Orc Harem Vol 3 Chapter 11

Chapter 11: Violence is the World’s Common Language That Also Worked Well in Politic

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I was allowed to use the room in the palace during my stay in Forland Kingdom. They led us to our room.

「As expected, the floor where the royalty is living is splendid.」

The palace’s outer appearance was boorish to the extreme. The first  and second floors were functioning as a fortress. They were filled with  barracks and weapon armories and completely focused on functionality.

However the third floor and above were decorated to be suitable for royalty and high class noble.

It seemed the fourth floor was exclusive for royalty. Only royalty  along with the servants assisting their livelihood and the guards, and  then high class nobles with the rank of duke and archduke were allowed  to enter it.

I entered such special floor without any reservation. Tita and Kururu were also with me.

Moulin who was walking at the lead stopped. It seemed we had arrived at our room.

「Why, do I have a room here……」

Unbelievably, the name tag of the room had my name written on it. And  for some reason there was also a portrait of me on the wall too.

Unlike name tag, something like portrait wasn’t something that could be prepared immediately.

Moulin made a self-satisfied look hearing my question.

「The room for Prince Ork was prepared under the order of the wise  king Vareo-sama. He said it’s so that one day prince can return here.」

Not coming here, but returning here huh.

His serious intention to really make me the king was conveyed to me.

「Ork is the prince so there is no problem with him being here, but is it alright for the two of us to come here?」

「I’m feeling seriously out of place here. All the people that we passed on the way here were dressed amazingly.」

「Yep, it was amazing, their clothes looked fluttery, or fluffy and floaty, or embroidered with a lot of jewels.」

As expected the two of them were feeling daunted because this was a completely different world than the world they lived in.

All the people at third floor and above were definitely people of  super high class status. Just in case, I had asked Tita and Kururu to  wear the most formal outfit among all the clothes that I had bought for  them.

Those clothes were highest class of products that could be obtained  in the commercial city, but in the end they were only attires that were  created for meeting other company in formal setting. They weren’t  suitable to be worn inside a palace.

In the first place, attire that was suitable for here wouldn’t be sold in market.

(If I feel like it I can also create dresses that are suitable for this setting though.)

But, that kind of dress only needed to specialize in appearance. Its  utility was practicality nonexistence. It would take unbelievable amount  of effort and time to maintain and manage it. He couldn’t motivate  himself to create such troublesome thing.

Not to mention that the outfit the two of them were wearing had been  remodeled to be magical dress that was providing defensive power against  assassination and kidnapping. Dress that was tailored for the royal  court didn’t have the toughness to endure the remodeling or the space  for putting in the magic formula.

「Please be at ease, both of you madams don’t need to mind your  appearance at all. Your status as Prince Ork’s wives is already enough.  Also I shall dispatch my personal designer to here later. He will match  and tailor the dresses of my wife and daughter for both of you.  Originally reusing dresses like this is out of the question, but it will  take too much time to make the dresses from beginning.」

「W-we can’t accept something like that. Those dresses must be extremely expensive!」(Tita)

「……I’ll need a lot of courage to wear something like that.」

「Please don’t mind it at all. Fufufu, in the past my wife and  daughter were so beautiful that even fairies would be put to shame, but  now their body proportion had bulged out like mountain and there are  tons of luxurious dresses that they cannot wear anymore. Rather than  letting all those dresses piling up dust inside the storage, those  dresses will surely be happier being worn by beautiful girls like both  of you madams.」

Tragically, there were a lot of women who became unable to maintain their figure from growing old and giving birth to children.

Moulin’s wife and daughter must also have gone through something like  that. Someone like Kaa-san and the elves were the strange one to be  able to keep their appearance like that.

「In that case, we won’t hold back. I’m also interested with this kind of dress.」

「Yes, I’m curious with the material and the sewing method they are using.」

These two also had interest toward such dress, but the direction of their interest was different. It was strange.

「Anyway let’s go inside for now.」

My room, I wonder just how it was designed.

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I got speechless as soon as I entered the room.

「Eh, all of this is Ork’s room!?」

「It feels like ten people can live here together.」

To describe it in modern term, perhaps I could call this room like a  4LDK house? (TN: A house with living room, dining room, kitchen, and  four bedrooms)

Just this single room had the size around 100 square meters.

It was surprising because this was an individual room.

「We have also prepared the rooms for both madams.」

「No, there is no need for that! There are only three of us here.」

「Desu desu. This place is enough. Or rather, please let us stay here.  I mean, it’s scary to live separately from Ork-san in this palace.」

「I also agree. I want you to allow all three of us to stay here.」

Although this palace was also my home, I couldn’t wipe away my  feeling of being away from home. I wanted to keep Tita and Kururu within  my sight.

「Fumu, then I shouldn’t prepare a room for individual but a proper  room for family use. This is the greatest mistake in the life of this  Moulin.」

「Moulin, the size of this room and number of bedrooms here are enough for family use already.」

Other than the living room, this personal room also had four  bedrooms. There was still leftover room even if each of us took one  room.

