side:ラッツ
「いや、落ち着け。国なんざ作るつもりは無い」
お兄さんはそう言って、その場の興奮を抑えます。
いえ、醒ましたというべきでしょう。
最初からお兄さんは国を作るつもりが無いと言っていましたからね。
お国の重鎮であったセラリア、ルルア、シェーラ様は色々思う所があって興奮したようですが、私はそうでもありませんでした。
しかし、お兄さんの考えている大陸を救う方法は思い浮かびませんし、想像もできません。
セラリア達の言うように、お兄さんが王となって国を作るほうが確実だと思います。
エリスが答えをお兄さんに聞きます。
皆もその答えを待つようにお兄さんを見つめます。
「では、俺の考えを披露するかね。とまあ、これもダンジョン運営の一環だと思ってくれ、意見があればどんどんな?」
そう言われて、皆頷く。
......お兄さんは大陸を救う手段としてダンジョンを使うようです。
当然ですね、この便利なモノを使わない理由はありません。
「じゃ、さっきの戦争な。戦争は色々イケナイ。国力の低下、生産性の低下、労働力の低下、まあデメリットが多すぎる。ま、食い扶持減らしって意味もあるんだろうけどな。養えない人を減らすための戦争ってのもあるだろうよ」
セラリア達はお兄さんの言葉で顔を歪めます。
なるほど、建前では国土を広げると言って、本音は国土を広げるのではなく、徴兵した人を討死させることで、人口の調整をするのですか。
胸糞悪くなる話ですが、理解できない話ではありません。
「戦争を率先して行う国はない。一回事を起こすだけでも、膨大な資金や資源がかかる。それはわかるな?」
それは当然です。
戦争をしている国は税が重くなったり、徴兵があったり、物資も持っていかれます。
主に国民から。
「しかし、それでも戦争を起こす必要がある。なんとか、土地を確保しようとしてな。その根幹は、その土地だけでは国民を養えないからだ。だから戦争を使って、勝敗のわかりやすい結果を産む手段を取るんだ。余裕があるうちは国同士で交渉するだろうしな」
なんとか交渉の段階で収めてほしいのですが、それができれば戦争なんて起こっていませんからね。
「まあ、大国4か国はもう利権争い、つまりどれだけ利益が入るかに移行してるみたいだけど、小国はまず国力を上げる為に、他所の土地を奪い取らないといけないってわけだ」
「はい、その通りです」
「さて、大陸を救うには死人がでる戦争を起こさないようにするのが一番だと思う」
それが一番ですね。
結局は各国の面子の為の戦争。
その地で生きている人々にとっては、どの国であっても安全ならよいのです。
「で、戦争を起こさないように、俺は各国にダンジョンによるゲートを作って、物資のやり取りを簡単にしようと思う。お互いの資源を簡単にお金か何かで手に入れられるようにしようと思う。これを行えば、他所の国から普通に物資のやり取りができるから、無いから他所の土地を奪わなければいけないって事にはならないだろう?」
お兄さんがいう事はもっともだと思います。
なるほど、ダンジョンを各国に作ってつないで、交易の道具として使い、争いの原因である、物資の枯渇を防ごうというわけですね。
「あなた。その考えは甘いわ。どこでも交易はしているの、それだけで戦争が起きないならもうとっくに戦争は無くなっているわ。4か国は利益と言っているけど、小国も自国の収入原があるの、それが無いと何もできないのだから、収入を上げる為にも土地を切り取る必要があるの。国の我儘といわれれば、それまでだけど、人はそんな簡単に他人が裕福なのを黙って、何もしないでいるのは無理なのよ」
セラリアのいう事もわかります。
他人が自分よりいい暮らしをしているなら、自分もなりたいと思いますし、自国が飢えているなら、何としても良くしたいと思うものです。
交易があっても、賄えないから戦争を起こすんです。
「ふっふっふ......、セラリアのいう事はもっともだ。しかし、大事な事を見落としている」
「大事な事?」
「そうだな、交易があっても戦争は無くならない。それは尤もだ。だが、俺は各国に交易......つまりお互い、自由に行き来できるゲートを作るといったんだ。この意味が分かるかな?」
「ま、まさか...!?」
おや、シェーラ様が何かに気が付いたようです。
このシェーラ様は背格好からアスリン達よりちょっと上といったところでしょうか、しかし、先ほどからの言動をみれば、とても有能な人物の様です。
「ゲートを通じて、各国をお互いに監視させるつもりですか......」
お兄さんが嬉しそうに笑います。
ええ、とっても邪悪に見えます。
「ごめん、ユキさん。僕わかんないよ」
リエルは泣きそうになって、凄く申し訳なさそうです。
まあ、分野が違うから仕方のないことですよ。
「そうだな、リエル。今どうしても欲しいモノを横のトーリが持っているとして、それをトーリが譲ってくれない。又は、法外なお金を要求した場合どうする?」
「え、あきらめる」
「それなら、トーリがいない間になんとか盗む。ああ、でもトーリにそんな事しないよ!?」
「わかってる。私はリエルにそんな事しないし、やらないって信じてる」
