122 – Arrival at the territory
-Jumping.
The dormitory door opens roughly.
Afterwards, Isabella entered with a strong negative energy.
Isabella looked around the view of her room in silence, and then her eyes stopped on the bed.
Edgar Fix stroking himself.
That image glimmers in her eyes like a fantasy.
“······”
Isabella closed her eyes.
One… Two… Three…
After counting the seconds in her mind, she slowly opened her eyes.
The long eyelashes move upward, and soon the revealed purple eyes are staring at the bed.
All I see is an empty bed.
-Turbuk···Turbuk···
Isabella took her steps.
She flopped down on the bed and stared blankly into space.
The faces of the people you hurt today.
Their faces are glimmering.
Getting hurt by yourself and hurting yourself again.
The faces appear and disappear like a mirage.
-Gooooo────
And it is very effective.
Just tracing those memories brings a surge of negativity.
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Her feelings of self-loathing well up, and the empty container is filled with black, burned ash.
In this way, she feels herself becoming stronger by hurting others again.
“······.”
One, it’s nothing.
Now that the art of control has been completely restored.
No matter how much it hurts or hurts, it doesn’t budge.
Only some empty feelings are weighing you down.
Like the old air stagnating in this room.
“······Ed.”
But at that moment, the doll placed on the table caught my eye.
A magic defense doll that Ed Hana had beautifully repaired, which he gave as a gift.
The doll’s bright face gazes at Isabella.
Isabella also looks at the doll with a bright smile.
-Sigh.
Soon, Isabella stood up.
Leading her tired body, she walked to where the doll was placed and picked it up.
I can still see Ed putting me to sleep.
-Kwoowoouk….
Isabella held her doll.
She hugged her doll with all her might, as if she was hugging Ed who had put her to sleep.
[47 Days!]
“Ugh!”
But at that moment, an unexpected situation occurred.
The doll said ’47 days.’
Isabella looked at the doll she had dropped in shock.
“·····What is it?”
The appearance of the doll is the same as usual.
Isabella picked up her doll, maintaining her wary gaze.
And she pressed her doll again.
[47 Days!]
Then the same thing happened as before.
To be exact, the line ’47 days’ was uttered with the vocalization of a child with a stuffy nose.
It was only then that Isabella realized that this doll had a special device.
Eventually, she turned on her blue eyes and looked into the internal structure of her doll.
“·····Ha.”
Then the clever device that Ed had secretly planted caught her eye.
By connecting a mechanical device and a magic trick, the doll is set to speak when pressed.
“Phew.”
I was hit.
The word ‘gift’ written in mana was clearly visible on the mechanical device.
Ed played a prank on her to make fun of himself.
“Phuhuhuh…! hehehe…!”
Isabella shook her shoulders and let out a low laugh.
I remembered her own image of herself screaming in shock at the sight of a doll like this.
“Whoa…”
Eventually her laughter stopped and Isabella took a long breath and straightened her disordered breathing.
She looked at Ed’s doll with a faint smile.
Cow- When you press the doll’s stomach, you can hear the child exclaiming [Shasibchwiil!].
“·····47 Days.”
Once every 49 days, the moment when Ed can be accepted.
Isabella looked at her doll, reminding herself that she still had 47 days left.
It was a doll that was truly exciting, but was also implanted with a cruel device.
There are still 47 days left…
-Sigh.
Isabella’s gaze turned out the window.
***
“Three, oh my…!”
Exclamations of exclamation burst out naturally.
I can’t believe she made this much money.
Charlotte let out a heated breath as she looked at the countless bundles of money piled up in front of her.
This was more than enough money to pay her tuition for one year.
“It’s this easy…”
Charlotte suddenly remembered her past self.
She had no money every day, so she wore the same clothes and she was starving herself.
She worries about tuition and food expenses, and it has become a habit for her to sigh.
But she no longer has that confidence.
She herself, like other female cadets from noble families, was able to attend her academy without worrying about tuition, wearing stylish clothes, and eating delicious food.
And all of this was thanks to Ed.
Even though Ed is perfect at everything, she learns that she succeeds only after experiencing numerous failures, which gives her the courage to challenge herself.
Like him, she lived a life of challenge without fear of failure.
“You can do it!”
Her passion for improvement boiled over.
Now Charlotte has entered her virtuous cycle.
Small success leads to other small successes, and those small successes come together and lead to big successes, and so the successes continue to gather and fate begins to change.
“I will start a family.”
Charlotte confidently speaks out her aspirations.
However, the original Charlotte was nothing more than an extra.
She was born with a tragic fate that led her to worry every year about not having to pay tuition, and eventually to the point where she sold her body.
Then, in the first semester of her fourth year, she was discovered, and she was eventually expelled from the academy because of this. She cursed her family and took her own life. It gets to her point.
It is truly a life that begins with tragedy and ends with tragedy.
“How about building a theme park in the territory…”
But when Charlotte found her true self, she was forging her own destiny.
