第９５７堀：海洋調査の結果が溜まっています (Part2)
"Look, Hiiro. There's a fish like this here."
"Oh, it looks like an eel. But wait, aren't there sea eels? What were they called again?"
"Conger eels. But this one is different; its body is huge."
"In that case, we can make tons of unadon! Let's catch it right away!"
...Those two really look like they're having fun.
Yes. Just as those two are chatting happily right now, eventually, the situation at Aurelia Port will settle down, and smiles like that will overflow.
No, if Yuki truly committed to the reconstruction, it would literally happen in an instant.
...In other words, he's intentionally delaying the reconstruction, isn't he?
I understand that it's because he doesn't want the Zurable Empire to know Weed's true strength.
But if that's the case, it would be better not to accept any envoys at all.
"...But he did accept the envoys. Well, the official excuse is a shortage of personnel, but that can't be the only reason."
He says there's a shortage of personnel, but that's only by Yuki's standards. In other countries, the children of Weed have received an education that would make them more than qualified to serve as officials.
Of course, for representatives and supervisors, we need people who can handle things properly, like Curse, but the rest could be managed somehow.
Ah, I see. He doesn't want them probing around, but he wants information on the Zurable Empire, so he went out of his way to accept Show and the others.
This land is split right down the middle between the Zurable Empire led by Emperor Eupia and the old imperial faction.
For now, we are avoiding conflict with the Zurable Empire, but we need to verify if the image they present is the truth.
Actually, I'm sure the Zurable Empire has information they're hiding from us, too.
I suspect he accepted the envoys to uncover even a little bit of that.
I'll ask Yuki for the details later.
Yuki talks easily about the overall flow of things, but when it comes to his true objectives, he often keeps them to himself.
As I was thinking about that...
"I understand that you're curious about various things, Dressa, but shall we finish up our work?"
"Oh, Taizo?"
For some reason, Taizo was standing in front of the office door.
"Why are you here? Weren't you supposed to meet with the Great Imperial Advisor Show?"
"Ah, that is the plan, but I was curious about these documents first."
As he said that, Taizo reached for the marine survey documents on my desk.
"Was there something that caught your eye? Or is there some movement in the Blue Hole?"
"No, nothing like that in particular. However..."
I thought Taizo was going to look at the marine survey documents, but he started reading through the documents regarding the aircraft carrier's cargo instead.
Oh? Why is Taizo, who loves research, doing this?
"Hmm. This should work."
"What should?"
"The inspection of the aircraft carrier. The Great Imperial Advisor Show seems very interested in it."
"Ah, that's true. A ship this massive isn't something you see every day."
"Exactly. It's only natural for a high-ranking official of the nation to want to see the ship that brought us safely to Aurelia Port. Therefore, we cannot show them things that are unnecessary during that inspection. You understand that, right?"
"Yes, I understand."
"If we show them things like the airplanes, they'll definitely want them."
Naturally. If they saw the airplanes, they would surely be incredibly surprised.
Although, just by looking at them, I doubt they could even imagine what they actually are.
"In other words, we need to make sure we hide what we can't show them before the inspection."
"Hmm, precisely. It's good to see you're doing your job properly. Yuki and the others will be pleased."
I see, he was looking through the documents to grasp what supplies needed to be cleared away.
"We are doing our jobs properly."
"Ahem. Hiiro is doing her best."
"I see. So, Taizo, were you put in charge of selecting the supplies to be cleared away?"
"That's right. First, all the airplane-related items are going into the Item Box."
Well, that's only natural.
I'll give the order to the fighter maintenance crew.
"And then..."
Thus, we worked with Taizo to prepare for whenever Great Imperial Advisor Show might arrive.
By the way, for lunch today, we prepared the large conger-eel-like fish caught near Aurelia Port and ate it as kabayaki.
"It's delicious. And the amount of meat per fish... it's wonderful."
"So yummy. This is really delicious!"
"Oh, it's surprisingly fatty. We should definitely export this."
"That's true. For that to happen, I hope we can reach an agreement quickly."
It's easy to forget, but the marine survey is also important.
There is that unidentified Leviathan, after all.
The type that's like a monster from the end-of-the-world prophecies in the Old Testament.
Also, the survey of the bounty of the sea.
It's important, isn't it? Delicious things!