Re:START/If {Book 1.0}
Chapter 12: Chasing backwards, running forward (Part 02)

It had been more than a week since Odo had returned from the Astral World and the news of him killing the Black Dragon spread across the land. In the last week of the fall before winter, the Luke Family residence is still seen crowded with chariots and wagons pulled by horses. Under the gray cloudy daytime sky, the main gate was opened wide, including several groups carrying supplies of goods from other regions of the nobility in the Kingdom of Felixia to be recorded before being distributed to the corners of the city in the territory of Marquess Luke.

Due to food shortages due to expeditions carried out by the rulers of the border region, the, dart Luke's territory had to import food supplies from other nobles to cope with a food crisis that could potentially starve many people to death in winter.

Seen some Lizardman transporting wooden boxes containing staple food preserved from carts and freight trains, they took it to the side yard of the Mansion to be recorded first. In the side yard, piles of wooden boxes are seen and some officials who take care of the economy look busy listing the goods that come. The tables in the layout outside, became a sudden workplace of officials who used to do work in the office room. Among them is the ruler, Marquess Luke. The slightly grayish-haired old man also checked the items that came with his officials.

Looking at the paper containing rough data of the goods that came, the ruler of the region looks less happy considering all of them are debt items from other regions. The crisis experienced by the region is not only a staple food to deal with winter, but also financial because almost all wealth deposits were used for expeditions some time ago. The debt borne by his territory now is not small, it could make the territory he leads bankrupt and he was demoted from the title of nobility if he could not pay it off in the middle of next year. Even so, Dart prefers the risk rather than letting the people he leads starve to death.

“Indeed should be like this yes .... There's still about eight or nine days until the snow falls .... If the calculation of this food supply is completed today ..., it should be timely distribution to the whole city before winter comes ..”.

The man wearing only a black sleeveless T-shirt attached tightly to his burly body rolled up the parchment paper with the data of the item in his hand, then placed it on the table used by one of the officials. As if he did not want to accentuate his status as the ruler of the region, Dart was plainly dressed and looked more modest with the black sleeveless T-shirt and trousers he often used during training, he said, even for footwear, he only wears sandals made of leather and fiber rope.

One of the soldiers came up to him, then saluted him, “Oh my Lord ..., salute you ... The last freight train troupe has come, with this supposed counting of goods could be completed by this afternoon ...” The soldier was one of Dart's confidants. Unlike when the expedition wore armor, now he only wore clothes of leather and thin cloth like ordinary people. Almost everyone who is close and trusted by the military imitates the nature of the rulers of the border region, not dressed luxuriously and choose to be modest.

“Hmmm, good work. With this much supply, it should be enough food to face the winter,” said Dart while turning to the pile of wooden boxes stacked in the yard.

“Tuan ..” The brunette soldier looked anxious.

“What's up, Klein?” asked Dart when he saw the dissatisfied face of his subordinates.

“Isn't this debt too much? The amount of Rupl for all these items is already very much .., even from the annual income of the Tuan region ..., it may only be refunded after two years .... In this case, you may lose your peerage and even ..”

The soldier looks unhappy, for him Dart is a figure who he admires, role models, and people who become his place of service. Although in general the crisis occurred because of the decision of the leader to make an expedition to the Astral World for personal gain, but for the soldier it did not change his loyalty.

“Klein Mial, what do you think the leader is?” dart asked as he looked at the soldier whose body was smaller than him.

Puffing out his chest, looking back with excitement. “Leader is a strong person, a person who protects his people!”answer with complete confidence.

“So yes, the leader in your eyes like that ...” Dart turned his gaze and looked towards the overcast sky. “For me, the leader is the one who guides everyone toward a common goal.., gives them a reason to live and tells them how to survive in this world ..., as does our King, Gaiel Vi Felixia,” he continued in a slightly sad tone.

“Tuanku .., for me you’lah the person who became the greatest leader ...”

“Thank you ...”

