Price of Management

Snow poured out all winter.

The season when the alpine vegetation is hibernated. However, man was more busy than ever before.

The forges make weapons with loud hammers, and the soldiers come to the training screaming. The lords keep an eye on the eagle.

The condition of the old King Pelon Leaden in the Kingdom of Leaden has worsened greatly, making it impossible to maintain health with healing potions or sacred powers.

King Phelon, who wandered about every day, failed to fulfill his last duty as a monarch to establish an heir.

You think you have enough to book Prince Erik as the First Prince. Brando, the ambitious Second Prince, was a foolish monarch because he had no intention of solidifying his position at all.

As King Phelon's illness deepened, the confrontations between the Crown Prince and the Second Prince became apparent.

In time, it was time for war.

In the past five years, there has been no major war, and there has been a lot of food reserves. The time has come for the Royal Family and nobles to build an army and wait for the moment when the overflowing energy will explode.

When energy is full, we go to war, and when we spend all that energy, we find cooperation and peace again. Humans have been repeating stupid cycles like that, and they always will be.

It was the same for Baron Kunt to prepare for war.

As a traditional knight family, we considered loyalty to the rightful lord the greatest honor. My father was ready to fight for his rightful heir, Prince Erik, and he was badly harassing me for hands-on training.

“Earth Hand! ”

I created two hands of dirt and practiced magic. He tried to grab his father's shoulders and legs, but he violently waved to the left and to the right.

“Earth Sphere! ”

I tried to shake the balance with the spear of the earth, but my father jumped off the floor because he was at least familiar enough.

But I'm also used to fighting the Knights of Exports.

You set a trap to obstruct the path, distract yourself with the Earth sphere, and aim for horsitam to lure you with your Earth hand. The moment I was caught by Earth Hand, my father would taste the power of the magic arts he taught me.

He broke everything with an error and stepped in to narrow the distance from me. Make your way towards the enemy, overcoming all obstacles. Eventually, you realize that the answer is very simple, whether the opponent is a wizard or a spirit.

“Earth Wall! ”

I tried a new technology. He created a great wall of the earth and blocked his father's way.

I don't want to use it because it's a technique that consumes a lot of Spirit Affinity, but I have to use it in situations where a skilled officer of Expert's rank approaches me.

“Different!”

He swung Long Sword with a long sigh.

Krrrrrrrrr!

Ugh! The walls of the earth crumble with a bang. But this is as far as the sea goes!

The Wall of the Earth was just a lure that caught my father's attention.

Slightly moving to the left, I dared to rush to my father from the side.

“ ……?! ”

As I rushed in, my father was quite surprised.

What are you so surprised about? Your father is the one who taught you to practice martial arts rigorously, saying you need to be able to protect yourself without a spirit in times of emergency.

I swiftly wrapped my father's right arm around him. Then I kicked the back of my father's right foot with my foot and pulled it as hard as I could.

A father who whines and loses his balance. I was able to hold my father's left arm with Earth's hand. Finally, I began to strangle my father with both legs.

“Hehe!”

My father, who was caught in my counterattack with a mixture of mysticism and magic, was teased and najik groaned. But am I mistaken? My father's mouth smiled briefly.

Surprisingly, my father stretched his legs up and wrapped my neck.

“Ugh?! ”

“Not bad, but you're fooling yourself against Expert! ”

Strange forms of strangling each other. However, the father who strengthened the body with error was much more advantageous. Damn it, I should've made more hands for Earth and sealed off the bridge!

“Keek! Hah, surrender...! ”

“Ah-ha! The 40th victory is sweet. ”

My father untied me and raised me up. I was angry and turned fat.

He smiles and taps my shoulder.

“Don't make that face. If you were defeated by a lesser spirit less than a year after you learned spirituality, what would you think of the face of this father who has held a sword all his life? ”

“So is he. ”

Apparently, my father was rumored to be an excellent swordsman. It was great that I fought against such a man.

“But it's so strange. Right now, you're too strong for a lesser spirit. ”

“You're not familiar with animosity, are you? ”

“No. I've been fighting you all winter, and now you're confusing me with unfamiliar tricks? ”

My father was throwing away the half plate mail he was wearing.