「だよな。盗んでしまう。これが国の戦争の真実に近いかな。いやーむしろ、トーリを殴ってそのモノをリエルが奪い取る感じだ」
「うへぇ......いやだね戦争って」
「しかし、これは当事者が二人しかいないから、俺や、他の皆もどっちが正しいのか分からないし、もう決着がついてるから、何も言いようがない。じゃあ、前提をかえようか、その欲しいモノをトーリ以外の人間がいる間に盗もうとリエルは思うかな?」
「しないよ、それ僕が悪いってばれてるよ。......ああ、そういう事なんだね。各国、多くの国と繋がっている、監視されているのに、戦争を吹っかけたら、一気に諸外国が敵になるんだ」
そう、私が邪悪な笑みといったのはここが原因です。
私達が手を下さずとも、お互いがお互いで監視し、物資を一国に法外な値をつけても、他国で買えばいいし、その法外な値を付けた国は評判が落ちる。
逆にその国に憤慨して戦争を起こしても、他に手段があるのに、短絡的な行動を起こしたと、諸外国の評判が落ちる。
ある程度モノによっては、値は上下するようですが、一国だけに交易して一方的に値を吊り上げられることはないです。
モノを売る側も周りの価格に合わせて、色々取引するでしょうから、一定の価格で収まるはずです。
というか、ゲートを使って交易するのであれば、その価格情報はすべて私達が握ることになるはずです。
......お兄さん、恐ろしい事を考えますね。
「リエルさんの言った通り、戦争を仕掛けた理由が私欲と判断される様な行動をとれば、大義名分で多くの国が同盟を組み、その国を落とし、利権を分けるでしょう。余程の暗愚が国を治めていない限り、戦争を起こすメリットが無くなります。寧ろ国がなくなる危険性が格段にあがります。だれも戦争なんてしないようになるはずです」
「......流石我が夫。というべきなのでしょうが、それでも仕方なくや、お互いの主張の違いで戦争は起こるわよ。そこはどうするの?」
ですねー、世の中仕方なくってのが多いです。
まあ、それが許せる範囲かは別ですが。
「んなのほっとけ、国民が養えないから仕方なく戦争を起こすなら、そもそもその国の手腕の問題だ。国としての寿命か、土地がやせているのか、それとも暗愚か、そんな状態で国であろうとするのが問題。他所の国に併合されればいいだけだ。誇りで飯は食えん。そしてお互いの主張で戦争始める所は、それが長引けば長引く程、国民が離れていくだろうな。死にたくないし、移動するゲートはあるんだし、安全な国に退避するだろうよ」
お兄さんの説明で、セラリアも口を開けて茫然としています。
ああ、ゲートはそう言う使い方もあるんですね。
交易ができるってことは他の人も通れるってことです。
「......戦争するような国には余程の愛着が無い限り、人はとどまらない。......戦争をするメリットが本当にないわね。戦争すればするほど、人は、いえ安全を求める人々は離れていく。傭兵や成り上がりを目指す人は集まるでしょうが......」
「それも少数でしょう。戦争を起こした時点で各国から睨まれています。もう勝機などはありません。......私なら、各国に要請して、物資を締め上げますね。そうすれば戦争すらできないでしょうから」
おお、シェーラ様も恐ろしい事をいいますね。
物資が無ければ戦争なんてできません。
「ということだ。セラリアとシェーラが言うように、俺が国を興して、大陸統一を目指してもいいけど、どっちが色々な意味で時間や、損耗が激しいか考えるとな......」
「ユキ様の案が一番被害が少なく済むと私は思います」
「......私達がロシュールを落としても、その他の国を落としても、国内を安定、平定するのに、とてつもない時間と労力、物資がかかるわ。それを見越して、今ある国でそのまま管理を任せようってことね?」
「管理とは酷い言い方だな。俺は、戦争が起こらないように手を打つだけだけどな」
「はっ、よくいうわよ。これはあなたの提案に乗らない国はどう見ても、他国より遅れをとる。物資にしても、人材にしても、情報にしても、これはある意味脅しよ。ゲートを作らなければ国が滅びるっていう。あなたの思い通りに動いてる国を管理を任せているって表現はまちがっているかしら?」
お兄さんのいう事は、大陸を統一するより、時間が短く、被害も少ない方法です。
なんというか、よくもまあ、こんな事思いつきますね。
「セラリアは嫌かこういうの?」
「いえ、流石私の夫よ。嬉しく思うわ。でも、ここのダンジョンはもう独立する必要がありそうね」
「そうなんだよな~」
「そうですね。セラリア様の言う通り、これからユキ様の案を通すのであれば、このダンジョンが一国の下についているという図は不味いです。ロシュールがすべてを握っていると思われますから」
「まあ、独立を認めてもらうのは、さっきの話をすれば大幅な利益の増加が見込めるからいいけど、独立しても多少はロシュールの一部とみられそうね......」
「そこのところは、これからの私達の手腕ということでしょう。そうですよね、ユキ様?」
「......あーまー、面倒ばかりですまん」
お兄さんはそう言って私達に頭を下げます。
最初にであった頃もこんな感じでしたっけ?
