Chapter 15 Epilogue

Chapter 15 Epilogue

Its been forty-five years since Ive recalled the memories of my past life.

I had finally become an adult in this world, but I couldnt help but be dissatisfied with my appearance in the mirror.

am I really fifty years old?

I still only looked like a thirteen year old, Earthwise.

I looked like I was still in my first year of junior high.

Id surely grow taller from here on, but at the moment I still had the appearance of a child.

The surrounding servants were crying.

Brian in particular was bawling his eyes out.

T-this Brian here never thought hed live long enough to see Lord Liam grow into an adult!

Stop crying already. Amagi, whats the plan for today?

Amagi answered me with the same tone as usual,

The coming of age ceremony will be held one hour from now. The main celebration will be at noon, but we also have an after-party planned for the evening.

Brian wiped his tears and added on,

By the way, tomorrows schedule is similarly packed from morning to evening as well.

For the next month, it looks like things were going to get pretty busy.

I dont want to do all that!

Unfortunately, you have to.

At Brians cold reply, Amagi followed up to scold me,

Master, we have to hurry if we want to be there on time, you know you cant just stay in your room all day.

I understand, but dont rush me.

We left the room for the ceremonys venue as I complained. You see, after I had returned from the capital, we immediately went to work on building the new estate.

The mansion that I splurged on was far bigger than I couldve ever imagined.

If I were to compare it to something in my previous life, maybe it was the size of a small town?

I called in a famous architect and gave them an extraordinary budget.

As I thought about how we had to drive a vehicle to just get through the corridors, the true amount of money I wasted really dawned on me.

As I left the room, Christiana was there standing guard.

While wearing a uniform befitting of a female knight, she seemed to have been waiting for me.

Lord Liam, you look truly dashing today.

I looked over my sloppy uniform that she complimented.

Well, at least she knows how to flatter her superiors.

Still, whats this feeling? I cant help but feel like shes watching me with an unsettling intensity.

its probably just my imagination.

Oh yeah, are you sure youre okay to be working right now?

According to the hospitals report, she was someone who volunteered to become a knight after completing a tear-inducing level of rehabilitation in the short period on one year.

Theres no problem, but I still have to leave the territory temporarily to get my official knight-license. Its a pity that I wont be able to serve by your side for a time.

Christiana- Tia was a foreigner.

Therefore, she doesnt have the qualifications to be a knight of the Empire.

She still needs to graduate from two different academies first to do so.

With training and conditioning added on to that, she probably wont be able to return to service for more than thirty years.

In any case, things will be busy for me after I become an adult, and its not like youll be gone forever so everything should be fine, right?

The vehicle started moving after everyone sat down.

Relaxing on the luxurious seats, Tia spoke up,

If its for Lord Liams sake, then I will always strive for the best results.

Well, as long as youre fine with that.

She seems to be strangely motivated, but in truth I only hired her for her appearance.

Apparently she used to be some famous knight in another country, but I appointed her as my knight because of how beautiful she was.

The most important thing for me was her appearance.

Bringing me one step closer to the luxurious feast of my dreams.

Brian, who was still ignorant of my ambitions, expressed his admiration,

We finally have some knights who have sworn fealty to Lord Liam, so we can rest assured that the house will be safe.

All of the Banfield knights and aides of previous generations had abandoned us because of how low the house had fallen.

But recently, more knights have started pledging their loyalty to me after hearing about my successes.

I wasnt that interested in it though, so I left it all to Amagi and Tia.

Though if they were a beautiful woman, I made sure to hire them.

We could finally see our destination in the distance, but it would still take us some time to get there.

we made it too big.

I regretted building the estate so vast.

I did invest quite a bit into it, but this is more than I couldve ever imagined.

Well, it is amazing to look at and it quite satisfies me.

But the mansion I lived in before was more than enough.

Everything was just made to be too grandiose.

You really cant underestimate the technology of a universe that has already reached the space age.

Its true that I wanted to give off a rich appeal by making something big, but this was just too much.

However, if I wanted to be considered an Evil Lord in the future, then Id have to at least go this much overboard.

Villains are always supposed to live in big and flashy lairs after all.

The ceremony venue.

The merchant- Thomas, couldnt hide his surprise at the newly constructed estate.

How do I put it, he has surprisingly good taste.

Nias who was there went on to agree with Thomass opinion,

I think your factory wouldnt be in such a tough situation if you just cared about the designs and interiors a little bit more. If you only pursue performance and functionality, its only a given other areas would be inconvenience.

