My Lord Who Is Being Prudent! [EN]: Chapter 80

§ 80. A Feast of Spending! (1)

Sian took out his smartphone and checked the gold in his inventory.

The notification window popped up on the screen.

[Gold currently held] – 770,000 G.

“Huh?”

Sian was momentarily puzzled.

But only for a moment.

“Ah, right.”

He soon realized his mistake.

He had been so excited that he had forgotten for a moment.

“I haven’t exchanged the vouchers for gold yet.”

What Sian held in his hand was not 7 million gold, but vouchers worth 7 million gold.

He did have 7 million gold at his disposal, but he hadn’t converted the vouchers to gold yet.

“…These are practically 7 million gold, can’t they just accept it?”

In essence, they were the same.
Vouchers and gold were essentially the same thing.

Of course, vouchers were similar to promissory notes.

Strictly speaking, they couldn’t be considered gold.

If the merchant guild or organization that guaranteed them went bankrupt, they would become worthless pieces of paper.

However, these vouchers were stamped with the imperial seal.

In other words, they were guaranteed by an entity that could never fail.

More precisely, it was a guarantee that shouldn’t fail.

Therefore, it wouldn’t matter if they were recognized as 7 million gold.

However, the ‘causality’ that Mobile Lord spoke of didn’t seem to meet the criteria.

“Vouchers are convenient, but they’re also a hassle in many ways.”

Anyway.

“While I’m exchanging, I should exchange the vouchers Amelia earned too.”

Sian put his smartphone back into his pocket.

And just then.

Amelia was hurrying somewhere.

Sian called out to her.

“Amelia!”

Amelia stopped in her tracks.

She looked around, spotted Sian, and slowly approached him.

“Did you call me?”

Sian nodded.

“The gold you earned from the trading, do you have it in vouchers?”

“Yes. Oh… I didn’t give it to you back then… did I?”

Amelia opened her mouth as if she had forgotten.

At the time, the Western nobles had suddenly arrived, but more than that, she had met the Crown Prince and her mind had gone blank.

Sian felt the same way.

Amelia rummaged through her pocket.

Eventually, she pulled out a thick wad of paper.

Fortunately, she hadn’t lost it.

“Here it is, Lord!”

Amelia handed the wad of paper to Sian with a confident expression.

The amount he confirmed was…

1. 3 million gold.

“You really earned a lot?”

Sian’s eyes widened.

It wasn’t easy to earn 1.3 million gold from trading.

No, it was practically impossible.

Even selling Ruben’s goods and the monsters that were rampant in the West wouldn’t make it easy.

Amelia was indeed Amelia.

That’s why Sian was quite surprised.

“You don’t seem that surprised…?”

Amelia didn’t seem to feel the same way.

She looked a little disappointed.

It seemed that Sian’s reaction wasn’t as enthusiastic as she had expected.

Well…

It couldn’t be helped.

“The amount I squeezed out of His Highness the Crown Prince was so large.”

The amount he had squeezed out of Conrad was quite large.

“Squeezed out of His Highness the Crown Prince?”

Amelia tilted her head and asked again.

“How much did you squeeze… I mean, receive?”

“7 million.”

Then.

“Pardon?”

Amelia’s head tilted.

What did he just say?

“700,000?”

“No. 7 million.”

Sian took out a voucher from his pocket.

And there it was, 7,000,000 G written on it.

The clear imperial seal guaranteeing it.

Thump.

Amelia’s mind momentarily stopped.

Could that… could that be possible?

7 million gold?

Was he teasing her?

But the voucher Sian showed clearly had the imperial seal on it.

Sian wouldn’t have forged the imperial seal.

If he did, he would be beheaded for treason.

Then, was there something wrong with my eyes…? No way!

“Wh-wh-what…!!!”

Amelia’s eyes widened as if they would tear.

To be honest, Amelia was full of confidence.

To be a little more honest, she was proud of her abilities.

She had earned 1.3 million gold in one trading trip.

What merchant guild could do such a thing?

Even the Brahe Merchant Guild, which once dominated the West, had rarely done this.

And at that time, her father would gather all the guild members and hold a festival.

1. 3 million gold was that kind of profit.

But what, what?

7 million gold?

“Wh-what on earth did you do to squeeze… I mean, receive 7 million gold?!”

In the past, when Amelia was in the Brahe Merchant Guild.

Amelia had often been told that she had a talent for business.

Although she wasn’t as good as Amelia’s father, the head of the Brahe Merchant Guild.

However, she had an eye for things even at a young age.

Amelia’s father was often surprised by Amelia.

But now.

If someone told Amelia that she had a talent as a great merchant.

Amelia could say without hesitation.

Don’t be ridiculous!

If Amelia was a talent for great merchants.

Then what was Sian now? A supreme merchant? An emperor merchant?

