Chapter 299 - Chapter 298: An Apostle's Certain Day 1
One year had passed since the capital suffered catastrophic damage.
The capital's reconstruction was progressing slowly, and many people were still living in temporary housing.
The government had constructed four large-scale temporary housing complexes on the outskirts of District 3.
During the Chimera attack, thanks to Mika's petition, the temporary housing had been built more widely dispersed.
However, this time the damage was far greater, with many more people having their homes burned down than before.
Furthermore, to operate relief supplies efficiently, it was necessary to concentrate the deployment as much as possible.
Given these factors, a measure was adopted to avoid dispersing the disaster victims too much.
Moreover, because the damage was far more severe than during the Chimera attack, the nation itself had no leeway.
It was not merely damage caused by a simple disaster; the nation's central administration was also in chaos, so there were circumstances that forced such a response.
In one corner of such temporary housing, there was a house strictly guarded by knights and soldiers of the Kingdom Army.
It was larger than the surrounding temporary houses and had a small yard enclosed by a simple fence.
However, the structure itself was not much different from other temporary houses.
It was only large in scale; it remained a temporary house nonetheless.
When many people passed in front of this temporary house, they knelt and offered prayers.
Even those who did not go so far would make a simple gesture of prayer or bow before passing.
Mika and the others were currently living in this large temporary house.
Kistil, Nerisfeene.
Additionally, Rimliche was also living there on a full-time basis, residing in this temporary house.
Mika was living in the temporary housing to be close to the disaster victims and listen to their worries and complaints.
Well, most injuries had already been healed by [Heal] immediately after the disaster, so the current anxieties and complaints were mostly about daily life.
However, Mika rarely listened to them directly; instead, officials dispatched by the nation and priests and deacons dispatched by the Church were the ones listening.
Apparently, it was enough just to be present nearby.
It was merely a way to show that they were living near the people in the temporary housing as part of a consolation tour.
King Cranzard and Pope Blahoslav, worried about the rising dissatisfaction among the people, had consulted Mika, asking, "Can't you do something?"
Mika decided to live in the temporary housing, thinking this level of effort would suffice.
Early in the third month of Water.
About half a month prior, Mika had summoned Warterelam and Lambaluel from Shaksara to his temporary house.
There had been an important discovery.
In one room of the temporary housing.
Listening to the verification results of the exhausted Warterelam and Lambaluel, Mika nodded.
"............So that is how it turns out. In other words, almost everything is a later fabrication."
As Mika concluded while looking at the modern translation of 'Arquu's Left Behind Knowledge', Warterelam and Lambaluel made grim faces.
Sestendof, listening from the side, looked bewildered.
Arquu's Left Behind Knowledge contained many interesting things.
Among them was something that could even be called the original text of the Church of Light.
In reality, it was a compilation of the myths of the Six Pillars of Gods, titled 'The Teachings of the Holy Existence'.
The myths themselves were not that numerous.
They were records written down by people who heard Arquu's words, intended to have people stand against hostile entities, the "Cursed Children" as they were called at the time.
The content spoken was modeled after the events of the six kings of the prehistoric civilization era.
Arquu adopted the format of 'what the Holy Existence spoke'.
In other words, Arquu spoke what the Holy Existence had said, and the people who heard him wrote it down.
This was the true nature of what could be called the original text of the Church of Light.
Incidentally, the names of the gods were not written anywhere.
The standard opening was something like, "It is too fearful to speak the name, O Precious Existence. The Holy Light spoke——."
It was the so-called "too fearful to even mention," the kind of thing where you know the name but cannot say it.
Because Arquu adopted this pose, it led to the following interpretations later on:
"Only the chosen ones are permitted to know."
"The names of the gods are recorded only in the original text."
Mika knew the background circumstances like this, but he had not told Warterelam and the others that far.
He explained it merely as the original source, the draft that became the foundation of the Church of Light, along with the parchment fragments serving as evidence.
