chapter 13
The flow of things contains more information than you think.
If you are in a place where herbs and feed are sold a lot, you probably raise a lot of livestock.
On the contrary, if a lot of livestock and food are sold, it means that the terrain is scarce for people to eat.
Or, if a lot of ore and mana stones are sold, it must be a place where the manufacturing industry is developed.
You can think of it as a city with a lot of consumer activities if it is a place where luxuries such as art or spices are developed.
‘It’s strange.’
In that sense, the ledgers scattered on the table now made Alkaido immersed in thought.
“The last 10 years or so.”
Not quite the same. Sometimes drought, sometimes flood.
Although it is the economy that sells more and less depending on the consumption of food or the fashion of the year, the indicators of the documents in Alcaido’s eyes were strangely heterogeneous.
“But it’s an incomprehensible flow.”
If the income of food and weapons from the attached territory increases, it must be said that the transfer of the territory is just around the corner.
If the whole country scrambled to stockpile goods and covertly collect ore and weapons, one could expect a civil war.
However, it is not attached, but it is not a sporadic stockpile throughout the country, but the link is not clear.
And with the gradually increasing slave hunt, the reduction of slash-and-burn villages, etc.
Alkaido, who caught some disturbing currents, straightened his Kaiser beard.
“Wasn’t that just a catchphrase?”
Adelian’s traits were also known to Alkay.
Since he was the one who delivered the note secretly sent by the priest at the temple to Caiman, it wouldn’t make sense to change it in the middle.
Trait was not an absolute indicator, but as it is a universal indicator that can easily identify the minimum talent, it would be unreasonable for Adelian, who did not have a single positive trait, to grasp the situation of the continent in one sitting.
‘There are two possibilities.’
Either that someone is controlling Adelian behind the scenes.
‘Or the young master was really deceiving everyone.’
Alkaido’s eyes narrowed coldly.
* * *
“Please save me, Bocchan. No, Master!”
“What kind of weak talk is that?”
After the upper body workout today with Mark, I drink a refreshing glass of juice with Luna. What a scene.
As Luna shyly hides behind me, Harlon grabs the crotch of my pants with a crying face.
At that, I shook my legs as if shaking and looked down at Harlon, who was lying on the floor in a pose like a heroine of tragedy.
“No more… I can’t do it anymore. If you just circle the gymnasium and swing your sword until you collapse from exhaustion, I will swing it.”
“No, Halon. Do you think that suits you better?”
“I don’t think so? It can’t be! Even if I die and wake up, it’s my job to eat with a knife!”
[Halon Devrin – Adelian’s chief secretary]
Representative Traits: [Knowledge (S)] [Skill (B)]
Hidden Traits: [Document Processing (S)] [Intelligence (A)] [Commercial Material (B)]
Yes, I’m right.
Seeing that your title has been changed to my chief secretary in the first place, it seems that the system recognizes it too, right?
In the meantime, a Sangjae trait has also risen.
I smiled kindly and patted Harlon, who was sitting down and pleading, and tried to get him up by force, but I ran out of strength and waved my hand to get up.
“Halon, do you remember our contract?”
As if recalling a vague memory, as if rhyming, Halon’s tear-soaked eyes move sideways.
“but… But, Bocchan… … .”
“Eul is Gap-in, and he does what I ask him to do without saying anything. uh?”
“then… Then add some more, please. I really feel like I’m going to die of overwork if I do everything by myself… … .”
Grabbing the hem of my trousers again, I rolled the lamenting Harlon backwards as if I was shaking off my legs.
I have a good social life… … .
“Well, I’ll think about that.”
Let’s drink juice and talk like an evil boss responding to the word to increase Tio, and Halon clings again.
“Really please. young master. No, my lord. please!”
Well, since it’s basically all the basic tasks that Caiman has to handle, it’s so important that no one can even sort the paperwork.
It will be difficult to work alone.
Caiman would take care of things like really top-secret documents, but I’m sure there aren’t too many general tasks.
Borrowing the power of a trait, I spoke arrogantly and in a very generous tone.
“good. If I see a good one later, I’ll let you go.”
“really? thank you! Then I will go to work. Bleeding… No, my lord.”
Watch me run away as soon as I found out that I might cancel on a whim?
I hurriedly opened the door and looked at the back of Halon’s head as he walked out, laughing and swallowing the remaining juice on the floor.