She couldn’t find the words to express it!

She thought this every time.

Why is this man a lord?

If he changed his path to a merchant now, he would beat the entire continent with gold?

“Well, I just put on a thick face and bluffed. I don’t think His Highness didn’t know… Was that why? He kept badgering me about whether I had any intention of marrying your sister.”

“…Pardon?”

Amelia paused at Sian’s sudden words.

“M-marriage?”

“Yeah.”

Amelia’s expression stiffened.

Looking at him.

For some reason, Amelia’s heart seemed to sink.

“What’s wrong?”

Sian asked, but Amelia didn’t answer.

Was she broken again…? But the trembling look in her eyes towards Sian didn’t seem to be the case.

“S-so… what did you say, Lord?”

Amelia asked in a trembling voice.

Sian shrugged.

“Of course, I said I didn’t want to.”

“Ah…”

A sigh escaped her lips.

“Hoo.”

Amelia sighed deeply as if relieved.

“Why are you sighing?”

“Huh? Oh, it’s nothing!”

Amelia looked very flustered when Sian asked.

As if that wasn’t enough, she waved her hands wildly.

Sian looked at Amelia, wondering what was going on.

Amelia’s face gradually turned red.

“It’s nothing!!”

She ran away in a hurry.

“…What is it?”

Sian really wondered what was going on.

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Sian was able to exchange all the vouchers for gold quickly.

It was a considerable amount, but the western part of the empire was a region developed by commerce.

Although it had been paralyzed by the monster outbreak.

Thanks to the efforts of Sian and the Ruben soldiers, it had largely regained stability.

So Sian was able to exchange the gold without much difficulty.

Having exchanged all the vouchers for gold, Sian soon prepared to leave.

He had resolved the crisis in the West.

He had also received satisfactory compensation.

It was time to return.

Of course, Sian’s position in the West was solid.

The hero of the West.

He was called the hero of the West, but with the lords of the West gone, he was practically the king of the West.

Therefore, he could have settled down in the West, but Sian had a different place to be.

A familiar hometown.

Sian immediately prepared to leave for Ruben.

Many Westerners were disappointed, but Sian did not hesitate.

In the carriage heading to Ruben.

“Let’s see…”

Sian checked the gold in his inventory.

7 million gold received from Conrad.

1. 3 million gold received from Amelia.

And 770,000 gold he already had.

In total…

[Gold currently held] – 9,070,000 G.

“9.07 million gold!!!”

Unfortunately, he didn’t exceed 10 million gold.

Still, where else could he get this much!

“Aaaaaah…!!”

Sian couldn’t control his trembling body.

Right then.

Ding!

With a cheerful notification sound, the Mobile Lord’s notification window popped up on the smartphone screen.

《Warning! This Mobile Lord contains content that is not good for mental health and is not available to those under 199 years of age!》

Click.

Sian immediately pressed the X button.

“That’s ridiculous.”

It wasn’t funny at all!

“Not good for mental health, my foot.”

Of course, Mobile Lord was not good for mental health.

It wasn’t just not good, it was enough to shatter your mind.

Sian already knew that all too well.

But why did it suddenly bring up such a warning message!

Even 199 years old, not even 19 years old.

That was nonsense.

It seemed that Mobile Lord didn’t know how much gold Sian had when he only had vouchers.

Then, when an absurd amount of gold suddenly entered the inventory.

Mobile Lord seemed to be startled.

It was clear that there was a difference between gold and vouchers for Mobile Lord.

Anyway.

“Let’s spend right now.”

Sian immediately launched Mobile Lord.

He was going to Ruben anyway.

There was no harm in spending in advance.

“Just you wait…”

Sian glared at his smartphone.

But he cooled his head more calmly than ever and organized his thoughts.

“First of all…”

What was most important to Sian and Ruben right now.

It was none other than independence from Elantur.

The deadline Sian had was half a year.

And about a month had passed while resolving the situation in the West.

To be exact, it wasn’t even a full month.

Adding the time to return to Ruben, it would be about a month.

So there were about 5 months left.

Sian was being called the hero of the West for resolving the situation in the West this time.

It was a very good start, but it wasn’t enough.

The opponent Sian had to fight was Elantur.

He had to take the land of Ruben from Elantur.

To do so, he needed overwhelming fame and justification that no one could deny.

It was not an easy path.

Also, even if Sian completed that path in the end.

“I have to wage war with Elantur.”

Elantur was waiting at the end of that path.

Durak was waiting.

Sian had not only disobeyed Durak’s orders, but had even rebelled.

Durak would surely not stand still.

He would definitely retaliate.

He would probably try to erase Sian from the continent along with Ruben.

This was not only a matter of Durak, but also a matter of Elantur’s pride.

And Ruben.

Currently, it did not have the power to stand against Elantur.

So.

