第104掘:勇者と書いて傀儡と読む
勇者と書いて傀儡と読む
side:???
「どうですか?」
「不味い、ここには魔王とその四天王がいる」
「まさか!?」
「......言いたくはないが、ここの住人も王様たちも騙されているんだろう」
「......なるほど、道理で私たちの国への武器支援が打ち切られたわけですわ」
「どういうことだ?」
「つまり、魔王は私の国を締め上げて戦力を奪おうとしたのです。無論、勇者であるタイキ様もそれで封じ込めようとしてるのです」
「ええ、そこが唯一の救いです。いえ、これこそ勇者の力でしょう。ここで魔王を討てば皆目を覚まします」
俺は周りで楽しそうにこのダンジョン...ウィードで生きる人々を救うための決意を新たにした。
「俺は、魔王を倒してこの世界を救う!!」
隣にいるお姫様を俺は強く抱きしめながら、そう誓った。
side:ユキ
「......あー、なんというか」
「馬鹿ね」
俺はダンジョン監視である人物を見ていた。
「で、ガルツ王?」
「......はぁ。まさか、こんな手段に出てくるとはな......」
セラリアが睨み付ける。
ガルツ王は片手で顔面を覆いため息をついている。
俺は皆に見える様に彼のステータス画面を開く。
名前:タイキ・ナカサト
種族:人族
身分:ランクスの勇者
性別:男
職業:異世界の勇者 学生
Lv.168
HP:7020
MP:4200
STR(筋力):1740
DEF(防御力):1200
INT(賢さ):2530
AGI(素早さ):2032
スキル
ユニークスキル
勇者の感応 (魔王発見器・及び配下も含む)
勇者の覇気 (魔物、魔族に対して3倍火力3倍防御)
勇者の魅力 (女性にモテる。意思の弱い女性は落ちやすい)
勇者の意地 (自動回復)
その他スキル
汎用多数
「おおう、妾にとっては相性が悪いのう......」
デリーユが勇者のステータスを見て顔を歪める。
「だな、素のステータスならデリーユでもぎりぎり何とかなるだろうが......」
「やめておけ。あの勇者はしっかりその地位を使って武具を揃えている」
ガルツ王がそう口を挟む。
あ、因みにデリーユが魔王称号を持っているのは各王には通達済み。
で各国の反応は特になかった。
感謝こそすれ、討伐や捕縛指示を出したことはないのだ。
ま、捕縛指示なんぞ出せば全滅は必至だろうがな。
ガルツ王に至ってはデリーユに対して礼を尽くし、前にあった王朝の生き残りとして対応をしていた。
『やめておく。知っての通りようやく夫を捕まえての。これからが楽しみなんじゃよ』
そう言って、ガルツへ戻ることを断った。
「それなりの武具ねー。それじゃデリーユに出てもらって迎撃はやめるか。怪我でもしたら大変だ」
「ユキ......」
デリーユはポッと顔を赤くする。
まあ、デリーユが出て行っただけで済む問題でもないからな。
ちなみに、この勇者はガルツ国、後方の国ランクスからの代表だ。
この建国に際し、3国の後方で領土争いをしている所にも声をかけてもらい、重鎮まではいかないものの、ある程度の代表を集めることに成功した。
これも、ダンジョンを利用した交易広告の為である。
その中で、勇者を連れてきた国が一つ。
ランクスというわけだ。
「さて、ガルツ王はあのお姫様が異世界から勇者様を呼んで要らぬ事を考えているのですが、理由はご存じで? 今この場で下手に暴れれば、どうなるかわかっていますね?」
「うーむ。多分それが狙いだろうとは思うのだが......。デリーユ殿が出て行って鮮血姫と名乗っても、今更引けないでしょうな。あのランクスの姫のいい分であれば、悪しき魔王がこのダンジョンの真の支配者で、今この場に集まった有力者を始末しようとしたのを阻止。そして、ランクスの正義と魔王を倒した勇者有りとして、他国から支援をしてもらうのが目的だろうな」
「......なんですかそれは、最初から破綻してるじゃないですか」
ルルアが呆れ気味に言う。
各国では、暗黙の了解で無視しているデリーユに手を出す時点で他国から総スカン決定なのだ。
まあ、デリーユが本物だと分からないからこの3国から支援が受けられないのだが、3国が支援を停止すれば、小国も右に同じになるだろう。
「で、そもそもランクスの支援云々とは?」
「......それがな」
「ここは私が説明しましょう」
そう言って出てきたのがガルツの外交を引き受けているシャールだった。
「今回ランクスのお姫様の目的は諸国の支援を受けることです。魔王を倒す為にと。では、なぜ支援を受ける必要があるのかと言えば、我が国のダンジョン交易が原因で支援を受けられなくなった為、代案で勇者をこのウィードに連れてきて、この場で紹介して諸国の支持と支援を集めようとしたと思われます」
「......いや、ダンジョンが原因と言われても、ガルツの交易で他国には被害が無いようにとお願いしたはずだけど?」
「ええ。そのように被害はありませんが、これから勇者を使って他国を攻めようと、表向き魔王討伐の為の物資を頼んでいたランクスには被害がありました」
兵に関するなら3国の方が質も量も上。
前のロシュールとガルツの戦争状態であれば、ランクスに魔王を押し付ける為に物資支援をするのは正しい。
「今もロシュールとの戦争状態が継続中であれば勇者とランクスに対し物資を支援し、魔王への牽制とするつもりでしたが......」
