133 – Ninar Development Plan and the Five Little Dragons.
Evan looked around.
Five baby dragons. Two in dragon form and three in human form. The sizes are also varied. Is the magic power you feel a little more than that of a normal whelp? Evan got to the point.
“I’m here to hire you.”
Evan says he will use the baby dragons as soldiers. The five dragons’ reactions were divided into three.
-How much is your salary?
-…… If only you would let me live in the empire.
A group favorable to Evan’s proposal.
Among the five dragons, the eldest daughter is Zmazeviti and her second child is Anne. The five dragons did not know each other, but they became sisters as they stayed together at the border wall.
“The salary will be similar to what a normal human soldier receives. “If you hire me, I will give you a permit to operate in the empire.”
I am coming with Cornelia’s permission in advance. We decided to allow 5 baby dragons to operate.
These five lived in hiding in the empire before being kidnapped by Musumahe.
-When I was in the Empire, I made a living as a fake mercenary. As long as you pay your salary on time.
The eldest daughter, Zmazeviti, pretended to be a mercenary and lived off earning small amounts of money. She was very pleased with Evan’s recruitment of soldiers. Because it’s a familiar thing.
-Don’t be ridiculous! How can you trust humans?
The third Helen, who was hiding under the tent, objected. Helen, in human form, with her arms and legs bandaged. She hated being employed by humans.
When she was in the empire, she lived in hiding in a slum. No humans were friendly to dragons and did not want to hire them. The villagers who threw stones at Helen are still visible…….
Helen opened her eyes wide.
-Don’t yell at your boss!
Helen’s cries were annoying to Maya. How dare she yell at Master? Maya ran to Helen and fed her chestnuts.
Boom!
Shock as if the skull is broken.
Helen was hit by Maya’s fist and pinned her to the ground. A shaking, convulsing body.
-aaa!
The youngest whelp started crying and the fourth, who was neutral, turned dark.
-Oh, it was too strong…….
Maya was embarrassed. I still can’t control her power well. So far, Maya has met only her strong opponents.
Evan shook her head. In any case, those who resisted needed some force to be suppressed.
“You cannot return to the dragon society. You are the so-called ‘fugitives.’ “Isn’t it better to live proudly in the empire you were hiding in?”
“…… All right.”
Fourth May hugged her youngest child and agreed. He said he would follow Evan.
There is Helen, the third child, who rebels, and her youngest child, who cannot yet make her own decisions. Evan took all five dragons.
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‘Creating a force.’
The reason Evan wants to develop the territory is to create this force.
‘If there is a strong force, my family won’t be in danger.’
Evan felt a lot from the Maya kidnapping incident. If your strength is weak, something precious will be taken away. In a way, this is natural logic.
‘I didn’t need to worry like this in my past life.’
In his previous life, Evan walked alone. Since he only needed to maintain his own body, Evan did not feel the need for his strength. Evan was confident that he could do anything on his own.
After returning, things changed. His family, Maya and Michael, and his dear friends, Cornelia, Cynthia, Selene, Karon, and Juri. Evan can’t protect them all alone. It will take many hands to protect or help them.
Evan became greedy.
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A watchtower connected to Ninar Lords Castle.
“You will be staying here from now on.”
Evan had the five dragons stay in Ninar’s watchtower.
The watchtower used to be a place where guards watched for intruders, but it is now empty. There is also a lodging space, so it feels quite cozy.
Except for the eldest daughter Zmazeviti, they are all gathered in the corner. They were still wary of Evan.
-Do they really want to hire us? Or are you trying to sell it to someone while we’re asleep…….
-I don’t know, I’ll run away if it’s sold.
Anne, the second child, whispered cautiously, and Helen, the third child, wheezed.
I honestly couldn’t believe them. Why do you use baby dragons as soldiers? If you just kill them and sell them, you will get a high price.
“I can hear everything.”
Evan spoke to the four dragons. Four dragons in human form with dark complexions. The dragons hugged each other and cowered.
From what I heard, that man, Evan, killed numerous dragons. The baby dragons felt scared.
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“If you don’t want to decide, just tell me. “I’ll kick you out of the border again.”
Evan received permission for the activities of the five dragons and brought them to Ninar Territory. With Evan and Cornelia’s names in hand, the administrative work went smoothly.
If Evan wants, it is also possible to suspend their activities.
The second child, Anne, muttered gloomily.
-If you are kicked out of the border…… I’m a wanderer again. You might get caught by the judge.
-Fanny doesn’t want to be separated from her sisters!
-……….
The youngest Fanny snuggles into Anne’s arms.
First of all, there were no deserters. Thank goodness. Evan waited for the dragons’ response and then got to the point.
“You will be raised as soldiers in the future. Protect the people of my domain. And put my family, Michael and Maya, above everyone else.”
The biggest reason to become a soldier is to protect your family.
It was still an unfamiliar sound to the baby dragons.
“I’ll send the instructor later. “Go around my territory for a while and get used to it.”