Just as the two of them were talking about other things, the future successor to the head of the Luke Family came out from the side door of the Mansion with a still muffled appearance and it was very clear he had just woken up, even the white shirt worn looks shabby and full of potion stains. After the black-haired child stepped out and walked on the terrace, Julia came out of the building chasing the child while carrying clothes that were more appropriate than what the child was wearing now.

“Mr Odo, wait a minute! Change your clothes first!” julia said as she ran after the black-haired child. When he was near and about to catch him, Odo moved very quickly and looked like he was disappearing. The boy had suddenly walked into the courtyard without the cat girl being able to see his movements.

Dart and Klein who saw the child's movements could only be cravings with faces of disbelief. In their eyes, Odo looked like he had disappeared and appeared again in the courtyard quickly.

“Tuan ..., did you see earlier? Your child ...”

“Hmm, he is undoubtedly a genius in Mana manipulation yes ...”

When Julia chases him back and is about to catch Odo, the boy moves back very quickly and can not be captured visually by everyone in the place, suddenly Odo stood in front of Dart and Klein. The two people were surprised, seeing the child move quickly like that.

“Dad ..., good morning,” he said with a little sleepy.

“Nak ..., it's almost noon ..., you just woke up?” ask Dart. At the sight of the clothes full of green and red stains from the potion, the old man realized what Odo was doing until he just woke up. “Bych again? Do you want to be a player or something? Haah, even though our family is the best sword arts ruling family in the Kingdom, but why are you so .... Though you used to skip sword training with me and go to the library more often, now you're interested in something else .... I'm worried about my successor this .... ”

“There is no harm in learning many things .... After all, if it is about sword techniques, instead of saying Mother also I can only learn it later when I am 11 or 12 years old? You know, now that I am a child, I am not even nine years old and even still far from ten years old ..”

Hearing such a saying from someone who had defeated the Black Dragon, Dart and Klein could only put on a flat expression for such terrible reasons. Dart had realized that his son was a little strange since he was about four years old, but he also did not expect that the development of his son could be so rapid that he could defeat monsters that could not even be conquered by a division of soldiers. Although according to the information he knew, Odo was indeed helped by the Sacred Tree Dryad, but it also became a strange thing considering that the Great Spirit was known to prey on humans, especially the male sex.

Looking at his son with a bit of a strange sense of relief, Dart smiled happily like a father in general. Seeing this, Klein who stood beside him realized what true happiness was expected by the person he admired.

Disregarding the two people before him and Julia who hurriedly ran over, Odo picked up the parchment paper on the table containing the data of the items coming. Although he is still a child, but his mind and knowledge are very mature and very know what the meaning of the existing data. Sighing and putting on a dissatisfied face, Odo stared at Dart.

“Do You want to stop being a Noble?” The question that came out Odo's mouth was very piercing, not held at all and more disturbing than what Dart's own subordinates had said.

“What do you mean, son?” ask Dart who's trying to dodge.

“This amount ..., this grace limit ..., seen from anywhere can only be paid off for a long time. No region wants to give debt in the long term ..., obviously if Dad just assumed the title of nobility and want to give the territory of the Father back to the side of the Royal Family ..”

“You are aware yes ...? Just like you said, by the grace of time, I am ready to lose the title of nobility .... Father does not regret, as long as the people led by Father do not die of hunger ... just because of the stupidity of their leader this ...”.

Dart's face looked grim, with a very clear sense of regret visible from him. Aware of that, Odo said, “Dad ..., we are family. Father's problem is also my problem. After all, this situation happened because Dad wanted to find a way to heal Mother ...”

“Ya, even though it ended in failure .... You've covered up the failures I've made by successfully obtaining a drug that removed your mother's curse. Now that he's healed, just waiting for him to fully recover the next few days, it's all thanks to you, my son.”

