Kuro no Senki Volume 1 Chapter 6

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Author: Saito Ayumu

Episode 6 “Thieves”

In the Marquis Elakris house … Chrono listens to Elena and Okami talking in the former accountant room. He really just listening, lie on a sofa and just looking at the bunch of papers on the table.

Sneaking a glance at Elena.

The skin which was covered with bruises has become transparency white, a hair that has been covered with blood and dust also regains the original dark blond color.

She looks lean rather smart than a skinny figure. Because of the freckles around the nose, she looks like a character appearing in old animation.

In order to grasp the financial situation of Marquis Erakis territory, Elena reads a ledger book hungrily from the morning of the day before.

Her eyes glare like when Okami-san tempting Chrono, They’re shining, and to be honest SCARY.

Chrono heaving a heavy sigh, I guess she’s thinking about revenge.
In any case, He wonders if there is some intention for the collar which Elena wore voluntarily.

“… What are these cooking stove tax and firewood tax?”

When Elena asked with a dubious face, Okami-san replied with what she said as it is normal.

“I’m surprised that they no one rebel like this. Because of taxes, taxes, taxes from the cradle to the graveyard, I’m so sick of this current Lord”

“It wasn’t to the extent to rebel because it wasn’t that high amount. But before you know it customers are few, thanks to that it piles up to large debts of 100 gold coins.”
Remembered the period of debt payment, Okami-san deeply sigh.

“If you raise your taxes, consumption will be restrained, and if consumption is reduced, producers’ income will also decrease, so if customers can not afford it, customers will be less.”

While remembering the consumption tax and tobacco price increases, Chrono told her.

“I will abolish taxes that I don’t understand and I will lower the other taxes that are too high.”

When Chrono said so, Okami was grinding her teeth frustrating.

Elena looks at the books with a serious look, but she does not seem to be dissatisfied.

“If it going well, handing over should be finished within this month?”

Chrono took the prototype paper, lift it up without any meaning.

“… what, is paper so unusual?”

Hah? Elena quickly approached Chrono and picked up a piece of paper placed on the table.

“Isn’t there a large amount of paper here?”

Still, whether pick up in curiosity from Chrono, Okami-san picked up the paper placed on the table.

“Though a paper process should be concealed, did a dwarf make this?”

When you boiled plant, you can make paper. Chrono is not shameless enough to put out his chest just by doing this explanation.

“But, how is it made?”
“What captain said is to steam a bark of the tree, then immersed it in water, stripped and stewed with water mixed with the ash of the tree … of various kind, Mixture became like cotton in water, If it’s done splash it on a wooden frame and done?”[2]

He received a detailed explanation from the centurion dwarf captain and also reports on paper, He can explain this much without looking.

“Hah, so you can make paper from tree bark”

“I don’t think so, a.s.sume I hire 10 people with 1 silver coin a day. about two thousand four hundred pieces of paper can be made. so the original prize is about a bra.s.s coin”

“It is more convenient than parchment because it can be easily rewritten even if you make a mistake”

Chrono took the paper from a table while glancing sideways at Elena.

Although saying how much it close to j.a.pan paper, He had no connection with j.a.panese paper manufacturer. To see a self-made j.a.panese paper in the different world, there was a strange feeling.

“Yo … not, what is Chrono-sama thinking?”

“So small …… ouch! ”

“Why did you hit me!”

“This gu… no. Chrono-sama is lacking ambition, This “Paper” is a something that can make a huge profit! ”

For Elena who is an avenger, Chrono with low ambition would be a hard-to-use opponent.
If she dressed up a bit more and concealed her vengeance, I may be lured for her revenge indeed, but from the perspective of Chrono the current Elena is a very manageable servant.

It was then that Leila’s voice echoed from the communication crystal.

“Chrono-sama!”

“I would like to leave it to Leila if it’s about food?’
I guess her head was good from the beginning. In only one and a half months, Leila is able to do simple reading and writing and elementary grade level math.

If it keeps as it is, She may be able to acquire elementary school graduation level academic ability in half a year.

“That’s not it! The peddler was. .h.i.t by a thief! It seems that they get just a shallow wound, but now, Tyria princess’ s secretary is listening to the situation at the office.”

Jumped up, Chrono ran out of the room.

Although I say I’ll go immediately, the office in the edge part outside the town was too far. For some reason, there are no horses in the stables of the Marquis. When Chrono arrived at the office, the exhausted merchant comes out of the room.

“Oh, Chrono-sama!”

There aren’t a lot of merchants who know a face Chrono.

Merchants who sold the property of Marquis Erakis, stakeholders of PIXs’ business, Miles of a prost.i.tution manager, and This slave merchant who clench Chrono’s hand in tears.

“Chrono-sama, everything was robbed by thieves! Please, Please take back the goods!”

