episode_0096

I felt slightly dizzy when I saw the blue window that appeared like the game’s item window. I didn’t want to feel nostalgic about my past life like this.

“If you point your index finger at an item in this state, the item will go into your inventory.”

“Like this?”

I did as Helen told me, and the object she was pointing to popped into the bracelet on my wrist.

“This is amazing. Are these things common in the Holy Kingdom?”

“That’s not true. It’s a synergy that perfectly combines the Legacy of God and the Tower of Wisdom technology.”

Helen, who became very proud because I liked her. Is it because she’s so cute that I want to tease her?

Playful, I pointed at Helen with my index finger while keeping my inventory open, just in case.

Okay then.

“Huh?”

The clothes she was wearing, not Helen, entered your inventory.

“It doesn’t apply to living things.”

“Yes, that’s right. But the animals we hunt and catch will still go in.”

Although suddenly naked, Helen calmly covered her breasts with her small hands.

However, the catch is that it looks more obscene.

‘Helen, your breasts are bigger than I thought.’

Although not quite as big as Chloe’s, Helen had fairly sized breasts as well.

No, because of her small body, she looked even more visually appealing.

“shi, Mr. Sian, it’s embarrassing to see you so clearly.”

“Sorry, I’m abstaining these days.”

Since I still didn’t know how to take items out of my inventory, I quickly gave her the outerwear I was wearing.

“Thank you.”

“No. I should be the one apologizing. I’m sorry for playing a fool around.”

“It’s okay. And it’s true that I was careless in my explanation.”

As expected, Helen, who was like an angel who had appeared in the human world, generously forgave my prank.

“By the way, these clothes smell strongly of Mr. Sian.”

“I was working a little while ago and I was sweating a little bit. Does it stink?”

“That’s not it. It’s a reassuring smell, so I feel good.”

“???”

It seems that nymphs’ sensibilities are a little different from humans’.

“How do I get the items in my inventory?”

“You can take it out by pressing the box that appears in the blue window with the hand wearing the bracelet.”

“Really? That’s amazing. Hmm?”

As I was checking the blue window here and there, I found something that I didn’t put in.

‘Coke? Could this be it?’

Let’s take it out just in case.

History or what I thought was right.

“It’s a carbonated drink. It looks like Allie prepared it for you.”

“The Tower of Wisdom I mentioned earlier?”

“Yes.”

“Tell her later I love you.”

“ in?”

Helen was speechless for a moment, perhaps because my words were absurd, and I was busy drinking my first cola in a while.

“Wow! That’s the taste!”

The taste of carbonation boiling from within spread through my frontal lobe to every part of my body.

Seeing that it was still cold, I thought that perhaps there was a built-in refrigeration function in the inventory.

This is a thing! A thing.

. . .

The quantity of coke, a specialty product provided by the Holy Kingdom, was so large that there was enough leftover to distribute to the villagers.

Everyone had a funny reaction to the Coke. Chloe and Vivian said it was a fun drink, and Sylvia and Clia seemed to love the tangy taste. Elsia and Ellen didn’t seem to like sweets, so they didn’t touch it after one sip. By the way, Clara was really cute because she was surprised by the carbonated taste for the first time.

And the village chief’s reaction was the most impressive.

“What the guy said was true. I never knew such a tangy drink existed.”

“What if you say that guy?”

“Your father. Ian. How much he teased me, treating me like a country bumpkin… Well, after drinking this, I realized I’m a country bumpkin again.”

“If you say you’re a country bumpkin because you can’t drink coke, then most people in the empire are country bumpkins.”

According to Helen, Coke is also a very expensive drink. The manufacturing process is complex and the ingredients are hard to find, so the basic unit price is bound to be high.

“Hehe, if you think about it that way, that would be right.”

Anyway, after Helen and everyone in the town had been given some coke, she changed the subject to the next one.

“When will the random award ceremony be held?”

“I hadn’t thought of that.”

The final reward of the expedition.

Since he said he would give me a title higher than Viscount, I had to come up with something to show for it.

“But since you are receiving the title of count, would you like to visit the capital for the award ceremony?”

“Count?”

At Helen’s words, my eyes suddenly went dark.

Not a viscount but a count?

Did I hear that wrong?

“Helen, I think there’s a mistake. You’re a count?”