“Not really .... All what I have achieved is also thanks to you, Father .... If you don't go on an expedition, I won't be able to defeat the Black Dragon. As long as I know, when fighting the monster, he was already weakened due to the fight against Father and the troops that I led. Thanks to the provocation that angered the Black Dragon, the dragon attacked the Sacred Tree Forest Region and made the Dryad difficult, which is why he wanted to help me .... These are not results I got myself .... Father's struggle is not in vain .... Therefore ..., please do not give up straight like this ..”

Dart was silent, He was a little surprised and happy to see his son have such thoughts. But at the same time, he felt a little disappointed in himself for not being able to play a full role as a parent who could continue to support his child. Some people who saw the child talking like an adult were also surprised in the quiet atmosphere, especially Julia who has always been with Odo since the child was a baby does not believe that bad children who often run away from the house can talk that mature.

“But Odo ..., this situation is framed with expedition problem .... It's not a simple thing like the problem of defeating monsters, it's a problem that involves a lot of lives ..” Dart said.

“Food crisis, right so is not the problem?” ask Odo.

“I-Iya ..”

“I have some plans for that .... At least, would you listen to him? I think it's worth trying ...”

“Plan ..?”

“Ya ..”.

After putting the parchment paper containing the transaction rough data on the table, Odo walked towards the pile of wooden boxes arranged in the courtyard. Open a little and peek at the contents, in the visible meat food in conditions preserved smoke. But seen directly, Odo knows that the quality of the goods does not meet sales standards given the normal prices pegged in the data.

“I've guessed .... Each region must have its own problems ahead of winter, where maybe they want to sell good quality food at normal prices .... If meat alone is like this .., others must be .... But, I guess it doesn't matter as long as it works ...”

Odo turned around, then looked towards Dart and the others. Smiling lightly and walking over, he said, “I think the plan is worth a try, Dad. The quality of the goods is really low .... Although Dad shared it with all the cities that are struggling with winter, I don't think the stuff will last until winter is over.”

“Ya .., indeed from the beginning the items will be used at the beginning of the season as an initial assistance. Once the food aid is exhausted, they can use their respective emergency supplies that have longer endurance .... At the time of the crisis caused due to the first expedition also used that way .... This time ..., the problem is only because the territory deposit funds are depleted and must end up in debt .... Usually Fathers buy in cash from the neighboring region ..”

“Hmm, money matters end-end, yes ...” Arriving in front of his father, Odo slightly turned his face and thought. In the words of the old man, the essence of the problem is the end of savings funds that make Dart forced to owe to other regions. In other words, if the funds to pay existed, Dart would not have to restore his peerage and power to the Kingdom.

“Young master, the economic problems that hit Mr. Dart's power have been very severe. Although it can pay the existing debt by mortgaging or selling existing wealth, in the future it is not necessarily smooth,” said Klein.

Odo glanced at him, then asked, “Hmm, who are you, huh?”

“Eh!? Cruel! I'm the warrior who tricked you with illusion magic. That loh, when you were about to go to the Astral World, time did not remember ..?”

“E-Hemm.” Odo did remember there was a soldier he had tricked into going to the Astral World, but the child did not remember Klein's face at all. “From discussing that ..., instead of saying earlier ..., despite selling existing wealth, still not necessarily the economy running smoothly, right?”

“Y-Ya ...”

“I don't think. Just so you know, the territory of the Luke family is richer than it looks, youh.”

“Hah? Officials have taken everything into account and still cannot meet the debt despite selling or mortgageing almost all assets.”

“Are you kidding? You guys are stupid?!” odo said by raising the volume of his voice. Almost everyone in the place heard the black-haired boy's words. Hearing Odo's words, some officials began to speak up.

“Young Master, do you doubt our calculations?”

“It's all taken into account mature, small children know what it is ...”

“What he became arrogant after defeating the Black Dragon ..., boy base ...”

Some officials do not like the words of Odo, as again some look interested and some are confused. The atmosphere turned gripping, even some Lizardmen stopped moving their hands because of the tense atmosphere.

