Easygoing Territory Defense by the Optimistic Lord: Production Magic Turns a Nameless Village into the Strongest Fortified City Vol. 2 by Sou Akaike

Author:Sou Akaike [Akaike, Sou]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: light novel
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Published: 2024-03-21T00:00:00+00:00

The King

THINGS WERE SHAPING UP TO BE EVEN MORE entertaining than I’d imagined. How fascinating. For the first time in years, I could not contain my jubilation.

It began before I left to visit the mysterious village and its lordling I’d heard so much about.

“This will be good for you, Sergio,” I told my eldest son. “For three months, you will rule the nation in my stead.”

“An excellent idea,” Chancellor Aperta agreed. “Opportunities like this are quite rare.”

Aperta and I looked intently at Sergio, who had turned seventeen only a few days before. Sergio took after me in that he was clever and handsome. If raised correctly, he would be a very wise ruler…but he lacked ambition. He sought peace and stability, with no desire to fight neighboring nations.

In a peaceful world, that would be fine. However, the reality was that our nation did not have some incredible, invincible power to call its own. To survive the violent era in which we lived, we needed to be aggressive. We could not afford to stand idly by as other nations increased their might by seizing territory from one another, or else we would be swallowed by the waves of war.

To be strong means to protect oneself.

Sergio looked troubled. “I-I understand well enough, Father, but why are you both leaving? If you need only to confirm that this person is useful, then wouldn’t either one of you be more than enough?”

I was certain that he already knew the answer to his question and was merely anxious at the thought of ruling alone. I snorted and stripped off my mantle. “Fear not. I have dispatched spies to both our borders and enemy territory.”

“Yes, but it is entirely possible that the enemy is secretly plotting to invade us.”

“If they were to invade and catch us completely unawares, then it would be too late for us. We rely on the lords to protect our borders, so we need skilled nobles, talented Chivalric Orders, and powerful mages. Hence I must meet this little village lord myself, especially if it’s true that he took down a dragon.”

Sergio seemed displeased, but he closed his mouth nonetheless. I smiled, watching him out of the corner of my eye.

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