High-capacity quick-draw magazines (2)
Chris, who accepted the title of count and land, was the first to ruin the celebration that Baren was preparing.
It’s not in my mood to listen to minstrel songs and have a noisy meal with people you don’t know very well.
It was even more difficult to think that the money spent there belonged to him.
After a simple meal with a small number of his retainers, he lay down on a soft bed with his exhausted body.
The room prepared as the lord’s bedroom was spacious and luxurious enough to be a little burdensome.
The party, who spent the night feeling a little uneasy, went to inspect the estate early the next morning.
Now that he has become a lord, it is time to find out what kind of place his land is.
Chris defeated most of the attendants Baren had prepared and headed to downtown.
This place, Vector, not only has salt mines and farmland, but also has good accessibility, so it seemed quite a few travelers and merchants.
Chris, dressed in adventure clothes, refusing the lord’s attire, heads toward the salt mine while looking at them leisurely.
The city was soaked in the salty smell of salt mines, but Chris smelled like money.
Salt fields are not well developed in this world, so sodium intake must be met with rock salt from salt mines.
Besides, Vector’s is the largest salt mine around here.
Even if only about 20% of production is distributed domestically, there is no need to worry about salt.
At this point, I am not envious of any gold mines.
As Chris approached the back of the estate, he could see pieces of salt that had fallen from the cart and were strewn about the road.
At the front of the huge cave, stalwart miners lined up with pickaxes.
Chris expected the poor environment of a third world mine, but the passage seen from the outside was surprisingly wide and bright.
When his attendants announce the lord’s coming with a loud voice, people hurriedly make their way and bow their backs.
“Oh, my lord. What’s going on here… … .”
When the man who was managing the mine’s operations approached him, rubbing his palms together, Chris’ expression became strange.
I just got a new skill, but everyone in sight is cringing.
This is why Breton’s prime minister must be obsessed with power.
He gestured to the miners to let them go and asked a few simple questions.
“Protective equipment seems well paid, how is the mining going?”
Rock salt mined in salt mines is the result of evaporation of sea water.
In other words, it means that this place was a sea in the distant past.
Because of this type of mine, natural gas and the like come out and explosion accidents sometimes occur.
Chris asked a little worried, knowing that he knew about it.
I can’t see the mines I’ve gotten blown away by accident.
The mine manager, who was questioned by the new lord, explained with shaking hands.
“And, a mage hired by the mine inspects the work area daily. If there is something wrong, we correct the route and proceed with the work.”
“See you somewhere.”
Chris picked up the iron helmet that was lying at the entrance of the cave and went straight into the mine.
While the attendants who followed were bewildered, he inspected the interior of the mine.
The wide passage was well supported by thick wooden poles, and inside the mine it was like rolling a wagon.
I went inside along the railroad tracks, but I didn’t see any improvement.
This mine was running very well as it was a key facility in Basilonia.
Chris emerged from the mine before long and turned to look satisfied.
I wondered if there was a problem with the mine and left it to myself, but fortunately that wasn’t the case.
Baren asked very carefully, considering that Chris was a player.
“Is there anything that could be improved?”
“The mine manager was doing a good job on his own, so why? Do you want me to wander around like the other players?”
“It is not.”
Baren laughed lightly at the bone-filled reply.
Around the time Chris and his party were looking for a restaurant in the city to have lunch.
A guard ran from the gate and whispered to Baren.
Baren listens to it calmly and announces it as soon as Chris finishes eating.
“Younglord. One of the neighboring lords, Count Gallien, requested a visit with his family.”
“I haven’t looked around the territory yet, so what kind of visit is this… Please wait.”
It’s been less than 24 hours since he arrived here, but he’s already a visitor.
It was Chris who refused because he was not a nobleman higher than himself.
Then Baren lowered his head as if he was embarrassed.
“I’m sorry, but Count Gallien has already arrived here… I think we should invite him to the lord’s castle right now to prepare for a celebration.”
“what?”
It wasn’t just a few attendants, but they brought their families.
This isn’t just a matter of good action.
Chris rolled his head to guess the Count’s intentions.
‘I wouldn’t have come in such a hurry to see the new lord’s face… Is it that too?’
Chris is still not married.
He was a talent that he had been trying to capture through political marriage, but now he even has a very good territory.
Because of this, other nobles had no choice but to scramble to come.
Baren lightly urged him, who was lost in thought for a moment.
“Lord, first of all, inviting the count’s family to the lord’s castle… … .”
“Hey, Baren. did you call me?”
When Chris asked quietly but confidently, Varen’s body stiffened slightly.
Illesis and Tyrone, who were sitting around the table, were also surprised by the sudden reprimand.
Baren came from a family that had served Basilonia for generations before he was Chris’s person.
So it’s only natural that he wants to push for Chris’s arranged marriage.
It is in Basilonia’s interest that Chris marry a Basilonia nobleman, have children, and settle down in this land.
Baren, driven into a corner, decided to go out a little brazenly.
“Younglord. As long as you are the owner of this vector, it is for the sake of the lord that you make a covenant as soon as possible and give birth to an heir… … .”
“Why do you decide that?”
When Chris asks with a sigh, Varen strongly denies it.
“Am I correct? no. I just let go of the bridge.”
“Oh yeah? Then send it back right away.”
This time, Illesis said in a cold voice as if to retaliate.
