episode_0181

Spring, which I had been waiting for and waiting for, came sooner than expected.

The snow that had covered not only the city but the entire world in white melted and disappeared, and various buds began to bloom on the bare trees and fields.

And now that the long-awaited spring has arrived, the Marquis of Kurid’s money is drying up and the Marquis of Kurid is trembling… … Did not do it. To begin with, spring has only just arrived.

Now was the time when the snow had melted and movement between territories and villages was possible without difficulty.

It was a few days ago that the merchants who had been waiting for them to be able to move left the city.

However, it took at least two or three months to get a response from the Marquis of Kurid. Unless you’re trying to spread the word or use magicians, who are expensive human resources, simply for communication purposes.

‘ah. There is also a way to check for yourself by riding a zombie wyvern.’

Another way was to check for yourself by riding the zombie wyverns huddled together in a corner of the garden. You might get attacked by a zombie wyvern, though.

Anyway, for that reason, even though the long-awaited spring came, I didn’t get busy right away. Rather, work disappeared.

This was a time when things that required special attention due to winter were no longer a problem, and as the residents of the territory were able to move around more actively, administrative issues could be left to the village chief.

Thanks to this, I became a helpless person who sat in the mansion and looked around the garden in a daze.

When I wanted to go to the Magic Tower or the Research and Development Headquarters, I couldn’t go because there were a lot of people watching me. It was just a hindrance to research. It may be possible to provide some help, but overall, going to the Magic Tower and Research and Development Headquarters was a loss.

However, going to the store wasn’t a good choice. This is because Jiena has become accustomed to the work to the point where she can function as the store manager, and people who want to buy things do so without me being there.

“Tsk. I guess I need to practice black magic.”

In the end, all I could do was practice black magic.

By distributing and collecting black magic throughout the body, the operation speed of black magic was trained faster, or by drawing out the pure energy of death, the qualitative part of the black magic itself was trained.

“Huh? Andrew, are you here again? Are you free these days?”

As I was practicing black magic while leisurely looking out at the garden at the entrance to the main building of the mansion, Amy approached me.

Amy was slightly drenched in sweat, probably from hard training at the training center that had been set up behind the mansion.

I don’t know if that was why, but the faint smell of sweat spread through the spring breeze. Originally, the smell of sweat could be unpleasant regardless of gender, but the smell was not as bad as I thought.

Of course, I had no intention of sniffing the sweat.

“I’m not particularly free. I’m practicing black magic.”

“Really? To me, it looks like he’s just sitting.”

“Warlocks usually do this.”

“The training is really easy… … . Someone is sweating profusely and swinging a metal ball.”

It’s not fair. I smiled at the sight of Amy saying, “It’s not fair.”

To be honest, compared to Amy’s training, my training was extremely comfortable.

It was inevitable since they were a type that not only needed mana like the wizard type, but also had to take physical aspects into consideration. It was natural that the type of training method that used mana while moving the body vigorously was difficult.

The training method was to run with all your might, shaking your limbs back and forth, and at the same time stir up mana within your body to strengthen your body.

Or swordsmanship… … . No, there was also a way to use mana while performing movements that were more like dancing with a sword rather than swordsmanship.

Of course, both methods were by no means comfortable training methods.

“Still, even warlocks have their own difficulties.”

“If you tell me that I have to worry about heat rash on my butt, I won’t leave you alone.”

“Why are you worried about that? Anyway, I’m practicing a little more comfortably now, but if you really want to practice properly, you can’t do it this way. You have to dig up graves and train in a place like a cemetery. Because places like that are filled with the energy of death.”

“… … Ugh. I imagined it.”

I don’t know what she was imagining, but Amy started shaking and shivering. At the same time, I must have felt a chill, and my heated body seemed to cool down quickly. No more beads of sweat flowing down.

But thanks to that, the discomfort seemed to have subsided, and Amy, who was about to go take a bath, came over and sat down next to me.

“How is the practice, which seems easy to me? Is there any progress? It’s been like this every day for almost 10 days.”

“A little? The purity of black magic has improved a little. Perhaps creating undead will make them stronger, albeit only slightly. Existing ones can also be strengthened. It’s not a big difference though.”

” Training is like that, right? When I see him getting stronger little by little, I feel like giving up, but at some point, I can’t give up when I see him getting stronger.”

Amy nodded and showed how to use mana. Amy had difficulty typifying mana, but her palms were suddenly covered in light mana, as if she had succeeded in typifying mana.

Although there were some calluses, the hands were soft, but now that they were covered with mana, there were no weapons.

Of course, Amy made her hands into weapons, but she didn’t wield them. The place we were now was our home, and there was no reason for it to swing at me.

Amy waved her hand and scattered the mana in an instant, stretching and smiling as if she felt refreshed.

Then, the look he gave me was as if he was asking me to play with him since today’s workout was over.

“There’s nothing to do now, right? Except black magic training!”

“Uh… … . Isn’t that right? Because everyone is doing well.”

