On the Way to the Imperial Capital
I paid the price of exposing my naked childhood.
"This is the Empire!"
"I was imagining a world more like a non-human demon realm."
We arrived at the largest port city in the southern part of the empire.
"Are Ask and the others heading to the imperial capital like this?"
Sensei asks me
"Um… Eugenia, what are your plans around here?"
"It's what Father plans to do."
"I see, then we'll say goodbye for a little while."
"Isn’t your sensei going straight back to the imperial capital?"
"Yeah, me and Wins are going to visit an old friend's grave before heading home."
"I see. See you again in the imperial capital."
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Then we parted ways with sensei and headed to the imperial capital on the train.
"Everything is different from the southwestern continent."
Mileina sticks to the train window and looks out.
She looks like a child, feeling happy and sad every time she finds something.
"Is there really that much of a difference?"
"Yes. The land readjustments are far more detailed than those on the southwestern continent."
Other machines moving in the field and the enormity of the warehouse.
She's excited about the size.
"Ask-san, may I ask you something?"
Eugenia, on the other hand, is deep in thought.
I thought I'd leave her alone, but if she's going to ask me questions, I should answer them.
"What?"
"That Shiro-sensei."
"Yeah"
"...How old is he?"
That one
Honestly, I don't want to hear it.
"I don't know."
"You don't know..."
"At least since I can remember, Shiro-sensei and Wince-sensei haven't changed at all."
If I may add something more,
It is clear that sensei is the educator of Father and Grandfather.
"…Is he human?"
"It is rumored that the guards in the imperial capital have fairy blood mixed in with them."
"I can certainly understand if it’s a fairy with no lifespan, but…"
"I don't know the details. Father says that I will understand once I become emperor."
Father and grandfather had similar questions when they were children.
Both were taught that way by their parents.
It is said that they understood everything after becoming emperor.
"Don't think too deeply. Even if you think about it, you won't get the answer."
"It seems so."
"Uwaa! That's an airship! They're spraying pesticides on the fields with such a small airship!"
Regardless of this story, Mileina continues to get excited when she sees the fields.
"They are spraying pesticides?"
"That’s right."
Eugenia was attracted to the word pesticide.
"Is something bothering you?"
"Yes, this is a recent story, but there is a movement within Shelma to ban pesticides."
"Ah... I guess that's what happened after all."
"So, even in the Empire?"
"Things have calmed down now... but there are still people screaming."
They say
Pesticides kill insects
Insects die, so if we sprinkle that on crops, people will eat it and die, too.
But not the Empire
Data was properly collected before the widespread use of pesticides.
"The pesticides currently in use in the Empire have been established to be safe by following the prescribed dosage."
"It's poisonous, isn't it?"
"Well, I can't deny that it's poisonous. However, it has been confirmed that when it enters the human body, it is fully broken down in the organs and excreted from the body."
Of course, if you use it too much, it will not be discharged in time and will harm the human body.
That's why a certain amount is determined.
If you violate it, you will be punished by law.
"Also, there's some interesting data. Mileina's gotta hear it, too."
"What kind of data?"
There were two crops grown in a closed laboratory.
Crops with and without pesticides
Naturally, crops treated with pesticides were more toxic.
However, if we grow crops in the same way outside,
A pattern was confirmed in which the toxicity was higher when pesticides were not used.
"What do you mean?"
"It was confirmed that the lack of pesticides caused insects to emerge, and the crops themselves produced toxicity in the body."
"Ah... Is this an act of self-defense by the crops themselves?"
In conclusion, it is well known that extreme measures will make the situation worse.
It is no good to use too much or too little.
It's important to strike a balance
"The best thing is to grow crops in fertile soil that doesn't attract any insects."
"Isn’t it impossible?"
"I guess it's impossible."
Of course, it's impossible
If we could grow fields like that, we wouldn't have developed pesticides in the first place.
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