My Lord Who Is Being Prudent! [EN]: Chapter 28

§ 28 – The Lord Who Pays (2)

Kugugugugugung…!!

The cataclysm that began in Ruben.

It wasn’t just Amelia who was surprised by the magnificent sight.

“What is this… ?”

“Oh, my god…”

“What is all that… ?”

The people of Ruben all raised their heads and looked at the same place.

The hands that had been dismantling were stopped at some point.

There was no mind to continue the dismantling work.

Buildings being constructed on their own, clickety-clack.

Even if you washed your eyes and looked, there were no workers carrying materials at all.

Such scenes were happening all over Ruben.

A truly magnificent sight that made you exclaim without realizing it.

“Grayson? Do, do you know what that is?”

“N, no, I don’t know…”

Grayson shook his head at the question of the territory people.

And.

“C, Captain. What is that… what is it?”

“What on earth is going on… ?”

Soldiers who were training at the soldier training camp were no exception.

All the soldiers stopped training and watched Ruben’s cataclysm.

It was a situation where a scolding would have been heard for saying useless things usually.

“What is this… ?”

But this time it was not at all.

Lucas was glaring with both eyes almost torn.

“Th, that’s what…!”

Hans’ voice was heard right next to him.

Looking there, Hans was watching Ruben’s cataclysm with a look of astonishment.

Currently, Lucas was in charge of the soldiers’ training,

But Hans was helping Lucas for a while because there were still things to be handed over.

“You don’t know either, Hans?”

Hans slowly nodded his head.

It would be accurate to say that he nodded his head in bewilderment.

The territory people and soldiers.

Grayson and Hans, Lucas and even Amelia.

Literally everyone in Ruben came out and gathered as if possessed.

And then, watching Ruben’s cataclysm, suddenly.

Looking at each other.

“······”

“······”

“······”

Their minds went out as they were.

The absurdity ascending was a bonus.

Only one person.

“Let’s see…”

Only Cian was showing a very satisfied smile.

The territory people and soldiers gathered together.

And Grayson, Hans, Lucas, and even Amelia.

The eyes of everyone in Ruben naturally turned to Cian.

Cian calmly looked around the scenery of Ruben.

Kugugugugugung…!

Clickety-clack.

Charrrrrreureureuk.

Farmlands, blacksmiths, treatment centers, mines, monster ranches, distribution centers, etc.

The facilities that were paid for in Mobile Lord were being built on their own.

“Oh. Now it looks like a territory.”

It was roughly taking the form of a territory.

To be exact, it was about a village that was just about to develop?

Still, it was a great development from what was almost a ruin.

Of course, it took time for all those facilities to be built.

And of course.

[Instant Completion Ticket] – 3,000 G

[Instant Completion Ticket] – 5,000 G

[Instant Completion Ticket] – 1,500 G

[Instant Completion Ticket] – 2,000 G

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Mobile Lord tempted him with numerous instant completion tickets.

But Cian pressed the X button without hesitation.

Instant completion tickets are literally used when you are in a hurry.

There was no need to complete it immediately when it was not urgent.

Above all, there were facilities that did not require as much time as he thought.

《Comfortable Brick House Completed!》

“The house is being built quickly.”

It was none other than the house where the territory people would live.

The price was 2,000 gold for a bundle of 10 houses, about 200 gold per house.

Considering that the living expenses for a family of four is 30 gold per month.

200 gold for one house was neither too expensive nor too cheap.

Cian went into the completed house and examined the interior structure.

“Oh!”

It was better than he thought.

No, it was better than he expected.

The size was about 30 *pyeong* [approximately 1,076 square feet], with a large living room and 3 rooms.

It was big enough for a family of four to live in.

Also, it was a cozy and stable house built of bricks.

It was literally a ‘comfortable brick house’.

“Oh… if this is 200 gold, it’s very cheap.”

Cian calmly examined the structure of the house.

“What is this?”

Then he found something.

There was a large groove in the pillar, and it looked like something was being inserted.

“Is this perhaps inserting a mana stone?”

That seemed to be the case.

It seemed like there was a similar saying when he bought it.

Cian slowly came out of the house.

Then the people of Ruben were staring at him with blank expressions.

Their faces were all floating, and it seemed that their minds had not yet returned.

It goes without saying that the absurdity that ascended.

Cian turned his head around and saw a familiar face and called his name.

“Duras!”

Duras, a soldier of the territory.

“Y, yes? Yes!”

Duras seemed startled by Cian’s call.

Soon he was able to recognize that Cian was calling him.

“Did you call me!”

