LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 42. To the Frozen Land (2) Biyayayayayayayah..
The baby griffon fries also seldom fall from my feet, perhaps because they are warm.
Do griffons like warm things?
Surely it's not a migratory bird?
No, is it a semi-migratory bird? Because it's half a lion and half a bird.
Let's share warmth with each other.
I'd rather ride this guy if he could fly.
The size of the fry hasn't changed much over the years.
At best, it is about the size of a large dog.
And still can't fly
After examining the data, it seems that it still needs to grow a little more before it can grow new feathers and become more like a griffon.
“It’s warm though. Aren't you being too squeamish?”
Kania's older sister, in the same carriage, is looking at me and Fry, furrowing her eyebrows as if she doesn't understand at all.
To be precise, he seemed to think that the current heating of the wagon was excessive.
“Wow… aren’t these all magic tools for heating? How much is all this'?”
For reference, this was my sister's reaction when she first saw the inside of this wagon.
Do not worry. It's all from my money anyway.
I couldn't tolerate the cold even for a moment, so I remodeled the inside of the wagon so that it could be warmed up with magic tools for heating.
The seats are the result of installing magic tools that heat themselves and the air is warmed up as well.
And, of course, it is also cooling.
Hot and cold not perfect.
Thanks to this, even though it is a long journey, I can spend it warmly.
what a luxury
exorcism.
“Wouldn’t it be better to ventilate a little?”
Perhaps the air is stuffy, so I open the carriage window.
The air that had been warm just before disappeared completely, and the temperature inside the carriage dropped below zero in an instant.
close! A snowstorm is coming!
Shocked by an untimely cold wind, I panicked and forcibly closed the window.
“It is chilly.”
By the way, Kania noona didn't seem to mind at all despite the cold wind even though she was wearing the dress she normally wears.
This is an outfit that looks cold just by looking at it.
Still, are you a little cool? I guess it just feels like that.
Even if I suggest a coat, they say it's cumbersome and won't wear it.
....is insane. I shook my head.
“At times like this, I envy you.”
I know why.
My older sister is not physically strong against the cold.
If you look closely at the flow of mana, you can see that two or three layers of mana are meticulously wrapped around her body.
Oh, is it using mana as an insulation material?
It's a subversion of the ones I previously had that didn't allow the heat and pressure to escape when manufacturing counterfeit diamonds.
I've never been taught anything, but I guess I instinctively learned the trick.
“this? Doesn't everyone do it?”
“Say that to my escort driver now. Both will cry.”
It's like dirty talent...
By the way, Asha and Seina are sitting in the driver's seat right now.
Being blown directly into the cold wind is an extreme job for an escort knight.
The two of them were also given magic tools that generate heat about the size of a palm, but it must be difficult.
“In the first place, I don’t have enough mana to use, so I can’t do tricks like my sister.”
I can stay warm in the ice lake if I want to, but I usually limit my strength, so of course I have no choice but to get cold at times like this.
I should have acted appropriately because I was able to use a little mana at that time.
It doesn't matter.
I don't have mana, but I have a lot of magic tools for heating.
If you don't have strength, you can fill it with stuff!
This is the power of matter!
“By the way, do you really have any regrets?”
“Are you so dissatisfied that this older sister followed you?”
Kania noona is thrilled! As I inflated my cheeks while glaring at them, I quickly shook my head.
But in the end, my sister forcibly pulled my cheeks, as if my true feelings were conveyed.
“Yayayayaya...... It's not like that, it's really that there's no problem if you follow me recklessly like this.”
I wanted to ask you again on this occasion.
I couldn't break the stubbornness of my older sister, who had an accident on my birthday, and eventually allowed her to accompany me.
In fact, it dried several times.
Not only I, but also the king, concubine Pinelia, Kanianuna's mother, and even my mother tried to convince me.
Even so, I stubbornly did not break my will and ended up following.
“regret? Aren’t you?”
Even though he himself is quietly saying such things.
“Really?”
“Hmm? And I just thought it was a good opportunity.”
“yes? opportunity?”
“ah. Didn't you tell Arel?”
What are you talking about?
I can't guess.
In the meantime, I've been busy preparing for independence, so unfortunately there are things around me that I haven't paid much attention to.
“maybe. If I had stayed in the palace, I would have gotten engaged shortly after?”
“…I guess so.”
I got it.
My older sister is 19 years old this year.
In fact, you should be surprised that up until now you managed to endure without being engaged.
....Maybe it's because of his outrageous personality.
In fact, by the standards here, it's okay to be an old virgin...
“Arell? Did you think it was strange?”
Suddenly, he grabbed my wrist.
No, I never imagined being rude.
“By the way, did you talk about an engagement like that?”
“for now. It's not confirmed, just what you want it to be?”
indeed.