Seemingly intelligent, she seemed to have noticed what was going on. Varen raised one eye at the words of her, who was not even a lord, and suddenly looked closely at Chris’ fingers.
Then she turned her head towards Elesis to see that they were both wearing the same ring.
Elrom’s gift, the ring of the demonic dragon that protects it, is the shape of two dragons intertwined with each other.
If there is a pair of such rings, they are, after all, wedding rings.
“ah… this. I’ve been presumptuous. sorry. But it wouldn’t be too bad to say hello to the neighboring lord.”
When Baren, who had closed his eyes tightly, spoke in an earnest voice as if ejaculating, Chris’ heart weakened a little.
He is just a servant of the king.
At best, I called the high-ranking nobles in the area, but I can’t ask them to go back.
Chris got up from his seat, calming Illesis, who seemed upset for some reason.
“I can’t help it because it’s already here. But from now on, act more carefully.”
“This will never happen again. Then I will come with Count Gallien, so please return to the lord’s castle first.”
Baren, who repeatedly lowered his head, left the restaurant first and ran to the castle gate where the count was waiting.
* * *
Count Gallien, who had been waiting for Baren in front of the castle wall, was a chubby man who wasn’t exaggerating.
He left the luxurious but cramped wagon and rode a horse, frowning when he saw Varen rushing towards him.
About 30 minutes after he and his family arrived here.
It was too slow to treat a high-ranking aristocrat.
However, Varen is a man who has earned the king’s trust and favor at the same time.
Since he was not born into a noble family, he does not have a title, but in reality he is a tolerable count.
Because of this, Count Gallien received his greetings with a lack of patience.
“Go, Count Gallien. Forgive me for being late.”
“I mean, what if the person who summoned us was like this. It seems the new lord doesn’t like me, right?”
Even as the Count said that, he got off his horse and made eye contact with him.
However, Baren couldn’t take the count’s jokes comfortably and spoke in a low voice.
“Count, I have something urgent to inform you about… … .”
“Hmm?”
Sensing the awkward atmosphere, the Count led Varen to the back of the carriage.
Then, the eldest daughter and wife, who had just got off the carriage, get irritated with him.
“Honey, when can we go in?”
“Be quiet for a moment.”
Baren quickly explains the situation in the presence of the Count’s bodyguards.
“I am sorry that you have taken such a difficult step, but the new lord seems to have already made a pact with a colleague… … .”
“What, what? but.”
The Count was a bit surprised by the news Baren gave him, but surprisingly easily understood.
It was understandable enough for him, who had seen the new lord’s party during the war with the Empire.
The new lord and his mage were too friendly to be mere colleagues.
Besides, if this was necessarily bad news, it wasn’t either.
In fact, the Count’s visit had been planned since he bestowed this place on to the new lord.
It is the count’s duty to marry the new lord and his eldest daughter and settle him here.
The important thing here is to get him married and settle down, not to hand over the first daughter raised like Geum Ok-yeop to an unreliable alien.
The eldest daughter, who did not understand that, glared at Baren and asked.
“What do you mean? My family has come this far, so are you saying we should go back empty-handed?”
“Not necessarily! After all, the point of this work is to settle the new lord on this land.”
Baren, who seemed to have the same thoughts as the Count, began to explain step by step.
It can be said that the mission they were given by the king ended when the new lord married his colleague.
The new lord and his wife seemed to be unable to have children because they were wanderers without a destination, but it is different now.
They already had numerous servants and solid estates.
So there is no need to put off having children any longer.
Unless one of them is infertile, they will definitely have children.
It is the duty of nobles and common sense in this world to have an heir as soon as possible and prevent unnecessary confusion.
And when the child is born, the game ends there.
Even if the father is a player from another world and the mother is an adventurer.
They will not resume their adventures with a newborn child.
At least 10 years anyway.
There is no reason to abandon this wonderful estate and return to wandering until the child is fully grown.
The King of Basilonia also aimed at it from the beginning and awarded this egg yolk land.
Even if the new lord, who has a wandering nature, can’t attach affection to this place, it doesn’t matter.
After all, his child will live in the land of Basilonia, with the people of Basilonia.
If his child becomes a citizen of Basilonia, the new lord will never abandon this land.
Although somewhat embarrassing, the current situation was by no means a loss to the count.
The eldest daughter he brought has the most outstanding beauty and culture among the three daughters.
It is not an easy task to marry such a daughter to a stranger, no matter how much the king orders.
The eldest daughter, Helena Galien, who listened to Varen’s lengthy explanation, still shook her head in annoyance.
“I don’t mean that. My father would be satisfied if he died empty-handed, but I am not.”
Among Galien’s women, Helena, who was uniquely clever, was accurately aware of her situation.
Even if you are the eldest daughter of a count, it is not so easy to find a groom like the new lord of Vector.
She did not intend to just blow her chance at becoming the hostess of one of the wealthiest estates in the kingdom.
Only then did Varen notice her ambitions and shed tears to stop her.
“Ha, but it seems that the new lord has already made a covenant, so what should we do?”
“Even if you say you made a promise, you’re just an adventurer girl anyway. The new lord probably couldn’t even have a decent ceremony. Why would there be a war if all the stories end because there is already a master?”
Helena smiled confidently and climbed back into the carriage.
Count Gallien, who accepted the wishes of his first daughter, urged Baren with a slightly worried expression.