Chapter 190: |
Chapter 190
“Why? Is it because as a lord you have to serve the people?”
“That’s true, but…I have vicious enemies that I need to find. Finding them is a priority.”
“…!”
“For your information, they are also enemies of the Magic Tower.”
Laina’s eyes became fierce.
“What do you mean?”
“As I told Shameron, there are those who caused this Magic Stone Mine incident.”
Raymond told everything he found out.
“At that time, the impure manas were lacking in life energy. It seems to be the work of those whom Your Majesty has discovered.”
“Do you have any guesses?”
Laina folded her fan and slapped it against her palm.
“The Bloody Templars, the Old Man of the Mountain, the Necromancers’ Alliance, the Black Doom… and…”
Terrible names came out of her mouth.
The enemies of the Magic Tower were of various formations.
They are the ones who commit all kinds of terrorism, so they could plan something like this.
‘But can they accomplish such great things?’
She thought about it.
Will they be able to extract the life force from the mana within the magic stone with their own abilities?
It was impossible.
‘It may be possible to some extent, but it is impossible to drain such a huge amount of mana energy.’
That is, this work was done by someone with even greater abilities than her.
Or, they may have a special magical skill that can drain the life force from mana.
Either way, it was something unusual.
She crossed her legs and unfolded her fan.
“This is something we at the Tower need to pay extra attention to. I will personally track them down.”
That was the answer Raymond intended!
‘Good! With her as the heretic judge, it’ll be a lot easier to catch up to those bastards.’
Then, Laina said.
“If I catch them, will you become my disciple?”
“No?”
“…!”
Laina flinched.
Raymond cleared his throat, realizing that a major turning point had arrived.
Fortunately, several skills helped him.
“Of course, I know about Lady Laina’s skills. However, I am a healer and a lord. For the sake of my patients and the people of the territory, I want to be taught by the best.”
That means, Laina wasn’t the best.
Sparks flew from Laina’s eyes.
Her pride was hurt.
“Haha… … That’s a really interesting story. What a wonderful person…”
She is laughing but not really laughing
The air around her became heavy.
Raymond trembled slightly, but with the help of his iron heart, he held his chest up proudly.
When he thought about it, he realized he had no reason to be afraid of her.
‘I am now a lord. Even if you are an Archmage, you cannot do whatever you want to me.’
Yes, he was now a high-ranking official.
Even if the opponent was an Archmage, there was no reason to be discouraged.
In fact, Laina didn’t show any signs of being upset.
He thought with a much more relaxed mind.
‘That type of person is the type that gets more and more anxious the less they can have. They have to scratch their pride even more.’
Raymond thought about it.
What would be the best way to make her a household name?
Considering what he had heard about Laina’s personality, it seemed like the best thing to do would be to scratch her pride and actually make her burn with competitive spirit.
‘They said she is the type of person who has to get what she wants somehow to feel satisfied.’
Raymond thought.
‘If I want to make it happen, I have to do it right now.’
He took a deep breath and opened his mouth.
It may seem polite, but it only scratches her pride.
“Of course, I am also deeply considering Lady Laina’s teachings. She is more than capable of teaching me. However, since this is such an important matter, I will be more careful before asking for her teachings.”
‘I’ll see later and decide if you’re fit to teach me.’ – What Raymond meant was this.
“Huh huh….”
Laina let out a soft laugh.
She clapped her hands on the fan.
“That’s interesting. It’s really interesting.”
She smiled faintly.
Raymond also smiled back.
No matter how high his status becomes, he is still timid at heart.
He was nervous about engaging in a showdown with the Arch Mage, but he couldn’t afford to be pushed back.
‘If you push through, your plan to create a household will fail.’
Raymond suppressed his tension and brought the plate of steak she had brought forward.
He said this in as calm a tone as possible.
“Oh, I forgot about the meat you brought. It’s late, but I’ll eat it gratefully. But the meat is a little undercooked. I like medium-rare…”
And so Raymond deliberately created magic.
As if telling Laina to look.
‘Flame magic!’
With a cry in his heart, flames burst out from Raymond’s hands.
Laina made an intrigued face at the sudden use of magic.
[Compared to the magic level, the intelligence stat is ‘very’ high!]
[Detailed ‘application’ of magic becomes possible!]
[You want to cook with magic! With the ‘very’ high sense stat, you can cook more detailed dishes!]
Raymond fine-tuned the flame to cook the steak further.
The meat was cooked with an appetizing sound, and Laina’s eyes widened in shock at the sight.
‘That kind of magic operation ability! As expected, it’s crazy!’
She had already seen Raymond’s insane mana control.
However, the ability to operate magic is a different ability from mana control.
The ability to actually use magic, rather than mana itself.
But now Raymond has shown that he is excellent not only in mana control but also in actual magic usage.
Raymond spoke carefully as he cut the meat.
“I’m sorry if you feel offended. Please don’t misunderstand what I’m saying. I just want to receive the best teachings for my patients and the people.”
A story that seems to be comforting, but secretly scratches one’s pride again.
Laina’s smile grew even brighter.
‘Well, he’s an innate wizard. I guess that level of nobility is to be expected.’
She felt that way after seeing the magic that was just performed.
With such crazy talent, maybe that kind of attitude is natural.
‘Of course it’s annoying that he is ignoring me.’
She unfolded her fan.
‘I want it even more now that it looks like this. I won’t give it to anyone.’
