Chapter 198

After the start of the new system at Bern Village with Christina in charge, the new ideas that had been discussed with the village chief beforehand were begun one after another, while I earned the position of being a knight directly under Christina’s command, as well as the head of the magic department.

Four days have already passed since Amria and Merle, who has recently been looking at me in a scary way ever since she had come to visit and fight me, had returned to the royal capital, Aleklaftia.

Merle’s gaze had been filled with a thick obsession, and when she looked at me like that, it sent shivers of fear down my spine, but at the same time, I felt sorry for her.

She is definitely not an unattractive woman, but her flaws overshadow her strong points, and her assertiveness tends to make it difficult for her to find a good match for her.

Even with my Dragon Eyes, Merle wasn’t connected to anyone with a red string of fate by the gods who control fate. Even if she were to get married in the distant future, I think it will be a slim chance.

It’s such a shame, because she brought me a gift, and she’s certainly capable of being attentive. However, even if she is in a tight spot, I wish she would stop looking at me with such scary eyes.

Returning back to the main topic at hand, now that major events such as the inauguration of the new baron and the investiture ceremony has ended, and the congratulatory gifts and letters have stopped coming in, we can calmly get started on our work until questions from the capital and from various religious groups start coming in regarding the incident at Caravis Tower.

Lily and the others are already very excited about the internal takeover of the tower and the future management system, so it should be okay to leave it to them without my input, but in order to report it to various regions as an official record, there is no other way than to have each religious organization and country send their own investigation teams.

If that is the case, then we will have to spend a lot of time to arrange lodgings and equipment, build a chain of command, all the while taking into consideration things like power struggles between the different groups.

Even if the various gods who had worked together with us for the investigation were to put in a good word, if this becomes a big deal, then Bern Village would end up being viewed as either a sacred place, or a dangerous place. So this was a delicate situation that requires only a moderate amount of the gods’ help.

A year has passed since I first met Christina and Selina and the others, and the spring season has finally come again. Recently, in Bern Village, the northernmost part of the kingdom, a warm sunshine and a breeze carrying the scent of blooming flowers have arrived, and as part of my new role, I came to see the training of the Bern Knights.

Along with the establishment of the knights, aside from the ones who had transferred here from Galois, the second and third sons of the farmers living in Bern Village, the people who had failed to get jobs in Galois and in neighboring places, and mercenaries and adventurers had all come here looking for more stable jobs.

Because of that, in order to build iron-like discipline during the first days of the establishment of the Bern Knights, and to raise the skill level of the knights, a very strict training was conducted.

That is how this strict training had begun, and the consumption of tools needed for that training became quite fierce, so part of the reason I was here was to confirm that.

Regarding the wallet of the Baron of Bern, Shenna was appointed as the supervisor of accounting, so my actual reason for coming here was really just a front.

The place I had gone to was the training area that had been set up in the southwestern part of the village.

In order to build this training area, the knights had to cultivate this deserted and desolate land, and I’m sure many of them were confused that this was their first job here, rather than patrolling inside and around the village instead.

The training area was heavily fortified with stone walls in order to keep curious children from entering, and inside, soldiers clad in full armor were running laps under the supervision of Baran.

Cleaning up the weeds that kept popping up every day was a part of the soldiers’ jobs, and today too, as a result of the work they had completed immediately after waking up, the training grounds were clean and spotless.

I approached Baran, and called out to him from behind, as he stood with his arms crossed while he shouted loudly. Just like the running soldiers, he too, was clad in armor.

As the supervisor, there was no need for Baran to wear armor, but perhaps because of his sense of responsibility as the supervisor, or maybe because he just wanted to wear the brand new armor that was given to him when he was appointed as a knight, he was wearing it anyway.

「Baran, how are the rookies coming along?」

As he turned around at the sound of my voice, his armor, as always, reflected the light of the sun and shone brightly. Probably he, or maybe his wife Miu, always kept it polished.

「Hey, Dran, or no, should I call you Councilor now?」

「When we’re with friends, you can just call me Dran, as always. But what should we do outside of those times?」

Hmm, now that he has mentioned it, I was also wondering how I should be addressed too.

「Baran, you’re the commander of the Bern Knights, so publicly, it could be said that we are of equal status. So, isn’t it fine if you call me just Dran?」

「Aren’t you just saying that because you just don’t like being called “Lord” Dran, or “Councilor”?」

As Baran said that, a smile lit up his sun-tanned, stern face. As expected, since he’s known me for so long, he has a good understanding of my personality.

Although I had assumed this would happen for a long time, it would be very difficult and uncomfortable for me to have to make changes to my relationships with everyone in the village, at least for outward appearances, now that I’ve become Christina’s vassal.

「What about you, Baran, doesn’t it make you uncomfortable to be called Commander of the Knights?」

「I suppose. I was luckily assigned to my hometown, and was officially appointed the position of commander of the knights. I thought everything was going well, but I never expected I would be given the rank of knight on top of that」

Baran lightly patted his new armor, looking embarrassed. Armor prepared for a knight is naturally of a higher quality than the armor made for a soldier.

This armor, and all the other sets that were provided to Baran, were made by me, and they’ve been infused with an unbelievably huge amount of advanced magic, and they were made with indescribably fine materials.

Normally, it would function as just regular magical armor, but in an emergency, it can display  special functions that would outperform any sacred weapon.

I wonder, could this really be called the armor of a small knight commander from a newly rising baron family, if it can perform at the level of a high ranking divine weapon, if the need arises?

Fumu, no matter how you look at it, it was weird and might cause unnecessary conflict, but it’s irreplaceable for the lives of Baran and the people of this village.

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