Chapter 61 – Marquis of Ellandur (1)
The festival held in Leuven heated up Leuven.
Because of that, the heat did not subside easily even after the festival was over.
Those who have always lived a miserable life in the dark forest.
For them, this festival made hope for life bloom.
Is it because of that?
The relationship between the young people has become closer than before.
“Kemar. The kitchen knife I made last time worked very well. It’s nothing special, but take it.”
“hahahaha! have something like that In the future, if something is broken or if you need a tool, just tell me anytime!”
humans and dwarves.
People of different races had different cultures and values.
So even though we can be good friends.
Living under one roof was difficult.
However, before they were of different races, they all lived in the dark forest.
Leaving the race, each other knew each other’s pain.
This allowed them to become one under the name of ‘Ruben’, not humans and dwarves.
Ruben, the fever of the festival has not yet gone.
“Ah… it’s the head.”
Xian sat in the Yeongju Hall office and calmed his throbbing head.
I still feel sick from how much I drank.
The knights who dealt with Auras had formidable spirits.
Because the aura drove the spirit of alcohol that entered the body.
Therefore, Xi’an, who handles the magic of the horse spirit manufacturing method, also had a considerable amount of alcohol.
But sickness.
The dwarves’ drinking capacity has exceeded the limit!
Is that a dwarf or an oak barrel?
Later on, they just become one with the oak barrel and drink it.
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Just like Xian is trying to sway the mobile lord whose bottom has been smashed.
The dwarves poured beer into their stomachs that were torn at the bottom.
After hanging out with those dwarves, I drank too much without even realizing it.
“See if I drink with the dwarves again.”
Xian made that promise.
well, anyway.
The taste of the beer made by the dwarves was not bad.
It wasn’t bad, but he seemed to know why it was called Dwarf Beer, Dwarf Beer.
In addition to the delicious taste that melts in your mouth,
Until the cool passing throat.
It was by far the best drink Sian had ever had.
In fact, Xian himself was intoxicated by the taste and had no tendency to drink too much.
In that sense…
smart.
-Younglord. This is Amelia.
With a knock, Amelia’s voice came from outside the office door.
“come in.”
Click.
With Xian’s words, Amelia opened the door and came in.
And it looks like it’s decorated in its own way.
The frizzy hair and haggard face could not be hidden.
No wonder, considering how much Amelia drank yesterday.
“Are you okay inside?”
“Aww… I honestly think I’m going to die.”
Amelia frowned and sat down in front of Xian.
That moment.
-Now, here. I made a tea that is good for a hangover. Ellie recommended it, so it’s good.
Suddenly, Leah came out of nowhere.
I didn’t even feel the presence.
It was literally a ghost to weep from where it came from.
Leah set the tray in her hand down on the table.
Then, she poured tea for both Cyan and Amelia.
-Call me if you need anything more!
With those words, Leah moved her body to leave the room.
It was only that Leah was heading towards the wall, not the door of the room…
just as expected.
Saaak, Leah penetrated the wall and disappeared.
Truly a ghost butler.
“······ Looking at it like this, Leah unnie. It is very creepy.”
“You get used to it if you keep looking at it.”
Seeing Amelia’s shuddering face, Xian didn’t think much of it.
Together with him, Xian took a sip of the tea Leah poured for him.
Then, a warm energy ran down my neck and my body became hot and hot.
At the same time, the nauseous stomach from the hangover and the throbbing headache all at once calmed down.
‘It’s almost a potion?’
Ellie recommended it.
Certainly, the effect was direct.
Amelia, likewise, looked quite surprised.
well, anyway.
“What else did you call me for?”
Amelia put down the teacup and asked Xian.
“Ah, that’s no different. The troll corpse you said you dealt with last time. How did it go?”
“It was delayed because of the festival yesterday, but it will be over soon. The dwarves are helping. I’m sure everyone is very dexterous.”
A race of artisans, dwarves.
Disassembling the troll was a tricky task, but it seemed that the dwarves couldn’t even fit into the choosy axis.
In any case, the problems that had been creaking due to the lack of population were being resolved.
So, slowly, I thought it would be good to start doing what I had in mind.