You can go around with Kane and catch the guys who show the buds of the trait in moderation and send them.
God’s contract is a waste, so at least one person with the most ability should be able to hold on.
“This is delicious, Bocchan.”
As soon as Halon went, I saw Luna sneaking out from behind me.
“Luna, what’s not tasty in your mouth?”
“Green juice.”
“ah… … .”
right?
Come to think of it, I asked something very obvious.
I put away the empty cup and looked at Luna, who was bringing cookies from somewhere, and motioned for me to go out to the balcony.
“As expected, when chewing something, it tastes better when you chew it while looking at something interesting.”
“… yes?”
“Let’s eat snacks while watching the cane break.”
“to… … .”
Sitting on the balcony, I can’t hear my voice properly, but I can see the gymnasium in the distance.
I picked up a cookie from the plate that Luna had placed on the outdoor table, shoveled it into my mouth, and watched Kane, who was being beaten under the guise of sparring.
“Just get some basic training.”
At first, out of resentment, some of the average knights overrolled Kane, but Kane’s greed was the reason why he rolled like that even after a while.
He would be busy learning basic swordsmanship day by day, but when he said let’s fight and ask him to tell me how to hold it, there’s no way he could be an opponent.
If you do it in moderation and learn well, you won’t know again.
Until he passed out or was so tired that he couldn’t get up, he continued to attack, and later the knights who had been trained would push him harder to drain Kane’s power faster.
As a result, the threshing floor will eventually come out.
“Oh, that would really hurt.”
“Ugh, that look… I think it hurts… … .”
It is clearly visible even from this distance that the wooden sword is stamped on the stomach.
Are you crouching down and coughing or gasping for breath?
In the meantime, the eyes shed hard as if they were looking at the opponent’s sword, and after rolling to the side to float the distance, they aim for the sword again.
Since coming here, he has gained some weight and his nutritional status has improved, so he is a little taller, but compared to a knight with a strong body, his body is like a skewer.
“Oh, should I feed you more chicken breast?”
“Eat more than you do now… Won’t you throw up if you do?”
“They make more steel, and he has real muscle potential?”
“You want to make some kind of monster… … .”
If you’re as talented as Cain, I think you’ll be able to have a body like Governor Arnold!
Kane, with whom I exchanged several sums when I was passionate about a man’s romance, was still showing the gap in his skills without filtering it.
Even if you are lucky to block it, your body will only be pushed back by that power. Does that have any meaning?
‘It’s overconfidence.’
No matter how genius you are, you can’t run ahead of time.
They are those who have trained their bodies for at least a dozen years and learned how to kill someone.
Talent can beat hard work, but time can’t.
I clicked my tongue and thought about how many potions I should take out, but Kane’s body disappeared in an instant.
“what.”
“Wow… … .”
No, it didn’t disappear, but my eyes, which were looking at it moderately, couldn’t follow it.
“It seems that being careless is also prohibited… … .”
Did he grab the blade of the wooden sword that came in as a thrust and pull it into the knight’s arms, and instead of swinging the wooden sword in the square, did he slap the face with the hand holding the sword?
I think that was done by Harlon, who had the dexterity trait.
And when I roughly understood the flow, Kane was lifted up in the air and limp after eating a headbutt with his throat caught.
“Do you think you fainted?”
“Yes, I think so, Bocchan.”
what the. I fought so far, but I still got a scratch, today.
The sound of the wind, whether it was admiration or nonsense, flowed from my mouth, and the cookie I had eaten lost my appetite, so I put it back on the plate and got up from my seat.
“Let’s bring them and feed them some potions.”
“yes… Strawberry flavor today… should?”
I went to the gymnasium with Luna, trying to get rid of my stomach from eating snacks, and then I saw Kane, who was talking with his bloody face as if he had come to his senses.
“Thank you for today.”
“It’s a bit scary this time. It was quite sharp, but still a long way off. know?”
Is it a warmer atmosphere than expected?
Well, at first it seemed like a parachute, but since Kane works hard, they are not evil people, so their passion is worth admiring.
“Did you lose ugly again?”
And having a public enemy in the first place is also helpful for unity.
I smiled and approached Kane.
“I am not doing anything right. wake up. When are you going to pay for the meal?”
“… young master. May I say something?”
He opens his mouth as if trying to defend Kane at my words, but I am a villain now.
“No, don’t upload it. Let’s go Kane.”
“See you again tomorrow.”
