Chapter 560 – [My Admissions Expedition]

Winter is a cruel season. It also appears in the story of ants and guts, but it is such a season to weed out the unprepared.

No matter how developed a place is, winter is the same. They shrink from the cold and become less active. And it leads to poverty.

But they survived the long winter. That’s why I had the right to enjoy spring.

The weather was still cold and even snowed, but their heat did not cool down at all. In the last battle, when the monsters did not attack even after a week, I became convinced that I had defeated the Black Witch.

Truly, peace has come to the Beastra estate.

The men who went into the woods of the rover brought the bodies of the monsters. However, the dead body remained intact without any trauma.

“Look at this! They were dead!!!!”

“I didn’t do anything, but I just died! You two really did it!!!!”

Monsters are, first of all, creatures. Creatures born from fantasy power, or if something is not supplied from the outside, they will eventually die.

The fantasy power that spread throughout the black forest and made the compass useless was serving as its supply, and that fantasy power was scattering the remnants of the black witch.

And now that the Black Witch is dead, the subject to supply imagination has disappeared, so the monsters have no choice but to starve to death.

Hmm, in short, is it similar to the improved aptitudes of the shitty Earth I saw in my previous life? There is no core that supplies energy, but that energy is shed in the air to maintain the body.

“Your Highness! Let’s go on a date together!”

“No matter how blatantly, what would the local people say if they saw you hanging out together like that?”

“Hurry up and use the same bed!”

“What kind of bastard would say that to a 12-year-old?!?!?”

Luminous was older than me, but he was only 12 years old. I’m slowly approaching 9 years old, but both of them are still too young to think about dating.

Even a child can’t ignore it, but it’s hard to be sure of the feeling of love unless you’re a special case like me. Do you know why it’s hard for people who get married when they’re young? Excluding the simple hardships of life, it is because they got married without being properly sure of the emotion of love.

Marriage is a long-term view. Or did you have a mindset to get to know each other? It doesn’t look good without both.

“But what…… I couldn’t rest properly because I was taking care of the aftermath, so shall we go out for a while?”

“Ah! I’ll prepare and come!”

I couldn’t even rest because I sent a separate call to the capital and spent a hectic time helping the Margrave of Bistra with his work.

In fact, post-processing is complex. First of all, it seems to have been said before, but the size of the County of Bistra is large enough to grow a duchy, so it is an egg yolk land if developed.

Until now, that large estate was just a nuisance with many places to defend, but now it has become Cinderella and it has all become a great fortune.

The Black Forest, where there are no monsters, is a good place with enough resources in the forest and mineral veins in the mountains. If they develop it, maybe……The duke committee would just be accepted.

Knox came to visit me as I was preparing to leave. He saw me getting ready to go out and asked.

“Ah, Your Highness. Are you going out somewhere?”

“I’m going to take a look around the territory with Luminous for a while. I originally intended to look around, but I couldn’t because I was busy.”

“That’s good news!”

The Margrave of Bistra was still a bit reluctant, but Knox seemed rather encouraging Luminous. After I dealt with the Black Witch, his attitude became more blatant.

After all, his sister is still 12 years old…

“When Luminus came to my lap and said, ‘I’m going to marry someone stronger than my dad!’ I thought it was an impossible dream, but now the child has to wait for Her Highness to become an adult.”

“Aren’t you worried?”

“Above all else, the child’s happiness comes first. When she was sent to the capital, she was worried thinking that Luminous would be among pretentious and scheming noble ladies… But thanks to that, she was able to meet Her Highness I think you’re lucky”

Come to think of it, Knox looked older than an adult. At a glance, there was a 10-year age difference between him and Luminous.

It seems that Luminous is her late child, but seeing that she doesn’t have a countess, she must have died like me……

She’s a man anyway, so her younger sister, who has a smaller age gap, is a brother and sister who jokingly tries to kill each other, but when she has a big age gap, she sees it as a parent’s heart either way.

