The hero magician wants to relax. He was too active and targeted for his life, so we'll start over.

Reward your men for their work.

The cost of war would be in the red, but I would give the people who worked for me a reward commensurate with their work.... this matchmaking, is miso. Too little is out of the question, but it's not a good idea to give too much.

I have no trouble being more human, but I am sensitive to being reduced. Especially if they give too much, they only receive one reduction, or less, and some people get dissatisfied by hitting the roots.

You may wonder what a narrow mind is, but it's a strange thing about humans that they don't actually seem to experience it with their own hands.

Nevertheless, there are few people in my Willidis that I would give my salary or reward. The vast majority of shapeshifters forming the army are like demons of use and have no habit of spending money in the first place. If you can take it into your body and eat it, it doesn't have to be money.

Honestly, even with regard to salaries, Willidis' face said he had no use for much other than those who serve his hometown and family.

This is what happens when he sums up their opinions.

"If you're in Willidis, most of it. I don't know what it means to bother shopping elsewhere '

For a delicious meal, first-class equipment, including magic weapons. Clothing and underwear are difficult to design but practical enough. Shapeshifters who gather knowledge from people quickly make things at the general distribution level once they start making furniture and accessories.

... Really?

I don't give a mouthful to the use of people's money, so do whatever you want when you save.

And then, unlike the reward, I called Sakilis into the conference room at Willidis Mansion.

"You've done so much for me."

"... Yes"

Sakilis' expression caught my eye for some reason.

"I think this battle of unbancers will have been hard on you because it's not very good for you either."

"No, my lord..."

Sakilis took a step back and put his hand on a made-up dress skirt.

"This time (this time), it annoyed your husband's hand and caused trouble. I'm so sorry. We will punish you with all due respect."

"Want another whip," he said?

"Oh, no. Such... Yes......"

Even if you blush and are distracted. Which one is it? Not if you want it or not...... and you're playing with verbal blame.

"It's a very serious story. Sakilis, I'm going to turn you into a Magic Knight."

"I, to the... Magic Knight...!

Sakilis eyes opened wide.

"No... I'm not even out of school..."

"I heard that the Lord, if he admits to being a magical knight, can be reckoned with"

At that magic knight's school graduation party, from Mr. Eckleen. Just graduating from school is not in the magic knight's way.

Now Sakilis is serving me,

"I, etc., fear many, very magical knights, etc..."

"I have enough abilities. Even in action, I proved that I could stand the task, and I have experience."

Besides...

"I'm the Marquis. That Marquis admitted it, so no problem."

I feel cunning about using the ranks only when it's convenient, but I want to reward Sakilis for what he does.

"It's obvious that he's not just a magical knight, even in Shah's rebellion and his work in the unbancer battle"

"I didn't do anything to fight the other day..."

Sakilis rested his shoulder. He really seems to think so.

"You would have led a mechanized infantry unit and slashed it into an unbuncer, wouldn't you? I think it's enough because I played a role and came back intact."

Not all the conspicuously active were fighting. Those who have done well should also be appreciated. I stared into Sakilis' face.

"I've wanted to make you a magic knight for a long time. If I'm the only one who's anxious, you can ask King Eman. If the king himself is in charge, there is no one to complain."

"Yes, no, that's just horrible... that's not what I meant, sir"

Sakilis leaned down.

"It's a great honor. But I am a magical knight..."

"I heard it was my dream to be a magic knight..."

I remember her talking like that.

"You don't want to be?

"No... you mean, being a magic knight doesn't make any sense... The person I wanted to show you the most was no longer in the world."

Because I admired it, Sakilis leaked. I wanted to be like my mother, admire her, and I've been working hard for it. Your daughter has become a splendid magical knight that you can be proud of - wanting to see her. But...

... I see, I can't show that bravery. So wouldn't you be that magical knight you admired so much?

But that's... hmm. I twist my neck.

"Hey, Sakilis. Did you aspire to be a magical knight just for the person you wanted to show the most, my mother?

"Huh...?

"You yourself, my mother, said you admired me, but if I showed you the magic knight, were you going to let it go away already?

"It's..."

Sakilis, at last. His gaze wandered, but he came right back to me.

"Which way, when I graduated from school, I think I got married and couldn't play my part as a magical knight"

"That's because we ended up getting engaged, which would be different from when we went for the Magic Knight, wouldn't it? To be clear, I wanted to be a magic knight. And I should have stuck around to play that role even after it did. That's why I got angry with my fiancée who didn't understand. Wouldn't you?

……

Sakilis leaned down again. I stared at the blonde battlemaid.

"I don't want to do anything about it, because it's your life. You should like it. But if you really admired it, you can keep following it."

When I take my seat, I walk over to her.

"I don't have kids yet, and if I'm wrong, you're not my kid, but I think a parent is a wish for a child's happiness"

Of course, I don't think everything is. Sometimes the world can't help but have children, and some scumbag parents neglect their children.

But it's not hard to imagine that a Sakhiris family would not have been such a home.

"Mother, would you have been pleased if you had become a magical knight?

"Huh!... That's, yes. Probably pleased, I suppose."

Sakilis put his hand on his mouth. My voice trembles.

"But... my mother..."

"Then when you go to heaven, my mother will have to live to see you become a magical knight."

The post-mortem world. When a man dies, he is said to go to heaven or hell. This is a story that can be seen in many civilizations with different names. I don't know what would have happened if I hadn't actually died.

The teachings of solar theism, worshipped by many Western nations, including the Kingdom of Veriraldo, preach the cleansing deeds of life, thereby going to heaven or hell after death.... I think it was.

"People die one day. That's how you want to live in the world."

"... Yes"

Sakilis nodded quietly. Gently pay for the drops floating in your eyes.

"Um, your husband"

"Yeah......?

"If you haven't changed your mind... I'd like to accept the matter of the Magic Knight epistle"