Seeing Kane greet me politely enough to be compared to mine, I had mixed feelings.
Is that Kane who will become a human-hating butcher in the future?
After all, it was God’s resin that erased indomitability.
In a happy mood, I impulsively opened the knight’s trait window, looking at Kane and me alternately with a stiff face.
[Dave – the average knight of the Crow Knights who bit the gold coin]
Representative Traits: [Stamina (A)] [Stamina (A)]
Hidden Traits: [Spirit (B)] [Wind Spirit (D)]
I’m surprised
It’s just a trait window that I’ve been able to see, but there’s something strange about it.
‘If it’s a wind chime… Wasn’t that a spirit?’
I saw Kane whose clothes were in a mess as if he had roughly wiped the blood with his sleeve, motioned for Kane to wash up and then sat down in a chair.
“Luna, get some green juice.”
“Just one drink… You can bring… … ?”
“Two glasses of Luna’s as well as yours.”
“Ugh… … .”
After seeing Luna go out with her ears down as if she was gloomy, I took out the traits I had put together and read from the sub-space.
‘That’s right, spirit.’
It’s unusual, are you saying that physical traits such as physical strength and spirit power are possible at the same time?
In the case of hidden traits, it was not a situation that was confirmed in the original game.
Most of the units that recruited mercenaries or joined through random events on the road had traits appropriate to their occupations.
“Well, I guess it’s rather rare for people’s talent to fall apart.”
“What do you mean?”
“Oh, what a surprise. Go ahead and pretend.”
I thought my heart was falling
The bloodstains on his face had been erased, as if he had just washed, but his face, which had begun to swell and bruise, did not look good even for Kane.
“If you come, drink a potion.”
When Luna gestured at Kane, who looked suspiciously at the strawberry-flavored potion that Luna had prepared on the table, Kane reached out and grabbed it.
“If it tastes like strawberry, it must be a Pronin Alchemy Tower product.”
“Now I memorize where the manufacturing tower is for each flavor. Which tower is the most delicious?”
“Bocchan, I’m here… … . And I’m from Pasyan Tower… I like the taste of mint chocolate… … .”
“Eva really… … .”
Isn’t mint chocolate a bit much?
I looked at Luna, who returned with two glasses of green juice, then shook my head and raised my hand to mean that both of us should hurry up and drink.
“Eww… … .”
“It’s a taste I’m not used to, this.”
“Don’t you know that what is written in the mouth is good for the body?”
At my words, both of them shrugged and put their chins on their chins.
“You seem to have gotten quite close with the knights now?”
“Thanks to someone, everyone sympathized with me. It sounds like you’re doing it on purpose, but do it in moderation.”
‘It must be difficult to win their hearts late.’ Looking at Kane who added, I tilted my head.
Anyway, I’m not really Adelian.
So, I have no intention of expanding my influence and taking over the family, and if I want to go out with Kane anyway, my current position would be better.
A boss who is worse than not having anything.
Trouble.
‘Besides, when I really need strength, there is a high probability that the continent will be destroyed five minutes ago.’
He has a lot of money, but he is in a situation where he has to get help from the knights in the Kruger family’s nature, not mercenaries?
If so, it will be tangled up in the main stream sweeping the entire continent, and then the Knights will have to move whether I like it or not.
“What to do? you said It’s not them who are in the same boat with me, it’s you.”
Kane let out a sigh when I put a lot of pressure on him, saying, “It’s okay if you grow up and become stronger than a single knight.”
“I-I want to be helpful too, Bocchan… ”
“I feel sorry for Luna, but of course you should go with me.”
To be honest, Luna and I were on a boat called Kane.
I said it, but the bus driver came out and Kane is the bus itself.
The bus must be strengthened so that it can run without being smashed by the main stream, such as an elk.
And should Luna ride in the passenger seat? Please prevent drowsy driving.
“Then work hard until your birthday.”
“Yes, if you’re lucky, you might get a swordsmanship trait.”
[Kain Reinus – Survivor of the Burning Ember]
Representative Traits: [???] [Genius (S)] [Appearance (A)] [Body (S)]―Unimprinted
Hidden Traits: [Unfortunate (F)] [Toughness (A)]―Unimprinted
That trait marked with ‘???’.
‘I’ll find out if I check it in the temple.’
On the day of scratching the Kane lottery ticket, which was scheduled to happen sooner or later, I raised the corners of my mouth without hiding my anticipation.