To be honest, the Church of Light itself was nothing more than an anthology of secondary and tertiary creations based on Arquu's fabrication.
Even the creation myths were later fabrications by unknown authors.
Considering the current situation where they served as a spiritual support for the people, even Mika felt reluctant to expose this.
Therefore, only Warterelam and the others knew of the existence of the original texts of the early Church of Light and were shown them.
There were also parchment fragments that could be called scriptures from the early Church of Light period, and they were asked to compare these to verify how the teachings were added over time.
Warterelam and Lambaluel held their heads in their hands.
"With this, it is now a completely different religion."
"If the original form is not retained this much, it is impossible to be 'faithful to the original teachings'."
They muttered as if groaning.
Until the era of the early Church of Light, teachings were added to the scriptures, but nothing was deleted.
However, in the era of the late Church of Light, deletion and alteration began to occur.
As a result, the original myths and the like had disappeared from the content considered to be the current scriptures.
Even the myths that barely remained had been altered so drastically that they were completely different stories.
Mika had wanted to remove the 'altered content that Hildinlander and the others tried to spread' from the late Church of Light scriptures.
He had wanted to return them to a form as close to the original as possible.
But in the end, the original form did not remain.
Mika could only smile bitterly at this situation.
(It was just a tool for Arquu, and he seemed to have lost interest in various things, so perhaps he didn't mind if they tampered with it as they pleased.)
He had not considered this situation at all.
It seemed a major shift in policy was necessary.
"......Over the approximately two thousand years of the early Church of Light, it was padded with nonsense until the ratio of the original teachings dropped to about twenty percent within the scriptures. Even that was almost deleted during the one thousand years of the late Church of Light, and the remaining scraps were tampered with."
Mika delivered a final blow to the dejected Warterelam and Lambaluel.
"In other words, no matter how much you investigate the current scriptures, they have no relation to the true teachings of the Church of Light."
Faced with this blunt reality, the two collapsed.
Watching the two, Sestendof smiled bitterly.
The reality that a lifetime of research had been nothing more than a futile struggle must have been a huge shock.
However, they had simultaneously obtained the answer they had been pursuing.
It should not be that terrible of a situation.
"Let us temporarily suspend the clarification of the mysteries of the Church of Light. It seems pointless to go back to the scriptures at this point, so I would like you to focus on the other path."
The current teachings of the Church of Light were not necessarily bad.
One could see this by looking at people like Kifrod, Sister Radi, Pope Blahoslav, and Cardinal Wagnare.
The bloody past would not disappear, and there was a need to accept that past, but the priority would be lowered.
Above all, the original teachings were nothing more than Arquu's casual words blown to incite people at the time.
There was already no meaning in clinging to that.
Warterelam, who had been hanging his head, lifted his face.
"The other path...... [Dispelling Curse]."
"Yes, the investigation teams sent to the Holy Land and the Imperial Capital will be returning soon. Please examine their contents."
Mika used his abundant financial power to dispatch adventurers numbering three thousand to the Gronoir Empire.
Bishops and cardinals of the Church, the Temple Knights Order, and the Court Magic Institute from the nation joined this force.
It was a large-scale investigation team of five thousand people.
Actually, humans from the Thieves' Guild who had received secret orders from Mika were secretly mixed in among them.
Although called secret orders, it was not something major.
They were simply asked to reveal hidden doors and such things to those with a keen nose.
Therefore, such people were mixed in among the adventurers.
Mika himself also visited the site once or twice a month.
Since it was the home turf of the "Cursed Children," there might not be information on [Dispelling Curse], but there might be some important discoveries.
Therefore, he had instructed them to borrow several military-grade Magic Bags from Cranzard and sweep everything away.
The crowds of the Gronoir Empire were mainly settled in villages and towns near the Daburandoru Plains.
Of course, not everyone stayed there, but the further one moved away from the Daburandoru Plains, the fewer people there were.