“The slaves that taken away … …”

Chrono had no choice but to answer ambiguously to slave merchants explaining the features of the slaves that were robbed with gestures and hands.

Still, Chrono can not handle it insignificantly because a slave merchant is a proper merchant.

As a person who knows Elena, I don’t have a good feeling for him, but this man respects the law stipulated by the empire and pays his tax properly.

Thank you, please, slave merchant said repeatedly, and then I walked away from the place.

“…… Chrono-sama”

“No, it’s a natural obligation ”
When Chrono stroked her cheeks and played with her pointed ears, Leila narrowed her eyes comfortably.

Cool appearance and lovely inside[3], the gap are irresistible.

Leila came to the senses, seemed embarra.s.sed and looked down immediately.

“Are there a lot of thieves around here?”
“Since I was a.s.signed to Elakis Marquis, the thieves were only executed once.”

The fact to which It is unusual for merchants to be attacked outside the city. Chrono folded his arm. As far as I hear the reputation, Marquis of Erakis seems to not laid the good policies, and the thief should be inside of the city instead.

“After all, is the matter of the Holy Argo Kingdom influenced too?”

The question was returned by the question, Chrono has a bitter smile.

That his expectation in the end, but, Chrono shrugged his shoulders.

“You’re late, Chrono!”

Turning back while making excuses, Tyria placed an abundant breast on the poor window frame and was staring at Chrono.

“Didn’t you just talking with the half-elf there?”

“Leila, I was sorry to stop calling you. ”

When Kurono gently talked to him, Leila bowed and ran to the twin elves. Why are you hurting Layla, right? And Chrono tilted his head.

“Let’s talk inside”
When entering the office room, the line of sight of Tyria’s subordinates concentrates on Chrono. Although it is not a friendly atmosphere, Chrono ignored it and sat down in the chair which is vacant.

“From what my subordinates interrogated … The merchant seems to be attacked by a cavalry Oh, it is not a heavy cavalry to say a cavalry, they just wearing thin dirty leather armor”

“A fallen mercenary or camouflaged?”

Chrono muttered Tyria tilted her head curiously.

“Shouldn’t you think it was attacked by a Bandit more than someone camouflage as one? ”

“I don’t know. because I got my hand full just to put my company together.”

“Huh, maybe I have to ask Marquis Erakis?”

Eh? Chrono asked again unconsciously.

“It’s better if you do not commit misappropriation of public money if you going to commit suicide”

“Well, I was saved because I could save the trouble of torture.”

His finger crawls around his right eye’s wound, Chrono lightly muttered.

When Chrono returned to the former account room, Elena was struggling with ledger by herself.

“What about thieves?”

he briefly explains the circ.u.mstances.

The above is Elena’s reaction.

“but I can’t be as happy as you are.”

Elena shrugged her brows and stared at Chrono.

“Fuu”

“Are you really a n.o.ble?”

“To be honest, I don’t think that Chrono-sama is an aristocrat, it is not like a n.o.ble to be in contact with the commoner or even the subhuman subordinate without discrimination, and believing that you would buy me that was so ragged, or to make a half-elf a mistress I can not get it.”

“Here, I appreciate what you did, so … understand …?”

“It’s enough to just do the accounting work.”

Elena grabbed his collar, Chrono body stiffen.

“I… isn’t it’s a good deal! You can do it with a quasi-n.o.ble like me with no problem later!”

Haa, haa, Elena takes a short rest while heaving breathing.

“…..h… hey?”

“What is the meaning of this?”

“Didn’t you say that my ulterior motives are downright transparent?”

“It’s fine to pull on the collar, but please don’t hit me, please? please?”

When you can suffer so plainly, you stimulate s.a.d.i.s.tic desire conversely.

“I will not hit you”

When Chrono traces from her neck to the navel with his index finger, Elena screams exaggeratingly and shivers her body.

“Ki … kyaaaaa”

At the beginning, Elena tried to throw away Chrono but soon Elena lost all her strength from her arm. When Chrono released her body, Elena was breathing roughly.

“i… I understood”

“You Okay?”

Did I make her too scared?

“…… Thieves hah, this will be troublesome ”
Chrono’s anxiety will be a hit.

This chapter is about 7000 words long. Instead of waiting for another month, let’s break it into 2 parts. it will be quite bit and pieces since I translate a few line per day whenever I have time between works. (like thief and bandit both are the same thing)

[1] Anta, a bit rude way to address someone –

[2] If you can’t go to sleep until you know how it really made. go here https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLXfVEsLI-qQkngX0_oNPTGCW5HKfauQf

[3] ‘Deredere’ I did ponder for a while then I choose lovely. more at I want to use Wikipedia link at first but then I saw Tsumiki in the thumbnail, so why not?

[4] One of the rare moment he use ‘ore’ (a muscular way of calling himself) normally this guy use ‘boku’