“I was curious, too, and I looked through the books on animosity in the library. Lesser Spirits may not be as healthy as you, but they do have a lot of spirit affinity. ”

“Huh? Was there a book on animosity in our villa library? ”

“Tsk, tsk. No one cares about the library except Arthur because he's a knight family. There are many useful books, so take a look around. ”

“Yes.”

“Hmmm. Anyway, what I'm trying to say is, I'm hoping you've reached the intermediate level of a spirit. ”

“But if my spiritual affinity has increased to a moderate level, then our gnomes should also evolve to an intermediate spirit.... ”

“Is that what you hear when you look at her? ”

I lost my words at the sight of the gnome staring at me.

I don't know why.

I didn't know much about fighting my father all winter, but my little cutie was taller than any of my new forearms. Why didn't you notice? My eyes are ornamental?!

“Anyway, this is the end of your training. I don't have anything to teach you anymore, so go practice by yourself. ”

“Don't you need a Dalian anymore? ”

“I've fought enough all winter. Thanks to you, I was able to raise a contingency to cope with many variables that I had not experienced. Thank you."

“No, I went on a diet because of you. ”

I clasped my belly with my abs in it, laughing. Thanks to the fierce training, I have a sleek body that is trained with muscles and lose weight.

“Kid. I'll practice swordsmanship on my own, so watch your back." ”

“Yes. I'll stop by the library and take a look at the book. ”

“Yes.”

I greeted my father and went to the library.

Norm followed me around and jumped over my head. The massive gnome is much bigger than before, but its weight remains constant. There is no mass because it is not the presence of the material system.

What is the crucial difference between nobles and commoners?

Privilege, power, money, honor, and so on, but I want to learn from them.

The book is a symbol of that knowledge.

Even the commoners are as wealthy as the nobles, but they do not possess the same high level of sophistication as the original nobles.

Nobles who like to be vulgar and stubborn without knowledge are the ones with a short history of traditional families.

True traditional aristocrats with a long history are armed with humility and courtesy no matter what. If the common man wishes to rise, he should learn their manners. Otherwise, I can't fit in with the aristocracy.

Therefore, there must be a library in the noble family.

Even at the house of knight families like ours who are not interested except in knowledge of war, there are hundreds of books stored like this.

- Lots of books.

“Humans are not geniuses like our gnomes, so we soon forget like chickens. That's why I'm writing it down. ”

- Are you a chicken head, too?

“Not as smart as our gnome. ”

- No, not the master's chicken head.

“Phew, we gnomes are so nice. ”

- Heh heh, I'm good.

When I grabbed him and fluffed him up, gnome liked him, so he didn't know what to do.

You look through the books in the bookshelf and look for books related to spirituality. Soon I found two books: "The Strategic Value of the Spirit Company" and "The General Theorems of the Spirit." I didn't know there was a book like this right in front of me.

I'd love to read it right now, but I've got work to do, so I'll read it slowly when I have time later.

I left the mansion with the book.

As soon as I got back to the office, I told Hansen.

“Herb T. ”

“Yes.”

Hansen quickly brought the car. It's becoming more and more useful, isn't it?

“Hansen. It's your medicine dealer, right? ”

“Yes.”

“So you know all about herbs? ”

“Of course. Do you want to do the herb business? ”

“Sort of. I want to mass-produce herbs. ”

Hansen's eyes flutter as he talks about herbs. Since he is the son of a pharmacist's family, it is a natural reaction.

“From now on, I'm entrusting you with an important task. Buy as many fields as you can to farm herbs until the end of winter. ”

“Do you have any herbs in mind? ”

“Sachsel.”

“You mean the saxocel leaf used in black blood disease? ”

“Oh, not only the field, but also someone who knows how to grow herbs. He's the son of a drug dealer. Can you handle that? ”

“Yes... But you really want me to buy as many fields as I can grow my own crops..." ”

“Yes. I'm going to grow a lot of Saxel for you. ”

“It's a herb that doesn't sell unless you get black blood disease... ”

“Aye, Noum. Squeeze his head. ”

-Yeah.

A protruding gnome grabs Hansen by the head. Hansen clutches his head and rolls the floor.

“Do as you're told, man. There's a lot to talk about. ”

“Yes……. ”

Hansen leaves the office in tears.