The Adventure of the Boy With a Mind of a Middle-aged Man

Then summer arrives again and I will be nine years old.

Returning to Millard territory, I was preoccupied with the management of the Sagami Chamber of Commerce, the management of the village of Toto, and the exploration and training of the Ancient Forest.

Start with the Sagami Chamber of Commerce.

By introducing Rhina, she bought the mansion and store that will be our chamber of commerce for a cheap price.

The Chamber of Commerce mansion is a large four-story building on the outskirts of Straheim. The only thing bigger than the Millards at a time is irony. At least, it's obviously an excessive amount of space for ten of us today, mainly on the ground floor.

If you're in the store, this stylish three-story, brick building is located along the boulevard. Because of its luxurious location and buildings, it seems to be more expensive than the Sagami Chamber of Commerce mansion.

Most of all, even if I run a restaurant, I haven't decided on one menu. As soon as the menu was finished, I planned to open it, but along the way, I became enthusiastic about developing condiments, and in the end, it was about six months later.

There are four condiments that we have developed:

Miso (miso) and soy sauce (soy sauce) and vinegar (su) were developed from soy (soy) and leaso (rice) purchased from Gilles. Initially, I thought these would be easy to make, but it would take months, contrary to expectations, to get to the same level as what I know. There is nothing that can be done outside the specialty of this hand but knowledge. Vinegar, in particular, required considerable difficulty in making yeast.

The last one is mayonnaise made from salad oil extracted from soybeans, eggs taken in the village and vinegar.

The menu served as a dish became as simple as a pot of miso or soy sauce flavoured with simple meats and vegetables, or a soy sauce flavoured BBQ, fried vegetables and a horny pork miso, and a salad with mayonnaise.

Most importantly, it is not an exaggeration that these seasonings are a crystal of Japanese blood and effort, even in qualitative dishes on Earth. Having taken a good price, it will continue to be sickening and overflowing with adventurers and merchants.

As a result, in about ten people, it was determined that it was impossible to continue any further cooking. It was decided the other day to hire people and leave the store sales to them so that we could focus on developing food.

Well, even that Carla, after six months of sales experience, has also significantly improved her courtesy and is now a popular billboard daughter. Nevertheless, it seems to close the store and return to my (selfish) girl when the guests return.

Anyway, finally, we can work on developing a specific menu.

As for the original purpose of the Sagami Chamber of Commerce - the development of the instruments of civilization - I have not been engaged since that watch. With this number of hands in many ways, it's obvious that there will be a lot of overcapacity, and most importantly, because Leroy is currently being chased by clockmaking and not very much, but he can't get around to developing the product.

Next up is running Toto Village.

As for the defense, which was urgent, a guard with Moss as captain is formally organized and assumed as escort. In order to improve defense, the Guard Corps deserves to be a professional standing position.

In order to set up a standing position in this profession, the management policy of the village of Toto must be changed by 180 degrees. In other words, it transforms from an individual-centric, part-time organization like a gathering, to a professional organization that emphasizes one cohesion and organization.

The Guard is the first step to that end. Instead of being paid a certain salary by the village, they are asked to engage in solving any problems arising in relation to the village's defence, such as combat and policing.

This guard's first assignment is to remodel the village.

Let every member of the Guard get dirt magic. Then, dig a deep trench (hoe) with earth magic around the village, and set up a high wall (hee) to cover the village further. In addition, objects and tears were made to allow for a gradual observation of what was going on outside.

As a result of the devastation of the ghost (Goblin) settlement, which was the largest force, the power of both the previously repressed dogs (Kobolt) and pig-headed (Oak) clans is increased, and the village of Toto is subjected to several raids.

Most of all, the high walls and the moat covering the surrounding area refused to enter the demon, and the magic and bow of the object and tease in its crevice caused it to perish.

After the renovation of the village has settled down, even let them engage in combat training. Hang on to Caesar, based in Straheim, and invite one of his associates as his instructor. Apparently, the technology is improving considerably, and I look forward to it in a few years.

In addition, there were new members replenished for the Guard. They are fairy women and boys with wings and feathers who were grabbed by goblins and chose to live in the village of Toto.