Successfully getting the attention of the people in that place, Odo slightly grinned. It was one he was after, especially the attention of the officials who seemed busy with their work. Klein was surprised when he caught a glimpse of the black-haired boy grinning darkly, saying, at that time Odo had calculated the height and position of his father so as not to see his face well so as not to see his sneaky grin.

“N-Nak .., relax,” said Dart. Odo did not care about his father's worries. He stepped forward, facing the officials who stood up and looked annoyed at his words.

Breathing out and staring intently, the child with the tummy hair said in a firm tone, “Actually where are you looking? Which asset? In your house? Public owned buildings? The soil? Or home? Moreover, from earlier I heard you guys whispering continue to mortgage, you realize that it even makes this region plummet?”

One of the officials who was the chairman of the other officials came forward, standing facing the black-haired boy. “Young Master, as long as you know ..., now is not the time to argue ..” he said.

“I know .... Therefore, I hereby say that the way that you are all doing right now will only lower the power of the person who is leading you now. Although later there will be a new leader, because it has borne the debt, it will be difficult for this region to prosper.”

“What do you want to say our way is wrong?” The chief financial officer was a little emotional hearing such words from a small child with an angry appearance.

“I didn't say wrong, it just wasn't right. From the organizing system, resource processing, worker processing, financial system, management, everything is very convoluted and ineffective and the effect is very slow.”

The system adopted by the Kingdom of Felixia is a Constitutional Monarchy, in which the state is ruled by the head of state of a King, but still limited by certain laws and other regulations. Landlords also apply that way, they are entrusted by the Royal Family to cultivate territory in their leadership, this applies pyramidically to the lowest line in the royal hierarchy, from the highest in the form of the King himself or the Royal Family who has the title of Duke to the highest in the noble caste. In this case, the granting of authority is very limited and slow between levels. Due to the slow pace of this, the use of important aspects and assets by the lower classes will be very limited. For example, in the mine, miners will be limited in quotas in retrieving mining materials, and also have to pay certain taxes so that the development of their territory and the welfare of miners will be classified as stagnant.

“This system has been used for a long time ..., so far there is no problem with it.”

They said, Odo's words have a point for the situation that exists now, even Dart as a leader also vaguely felt that the system inhibits the pace of the economy centered on leaders. Since the leader had run out of funds, almost the entire region was affected. That is the problem of a centralized economy and held by a single body.

No one spoke anymore or refuted, the words of the child whose age was not even a decade it really made the officials silent for a moment. Without letting them think and compose words, the boy spoke again.

“Although there are already representatives in each city in this region, they still remain limited in various aspects and fields, cannot develop the region to the fullest, and the economy is stagnant .... Are not the gentlemen here aware of this?” said Odo in a serious tone.

The officials at the place were aware that the boy did not speak and was very familiar with the problems. He was no longer seen as a child by officials, but as a thinker who contributed to his ideas in building the region. The chairman of the officials who most know the contents of Odo's words, from that he knew that the prospective heir to the Luke Family wanted to propose ideas for changes in the economic system and processing resources.

“If you can say that ..., do you already have the solution, Young Master?” ask the chief official. The man with a swampy beak-like appearance who worked in an office with a dark brown coat and a misty hair was smiling, but not with derogatory intent, but was waiting for a positive answer from Odo. Several other officials were seen showing various reactions from positive to negative, Dart and Klein seemed to be in disbelief with the conversation Odo had, he said, and Julia really did not understand what suddenly happened.

“Of course, I'm not a fool who makes a fuss with experienced officials without preparation.” Odo pointed the back of his right hand forward, then pressed the dimensional rune he had on the back of his hand, and took out a pile of parchment paper from within the storage dimension. Holding it with his left hand for a moment, then moving it to his right, Odo handed the documents of his plan to the chief official. The submitted document contains fifteen sheets, with detailed plans that are still rough and need a lot of consideration.

