CH 394

After the discussion of the new system was over, only some people stayed. This part is for my former tutors. I would like these excellent tutors to give a helping hand in the future.

“Eh~……, there is no other reason for everyone else to have left,” I said. “Is there anyone among your disciples who will be able to become a teacher at the new school that is scheduled to open in the Kingdom of the Blish Isles?”

From now on, I’m thinking of opening a school in the Kingdom of the Blish Isles. Compulsory education for all citizens… There is no leeway, no personnel, no equipment, and no budget. Right now, it is still a school at a level where only a limited number of people who have selected only the best can attend.

Schools are already open in the Caan Knighthood and Knight’s Nation. I hope that excellent students will grow from there and demonstrate their talents for our House.

Let them study and grow at school, and then let them gain practical experience after graduating. It’s years and decades ahead. It’s not that it’s a waste of money to invest because you can’t get immediate results.

“I was already supposed to have retired… I’d like to live a leisurely life while raising my juniors somewhere rather than be the Minister of Domestic Affairs.”

“Siegmund, you still have to work a little more,” I said. “If you want to devote yourself to teaching leisurely, you have to train a successor.”

Siegmund, the former bureaucrat who taught me domestic affairs and history, was made House Caan’s Minister of the Interior. Even though he himself had retired as a bureaucrat in Ploiss, even if you said we were overworking the elderly, it can’t be helped since there are no other people to entrust it to.

Siegmund has also trained many students so far, but no one has surpassed Siegmund yet. There are more and more excellent bureaucrats, but they are all so small compared to him.

“I can also go directly to the site and give guidance,” Olivia said.

“Uh~~~n… The servants and maids that you produce are very talented, Olivia… But it’s certainly necessary to increase the number of such people in the Kingdom of the Blish Isles…, uhh~nnn…”

This is very annoying. Did I graduate from Olivia, my etiquette teacher? Since then, she has been in charge of educating the House Servants who work for our House. The people taught by Olivia are of very high quality, and there are many House Servants from her who are indispensable to our family.

It’s true that it’s a pity to send her to the Kingdom of the Blish Isles, but that is also my country, so if the quality of the House Servants who serve the royal family of the Blish Isles is low, it can’t be overlooked.

In the first place, both of them are under my control, so it’s a mistake to think that I threw them away because I sent them over there, or that it’s a demotion and reassignment. It’s not bad to have Olivia raise excellent House Servants over there and work for the royal family of Blish.

“Is it because of my position that you’re refraining from sending me there directly?” Leon asked.

“You too, Leon…?” I said.

Leon, who taught me military strategy and tactics, is now training juniors at the Caan Military Academy and also serving as a military adviser. He’s kind of like a so-called tactician, so if I say I’ll be in trouble if I leave the Caan family, we will be in trouble…

“I will go directly to them,” Christoph said “The commanders here are already Mikoto and Louisa, arent’t they?”

“Christoph…”

Christoph, who was my magic tutor, is now completely ready to leave. He’s certainly been educated as a court mage, but we have Mikoto and Louisa. There is no doubt that it is more efficient to divide the deployment than to do it with Christoph and the other two because the latter are already raising their Magic Units.

By the way, Erich, who was my swordsmanship instructor, and Dominic, who was a guard and an additional training partner, are not here. Both of them are teaching juniors at the military academy, Erich is teaching swordsmanship to the army, and Dominique is still continuing to raise escorts. If you are going to send the two to the Kingdom of Blish Isles, it would be better to scout someone who excels in swordsmanship there than get someone here.

“So you all wanted to get away from me that much…” I said, mock-crying.

But I can’t get the humor through to the former tutors. They just let it slide.

“Lord Siegmund, you are already old, so wouldn’t it be better for you to be the Minister of the Interior here for a while and then teach at this school?” Leon asked.

“Let’s help Lord Flora by raising the next generation in a new land,” Olivia said.

“Leon… Olivia…”

It certainly hurts for the two of them to leave House Caan. But it doesn’t mean that the relationship will be cut off, and if it’s for House Caan to directly guide the younger generation in the Kingdom of the Blish Isles, it’s not a loss. It’s a matter of my personal feeling that I miss my tutors who have been with me for many years, even 10 years or more.

“Let me, Leon, and Olivia go to that new country,” Christoph said.

“You’re saying that like it’s already been decided…” I said.

Even though I didn’t say it was okay, Christoph was talking as if he already had permission. This place will never change no matter how long it takes. Come to think of it… Christoph was the one I had the longest relationship with among the tutors…

He’s an oddball of an old man… he was taciturn, somewhat arrogant, and looked down on people, but strangely enough, he was a guy I couldn’t hate. If I was a normal child, I think there would have been some backlash, but I, who had memories of my previous life, actually didn’t dislike Christoph, unexpectedly.

In a long life, if there are encounters, there are also partings. I and House Caan, who has continued to expand all this time, had many encounters but not many partings. But from now on, there will be more partings.

Besides, even if I say goodbye to everyone who was my tutor, it’s just that I won’t be able to be with them forever. It’s not like it’s a farewell for this life. Rather, being sent off to the Kingdom of the Blish Isles also means that I can meet them anytime while I’m there. It’s just going to be a little harder to see them than before. It’s not like we won’t be able to see each other forever.