They could not return to their previous lives and had to create new lives from scratch.
The nation had collapsed, and the social system had crumbled.
Currently, the security situation seemed quite desolate.
The population was likely fifteen million.
When Mika dispelled the curses, there should have been nearly twenty million, but it was predicted that more than twenty percent had lost their lives in this one year.
It was complete self-sufficiency, and yet fighting over resources was rampant.
However, it seemed that only lawless groups of less than a hundred people were rampant as organizations.
For this reason, the plan was to go from the port of Shaksara in the Am-Tast Trade Alliance to the eastern port town of the Empire, and then head to the Holy Land and the Imperial Capital in the central region.
With this route, they would encounter only a very small number of Empire citizens.
Mika consulted with Warterelam and the others about future research.
Investigating the materials snatched from the Gronoir Empire.
Searching for fragments of [Dispelling Curse] from churches across the continent.
With the cooperation of the Kingdom of Ektrem and the Church, it had to be carried out on a fairly large scale.
If possible, he wanted to request cooperation from the Am-Tast Trade Alliance and the Seven Duchies Federation as well.
After confirming such a policy, they discussed the plan to move Warterelam and the others' base from Shaksara to the Kingdom.
Warterelam, Lambaluel.
They would dedicate their lives to research.
And Sestendof would inherit the will of the two.
With support from Mika, who possessed ample funds, a research institute specialized in [Dispelling Curse] would be established in a few years, and Warterelam would become its first director.
When the elderly Lambaluel passed away, Sestendof would inherit the research.
When Warterelam stepped down as director, Sestendof would become the director.
The researchers were office workers, with over seventy members at all times.
Investigators dispatched to the Great Cathedrals and churches across the continent exceeded six hundred.
This scale exceeded the total number of researchers in the Court Magic Institute's [God's Miracle] research and the [Divine Wrath] research facility combined.
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Mika had been secluded in the temporary housing for almost this entire year to read 'Arquu's Knowledge'.
Through this, he learned the purpose of the "Cursed Children".
They had several purposes, but to put it bluntly, it was to become gods.
In addition to this, there was the desire to erase their past as the "Cursed Children" and to collect "Voluntas".
Indeed, Hildinlander had been possessed by the Pope.
Thus, he rewrote the scriptures and hid the existence of the "Cursed Children".
The reason he called himself a "Son of God" was, of course, because he resented being despised as a "Cursed Child".
It also seemed that he firmly believed that only they were beings capable of reaching godhood.
Incidentally, it was apparently Arquu who named them "Cursed Children".
To clearly show the people that the "Cursed Child" was the enemy.
These guys are really terrible, aren't they.......
When Mika learned of this, even he was speechless in disbelief.
Their purpose of aiming for godhood could not be said to be mere arrogance.
There was also the desperate reality of being "High-Energy Sentient Bodies".
Anyway, for a "High-Energy Sentient Body," "Voluntas" was everything.
To continue existing, they must constantly consume energy called "Voluntas".
Merely absorbing the energy drifting in the world was limited.
To collect this energy efficiently and automatically, they aimed to become gods.
In short, it seemed they were aiming for the same thing as when Arquu spread the Church of Light.
Not knowing that the one who went ahead was right beside them, the "Cursed Children" rushed into this wonderful idea.
They called themselves "Lumen" and "Ignis," intending to become the God of Light and the God of Fire.
Considering that the true identity of each god was Arquu, it was a massive collision, but 'Arquu's Knowledge' did not write about how this would be handled.
From the materials, it could be seen that Arquu at that time had already lost interest in such things.
The purpose of attacking the heretical nations also seemed to be primarily to obtain "Voluntas".
They had learned that using war was a good way to obtain vast amounts of "Voluntas".
Also, eliminating unnecessary faith would lead to increasing the number of people who would worship them as gods in the future.
In relation to intervening in such conflicts, I actually found a slightly interesting fact.