Duras came running to Cian in a hurry.

“Hey, go to the mine and pick up a mana stone.”

“Mana stone… are you talking about?”

“Yeah. The mine hasn’t been built yet, so just pick up anything lying on the ground.”

“Ah, I understand.”

Duras disappeared from sight again in a hurry.

After a little time passed like that.

Duras came back with a mana stone.

A mana stone with a black light.

The mana stone containing *magic* (*魔氣*) [dark energy or corrupted mana] was exuding a strange energy around it.

Because of that, Duras’ impression was not very good either.

Cian took the mana stone from Duras.

Then he put his hand on the mana stone and gently closed his eyes.

And Hans, Lucas, and Amelia watched the scene.

“······?”

“······?”

“······?”

They wondered what Cian was doing.

That’s because that mana stone was none other than a mana stone containing *magic* (*魔氣*).

If you touch it carelessly, you will be swept away by the magic and go crazy.

Sssseueup…!

In an instant, the mana stone began to flash.

Soon, a dark black light flickered.

Soon it was absorbed through Cian’s hand.

And soon after, the mana stone, which had been black, began to turn blue.

“······!!!!!”

“······!!!!!”

“······!!!!!”

Hans, Lucas, and Amelia’s eyes widened as if they were about to tear.

Did he just absorb the *magic* (*魔氣*) in the mana stone…?

That meant Cian would soon be swept away by the magic and go crazy.

Hans and Lucas’ faces hardened in an instant.

But.

“Hoo…! Somehow, it gets harder and harder to do.”

Cian just shook his head once.

Then he went back into the house.

Silence falling.

“Wh, what is it?”

“Th, that’s what…”

“No, what is that…”

Their minds, which had returned for a moment, went out again.

Whether they knew their feelings or not.

Cian, who came into the house, inserted the mana stone into the groove.

Click. With a sound.

Woooooong…! The power of magic spread throughout the house.

It seems to be drawing mana from the mana stone.

If he had used a mana stone with magic, the whole house would have been submerged in magic.

However, thanks to Cian’s refining of the magic, the power of magic was not felt at all.

In the space where the mana stone was inserted, a long graph was already created.

It seemed that he could control it with his hands…

Cian raised the graph all the way up with his finger.

Then the whole house became hot!

Conversely, when he lowered it all the way down.

The house became cool in an instant.

“Oh. You can control the temperature like this.”

Even humidity control was possible.

In addition to this, various convenient living functions were installed.

“It’s better than what I use at Elan Dur’s mansion?”

Of course, a large amount of mana was required to use all these functions.

To be exact, he needed a good quality mana stone.

And even a low-grade mana stone cost a whopping 200 gold each.

The belly button is bigger than the belly [spending more than one can afford].

But.

“With this, I’ll be fine for 10 years?”

The mana stone that Cian inserted was the highest grade.

It was a mana stone that had been condensed for at least a thousand years, and it may have been higher than the highest grade.

It seemed like he would have to replace it about once every 10 years.

So once every 10 years.

It seemed like he could just go to the mine and pick up a mana stone.

“Then the maintenance cost related to the house won’t be high.”

Cian nodded his head very satisfied.

Various infrastructure facilities paid for in Mobile Lord.

Those facilities were not the end just by building them.

All facilities required maintenance and management,

Fortunately, this could also be solved with Mobile Lord.

And as expected, that was also paying.

[Soldier Training Center Lv.1 Maintenance Cost] – 40 G (monthly).

Considering that the price of Soldier Training Center Lv.1 is 4,000 gold,

On average, about 1% of the purchase price was spent on monthly maintenance costs.

It was not a very large amount when viewed individually.

But this time, the facilities that were paid for as if Ruben was being overturned.

If you add up the maintenance costs of all those countless facilities…

And if you think that it goes out every month…

“How much will the maintenance cost be…”

Perhaps because it was still under construction, the total maintenance cost was not added up.

Even if he didn’t know, it was clear that it wouldn’t be a small amount.

“Hey, well, I can earn it again.”

However, Cian didn’t care much.

As he said, he could just earn that much again.

Now there was a mana stone mine,

Honestly, the maintenance cost could be covered by the profits earned from the facility.

“It’s an initial investment.”

Cian went out of the house again.

Then the faces of the floating people turned to Cian again.

Cian didn’t care and looked for Amelia.

Soon, Amelia, whom he found, had no focus in her eyes.

She looked like she had lost her mind somewhere.

“Amelia? If you go to the training center, there are a few mana stones that I refined for practice, right? I’m a bit clumsy, so it seems like the magic power has been lost, so it’s about high-grade. Please sell that.”