“Then… Leon, Olivia, Christoph… I order you to open a school in the Kingdom of Blish Ale and raise respectable juniors there.”

“”Sire!!”

“I leave it you all.”

The three bowed their heads in exaggeration. It’s true that I’m the employer, but in reality, this relationship is not a master and servant. Yet everyone here treated me like a lord or a king. So stick with it until the end.

“I’m going to miss you so much…” Siegmund said. “If you’re gone, Leon, who should I talk to instead?”

“I’m not leaving right now,” Leon said. “Preparations for the opening of the school in the Kingdom of the Blish Isles are still in the future, and it’s not like we won’t be able to meet again at all.”

Despite their age difference, Sigmund and Leon were on good terms. I often saw the two of them discussing domestic affairs and military administration while drinking tea. There have been many times when I’ve been asked to join in when it comes to talking about something that might be useful. It’s a little sad that I can’t see it, but…

“I’m going to be busy from now on.”

“Indeed.”

Farewell to the tutors of 10 years… I feel a little lonely, but I can’t keep all these excellent teachers to myself forever.

The establishment and preparations for the new system are progressing steadily, but in fact, it’s not getting any easier for me. Of course, it would be. Until now, no clear positions and authority have been decided, and it has only clarified what was a loose division of roles and authority. In the process, they gave more and more authority and increased the division of work, but the labor force has not increased as much as before.

Even if it reduces my burden to some extent, it doesn’t mean that the number of workers has increased dramatically, so the amount of work that can be done can’t suddenly increase.

The launch of the new system was just a decision on clear positions and authority for the future. Even though the authority was strengthened, it can be said that there was also a limit by clearly defining the authority that had been ambiguous until now.

Until now, the scope of authority had not been determined, so even if it was actually an act of exceeding authority, it would have been overlooked. Now the lines were clear.

That’s good, but in the end, it’s not a fundamental solution to the fact that my working is about to get a flat tire… Nothing will be solved if we don’t increase the number of excellent workers.

“So… you want me to go directly to the school opened in the Caan Knight’s Nation and see the students?” I asked.

“I didn’t say you should go see them, exactly…” Kanbee said, making a troubled face.

It’s good that the new system is progressing, but after all, there are not enough talented workers. So Kanbee suggested that he visit the Caan Knight’s Nation School, which started this year.

In the old days, I would have had time to look at all the grades of the students at school, but now I’m too busy with work to look at things like that. However, Kanbee said that there were several students with excellent grades and that it would be better if they skipped a grade and were sent to work sooner.

It is true that we want new workers and excellent people, but even if they have excellent grades at school, they are still halfway through the curriculum, and even if they suddenly put them to work, they will be half-hearted. I wonder if it’s going to be like that. In that case, if I persevere for another year, the senior students will graduate. I also feel that it would be better to have them come after they have finished learning properly.

Well, I guess that’s why Kanbee said it would be nice to see it with my own eyes, but even though I didn’t have to go to the Academy in the royal capital and was able to secure more time, he asked me to disguise myself as a student and infiltrate the school. It feels like a waste of time to observe like that.

“Isn’t it putting the cart before the horse if we spend a lot of time doing extra work just to increase the number of people and make the work easier?” I asked.

“That’s not correct,” Kanbee said. “You do too much work, Lord Flora. What kind of lord or king does this much work? And the subordinates rely too much on you, as well. That’s why I advise you sneak into the school. Under the pretext of inspecting it, Master Flora, we will refrain from doing a little too much work and increase the work of the others.”

Hmmm… Well, I understand what Kanbee is saying, but… It would be meaningless if House Caan, the territory, and the country’s management weren’t going well…

“Just because we inspected this time doesn’t mean that we have to recruit someone. It’s fine to just look at the students directly and keep an eye out for those who will graduate next year or the year after that.”

“I see……”

Well, it’s true… it’s not bad to spy on someone who seems to be excellent. If you leave it to school teachers and interviewers after graduation, there is a possibility that talented people will be missed or placed in odd positions.

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I’d like to think it’s not true for House Caan, but it’s hard to say that House Caan’s rule is completely in place in the Caan Knight’s Nation. It’s not always possible to refuse bribes or give preferential treatment to the sons of rich aristocrats, or to give low evaluations to excellent students because they don’t like them personally.

“So what’s your real intention?” I asked.

“Your wives wish to go to school with you, Master Flora, and feel like students…” Kanbee said.

Is that the reason…? Well, I agree that I also want to go to school with my wives and experience being a student. Until now, I was so busy with work that I didn’t even have time to do that. But since it’s becoming a new system, it might be a good opportunity for everyone who has a position to allocate their work and do their best.

Besides, Mikoto and Alexandra were also students at the royal capital’s academy, but everyone else couldn’t enter the academy and live the same student life. If you enter this school under the name of short-term study abroad, you may be able to lead the same student life for a little while.

“Then… let’s assume that we are short-term study abroad students from the royal capital’s academy and infiltrate this school for a while.”

“Yes. I think that will work well.”

For some reason, I ended up going to school in the Caan Knight’s Nation as an exchange student for about a month. Of course, I won’t lose my job during that time either. It will return to the style of a little while ago of balancing work and school while working properly. The amount of work isn’t as big as it was before, but…