「Is that true? I find it a bit hard to believe.」

「That might be the case for noble society, but that’s how it is for  the common folks. Rather it feels troublesome if the place is too  spacious.」

Well, this room would be too cramped if I increased my harem any further than this and had children though.

「Then, please use this room everyone. Allow me to take my leave with  this. I will bring some documents here after dinner. Allow me to repot  the current situation of this country once more at that time.」

「You do that. Putting me aside, I want to let Tita and Kururu to rest.」

They had no problem stamina wise, but they were mentally tired.

I wanted to let them had enough rest.

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After that, we rested our body.

We were told that we would be given exclusive servants during our stay in the palace, but we politely declined.

It would be more calming to spend time with just the three of us  alone. And there was no guarantee that the servants assigned to us  wouldn’t be under the influence of the first prince Falta.

The designer that Moulin arranged came before the dinner. The  designer measured Tita and Kururu’s measurement and prepared ten dresses  for each of them that looked like they could be used as the base.

The two chose three dresses that they liked each from those dresses.

And then after listening to the two’s preference, the designer suggested several patterns of improvement right on the spot.

As expected from the exclusive designer of a duke house. This person had great creativity and fast work.

Tita and Kururu were young girls. They were greatly interested with  dress that was like what a princess would wear. They were making various  orders in great delight.

I was watching the two of them attentively from behind.

I was able to grasp their preference in clothing based on what they  were ordering. I was an attentive and skillful orc, that was why I was  firmly paying attention like this. By doing that, I wouldn’t make a  mistake when giving them present.

The two of them looked at the final draft that the designer thought  up and smiled in satisfaction. The designer said that the dresses would  be sent tomorrow and left.

「Kururu, I can’t wait for the dresses to arrive!」

「So a fabric that beautiful exist in this world. I was startled that  even the fabric and thread handling are using several amazing techniques  like that!」

They were this happy from receiving those dresses. It was worth it coming to this palace just from that.

We made some small talks after that. The door was knocked during that time.

It seemed that dinner had been prepared.

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The dinner was only attended by Rurine and her personal knight, Moulin and his attendant, and then us three.

I had explained beforehand that Tita and Kururu didn’t know about the  etiquette for nobility and royalty and the other side had acknowledged  it, so the dinner became something really relaxed.

As expected, the dinner was filled with extremely luxurious and gorgeous dishes.

We were quite the big eater, even then this amount wasn’t something that we could possibly finish by ourselves.

While I was pondering what was the meaning of this, I saw how Rurine  and Moulin only eating very small amount of the foods before having  their plates removed.

It seemed that the eating manner here was only to eat what we wanted to eat before moving on to the next dish immediately.

「What a waste.」(Tita)

「Even though the dishes are this extravagant and delicious……」(Kururu)

「Yeah, me too. I don’t want to leave leftover but, we can’t possibly eat all of these.」

It might be alright if it was just for today, but we would get sick if we ate this much every day during our stay here.

「It’s alright. The leftover will become the meal for the servants. So  please just eat what you wish to eat without any reservation.」

Tita and Kururu made a surprised expression.

I was also surprised, but I have memory from my previous life, so I could accept it that the culture here was just like that.

In place like the ancient Rome, there was a culture where nobles ate and their leftover would be eaten by the servants.

「Then, let’s eat without reservation.」

「Hey Ork, isn’t this embarrassing somehow?」

「Right, having other people eating your leftover is a bit……」

「Well, there is the saying, when in Rome do as the Romans do.」

「This is my first time hearing that kind of saying.」(Tita)

「Me too.」

Damn it, it was a saying from my previous life. Sometimes I would carelessly use them like this.

「Anyway, we have no choice but to get used to it.」

Surely this was a system that was created from the nobles wanting the  luxury of being able to eat what they wanted to eat as much as they  liked while also not letting the foods go to waste.

But, I too didn’t really like something like this.

Rather than because of embarrassment or that kind of thing, I really  disliked someone else being able to eat the leftover foods of Tita and  Kururu. I’d overlook it today, but I’d ask them to stop it from  tomorrow.

Like that we finished the dinner.

「So how do you think, about the dinner today?」(Rurine)

「Yep, they were delicious. There were a lot of dishes that we never  ate before. I was surprised that every single one of them was food that  took a lot of effort to make.」

「They were tasty and extravagant. It was a great experience. But, I like Ork-san’s usual cooking better.」

「Me too I think.」

Rurine looked just a bit surprised.

「The chef here is the most skilled in our country you know? Is Ork-niisama’s skill even greater than that?」

「If it’s just the taste, then the chef here might be better than  Ork-san. But, eating Ork-san’s dishes would make you feel energetic  after that. It’s strange.」

「Yep, that’s true. Even though Ork also often created really greasy  food, they didn’t feel heavy in the stomach at all. It also feels like  my body’s condition is better ever since I start eating Ork’s cooking.」

The two of them tilted their head.

I felt a bit happy that they noticed my casual attentiveness.

Let’s tell them the trick behind it.