The man took it, then checked the contents of the plan documents. He could not just briefly read because the content was very interesting, he read it carefully and long enough, maybe up to half an hour more. Basically what Odo plans is very simple, but it is quite foreign to a world thick with a monarchy system. Autonomy and Delegation to cities and villages with high economic potential to advance the economy quickly with reduced limits on processing resources. In this case it can accelerate economic development because the use of national assets is not strictly limited, but there is a loss in the form of the possibility that the region that gets autonomous will defy and defect. Odo knows this, though, that is why there is a plan on the part of Core Officials in the field of finance and processing resources to be delegated to areas that are granted autonomy with the aim of supervising and maintaining taxes that continue to flow to the main government.

After reading the basic details of the plan that Odo gave, the chief official basically understood the plan, as well as its shortcomings and risks. Considering some other things, he asked, “Young Master ..., this plan is still a lot of shortcomings. First ..., Mr. Dart as Landlord has no right to grant any change of government regulations in his territory. The system of government can only be fundamentally changed by a King ..”.

“Read sheet to three documents. There is a way to get that right ..., of course from Raja,” said Odo.

The man immediately opened the sheet of documents that Odo said. As the boy said, there is a way to apply for the right to the King and the possibility of being approved is very large. The simple way, as well as the areas under the rule of Marquess Luke, only need to ask for the authority to process resources in his territory to the King.

“Asking the King full authority over his own territory under the pretext of cultivating the region during a crisis situation, huh? It is true this can be done ..., but is not the same as the old system?”

“Kurasa no .... In the old system, the order was gradually from the bottom system to the top. For example, when the village wants to build a commercial building, the village head will present a request letter to the city or the ruling nobility near the village, then the nobility or the city will submit it to the core government of the Landlord for approval, and the matter of development will be an annual report that will be submitted to the Central Government in the Capital, the capital, of course in that process there will be a convoluted layered tax. But, with the way the Landlords' own core government filed for processing rights to the Central Government in the form of a single request, it could speed up the process. In essence, not like the village that made the initiative, but the Landlord who made it himself by giving more freedom to the area led to cultivate resources.”

The chief official covered his mouth by sticking the document to the front of his mouth, slightly lowered his head and thought. From the words of Odo, it can be understood that it can greatly save the process and can accelerate economic income significantly. The existing process of monarchy was very limited because the nobles tended to be self-enriching, therefore, the tax from making a permit for the construction of a commercial building is very high in taxes and the processing is also subject to routine taxes in the form of tribute.

“To be right, if Mr. Dart gets that right and gets deployed, the economy will quickly improve. Basically the development is hampered because of the complicated administrative system ..., making people difficult to develop and lazy to make innovations,” said the head of the official.

He lowered the document from the front of his mouth and looked straight at Odo. “Why is the child aware of this gap in the system of government? Though his age is still ..” thought.

“How? Isn't it worth a try?” ask Odo.

“This is very interesting and worth a try. But before that, may I ask about this 11th sheet? Maybe this sounds strange, but the term Delegation is very foreign, can you explain this?”

After taking a deep breath and calming the beating heart bran, Odo replied, “Delegation is the one appointed and sent for the mission, submission or devolution of authority. In this case, as stated in the plan in the document, the person to be delegated is the financial officer and the processing of resources. In some areas granted autonomy, they .., those officials will be sent. In this situation, their task is not complicated, just observe and provide periodic reports to the government about what is happening in the autonomous region. With the envoys, autonomous regions could be spared from potentially unlawful actions from the authority granted to them .... Well, once this situation is over and the debt is paid, this whole Maquess Luke territory government system will go back to the old system again anyway, so I don't think it matters about that, do you?”

“Eh? Back to the old system? Why not use it permanently?”

“Well, it can indeed also be used permanently, but honestly it also has the potential to spread to areas outside the Marquess' power, it will be very bad. In the worst case scenario, there could be a coup to replace the government system of the Kingdom of Felixia this ..”.

