The Diary of a Middle-Aged Sage's Carefree Life in Another World: Volume 6 [Parts 1 to 6] by Kotobuki Yasukiyo

Author:Kotobuki Yasukiyo
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Light Novel, partial, magic, fantasy, comedy, adventure, isekai, reincarnation, nobility, adult protagonist, OP protagonist, gamer protagonist
Publisher: J-Novel Club (generated)

Chapter 5: The Old Guy Opens His Big Mouth

A dozen or so men sat on chairs around a table, all waiting for a certain someone to arrive.

The men gathered here either looked like they were nobles, or, in the case of some, were wearing some sort of native dress.

They were all small nations’ ambassadors to the Magic Kingdom of Solistia. On being summoned here without explanation, they’d come together with a sense of confusion, wondering what this meeting could possibly be about.

At present, these small nations were troubled by a certain major power invading other countries and making “requests” that were near impossible to refuse. Even some of the nations that hadn’t been invaded had been pushed to the economic brink by its unreasonable demands. It had become a real quandary.

So far, these smaller nations had respected each other’s interests and held discussions with each other. They’d sometimes help each other, sometimes form little trade agreements, and on the whole devote themselves to the upkeep of their countries.

War would only get in the way of their best interests. It wouldn’t be to the benefit of any of them. But there was nothing these small countries could do about the major power that continued to harass them—and the demihuman countries in particular tended to be targets of that harassment.

So far, two countries had fallen to ruin and its people sold into slavery.

The people enslaved from such conflict were taken in by the other small countries, which ensured the victims were given reasonable lifestyles. All of these countries were fed up with the behavior of their oppressor.

The Kingdom of Isalas was in a particularly pitiful state, being forced to sell its mineral resources—its only form of income—for bargain bin prices.

Historical factors meant the people of Isalas had had no choice but to live among the mountains. With no farmland suited to anything but grazing, they were forced to eke out a meager existence in poverty, and they hadn’t been able to develop domestic industry. They lacked the kind of land required to cultivate fields, and it was hard to grow medicinal herbs and the like there either—an issue made worse by the fact the nation was so overcrowded that any illness that started to spread would tear through the country like wildfire.

In fact, Isalas was in such abject poverty that it was virtually a miracle it was being held together at all. And the ongoing war in a neighboring country didn’t help. If Isalas tried to ship goods, its neighbor’s enemy would seize those goods and send them back to its own home soil.

That neighbor, by the way, was the Artom Empire—and the Artom Empire’s opponent in its ongoing conflict was the Holy Land of Metis. Further complicating the matter was the fact that Isalas was receiving food relief from Artom.

In other words, Isalas was indebted to Artom; it certainly didn’t want to make an enemy of its neighbor. And yet...

One man sighed.

“What’s the matter, Sir Weiss?”

“Ah, Sir Luo Ilgarn... Recently, the Holy Land of Metis has grown more and more insistent that we form an alliance with them.

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