episode_0102

“Let’s ask some trustworthy mercenaries from your mercenary group. It’s not difficult, it’s just an ordinary errand. Instead, the amount is a bit big.”

“The amount is large? Oh, so you’re asking trustworthy mercenaries?”

“If you put it all together, you have to purchase several million meds worth.”

“Hey, there are so many. Then ordinary mercenaries won’t do it.”

Amy nodded in understanding. When running errands to purchase goods, you have to prepare the price in advance, but accidents often occur in the process. Usually, it’s an accident where a mercenary takes money and runs away.

Therefore, missions that required a lot of money were mainly focused on those who were particularly trustworthy, even those belonging to highly trustworthy mercenary groups. Although the request fee, which is the cost of trust and credibility, is a bit higher, it is worth it.

“Hmm, how many people do you need? There are many people I can trust. I’m not saying this because they are my mercenary group, but they are truly trustworthy people.”

“At least three people. We will send them to three different cities. County of Carbon, Viscounty of Defuty, Barony of Farmer. Oh, by the way, I will provide transportation. Did you see it too? Making a cart out of a skeleton and moving it. I’m going to send you there by picking you up. When you come, you can just bring your luggage there.”

“Really? It won’t be difficult if you do that. Okay, I’ll save it for you. These guys won’t shed a single drop of saliva for my man’s money.”

Amy frowned and winked at me and then left the small room. While saying, ‘I only trust this sister!’ Who is your sister? Birthdays don’t make much difference either.

I smiled and came out of the small room at that very bold appearance. And, as I was waiting for a moment at the mercenary hall, Amy quickly picked out several mercenaries and brought them over.

“These are mercenaries who have been with our mercenary group since the beginning. Everyone has good skills and good credibility.”

Amy said she would guarantee it and introduced a total of six mercenaries she had brought. Among them were those who brought the monster corpse last time.

Seeing how much Amy trusted them, I decided to hire them right away.

However, the mercenaries looked a little sullen. I wondered why that was, but it was because Amy brought me in after giving a cursory explanation. They thought they were in an important position in the mercenary group, but they seemed to think that Amy, the leader, had requested them to run an errand for them. To put it mildly, they were sulking that they were making them do this.

For some reason, I thought it was quicker to bring in the mercenaries, but I didn’t realize they didn’t explain properly. In the end, I had no choice but to tell the mercenaries the details.

“What I’m asking you to do is not just a simple errand. Purchase and bring back the materials needed for territory development. In the process, there may be attacks by bandits or monsters. In short, there are not only purchasing services but also escort requests. Of course, basically, the accompanying skeletons will use force, so what you have to do is more of a judgment of the situation.”

“Are you purchasing materials for territory development? If so, what is the scale… … ?”

“You will be divided into three teams, and each of you will have to purchase at least 1 million med worth of supplies. So I told Amy to call in as many reliable mercenaries as possible. I didn’t know they would bring it up without explaining it at all.”

When I turned my gaze towards Amy as if scolding her, Amy smiled and slightly looked away, as if she knew it was her fault.

But unlike me, the mercenaries were looking at Amy as if they were very impressed. It was as if they were asking if they trusted themselves that much.

“Please leave it to me! In return for the faith our leader has shown in us, we will carry out the mission our lord wants without a single mistake!”

The mercenaries seemed very impressed and showed their confidence by pounding their chests. At the same time, he seemed to feel very proud. It was like a proud feeling like, ‘I am receiving trust and confidence from the mercenary group!’

Well, it wasn’t that important to me whether the mercenaries were proud or not, so I immediately assigned them one request after another. Some would go to the County of Carbone, others would go to the Viscounty of Defuty, and still others would go to the Barony of Farmer. Of course, they each gave us a list of supplies they needed to purchase.

“Transportation and money will be given to you early tomorrow morning, so finish the necessary preparations.”

“Are you also providing transportation?”

“It takes a long time to get there using the normal method, and it is natural because there are quite a lot of supplies to bring. If you use a skeleton, it will only take a few days. It is possible to move all day long without stopping even for a moment.”

The mercenaries exclaimed in exclamation at my words. Although I was happy to be trusted by the mercenary group, I felt like I had no choice but to move. It wasn’t close. No matter how bad you were, moving around by carriage or horse for dozens of days was difficult even for mercenaries.

Anyway, after giving a brief explanation to the mercenaries, they immediately began to move busily. The plan was to prepare for departure the next morning, including gathering necessary supplies during the move.

Since there was nothing I could do to help, I immediately left the mercenary hall. Besides them, many other people were busy moving about, so me idly standing there would only be a distraction.