“······ Hot!”

Amelia came to her senses at Cian’s words that followed.

And she pondered Cian’s words she had just heard.

Cian’s words to sell the mana stone.

It was not difficult to bring it and sell it.

It would be a bit of a problem if it was the highest grade,

But it seemed like it was a high-grade mana stone when she heard it.

But she wondered if she really needed to sell it now.

That’s because she had brought about 100,000 gold not long ago.

No, it was embarrassing to even use the word not long ago.

It was just now.

Just right now, Amelia had brought about 100,000 gold to Cian.

Then suddenly Cian started doing incomprehensible things on his own.

She was just about to come out after watching it.

100,000 gold is a truly enormous amount.

But why more money… wait!

‘S, surely…!’

At that moment, an absurd thought flashed through Amelia’s head.

That was really, really absurd.

No, it shouldn’t be!

But Amelia looked at Cian with doubtful eyes.

As if reading Amelia’s thoughts.

Cian said, slightly avoiding her gaze.

“I used it all…”

Ah.

With a small exclamation, Amelia’s mind became faint.

What the hell is he doing…

No, is he a human?

Thud.

Amelia’s memory was cut off for a moment.

#

The cataclysm that began in Ruben.

Many things changed in Ruben really quickly.

“Try taking this medicine for 3 days, and if it doesn’t get better, be sure to come back.”

“The medicine that Ellie prescribed will definitely cure me! Anyway, thank you!”

Those who were injured and sick quickly recovered at the treatment center.

“Hot *tteu tteu* [onomatopoeia for hot]! Suddenly a flame popped out while hammering.”

“Be careful. Fortunately, there is a safety device in the blacksmith. You were about to be in big trouble.”

A fire began to be lit in the blacksmith.

“Hoo…! But is this really full of magic?”

“That’s what I’m saying. I don’t even get dust when I mine minerals.”

Mining of mana stones began in the mine.

“Hmm… can’t I eat this crop too?”

“Wh, what? Didn’t you just plant that? But the sprouts are already out?”

Crops were also grown in fertile farmland.

“*Yosangta* [likely a monster name]… If I meet them in the forest, they rush at me as if to kill me. They are strangely docile here.”

“If we tame these guys properly, they will be quite useful?”

Some monsters were being tamed in the monster ranch.

“Everyone! Eat and do it!”

“Come on, let’s all eat! We’re doing this to live!”

Warm steam began to rise from the distribution center.

Ruben developing from ruins to a village.

“Wow! This is delicious!”

“That’s right? I live to eat this meal these days!”

“Hahahahahahat!!”

The smiles never left the faces of the territory people.

Ruben, the spirit (死靈) territory that was no different from ruins.

Life (生氣) began to circulate in such Ruben.

And perhaps because of that.

《The satisfaction of the territory people is starting to rise like crazy!!!》

There was not a day that Mobile Lord did not make a fuss.

Especially the comfortable brick house.

“Yes…? Are you saying that you are giving these houses to us…?”

When they said that they would give the comfortable brick houses to the territory people.

The territory people were literally on the verge of crying.

“Wh, why…?”

“Such a house to us…?”

People who had been craving only survival in the dark forest.

It was a natural reaction that such a great house was created.

Even it was not a shabby shanty, but a better house than the houses where most nobles lived.

“S, surely the reason you were obsessed with money all this time…”

“All for us?”

“Other lords are busy filling their own bellies…”

Eventually, the territory people really started to cry.

“Hic…! I will never doubt the lord again. Never! Heuk…!”

“I, I! I don’t care if the lord is a demon! I’ll be a demon worshiper!”

“Lord…!!!”

Ting!

《The satisfaction of the territory people has greatly! Super greatly! Super super greatly! increased!》

《The satisfaction of the territory people has broken through the Max value!》

Then.

Ting!

《Achievement: ‘Our Lord is the best!!!’ achieved!》

A bizarre achievement was suddenly achieved.

《Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! What kind of magic did you use?!》

《The loyalty of the territory people towards you has exceeded the measurement of causality (因果)!!》

《Th, this is how…!》

Ting!

《Achievement Achievement Reward – ‘Our Lord is the Strongest in the Universe!’》

《The territory people will now worship you almost like a god!》

《If you order them, they will even pretend to die!》

《The territory people will never betray you no matter what happens!》

《The territory people will not doubt whatever you do!》

“… What is it?”

Cian really wondered what this was.

With the developing Ruben, the loyalty and motivation of the territory people.

