2 Xendra’s Family Mansion (2/2)

Just as I was about to go to the treasury and open the door to outside the library, Sebastian the butler was just about to come in from outside of the room. He was quite perplexed from the sudden opening of the door.

”Please excuse me, Young Master… I'm here to report that it's time to lunch,” said Sebastian elegantly with his right hand holding his upper left chest with a slight bowing.

I was quite surprised by the passing of time and in the blink of an eye, the sun that was just rising from the east already above my head.

'Sure indeed, time flow so fast just like water.' I nod with a smile as I remember a proverb from somewhere.

As I told Sebastian to lead the way, we reach the dining hall in the middle of the mansion, if the master bedroom is in the middle-front side of the second floor, the library room is in the right side of the second floor and the dining hall is in the middle back of the first floor.

When I arrived in the dining hall, I see that the food has been prepared. I took the sit in the middle as I was the Viscount.

”The food for lunch today is white bread with grilled pork and cow stew,” Sebastian explained with his gentlemanly smile on his face.

'From Wyne's memory, this kind of food is quite luxurious, it's as expected of nobility's food.' I swallowed in delight for the food.

Then after I taste all of them, I realize that modern food in my world tastes way better and I start missing the junk food that I usually ate.

”Young Master, the iron in the territory will be completely collected three days from now, as for the ones purchased from outside the territory it may take a week or so.” Report Sebastian reverently.

”Make it faster, used more funding if needed, I need all of that collected in five days!” I ordered as I swallowed the hard meat.

”Yes, as you commanded!” replied Sebastian with a quite worried expression.

After finishing my lunch, I told Sebastian to lead me to the treasury. The treasury is located near the master bedroom and it wasn't long before we reach it.

What was waiting for me wasn't a room filled with golds and treasury but some unimportant antique and few golds in the side? My initial imagination of the treasury falls from a fat cow into a half-dead starving cow.

”Why the treasury so empty?” I cursed in disappointment by the exhausted treasury.

”The Xendra Viscounty already lack money, after we purchased a lot of iron, the treasury that was almost empty became like this,” replied Sebastian with a condescending look as he bows his head.

”Oh….” I blush in shyness after hearing that I was the cause.

Then I noticed that in the middle of the treasury was placed a meter-tall pillar with a blue book inside a glass case above the pillar. I approached the pillar and carefully take the book inside the case and read the title.

'Xendra Family's Knight Breathing Technique Manual.' As I read the manual, I became energized with excitement.

Seeing I was interested in the Knight technique, Sebastian was surprised without showing it much on his face.

'Young Master before never take interest in cultivating, did the falling incident change him somehow?' thinking that, Sebastian became even more suspicious but then he throws it in the back of his mind.

As Sebastian was being suspicious, I was reading through the inside of the book and realize that this technique is only capable of achieving the 5th Rank Knight Apprentice Stage.

”There is no way that there's a free meal in this world, I will... no, I must gather higher-ranked technique later!” I clench my fist firmly full with determination.

'After all, only by having strength, could I control my own fate and not be killed like an ant. If not, I won't even know how I die!?'

'As for gathering the higher-ranked technique, I will do that later, the only thing that does matter right now was to use what I have to the fullest!'

'It may take a lot of time but after all, a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step!'

After pondering all of that, I told Sebastian to gather cultivation resource as it will be needed for my technique, it's a good thing that Xendra's territory was near a mountain and a forest, so it will be easy to gather the material needed for the basic.

Just as I was about to left the treasury, I notice a blink in the corner and I see an exquisite sword lying in the corner.

'I might as well take it; it will do for now.' Then I take the sword with me as I reach the entrance.

After all that I left the treasury without knowing the danger that will come later.