The slave elves were also growing flax and firewood on their own as soon as the snow melted, so there was nothing I had to worry about right now.

Rather, Amy had more to worry about than me.

Although Amy was my wife and held the position of the lord’s wife, she was also the head of a mercenary group hired by the manor. In short, he was the person who had to supervise the mercenaries in the city.

“Amy, don’t you have anything to do now?”

“If I had something to do, I wouldn’t be training. There aren’t many mercenaries right now anyway, so I’m free. There isn’t much because the merchants rush out and take all the mercenaries with them, right? A few of our kids must have gone out too.”

“Ah.”

It occurred to me that several merchants were leaving while being protected by a huge number of mercenaries.

As Amy said, if many mercenaries had left, there was nothing for her to do.

There were occasional cases where the spiritual soldiers were given training, but honestly, it was nothing more than Amy putting the spiritual soldiers to work because she was bored.

“Okay, let’s play, play.”

Amy also thought that it would be good to spend time together if there was nothing else to do.

Even though we didn’t have a formal ceremony, Amy was also my girl. There was no reason why we couldn’t spend time together, and it was natural for us to spend time together.

“I rode the Zombie Wyvern often, so let’s go see the market today! There won’t be anything special since all the tops are gone, but there will still be snacks!”

In the end, I was held by Amy’s hand, who was very excited, and had to go see the market.

And, due to Jienna’s complaints when she heard that I had gone to the market with Amy, I ended up spending time with her the next day. It was inevitable since he had two wives.

“I heard there’s a store selling delicious food near the plaza over there? Let’s go there today!”

“Boss. I heard there were beautiful flowers in full bloom just a little away from the elf area. Let’s go see them together!”

Of course, that kind of fun didn’t end in a day or two.

One day with Amy, another day with Gienna, and then one day with both of them. I had a leisurely time like that for a month.

I had such a great time wandering around the city that I thought to myself, “There’s something like this in my city.”

However, the fun time that seemed to last forever had to be interrupted due to unexpected circumstances.

This is because one of the merchants who left the city after buying a lot of Cloth Skeleton textiles returned again. And that was about 15 days earlier than I expected them to return.

“The top note at the top of Sipmed… … . Was it Bakuridamae?”

“Oh my! My lord remembers a merchant like me, I don’t know what to do!”

Bakuridamae was rubbing her hands and bowing as if she really didn’t know what to do.

I had no intention of listening to his flattery, so I immediately waved my hand to calm him down. I don’t know if it was because he was a master of flattery, but with just a wave of his hand, he adjusted his posture and sat down.

Since we were in a situation where we could have a normal conversation, we started talking right away.

“I came back a lot earlier than I expected. There must be some problem, right?”

“Wow, I can’t believe it’s a problem! I only came here by shortening my eating time to deliver very good news to my lord!”

“Good news?”

The tone was as if he wanted to know that he had worked hard, but more than that, the focus was on the fact that it was good news.

“There is some fiber that I bought from you, right? They all sold out in less than a day! There! I even received a pre-order! The lord’s fiber, the cloth called cloth skeleton, is very popular!”

I couldn’t help but be surprised to see Sang-San Joo half-screaming in an extremely excited voice.

I thought it would be popular because of the low price, but it was strange that I wasn’t surprised when I heard that it was sold out in less than a day and there were even reservations.

It was even more surprising that a large quantity was allocated to the Marquis of Kurid’s main activity area because it was a place where textiles were sold well.

“What is Marquis Kurid’s fiber?”

“There were a few people who wanted to buy fabric for spring clothes, but when I showed up and sold Closkeleton’s fabric at a low price, the buyers disappeared! It was well-received because it was not just cheap, but a very sturdy fabric.”

The top leader of Sipmed continued his story as if he had accomplished something big.

There were all kinds of stories going on, such as the fact that it was a dense and strong fabric, and because it was cheap, its competitiveness was enormous, and there were people who bought several skeins of the yarn, saying it was good because the thickness of the yarn was very uniform.

“Oh, and that’s not the end. Even when all the supplies I brought were sold out, there were very few people who wanted to buy the fibers made by the Marquis of Kurid. I should have reserved and bought something better and cheaper, but I didn’t want to pay a lot of money to buy it.”

“You’re not lying, right?”

“Ayu, how could I tell a lie in front of the lord? As you can see here, these are all pre-orders! Even the lord of the area I was in placed a pre-order.”

The owner of Sipmed said it was a pre-order and handed out the leftover fabric he had sold. Various sizes and quantities were written on the fabric. And, among those things, there was one that actually had a seal that seemed to belong to a nobleman.

Of course, seeing that brought a smile to my face.

This is because Cloth Skeleton’s textiles began to dominate the textile market in an instant.

“Ah! I think your lord might be curious, so I brought some things with me. Would you like to take a look?”

However, while he was smiling happily, the owner of Sipmed took out a box that he did not know when he had put there.