「その必要が無くなったわけね?」
「はい、勇者様個人への支援はともかく、ランクスに物資を支援する理由が無くなったのでランクスへの支援は取り消し。ですが、これに対して、一度約束したのだから最後まで支援するべきだと、ランクスより抗議がありました」
「ああ、それでランクスは勇者を出汁にしてるとみたわけね」
「異世界の勇者様は大陸の情勢なんて知りもしないし、本当の事を知る方法はないでしょうね。......彼はどうなの?」
「残念ながら完全にランクスを信じております。お姫様を宛がって完全に色仕掛け。あの程度の年頃なら致し方ないかと」
「厄介ね。それでいて勇者としては破格の異世界の勇者。まったく、誘拐じみたことしておいて、国の利益に使おうなんて、なんて恥知らずな!!」
セラリアがテーブルを叩きつける。
「ですね。セラリア様の言う通りです。そもそもランクスとの交易自体も芳しくなくて、勇者を出汁に使って今までなんとかしてたくらいですからね。無茶な交易ばかりでした。そこまで質の良くない小麦をわざわざ小麦の名産であるガルツに高く買い取らせる取引をしてましたし」
「馬鹿なの? というかルーメル以外の勇者の話は初めて聞いたわよ、そこの所は?」
「それはランクスが秘匿していたようです。まあ、当然ですね。4国以外で下手に知れればあっさり引き抜かれますからね。そして、異世界の勇者といっても最初はレベル1。ある程度育つまではと言う事でしょう」
「......で、その勇者をつかったランクスの経歴は?」
正直イライラする話である。
完全にその勇者は傀儡だ。
都合のいい人形。
ルーメルの勇者達は、上手くやったのか国を飛び出し修行と称して他国を飛び回っている。
しかしランクスに来た勇者は一人でいいように丸め込まれている。
これは、勇者を責めるのは酷か......。
日本の出でなければな。
「ランクスの勇者を中心に上手く使い、近隣の敵対諸国を3つ落としています。無論物資はガルツや友好国を利用しています。ダンジョンを2つ無力化。勇者としての資質はしっかりあるかと。ランクス自体は国を3つも制したので利益は数倍。国としても強くなってはいます。が、国土が一気に広がって最近は停滞し、物資も足りなくなっています」
「それで、ガルツに又交易という名の支援を求めたわけね」
「はい、それで見事に断られて、このウィードの独立祭にきて諸国に勇者は我にあり。正義もまたランクスにありと言いに来たのでしょう」
セラリアがこちらを向く。
さて、妻に呼ばれたのなら、答えないわけにはいかないな。
「幾つか方法があるけど、どれにする?」
何も考えず3つも国を落としたのか、それとも仕方なくなのか、これから見極めさてもらう。
何も考えなしなら、同郷の出としてしっかり引導を渡してやる。
Hisshou Dungeon Unei Houhou Chapter 104
Chapter 104 - Written as "Hero", read as "Puppet"
Side: ???
(???)[How is it?] 
(???)[It's bad, there's a Demon King and the Big Four here. ] 
(???)[No way!?] 
(???)[...... I don't want to say it, but the inhabitants and the Kings are being deceived. ] 
(???)[..... I understand. That's why they said they wouldn't support anyone with weapons. ] 
(???)[What about it?] 
(???)[That must mean that the Demon King is trying to constrict and destroy the fighting prowess of all the countries. Of course, they will also try to restrain the Hero, Taiki-sama. Since it would be hard for me to defend the country against an invasion from the middle of a country like that without the Hero. However, it seems that the Demon King doesn't know that we're here yet. ] 
(???)[Yes, that's our only saving grace. This power of the Heroes. If we defeat the Demon King with it here, everyone will come to their senses. ] 1)Chill: Seriously what the heck was any of that, jumping to conclusions like fools....