No, saying it is interesting might be insensitive.
The Seven Duchies Federation was originally one great nation.
It split internally due to a succession issue, triggered by a prince who deceived his father king and forced him to abdicate.
That prince was a "Cursed Child".
It seemed that the one named "Ventus" had taken over.
Another one named "Humus" took over a different prince and incited the conflict.
The impossible situation of splitting into seven was due to the intervention of the "Cursed Children".
If there had been no intervention by the "Cursed Children," the split might have been limited to two or three.
No, there might have even been a possibility of avoiding the split entirely.
I had found such a fun piece of history that no one could tell anyone else about.
(Damn...... I didn't want to know such a fact.)
I couldn't help but want to tell someone.
A secret to take to the grave had increased.
Reading 'Arquu's Knowledge' for this year, I noticed something.
Mika thought he had become the same existence as the "Cursed Children," but it seemed to be slightly different.
The "Cursed Children," Lunesee, and the "Wraiths" were all ultimately "High-Energy Sentient Bodies".
No, the "Wraiths" might not even be "High," just ordinary "Energy Sentient Bodies".
Well, let's leave that aside.
That meant that the current Mika and Fee were the same.
It seemed that the form changed depending on how the "power" and "Voluntas" constituting the "High-Energy Sentient Body" were bound together.
Mika's magic mainly used "Power," but the "Vocabulum" used by the "Cursed Children" seemed to mainly use "Voluntas".
While human, Mika used the same magic, but after becoming a "High-Energy Sentient Body," it seemed to shift toward "Voluntas".
The clear reason was not yet known, but it seemed to happen naturally.
Indeed, Mika had also started consciously mixing "Voluntas" into his use.
Thanks to this, expanding the functions of magic became significantly easier.
Or rather, the amount of mana he could handle stably increased steadily.
Consciously injecting "Voluntas" stabilized the mana that had previously been wild.
Becoming a "High-Energy Sentient Body" allowed one to treat "Power" and "Voluntas" as separate things.
This was also written in 'Arquu's Knowledge'.
To put it simply, the ratio of previous magic was "Power" : "Voluntas" at 2 : 1.
Then, as mana was concentrated and the amount of mana handled increased, this ratio would drop to 3 : 1 or 4 : 1, with the "Voluntas" ratio decreasing.
With this, the more the amount of mana increased, the harder it became to control.
However, if this ratio was changed and "Voluntas" was consciously increased, the mana would stabilize.
By reversing the ratio to "Power" : "Voluntas" at 1 : 2, or further increasing the proportion of "Voluntas," the total amount that could be handled would increase vastly as a result.
This was the reason for shifting toward "Voluntas," and perhaps one of the reasons why a vast amount of "Voluntas" was required, Mika thought.
There were still mountains of documents untouched, which was somewhat tiresome, but Mika read endlessly day after day to understand his own existence.
In doing so, he verified the contents written in each one by one.
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After finishing the discussion with Warterelam and the others, Mika went out to the garden.
Holding three Magic Bags in his hand.
"Master Mika. Are you going out?"
Nerisfeene, who was weeding, stopped her hand and spoke up.
"Yeah. I'm going to the Royal Castle and here and there....... Lunch is fine, I think. I'll be back in the evening."
"Understood. Be careful."
As Nerisfeene made a gesture of prayer, high-quality "Voluntas" came straight toward Mika.
Just by this, one could see how much she thought of Mika.
No matter how much "Voluntas" was in it, she was outstandingly different at a level where the difference was clear.
Stepping outside the grounds, the surroundings became noisy.
And so, a great deal of "Voluntas" arrived.
People were even kneeling in the middle of the road to pray.
Mika made a pleasant smile and lightly waved his hand before taking flight.
Mika had started a new business in this year.
It was a lending business.
However, he was not conducting business widely.
There were only three customers.
King Cranzard, Marquis Leventein, and Margrave Yusdin.
