My Lord Who Is Being Prudent! [EN]: Chapter 173

§ 173. Cause of Damage (2)

Cian’s frozen thoughts were slow to return.

And no wonder, considering the number that appeared on the screen.

That is, the calculated cause of damage.

[Calculated Cause of Damage] – 100,002,100 G

“100 million, 2,100 Gold…?”

The number simply didn’t make sense!

100 million Gold.

A whopping 100 million and 2,100 Gold had been calculated!

“What… is this…?”

In the meantime, *pling! pling! pling!*

The Mobile Lord’s [referring to the AI assistant within Cian’s smartphone] fainting could be heard, but as expected, he didn’t care, nor could he.

“……”

A dazed gaze and mind.

Only after a long time could Cian come to his senses.

“No, this is…”

To be precise, only his mind could come to its senses.

Frankly speaking, the actual damage Cian received wasn’t quite 100 million Gold.

Even so, the reason why a cause of 100 million Gold was calculated was, as expected…

“The cause of letting Kai go is 100 million Gold…?”

It seemed to be the cause related to letting Kai go.

More precisely, the damage from not using [a specific feature or ability, likely related to the smartphone] .

It seemed that… the rest was only 2,100 Gold.

That is, Cian couldn’t spend money and couldn’t use Fame Points.

The cause of that ‘inconvenience’ seemed to be 2,100 Gold.

The cause of 100 million was the damage from letting Kai go.

“Is this… even possible?”

Cian was dumbfounded by the enormous amount.

Of course, Kai’s position in the Empire, in Elantour, was not simple.

But if asked if that value reached 100 million… he had to think about it a bit.

How can one put a price on a person’s worth?

100 million Gold was truly insane, beyond madness.

It was a unit that began to transcend the concept of money.

That’s why Cian was secretly thinking that maybe around 30 to 40 million would come out.

Still, considering Kai’s position, he thought maybe 50 million was possible.

But the amount that was actually calculated was 100 million.

“……”

Cian was beyond dumbfounded; he was about to ascend [meaning he was experiencing an overwhelming feeling].

《N-No way…! This is a lie…!!》

《I don’t wanna faint again…!!!!!》

As expected, the Mobile Lord was also freaking out and having a seizure.

〈The corresponding cause will be accumulated as mileage.〉

〈Mileage accumulated due to the cause of damage will disappear 15 days after the accumulation.〉

And then the system’s notification window appeared.

It seemed that even though the damage amounted to 100 million Gold.

It seemed that it was impossible to receive it entirely in Gold.

He didn’t know what the concept of cause was.

He still couldn’t figure out how the Mobile Lord worked.

But it seemed difficult for the system to directly give Gold that had an impact.

“Still, this is something.”

Even so, its value was not low.

It was unchanged that he received compensation equivalent to 100 million Gold.

Cian immediately entered the Mileage Shop and checked his mileage.

The mileage he checked was…

[Current Mileage] – 1,000,120 M

A whopping 1 million mileage had been accumulated.

Mileage accumulated by calculating 1% of the cause of damage amounting to 100 million Gold.

“Ah…!!!”

At that ecstatic number, Cian unknowingly trembled.

Along with Cian’s writhing, *pling! pling!*

《N-No way! This doesn’t make sense!》

《Traitor! The system is a traitor!!》

The Mobile Lord was also having a seizure and trembling.

Looking at the Mobile Lord’s reaction now…

Somehow, the system and the Mobile Lord seemed to be separate entities.

They were collaborating, but they didn’t seem to be the same entity.

So, if the system was the developer of the smartphone.

The Mobile Lord seemed to be the operator.

It wasn’t accurate, but…

From what he had experienced so far, it seemed roughly correct.

-L, Lord…?-

At that moment, Kendrick’s dazed voice was heard.

It seemed that Cian’s sudden writhing was questionable.

“Just a moment, Kendrick.”

Cian gestured to Kendrick and focused on his smartphone again.

The cause of damage amounting to 100 million Gold.

The 1 million mileage accumulated from it.

How could he resist this!

Leaving the bewildered Kendrick behind.

Cian immediately entered the 【Mileage Shop】.

『Special Facilities』

『Special Items』

“Special facilities… won’t work.”

He wanted to buy the buildings in the special facilities if he could.

But the value was a whopping 1.5 million mileage.

The mileage Cian had was 1 million mileage.

“Should I collect 500,000 mileage?”

…He wanted to, but he quickly changed his mind.

That’s because it wasn’t just 500,000 mileage.

500,000 mileage was mileage that could only be accumulated by spending a whopping 50 million Gold.

