Chapter 22: Homeward (1) (1/2)
Chapter 22: Homeward (1)
There’s no place better than ho if you haven’t been ho while - one where your heart and mind is calratulations on your victory, My Lord!”
“Congratulations, Sir”
Returning to Forrest Manor, Milton was greeted by Adht-Captain Sansen
“I’ll hear your reports toht now”
“Yes, My Lord”
Milton just received their welco their reports till the next day But before that, he introduced the new people he had brought with hiht back with me from the war”
“I’m Jerome Taker, pleased to meet you”
“Welcoh he had instantly recognized Jerome’s prowess, Sansen was very polite
Once he had introduced thetill the next day and dove into his bed
“Haa… This is life”
Closing his eyes, Milton felt hi into his bed
‘There’s really no place like hos that needed to be done, but right now, he just wanted to rest Once he had his day of rest, Milton would tackle the workload
The next day
“Is itup in his own bedroom, Milton ate breakfast and iet a report of what had occurred during his absence
Milton read the report Thomas had previously prepared in the library
‘Not bad, not bad at all’
The Manor’s situation was better than when he had leftThanks to Milton’s participation in the ith Strabus Kingdom, they were exempted from taxes this year and the output of the estate had increased considerably Once he finished reading the report, Milton had a faint smile on his face
“Administrator Tho Thomas’s nervous shoulders, Milton praised him, “Well done You’ve worked hard”
At Milton’s praise, Thohted expression on his face
“Thank you, My Lord”
“I thought it would be great if we could just maintain the output, but it increased compared to previous years Do you have any secret tricks?”
Thomas replied with an ecstatic expression, “To be honest, My Lord, inally a farmer, he truly understands what needs to be done for the best outco the estate well and to be honest, Milton had already expected that Max’s far was at level 6 Milton had assumed this would happen once he had Max assist Tho Milton wanted Max to realize
‘Let’s see Mer’
Milton had glanced at Max’s stats
[Max]
Adth – 17 Command – 35
Intellect – 72 Politics – 77
Loyalty – 65
Special Trait – Iriculture
Improvisation LV 4: React to unforeseen circuriculture LV 6: A deep understanding of far Increases the amount of produce harvested fro to a one up a whole level, and his overall abilities had also ih the low level of loyalty was a bit concerning, Milton was happy with the rest of Max’s stats
On his way home, Milton had heard there was less harvest co how his own fief’s harvest had increased in comparison, it was obvious how useful Max and his specialty trait of agriculture was
‘Colanced at Thomas’s stats
[Thoth – 08 Command – 30
Intellect – 45 Politics – 50
Loyalty – 89
Special Trait – Caution
Caution LV 5: Reduces s done carefully when doing so new things
Tho It was the first time Milton had seen such an instance
‘So stats can also fall Well, I guess that’s only natural since as you get older, your body and eneration is definitely necessary’
This is what Milton had expected when he had made Max an assistant He knew Thomas’s retirement wasn’t far off, so he wanted to make the transition as smooth as possible and have Max inherit the position But first, Thomas had to retire With that decision, Milton spoke to him
“Administrator Thomas, how old are you now?
“I’m 62 this year, My Lord”
If this was in Korea, Tho passed
Resolute, Milton addressed Thoer the Ad been laid off, Thomas was shocked and Max’s face showed his displeasure Fro devoted his entire life to the fief, so it was only natural for him to be upset
‘Huh, the already low loyalty, fell even further’