Chapter 42 (1/2)

Blacksmith Volume 3 Chapter 2

Almost immediately after I arrived home, a person jumped out of the front door

Running towards“Kururi~!” was my father, Toral Helan

I made my decision in an instant

Don’t misunderstand, there was absolutely no ‘tearful reunion’from me, his son

There was no point in going through the trouble of processing the situation, there wasn’t even any tears

Just like when nobi-kun caiant blue cat from Doramon or not!

Hey! Who the hell is only two heads tall?!

“Long time no see, Father1”

“You’re back home safe! Father2 is really happy about this, you know!”

The ly embracedme, he lifted me up and started to rub my back Hey, don’t do this with a runny nose, everyone can see it

Once he was satisfied, he was finally able to calm himself down, so I took that opportunity to introduce the two people I brought with me

“These two are Vaine and Iris They’re my friends from school,and I invited them to spend their summer vacation here in the Helan Territory”

“Well, I’lad to see them here” Father welcomed the two of them with open arms

Honestly, I was a bit worried that he wouldn’t be okay with theht

With a laugh that went “Hohoho~” Father closed in on the two, turning his sight towards Vaine

I didn’t like how he seeh He probably gave off an excessively large impression because he was a Doramon-type of person

Finishi+ng his look-over of Vaine, he turned towards Iris with a huff

“Oh my~ Would you look at this I have to say, you are very beautiful, is your relationshi+p with Kururi by any chance like this?” Father grinned while esture with his hands

What with this father? I’ve known him for years now, and I still haven’t found a decent side to him yet

Iris put on a wry s “No, no”

Before he could make his first impression any worse, I pulled father over and whispered,

“Try your best not to be rude to her, she has a good chance of beco the future queen”

“What?”

“By the way, the other one is actually the son of the Kingdoht Commander”

“Eh?”

As I told Father this, he turned his face towards Iris in shock before listening again, only to turn towards Vaine in shock for the second time in our conversation

Maybe his sto it

“Are you okay Dad2?”

“Kururi, your Dad herestomach pains due to stress, I’ll die if I have to face anymore”

“You’re exaggerating, but if you really need help I don’tnow that I’ve returned”

“Please do so, I have my hands full as it is I’m at my limit, so I’d really appreciate it if you took care of everything Kururi”

“…everything?”

“Everything… well, I already completed most of the work so there shouldn’t be too much left… I think”

Despite my father’s tone, I accepted

I’d welcoh Father seeratefulness in response

Apparently ever since I left, there see pile of problems with the Helan Territory

No reat deal of development left to be done before it reached my ideal

While the towns seem to have flourished from my innovations, the abrupt prosperity of the territory seems to have come with its own set of problems that needed to be dealt with

Yet Father wasn’t able to resolve the the populace

Supposedly both Father and the citizens were hoping that I’d take over once I returned

Or at least, so like that

“Understood You can enter the hot springs and relax for a bit, Dad Leave everything else to me”

“Kururi, your Dad here is leaving for the su you permission to use the mansion as you wish”

Apparently, he seeo, so he had already coe a horse-drawn carriage in advance

How excited was he to run away? If anything he’s light-footed, I’ll give him that

Yay~ more work for me!

It can’t be helped All of these probleed due to my actions, and you reap what you sow

The Helan Territory was supposed to be a quiet place, but with the recent developed Of course,a territory that was completely different than what he was used to

Of course, I’ to work harder than my father to quell the people’s anxiety about the future

Well, it’s already been decided that I’ht as well get started

“Iris, I’ve already guaranteed you a job for the summer, but I still haven’t decided where you’ll work I’ll tell you later but for now, you should choose a room that you like and unpack”

“Okay”

After Iris agreed with anised our luggage

“How about you Vaine? What do you want to do?”

“Don’t worry, you don’t need to think about where to putto me”

“That would be a great help, thanks”

I had iained two capable subordinates, it’s very reassuring to know that I won’t be doing everything myself

To the servants orking in the

Apparently, the populace had been requesting aid in the form of letters that they would send here al those

This seems to be the system that they’ve always used for co about this fro it recently

Froave me, I picked up the one with the oldest date and read it

There were various things written there, but if I were to summarise it then its main points revolved around how the recent econorants toproblems such as:

There aren’t enough homes for all the new people, we’re over capacity

Thein poverty in their old territories, so everyone is poor

With all the new inhabitants settling on the outskirts of the towns, public security has deteriorated

Some of the problems seem to have sprouted because of that person’sincompetence

Not all of these were problems that I caused

The develop to rejoice, but if I want to be able to live a stable life in the future, I need to work hard now

After reading through the letters, I cah, this in itself could be seen as a problem too

At the very least, it looks like ere able to give a few of the irants jobs as servants here in the mansion

From what I see, the area where we could eht noould be in the service industry, we don’t have enough manpower to run it, and there’s bound to be a lot of nice people who came here

We also seem to be in need of farmers, so I’ll try to increase the number of workers there

There’s also the probleh for all of them to live in This’ll cost a lot of h taxes eventually, the land itself is mine after all

Construction ill also need workers, so I guess I’ll be able to solve the eht

This isn’t the time for me to be worried, I need to take action

I immediately went to the house safe and peeked inside

The territory is rich so we received a lot of profit, and it’s all mine!

He who is in charge of the treasury has the right to use the treasury

I can’t be helped, the citizens of my domain are in trouble

After psychingto father in my mind, I stretched my hand towards the money…

“Kururi, there’s a visitor for you”

Sla the treasury door shut, I left towith the visitor outside

“It’s been a long time, Kururi-sama”

“Lotson!!”

Raising my voice in surprise at the unexpected visitor, I rushed over

How nostalgic, he seeallant as I remember him

“I heard that you had returned, so I decided to pay a visit”

“I’ood to see you”

“I couldn’t agree more, but unfortunately we’ll have to catch up later, we have pressing matters at hand Ever since the sue docu, their feedback, requests, and the number of people we currently have employed”