The capital, the domain capital Sarbengeal, and the domain capital Wyedges.
In other words, he was providing funds for reconstruction to those who owned cities that suffered heavy damage in the previous war.
Sarbengeal had no direct damage, but the increase in war expenses and the decrease in tax revenue were serious.
Therefore, he compensated for that.
When Mika landed at the entrance of the Royal Castle, the bodyguard knights saluted.
Two knights then guided Mika to Cranzard.
It seemed he was currently in his private quarters.
Cranzard was using the quarters of the former king, Kearnills.
There were likely many thoughts, but the nation had no leeway now.
Therefore, they were using it without any extra renovations.
The hole opened in the Audience Chamber was only temporarily boarded up.
If one wanted to show off, they would repair the Royal Castle first.
But Mika had refused this.
"If you have money to spend on that, I wouldn't need to lend it, would I?"
Threatening like that, he had the walls of the Royal Castle boarded up to prevent rain and wind, and the Audience Chamber was also just boarded up.
He had forbidden any repairs beyond the minimum for the noble mansions in District 1.
"If people who had to abandon their homes were to rush there, what would happen?"
"I might be walking at the front."
He was openly threatening the king and the nobles.
Among the nobles, some had their mansions completely burned down.
However, many mansions remained completely unscathed.
Therefore, Mika's claim was that they should stay in borrowed rooms or whatever while staying in the capital.
Naturally, many nobles opposed this.
But the nobles each had their own domains.
The mansions in District 1 were only for staying in the capital.
He declared that until the reconstruction of District 2 and District 3 was somewhat foreseeable, the nobles would be put on the back burner.
Currently, the strict guard at Mika's house was not due to concern about the people rushing in.
It was due to concern about assassins from the nobles.
For this reason, a squadron of the Fifth Knights Order was on constant alert.
In Cranzard's private quarters, Prime Minister Dedoderic and the Minister of Finance were present.
"Thank you for your hard work, Apostle-sama."
Dedoderic and the Minister of Finance bowed respectfully.
Cranzard had a somewhat tired expression.
"I am always sorry, Apostle-sama."
Encouraged by Cranzard, Mika sat on the sofa.
Mika smiled brightly and immediately entered the negotiation.
"Well, how much shall we lend this time?"
When Mika said that, Cranzard looked at the Minister of Finance.
The Minister of Finance cleared his throat lightly.
"This month, we would like to request about two hundred and seventy bars."
Hearing this, Mika was slightly surprised.
Usually, it was around one hundred and sixty to one hundred and ninety bars.
"That is quite a lot. Did something happen?"
"No, it was decided to increase the number of employees to accelerate the pace of reconstruction. From next month, this amount will be the base."
"I see. That is a good idea."
Mika checked the two contracts prepared by the Prime Minister.
Two contracts of the same content.
One was kept by Mika, and one by Cranzard.
When the Minister of Finance signaled the bodyguard knights, two officials waiting outside the room entered.
These people were officials of the Ministry of Finance who possessed [Appraisal].
Mika took out pure gold ingots from the Magic Bag he brought and handed them over.
The officials confirmed that they were pure gold ingots and nodded.
Then, the other official also confirmed and stored them in a Magic Bag managed by the Ministry of Finance.
An ingot weighing twelve kilograms per bar.
One hundred and sixty bars would be 1.92 tons.
Two hundred and seventy bars would be 3.24 tons.
This was the content of Mika's lending business.
He did not lend currency but lent physical goods.
The nation would add about thirty percent impurities to this to make gold coins, using them as the capital for reconstruction.
Needless to say, these ingots were made by Mika using his own mana.
In other words, it cost Mika nothing.
Of course, he would not honestly teach them such a thing.
He created a vast amount of gold with just a little trouble.
It had become much easier since he could handle "Voluntas".
Mika sold these ingots to the nation at half the official market price of pure gold.