It's just that eating is not good for him. Therefore, they were actively involved in the reconstruction of the village. Originally, because the roots were serious (serious), villagers gradually cracked down on them who took any small job seriously.

And just a week or so ago, they advised me that they wanted to protect the village and gave me permission.

Originally, they would grow at a different rate than the rest of us and become the main force of the Toto Village Guard.

The next farming and animal husbandry also went very well.

Out of all the villagers, he plowed the fields, planted the soy (soy), and grazed the Ur (sheep).

pruning the wool of the wolf, and, furthermore, from its milk and vinegar, creating cheese. Sell them to Gilles, save most of that money as a village, and buy in some other food.

In the spring, planting rye, surprisingly, grows well. It seems to have yielded roughly seven or eight times more than before, and even with 50% he seems to be able to secure a considerable amount. It would also seem possible to save enough money and turn the excess into money.

Incidentally, the human women who were caught by the little ghosts (goblins), with the exception of a surprisingly small part, have wished to remain in the village of Toto. I honestly don't know much about their mood. But again, I want to reset everything and start over with my life. Maybe it's such a complicated feeling.

Together, the management of Toto Village is going very well, and even for me, we have enough data on large-scale livestock farming management and so on.

Next is the exploration and training of the Ancient Forest.

Get lost in the Ancient Forest, gain Demon Stones and valuable drop items, and gain new magic.

At night, repeat the recovery magic on yourself until the MP is at a constant low level and sleep. As a result, my status rose significantly.

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○ Gray Millard

Status

-HP: D (12/10%)

-MP: B (9/100%)

- Muscle strength: D (34/100%)

- Endurance: D- (13/100%)

-Magic Power: B (3/100%)

- Magic Endurance: D (44/100%)

- Jun Min: D + (4/100%)

-Luck: D + (1/100%)

-Drop: D + (57/100%)

· Intelligence: φφ

· Growth rate: φφ

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Magic and MP finally became B. As for muscle strength and endurance, it did not grow significantly.

With the same manipulation as me, Magic and MP have risen to an average of E + for Satella, Judo, Carla, and others.

Jude and the others were reminded of all the magic to the top. This is it. Unless there's more to it, you won't lose.

I also learn the basic attribute magic of fire, water, soil and wind to the top and some characteristic magic such as light magic and dark magic.

By the way, it seems that the recovery system, in this, is classified as a sacred attribute. Well, it's just that the magicians of this world classify it, and the question remains as to how accurate it is.

He is now called to the commercial guild and is in the reception room at the Straheim Trading Museum with Judo and Karla.

Anything, you think we're talking about 'hand pump' and 'watch' patent fees? As far as I'm concerned until I was 13 years old, the emphasis is on consolidating the foundations, which is now an important interest in experimental management of Toto Village and whether the restaurant management is more remote (haku), and until now, it's completely out of my mind.

"Thank you for waiting. Lord Grey."

Shaking his thick body, Curator Straheim - Icosse Ghermo shows up and, in a token, sits in my front seat.

"Hi, Mr. Icosse. Congratulations to the Straheim Branch Manager on his appointment."

"No, thanks also to Lord Grey. That clock made a huge profit to our guild, and Director Rhina wanted to meet us."

Former Branch Manager Rhina apparently often stays in Teito as the head of the commercial guild now, and on several occasions has received letters of invitation to Teito from Icosse. Getting busy, he seems to be doing fine.

"Yeah, I'd like to go to the Empire once, too, and when I'm thirteen, I'm going to be on my way."

"That would be nice. Lord Grey should rise to the greater stage."

I always think this guy's my rating is a little too high. It is difficult.

"A lot of evaluation, I'm afraid. So, what's the story?

"First of all, this is the proceeds from the patent fees for the Hand Pump and the Watch."

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○ Patent fee - Gray Millard

- Hand pressed pump: 3000215122G

- Clock: 15300940006G

Total: 18398625128G

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"You've got a pretty good forehead."

183 million? The hand pump was a thought for Satella, and the watch is for my future research and commerce to go well. Honestly, I was only thinking to the extent that I wish I could have some money to be free. I had no idea it would be so profitable (already)......