Maybe that's why Kania noona tried to follow me even if she forced herself a little.
It seemed that he couldn't tolerate being engaged or married like this because he had a personality that didn't like to walk in a fixed frame more than me.
“By the way, who was it?”
“I don't know? I said I didn’t like it before I even heard the name and turned it down.”
If you're not interested, you don't even hear what anyone says, so it seems like you don't even remember those things.
“From now on, I will find freedom and live!”
I don't know who the opponent is, but I should say I'm glad.
It's because it seems like it would be difficult to deal with that personality even with a large group of people.
I don't know if I'm a nerd, but thank me.
....is not it?
* * *
Through the cold wind, the long procession escorting the wagon I rode entered the lord's castle one after another.
thousand troops.
Two hundred slaves to be its inhabitants.
And the two knights who are close to me, my older sister Kania, and the alchemists and maids under my command.
A number that is never small.
The reason why he had no choice but to drag 1,000 troops was because there were few troops stationed here in the first place.
There are only about two hundred people.
It was not a very important land in the first place, and the wild beasts and monsters living here were more threatening than the troops of the enemy country.
However, now that I have arrived, it is necessary to increase the number of troops, so it was the result of the king's direct consideration.
“Ah... it's cold...
It was warm all the time in the carriage, but when I arrived and got off, the cold here greeted me.
hello boy
This is the land of the frozen land.
The impression is over, let's quickly enter the castle.
“He's really mean again.”
That's why it's different from my older sister who maintains her body temperature with an aura.
I glanced at the exterior of the lord's castle with my own eyes.
It's a pretty solid castle.
The intention of preparing for a snowstorm or monsters is clearly felt.
The previous lord must have been determined to properly revive this place.
However, looking outside now, it seems that the dream of the former lord, whom no one knows, has just been swept away by the cold wind.
“First, let’s unpack.”
I ordered the soldiers and the people who followed me to unpack their belongings first.
* * *
The knights check the security in the castle, and the rest of the soldiers unpack.
“I’ll take a short walk and come back!”
Kania noona said she would look around and disappeared somewhere.
Isn't that sister really cold?
Does it really look like a beagle with eyes?
While I was dumbfounded, I received some handover documents from the manager here.
What should I say?
The moment he turns over the paperwork, he has a really refreshing face.
From what I heard, it seemed that the previous lord had failed in management and had taken on the management of this place, which seemed to have almost stopped breathing.
“With this, I can breathe.”
“Is that so?”
I am genuinely moved and crying.
It's a pity.
After the handover was over, I headed to the study to kill some time in the meantime.
where? Have you ever hidden a dirty book?
I searched all over, but unfortunately I couldn't find the former lord's erotic book.
“....act.”
Is this son of a eunuch?
How come there isn't a dirty book in the library?
I was genuinely astonished.
....That's enough of a joke, I rummaged through the study and looked at the materials about Pahilia, the territory that I now have to manage.
The previous lord hardly let go of these things, so his hands were quite dirty.
“Hmm… there aren’t many people after all.”
The population of the entire territory is about 10,000.
Residents are divided into 12 villages.
The distance between the villages is not too far.
This is probably because the area where they can live is limited in the first place.
Most of them are hunters who have lived here since their ancestors.
However, the problem is that there have been no new residents in recent decades.
The population there is also declining.
“This is why it's hard to call it a poor estate.”
It's just a ruined estate.
In fact, the operation itself would have been impossible.
Almost no crops came out, and they would have lived only by hunting.
At least, he would have managed to make up for it by hunting for fur or the rare wild animals that live here.
There is no record of the collection of taxes in the meantime, as if the kingdom side is almost unaware of this place.
Because they are too poor, they are basically neglecting the policy of exemption.
Just in case, I checked the ledger left by the previous lord. I turned a page and threw it away.
Apparently, it seems that he has exceeded the deficit and even borrowed debt from other territories.
Of course, there are no debts left here.
After all, it was the lord's personal light, so it seems that he solved it somehow by robbing his family.
But in the end, they couldn't afford it and went bankrupt.
Is it that his dream has come to an end so hopelessly?
“are you kidding!?”
What did he want to do?
I am sure that it will remain as an example of failed management of the territory for generations to come in the history of the kingdom.
I'm pretty sure this idiot is in textbooks.
“It’s the worst…. No…
It’s not even my job, but it’s the first time my head hurts just looking at it.
The past is the past, and I will pioneer the future on my own.
So that's what happened.
I looked at the map.
Well, apart from the fact that there is nothing special, are there any major characteristics?
“Still, there are a lot of trees ....
Perhaps because of the low population, the nature here is almost untouched by humans.
That's why there are quite a lot of trees.
Do you want to make money by making paper?
First of all, paper is precious here.
It might be pretty cool.
I guess I can make a profit somehow.