In order to catch up with Ed, who has become a nobleman herself, she is planning to raise her family to become a woman worthy of him.
“It is possible!”
And the idea that Charlotte came up with was a theme park.
The empty land owned by the family is reclaimed, an artificial forest with a theme is created, and an admission fee is charged.
Just as we achieved great success with Ed’s advice at this festival.
The goal is to create several special forests, such as ‘forests that glow brightly at night,’ and turn them into tourist destinations.
‘Forest of Fear.’
And for this purpose, Charlotte decided to apply the ‘horror’ theme.
Ed, who came up with ‘The Haunted House’, suggested that she create a thrilling and tense forest, and Charlotte accepted.
“I just need to raise business funds.”
Now that the business idea has been completed, all Charlotte needs is funds.
Creating a large-scale theme park requires numerous facilities and manpower to maintain them.
“It is quite possible.”
However, Charlotte received several requests by promoting the ‘Starlight Garden’ that opened at this festival.
If she completes those requests and collects her reward, she will have enough funds for her business.
-Sigh.
After completing her rough plan, Charlotte picked up her ballpoint pen.
She began writing down the specific steps and details needed for the business.
“·····mmm”
Eventually, Charlotte filled out her schedule, and when the profits were realized, she saw the estimated profit the estate would make each year.
It was more income than the Cadmus fiefdom earned.
“····hehehehe.”
I started waiting for that moment.
***
The festival is over.
Now it is time to return to daily life.
“Let’s see if I’m doing well.”
However, there are no classes until today.
I decided to use my free time to visit a territory I had never visited before.
After completing Construction Robot No. 1, I was unable to visit the estate throughout the festival, so I was very curious to see how much progress there would be.
-Shuung.
So I moved to my territory through the exchange office in the city center.
The name of the exchange in my territory was changed from ‘Argie Exchange’ to ‘Pix Exchange’.
“Hey, my lord!”
“See you, my lord!”
When I arrived at the exchange office in my territory, the guard who was playing chess suddenly stood up and saluted me.
And then─
“I will commandeer the carriage!”
He hurriedly ran out, saying he would call a carriage.
However, since the carriage was of no use to me, I immediately called the guard who was running out, stopped him, and then took out the means of transportation I had stored in my inventory.
-Pazizik!
My means of transportation appears through a crack in the air.
It was none other than a bike.
It is a means of transportation that far surpasses a suit in terms of speed.
“Well, is that…?”
“Ah. There is such a thing. “It’s much more thrilling than matcha.”
The distance from the exchange office to my castle is about 4km.
Fortunately, the previous lord had paved the road well for the carriage to move quickly.
I got on the Mana motorcycle and saw the end of the road that continued in a straight line.
-Booaaa!
All that’s left is to run that straight distance.
I immediately started the car and pulled the accelerator bar on the handle.
Then, as soon as the engine ignited, the rpm started to soar like crazy.
However, because this bike I built is a culmination of modern engineering and magic engineering, a clear, high-frequency sound rang out instead of a loud exhaust sound.
It’s as if you can hear the sound of a repulsor beam operating.
-Shoo!
As expected, the performance of the bike, which was a combination of modern engineering and magic engineering, was amazing.
The time it took to reach zero hundred was only 4.7 Seconds.
Before I knew it, the guard behind me was fading away.
The scenery seen through the bike goggles is dispersing at high speed.
-Key─eee!
But we cannot be satisfied here.
I pulled the bike’s accelerator bar further inward.
I can feel the wind hitting me at an incredible speed with my whole body.
I think I’m almost there as I can already see the shape of my castle beyond.
It’s a shame that it’s only 4km to the castle.
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“······?”
At that time.
The soldiers guarding the entrance to my castle began to move noisily.
It seems like they misunderstood me by saying they were on guard with shields and weapons.
When I think about it, if something is approaching me at this crazy speed, it’s worth reacting like that.
-Kiyuuuck a new annex.
The speed was gradually slowed down.
As this is a bike made with great care, making the brakes work is also a work of art.
“Relax. It’s me.”
I eventually got off the bike, took off my bike goggles, and showed my face.
Then the guards who were on alert looked startled and greeted me.
After giving a cursory greeting in return, I put the bike in my inventory and walked into the territory.
“You’re doing well.”
As I passed through the entrance, the panoramic view of the estate came into my sight.
Numerous people were rushing around to carry out their assigned tasks.
And among them, there are construction robots moving around… Let’s see, one, two, three, four…
Four units are already in operation.
This is what Fix says very well.
“This should be quick. “Up to 100 construction robots.”
100 Construction robots.
If that number is reached, it will truly be a labor revolution.
The infrastructure I envision, as well as the steel mill and various factories.
And you will be able to make a dreadnought in no time.
I walked straight to the container box where I live to praise Fix.
“Fix!”
Soon, I opened the door to the temporary lord’s office and happily called Fix.
Then Fix, who was sitting on a luxury chair wearing a lord’s cloak, recognized me and jumped off the chair and started running towards me.
It was a very harsh greeting.