「I create my cooking based on the principle of balanced diet leads to  a healthy body. They aren’t just delicious, but also serving like  medicine. That’s why eating them make you feel energetic and healthy. I  want Tita and Kururu to stay healthy and beautiful forever. I create my  foods with such wish and the knowledge and skill that make that  possible.」

The two of them were transcendental beauties. It wouldn’t be an  exaggeration to call them the greatest materials. But, even such great  materials would lose their shine if they were polished properly.

Moulin said that his wife and daughter had become bulgingly fat, but one of the causes for that also lied in the food they ate.

In general, a food would have high calorie the more luxurious and  extravagant they were. If someone ate such food every day as much as  they wanted, they would turn into a pig in the blink of eye. Their  internal organs would also be burdened and their skin would turn rough.  It would be harmful for their health.

「Both of you are really pretty and healthy. Even though you two  aren’t even wearing any makeup, your skin is really springy. Could it be  those are thanks to Ork-niisama’s cooking?」

「Yep, that might be so.」

「I can’t deny that.」(Kururu)

「I’m jealous. To think that there are foods that are delicious and also healthy.」

Rurine seemed to say that from her honest feeling and not acting at all.

Then I should pitch in and help my little sister.

There was also how this eating method was committing the unforgivable  sin of allowing someone to receive indirect kiss of Tita and Kururu.

「Then I’ll make the meals for all of us while we are staying here.  I’m also interested with the ingredients that are being used in the  palace.」

「Please do!」

Fufufu, I succeeded in increasing my point with Rurine.

I mustn’t let myself to be led astray by the fake positivity point  that she displayed from her acting and diligently earned the true  affection point from her.

Differentiating between her acting and her genuine feeling would be  the most necessary thing required to make Rurine fell for me.

「Yeah, leave it to me. ……But let’s put that aside for now and begin  the strategy meeting. Rurine, Moulin, tell your attendants to leave.」

Their attendants were assisting with their needs while at the same time serving as their guards too.

Telling them to leave was the same like telling these two to let go of their lifeline.

「Umm, Ork-niisama, that’s」

「I know the meaning of what I’m asking. But if you are unable to  trust me, then don’t ask for my cooperation. If you want to save this  country, then I want to remove all possible risks.」

There was the possibility that their attendants could be bribed by the opponent.

In addition, I myself didn’t have any basis to trust their attendants.

「I understand.」

「Yes, let’s follow what Prince Ork’s wish here.」

Before leaving, Moulin’s attendant distributed thick documents to  everyone. Those were the documents that contained the information about  this country’s present situation.

Like that, only five of us were remaining here.

I checked using search magic that there was nobody lurking around here and deployed wind barrier to prevent any eavesdropping.

With this the conversation here wouldn’t be leaked out.

Rurine noticed that I was using magic. But that wasn’t all that she noticed.

Her complexion changed because she also noticed what kind of magic I was using and my strength as a magician.

I understood that she had trained hard in sword to the extreme from  her body movement, but it seemed she was also a first rate magic user.  It was impossible to understand my magic unless the other party was a  first class.

I see, no wonder that she caught the eye of that wise king Vareo.

「Now then, this is my suggestion. I’ll learn about this country’s  present situation from this document and from what Rurine and Moulin are  telling me. And then, if the first prince is a harmful element that is  beyond any help, that he is a cancer for this country, I’ll take the  fastest and most certain method. The Wise Council is under his control,  so there is no point to do any honest political battle against him.」

The proper method of political battle here would be to expose the  wrongdoing of the opponent, pointing out the absurdity of the opponent’s  policy, persuading the members of the Wise Council one by one, and  making the opponent lost his standing through the Wise Council.

Another option was to incite the citizens to cause insurrection,  pushed the responsibility for that to the first prince Falta, and  created a situation where there was no other choice than replacing the  king.

It was possible for me to do such things. ……If the situation was normal.

But if the Wise Council wasn’t functioning rationally and correctly,  these methods wouldn’t succeed. If the opponent wasn’t fighting with the  normal rule, our side should also take the appropriate method.

「Ork-niisama, umm, what is this most certain method?」

「Assassination. If it’s me, I can make it look like he died from  sickness without leaving any proof at all. There is no better way than  this right?」

No matter how influential someone was, no matter how much preparation  he had laid out, no matter how cunning he was, it would be all over if  he died.

It was also convenient that their opponent here was a prince. It  would be difficult to replace such figure. If their opponent was just a  politician or a noble, even if they were killed the mastermind would  only replace them with a new pawn. However a pawn like a prince couldn’t  be replaced so easily.

In the end, the greatest strength there was, was armed might.

Moulin nodded in agreement, but unlike him, Rurine’s complexion changed.

From that reaction, it seemed that she only knew about the clean  politic. Or perhaps in her knowledge dirty politic only stopped until  the level of gentle persuasion like bribery or threat.

But I’m different.

I had the disposition to be king. The demon king and the wise king  raised me to be like that. A king’s disposition was to always take the  very best option in order to correctly manage the country as though the  king and the country were sharing a common destiny.

Look at the reality instead of the ideal. Sometimes you got to cut off the few in order to save the many.

If it was necessary, then kill even your own brother.