Elf Revival Movement

Following my instructions, the Elf soldiers swept gold coins and jewels into sacks on the 8th floor.

I took care of the bonds, real estate deeds, and ledgers.

Leading the Elf soldiers carrying the sacks of gold and silver, I descended to the 1st floor.

In the center of the 1st floor hall, the women forced into prostitution were gathered, surrounded by Elf soldiers.

Lirei and the finance officer, Baron Bastiste, were also present.

I asked Lirei,

“Why are you here?”

“I came to see if things were going well. The Elves on the 1st floor were fighting with a gang, so we ambushed them from behind and killed them all.”

“Good job. But didn’t the Marquis’s guard come?”

“This person here helped us.”

Baron Bastiste explained with a friendly smile.

“I heard that Elves were attacking the Wolf Club, and thinking it was Baron Kyle-nim, I came right away. I told the guards that I would vouch for everything and sent them back.”

“Thank you.”

“You are my most trusted friend, so of course, I had to.”

Lirei looked at me with admiration, having earned the trust of a high-ranking official of the Marquisate.

I handed the Wolf Faction’s transaction ledger to Baron Bastiste, saying,

“This is the Wolf Faction’s transaction ledger. I’ll give it to the Marquis-nim, so just remove the parts with your name on them.”

“Thank you!”

Baron Bastiste is on my side, so I have to save him.

Baron Bastiste hastily scanned the transaction ledger, found the pages with his name on them, and tore them out.

I approached the women forced into prostitution and called out the names written on the bonds one by one, distributing them.

The women shed tears as they attached the bonds to the Ifrit and burned them.

The Ifrit complained to me,

“Hey, kid. I’m not a garbage incinerator, you know?”

I instructed Lirei,

“Take the rescued Elves to the Elf barracks.”

“What are you planning to do, Kyle-nim?”

“I’m going to offer the Wolf Faction’s wealth to Marquis Iosap-nim.”

Lirei was horrified.

“Why are we giving what we got to the Marquis-nim?!”

“If we eat that, we’ll have trouble.”

“What do you mean?”

“We’ve caused a huge commotion here. If we eat that, our justification disappears. People around us will think we did this for money, not to rescue Elves. Is our goal Elf rescue or money?”

Lirei said with a remorseful expression,

“Elf rescue.”

“And if we take that, the Marquis-nim will try to eliminate us. Greed ruins oneself and those around them. Remember to only take as much as you can handle.”

“I understand.”

I patted Lirei’s shoulder and said,

“If we donate all that money, something good will happen soon. Hahaha.”

Baron Bastiste also agreed with my words.

“A good decision!”

Lirei left with the rescued Elves.

The women of other races expressed their gratitude and disappeared on their own.

I headed to the Marquis’s mansion with Baron Bastiste and the Elf soldiers carrying the sacks of gold and jewels.

Marquis Iosap had already heard the news and was waiting for me in the mansion’s courtyard with knights and soldiers.

I politely greeted Marquis Iosap,

“My lord. I have come to report.”

“Speak.”

I told him who I had killed at the Wolf Faction’s Wolf Club, how many women I had rescued from prostitution, and how much gold and jewels I had obtained.

And I said to Marquis Iosap,

“I will give all the profits from the Wolf Faction to you, Marquis-nim. Here are the remaining bonds, real estate deeds, and transaction ledgers after returning them to the women forced into prostitution.”

Marquis Iosap, his eyes fixed on the sacks of gold and jewels, pretended to refuse.

“Hmm… Wouldn’t you need more?”

“No. Please use all these assets to improve the security and development of the Marquisate.”

“Then I will take the proceeds of the crime. Baron Kyle, excellent!”

At my signal, the Elf soldiers placed the sacks of gold and jewels in the mansion’s courtyard.

Marquis Iosap’s mouth widened into a huge grin with joy.

I greeted Marquis Iosap,

“Then I will be going.”

“Euhahahahaha! Continue to work for my territory like this in the future!”

“Understood.”

For Marquis Iosap, it must have felt like a windfall, as he had accepted an Elf hero, and the criminal organization disappeared, with all of the organization’s assets becoming his own.

Seeing Marquis Iosap wearing a luxurious necklace with a magic circle crafted from mithril on topaz, I asked,

“You’re wearing a necklace that looks expensive?”

Marquis Iosap cleared his throat and explained,

“Ahem. It’s an electrical resistance necklace. High-ranking mages from the Magic Tower make them, and they’re popular among nobles these days. I heard that Marquis Naos bought a large quantity for his family and knights.”

‘Humans are afraid of my power. Marquis Iosap is also wary of me. Pfft! If they don’t realize my true nature, they can never defeat me.’

“I see. Then I will be going.”

