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<h1 class="has-text-align-center">Episode 31: I’m not the real king, but I work too much in the dark</h1>

In a room of the royal castle.

“Yuki-sama, I’m flooded with inquiries from the lords about taxes.”

“What about?”

“It’s about the change in currency that we made the other day. They want us to allow them to pay their treasury taxes in the old currency this year. “

I advised Regulus to issue new coins.

I did so because the system had completely changed and another major reason: to gain authority.

“No. I won’t allow that. The kingdom has announced that it will exchange the old currency for the new one, so please tell them to exchange it and pay the tax.”

“It takes time to move a lot of coins.”

“That’s why we set a special tax grace period. We’ve been flooded with exchanges for now, but if we prepare properly, we should make it with plenty of time… I think”

“Very well. I’ll answer that way!”

“Please do so”

This is how the country is run, with officials visiting my office and me giving them advice

The king is Regulus, and under the current system, the king has all the rights, but for some reason, I’ve virtually been ruling.\n

</ins>\n The reason for not allowing tax payment in old currency is to raise money from the unscrupulous lords.

Some lords had been lining their pockets by cheating on their tax payments during the previous king’s reign, where things were a lot looser.

We could catch them, but doing it in an already confused kingdom will cause further confusion.

So I dealt with it in a roundabout way.

With the change to the new coinage, the old coins would only have value as metal. As a remedy, the old currency and the new currency will be exchanged equivalently, so no decent lord will have trouble.

Since the lords who agreed to the exchange were given a special tax grant on labor costs, many of them would be pleased.

However, when it comes to exchanging any large amount of old currency that had been cheated, we will investigate where the money came from.

——I instructed that.

If they were allowed to pay taxes in the old currency, they could exchange only clean money and use dirty money for tax payment.

My aim is to prevent that.

The unscrupulous lords can’t exchange the dirty money and it becomes just a lump of metal.

Well, the kingdom is preparing to buy the “Metal” properly, so I’m sure we’ll get some fortune back.

Of course, if “metal” springs up from somewhere more than expected, the market price will drop, so I’ll watch my steps and buy it carefully.

“Yuki, you have a bad face?”

I was satisfied by my smarts, but it seems that it showed on my face. I got caught by Aleria.

“Did I have such a bad face?”\n</ins>\n“Yes, you had a very bad face. Yuki’s not someone who does bad things, so some bad lords seem to be in trouble …”

Aleria has sharp intuition. She’s right.

“Even so, I’ve been very busy these days …. I’ve finally been able to leave it to other people.”

If I deal with everything one by one, I won’t have enough time.

We hurriedly prepared a place to gather smart and talented people and have them discuss.

There are still many issues that need to be put in place before the parliament is set up.

The busy days will continue, but I’ve found a way to make some time for myself in between.

“Tomorrow is a holiday, isn’t it? If you like, why don’t you work as an adventurer for the first time in a while to change your mood?” (Aleria)

“I’m supposed to be an adventurer, but before I knew it, I became a weekends only adventurer … Of course I’m going. I hope you’ve not been too bored Aleria.”

“Not at all. I’m doing an important job …. But I’m happy to meet Yuki in my private life for the first time in a while.”

For some reason, Aleria is embarrassed.

Pretty.

No way, do you care about me …?

No, what am I saying!

Calm down, me.

Such a transcendental girl can’t like me!

Even if I think about it, spring has never come for me from birth to reincarnation.

Every day was lonely.

Just because you come to another world, won’t make you popular suddenly.

Hu, that was dangerous. I was about to become a misunderstanding uncle.\n</ins>\n“I’m glad you say that. I’m sure Sui’s also been pretty bored. Are you sleeping again?”

“Munya Munya …… Master? It’s a great life for a dragon to be able to laze around with three meals and a nap.” (Sui)

“It looks like I didn’t have to worry about that …”

There’s no point in keeping such a goofy dragon, so let’s get it to work properly.

However, I don’t know how to use this dragon …

When Sui attacks, it usually becomes a one-hit kill, so it isn’t necessary for me and Alleria to do anything.

It’s easy with that, but we can’t grow.

However, even if I attack, it’s also a one-hit kill.

“I wish there was something like a demon again. This time, one a little bit stronger.”

“What are you talking about! Peace is the best?”

“Well, it’s just a possibility. As long as there’s a demon king, it wouldn’t be strange that a demon springs out of nowhere right?”

“That’s true but …”

Such idle talk was healing for me who had been busy.

Let’s enjoy my first day off in a while as a service to Aleria, who supports me.\n