“Are you going?”

” That’s how it should be. There’s nothing I need to do here, and there’s a lot I need to do separately.”

Since there was a situation where various plans were being made to develop the territory, I also had to work hard.

Amy, who followed me out, pouted her lips, as if she was disappointed that we couldn’t spend time together. He smiled at that sight and lightly poked his protruding lips.

“Uh, what is it? Want me to kiss you?”

“… … Isn’t it?”

I took a step back, startled by the sight of Amy, who seemed to be trying to attack me so aggressively. I had no intention of kissing Amy openly, let alone anywhere else, on a street with the most traffic.

“It’s a shame. Well, we’ll solve that tonight.”

“Tonight? What do you mean by that?”

“… … You won’t do it? They said they would accept me.”

Amy crossed her arms and looked at me in confusion. Because certain parts were concentrated and emphasized, there was nowhere to focus, but I made an effort to focus my eyes and meet Amy’s gaze.

“I live at my parents’ house?”

“But?”

“No… … . He said he got caught for what he did with Jiena. Do you know how much it bothers me when my mom asks me every night if I’m going to sleep in the same room as Jiena?”

“What do you think? Anyway, if it becomes known that I have become your woman, my mother and father will both know. How can a man and a woman who decided to be together sleep together?”

Amy spread her shoulders wide, looking confident. Thanks to this, his gaze momentarily went down, but he immediately returned it to its original position.

“I can’t because I care. After building a mansion, you must become independent from your parents. When we start developing the territory, we will first move the store and build a mansion at that location.”

Since my first experience since being born into this world, I have tried many times to get the chance, but I have never been able to do it. So, there was an effort to somehow speed up the development of the territory.

“… … Are you saying that territory development comes first?”

“Yes. Right… … ? Amy, where are you going?”

“Leave now!”

And, after hearing this from me, Amy went back into the hall and started training the mercenaries who had been commissioned by me. They said they would let us leave tomorrow morning, but they were pressuring us to run out immediately.

“Ugh! Leader, what are you doing… … Evil!”

“Sister, calm down first and let’s take it slow!”

“You can’t take it slow! Absolutely quickly!”

In the end, the mercenaries could not withstand Amy’s pressure and harassment. They dragged me with a lot of the things I needed to move and threw them into my arms and told me to go quickly, but I couldn’t resist.

Even though less than an hour had passed, they completed all preparations and came to ask me for transportation.

“It was okay to go in the morning.”

“We want to do that too… … . no no! That’s because I want to go quickly! To repay the trust of the leader who chose us!”

I knew the whole situation because I saw it, but I laughed lightly at the sight of the mercenaries trying hard to hide the reality. Of course, I didn’t necessarily tell them to leave tomorrow morning. To be honest, I was also someone who wanted the development of the territory to progress quickly.

Anyway, I gave the cart skeleton and several skeletons to the mercenaries who were ready to leave. Of course, since the skeletons only listen to my commands, a skeleton mage was included to lead the skeletons at the mercenaries’ request.

And, as important as the skeletons, a list of items needed and funds to purchase them were also provided. No, to be exact, it was placed gently in the corner of the cart skeleton.

“Then, I will come back as quickly as possible!”

The mercenaries who had been assigned skeletons and funds from me seemed to think it was a waste to delay even a second, so they immediately got on the skeleton cart and left the village.

Just as Amy had urged them, they quickly left the village by urging the skeletons, dividing into three groups and moving towards their destination. The County of Carbon, the Viscounty of Defuty, and the Barony of Farmer.

“Hmm… … . If you think about purchasing the materials and returning them, does it take about a month?”

Since there was quite a bit of time until the mercenaries who left after receiving the request returned, I decided to complete all preparations in advance.

Naturally, the first thing to finish was the production of items to be delivered to the royal family. You have to process them quickly to free up available skeletons. The plan was to use them to construct roads and buildings, starting with iron pillars that would serve as a strong foundation for the iron fence to defend the city.

And, the process was resolved smoothly and without a single problem.

First of all, the items to be delivered to the royal family were completed and delivered without any error as requested by the royal family after about 10 days. In order to consistently bring in large quantities of iron, we contacted the mine through a skeleton that moved almost every day, and delivered the goods to the knight, Coufen, who came right away.

Coufen meticulously checked the quality of each item, and then returned carrying a box almost ten times as large as the one he had brought before. And that too, by filling the box with coins. It was the price of the remaining items excluding the down payment.

In an instant, a huge amount of money fell into my hands, but I had no intention of keeping it aside. Naturally, most of this money was going to be used to develop the territory.