“It seems like things are going smoothly because I’m paying.”

It was literally paying omnipotent.

Of course, everything was still clumsy and lacking.

The treatment center was severely short of necessary medicinal herbs.

The blacksmiths in the blacksmith were unskilled,

The monsters were running wild when they left the ranch,

The mines, farmlands, and distribution centers were severely short of manpower.

Even the soldiers to stop the monsters that come in without warning.

In a word, Ruben was in dire need of talent and manpower.

A territory is ultimately a place where people gather and live.

People were essential for development.

However, Ruben’s population was only at the level of a large village.

It was slowly necessary to accept new territory people into Ruben.

However, who would want to come to Ruben located in this dark forest,

Above all, he could not know whether those territory people were trustworthy.

Receiving them recklessly because they are needed was worse than not receiving them.

And this was a part that could not be solved by paying for Mobile Lord alone.

It was a problem that Cian had to solve himself.

‘It’s still a long way to go.’

That’s why Ruben was still lacking in everything.

“Lord! Lord, come and eat too!”

Just for this moment.

A warm warmth was blooming in Ruben.

#

The capital of the empire, Darkhan.

And the imperial palace located in such Darkhan.

“Your Highness. We have completed all the invitations prior to the founding day event.”

Conrad accepted the invitation handed out by the chamberlain.

Conrad von Charlotte.

As you can see from the name ‘Charlotte’, he was a member of the imperial family of the empire.

The only beings on the continent who could use the name Charlotte were members of the Charlotte Empire’s imperial family.

And Conrad was not just a member of the imperial family.

Being a member of the imperial family was not simple,

But Conrad was not a simple being among them.

The crown prince of the empire.

As the next in line to the emperor, he was a noble being who would be responsible for the future of the next empire.

Conrad looked at the invitations one by one.

The information about the recipient was written on the invitation.

Rehinar, Moltke, Berg, Böhlau…

They were prestigious families that you would know just by hearing their names.

Below that was the content that the family’s children were invited to the founding day event.

The talents who will lead the empire in the future.

And Conrad, who will be responsible for the empire in the future.

There were also invitations sent to neighboring kingdoms and the Holy Empire as well as them.

Conrad read the invitations one by one.

Then suddenly.

Conrad’s hand stopped.

“Hmm?”

Soon Conrad’s head tilted slightly.

Conrad checked the invitation several times and asked the chamberlain.

“It seems like one invitation is missing?”

Then the chamberlain showed an expression that it couldn’t be.

“May I check for a moment?”

At Conrad’s permission, the chamberlain calmly looked at the invitations.

Invitations to countless families.

However, the chamberlain had information on all the families in his head.

“Everything is there without exception…”

As expected, there was no problem.

But Conrad showed an expression that it couldn’t be.

Soon Conrad picked up 3 invitations.

It was none other than the invitation to Elan Dur.

Conrad slowly opened his mouth.

“Didn’t Elan Dur have a total of 4 children?”

But the invitation in Conrad’s hand was 3.

One was missing.

“······”

The chamberlain was momentarily speechless.

He couldn’t decide what to answer.

That’s because only 3 invitations were made on purpose to Elan Dur.

The chamberlain also knew that Elan Dur had 4 children.

Nevertheless, only 3 invitations were made to Elan Dur.

“That’s…”

The chamberlain could not easily open his mouth.

Conrad stared at such a chamberlain.

Conrad wouldn’t know.

Elan Dur was too famous a family in the empire.

He had no choice but to know even if he didn’t want to know.

“Isn’t he a child of Elan Dur? I clearly said that I wanted to see the children of Elan Dur.”

Nevertheless, the meaning of saying such words is one.

“… I will write one more invitation.”

“No. Now that it has come to this. I will write one myself.”

At such Conrad’s appearance, the chamberlain slightly raised his surprised eyes.

The handwritten invitation that Conrad wrote himself.

That’s because it has a lot of weight different from a normal invitation.

That’s why the chamberlain couldn’t help but worry.

‘It would be better not to call him…’

The founding day event was a place of harmony where talents from all over the empire gathered, as well as dignitaries from numerous kingdoms and the Holy Empire on the continent.

And Elan Dur’s youngest, Cian Elan Dur.

He was not a talent to be in this place.

He was just Elan Dur’s name.

That’s because he was more incompetent than he could imagine.

It was not that there were rumors related to him.

It was clear that he would only be disgraced and return.

That’s why it would be better not to invite Cian.

Whether he knew such a chamberlain’s feelings or not.

Conrad slowly raised his quill pen.