From the beginning, the more difficult the obstacle, the more she burned with a desire to conquer it.
With that in mind, she reached the level of Arch Mage.
‘I will definitely take you as my disciple.’
To do that, she first needs to catch the guys who caused this situation.
She will catch them and make that genius realize her greatness.
‘So I will make you look up to me as your teacher.’
So she alone was burning with competitive spirit.
“Your Majesty, I am even more envious of your noble heart.”
Laina smiled and got up from her seat.
“This Laina, I will definitely win Your Majesty’s heart, so please wait. Oh, and don’t worry about chasing those guys.”
Finally she said this. “Those guys, I will take care of everything for you as your future teacher.”
After she left, Raymond broke out in a cold sweat.
‘Doesn’t it seem like a good idea?’
It seemed like that.
Now she will chase after them as hard as he intended.
‘I won’t spread the rumor that I might be a innate wizard. I don’t want to have too many competitors.’
Everything went as planned, but the problem was.
‘…It seems like she is more obsessed than I expected. What will happen?’
He gave an awkward cough.
It seems like something scary has happened, but it’s already happened.
There was something more important going on now.
Raymond got up from his seat and started walking somewhere.
It was headed to the second Penin Treatment Center, which officially opened in the Rafald region.
* * *
Ruin Castle.
It was the capital of the Rafald region.
As with other castles, there was an inner castle inside the outer castle where the lord resided.
In particular, since it was the territory of a great lord or feudal lord, the inner castle was large and magnificent.
Raymond opened the second branch of his Penin Treatment Cebter in the lord’s castle.
To be exact, a part of the Ruin Castle was turned into the second branch of the Penin Treatment Center.
The lord’s castle of Ruin Castle was divided into an annex, which was the lord’s personal space, and the main building, where the lord worked. Part of the main building was turned into a treatment center.
‘Because it was half useless space anyway.’
There was a reason why it was done that way.
First.
‘This is where it feels the best.’
The most important point for the location of the treatment center.
It had to be easy for patients to come.
The inner Castle here was located in the exact center of the Ruin Castle, so it was the best location in that respect.
‘It’s convenient for me to come and go.’
A more important reason was the convenience of his work.
From now on, he had to do both the work of a lord and the work of a healer.
If there is a treatment center inside the Castle like this, it will be easy to do two things at once, such as treating patients, attending meetings, and then seeing patients again.
Of course, there were some opposing opinions.
Since a large number of commoners would be coming and going from the castle, there was bound to be concern about their safety.
Everyone was a little opposed to it, but they had no choice but to let it go.
‘As expected of Master. Again, he only thinks about the patients.’
‘How can I stop the Master from caring for his patients?’
‘I will do my best to protect my lord!’
Everyone’s reaction was like this.
In particular, the people were once again greatly moved by Raymond’s decision.
It was a feeling of excitement and admiration that they couldn’t even count how many times it happened.
‘You’re opening a treatment center inside the castle for us.’
‘We are the most blessed people in the world.’
It was the Rafald region where overwhelming emotion became an everyday occurrence thanks to Raymond.
Anyway, Raymond walked down the hallway.
The main office, where the business was conducted, was a large five-story building.
The 1st to 3rd floors and surrounding auxiliary buildings were used as a space for the treatment center and disciples to stay.
The 4th and 5th floors were used as a reception room, conference room, and office, as spaces for the resident to work.
‘Hahaha. This whole wide place is my castle!’
Raymond smiled broadly at the sight of the wide-open hallway.
It was so good.
Moreover, it was not just wide.
As befitting a historic castle, there were all kinds of art pieces and decorations.
He was blind so he didn’t know what value it had, but he was so happy just to have some kind of decoration.
What was particularly gratifying was this.
“The lord!”
“Your Excellency!”
These are the sounds!
He never gets tired of listening to it!
It was so good!
As Raymond climbed the stairs, he looked down at the castle from the fourth floor window.
As expected from a place where 70,000 people live, a beautiful landscape caught his eye.
Raymond saw the brilliant sunlight pouring down on the castle as his future.
‘Now I will only enjoy wealth and honor!’
The servants of the castle murmured as they watched Raymond smiling like that.
“The lord is looking down at the castle and smiling.”
“What a compassionate smile. He must be looking at the people with a fatherly heart.”
“As expected of our light… the light of hope.”
“The Houston guys are talking nonsense about the Lord being theirs. No way. The Lord is ours!”
Leaving those words behind, Raymond climbed the stairs.
5th floor. Among them, he headed to the conference room.
After the meeting, the patient was scheduled to be treated.
Those who had been waiting in advance greeted Raymond.
“Your Excellency!”
Everyone now addressed Raymond by his title, Your Excellency.
Raymond’s mouth felt like it was going to burst again, but he held it back and opened it.
“Then let’s start the meeting.”
“Yes, Your Excellency.”
The meeting was led by the wise man Mevinson.
For your information, those who attended the meeting were high-ranking officials including the wise man Mevinson and the lords of the subordinate territories.
After the plague, all the lords of the Rafald region bowed down to Raymond.
Also present were Lao as a representative of the central administration, Christine as an important guest, and Hanson as the public health official.
“The first item on the agenda is the finances of the Rafald region. The projected finances of the Rafald region this year is negative 2.73 million penas.”
“Yes, yes, good… What?”
Raymond, who had been nodding without thinking, had his eyes wide open.
‘What are you saying now?’
‘How many thousands of pennas is the deficit?’