Survival Strategy for Weak Territories! ~ My Territory Will Be Destroyed No Matter How Many Times It Is Repeated. How Can This Be Saved? ~ - Chapter 33

“Please take care of me! I’m here to serve!”

In the morning, a young warrior comes to visit him.

He announces himself proudly and marches up to the entrance of the Viscount’s mansion.

“I have heard that you are looking for military officers, so I have come to make an offer.”

“Hey, hey, I am called the――”

In the afternoon, an intelligent-looking young man and a somewhat noble-looking middle-aged man came to see him.

These days this is a common occurrence.

Although Klein did not call for additional applications, more and more applicants are coming in.

“And it’s all hot-blooded people! Is there anyone who seems to have any brains who came to me this afternoon! ?”

“Ha-ha-ha… like-minded people attract each other, you know.”

While Brynhildr was selecting the candidates, Klein and Norbert, the chief butler, were taking care of their work.

But his hands are stopped by the regular announcements of new guests.

(GraverobberTL uses Klaus, but the raw is Norbert)

“Klein-sama. Trek and a new prospective applicant are here to see you.”

“I’ll see Trek first! Serve tea to the applicants and buy us some time! “

“Yes, sir.”

Marie appears out of nowhere and runs down the corridor.

Norbert, the head butler, usually scolded her, “Disgraceful!’ but nowadays, he has less energy to get angry.

“It’s like this these days, isn’t it ……?”

“Oh. There’s no such thing as leisure anymore.”

Half of the blame for this situation lies with Randolph.

Soon after his success in the service, he wrote to family and friends back home.

[They welcomed an unknown wanderer (ronin) with generous hospitality!]

Such news went around to friends of friends.

And all of Randolph’s friends were extroverted, or perhaps you could say, hot-blooded ―well, there were a lot of them.

And word spread that he was treating a commoner, who had no achievements in this recession, well, by taking him on as a guard captain.

They only did something like recruiting people as soon as they arrived to compensate for the lack of manpower.

“I heard they’re hiring for the officer positions! I’ll do good work! “

Another applicant shows up on the doorstep.

The Asgard family is now in such a situation.

“All we wanted was to add one more guard. How did this happen?”

“…because you made Randolph the guard captain out of the blue.”

It is now midwinter, and it has been about two months since he hired Randolph.

When he first hired him, he put him under Hans as the second-in-command of the guard.

Soon after that, a band of thieves appeared in the northern part of Asgard territory.

Fifty bandits with good command.

They seemed to have come from the northern area where the minor nobles were concentrated. The villages on the border with other territories had already been burned down, and the looting had already begun.

Bandits of this scale had never appeared in the Asgard territory, which was just the countryside.

The nervous and trembling guards all rushed out to intercept the bandits.

Randolph there was, well, amazing.

[The abominable ruffiansssssss!!! ]

He chased after the fleeing bandits with a yell that echoed through the mountains.

They have marched angrily over two mountains and eradicated every last one of them.

[My neck ahhhhhhh! ! ! ! Leave my neck alone arrrhhhhhh]

[Aaaaahhhhhhhh!?]

[M-m-m-onsterr!!, you monster!!!]

In the end, no one was left to follow him, so he attacked his own.

After leading his troop to kill 30 of them, he killed another 15 bandits by himself.

Even Hans, the captain, could only put a half-smile at this result.

[Klein-sama, I think he’s fine on his own for now ]

[Yeah…]

As soon as he returned, he started saying such a thing, pointing at Randolph.

Klein, who thought he was as strong as four Hans, is actually more than ten Hans.

Well, there was such an incident.

“…Sure. If we were going to give him a promotion, we should have taken it a few steps further.”

“That, why…”

“Because Hans said he wasn’t sure he could handle such a ferocious beast.”

That’s why he split up the guard earlier than planned.

There are two types of guards: the patrolmen, who specialize in maintaining security, and the guards, who fight against bandits and the like.

Now the inside of the city is under Hans’ jurisdiction, and the outside of the city is under Randolph’s jurisdiction.