Sian immediately spoke to Amelia.
“Then, I’m thinking of making a guild in earnest now. how is it?”
“The top…?”
Xian nodded.
none other than the top.
The corpses and mana stones currently sold in Ruben.
All of these sales were handled by Amelia alone.
Of course, the soldiers and villagers helped.
However, it is always an escort or a porter.
It was only this much, but Amelia was taking care of everything else related to the ascent.
So, rather than the top, the peddlers are larger in scale.
All this while, I had a strong feeling.
To be honest, it was no different than a fistfight.
In the past, the Brahe Merchant Corps dominated the western part of the Empire.
It was possible because it was Amelia, the daughter of the Brahe family.
If it had been the others, they would have been thrown out immediately.
But I was slowly reaching my limits.
Also, Xi’an was now thinking of expanding Ruben’s business.
Not only the demon corpses and the mana stones that Xian refines,
crops that continue to yield.
Meat obtained from the Witch Ranch.
Equipment and tools made by the Dwarves.
And even beer made by the dwarves.
It was clear that I couldn’t sell this because I really didn’t have it.
Maybe it’s not the hot forge Lv.2,
I didn’t know if I should build more brewery Lv.1.
And especially soap.
This is a bar that Xian used himself.
I immediately understood why the mobile lord was making such a fuss.
Stains that could not be resolved by simply rinsing with water were able to be erased in an instant.
Especially when you wash your body, even the subtle scent that you feel after that.
Even targeting nobles, it seemed like it would sell like hot cakes.
Maybe there will be a new trend across the continent.
Anyway, it was difficult for Amelia alone to sell all these things.
So, there must be some locals now.
It would have been nice if Amelia became the head of the merchant guild and selected those with mercantile wealth among the territories to form a full-fledged merchant guild.
“what do you think about it? The top name is Amelia you decide. As before, the top of the truth is fine. You could call it Brahe’s guild.”
I just want to make good money.
Sian muttered in a playful way to Amelia.
But what
Amelia was looking at Xian with trembling eyes.
“I… I… I am…”
A voice that trembles like eyes.
Finally, Amelia bowed her head.
Over the past years, her family has fallen, and Amelia has wandered the empire with the sole intention of reviving her family.
All he could do was work as a merchant, so he started working as a peddler with Lucas.
One day, two days, several years.
In the end, Amelia couldn’t achieve anything.
There was nothing the world could do with mediocre talent.
Especially with a woman’s body.
Amelia could always be ignored,
Countless insults, contempt, and even obscene desires.
Looking at Amelia, only the feelings of lust are visible.
no one, no one
I have never trusted myself and willingly entrusted a task to me.
So, what a daunting moment this moment is for Amelia.
“what’s the matter? Are you broken again?”
Does Xian know?
You won’t know.
So you must be looking at yourself with such a distant gaze.
So, in a sense, that figure was savage,
And that’s why it’s true…
“thank you. Thank you so much… my lord.”
He was a grateful person.
“huh? What are you thankful for?”
At Amelia’s sudden words, Xian tilted his head.
What do you mean there is something to be thankful for?
Amelia, seen by Xian, had tremendous talent as a merchant.
It made me wonder if there was anyone else like Amelia in the Empire.
Amelia would lead the Merchant better than anyone else.
And it will make you a lot of money!
So, if Xian was thankful, I was grateful.
What does Amelia have to be grateful for?
“Really… thank you very much, my lord…”
But somehow, it was Amelia who was even crying.
I really didn’t know why…
Well, because good is good.
Xian didn’t bother asking about it.
“Then select a few members of the upper ranks from among the locals and tell them again.”
“······ yes.”
Right then.
smart.
-young master. This is Hans.
In an instant, along with a knock, Hans’ voice came from outside the door.
Xian pondered for a moment, but the conversation with Amelia must have ended.
“come in.”
I said to Hans outside the door.
Soon, with a click, Hans entered the room.
But how…
This time, Hans’ expression was unusual.
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Just looking at it, it looks like something is going on.
“What’s going on?”
“I don’t know the details, but…”
Sure enough, Hans pulled out a letter from his bosom.
