The Novice Alchemist’s Store

The residence of the Lord of South Strag.

The place where the LORD was gone was quietly resting.

Most personnel are given time, and only those with minimal security and administrative responsibilities remain.

Normally, neither relatives nor self-proclaimed relatives who are likely to rush toward the governor or property will be approached in fear of the guilt of Baron Kirk.

In the corner of such a mansion, an old man sat down on a couch in the office and quietly looked at the town from a window.

There was a pile of years of hard work on his back, and he looked terribly asleep, with more aging air than his appearance.

It was the person who created this situation who quietly spoke to him.

"Cleansing"

"Your Highness Felix... I'm very sorry for your loss."

A loud old man, Cleansie, a decree of the Baron Kirk family, quickly stood up and bent her head down on her knees in front of Felix.

"As you may already know, Baron Yokoo Kirk is in custody. There are a lot of charges... but there's no going back here."

In clear words, Cleansie closed her eyes and silenced for a while, exhaling a deep breath.

"... thank you very much. What happens to the Baron Kirk?

"Please sit down for now. It's hard to talk with an old man like you on his knees."

Felix told her to sit on the couch before answering, but Cleansie shook her head.

"No, I wait for punishment. Please stay put."

"Oh, that's not true. Only those who had their hands stained with evil. We will not punish those who did what Yokoo ordered us to do."

Sarasa has asked me to, and I've decided not to hold Madison guilty, so I can only distinguish between them by whether or not they voluntarily commit a criminal act.

In addition, there was a realistic problem that if all were punished, there would be no practitioners, and there were not many people punished for this incident, even though the lord attempted to kill the royal family.

"Thank you very much for your hospitality, but am I also eligible for it? I was in charge of the Baron Kirk family as a house order."

"You've ordered Yokoo's reckless orders to do as little damage as possible. I think you've done well. - Sit down."

When Felix prompted her again, Cleansie sat down on the sofa saying, "Excuse me," and Felix sat in front of her and said, "Okay."

"As for the Quasi-Bar Kirk family, we have also explored ways to confiscate their territory and leave them with descendants and knights... but they have no decent relatives. There is no point in leaving it any more than it is in the interest of the country. Please understand."

"No, originally, Milord and Milord were just flattering. The rest of your relatives will just have to stigmatize your family name."

Yokoo was particularly bad, but he should be a relative, or the rest of them are similar or close.

Felix, who heard the results of the investigation, wondered why masterpieces like ancestors and ancestors were produced from this family.

Even if the house stays, it is hardly conceivable that it will be a special victory with a change of heart, and there is a good chance that it will cause side problems.

If such a thing bothers the country again, Cleansie thought it would be better if it had been changed this time, and sighed deeply again.

"I wish this generation were mediocre... but the excellence of our ancestors didn't appear to have been demonstrated in raising children."

"I've focused too much on the development of my town. I wish I could have had a good educator, but in a region like this...."

"Educators who scold noble children well are valuable. Fortunately, my educator scolded me. - How many times have I been beaten?"

Felix laughs as if he remembers that time.

Are you Master Millis? She's special. Even if there are educators who can complain to the royal family, how many can do it...? He's a teacher who can't get what he wants in our house. "

"He said he was quite reluctant to put it on me, too." If you're dissatisfied, always put it on your neck. "

Even so, Your Highness was not struck by the neck.

"I don't have that kind of authority. When I was punched with my fist, I went straight to my father to negotiate... but the result was only one more bump."

He was the king who listened to his son's appeal until the end, but on top of that, he said, "You are wrong" and iron fist sanction. "Learn more," he said.

"Master Millis, who was in a bad mood for this, gave me a lot of challenging questions... but I'm sure it led to my own growth."

From the point of view of Ofelia, Felix's education, which was originally unresponsive, would deprive him of more time and reduce the time spent on alchemy.

In order to reduce the time required for the lecture, Felix took the form of an assignment, but while complaining, the assignment was well ripened.

So, somehow, the burden of taking good care of Ofelia didn't decrease, and as a result, it ended up raising only one outstanding student.

"Even half of Millis-sama's excellent educators would have been better off at home... Have you ever given Sarasa-sama an opportunity?

"I've been watching Yokoo ever since he got into trouble. Was Sarasa one of the factors that started when she tried to reach out to the Rotze family? --It's quite important."

As for Felix, I thought the Rotze family's debt problem was painful, but the royal family couldn't afford to stick their necks into each other's problems.

I thought about giving some advice, but I didn't think the Rozze family could make it work, and when I thought I'd look for another trigger, it was Sarasa who interrupted without trying.

Felix changed his mind when he saw his knowledge, skills, and connections solve the debt problem without taking action.

"I thought it was about time, so I decided to try."

"Was it part of that that you called me to King's Landing?"

"That's not right. I called the head of South Strag. If only the Baron himself could come and deal with it. Even if you stay here, it would be good if you could get the job done without any difficulty. --In fact, it ended in unfortunate results."

Felix said, "Try it," but in fact, at that point, Yokoo was almost completely limited, and Cleansie was the last push.

And Yokoo didn't even notice Felix was operating in the territory, so he took off his wings lightly.

But it was unexpected that he suddenly tried to kill Sarasa.

An alchemist who is trying to increase it as a national policy, and the danger of reaching out to good people, should be understood with a little thought.

At best, Felix, who thought it was harassment of the store, had to dispatch his men in a hurry, causing him unexpected trouble.

"I didn't think it was that stupid. If Sarasa died because of my mistakes, I would have been killed by Master Myris."