My surroundings are having fun with this Dungeon so i feel sorry for them... But, I made the decision to rescue those who live in Rankus.
(???)[I'll do it! I'll defeat the Demon King and save the world!!] 
I swore and strongly hugged the Princess next to me. 2)Cre: a.s.suming there isn't more to this... I can only call the Hero an idiot, but for now...
Side: Yuki
(Yuki)[...... Ah, what is this?] 
(Seraria)[Stupid. ] 
I am watching a certain person with the Dungeon Monitor.
(Seraria)[So, King Galtz?] 
(King Galtz)[.....Haa. Annoying, I didn't think they would take such measures..... ] 
Seraria stares.
King Galtz sighs, both his hands are covering his face.
I open his status screen so that everyone can see it.
Name: Taiki Nakasato
Tribe : Human
Status: Hero of Rankus3)rankusu.
s.e.x: Male
Occupation: Hero from another world, Student.
Lv. 168
HP: 7020
MP: 4200
STR(Strength): 1740
DEF(Defense): 1200
INT(Wisdom): 2530
AGI (Dexterity): 2032
Skills
Unique skill
Hero's Sense (Can detect Demon Kings and their subordinates. )
Hero's Ambition(Offensive and Defensive powers up x3 when fighting with monsters)
Hero's Charm(Popular with women. Weak women tend to fall easily. )
Hero's Willpower(Automatic Recovery skill)
Other skills
In great number and for all purposes.
(Delille)[Oou, that one hath a bad affinity with Mineself..... ] 
Delille grimaces seeing the Hero's status.
(Seraria)[That's true, if it's about raw status, Delille barely stands her ground....5)Chill: cuz buffs against demon King I guess? ] 
(King Galtz)[Stop him. That Hero will start a war using his position. ] 
The King of Galtz stepped in.
Oh, by the way, I had already notified the Kings that Delille is a Demon King.
There was no particular reaction in each country. Actually, they already knew that the Blood-eating Princess is a Demon King, they also knew the fact that she has stopped many conflicts.
Thankfully, they stopped any requests for subjugation or similar since they knew what she was doing.
Well, annihilation would have been the inevitable outcome had they sortied against her anyways though.
The King of Galtz thanked Delille and respected the fact that she is the last survivor of her dynasty. He even said that if she doesn't mind, she could live at his place.
(Delille){Mine shall pa.s.s. As thou know this one hath finally seized My husband. Mine eyes are looking to the future now. } 
Saying so, she politely refused King Galtz's proposal.
(Yuki)[He's a weapon in his own way. Well then, Delille, could you please step aside this time? It'd be tough if you receive an injury. ] 
(Delille)[Yuki..... ] 
Delille's face reddens. 7)...D'aawww!!
Well, it's a problem now since Delille won't be able to take care of it.
Incidentally, this Hero came from a country behind Galtz called Rankus.
When I talked about founding this nation, I asked about the places behind the three countries that have disputes and I managed to obtain a certain degree of representation although I couldn't manage to address their higher-ups yet.
This is because I wanted to use this to event to advertise trade using the Dungeon.
Among them, one of the countries actually brought a Hero.
That country was Rankus.
(Yuki)[Now, King Galtz, Why do you think this Princess saw the need to summon Hero-sama from another world? If he were to act violently and unskillfully here what do you think the reason for it would be?] 
(King Galtz)[Umu. Perhaps this might be the aim but..... Even if Delille stops calling herself the Blood-eating Princess, she wouldn't be able to shake the t.i.tle of Demon King. In this case the Princess of Rankus might have said that a Demon King is here to rile him up. After that she might say that it's another Demon King strategie to sweep away the influential people gathered in this place now. If this all goes through unhindered then hey would receive the support from other foreign countries. ] 
(Lulu)[......I can guarantee that those plans would collapse right from the start. ] 
Lulu says, disgusted.
With each country having a tacit understanding about Delille, they are certain to dislike a move that intentionally goes against it.
Well, since the 3 countries know the truth about Delille, there's no way they would give their support and if they don't then the chances that the smaller countries would drops significantly.
(Seraria)[Then, who would support Rankus in the first place?] 
(King Galtz)[...... That is. ] 
(Sharl)[Let me explain please. ] 
Sharl, who also handles Galtz's diplomacy, spoke up.