It was still too much to spend 50 million Gold right now.

Of course, if he waited, he could eventually collect 500,000 mileage.

“But it’s impossible within 15 days.”

However, the mileage received as compensation for the maintenance had a usage period of 15 days.

Unless he embezzled one more time.

Even for Cian, it was nearly impossible to collect 50 million Gold within 15 days.

“I have no choice.”

Cian licked his lips once and entered the 『Special Items』 section.

*Click.*

-Elixir (500,000 M)

-Elixir (500,000 M)

-Golden Apple (600,000 M)

-Heavenly Peach (620,000 M)

-Goblin Hat (600,000 M)

-Gleipnir (700,000 M)

-Megingjörð (500,000 M)

-Kestos Himation (300,000 M)

-Aegis Shield (650,000 M)

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Items listed endlessly.

Cian stared at the listed items.

“Hmm… what should I buy?”

Honestly, he couldn’t decide what to buy.

There were various and many items, but that caused a choice paralysis.

Variety was both an advantage and a disadvantage.

No, honestly, the variety of items was an advantage and could never be a disadvantage.

The reason why this acted as a disadvantage was not in anything else.

“No, shouldn’t they write down the description?”

There was no description of what the items were used for.

All that was written was the name of the item and the price.

That was all.

What it was used for, what kind of performance it had.

Nothing was written at all.

He couldn’t just buy it without knowing.

The price of each item was tens of thousands of mileage.

And tens of thousands of mileage was worth tens of millions of Gold when converted to Gold.

And it was a non-exchangeable and non-refundable item.

What if he bought it without knowing and it was useless?

It was like scattering tens of millions of Gold into the air.

“Are they selling information for money this time too?”

…He thought, but somehow it didn’t seem to be the case this time.

That’s because no notification window had popped up so far.

*Pling!*

《I, I can do it…! I’ve gotten stronger! I’m the stronger King-bile Lord!》

《This little cause! I can handle it…!!!!》

To be exact, only the Mobile Lord’s fainting was heard.

“Do I really have to just buy it?”

It seemed so.

“Hmm…”

Cian pondered and pondered.

And finally made one decision.

“Let’s buy an Elixir.”

Elixir, which he knew the legend about.

He decided to buy it.

It was easier to buy an item that he knew the legend of from items that had no information.

And if that was really the legendary Elixir…

It was really a jackpot among jackpots.

According to legend, if an ordinary person ate it, it was a panacea that would instantly raise them to the realm of a master.

Of course, it was just a legend, but even if it wasn’t the content of the legend, it was okay.

It was worth enough just to have similar effects.

“The value of the Elixir… is 500,000 mileage.”

Even after buying the Elixir, he had 500,000 mileage left.

“Then I can buy one more…”

Cian slowly looked at the special items.

But there were no items he had heard of other than the Elixir.

“Let’s just buy the Elixir for now.”

Cian eventually decided to buy only one Elixir.

There was a usage period for the mileage, but the period was 15 days.

It was time to experience the effects of the Elixir and decide again.

*Click.*

《A-Are you going to buy the Elixir?!》

When he touched the purchase button, the Mobile Lord’s notification window popped up.

Cian immediately pressed the Y button.

*Click.*

《Hiyaaaaaaaaap!!!!!!》

Then, as if the Mobile Lord was shouting with energy, the notification window popped up on the screen.

He thought mileage wouldn’t have much of an impact.

It seemed that the Mobile Lord was fully bearing the burden because it was accumulated due to the cause of damage.

No wonder the system was calling him a traitor earlier.

《Kueeeeeeeeeeeeeeck!!!!》

There was a reason.

“So who told you to do maintenance?”

Cian chuckled once.

This was only the result of the Mobile Lord going into maintenance.

As a result, it was compensation for Cian having to suffer damage.

In other words, it was his own fault.

More than anything, thinking about the smugness from before…

Honestly, he felt a little relieved.

And 500,000 mileage was a cause equivalent to a whopping 50 million Gold.

Therefore, the Mobile Lord was bearing a cause burden of 50 million Gold.

Moreover, Cian still had 500,000 mileage left.

Adding these two together, he was bearing a cause of 100 million Gold.

“Surely he’s not going to faint again, is he?”

He might, but… it was unlikely.

First of all, the Gold that the Mobile Lord went into maintenance for last time was about 84 million Gold.

And considering that he had become stronger through maintenance, he seemed to be able to withstand up to 100 million Gold.

Unless he poured out all 100 million Gold.

This time, he was only thinking of buying one Elixir.