To put it mildly, Knox was 10 years old when Luminus was born. She is forced to raise her fatherly, almost like her father watching his daughter.

She still feels good because she knows that they are close siblings. I wish I had a cute little sister…

I often have older siblings in my reincarnation, but rarely have younger siblings. Oddly enough, the odds are odd in a place like this. Is it because of the absolute fate?

“Please come and have fun!”

Leaving Knox’s words behind him, who seemed to have dark intentions, he went out to the market with Luminus.

The market was full of life. Although there were not many items because it was winter, there were many people out of the house because of the celebratory atmosphere, so it was a busy time.

Above all, it seems that consumption activities have become active thanks to the Marquis of Vistra, who gave bonuses and vacations to soldiers as a commemoration.

“Ah!!!!! Look over there!!!!! Deliver the young lady and the 3rd prince!!!!”

“Ooh!!! You’re a precious person in such a shabby place!!!!”

The people of the Bistra Territory bowed and bowed to me with gratitude and respect. Because they know that because I was there, I managed to deal with the Black Witch and make the territory peaceful.

In one case, an old man bowed to the bare ground and expressed his gratitude.

“Thank you very much, Your Highness. I lost my two sons to the monsters and this old body was about to die as well…… Thanks to Your Highness, my dead sons will surely be happy. Thank you very, very much. Really……..”

“It was only possible because of your efforts. Don’t worry.”

I supported the old man by the shoulders and raised him up. It’s not really my taste to be treated like this.

However, the local residents who saw it were whispering, as if they thought otherwise.

“He’s a really nice person. Usually nobles don’t want to touch us because they’re dirty…”

“A person like that deserves recognition as the young lady’s mate.”

“Besides, you’re a continental 10 river, aren’t you?”

It’s good when other people evaluate me well. If you knew the inside of me, you might hate it, but… No, it’s almost like that.

Anyway, we looked around the market. Among the shops whose ceilings were glistening white with snow, there was one shop that smelled delicious.

It is an appetizing smell. I don’t think it’s simple meat…Ham? Smells like baked ham?

Of course, ham is not the kind of ham sold in supermarkets. It smells like raw ham, not ham made from ground meat.

“Ah, it smells delicious. You haven’t eaten yet, so would you like a skewer?”

“That’s good”

We walked around the market following the smell. Often people look at us and say yes, but they noticeably slip away as if they knew we were dating.

Except for the first time entering the market, few people were right on the road. Umm, I think Youngjimin also has a good personality. Is it because of the Vistra Marquee? Originally, the trend of the territory resembled the nobility.

“Ah!!! Lady!!! Your Highness!!!”

“Smells good. Give me one.”

“Oops, to visit our shop…!!! It’s an honor!”

Grilled on a hot stall that melts the winter weather, pork cut into pieces and put on skewers is grilled.

However, in the back of the shop, you can see pork hind legs marinated in smoke and salt. Hagisa Refrigeration technology hasn’t developed, but if it’s meat to survive the winter, it’s ham.

“Yes, here are the skewers. The sauce is sweet and goes well with the grilled ham skewers.”

“Thank you. But how much?”

“Oh, no, Your Highness. How can I get you to pay for the skewers? Of course it’s free!”

It was an understandable treatment. But personally, I don’t think so.

I am in the food service industry. At least, if the main job is the Great Demon King, the secondary job is a cook, so he has his own pride.

That’s why I hate bastards who play with food second only to those who disturb Zion. That’s why you can’t help but be sensitive to things like wireless eating.

“I run a restaurant no matter what it looks like. It’s against my creed to not pay when there’s nothing wrong with the dish. So just take the money.”

“No, Your Highness…!!!”

“If you feel uncomfortable, take care of the bonus.

“Ah! I see!!!”

Getting it for free and getting it for free are two different things. Because the discretion of the bonus rests with the shop owner.

While strolling through the market with Luminous, he ate each grilled skewer. I wondered if it would be too salty because it was salted, but the sweet sauce went well with it, making it an invincible combination of sweet, salty, and salty.