「ん? なんで皆笑ってるんだ?」
頭を上げて私達の様子をみて首を傾げるお兄さん。
「いえいえ、相変わらず。本当に変わらないですねお兄さんは」
さあ、これから各国との交渉でさらに忙しくなりますね。
ロシュール、リテア、ガルツの3国はもうつてが...というより、かなりの権限を持っている人がもう身内にいます。
大国4つの内3つがつながるなら、小国はこぞって賛同するでしょうし......おや、これ布石だったんですか?
と、そんな事より、これから2週間程休憩日です。
お兄さんの子供でもこさえますか。
正直こっちのほうが重要度が高い私でした。
side : Lutz
(Yuki)[No, calm down. I don't intend to make a country.] 1)
Onii-san said that and suppressed our excitement.
No, maybe I should say that we were woken up.
Right at the beginning, onii-san had said that he doesn't intend to make a country.
Seraria, Lulu and Shera-sama were all very excited, probably because previously they were heavyweights in countries and the potential glory was too appealing to ignore.
However, I can't imagine how onii-san could save the continent or what he was thinking.
Seraria and co were thinking that it would be best for onii-san to found a country and become King
Ellis who has been calmly listening to onii-san asked for an answer.
Everyone stared at onii-san, waiting for that answer.
(Yuki)[Then, let me present my thoughts. Ah, but first, as a part of this Dungeon's Management, do you think there's more to it than just being our home?] 
That being said, everyone nodded.
...... Onii-san, looks like he wants to use the Dungeon to save the continent.
Naturally, there's little to no reason, not to use something this convenient.
(Yuki)[There was a war just moments ago, there have been an uncountable number of wars in the past and there will continue to be many more wars in the future. The weakening of national strength, the throttled productivity, the declining manpower, the loss of know-how, the receding standards of living, the list goes on and on, simply put, there's far too many disadvantages to war. Well, I guess there are also advantages which are extremely difficult to gain without it. But fact is wars reduce how wealthy a country is, which in turn, reduces the numbers of people who can be supported by it. This weakens everyone and ultimately reduces how lively and happy humanity is as a whole.2)] 
Seraria's face distorted heavily after understanding onii-san's words.
I understand now though, greedy people use the claiming and conquering of land as a front, when they only want to strengthen their own positions and fatten their own wallets. In the end though, destruction and killing is just as it sounds.
Although my chest tightened hearing that dark truth, I understood it.
(Yuki)[There is no country which proactively starts a war and just charges in head first. Because even a single war costs a ridiculous amount of manpower and resources. Have you comprehended that?] 
That's reasonable.
In practice, countries that are engaged in warfare levy heavy taxes, conscript the worker forces and commit a lot of supplies.
The vast majority of all of this comes from the people.
(Yuki)[But, it is still necessary to wage war. How else do you secure lands? The root problem is that a nation cannot feed the civilians. Maybe they can this year, but maybe next year there will be a drought, what then? Even if you manage to stave off all of these problems, eventually the people will have multiplied so far that production simply can't keep up. So using war, they have a way to claim land and food relatively simply with victories or defeats. Whilst that may be true, cheaper and thereby more complex solutions exist. For example if they can afford to, they could try the more complex method of negotiating with their neighboring countries to support them during a drought.] 
Somehow, I would like to join the stage of negotiations, but there has never been a war where I was able to.
t is since that's how much profits are tied over, but the smaller countries first have to take away land from each other in order to raise their national strength.] 
(Ellis)[Yes, that makes sense.] 
(Yuki)[Then, I think that the best way to help the continent is to save the people by avoiding wars.] 