As he was lost in such thoughts.

*Spaaaaaaat!*

A bright light burst out in front of Cian.

Soon the light faded, and a small bottle was placed there.

Cian carefully picked up the bottle.

A purplish liquid sloshing inside the bottle.

“…… Is this really for drinking?”

No matter how he looked at it, it didn’t look like it was for drinking.

No, to be precise, it seemed like it was made to be drunk, but it was made for the purpose of killing.

“Surely… I didn’t get scammed, did I?”

For a moment, he thought this, but he quickly shook his head.

The Mobile Lord was crazy about spending money, but there were no scam items.

More than anything, even if it only looked like that, the magic power felt at his fingertips was not ordinary.

-L, Lord. What is that…?

Kendrick also seemed to have sensed something unusual and asked, his eyes flickering.

Cian stared at the Elixir.

A small bottle in his hand.

The magic power felt beyond the bottle made his fingertips tingle.

“Really… is it the legendary Elixir?”

Cian swallowed hard, his eyes trembling.

Then he slowly pulled out the stopper of the Elixir.

With a *pop* sound, a foul smell rose from the end of the stopper.

It smelled like good quality fish aged for about 4 months.

In other words, it smelled like rotten fish.

“Is this… really for drinking?”

No matter how he looked at it, it didn’t seem like it was made to be eaten.

It is said that what is good for the body is bitter, but this was not a concept of bitterness.

Cian pondered deeply… and finally made a decision.

If the content of the legend was true, this was a panacea with tremendous magic power.

The smell was rotten… but the magic power felt in his hand was real.

Moreover, this was an item worth 500,000 mileage.

This small bottle was worth a whopping 50 million Gold.

Even if it was rotten fish, if it was 50 million Gold, it was no different from a tonic.

“Hoo…!”

Here I go.

Cian closed his eyes tightly and swallowed the contents of the Elixir in one gulp.

Not even a mouthful flowed down Cian’s throat.

And as expected.

“Ugh…”

It tasted terribly bad.

It was fortunate that it wasn’t even a mouthful.

If it had been more than two mouthfuls, he would have spit it out.

“Ugh…!”

The nausea kept coming up.

Thanks to gritting his teeth and enduring, he was able to avoid the unfortunate event of spitting it out.

After a little time passed, the nausea disappeared to some extent.

“Hmm… there’s no effect…”

…He thought, at that very moment.

“Ugh!”

Suddenly, a tremendous energy soared from within.

Soon, *whirrrrr!*

Something like a hot flame rose from within Cian.

‘But this is too…!’

*Whirrrrrrrrrr!*

‘Hot…!’

The fire that had taken root inside continued to intensify without end.

If the strongest fire magic, Hell Fire, was cast in the intestines, would it be like this?

“Keuheok…!”

It seemed like it was really like that!

“Kkeueuk…!”

He felt the pain as if every single blood vessel was burning.

The terrible pain made his mind dizzy, and his consciousness drifted far away.

But ironically, tremendous vitality was felt throughout his body.

Cian hurriedly grabbed his mind and recited the incantation of the Demon Soul Control Method [a technique for controlling demonic energy].

It was the Aura training method used by Kyle and the source method of handling demons.

Along with the incantation of the Demon Soul Control Method, the hot fire gradually began to take root in every corner of Cian’s body.

Cian grabbed his departing mind and continued to recite the incantation of the Demon Soul Control Method.

*Kugugugugugung…!!!*

Each time, an indescribable wave of tremendous power exploded throughout Cian’s body.

-T, This is…!!

Kendrick’s eyes widened in shock.

*Pling! Pling!*

[Demon Soul Control Method Progress Rate 59.6166%(+1.8652%)]

[Demon Soul Control Method Progress Rate 63.1379%(+3.5213%)]

[Demon Soul Control Method Progress Rate 67.7632%(+4.6253%)]

[Demon Soul Control Method Progress Rate 73.0421%(+5.2789%)]

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Notification sounds were constantly heard from the smartphone.

But Cian couldn’t afford to check it.

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“The Young Master is currently in the training ground.”

Philip looked slightly embarrassed at Hans’ words.

Philip, the commander of the 3rd Knights of the Royal Knights.

A knight who had reached the intermediate level of Master, came to Ruben with the Crown Prince and Princess as their escort.

And the reason why Philip was here, in the Lord’s Castle.

“I wanted to meet Count Cian…”

It was none other than to meet Cian.

“He’s in training…”

“I don’t know for sure, but I think that’s probably the case.”

Philip looked embarrassed once again at Hans’ answer.

