Tensei Saki ga Shoujo Manga no Shiro Buta Reijou datta Chapter 340 part1

Year 7448, Month April, Day 29

Before leaving for the Boil Manor of Baldukk, they said goodbye to each other.

"Oneesan, take good care of yourself!"

"I will!"

Miduchi gave Zetto and Becky a pendant decorated with dragon scales as a farewell gift, and she put it around each of their necks respectively.

On the top of the pendant, there were five scales forming a radial pattern which looked like beautiful black sakura.

These kids accepted the gift with sparkling eyes. They lifted pendant into the air chattering and appreciating the pendant.

"Wow! You've received an awesome gift!… But, Midushi-san, is it OK?"

The elder brother bowed to Miduchi to show gratitude.

From Farne's expression, he seemed to want one, too. If I had made one more pendant, he would've been happy too.

Miduchi said to me last night, "We'll leave tomorrow. What can we give to these children as a farewell gift?" So I made some pendants with little dragon scales, but they're just useless ornaments.

Miduchi felt that the dragon scales should be of the same size or these children would quarrel with each other so she spent a lot of time and found ten scales.

My job was to use {Transmute.Rock.To.Mud} to process the ore from the maze to coat a film over the dragon scales. Then I opened a hole in each of them, turned them into glass with Metal Glassification {Glass Steel}, and finally decorated the glass scales on the top of the pendant.

This pendant was very similar to the amber one given to Farne by my sister a long time ago.

Miduchi and I had two rounds of roshambo, she won so she obtained the honor of distributing the gifts among children.

Zetto and Becky had changed their attitude towards Miduchi which meant they liked her now.

While I was watching the gift-giving ceremony that was taking place in front of the carriage, Shal came and hugged me tightly.

"Goodbye, Mom and Dad, take good care of yourselves…"

I got a kiss on the cheek so I kissed Shal back in return.

"Al… Look, your belt hanging the sword is untidy. To obtain the magic sword, you've worked hard, so take care of it… After all, you are an earl now… Right?"

My mom, Shal, still thought that I was a kid. But she was my mother and she would treat me as a kid all the time.

My mom in my previous life also treated me like Shal did.

She should be healthy now…

If my parents in previous life were still alive, they should be 90 years old now.

Maybe they had passed away already.

Shal helped to adjust my belt and her face suddenly reminded me of my mom in my previous life.

My mom looked very different from Shal.

But they look at me with the same expression.

It was amazing.

"You don't need to worry about Ryogus. Frane and I know them well, they had lived in Royal Capital before, and they are real good men."

My Dad told me and patted me gently on my shoulder.

When I got my territory I asked Ryogus, Dianne and Ruku, who were making rubber products, whether they would like to move to the new territory and work for me.

As rubber makers they were not the best. But Dianne, the family master, could use all kinds of elemental magic so their shop could provide all sorts of products.

After they move into my territory, they wouldn't need to compete with the suppliers from Bakuddo village to export rubber products. They would have their own rubber license in Count Riguru's territory.

However, it depends on themselves to decide who they would like to serve.

Not to mention that my territory now was only a structure, nothing concrete.

But structure was very important.

In fact, although in some cases an aristocrat who was the family master chose their squires, if other aristocrats stronger than the master forced the squire to follow him, the squire could reject the former. At this time, the squire would show his value as a strong shield and an honourable sword.

In other words, the Ryogu family had a decent job with high salary in Bakuddo village and they had been working in the Royal Capital for two years so if they were to return to Bakuddo village, they could enjoy their retired life freely.

After becoming a noble, I couldn't own any streets or villages. Even if they didn't follow me to make rubber productions in the new territory, they could still lead a great life in the future.

So obviously if I convinced them to follow me, I would benefit.

If I failed, I could only select highly qualified people from my slaves to be the producers of rubber products. In the beginning, I spent a lot of time teaching them how to make rubber. This job had put more stress on me than other things.

My brother and father, as the current lord and former lord, were also aware of this, so they had given me a lot of helpful advice.

Moreover, Bakuddo village had a lot of rubber producers. It was not difficult to find other producers, but it would be hard for me to headhunt producers who were as strong as them.

"Emm, but if Dianne doesn't want to move, you can't force them."

My dad had only one demand for me.

"Don't worry. Dianne and Ruku often talk about you. If they really don't want to do it, I won't tell them anything about you."

… that's OK.

Now I need to say goodbye or my father would be anxious.

It was time to leave.

Miduchi picked up Zetto and Becky and put them on the driver's seat. She bypassed the carriage and stood beside me.

"Miduchi-san, please take care of Zetto and Becky."

Shal, squinting at us, bowed to Miduchi.

"You flatter me. I'm just an unskilled wife but I will try my best to help my husband in the future. Anyway, it's a pleasure to meet you."

Miduchi also bowed to my mother.

My mother nodded, her expression meaningful, but when she looked back at me, that expression disappeared.