That would be the best.
But eventually, war would break out for the image3) of each of the stronger countries.
The people living here are safer than any country huh.
(Yuki)[In order to prevent wars from breaking out, I will make a gate using Dungeons in each country and using them I will make it easier to exchange goods. I will try to make it easy to obtain each other's resources using money or by bartering. If this can be done, if it becomes possible to exchange ordinary goods en ma.s.se between other countries, there would be little meaning behind taking away the lands from the others right?] 
I thought that it was something reasonable for onii-san to say.
Indeed, by making Dungeons inside every country, and using them as tools for trading, to prevent the exhaustion of supplies, a major cause of conflict will die out.
(Seraria)[Dear. That's a sweet idea. But if war could be stopped with trade, then it would have already been done long ago. The 4 largest countries are for the most part self-sufficient, but the smaller countries aren't and some of them lack the funds to buy what they are lacking and so nothing can be done about it with money, so they still need to capture land and plunder to increase their income. Even though it is said to be a country's decision, in the end it is impossible for the people to stay silent about others4) getting wealthy easily.] 
I also understand Seraria.
If one person lived better than another, he would likely react. And if your entire country is starving, you would like to resolve it by any means necessary.
Even if there's trade, it won't stop war.
(Yuki)[Fufufu..... What Seraria said is reasonable. But you have overlooked something important.] 
(Seraria)[Something important?] 
(Yuki)[Yes, if there is trade, war won't vanish. This is natural. But I said that I will make trade with every country by means of the dungeon gates....... Which means I could use the gates and freely move from one country to another. Do you know what this mean?] 
(Shera)[Don't tell me...!?] 
Oh, Shera might have noticed something.
This Shera-sama seemed to be only slightly superior to Aslin and the others in terms of height, but if you look at her behavior from a while ago she seems to be quite good in the head.
(Shera)[Do you intend to make the countries monitor each other with the gates......] 
Onii-san was laughing maniacally.
Yes, he looks very wicked.
(Riel)[Sorry, Yuki-san. I don't get it.] 
Riel was about to cry, she must feel very sorry.
Well, it's unavoidable since her strengths are in other areas5).
(Yuki)[Well, Riel. Tori has something you long for and that object is always besides Tori. Tori has it but she will not hand it over. But what would you do if Tori asked for an outrageous amount of money?] 
(Riel)[Well, I'd give up.] 
(Riel)[Then I would go out and steal it from Tori. Oh, but I would never do such a thing to Tori!?] 
(Tori)[I know. I believe in Riel and I would never be mean to you as well.] 
(Yuki)[That's right. You would steal. I wonder if that's close to the truth behind the countries wars. Well I suppose in that case it would be closer to Riel hitting Tori before s.n.a.t.c.hing it though.] 
(Riel)[Ueee... I hate wars.] 
(Yuki)[However, since there is only two parties here, the others don't know which one is correct, you would both say that you are righteous. Now let's change the premise. Riel, Do you think you would steal the thing you desire from Tori, if there was other people besides her?] 
(Riel)[I won't. It'd be bad if I'm discovered....... Oh, it's something like that. Every country can look at the other countries and are connected, if you make a low-blow or start a war while being monitored, all the foreign countries would become enemies all at once.] 
I see, this was the cause of his wicked smile.
Even if we don't do anything, all countries would monitor and prevent each other from doing anything bad. Even if there's an item with an extraordinary value in one country, we can buy it somewhere else and make the country lose face because of the outrageous price.
On the contrary, even if they wage war using the pretext of resenting another, the reputation among the other countries would drop significantly, maybe to the point of starting another war for exactly that reason.
Depending on the object, though the price may fluctuate, it wouldn't be possible for a single country to unilaterally raise a price.
Because the other sides selling goods would also in turn trade more with their surroundings if the price starts rising. The prices would remain within the realm of reason.
Or rather, if they trade with the gate, the information on prices could be gathered and used by us.
...... Onii-san, I think what you're doing is dreadful. And amazing.
(Yuki)[As Riel-san said, if you take actions that are judged as setting up for war, many countries would form an alliance just to stop and counter you, the freshly conquered land would then be divided amongst the alliance. Unless an outrageous idiot rules a country6), all the merits behind waging war disappear. Rather, the risk of countries disappearing will gradually be reduced. n.o.body would proactively wage war.] 
(Seraria)[..... As expected of my husband. Although it should be said that war might still occur due to differences in opinions, if that's the case it probably can't be helped. What would you do?] 
Right, I guess there are many conflicts that can't be avoided in society.
Well, the scope would still be reduced.