Felix also fully understands that Ofelia likes Sarasa.

I was visiting Sarasa before Yokoo because of that.

I understood Sarasa's strengths, but it was Sarasa alone who could fight, Lorea and villagers who could be used as hostages around.

The danger to Sarasa was well considered if Yokoo became comfortable shaking.

"I didn't mean to go that far... I'm sorry. So what happens to this town?

"You will have a deputy for a while, and you will rule as a direct authority. After that... it might be interesting to leave it to Sarasa. She's quite good, isn't she?"

Felix smiled and talked, but Cleansie glanced a little at the words, which she didn't take for granted.

"Were you a graduate of the Alchemist Training School? Excellent, but she must have been a civilian. It would be in line with His Highness's policy, but sudden reform would likely lead to a rebellion by the nobles."

"I'm not trying to throw away anything noble. I want to learn more seriously and be desperate to improve my abilities. At least to my degree."

"Hahaha... as harsh as you stroked me by Millis-sama"

Knowing that "about me" was an impossible effort for everyone, Cleansie gave a dry laugh and shook her head.

"At least you can try, right? We do not consider ourselves a weak country, but it is difficult to say even a powerful country. You have to be more critical. And as for Sarasa, we don't take civilians for nobility. It's not that hard."

"Is it different?

"Apparently I'm engaged to the heirs of the Roze family. Once you get into the Rotze house, Sarasa can leave the town to the nobles, the Counts."

A good alchemist is a person who, as a nobleman, would definitely like to bring in.

Cleansie thought that if that were the case, there would be enough marriage, and twisted her neck in confusion with her own information.

"Sure, I don't think there was a boy at the Rozze house....?

"With my eldest daughter, Iris."

"Oh, are you two women....."

You're an alchemist. If you can inherit it it, it's fine as a country. "

Marriages between same-sex couples are not prohibited, but rather rare.

Cleansie was puzzled, but Felix shook her head and shrugged her shoulders to continue.

"--Perhaps you don't like seeing the worst man."

Felix remembered what happened to the Rotze family and said that, but in fact, his imagination was almost correct.

Iris was prepared for an unintentional marriage because of the aristocracy, but the opponent was Ho Barr.

Besides the worst personality, the reality is that if you get married, you could take over the house.

Sarasa appeared in such a desperate situation.

The person who breaks down his marriage to Ho Barr, solves the debt problem, and makes a profit at home by marrying.

Competent and not bad character.

Compared to Ho Baal, heaven and earth.

Even if Iris accidentally falls in love with a same-sex salad like that, he doesn't even have to go to it and say, "Shall we get married? I guess there's nothing I can do about it.

"But I'm a little disappointed. Without it, I was wondering if Sarasa could be my wife."

Felix slipped her eyes and moved on to the words she leaked.

"Ha! That's exactly what I thought was difficult. It will be more rebellious than the Duke."

"She is from an orphanage. Wouldn't it be better to keep it a proper nobleman's hideout? And I'm sure of what I can do. It's not impossible with the support of Master Millis."

If you adopt a higher-ranking aristocrat after "the drop of a sardine", there will be no problem with your status as a daughter-in-law, and if you are a aristocrat, it is not that uncommon.

However, where that is possible, it will be Sarasa herself who will hate it the most.

She dreams of marrying a nice person, but still Felix is not eligible.

As long as you marry him, you will surely choose Iris.

And it seemed that Felix also understood, smiling bitterly and shrugging his shoulders.

"Well, you can't actually do that. Thank you, I seem to be distant from her."

"Huh, Your Highness? Even though it has the appearance that women like."

"She seems to be looking beyond the appearance. It's easy to meet women who come close to appearance and status, but I can't meet a woman who will accept me after knowing the real me. It's hard."

It's kind of like that, but Sarasa's distancing is that subtle shadow.

A woman who knows and accepts it would be a little too valuable.

Cleansie, who had a long relationship with Felix, knew Felix's heart, but she didn't say it directly and adorned her words.

"Your Majesty's brilliance is hard for everyone to understand."

"Fu, you don't have to compliment me. Fufufu"

"No, I mean it. Hahaha"

Those were the Felix who laughed all of a sudden, but eventually they sighed and changed their expression.

"So, as for the deputy here....."

"Yes, as your last servant, I will have the handover materials ready for your assignment."

"That's right, Cleansie, why don't you be my deputy?

"Wow, am I? But now, without Baron Kirk, I'm just a civilian. If I were such a deputy, it would be a lot of noise for the relatives of the Baron Kirk family...."

"There are civilians in the bureaucracy. Even relatives, those who complain are already (...) present (...) (...) (...) (...) (...) (...) (...) so you don't have to worry."

………

Cleancy took a slight breath into the meaning contained in the words and said, 'Is that why you were distanced? I thought it was chilling, but I didn't say it to my mouth, and I kept silence.

"If you refuse, you will send the agent of your choice here. I'm going to choose a decent person, but it's up to the deputy to take action."

Cleansie lay down her eyes at Felix, who said that there might be a change in the direction of the town.

There are many memories of his predecessors and his predecessors behind his head.

To develop a small workplace town, we spare no effort to work together while we sleep, sweat, and fight arguments.

What a vivid memory of Yokoo compared to that of Yokoo.

The South Strag that we've created in this way may be different from what we thought it would be.

Now that I was caught up in it, Cleansie had no choice.

"Agent, will you take over?

"... I will accept it with all due respect."

Tears fell silently from the corner of Felix's eyes, which lay deep on his head after checking again.