Saving 80,000 Gold in an Another World for Retirement

gained, no slaves, no goods.

Moreover, the people lost their precious family members.

An aristocrat loses his precious heir.

Soldiers lost their men, and some lost their limbs.

Whether they liked it or not, they had to remain unchanged in their allegiance to the emperor……

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But now, for the third time, the empire has been completely defeated, and the conditions thrust upon them by the flyers were…….

 

‘300 gold coins for medical expenses, fees, reparations, etc., for a 9-year-old girl who was the victim of an assassination attempt.’

‘A consolation fee for the divine messenger, Hime Miko (including the fees for using divine power), 2000 gold coins.’

‘Abdication of the current emperor, as a punishment for the great crime of the attempted assassination of the divine messenger.
His successor shall not be a direct descendant of the current emperor, but a collateral descendant, or one chosen from another noble family.’ 

 

Yeah, it’s sweet.

I could have told them to turn in the heads of everyone involved, but, well, there was no need to waste blood.

At one point, I’ve said, “I’m going to kill the whole family!” but I didn’t really mean it……, no, at that moment, my blood was rushing to my head and I was just talking without thinking, but when I cooled down, I didn’t really intend to go that far, though.

……Of course, it would be a different story if Colette-chan were to suffer permanent injuries or worse.

In that case, I think I would’ve erased the empire’s existence off the map…… maybe.

 

And the reason I didn’t make too big a demand was that the burden of meeting that demand goes to the empire’s general populace.

Aside from the first invasion of our country, the second invasion of Princess Gegege’s country was “because the situation in the country had deteriorated”.

 

The war against our country caused the empire many deaths and cost a huge sum of money.

A lot of money, food, and other supplies…

And so, the dissatisfaction from the aristocracy, the military, and the people bubbled up.

In an attempt to deal with their plight, they took a reckless, desperate action, which was the second invasion.

Let the military fight.
The nobles will be satisfied if they get territory, slaves, and reparations as spoils of war.
And the general populace will be satisfied if they see how “strong the motherland” was.

And yet, the empire lost another huge gamble, making the situation even worse.

If I make excessive demands on the empire in such a state, people will starve to death if I’m not careful.

 

……So, I only requested a total of 2300 gold coins as ‘something tangible’.

That’s a lot of money for a commoner, but from the perspective of the nobility and royalty, ‘twas nothing but a small change.

In this world’s monetary sense, it would be equivalent to about 230 million yen.

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However, converting the gold coins into Japanese yen via dollars would only amount to just under 60 million yen, though……

 

If I don’t get this much, I’ll be in the red.

There’s the cost of shells and bombs and of course, Colette-chan’s hospital bills.

It’s common to hear that if a Japanese traveler gets an appendectomy in a foreign country or has an unscheduled overseas birth due to premature delivery, the bill would be around 5 or 10 million yen.

It’s much different from Japan, where health insurance was fully provided.
Therefore, when traveling abroad, it’s a must to have some kind of insurance.

 

……If so, Colette-chan’s hospital bills could easily range from a few million to over 10 million.

She won’t be able to leave the hospital right away, and in some cases, she may need to have another surgery or something.
If it’s possible to have surgery to reduce the size of the scars or something like that, of course, I would have her undergo it……

 

Anyway, 2,300 gold coins were only the actual cost with no profit, which means that I may be in the red, or even go broke, if not handled properly.

Whether or not Wolf Fang was ripped off because they were in a hurry to purchase from another mercenary group.
Whether the arms dealer gave them a discount for clearing out his bad stock, or they got duped instead…

……Yeah, I didn’t provide a budget in advance, my bad.

 

Anyway, 2300 gold coins, a negligible amount of money for the empire, would not be a problem.

Now, whether or not the emperor would cling to his position, regardless of his will, the nobles and collateral royalty will drag him down.

Then the battle for succession will erupt and the upper management will be torn apart.

That’s why I went to the trouble of writing “shall not be a direct descendant of the current emperor, but a collateral descendant, or one chosen from another noble family”.

To exclude the default route of “The Emperor’s son” and to expand the range of target people.

The nephews and nieces of the current emperor, his children, and the senior nobility.

Furthermore, the children of the current emperor, although they will not be his successors, would attempt to somehow seize power.

…No, it’s also possible that he would insist on a thorough war with the divine messenger.
For the direct descendants, otherwise, there’s no other way for the direct descendants to make themselves the emperor…

Anyway, for the time being, they will not be able to invade other countries.

 

Well, now let’s wait for a response to the flyers.
I’m looking forward to it…….

Ah, of course, I canceled the raining seawater.

I originally didn’t really intend to do it anyway.