第１５３７堀：改めて主の仕事に関して (Part2)
My work piled up, which is why I hired Orelia and the others. Originally, Seraria and I handled diplomacy ourselves. In truth, Weed is only comprised of three towns in terms of territory, and two of those are exclaves. It would be absurd to think we could afford diplomats for every nation.
"Um, I don't really understand that. Is that how it works?"
Yuki-sama looked to me for agreement, but I had no common sense regarding national operations, so I couldn't answer.
"Ah, that's right. Perhaps it's easier to understand if we think about scale. A town mayor, a village chief, and the nobles who oversee them, perhaps a viscount? Now, can you arrange them in order of rank?"
"Um, in that case, the viscount would be first, then the town mayor, and then the village chief. It's difficult to rank the chiefs themselves, but considering the scale and rank that Deryu-sama mentioned, that would be the order."
"Indeed. And so, if we apply this to large and small countries, Weed is treated as smaller than a small country. Do you understand that?"
"Yes, as Yuki-sama mentioned earlier, I understand it in terms of territory."
"Mmm. In that case, the question becomes whether to prepare diplomats for great powers, or even for the numerous small countries, though not necessarily for every single one. To put it another way, would a village chief create diplomatic officials for every nation?"
"No, the village I lived in didn't have negotiators for each country. I see, so they didn't feel the need for it."
Indeed, I couldn't see the necessity of having diplomats for each country in a village. It was rather wasteful. The village chief must have handled all of that himself. That damned village chief…
"Exactly. That was my thinking too, but something unexpected happened. As a result of our negotiations with the great powers of each continent, our evaluation rose disproportionately to our scale. To put it simply, it's like a national leader directly making requests to a village chief."
"That is certainly a strange situation."
"While it's an extreme comparison, it's not entirely off the mark. In terms of scale, Weed is smaller than a small country. Anyway, the conversation has strayed a bit, but Yuki's busyness is due to that. Of course, my wives support me with diplomacy to the great powers, but I'm busy because these casual consultations, which were the initial flow, keep coming in. We're currently managing those with each country."
"Is that so?"
"Mmm. If we didn't do that, the great powers wouldn't be able to rely on Yuki."
I see. They wouldn't do anything to prevent others from using Yuki-sama.
"So, that's why I'm busy. Next, about this operation. I believe Ryushi knows that I'm an important person. In fact, all my other wives do too."
I simply nodded at his words. The fact that Yuki-sama and the others were important figures was common knowledge, not just in Weed but in most countries.
"When people like us go to other countries, we absolutely do not put them in dangerous areas. Ryushi, you understand that, don't you?"
"Yes. I would fundamentally prefer that you didn't."
"That's right. Well, considering Yuki's abilities, it would probably be fine even if they were put in danger, but we must avoid going to dangerous places in the first place. However, if it's absolutely necessary, Weed, and the country in question, along with related parties, will work behind the scenes to eliminate the danger. Do you understand this as well?"
"I understand. But this time, we won't be able to get overt cooperation… Ah, I see. It's overt."
At this point, I also understood. While my absolute priority is to protect Yuki-sama, it doesn't mean that others around us don't need to act. It means that others will definitely work to eliminate threats.
"That's right. While they are using us as bait, it's rare for us to have to fight. It's like Kirika and Steve meticulously monitoring the Dark Guild's movements and crushing them before they can make a move."
"It's dangerous, but from the perspective of protection, it's a failure if the important individuals actually have to fight. We can't afford to be careless, but we have to get past these two. This is a general overview of Weed's departments and their work. Next is about the operation."
The explanation continued like this. However, since I had nothing to do during the bus ride, it was actually helpful. The typical movie scenario where the escort target is attacked and protected by the protagonist is fundamentally a typical example of the escorts failing, not to mention the protagonist's incompetence. Well, even in Japan, there was an attack not too long ago, but that's a matter of allowing it to happen. Of course, it is the escort's job to take a hit when such a situation arises, but the primary goal is to prevent that situation from occurring. That being said, it's also difficult for the protectors.