“Ah… That’s right, Count. This time, through the meeting, we decided to give Mr. Cian the same authority and title as a second-ranking knight of the Holy Kingdom.”

“Hey? Even if you spread it, it seems like you’re spreading it too much.”

“We didn’t intend to give it to you, but because of the Pope’s rebellion against the first emperor… ”

“…..”

It seems like my back got broken in the fight between the most powerful men in the empire, just like a shrimp gets its back broken in a fight between whales.

‘It doesn’t matter now, but.’

Because of the title of count, there is no telling what harm he might do later on.

But that doesn’t mean I can’t accept this.

“It’s too big.”

“I’m sorry.”

The title of Count was so great that the person who gave it felt sorry. The Count was a symbol of great nobility and could shake up the power structure in the West. And according to the news, the Count Anitul’s family had completely fallen, so I was taking their place.

‘The problem is that I have no land, no talent, and not even money.’

My estate could have been isolated for no reason because I was looked down upon by the noble society.

Fortunately, I have the strong support of the Holy Kingdom, so I’ll be able to do it somehow. That’s not what’s important right now.

“Where is my territory?”

“You can expand your territory as much as you want, starting with the village of Lugeron. Of course, the condition is that it is an unclaimed land.”

“Hoo? As much as you want.”

The West was still largely unexplored, because of the monsters and the dark forest.

According to Helen, if I could just make all of this land mine, including the village of Lugeron, the Dark Forest and the Titan Mountains to the west, the Snowy Mountains where the old troll kingdom was located to the north, and the frigid north beyond the Snowy Mountains where the northern tribesmen lived, I could build a wealthy domain.

‘It won’t be easy, though.’

Basically, the West was not made for farming.

According to Fores, who serves Flora, the goddess of nature and harmony, even the lowest grade of land, which is the hardest to farm, has been used.

Although the weather in Seolsan has improved recently, it is not good enough for farming, and the harsh north where the northern tribes live is the same.

At least they needed rich land that could be farmed sustainably.

“Helen over there.”

“Yes, sir.”

“Can you accept this land as my domain?”

I handed Helen the land deed my father had left behind.

She looked at the document for a moment, then asked me in a surprised and excited voice.

“Documents of the Lost Lands of the South.”

“Do you know this?”

“Yes, it was a famous land, so the Holy Kingdom was keeping an eye on it. It was a land that the Order of Light gave to the warriors.”

“Um… .”

As expected, you are a warrior, Father.

“Actually.”

I told Helen about my father.

However, Helen didn’t seem to know the details and didn’t give me the answer I wanted.

Camilla, who had just returned from logging, joined the conversation while drinking a Coke.

“Ian de Saiger. He was a promising warrior of the light in the church about 30 years ago.”

“Camilla, do you know your father well?”

“It’s strange to say that I know this, but he was famous for something bad.”

“Oh, really?”

The village chief said there was a rumor going around that he was obsessed with married women. That can’t be true, right?

Fortunately, the word “married woman” did not appear once in the supplementary information Camilla provided.

“Blasphemy, the most forbidden sin in the church, and the first warrior to rebel against the church.”

“Blasphemy… But your kingdom and your church are completely different forces?”

“Yes, they are definitely different.”

“If our Holy Kingdom is considered an imperial power within the empire, the religious order can be considered an aristocratic power.”

According to Helen’s explanation, the Holy Kingdom seems to be a thorn in the eye among the nobles.

Because the emperor, who was at the peak of power, directly pushed for it and at the same time, he made various policies that were advantageous to the Holy Kingdom.

For this reason, in order to prevent the power of the nobles from being concentrated in the Holy Kingdom any longer, the religious order was created among the nobles to receive the will of the Holy Kingdom’s god.

That is, the religious order is like a rival to the Holy Kingdom, and it is said that this is why one can see a close relationship with the nobility within the religious order.

“Religion is something that cannot be separated from politics.”

“There is nothing easier than religion to govern people.”

Camilla’s voice lowered than usual, as if she had no good impression of the church.

“So there’s nothing more you can tell me about your father?”

“Yes, any information beyond this is just strange rumors.”

“Rumors?”

“The goddess of justice, Sunna, passed judgment on the blasphemy and he died, or the goddess of love took pity on the warrior and he lost all his memories and started a new life. Only groundless rumors were circulating.”

“I think the last one was right.”

I don’t know if Hestia was involved, but my father met me in the Dark Forest and started a new life.