but you can't win a war with armor alone."
“Of course, we will also continue developing weapons!”
“I’ll make it into a weapon suitable for Rocha soldiers!”
As I watched everyone busily begin their research, I decided that there was no need for me to say any more.
And since I wouldn't be a nuisance if I were here, I decided to go to my room.
On the way there, I saw grains of sand falling from my clothes in the hallway, so I decided to go straight to the bathroom to wash off the dirt from my trip.
Although it ended up being a very meaningful way to cut it,
There is no development where Milimos has a near miss with Palvera and Familis in the bathroom, so don't worry.
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