Chapter 7 (2/2)

Although the castle was small and the servants were few, he was the butler that managed everything here as the lord’s helpful assistant.

He enjoyed the ease and power.

…

The bathwater had the perfect temperature. Although the maids were not as skilled as those in Tulip Castle, Mrs. Mason had groomed them well for their job.

Liszt enjoyed the warm water in the bathtub.

He had considered introducing equality and democracy to this world, but he also knew that the servants counted on the nobles for their own good.

Without jobs and identities, their lives could be more miserable when they returned to the farmland.

Too many serfs and civilians were starved every year.

In a castle, they could at least keep themselves warm and fed. If they could become a butler, that would be the highest position that civilians could expect.

I didn’t know that so many people would depend on me someday.

His mind wandered.

In his absentmindedness, he soon saw the Ophidian words made of mist again.

The words had changed into something new. Mission accomplished. Reward: sublimation of combat aura.

Excited, Liszt was ready to claim his reward, but he suddenly realized he did not know how to claim it at all. While he was considering how to get the reward, the mist soon reshaped into new content.

Mission: A severe crisis takes place in Peanuton in your territory. The peanuts are experiencing unknown mutations that will result in the reduction of yield. As the liege of the farmers, you are expected to solve the problem. Reward: one elvish insect.

Well, a new mission, and the reward is an elvish insect. That’s good stuff! Liszt was both excited and bummed. But what about the reward of the previous mission? Where is the sublimation of combat aura? Who can tell me where to claim the reward?

Liszt was rather agitated at this moment.

He sensed that his combat aura did not change at all. He saw no reward even when the water turned cold.

He even began to suspect that he had been hallucinating.

The mist probably did not exist at all.

Putting on his robe, Liszt walked out of the bathroom gloomily, making Thomas who was waiting outside the door panic again.

“My lord, you don’t look well. Should I…”

“I’m fine. You can continue your work. I’ll read for a while in the study.” Liszt tried to calm him down by reading in the study.

But his mind was a mess. He couldn’t calm down at all.

So, he simply put on a training suit and practiced in the garden behind the castle. What he practiced was Basics of Combat Aura. It was the most popular introductory book for combat aura and the best tutorial for beginners.

The preliminary combat aura was just a stream of air that could build up the body.

After finishing a set of movements and venting his fury, he finally felt better. Right then, a gentle breeze blew at Liszt, and his eyes suddenly glittered. Certain inspirations popped up in his head and were summarily grasped.

Then, he repeated all the movements in the Basics of Combat Aura.

After the practice, all the preliminary combat aura in his body seemed to have reached the tipping point and began to evolve. It surged out of the invisible tunnels inside his body and flooded into his every cell.

Sublimation of combat aura!

You’re here!”