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Former Territory’s Residents (1)
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The beautiful sound of a piano was ringing out from the city hall of the first city. Minerva was playing the piano during a break from her busy official duties. She had just finished attending to Yuna, who had come from the third town, and her work was finally settling down.
“Such a beautiful melody as always. It’s like the light of a full moon illuminating a deep forest where no one exists” (Tyr)
Tyr commented as he wiped sweat off after finishing his sword training. He closed his eyes, enchanted by the music.
“Onii-sama, you always praise me in such a unique way.” (Minerva)
“I don’t know much about music. I just described the imagery that came to mind. But I do know your playing is beautiful.” (Tyr)
“To be able to move someone who knows nothing about music with my performance is the greatest compliment I could receive.” (Minerva)
Minerva was happy about the praise and started playing the piano, but she stopped playing midway through, perhaps because she felt something was off about the tone of the piano.
“It looks like he’s coming back.” (Minerva)
“Hmm?” (Tyr)
“Sometimes, when I play the piano, I just know things. Arc-oniisama will be back soon. We should get ready to welcome him.” (Minerva)
Minerva had always been sensitive to people’s presence since she was young. Sensing Arc’s return, she quickly began to finish up the remaining official work.
Arc returned a few hours later, just as Minerva and Tyr had completed their tasks. He had been inspecting the second and third towns and the northern coastline for the past few months. The town, which had been unnamed when he left, was now proudly called the First Town.
“Nii-san, Minerva, I’m back.” (Arc)
“Welcome back. I’m glad you’re safe. What about Yanna?” (Tyr)
“She still has a lot to do in the Third Town, so she’ll be staying there for a while.” (Arc)
“I see. It must be tough.” (Tyr)
“Thank you for handling all the unexpected decisions I made.” (Arc)
Arc expressed his gratitude for their efforts in dealing with the initiatives he had unilaterally decided as the lord. He had decided not to collect taxes from the Second Town this year, transformed the Third Town into an industrial town, and planned to build the Fourth Town. All of those were done without prior consultation.
Minerva pouted and voiced her complaint.
“You know, just because Hangue-san and the Warden Trading Company are fully cooperating doesn’t mean we have infinite money! Those requests were outrageous!” (Minerva)
“Well, it wasn’t that outrageous.” (Arc)
“Sure, asking to hire a large number of skilled craftsmen and technicians through competitions, and now requesting equipment and ships for building a port, isn’t exactly outrageous.” (Tyr)
“I apologize for the very demanding requests and thank you for handling them.” (Arc)
Arc could only bow his head in response to Tyr’s sarcastic remarks. The Warden Household, being among the country’s top merchants, could manage such grand reforms that even the king would hesitate to undertake. He needed vast amounts of money and human resources, and he was grateful for his fortune of being a great merchant himself.
“Please convey my thanks to Hangue-san from the Association.” (Arc)
Minerva stood up and opened the door to the room.
“Everyone has been looking forward to seeing you, Onii-sama.” (Minerva)
“Everyone?” (Arc)
“The people from the former Warden territory. They finally arrived a week ago and are staying at the guesthouse now.” (Minerva)
“They’re finally here!” (Arc)
Arc exclaimed excitedly.
It had been about six months since Arc visited the former Warden territory with Yulia. He had informed the merchants that the Warden Household’s territory had moved and asked them to spread the word. He wondered how many people had come to this region.
Comparing the former Warden territory with the Mikanda region, the latter was significantly inferior in terms of population, scale, and access to nearby cities. Despite these disadvantages, Arc was thrilled that people were willing to travel such a long distance to continue serving the Warden Household. At the same time, he was anxious that the rural nature of Mikanda might disappoint those who had come all this way.
“Let’s go to the guesthouse right away.” (Arc)
Arc headed towards the guesthouse where the long-awaited visitors were staying.
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