(Yuki)[It's dependant on the level of skill of the country in question. If it wishes to wage war unconditionally then it's because they aren't able to support their people. This will always be a problem for a country, whether the land is fertile or not, there will always be someone stupid, who can't manage such a situation. You only have to enlist the aid of another country. Proud people can't live without meals. And such a place where war starts because of a simple disagreement, in such a country people will move away. They don't like starving, they just want to live peacefully and so they will move through the gate and evacuate to a safer country.] 
At onii-san's explanation Seraria too was jaw dropped, dazed.
Oh, there is also that way of using the gate.
If merchandise could pa.s.s, of course people could pa.s.s too.
(Seraria)[...... As long as there is not too much of an attachment to the war-pioneering country, people won't stay, unless they can't travel to the gate....... There would really be next to no merits to waging war. The more war there is, the more people will, no everybody who seeks safety would move away. Mercenaries and others who aim for righteousness and justice would also gather to help against a country like that too .....] 
(Shera)[There will be few like that though. More likely they will stare at the many countries in times of war and probably just do as mercenaries do and aim for the bigger wallet..... In that case, I would ask we reduce the country's supplies and access to the gate. That way they wouldn't even be able to start the war.] 
Oh, Shera-sama too said some horrible things.
Without supplies there can't be any war.
(Yuki)[Well what I'm saying is this. If I wanted to make a country like Seraria and Shera said, I don't even know where to start or how long it would take, the losses would be tremendous too. I don't even want to think about how long rebuilding everything would take......] 
(Shera)[I think that Yuki-sama's plan would bring the lesser damages.] 
(Seraria)[...... Even if we manage to quickly remove Roch.e.l.le and the other countries leaders.h.i.+p, it would then take a tremendous amount of time, effort and supplies to flatten the rebellions, gain the trust and support of the people and turn everything back into being stable. In light of that, let's leave the management/control of the countries to others7), is that about right?] 
(Yuki)[Management/control is a terrible way of putting it. I will only take steps so that war will be less likely to occur.] 
(Seraria)[Well, you've said plenty. As for this dear, the countries that don't accept your proposal will fall behind the others. Even if they have goods, people and information, they can be threatened this way. If the gate isn't made, the country shall slowly perish. Dear if I'm not mistaken, you will be administering a country that is moving to your will as well right?] 
What onii-san said is a less time-consuming and also a less damaging method than unifying the continent.
How could I say, well this was what I thought.
(Lutz)[Seraria-sama, do you dislike it?] 
(Seraria)[No, that's as one would expect of my husband. I am glad. However, it seems necessary to have this Dungeon become independent quickly.] 
(Lutz)[Oh you're right~] 
(Shera)[That's right. As Seraria-sama said, if this Dungeon looks like it's under the jurisdiction of one single country, it will be hard to put Yuki-sama's plan into action. Because many would think that Roch.e.l.le is the one pulling the strings.] 
(Yuki)[Well, being recognized as independent is good because we can expect a significant increase in profits, but even then we would still look a part of Roch.e.l.le even if we are independent...] 
(Shera)[This is probably the best chance to hone our skills for the future. Isn't that right, Yuki-sama?] 
(Yuki)[......yeah, sorry for bringing trouble to you.] 
Onii-san said that and lowered his head to us.
Didn't it just feel like when we first met you?
(Yuki)[Uh? Why is everyone laughing?] 
Onii-san who had raised his head was now looking in our direction, tilting his head.
(Lutz)[No no. Onii-san is still onii-san that's all.] 
Now, after this we would become busy in regards to negotiations with the other countries.
We have connections with the three countries Roch.e.l.le, Ritea and Galtz... Rather we have connections that don't hold much power anymore.
If the 4 larger countries took the lead, the smaller countries should just follow suit... Oya, was this a strategic arrangement?
And after this we've got a break that would last for 2 weeks starting now. 8)
Onii-san would have to make kids.9)
To be honest, this was the most important for me.
Hisshou Dungeon Unei Houhou
必勝ダンジョン運営方法　相手に合わせる理由がない
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Adventure Comedy Drama Ecchi Fantasy Harem Mature Psychological Romance Seinen Slice of Life Tragedy
Adapted to Manga Aggressive Characters Aristocracy Beastkin Beautiful Female Lead Clever Protagonist Dungeon Master Dungeons Early Romance F*llatio Game Elements Gore Loli Love Interest Falls in Love First Male Protagonist Management Multiple POV Nudity Obsessive Love Overpowered Protagonist Polygamy Pregnancy R-15 Reverse R*pe S*ave Harem S*aves Strategist Strong Love Interests Succubus Sword And Magic Transported to Another World Yandere
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