Since almost all the guards were on duty, everyone had seen Randolph’s rampage against the bandits. Therefore, there is no particular objection to this appointment.

Rather, most of them said, “If we can work under such a devil god, we should be safe.”

And so it was that Randolph rose to the position of military chief of the barony in less than two weeks after his appointment.

This tale of heroism was circulated among the general public due to the rumour that “talent is treated with respect”, which was also the cause of a large number of applicants for the post.

“But it did reduce the number of bandits, didn’t it?”

“…The bandit is indeed has been reduced.”

No matter if they run away to a big forest or deep into the mountains.

They are relentless in their pursuit of them. The bandits are no longer coming close to us.

“Besides, just by having people who want to serve, they can help maintain public order.”

“…It is certainly more efficient.”

Some warriors showed up with the heads of bandits as a souvenir. The fact that this became a popular success story also contributed to the decrease in the number of bandits.

For the warriors who gather here. The bandits were no longer anything more than prey to be brought to the court for job-hunting appeals.

Because of this, bandits have become endangered in the Viscount’s territory.

To increase their chances of being hired, the martial artists are hunting in the mountains on their own ―an efficient move, for sure.

“In addition, the city is now safer, which is a good thing. There should be no big problems…”

“Hans has been spending more time in the fields.”

“I’ll keep an eye on that.”

With the dreaded garrison in the place, some migrant workers from other cities have become better behaved, and trouble in the city is decreasing.

Both in terms of security and military strength, things are definitely improving.

The only downside is the mentality of those who work in the villas, which are regularly assaulted by those who wish to serve.

“Well, I’ll hire someone if he fits Brynhildr’s criteria. I’d better go and finish the business meeting first.”

“Yes, sir. I’ll ensure everything is taken care of except the important stuff.”

“Yeah. Yes.”

Klein left his office and walked down the hallway, trying to decide what he would say to Trek. He let out a deep sigh as he thought about what had happened.

“…Well. Half of it is my own fault, I guess.”

He said Randolph was half the reason for the flood of applicants.

But the other half of the blame lies with Klein.

He had extended an invitation to those who had been turned down after the tournament.

On the spur of the moment, he sent out offers of service to those who had already turned him down once before.

He sent out thirteen letters ―and unexpectedly, they all agreed.

In the winter, the poor harvest would make them poor, and more of them might accept to serve if it was winter.

Such predictions were wrong.

“They can live on the prize money they get, so I guess none of the winners was in dire straits.”

He muttered regretfully, and he was right.

Before, the winners of the martial arts tournaments all had enough money to live on for a few years.

Many people did not need to rush to the saddle.

However, since he did not hold the tournament this time, no winners won huge sums of money. All the participants were left destitute.

They came to the tournament because they needed money, and most of them who came to the donation tournament were already in financial difficulties at that time.

Moreover, the conference was held in August. It was before the full-blown recession hit.

“Remember, first, I said it myself… Wait for winter, and we’ll be able to buy people more cheaply.”

With no chance of winning the prize money, they are poorer than they were when the tournament was held.

The treatment of officials is reputed to be better than expected.

Moreover, since Asgard is the only territory recruiting military officers these days, the braggarts are all recruiting.

For this reason, the number of military officers has been increasing among the Viscount’s retainers.

The result of various conditions. Even if Klein thinks, “Is this too much” .From their point of view, it was a good offer.

“No, at first I really thought it was a good idea… I can’t believe we got this many.”

The value of military officers may indeed increase if we enter a turbulent era.

However, to cope with the immediate famine, it had become a common practice to restructure the personnel who were not involved in the production, such as the ronin and mercenaries that every fief had.

Since the demand for warriors was only in Asgard, they came from all over the country to supply them in large numbers.

To sum it up, that’s what they said.

“Ah, I’d rather have a clerk to deal with them.”

But to no avail. All the people who came were fierce men who looked as if their brains were made of muscle.

He grumbles about his unfulfilled wish and walks into the reception room where Trek is waiting for him.

“Please! Please!”

“I’m here to apply!”

Then he heard the voice of another prospective officer coming from the doorway, and he looked up to the heavens with his right hand on his face.