Nias pretended that she couldnt hear Thomas words and continued to enjoy the ceremony.

One month after the ceremony.

I was currently troubled over a question.

hey, am I living in luxury?

It was Brian who responded to my question,

Well, I cant really say in comparison to other noble houses, but from the viewpoint of your predecessors, youre definitely living the frugal life.

We were in my office.

I sprawled myself over my desk and looked around.

huh? Wasnt this luxurious? Its luxurious, isnt it? But somethings still wrong, the money in my bank account hasnt decreased in the slightest.

There hasnt been a single change in the digits no matter how much I spend.

Im living frugally?

Yes, youve been living quite humbly. If you think about your position, it should be fine to indulge yourself a bit more.

In the first place Im supposed to be a Count.

But I didnt even know what the living standards of Counts were.

At the moment, Id do things like have live music played from an orchestra while I had my meals.

I just tried to imitate the rich meal scenes that Ive witnessed before.

Thats why I also built this large mansion.

I even commissioned a pool that I could enter at anytime, twenty-four hours a day. It wasnt just any kind of pool either, it was a complete leisure facility that had a lazy river and wave pool.

The day that construction was finished, I played around swimming in the opposite direction the lazy river flowed.

I even had a hot spring built into the bathroom!

This had to be luxurious!

I couldnt understand the values of this world.

Brian what is luxury?

No, Id be troubled to answer even if you asked me

Brian turned to Amagi as if asking for help.

She complied,

In my records, theres the head of a certain house that made an entire plant into his private space. He seems to have created an entire touristic planet for himself.

Why would do that?

To prepare a tourist spot for himself Whats he supposed to do with it on the days that hes not there?

At the very least, let customers in.

It doesnt make any sense!

Amagi corrected my misconception,

Is this the kind of luxury that Master is looking for? In the first place, its wrong to ask for the meaning of luxury. What you currently have is luxurious, Im certain of it, but everyones definition of it is different. If you consider Masters character, then it seems that luxury in the true sense wouldnt make you happy at all.

Theres no way it wouldnt! Ill show you luxury! As long as I have money, then I can do anything!

Brian started to smile.

He looked at me with a somewhat-warm gaze.

Amagi followed up, seeing how troubled I was over this,

Why dont you try studying abroad in luxury then?

An exchange student program? But arent I already going to the academy for the nobility soon?

No, not to the noble academy, but one built for the populace. By learning more about the imperial capital and other houses, you can broaden your views of the universe. Its something thats unnecessary for a lord and can be considered a luxury.

Is it something like studying abroad and playing around in a foreign country?

Can it really be considered luxurious to let others trifle with my money?

Though from the viewpoint of nobility, theres no real point in for the lords to learn the wisdom of the people.

As long as everyone they ruled over just followed them silently, there wasnt any real reason to study abroad.

With that said, Brian agreed,

I think this is a splendid idea. I mentioned this before, but Lord Liam, the territory of the Banfield house is still developing. Its still a premature land that still has a lot of things to learn, such as art and fashion. So it would be quite luxurious to go off and study these unnecessary fields for a while.

I remembered while listening to Brian,

I see, so thats why I should go and study abroad!

The reason why I couldnt get myself to pick up women was because I couldnt get over their terrible fashion sense.

None of them could pull my heartstrings.

But if I learned about the rest of the universe, maybe my perception of them could get a little better.

I still thought it was wrong to go swimming in full-body swimsuits.

And I can still remember shedding tears the day I heard that it was currently vogue to wear hats with small umbrellas sticking out of them in my territory.

In addition to that, art and fashion arent considered fields that you need to learn to survive.

If your life was currently in danger, theyd definitely be fields of study to look down on.

So certainly, itd definitely be considered luxuries to study those things.

Make the arrangements immediately.

Amagi quickly began the preparations,

For now, lets plan out Lord Liams budget. If you want to leave as soon as possible, then theyre recruiting applicants to study abroad in the next fiscal year.

Thats great! Ill live the most luxurious life ever!

I ignored Brian who was currently wiping his tears,

Studying abroad in order to learn the perspective of his people As expected of Lord Liam.

He was currently saying something but I couldnt hear him very well.

In any case, lets spend more money! Lots and lots of money!

This is definitely luxurious.

Evil lords are supposed to live indulgent lives like this after all!

I wanted to spend money on things that gave off that feeling.

My aim is to become an evil lord that everyone fears!