“I have to prepare.”

He had to prepare for war with Elantur from now on.

Of course, Ruben had not even become independent yet.

To be honest, he didn’t even know if he could become independent.

But if he did become independent, he would have to wage war with Elantur.

So he had to prepare from now on.

“I need to upgrade Ruben’s military power to the next level.”

He also needed to upgrade Ruben’s defense facilities.

Considering not only Elantur, but also a possible battle with the demons, it would be better to upgrade Ruben’s military power and defense this time.

“Let’s upgrade the defense facilities first.”

Sian immediately entered the 【Territory Facilities】 section.

Then, the territory facilities were listed.

Sian scrolled down.

And Sian was able to find the item he was looking for.

『[Stone Wall Upgrade] – 《Solid Iron Wall! Lv.3》 (100,000G)

▶Have you ever seen a wall made of iron?

You probably haven’t seen or heard of it!

Why?

Because it can’t be made!

In the first place, the cost doesn’t match.

It’s not easy to build a structure using iron!

If you make the entire building out of iron.

The building can’t withstand the enormous weight and collapses!

Just because it’s strong doesn’t mean it’s good!

Therefore, a building covered with iron cannot exist, but…

There is no such thing as impossible for transcendent artisans! [Artisans who have surpassed normal skill levels]

What can’t be done with spending!

Transcendent artisans gathered together and pondered.

And that’s how this was born!

It’s called ‘Solid Iron Wall! Lv.3’.

Bba Bbam!

Is this a castle wall or what!

We were also curious, so we tested the strength…

And it withstood even a 6th Circle Explosion magic! [A high-level magic spell].

An iron wall that is almost as strong as steel!

Of course!

It’s not as solid as real steel.

Then would this be steel or iron?

Haha!

But this iron wall is really crazy!!』

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“It withstood even a 6th Circle Explosion magic?”

Sian was quite surprised.

Explosion is a magic that proudly occupies the top rank among explosion magic.

Sian, who doesn’t know much about magic, knew about it.

If you compare simple firepower, it was more powerful than the Singijeon [Korean multiple rocket launcher from the Joseon Dynasty].

But it doesn’t budge even with that power?

“Crazy…”

He could only express it as crazy.

Perhaps because of that, the price was a whopping 100,000 gold.

Considering that the previous stone wall upgrade was 20,000 gold, the price had increased by 5 times.

But if the above explanation was all true.

100,000 gold was not that expensive.

No, to be exact.

“100,000 gold is cheaper than I thought?”

100,000 gold was no problem for Sian right now!

Sian pressed the purchase button without hesitation.

Click.

《Purchase completed!》

The notification window that the purchase was completed popped up without fail.

And as expected, the state of the notification window was no different from usual.

It seems that 100,000 gold doesn’t even make a dent anymore.

It was a little disappointing, but…

Still, it didn’t matter.

“Now it’s starting.”

It was starting now.

『[Moat Upgrade] – 《Can’t Get Out Moat Lv.2》 (100,000G)

▶How was Deep Moat Lv.1?

As expected, the guys who invaded the territory.

Did they all disappear into the moat?

Neee?! [Japanese word for ‘right?’]

That’s not enough─.』

Click.

Sian immediately pressed the purchase button.

There was an unread explanation left, but…

《…Purchase completed!》

Perhaps because of that, the notification window flickered for a moment and then popped up.

It seems that Sian didn’t know that he would press the purchase button before he could finish reading the explanation.

But Sian didn’t need to read the explanation.

He was going to buy it anyway, so why bother reading it!

Above all, the gold he had to spend from now on was a whopping 9 million gold.

To be exact, 8.8 million? Well, it was around that.

When would he read all the explanations and buy it!

“It’s a waste of time, a waste of time.”

Sian immediately looked for the next item.

“Ah. No. I have to raise the moat to Lv.3 to match the wall.”

『[Moat Upgrade] – 《Na! Rak! Na! Rak! Moat Lv.3》 (150,000G)

▶How was the moat of unrecoverable depth─!』

Click.

《Pu..rchase completed!》

A notification window that was the same as usual, but slightly different.

Sian continued to upgrade the defense facilities.

『[Guard Tower Upgrade] – 《Where Did You Hide! Guard Tower Lv.2》 (80,000G)

▶This guard tower is─!』

Click.

《..Purchase completed!》

『[Guard Tower Upgrade] – 《Clairvoyant Guard Tower Lv.3》 (130,000G)

▶Wait a minute! Please explain this for a moment─!』

Click.

“Huh?”

Sian paused for a moment.

Did he just see something strange?

But he didn’t check it because he pressed the purchase button right away.

And perhaps because of that.

《··············· Purchase completed!》

Mobile Lord seemed to have gone a little crazy.

It seemed like it was something important…

“Oh well.”

Sian turned off his attention.