As for the cost of mining from gold mines, this was appropriate.
For the nation, there was the merit of being able to quickly obtain a large amount of gold without greatly affecting the market.
And the annual interest rate was 3%.
In this country where annual interest rates of 40% and 50% were common, it was a benevolent setting that would make people say, "Are you stupid?"
Of course, they would borrow it.
This country did not even have the concept of government bonds yet.
And Mika deliberately did not teach them about government bonds, lending to Cranzard personally.
The same applied to Marquis Leventein and Margrave Yusdin.
And the guarantors were the Royal Family and each noble house.
Even if the person died, the house would have to repay it.
Cranzard already owed Mika over forty billion Rats.
Margrave Yusdin owed twenty-two billion Rats.
Marquis Leventein owed seven billion Rats.
There were three important things for controlling an organization.
Personnel, accounting, and information.
Mika, the "Apostle" who followed the Church and held immense popularity among the people and soldiers, could be said to have secured the people.
Because of his close relationship with the Soiree, especially the Information Broker Guild, he also secured information.
And then, this debt.
The three people with particularly strong power in the Kingdom were actually being entangled by Mika.
It was the so-called "having their balls held."
If he could also secure materials, especially physical goods, it would be perfect, but this would have too great an impact on the general public.
Since it was a part heavily involved in reconstruction, he decided not to touch it.
Of course, the Royal Family and each noble house could repay this amount at any time with their assets.
But it was not small enough to move easily from right to left.
There were assets that were difficult to liquidate.
Thanks to the exceptionally low interest rate set, there was little psychological resistance.
Above all, he lent it so easily with a double yes every time.
It would be better to just pinch a little bit and be done with it than to cut and sell assets to gather money.
Mika had taken the form of lending only the necessary amount each month.
'You owe me money, don't you?'
He was smiling brightly, but implicitly pressuring them.
If Mika's temper was spoiled, he could hint, "I won't lend anymore" or "Shall we decide on the repayment?"
Incidentally, because of this, he was able to lend the military-grade Magic Bags, which were prohibited from being taken out of the country, to the investigation team.
After finishing the financing for Cranzard, next came the shares for Marquis Leventein and Margrave Yusdin.
Here, the transaction was done in cash on the spot.
Mika handed over pure gold ingots, and they were paid in gold coins.
He was merely handing over the ingots as necessary materials for the amount of gold coins.
Otherwise, only the nation would benefit.
This month, Marquis Leventein was five billion Rats, and Margrave Yusdin was twelve billion Rats.
He signed the contract sent to the Royal Castle, and then delivered the contract and money to each lord under his domain, ending the business for this month.
"Then, see you next week. At the coronation."
"Yes......."
Mika stood up from the sofa and greeted with a pleasant smile, and Cranzard made a tired face.
Really, he became king at such a difficult time.
My condolences.
And so, Mika headed for the balcony and took flight immediately.
Ektrem Kingdom, 108th King Cranzectram.
During the war with the neighboring Gronoir Empire, the former king Kearnills passed away.
He ascended the throne amidst catastrophic damage to the capital.
......That is what is said.
Various things were completely concealed, and the nation's chaos was attributed solely to the sudden death of the former king and the Empire's attack on the capital.
There were some minor conflicts with certain nobles, but he gathered more popularity among the people than the former king Kearnills.
Although people's dissatisfaction swelled during the chaotic period, his support was generous, and above all, prioritizing the reconstruction of District 2 and District 3 over the Royal Castle and District 1 proved effective.
Investing abundant funds to make reconstruction a large-scale public works project flooded the market with money.
Although the reconstruction of the entire capital took time, it supported the economy by creating vast employment, and rather, the economic condition of the entire kingdom improved.
There are many wise kings in the kingdom's history, but he will be listed at the very top.
The hole opened in the Royal Castle was left as is for ten years, and rather than a sign of neglect, it became an episode often told to posterity as a representation of Cranzard's wisdom.