Marquis Iosap, feeling guilty, made excuses.

“I’m wearing it because it’s trendy. Isn’t the design luxurious?”

“Hahaha. It really suits you, Marquis-nim!”

“Euhahaha. Thank you.”

I led the Elf soldiers back to the Elf barracks.

Today, we rescued hundreds of Elves from prostitution.

For several days, I stayed in and around Marquis Iosap’s territory, raiding establishments with even one Elf, rescuing the Elves, and offering the proceeds of the crime to Marquis Iosap.

Lirei went around promoting my territory and announcing that organizations that returned Elves would be forgiven.

Indeed, some small organizations, frightened by the rumors of the crazy Elf, returned the Elves forced into prostitution, so I made a promise with them to forget the past.

By the time we left Marquis Iosap’s territory, the Elves of my territory numbered 10,000, including men, women, and children.

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Public opinion about Elves in Marquis Iosap’s territory shifted positively towards the Elves.

The noble scions around Marquis Iosap’s territory, who were members of the Dark Magic Club, took the lead in creating an organization called the Elf Refugee Support Association.

The president of the Elf Refugee Support Association was ‘Sina,’ and high-ranking executives included noble scions such as Constantina and Despina.

All the Dark Humans in Marquis Iosap’s territory and surrounding territories joined the Elf Refugee Support Association and became members.

Baron Bastiste and his family, and Knight Baron Kim Na-yeon, also joined the Elf Refugee Support Association.

The Elf Refugee Support Association drove public opinion positively towards Elf refugees through various events and promotions, and received donations to directly support Baron Kyle’s territory, the center of the Elf Revival Movement.

The Elf Refugee Support Association also received tips from citizens to find imprisoned or impoverished Elves and send them to Baron Kyle’s territory.

As public opinion became positive towards Elf refugees, nobles, including Marquis Iosap, began to introduce policies favorable to Elf refugees.

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This is my territory, Baron Kyle.

I arrived in my territory with 10,000 Elf residents, and the Elf Refugee Support Association followed me with supplies.

10,000 is a slightly below-average population for a barony, but the Elf Refugee Support Association was steadily sending Elves.

Since I and the Elves were temporarily living in tents, territory development was urgent.

I discussed territory development with the Elf executives and the Elf Refugee Support Association executives in the conference hall, a huge tent that was temporarily set up.

I first expressed my gratitude to President Sina.

“Thank you so much for helping our Elves. We will not forget your kindness.”

“No, we should help each other.”

Sina was a woman with a brown perm, an intelligent face, a height of 176cm, B-cup breasts, and large hips.

Lirei and the Elf executives were moved by the kindness of the humans.

Lirei explained about the supplies received from Marquis Iosap.

“Marquis Iosap-nim has provided ~ tons of lumber, food for ~ people, herb seedlings and seeds, and a report on human herb cultivation techniques. This report is confidential, so only we should know about it and then discard it.”

Sina explained about the support brought by the Elf Refugee Support Association.

“We have brought construction materials, seeds for potatoes, sweet potatoes, and mushrooms, several pairs of male and female chickens, cows, and pigs, and experts in construction, agriculture, and animal husbandry. With 10,000 residents sleeping in tents, housing construction is urgent. The construction of the lord’s mansion is also necessary. Our experts are looking for water sources nearby, so building wells or canals will solve the drinking water problem.”

I expressed my gratitude and asked,

“Thank you so much. Then please solve the housing construction and water source problems for the residents. Could you quickly build a market and a school?”

“What’s the reason?”

“There must be a market to revitalize the economy. And Elves are ignorant of finance, so they are being targeted by criminals. We must teach the Elves human culture and finance.”

“That makes sense. I will do that. The Elf Refugee Support Association will support the teachers.”

In the conference hall, we divided the huge map of my territory with a pen into residential areas, food fields, herb fields, livestock farms, markets, etc., and established a territory development plan.

To manage these, I divided positions and tasks among the Elf executives.

Lirei was appointed as the chairman of the military committee.

Depending on their abilities, the remaining Elf executives were given positions such as chairman of the finance committee, chairman of the agriculture committee, chairman of the livestock committee, and chairman of the herb committee.

The territory development plan is as follows.

In the beginning, all Elves will be投入 into construction.

Once housing construction is somewhat complete, the Elves will receive tasks such as food cultivation, animal husbandry, herb cultivation, and public officials.

Elf residents engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry will receive a basic salary, and if production is high, their salary will increase, and from a certain amount, they can take it and sell it themselves.

All Elves must receive education at school for a few hours a day on a rotating basis, and financial education is essential.

I instructed Lirei to have all Elves, except the elderly, receive military training once a week.

Once all the plans were completed, we started working.