Besides, the ham itself is very tasty. It reminds me of a famous breed of pork that looks like it was raised only by feeding it acorns.

“Because monsters only attack humans, they don’t touch animals. We release the trained pigs into the forest and bring them in before evening to raise them. Maybe they’ll eat something good from the forest and come back and taste good.”

“Well, even though it’s winter in the Black Forest, the vegetation was plentiful.”

The living monsters, supplied with imagination, would not have had to harvest the vegetation of the forest. Forests untouched by humans will keep the treasures of nature intact.

There must be many precious things. Personally, I want to go in with the feeling of going to collect wild vegetables with a bag.

But now it’s winter… So let’s aim for the next one.

“Hey! Get some more wood over here! It’s not enough to make a platform!”

“There’s nothing to write about here!”

“Damn it, why are you so slow!”

“It’s the first time I’ve done something like this in this season! It’s a happy worry, so please take a lookhaha!!!”

In the square beyond the market, people were making something crowded.

Even in winter, the atmosphere seems to be holding a festival. No, of course you will have to open it. I have to clear the forest after winter, so I can’t open it then because I’m busy.

Rather, now is the perfect time. Every year winter is the time and season they feared. Being able to relax like this in such a season was the best festival timing for them.

“After we open the festival and have fun, we will prepare and start clearing the forest in the spring. We also accept other migrants from outside.”

“It’s a festival…Is there any special event?”

“Well, first of all, my father said he should do it, but we’ve never had a festival like this, so I don’t know.”

A person who has eaten meat also eats it. But if you haven’t tried it, it’s natural that you can’t eat it.

A festival is all about dancing, drinking and singing. No, honestly, though that makes up for the most part.

I want to do something. Should I contact the capital city and ask them to open street vendors after bringing in cooks? People who are in a good mood can open their wallets easily, so it would not be bad for them to do business aiming for special festivals.

Besides, since these territories are closed, it would be good to accept external stimuli.

“At the festival, would you like to dance together?”

“Isn’t there a separate party held at the lord’s castle?”

“It was then”

When I think of the past, the situation is the opposite. No, even if it was a long time ago, it was only a year ago, but at that time, I had applied to her as her partner.

Quite an interesting story. And the answer was fixed.

“Of course, Ruminus.”

“Ah! Thank God! What if I refuse!”

“Can I?”

To be honest, if you don’t have Zion, you can do it if you can. However, when Shion comes, my wife is my first priority.

I haven’t seen a few of them since they came out, but it’s slowly becoming night. It seems that it feels like the night comes early in winter because the days are short. Actually, it must be relatively early in the afternoon.

Originally, people who should stand on the wall and prepare to stop their attack are laughing and talkinghaha.

The spring they feel cannot be stopped even by real winter weather. It is natural for the snow to melt when spring comes.

“After spending the winter here and returning to the capital, I will prepare to enter the academy.”

“Oh, I’m going too.”

“…Did you tell the Margrave of Bistra?”

“I said I would starve if I didn’t send it, but you sent it!”

“Let’s think about our father’s troubles.”

It seems that her admission to the academy will go with her.

Come to think of it, after going through the great forest of Urca, Archione’s younger sister also decided to enter the academy… Hmm, somehow, it must be my misunderstanding that there are only women in the party!

Or maybe it’s just a coincidence Among my acquaintances, there are people who are male…Are there…? Aren’t there any men who are purely friends?

Excluding brothers, excluding acquaintances, excluding subordinates, among them, there is no pure male friend.

Was my relationship this narrow? If you go to the academy, you should make some friends!!!!

“After the festival, after dancing… Well, at night…”

At that time, Luminus muttered something that sent chills down his spine.

……..Is it my misunderstanding that Luminous is the scariest among the women around me this episode? Not at all?

I have a desire to return it, but I can’t because I’ve already been forcibly stamped (kiss). If I refuse now, Margrave Bistra will come to kill me with a spear.

I’m stronger, but the father’s heart when he sees his daughter’s thief is much more scary!!!