Evan finished his speech and came down the castle tower, leaving the next task to Michael.
Evan had no intention of watching the baby dragons train 24 hours a day. He plans to only focus on the big picture and leave the rest to the instructor. A great talent is scheduled to come to become an instructor.
Maya follows behind Evan.
The baby dragons realized that Maya was one of their own.
“Dragons are family…” … ?”
The voice of the eldest daughter, Zmazeviti, seems bewildered.
Evan called Maya her family, and Maya is that little dragon that follows Evan. Zmazeviti could not believe her own eyes. It was the first time Zmaze Biti, who had been hiding in the Empire for a long time, had seen someone call her dragons her family.
Ninar’s land, which was 30 acres, expanded to 430 acres.
A territory of approximately 530,000 pyeong.
Evan wondered how to run this land. He can either farm or create a residential area. The former creates new products for the territory, and the latter creates more people in the territory.
“It’s a happy thought.”
Michael pretends to be a secretary behind Evan.
Evan sat at his desk and rolled his pen.
Evan denied Michael’s words.
“It has no effect on the power structure of the empire.”
Ninar is certainly a good land, but it is too poor to influence the imperial political world.
Evan felt sorry for that. To have great power, you must have something special. First, Evan drew ‘Wheat farming.’ With a pen.
There are no agricultural areas in Ninar. Even if we try to make it now, it would be difficult to see a big effect.
Evan decided to develop what he had.
“Ninar Street Market, let’s expand this market area. Cut down trees and grass, and prepare roads to make it easier to travel. Michael, have the village woodcutters run an errand for you.”
“I will do as you command.”
Should we pave the road and lay water and sewerage? Should we create a square by installing a fountain?
If you expand the market, more goods will come in.
‘With more goods, you can hire more soldiers.’
Evan planned to build this foundation first. By creating a strong and huge market.
Evan put the rest of the playing land on hold. Ninar’s territory will later become his and Maya’s home. It would be nice to have a comfortable place to rest.
“Lord Evan!”
Changseong’s disciple Sias, wearing a brown uniform, came to Evan, waving his hand.
Evan greeted Sias in the yard of the lord castle.
“Okay, thank you for coming.”
“It’s Sir Evan’s job, so of course I have to help!”
Sias smiled.
Sias is currently working as the deputy director of Cornelia’s boot camp. With the new recruits’ basic training over, Sias had some time.
“Lord Evan, you accepted the new soldiers? “Can I just train for that?”
“Okay. “I would like you to be an instructor.”
Evan planned to make Sias an instructor for the baby dragons.
Sias is weak, but the foundation is solid. He wouldn’t be bad for training soldiers.
“The reward is… ….”
“I will take care of the baby dragons once in a while and you will also take care of them.”
“hahahaha, thank you!”
Evan sometimes looks after Sias’ sword. Because it was Evan who handed Sias over to Cornelia in the desert.
Sias was satisfied.
Park! Pop! Swish!
A group of woodcutters chop down trees and remove the stumps. Some children even held scythes and cut down the bushes.
The process of cleaning dirty bushes into a smooth path.
The area around Ninar Railroad Market was noisy due to the sound of construction. Evan goes on an inspection tour and checks the construction status. Evan looked up at the Yeongju Castle.
In the watchtower connected to Yeongju Castle, the baby dragons did not take a single step.
-Umm…… Are you afraid?
Maya was inspecting with Evan and had a question.
Actually, it was Maya that the baby dragons were nervous about at first. I’m afraid those little dragons will steal Master away. However, the teacher was indifferent to the baby dragons, and the baby dragons did not particularly approach Evan, so Maya relaxed.
Rather, I feel like I care about the baby dragons. Maya also felt lonely like them.
“It’s their problem.”
Evan answered briefly.
Someone’s heart is not determined by others. No need to meddle. Evan has changed a lot, but his dealings with others are the same as before.
Inside the Ninar Watchtower accommodation.
For the past few days, the lodgings in the watchtower have been filled with the scent of the baby dragons’ lives. Undergarments, shabby clothes, and towels hanging on the clothesline.
Still, the baby dragons were unfamiliar with the watchtower.
-…… It hasn’t sold yet.
Anne, the second child, muttered in disbelief. She is Anne, who was captured by a slave merchant in the Empire, but escaped several times. She actually followed Evan, but Anne distrusted her human.
-They say they’re hiring us as soldiers. It seems okay to believe, right?
Eldest daughter Zmazeviti lay leisurely in bed, optimistic about the situation.
5 Beds tailored to the number of baby dragons. There were many household items in the accommodation. Honestly, if you were trying to sell the baby dragons, would you go this far?
Third Helen frowned.
-I’ve heard of it. There is a merchant who treats dragons like humans and sells them for a high price.
-……….
-……….
The baby dragons were silent. Although they have different opinions, they all have one thing in common: anxiety. Perhaps, I might be taken advantage of. Could it be that he is being sold as a slave?
This is what has happened in the empire so far.