A few days later, Elf and human volunteers were constructing buildings under the direction of experts throughout my territory. Ttukttakttak.

In the center of the territory, I built my two-story house of a suitable size for a baron.

Around it, I built residential areas, markets, schools, and other residential areas for the Elves.

I built fences on the outskirts of the territory to create food fields, herb fields, and livestock farms, and each responsible Elf learned the relevant skills from human experts.

The Elves worked really hard, crying, saying it was their land.

Gradually, the territory took shape.

Today, as I was inspecting the territory alone, Baron Kim Na-yeon saw me and ran over.

“Baron Kyle-nim!”

“Baron Kim Na-yeon-nim. How do you do.”

“Are you inspecting the territory?”

“Yes.”

“Can I join you?”

“Hahaha. It would be more enjoyable if Baron Kim Na-yeon-nim were with me.”

“Hehehe.”

As I and Baron Kim Na-yeon passed by, the Elves politely greeted us.

Baron Kim Na-yeon asked me various things.

“How did you escape from the God of Darkness, Baron Kyle-nim?”

“So, I did ~~ and went to Count Paraik’s territory.”

“Oh! So you arrived in Count Paraik’s territory! I heard you succeeded in rescuing the Elves too.”

“Count Paraik tried to give me medicine. After that, there was ~~.”

“Ugh! Count Paraik was a bad guy! He was a complete pervert. Wasn’t it difficult to lead the Elves?”

“Hahaha. They are my comrades, so it’s not difficult at all.”

“Still, didn’t the surrounding nobles interfere?”

“While heading south from Count Paraik’s territory, I fought with the noble allied forces, and after crossing the river, I also fought with Marquis Naos’s army.”

“How did you fight?”

“I fought by ~~. Marquis Naos was leading the Elf slave trade, so he was desperate to catch us.”

“I didn’t know Marquis Naos-nim was that kind of person…”

“A person’s appearance doesn’t represent their inner self.”

Baron Kim Na-yeon looked at me with admiring eyes and said,

“Baron Kyle-nim is really amazing. If it weren’t for Baron Kyle-nim, the Elves would have continued to live a hellish life.”

“It was because of the strength of my compatriots.”

Baron Kim Na-yeon had a dark face for a moment and said,

“Unlike someone, Baron Kyle-nim is humble.”

“Hahaha. Who are you talking about?”

“It’s nothing. Baron Kyle-nim has a lot to learn from. Can I continue to meet Baron Kyle-nim in the future?”

“Of course. Come to my mansion anytime. Baron Kim Na-yeon-nim is always welcome.”

“Ah! Thank you!”

Baron Kim Na-yeon left, saying she had something to do.

I inspected the territory alone.

In the potato field, the Elves were diligently watering the soil where they had planted potato seeds.

In the herb field, plant magicians were using magic to quickly grow the places where herb seeds had been sown.

In the livestock farm, the Elves were falling and being trampled while handling unfamiliar pigs, but they were still working hard.

Because I promoted the territory, many people came to my territory from outside for business or tourism.

I returned to the residential area and saw a human woman explaining something to an Elf woman in front of an Elf’s house.

“So, if you buy our products in bulk and resell them, you’ll make a huge profit, you know?”

“I don’t have any money.”

The human woman took out a business card from her pocket and said,

“Then try using Nabi Loans here. They lend money at low interest rates!”

The Elf woman’s face turned red and she got angry.

“Do you think I don’t know this is a pyramid scheme and a loan shark? Do you think Elves are stupid? Get out!”

I praised the Elf in my heart.

‘Hmm. The effect of financial education is showing.’

The human woman, angry at the Elf woman’s shout, was about to get angry in the same way, but I quickly ran over and shouted,

“Stop right there!”

The human woman snitched to me.

“Baron Kyle-nim. That Elf got angry at me.”

The Elf woman defended herself with a dumbfounded face.

“This woman tried to scam me with a pyramid scheme.”

I threatened the human woman with a murderous aura and a grim face.

“Pyramid schemes and loan sharks are prohibited in my territory. Tell your boss. I’ll go directly to anyone who scams Elves and smash their heads with a hammer. Haven’t you heard the rumors that we annihilated the Wolf Faction?”

The human woman’s face turned pale and she apologized.

“I’m sorry! I’ll leave from here!”

“Get out.”

As the human woman ran away, the Elf woman expressed her gratitude to me.

“Baron Kyle-nim. Thank you for helping me.”

“We have to chase out those cancerous bastards. And you handled it well. Good job.”

“It’s all thanks to the education provided by Baron Kyle-nim.”

“Keep doing that in the future.”

“Yes!”

I walked to my mansion with a satisfied heart, but witnessed an infuriating situation.