(Sharl)[Rankus' Princess most likely aims to receive support from the other countries. They will claim it is to defeat the Demon King. In this way they can demand resources to fuel their war effort. The reason for her visit this time is the Dungeon you opened in Galtz. Since we can easily do trade, they demanded a large amount of supplies from us. We declined and they are retaliating. ] 
(Seraria)[......No, but to say that they are going as far as retaliating, shouldn't they start by asking Galtz about how the trade with the other countries fares etc. first or attempt to negotiate with us? They haven't actually taken any damage yet after all. ] 
(Sharl)[Yes. There they have taken no physical damage. But there was damage for Rankus image. Now others can turn around and say; Why don't they support your efforts against the Demon King? We won't either then. But this is all their outward facade and method of gathering supplies; Their real purpose is to use the Hero's status to gather supplies and then use said supplies to fuel their war-machine to attack the other countries. A violent country. ] 
The three countries are better off in terms of quality and quant.i.ty of soldiers as well.
Considering Roch.e.l.le's and Galtz's previous war, which was publically enacted by the Demon Kings machinations, they must have been drooling over the future supplies and are now enraged since they are getting less, not more.
(Sharl)[If Roch.e.l.le was still in a state of war now, then their request for supplies for the Hero of Rankus' cause would have probably been answered by many...... ] 
(Seraria)[It's no longer required though, is it?] 
(Sharl)[Yes, besides the support given to the individual the Hero of Rankus, since there is no more reason to support the country Rankus most should be canceling their support. In our case they said we promised to give them support so we had to keep it until the end. ] 
(Seraria)[So, that's how Rankus is using the Hero, then?] 
(Seraria)[The Hero from another world doesn't seem to know the situation of this continent at all and has no way of knowing the real truth....... What about such a situation?] 
(Sharl)[I'm afraid to say that he fully believes in Rankus. He is completely charmed by their Princess. Is that surprising at his age?] 
(Seraria)[It is troubling though. Still, he is an outstanding Hero from a different world. It's a shameless ploy to kidnap him and use him for the interests of a single country!!] 8)Cre: Finally!! Otherworlders who actually feel that way!!! It's a surprisingly rare view in WNs/novels, and I've read A LOT! In the dozens, at least
Seraria strikes the table.
(Sharl)[That's right. Seraria-sama. It is just as you said. In the first place, our trade with Rankus wasn't working out well, so they used the Hero and managed to get supplies with him as a pretext. It was just absurd. They even tried to make us sell our highest quality wheat at a lower price than normal wheat sells for even though it's Galtz's most prized, top quality product.] 
(Seraria)[Are they stupid? Oh, I have already heard about the Heroes from Rumel, but where is this one from?] 
(Sharl)[It seems that Rankus was hiding him until he grew more powerful. Well, that's natural though, because he could easily be pulled away by the other countries if it was known he was there. And even though he is a Hero from another world, he still started at Level 1. He would need to just hide in a hole until he grows to a minimal extent. ] 
(Yuki)[...... So, that Hero from Rankus, what do we know about his background?] 
To be frank, I'm irritated by this talk.
The Hero is a complete puppet.
A convenient tool.
The Heroes from Rumel left the country to see the world a little under the pretense of training.
However, the Hero from Rankus is alone and isolated.
However until we know more, it'd be cruel to condemn the Hero because of just that......
He probably didn't come from j.a.pan. 9)Cre: But, isn't his name, Taiki Nakasato, j.a.panese though? What, is he from the US then? A country full of sheeple? I say that despite being from the US myself haha / Chill: It's just probability I guess - rest of Asia vs. j.a.pan, which side would such a name more likely come from? And what about a completely unknown world?
(Sharl)[Rankus used the Hero well in their conflict with their 3 neighboring countries. Of course, Galtz and other allied countries had to send supplies. They also neutralized two Dungeons at the same time. I think that the Hero is solid. Since Rankus itself absorbed 3 nations, they profited a lot from those events and is now a fairly strong country. Recently, I heard that their territory has spread too far and they are having trouble controlling it. Their supplies are also running out. ] 
(Seraria)[That's why they asked Galtz for trade, in the name of support against Demons. ] 
(Sharl)[Yes, but we wonderfully declined after what they pulled against their neighbors. Fast forward in time a little and it's the independence festival of Weed where a Hero from that country has come. They must have come to speak, display, or prove Rankus' righteousness. ] 
Seraria faces me.
Now that my wife has called out to me, I can't stay silent any longer.
(Yuki)[There are several methods, so which one would you like?] 
Now then, Young boy who puts on the airs of a Hero. Whether or not you took control of those three countries without thinking about anything, I will be sure to obtain the truth.
If you didn't think about it, I will force upon you some strict ... guidance as a fellow other worlder.
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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