Chapter 42

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.” Nnêw n0vel chapters are published at novelhall.com

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.”

* * *

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.