My Quiet Blacksmith Life in Another World: Volume 4 by Tamamaru

Author:Tamamaru [TAMAMARU]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2022-10-12T00:00:00+00:00

It wasn’t long before I noticed something unusual.

“Could there be...a suspension system built into this cart?” I mused.

I hadn’t gotten a close look earlier, though it was also possible that the system was camouflaged so that the mechanism wouldn’t stand out at just a glance.

“Yeah, we finally got something working,” Camilo confirmed. “Mass production is still out of reach, so we hid the system to prevent others from copying our design.”

I’d mostly been talking to myself, but Camilo answered my question anyway. The carriage still rocked from side to side, but it rarely jolted or jumped the way it had on our last journey.

“If the wagons we’d ridden in during the monster cleanup campaign had come with suspensions installed, my hips would’ve been spared some pain.”

“I plan to start selling these soon, so next time you might get lucky. If there is a next time, that is...”

“I, for one, am praying that there isn’t.”

“Can’t blame you for that.” Camilo laughed, and I joined in.

Dealing with a monster outbreak wasn’t something I wanted to do very often. After all, I was just an ordinary blacksmith.

We flew down the city road at a speed that would’ve been impossible for a normal carriage loaded down with luggage.

“At this pace, we’ll reach the border sooner than I expected. It’s still a multi-day journey, though,” Camilo informed me. “Let’s use this time to talk through the details.”

“Sure,” I said. “I also wanted to know why the margrave came to you with this request.”

“Ah, that’s easy—the margrave was the one who originally sent Helen to the empire.”

“He must be a highly principled man to orchestrate a rescue for a simple mercenary rather than abandoning her.”

“You...could say that.” His tone implied there was something more to the story, something that it was better for me not to know (otherwise he would’ve said it).

I sat back in my seat and changed the topic. “What kind of place is the empire?”

“For one, they have an emperor rather than a king,” Camilo answered. “Otherwise, it’s not much different from here. Their lifestyles are similar. The architecture too.”

“Is that so?”

I had been expecting an empire to be characterized by impressive military strongholds, but I suppose the only real answer to “what’s the difference between a kingdom and an empire?” was who sat at the top—the leader’s authority was pretty much the same in both countries.

“That’s how it is,” Camilo said. “Though, the nobility have less power there. It’s more or less an autocracy.”

Here in the kingdom, there was a parliament comprising the nobility where decisions pertaining to the state were decided through debate and discussion. Ultimately, the king (and the royal family) had the final say, so when all was said and done, the kingdom was a monarchy.

However, the king couldn’t veto the parliament’s decisions willy-nilly without risking the nobility’s ire, which could lead to the birth of dissidents and defectors. The king, at the end of the day, was nothing more than the leader of the knights. Therefore, the parliament’s decisions were usually adopted as long as they weren’t blatantly unfavorable to the royal family.

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