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When Mika arrived over the Royal Castle, he moved to the sky over Wyedges.
This was one of the spatial manipulations found in 'Arquu's Knowledge'.
Creating special spaces or moving through space seemed to have been researched in the prehistoric civilization era.
Bringing Kistil and the others when confronting Arquu was also an application of this power.
It required a considerable amount of "Voluntas," but Mika had recently been able to do it.
With this, whether it was Wyedges or Sarbengeal, it was instantaneous.
Well, for now, he was pretending to fly, so he hadn't been discovered by anyone yet.
He had the Royal Castle send him a contract with the necessary amount written on it every month.
At the Royal Castle, Mika signed in front of Cranzard, Dedoderic, and the Minister of Finance, and received the prepared cash in exchange for the gold bullion.
The lord also signed the contract signed by Mika and handed over the cash.
Mika was undertaking this cash transport as a service.
"If you can't trust us, you can carry it yourselves over a few days?"
That was all.
There was no meaning to cheat at this point.
The lords were grateful to receive it as soon as possible, and above all, there was almost no fear of being attacked.
So, he gave a copy of the contract to each lord and handed over the cash.
The atmosphere with Marquis Leventein was a bit awkward, but Mika deliberately interacted with him personally.
This was partly for business, but above all, for the matter of mana contamination.
Mika had realized that the reason he could not forgive Marquis Leventein forever might be the influence of mana.
Therefore, they exchanged awkward smiles every time they interacted.
"Is Cleiria doing well?"
After the money transaction ended and the officials stepped back, the Marquis asked such a thing.
"We talked about the coronation the other day. I haven't seen her much either....... but she seemed well."
"I see."
Mika had been almost secluded in the temporary housing, while Cleiria worked at the Court Magic Institute.
She successfully graduated from the Magic Academy in the second month of Earth this year, and Cleiria, with excellent grades, was going to the Court Magic Institute.
She seemed to have struggled a lot between the Leventein Domain Army and the Court Magic Institute regarding her future path.
Since she could return anytime, she decided to go to the Court Magic Institute first.
Incidentally, Stellan also entered the Court Magic Institute.
Two others from the Leventein Group also went to the Court Magic Institute.
"......Then, see you next week."
"Yes, see you then."
Mika ended it quickly because he felt somewhat uncomfortable.
He tried to treat him normally as much as possible, but it was still tiring.
Mika had a brief chat with Soinlage at the mansion entrance and then went outside.
"............She has a promising future."
He muttered quietly so no one could hear.
Cleiria's mother, Soinlage, was young.
Extremely young.
She didn't age at all.
And Cleiria was a beauty resembling such Soinlage.
Unless the Marquis's genes played a bad role, Cleiria's future would be secure.
Thinking such things, Mika rose into the sky and then moved to the capital.
Rubalwarus Leventein.
He lived his life as the hero of the Hailhord Region and the shield of the Ektrem Kingdom.
He always practiced what a noble and a warrior should be, guarding the border with the Gronoir Empire.
In the difficult situation of a war with the Gronoir Empire after sixty years, he gathered the local lords well and demonstrated excellent coordination with the Kingdom Army.
His figure leading from the front, swinging his sword, was highly supported by knights and soldiers.
Not only the people of his domain, but the people of the kingdom said, "Without Rubalwarus, Hailhord could not have held on," and he was respected by the people.
Haiden, Ixel, Urbano.
The three brothers of the Leventein Marquis family would have some trouble after Rubalwarus passed away.
They were always compared to their father Rubalwarus, and it was said, "The three of you combined equal one Rubalwarus."
Nevertheless, they safely defended the domain and planned and started the expansion plan for the cramped Sarbengeal.
Due to this new city plan, Sarbengeal developed further.
Most of all, the support for this development was largely due to the dramatic increase in the volume of people passing through.
The impact of crossing the Daburandoru Plains and invading beyond it......