“It must be telling me to spend.”

Sian looked at the amount he had spent so far.

About… 550,000 gold spent.

It was truly a huge expenditure.

But Sian didn’t care much.

He still had about 8.5 million gold in his possession!

“Now that I’ve upgraded, I have to raise it to Lv.4.”

The reason was simple.

『[Iron Wall Upgrade] – 《Crazy Steel Wall! Lv.4》 (200,000G)

The next wall was a steel wall.

The defense of the iron wall was crazy.

How would the steel wall, which Mobile Lord had been making a fuss about since the wooden fence, be?

Sian immediately pressed the upgrade button.

But.

Ding!

《Error: ‘Crazy Steel Wall! Lv.4’ cannot be purchased!》

A notification window popped up saying that an error had occurred?

“Huh? What is it?”

Was it already maintenance time?

Just as he was thinking.

《To further upgrade the facilities, you need to upgrade the ‘Lord’s Manor’!》

A notification window popped up additionally.

“Ah, right.”

Sian was able to nod his head then.

He remembered seeing the effect of the Lord’s Manor when he purchased it last time.

– (Basic effect) You can upgrade the facilities of the territory to Lv.3!

It seemed that to upgrade to Lv.4 or higher, he had to upgrade the Lord’s Manor first.

“Hmm… should I check it out?”

Sian immediately checked the Lord’s Manor.

And.

『[Lord’s Manor Upgrade] – 《Lord’s Castle Lv.2》 (1,000,000G)』

“Crazy…”

The upgrade price alone was a whopping 1 million gold.

Below that, an explanation of ‘Lord’s Castle Lv.2’ was listed.

But Sian didn’t see it.

“It’s so expensive.”

Only the price came into his eyes.

Perhaps because of that.

Ding!

《When you’re stuck upgrading, try spending!》

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Mobile Lord seemed to be excited and started to nag as if it was time.

But well.

“Do you think I can’t?”

It wasn’t an amount he couldn’t pay.

Sian pressed the purchase button after a moment’s thought.

He had to buy it eventually to upgrade the facilities.

Click.

《Purchase completed!!!!!!!!!!》

Then, the notification window popped up as if Mobile Lord was screaming.

Mobile Lord was starting to show a reaction.

“It only reacts when I spend 1.5 million gold…”

It was definitely getting stronger.

But that was all.

Sian still had about 7.5 million gold left!

Sian upgraded all the defense facilities of the territory to Lv.4, such as iron walls, moats, and guard towers.

《Completedooooooooooo!!!》

Then, Mobile Lord raised a notification window close to a scream.

《Purchaseeeeeee???》

As if his mind was starting to become confused, a strange notification window popped up even though he didn’t buy it.

Sian continued to explore the facilities.

“I’ve upgraded the defense facilities, so what’s next…”

《Elite Soldier Training Camp Lv.2》 (10,000G)

《Advanced Soldier Training Camp Lv.3》 (30,000G)

《Top Soldier Training Camp Lv.4》 (60,000G)

Kuguguguguk.

《Pu, pu, pu, purchaseeeeeeeeee!!!》

《Elite Special Forces Training Camp Lv.2》 (15,000G)

《Advanced Special Forces Training Camp Lv.3》 (25,000G)

《Top Special Forces Training Camp Lv.4》 (50,000G)

Click, click, kuguguk.

《Completedooooooooooo!!!》

《Elite Knight Academy Lv.2》 (150,000G)

《Advanced Knight Academy Lv.3》 (500,000G)

《Top Knight Training Camp Lv.4》 (1,000,000G)

“Hmm? This is a bit expensive.”

Was it because they were training knights?

The price was considerable.

But there was no facility that could raise Ruben’s military power as much as this.

He had plenty of money.

Sian was unstoppable.

Kuguguguguguk.

And perhaps he didn’t even know that he would upgrade this too.

《Kkumaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!?!?!?!?!?!》

Mobile Lord suddenly had a seizure.

Then, the smartphone screen started to flicker.

It looked like there was a serious error.

“What is it?”

Right then.

Ding!

《Unauthorized illegal program, Hack, has been detected.》

《When using illegal programs, the authority of Mobile Lord may be restricted.》

A strange notification window popped up on the screen.

“Huh? Unauthorized illegal program?”

What is this?

Just then.

《However, the current administrator is in the ‘suspicion’ stage, and we are constantly striving for a healthy and fair spending culture…!》

Sian burst out laughing at the additional notification window.

“What a load of crap.”

He could clearly see that it was Mobile Lord’s trick!

Sian pressed the X button without hesitation.

Click.

《Kkuaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaak!!》

Then, Mobile Lord’s scream burst out from beyond the notification window.

“…What is it?”

Sian wondered what was going on in that sudden situation.

《Kkueeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!!!》

Really… what was going on?