"One, ten, a million, a million, a million, a hundred, a billion, a billion, a billion... 18.3 billion. Um, our village had a million G's of food for a year, so..."

"18,000 times!!

Jude screams (all the time) and Carla petrifies it white.

Since then, Jude and the others have been well educated and have mastered simple calculations, etc. Jude, in particular, was spared while sleeping because of his serious physical condition at the root, and encouraged him to study. He's a promising guy in the top class among my students.

"Ha, instantly, notice the exact size of the amount. That's enough, promising stock. Besides, Director Rhina earns more than Lord Grey."

"Above Admiral!? Is it a bucket thing!

"Bucket of things, maybe. Our guild's assets are bigger and more powerful than any other country in the world. You have sights. [M] Train under Lord Grey and polish. Then one day, you'll see the same landscape as us and Lord Grey."

"The same landscape as the generals..."

Jude stains his face in a trance. Jude and Carla are smart, but there is no denying that there is a place for a swine rush. I really hope you don't stir it up.

"It's just your brother. Go! What about you?

Puku and Kara swell her cheeks.

"Weren't you going for a doctor?

"Yes, but..."

From one incident in Toto village last year, Karla became interested in curing people's injuries and illnesses. Little by little, I teach the basics, and because of my interest, my muscles are pretty good.

If Carla reaches a certain level of skill and knowledge, she plans to test it. Regardless, make it an unscrupulous difficulty, but assuming that, if you pass it, you are going to send a passing celebration worthy of breaking that ordeal.

"Oh, yes, this is the letter from General Rhina."

Also, is it a letter of plea to come visit the Imperial City? Apparently, the pattern has become homesick.

"Thank you. Let me take a look."

The suggestion and contents were that people wanted me to come to Teito because they wanted me to.

I want to refrain from standing out now. A poor aristocratic child who is close to the TOP of a commercial guild. Some combinations are so uncomfortable. Later, I will send a polite letter saying no.

"Then we'll do it."

"Yes."

Say hello, put on your mask and stay out of the room. The mask has recently become more prominent and worn. His name is also Syllabe Sagami.

The clock bell of the church in Straheim rings the sound of three o'clock. This is a time-linked clock that I designed for Rhina.

The development of that watch renewed the life of this empire, no, the world.

First of all, the central Church of the Holy Light, the common religion of the human race in this world, declares that it adopts the clock.

Countries around the world, including the Empire, endorsed it, and the clock spread to the rest of the world in an instant (again).

Of course, all this was done by the face-to-face power of commercial guilds around the liner, and as a result the world acquired the ability to mark the time.

Most importantly, only the public sector, luxury merchants with gold, and high-ranking nobles still have clocks in place, and they have not been popularized by ordinary people. From the beginning, it takes time for the concept of time to become routine. At least a few more years will be ahead of us when the clock becomes indispensable as one of our daily routines.

"Long time no see, Mr. Leroy"

"Oh, Gray."

"How about the development of a new watch?

"Good luck. I mean, I'm getting a little tired of developing watches."

I guess. Leroy was recently asked by a commercial guild to develop only a watch, apparently.

"So it's time for you to join our chamber of commerce, right?

"Whatever. I also want to engage in the creation of that soul boiling."

If Leroy enters the Chamber of Commerce, it will finally open the way for the development of the products that had stopped. From now on, it will be a light inventive rush.

"Let's talk more about contractual relationships and such later. Now, why don't you make this?

Pass the blueprint to Leroy.

"Plate of Transparency - Glass..."

Basic and important materials to support the development of culture and science - the development of glass. Even to experiment with chemistry, it doesn't start without glass.

Glass making is not that difficult.

Diatomaceous sand (keisha) resulting from weathering (phew) such as granite (kaku cancer), heavy cadets separated from torona ore (soba), and limestone (blame).

The mining purposes of mines around the world are gold, silver, copper, and iron, and they have been disposed of in large quantities as minerals that do not even sell other silica sands, limestone, trona ore, or coal.

If you add coal-heated coke to the torona ore and heat it, you also get the sergeant. Look, I can do the glass.