Looking closely and digesting Odo's words, the chief official realized that this was very true. In contrast to the monarchy system prevailing in the Kingdom of Felixia, the system that Odo proposed in his plan tended to be free and give power to the people. In this case, the people who can be tempted by it and will bring up the idea to bring down the less effective government that exists. Although in reality the monarchy system can be said not to cause disputes and clashes of civil power as long as the leader is not arbitrary, but it could lead to a stagnant situation or a fairly slow development of the country if there is no expansion of the territory after the conflict between the countries enters the passive phase as it is now. Odo's potential is a danger about radicals who might incite and propagate the system used in his document, and in the end it will result in civil war because of the dispute between the two understandings. A clear example that makes the chief official aware of the danger of dissent is what happened in the Urzia Empire which according to the news that is circulating is entering an internal conflict due to differences of opinion about the system of government.

“If you think about it again, your plan is indeed very dangerous if done permanently ..” said the chief official.

“Yes, whatever the risk, the right to decide is the leader of this region,” Odo said as he turned and looked at Dart.

“Eh?” The person who became the leader of the region could not even follow the conversation in full. Everyone knew that what Odo and the chief official were talking about was something great and could be said to be an innovative breakthrough to overcome the existing problems, but in general they all do not understand.

“Dad, do you understand what was talked about?” asked Odo in a slightly satirical tone.

“Of course understand. But it's just that, your conversation is like during the discussion of the four countries in the City of Miquator. As you speak, Odo .... It feels like you are like when King Gaiel negotiates with another King,” said Dart.

“Then, Father .... Do you agree to this plan?” ask Odo.

“Before this, Dad wanted to ask. From the way you speak, it seems that you are not worried that this plan is rejected, do you have other plans, my son?”

Getting such a question back, Odo slightly turned his face away. It weakens the instinct of a father to his child. Sighing slightly and looking back at Dart, Odo said, “Yes, I have .... More or less plan B and C still exist. After all, even though income is accelerated by the plans in the document, it does not mean that this Father-led region can pay the debt on time, youh.”

“Heh? What ... do you mean?” ask Dart. He was surprised, as was the chief official.

“At first I thought that the debt payment limit would be until the end of next year. But when you look at the documents and the list of goods and payment has to be paid by the middle of next year, to be honest it makes me panic a little. Therefore, even though this initial plan is a path, most likely I will also have to execute plan B or C.”

“Hmm, what is that plan, my son?”

“Transaction with Dryad Sacred Tree.”

Everyone in the place was shocked to hear Odo's words. It sounded a little crazy considering that the Great Spirit was notoriously more problematic than the other Great Spirits.

“What do you mean, son?! Transaction!? What transaction do you want to make with that creature that has such a terrible nature!?” ask Dart anxiously. Due to some things that made him a little unhappy with the Dryad, Dart did not calm Odo carrying around the creatures from the Astral World in his plan.

“Do You know the hardened Black Dragon carcass in the Sacred Tree Forest?”

“More or less, in the report there are those who call the Black Dragon hardened and visited plants such as the momentum of the statue.”

“The carcass has a unique magic element and can bind magic structures, can be used for many drugs and can be said to be of very high value. Since I helped the Dryad defeat the Black Dragon, I more or less had half the property of the dragon carcass. More or less I want to use it as a transaction to get the magic crystal from Re⸻ Dryad's.”

“Hmm, so instead of you thinking of paying with money, you want to pay the debt with magic crystals. If it's a magic crystal, I think the value will be valued higher than the Rupl pieces ...”

“How, Father? Rather than resigning because it is labeled as an incompetent leader and handed down by the King, is not this plan worth trying?” Odo said something cruel to his father very easily and without any guilt at all.

For a moment of thought, Dart did not have any other plans. The options put forward by his son are quite worth trying, although it has the potential to be quite fatal if it fails. After thinking for a moment, Dart finally replied.

“Alright, I think this is appropriate. We're using your plan, my son.”

“Dad, should Dad not use the word ‘We’ rather than ‘Kita’ for this situation.”

