王都、謁見の間。
報告にやってきたら、国王がメチャクチャ大喜びした。
「余は信じておったぞ、余の千呪公ならきっと魔法のごとき手腕でゲルニカの国政を立て直してくれるだろうと」
「褒めすぎだよ王様。ぼくはただ金を掘ってきただけで他には何もしてないよ」
「うむ、その謙虚さもさすがである。さすが余の千呪公だ」
「公爵閣下。その......閣下が掘り当てた金塊は......」
「全部ゲルニカの国庫に納めてきたよ」
「全部ですか!」
「うん、全部」
「さすが余の千呪公。金を前に目をくらまさぬとは。その清廉さは史書に書き残すべきだ」
「......私腹を肥やしてくれた方がどんなに良かっただろうか......」
気持ちはわかる。おれも後から気づいた。
金塊百トン。
百トンという数字は大した量に聞こえない。金だから高いだろうな、って思ってたけど、でも百トン程度だしなあ。って思ってた。
それがよくよく考えてみたら、元いた世界の相場を思い出してみたら。
どんぶり勘定でも実は5兆円くらいになることに気づいた。
百トンの金というのはそれくらいの量だ。
この世界の相場はわからないけど、でもとんでもない金額なのは間違いない。
大臣がくらくらするのもわかる。
ていうか、マジごめん。
「公爵閣下、今からでもなんとかならないだろうか。今回の件公爵閣下が最功労者だし、いくら何でも取り分が少なすぎるかと」
「よいではないか大臣よ」
国王がたしなめるようにいった。
「余の千呪公はこの一件で名前が轟いたのだ。そなたの進言通りな。それでよいではないか」
うわあ、めっちゃ棒読み。
この人、そのうち胃に穴が開くんじゃないだろうか。
大変な王の下につくと大変なことになるんだなあ。
いや、今回はおれのせいでもあるけど。
大臣と目が合った、同情する視線を向けるとますます切ない顔をされた。
などと、大臣とわかりあっていると。
「大臣よ」
「は」
「そなたの危惧はわかっておる」
「え?」
「余はそこまでもうろくしているように見えるか? 百トンの金塊、それがゲルニカに渡ったらどうなるのかくらい、余にも想像がつくわ」
「な、ならば」
「それを踏まえた上で問題ないと言っておるのだ。何しろ我が国にはほれ」
国王がおれをみた。ニコニコ顔のえびす顔だ。
「......おお」
大臣が手をポンと叩いた。
なるほど、って顔だ。
「たしかに、あれをなさったのは公爵閣下、そして公爵閣下は我が国の重鎮」
「うむ、その通りじゃ。渡った金塊はそれっきりの、いわば死んだ金。しかしここにいるのは生きている
「たしかに、なんの問題もありはしませんな」
......。
まあ、言いたいことはわかる。
釣った魚を大量にわたしたとしても、釣り竿さえ手元にあれば大丈夫って理論だろ。
それはわかる。
驚く、まさか国王がそこまでかんがえてるとは。
てっきりいつも通り、何も考えないでおれを持ち上げてるだけだと思ってた。
正直すまん。
「それでよいな、大臣よ」
気のせいか、大臣のおれを見る目も変わった。
「なに?」
「これからもよろしくお願いいたします」
何というか、国王とまるっきり同じ目――千呪公すげえ、って目になったのだった。
In the capital, in the audience hall.
When I came to report, the King was super happy.
[I believed in you, I believed that if it was my Senjukou, he would rebuild Guernica's state affairs with skills like magic] 
[You're praising me too much, Ou-sama. I just dug gold and didn't do anything else] 
[Umu, that humility, it's also as expected. As expected of my Senjukou] 
[The Duke Your Excellency. Uhmm......the gold bullion that Your Highness dug......] 
[I gave all of it to Guernica's treasury] 
[All of it!] 
[Un, all of it] 
[As expected of my Senjukou. To think that you would not be blinded by gold. That cleanliness should be written down to history] 
[......how great would it be if he put it in his pocket......] 
I know how he feels. I also noticed it later on.
A hundred tons of gold bullion.
The number a hundred ton doesn't sound like it's a large number. It's gold so it's probably expensive, I thought, but it's only a hundred ton. I thought like that.
But thinking of it carefully, remembering the market price in the world I was in before.
I realized that it's actually five trillion yen even counting roughly.
A hundred ton is that much.
I don't know the market price in this world, but there's no doubt that it's a tremendous amount.
It couldn't be helped that the minister would get a headache.
I mean, I'm very sorry.
[The Duke Your Excellency, can't something be done, even though it's a little late. Your Excellency has the highest achievement in this case, I think that the thing you receive is too small] 
[Is it not alright, minister] 
The King said to let him calm down.
[My Senjukou's name had spread loudly with this case. It is as you have said. Is it not alright with that] 
Uwa?, he said with a very flat tone.
This person, won't he have a hole in stomach sooner or later.
It's really troublesome being under a troublesome king after all.
No, well, it's my fault this time though.
I met eyes with the minister, when I looked at him with sympathetic eyes, his face got more and more pitiful.
And like that, when I was staring back at the minister.
[Minister] 
[Ha] 
[I understand your concern] 
[Eh?] 
[Do you see me as senile as that? A hundred ton of gold bullion, imagining what would happen if that would be passed to Guernica is very for me] 
[I-If so] 
[I am saying that on top of that, there is no problem. After all, in our kingdom, look] 
The King looked at me. It's a face that is full of smiles.
[......ohh] 
*Pon*, the minister hit his palm.
His face was saying, "I see".
[That is true, the one who did that was the Duke His Excellency, and the Duke His Excellency is our Kingdom's heavyweight] 
[Umu, it's as you say. The gold bullion that passed on them is only once, it means, it's dead money. However, here, there is the living Senjukou] 
[That is true, there is really no problem at all] 
.......
Well, I know what they're trying to say though.
It's probably the logic of even if a lot of fish was caught, if the fishing rod is at hand, there would be no problem.
I get that.
I got surprised, I didn't think that the King was thinking up to that.
I was sure, that as usual, he was just praising me without thinking of anything.
Honestly, I'm sorry.
[Are you fine with that, minister] 
Is it only in my mind, the way the minister looks at me changed.
[What?] 
[Please continue on taking care of us] 
How can I say this, it's completely the same eyes with the King--his eyes was like, "Senjukou, awesome!".
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