Most importantly, it is unclear whether the minerals in this world will act the same as Earth, so I bought only the required amount of prototype from Gilles.

If it goes well, I think I will make gold, silver, copper and iron to be collected and scrapped (like this), and buy up some of the mines themselves that were priced like cass. That would be possible with my assets.

"Yeah, it's transparent, so it's also used for windows, dishes, etc. Life will change."

"... I always thought, Lord, where did you get this knowledge from?

"It's a thought. That's why I'm asking Mr. Leroy to make a prototype."

"Ma'am, do you mind? Let me make it quick."

We left the workshop behind when we thanked Leroy lightly for the back of the room.

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"Gray, are you sure you don't want to come with me to the Imperial City?

In the kitchen, eating with the servants, Aqua raises the usual questions.

By the way, when I came home from my Straheim training and found out that I was eating with my servants in the kitchen, all this lucky, Aqua started eating in the kitchen with us too.

Aqua, brilliantly, this time passed the Imperial Knight of Demon Instruction College. Following Cliff, so is Aqua. My mother-in-law was just happy to jump up. That's how tomorrow, Aqua travels to the Empire City.

Recently, Aqua has been talking about this all the time when she opens her mouth. It would be like the last persuasion.

"Thank you, sister. But I hear the prices in Imperial City are high. This Millard family doesn't have the financial resources to support me alone."

I can feel relieved in my response.

"I'll do something about it with your father. So, huh?

It's fascinating to not have to see that mother-in-law and Linda kind of filth, but it's a pain in the ass if you insist on badly borrowing from my father and not admitting to leaving my Millard family in the future.

Indeed, my mother-in-law and Linda have dared to harass me frequently.

Let me clean and wash, and if there is any dirt at all, I will be furious and command you to wash it back. Children have been ordered to pay clearly dangerous salaries and to look around at night.

But whether such a mother-in-law or Linda scolds me, it's a Buddha in the horse's ear for me, and cleaning, laundry, and salary are enough to be able to communicate with the other servants, which was so helpful. Night sights around the mansion would scare a nine-year-old, but raw hatred, my contents, are adult (old man) and I'm not scared or anything like this.

I mean, I don't see it in my eyes, like my stepmother or Linda's tedious harassment. More importantly, it can be said that in the future, it would be more important to take a formula that prevents people from going to a foreign country for asylum, etc.

"Thanks for the suggestion, which way, when I'm thirteen and I leave the Millard family, I'm going to visit the Imperial Capital, and I'm going to wait until then"

"Boy, are you really going to leave this territory when you're thirteen?

As the dam sticks his thick anxiety on one side of his face, he asks me what I've decided.

"Well, that's more of a promise than the original."

"I'm going to get a job in Imperial Capital at the same time as I graduate from school. Then I guess I agree."

Aqua has also endorsed me leaving the land. In other words, every so often these days, 'Gray shouldn't be in a place like this', he has been told to face each other.

"I wish Lady Aqua or Gray would inherit the land."

Bossy, to one of the whining servants, Aqua sighs and Sebastian turns his silent gaze of condemnation.

"Sorry, this is like a noble code. I think Brother Cliff or Sister Linda will inherit this land."

The only laugh on the upper side that was dry made Aqua strongly associate himself with the fact that he had already given up the future of the land. Perhaps now Aqua is confining the object of his salvation to me only.

Until the righteous Aqua arrives at its choice, it is unclear what the grip was, but it should not be a big deal. So I think the darkness of this imperial code is deep.

"Don't let your sister destroy you, too."

Aqua took care of me. These are my words from the heart.

"Thank you. But to come to the Empire as soon as it gets hard. That's all. Promise your sister."

"Yes."

Aqua hugs me as she rises from her seat. I think he's crying to see from the fact that he's shivering his body into small pieces. Is that from the sorrow of parting, or from the remorse of not exchanging anything in this homeland? No, it could be from both.

Aqua left the next day for Empire City. When Cliff, Aqua is dropped off by villagers all over Mirage, even though he was only the village chief and a dozen villagers. Not many, Aqua has been running for the villagers in the land. It seems to be the difference between the results.