“Hmm?” Dart's confused.

“In the plan ..., in the arrangement of the plan of the document, there is not a single thing that requires me to participate .... Just so you know, I actually don't mind if this plan is rejected outright, well at first I was ready with it. The document was only an option for government people in the Father's territory, an option to change the current situation .... I have other plans, if it fails there is another, and if it fails again there is another .... The point is, I don't need to follow the plan in that document.”

Hearing what Odo said, everyone who listened to the important talk simultaneously thought, “Seennya really ..., this child .... What exactly does it want?” Those people included Klein, the chief official, the other officials, and even Dart himself.

“Honestly .., I'm proud as a parent to see you think that way, my son. But .., just as a suggestion ..., you should pay attention to what you wear when doing these kinds of things .... If it's an interstate meeting, you must have been kicked out when you entered one step into the discussion room ...”

Odo was silent, keeping his brain running and thinking. The black-haired boy observed his own clothes, and only realized that it was not something that was appropriate to wear when talking to people older than him, even though only older in terms of physical age. He slowly turned his face towards Julia, then glared sharply at the Demi-human.

“Mbak Julia heard that!? Ma'am hear?!”

“EH? Why did I even get snapped?! It doesn't make sense!” Julia's tail until standing straight back and her dress slightly lifted. The servant girl was completely confused and panicked.

For a moment the atmosphere became silent because Odo's words did not make sense. When observed again, Dart realized that Odo still looks very sleepy with half-opened eyes. The boy looked back at his father, then said, “Sorry, Dad .... Honestly I didn't have time to pay attention to clothes .... I haven't slept in a week .... Thinking of such things is inserted learning to concoct potions turned out to be very tiring.”

“Ti-No sleep? A week?”

“Yes .... Ever since I returned from the Astral World more precisely ..”

“A-Are you okay, son? When you look again, your face is very pale ...”

“Hmm, I slept for a while .... About two hours I guess .... Well, because of my nightmares so I can't rest, anyway.”

The words that came out of the child were increasingly like people bouncing. “Then, I go back to the room first yes, Father .... I want to make a detailed plan .... Dad already agreed to want to use the plan in this document, ‘kan? Tomorrow I send the detailed plan.” Odo turned around, then walked towards the Mansion.

Seeing the child leave the place by walking a little limp, the atmosphere became a little awkward and silent. Almost everyone felt that their efforts were still not enough, when they saw the black-haired child they realized that there was more to do than resign and wait for their leader to come down. Even though it wasn't spoken, they knew that there was something that could be done.

Things like, “Then I lost to a kid?” or, “His son Mr Dart also tried hard, the time I gave up here?!” or something like that was ringing in the minds of the officials and the people there. Whether it's positive or negative, the options Odo gives certainly add to their morale.

The only person who was not affected by Odo's talk was only Dart. As a father, he only felt happy that his son could think like that and had the spirit of leadership and decency as a leader.

The chief official approached Dart, then patted the shoulders of the man who was daydreaming to see his son walking into the Mansion. “Looks like he's not just a genius in the field of magic huh, my friend ..” he said in a relaxed tone as a pal.

“Taste like that .... What do you think he is, Thomas? According to the standards of the Rein family who had played a big role in the establishment of the Royal system of government, what kind of child was Odo?” ask Dart.

“I think it's better than you in terms of lead later ...”

“Do not insinuate, I ask seriously.”

“Serious opinion yes .... The boy ..., he's a monster .... This may sound harsh, but the kid's mindset is completely insane. Actually what did he see until he could know the gap of the government system at that age, and could even make a plan in great detail for this crisis?”

“Thomas ..”

“Ya?”

“Berani also met the monster in front of her father huh?” said Dart while looking intently at the chief official.

“Why!? You yourself asked for an opinion! Father and son are the same, oi! It doesn't make sense!” said the chief official frantically looking at the gaze full of Dart's killing intent. Although only joking, but it is enough to make the entire feathers stand up.