“Another letter?”
Why do I receive so many letters these days?
Could it be Arya?
With the thought of wanting to, Xian accepted the letter Hans handed over.
And before checking the sender too.
“uh···?”
Sian tilted his head involuntarily.
That is also the letter Hans gave.
It was because the seal that sealed the letter was quite familiar.
A lofty wolf standing in the snowy field.
“Isn’t this the seal of Elandur?”
It was none other than the seal of the white wolf, symbolizing the Ellandur family.
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Xian let Amelia go first.
Then I opened the letter and checked its contents.
[In the season when the cool wind blows. In the family of the Marquis of Ellandur…]
In any case, who is not aristocrats who value dignity?
There were a lot of useless words from the first sentence.
In a word, boring things.
Arya’s gentle story was much better.
Xian calmly examined the contents of the letter.
A lengthy article.
To sum it up in one sentence.
“Durach is calling me?”
The head of the Ellandur family, Durak Elandur.
Since he is looking for Xian, it was said to come to the family quickly.
“yes? Do you mean the head of household?”
“Is that so?”
Xian passed the letter to Hans.
Hans took the letter and read it carefully.
A little time passed like that.
“Why?”
As Hans took down the letter, he showed an expression of incomprehension.
“therefore. All of a sudden you haven’t been interested in it?”
And Xian was also confused.
Durak Elandur.
Although he was Biologically Xian’s father.
Actually, I didn’t pay much attention to Xian.
I could count on my hands the number of times I saw Durak’s face when Xian was in the family.
It was to the point where I couldn’t remember ever having properly mixed the words.
And it wasn’t just Xi’an.
Durach gave Isabel full power and paid no attention to matters within the family.
He only cares about one person.
The eldest son of the Ellandur family and nominally the eldest brother of Xian.
It was only Kai Ellandur, who was called the star of the empire.
That’s why Xian had never had a single meeting with Durak.
But now, the letter says that Durak is looking for Xian.
“hmm···.”
Xian wondered how to accept this.
To be honest, I just wanted to ignore it.
That would be the case, because Xian didn’t want to get entangled with Ellandur that much.
That wouldn’t happen, but even if Durak gave Xian his full support.
Even if that’s why he’s now acting as a father.
Xian didn’t even want to receive it.
Because Xian had never thought of Durach as his father.
If it was Hans in front of me right now, I wouldn’t know.
Durak was literally just the biological father.
Those that Xian could call his parents all died along with the death of his mother, Cecil.
That’s why I wanted to ignore it like this.
“Should I go?”
“I don’t know if it’s Isabelle, but… if the family head sang it herself, wouldn’t it?”
I just couldn’t ignore it.
Xian didn’t want to get involved with Elandur either.
Although it was a draft that the family had come up with as well.
Xian’s name is Xian Ellandur.
In a word, he was a member of Ellandur.
As Hans said, if it was Isabel, I wouldn’t know.
If the owner of the house, Durak, called directly, there would be no reason to refuse it.
After all, isn’t Ruben also under the direct jurisdiction of Ellandur?
Xian came to the lord of Ruben by Isabel’s order.
In a way, Xi’an is a noble under Ellandur.
I really didn’t know what would happen if I refused.
It is said that Ruben continued to develop over and over again.
They couldn’t build enough power to handle Elandur.
No, who on the continent could handle Elandur?
In my mind, I wanted to write [preemption] as a postscript to the [how much] reply, just like Aria did.
I really wanted to, but…
I couldn’t possibly do that.
Above all, I wondered why someone who had no interest in it suddenly called me.
“I’ll go once.”
I felt like I had to go there once.
“I will prepare too.”
At Xian’s words, Hans turned his back and began preparing to leave.
however.
“no. I will go alone.”
Sian’s voice was audible.
The place where I turned my back and looked back.
Xian was stopping Hans with an expression that he was okay.
“But, Bocchan.”
Hans opened his mouth with a worried expression.
It is also true that Xian has been treated in the past by the family,
Because Hans knew what kind of life he had lived.
That was a fact only Hans knew in Leuven.
So I had to follow.