Mom said, "Al, no, my Count Riguru Alan. Greed highness. You started to develop your great career from Bakuddo and your story spread fast in the country. I don't think there would be anybody who doesn't know your story next year… But you can't be satisfied with the current situation now. You can't be too harsh nor arrogant to your squires and slaves. I know that you understand."

I was shocked by mom's sudden change in honorifics.

Mom drew her sword hanging on her waist and held the sword with her left hand.

I gave this sword to my mom as a birthday present.

Shal cherished it very much…

"You can't be kind to everyone. As a superior aristocrat, you should teach your squires how to treat other nobles. If not, other nobles will insult you for you not knowing proper etiquette. You don't know what they might be scheming so please be cautious at all times."

Emm. As the duke's granddaughter, my mother's words sound meaningful.

But I took it for granted.

The King would chat with me calmly only when his relatives were around.

When I saw the King in the government of Baldukk, only the commander who also served as the leader of the guards of the King and senior officers ranked higher than regiment commander were present. When I went to the palace to pay a formal visit to the King, only highness Richard was there, so the King could relax.

Otherwise, when there were many ordinary guards, though the King looked kind, he would give off a stern atmosphere.

The King usually behaved himself, but he chatted casually with me. I don't think there would be anyone who would think the King was a fool and not know the rules of proper etiquette.

In a sense, this was the King's special treatment for me because I knew the size of his dick.

From now on, I have to behave myself and talk to others politely.

Of course my squires would also have to behave politely.

Maybe it would take a lot of time to educate them…

We were no longer adventurers coming from the countryside.

What I had experienced others had also experienced.

"I got it, mom, thank you. I will bear your words mind."

"Yes… you are a great man now… what you said before… you have achieved…"

Mom couldn't say anything more. She reached out her hands and hugged me tightly again.

Mom's hug made me feel like I was surrounded by a quilt dried in the warm sunshine of spring. I suddenly remembered the memories of my childhood in my previous life.

…I laid on the floor of the old house, the quilt bathed in sunshine, slowly becoming warm.

…Two fluorescent light tubes were installed in the electric light.

…The ceiling was covered with wooden boards.

My mom held me very warmly, her expression was gentle.

"Please protect yourself and don't get injured. If you feel tired, you can always back home…"

Before, Shal nagged at me that I should not participate in the knight group every time I left Bakuddo village.

My eldest brother Farne, my eldest sister Mill, and I, the second son, all stayed away from home to join the knight group. I remembered that Shal was very unhappy.

I understood, but I still left home.

Not to mention that I had never thought that it was a wrong decision to leave home.

However, it's true that as our mother, Shal, must have been worried about us.

All members of the knight group had to fight in the war. There was a high probability that we would die.

As an adventurer, I had ventured on my own for many times. The possibility of dying by violence was higher than the knights. However, mom still saw me off our hometown with smile.

"You are Count Riguru now… but you are my son too…"

No matter if I was a count or a king my mother wouldn't change. This is the truth that will never change.

Although this was a barbaric and ruthless world, the love I received from my love ones had always been as deep as the sea.

On the afternoon of the same day, Al called Zenom and Ginger to his house.

They knocked on the door. Kuro and Mary opened the door and walked out of Al's house.

Al wanted to give the task about Weed Street to Zenom and Ginger so he wanted to know their thoughts first.

There was just Zenom, Ginger and Al in the room now.

"The title of baron?"

"And I the noble…?"

Zenom had never thought that he would become a noble one day.

After Al became a member of the superior aristocracy, he got a noble status which was attached to Count Riguru. Alan Greed would definitely help Zenom win this noble status.

However, this formal noble position was not like the aristocrat who owns the territory, this job was an assistant of Al, which means it's like a think tank. But it was conceivable to think that you can also live a very happy life in this status.

Ginger thought that Zenom, Toris and Kamu should be selected to be aristocrats but not her.

Bel, Rorikku and Binsu also fitted this job. If there were other aristocrats, she thought it must be this three's turn.

Ginger thought she would become the squire of these seven people including Al, revitalize the Nyuman family and rise up as the leader of the Nyuman family.

This speculation was based on the fact that Zenom and Ginger did not know how many noble seats Al would have after he got his territory. This was the main reason.

They listened to Al carefully introducing the task about Weed Street to them.

Al unfolded the map on the table.

The map was not super accurate – Kuro and Mary used the information they got from dark elves and pieced them together as a map as precise as possible.

Moreover, this map was similar to the country's map.

The country's map was more detailed about the rivers.

In this map they just drew large rivers.

"This is Weed Street."

Al pointed to the upper right corner of the map.

Weed Street was near a small hill to the north and a small lake to the west.

"The population is about 8,000. There are three main industries on Weed Street. The first is the metal ore from Weed Hill, which is located at the northernmost side of street. They mainly produce iron mine, but they also can collect a small amount of gold and silver and other precious metals. On Weed Street, 20 percent of the population are miners whose jobs are to dig up the mine. Then there is agriculture, which is irrigated from Lake Weed on the west side of the street. Finally, there are highly skilled professional leather craftsmen. Most of the leather products in Count Riguru's territory come from here."

The two listened and nodded.

Chapter end