Hans slowly opened his mouth at Philip’s appearance.

“What brings you to find the Young Master…?”

“That’s not it… I was wondering if you could arrange a friendly match between the knights of Ruben and the Royal Knights.”

A friendly match between the knights of Ruben and the Royal Knights.

In fact, the level difference between the two could be said to be large.

Knights who protect the Imperial Family and the 1st Knights of the Empire.

Only the White Wolf Knights could rival them.

Therefore, the match was meaningless, but it was not entirely so.

From what he had seen in the clash earlier.

The knights of Ruben were by no means low in level.

The tenacity that did not fall behind the White Wolf Knights.

That meant that they were on par with the Royal Knights.

A knight of a mere territory competes with the Royal Knights.

That could give the Royal Knights enough alertness.

And in fact… there was another purpose for the match.

None other than the Death Knight, Kendrick.

It was a justification for having a match with Kendrick, who had cornered Aaron, the commander of the White Wolf Knights.

He couldn’t know the details about Kendrick’s identity.

But one thing was certain, he was a knight one level above Philip.

A knight one level above the intermediate level of Master, at least a knight of the upper level of Master.

It was hard to find such a knight even if he searched all over the continent.

Not only could he not find him, but there was only one person.

Durak Elantour, currently called the 1st Sword of the continent.

There was no one else.

And competing with a knight of a higher level.

That was an opportunity for learning that any knight would not want to miss.

But competing with Durak was virtually impossible.

But Kendrick was different.

If he had Cian’s permission, he could have a match at any time.

So the knights of Ruben to the Royal Knights.

Philip, including the Royal Knights, to Kendrick.

The friendly match could be a place of harmony where each other could give each other learning.

So Philip asked Conrad and Elena for permission, and then came to ask for Cian’s permission.

“But if Count Cian is in training…”

If Cian was in training, he couldn’t get permission right now.

As a fellow knight, he knew how rude and disruptive it was to visit during training.

So he tried to go back, swallowing his regret.

“Hmm… if it’s a friendly match, I think the Young Master would gladly allow it.”

Hans thought for a moment and then continued.

“Why don’t you go and ask him directly?”

“But didn’t you say he’s in training now? Wouldn’t it be a disturbance if I went…?”

“It’s okay. The Young Master told me to let him know if anything happened, so you don’t have to worry about it.”

Hans said it was okay, but Philip couldn’t nod easily.

“Since the topic came up, I’ll guide you. Let’s go together.”

Hans moved directly at Philip’s appearance.

Philip hesitated for a moment and slowly followed Hans.

If Hans went with him, the story was different.

After following Hans for a while.

“It’s ahead.”

He was able to reach the training ground where Cian was.

Hans walked towards the training ground without hesitation.

Philip followed Hans.

No, it was just then that he was about to follow.

*Kugugugugugung…!!!*

Suddenly, the entire Lord’s Castle began to shake as if there was a major earthquake.

At the same time, a terrible wave of power began to engulf the entire Lord’s Castle.

“……!”

“……!”

Philip and Hans stopped in their tracks as if they had made a promise.

“T, This is…!”

And Philip’s eyes widened as if they were about to tear.

At the same time, Philip’s expression began to be dyed with shock.

*Kugugugugugung…!!!*

The earthquake shaking the Lord’s Castle continued to occur.

No, this was more like the space itself was shaking rather than an earthquake.

And the wave of power felt at the end of his skin.

That’s why Philip could tell at once.

This vibration was not something that could be explained by an earthquake.

Vibration caused by the aftermath of some force.

Also, the direction and purpose of the force were not felt.

That meant that it was simply a vibration created by the force of the force being contained.

It was literally a vibration caused by the ‘aftermath’ of the force.

But… was that possible?

Was it possible for this to happen with just the aftermath of the force?

Impossible.

Philip could say for sure.

This is impossible.

Even he, an intermediate level Master, could not do it.

He could artificially explode the magic power with a purpose.

This is absolutely impossible with just the aftermath of the force.

For this to be possible, it required tremendous magic power.

No, it was not enough to say tremendous, it needed a power beyond that.

That’s why it’s really ridiculous.

This is really, really ridiculous power.

This kind of power cannot exist.

Even if it did exist, no one could contain this power.

With this much power, it would tear the whole body to pieces by the power itself.

Surely… surely it would be so.

But… what is the power that is felt at the end of his skin now?

Philip’s widened eyes turned to the source of the exploding power.

And the place where Philip’s gaze reached.

*Kugugugugugung…!!!*

The training ground located in the Lord’s Castle.

It was the place where he heard Cian was.