I had to follow and protect Xi’an.
but.
“are you okay. Going alone is enough.”
Xian was saying that he would go alone in the end.
Hans opened his mouth to say something.
But, in the end, he kept his mouth shut.
That would also be the appearance of Xi’an in Hans’ eyes now.
Because it was no longer the draft Hans remembered.
Xi’an was not the Xi’an it used to be.
An illegitimate child who lived only by paying attention to the family.
An incompetent person who was criticized for being stupid.
There was no such thing anymore.
The current Xian is going through things that were said to be impossible.
He cares for those who are abandoned and hurt.
Lord of Leuven.
‘What the hell are you worried about?’
Of course, Elandur was not a very easy opponent.
Especially the family head Durak.
In the first place, who on this continent would be able to tolerate Elandur and Durak?
That’s why sending Xian alone was dangerous in a sense…
well.
Hans didn’t know why.
Rather, Elandur was more worried.
“Hans, you take care of Yeongji while I am gone.”
“······ All right.”
Hans nodded without saying anything.
“Um… there are soldiers and Leah, so there’s no big worry. The problem is the devil…”
A demon that hides its presence.
And now, in Leuven, no one but Xian could notice the demon’s presence.
It’s unlikely, though.
If the devil appeared again while Xian was away, it would be quite troublesome.
But fortunately, that wasn’t too much of a concern.
A demon detector obtained from none other than the hall.
As a demon detector of a higher level than the one given to Arya, it was because Jerry had finished his research.
‘Even though it’s a magic tool improved by Elodie…’
Certainly, Jerry’s magical talent was amazing.
Of course, it was successful in setting the detection range to the entire territory, but that was also a huge task.
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Jerry really stayed up all night to study that.
With a dark circle on his face, ‘Young Lord… I finally figured it out…’ When he said it, it was more terrifying than Leah.
‘To lighten Jerry’s burden, researchers must also be supplemented…’
The problem was that the researcher couldn’t put just anyone.
Elodie’s Lab Lv.1.
Only magicians or those with knowledge of magic could become researchers.
Although the dwarves were incorporated into the territory this time, they are literally a race of artisans.
Hand dexterity was top notch.
It was far from magic.
‘I’ll have to save the wizards too…’
well, anyway.
Leah could be there too.
There will also be demon detectors.
Even if the devil came, he wouldn’t be able to play the game.
“There’s nothing to hold back, so I’ll start right away.”
Xian slowly rose from his seat.
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House of Marquis of Ellandur.
One of the two pillars supporting the Empire.
The Marquis of Ellandur was located in the eastern part of the Empire.
And as the vast territory of the empire, there were countless families in the eastern part of the empire.
Although not all of those families belonged to Ellandur.
None of the eastern families disobeyed Elandur’s wishes.
Some say that in the east, Elandur is paid more than the imperial family.
It was a word close to treason if anyone heard it.
It was a rumor that everyone was talking about.
A family that can be said to be the de facto ruler of the East.
As befits such a prestige, Elandur’s mansion was huge and vast.
“It’s been a while.”
Xian looked at the Elandur mansion in front of him.
I haven’t been back since I came out to Leuven the other day.
It was definitely back after a long time.
“Nothing has really changed.”
And nothing has changed since then.
If Ruben was only smart, he would go to cataclysm and grooming.
even evolve.
Anyway, nothing had changed.
“Is this normal?”
Xian burst out laughing and slowly headed towards the main gate of the mansion.
As he approached the front gate, a soldier guarding the mansion blocked Xian’s way.
“stop. Please state your identity and purpose of visit.”
and.
“what? you are···?”
Perhaps recognizing Xian’s face, the soldier tilted his head.
It seemed that he was a soldier on duty when Xian had a family.
It’s been quite a while since Xian left.
But it wasn’t to the extent that I forgot Xian’s face.
Xian slowly opened his mouth to the soldier.
“Sian Ellandour. I have been called by the head of the family.”
Then the soldier’s eyes widened.
Cyan Elandour.
and the call of the lord.
Because none of it was surprising.
“Now, now, now, now, now, wait!”
The soldier hurriedly entered the mansion.