Shadow King Chronicles: Building a Kingdom From Behind the Scenes
Chapter 16: Dating (?) With Lilianne
one day after the raid on the residence of Duke Balzaac, the capital was quite excited.it was only natural because during this time the noble district was considered the safest place in the royal territory. all the nobles who owned the mansion in Venz paid a heavy price for a group of knights formed by the kingdom named Dragon Knight to secure the territory of the nobles.
However, the invasion of the Balzaac mansion clearly hurt the reputation of the Knight Group which is said to be impenetrable.The nobles certainly criticize the negligence of the Dragon Knight.
how can the Dragon Knight who is said to be the best knight belonging to the kingdom, who has been paid a lot by the nobility and wears the best equipment and holds the best weapons can be easily cheated. what was attacked was the house of a Duke who was less than 300 meters from the king's family.
the knight commander, along with uncle Richard and princess Aurellia today were facing the king. The uncle and daughter were asked for testimony about yesterday's incident while the knight commander and his group were sanctioned for their negligence.
while me? well I'm just relaxed. anyway I'm not as funny as princess Aurellia during the attack yesterday.so at best I was only given an appreciation of 500 gold coins only.
well of course I'm joking. 500 gold coins is a lot. My financial senses alone seemed to be dead.Just imagine, those 500 gold coins are enough to bribe a Baron level noble to a Viscount so that they can obey your will. well although it was indeed for nobles of the Earl to Duke level, 500 gold coins did not have much effect on their financial situation.
I guess I haven't explained the currency in this world, have I?
easily coinage in all countries in Lantos divided into five fractions.The smallest is copper, bronze, silver, gold and the highest is platinum.
1 bronze \= 10 copper coins
1 silver \= 100 copper coins
1 gold \= 1000 copper coins.
while for platinum can not be compared with copper.at least one platinum coin is equivalent to 100 gold coins.
the money I have now is more or less like this:
10000 Platinum coins consisting of 4500 Heinz paltinum and 5500 Aria platinum.
three million gold coins, including Heinz, Aria and Moskov.
and the number of silver, bronze, and copper coins I was lazy to count.it was not yet my non-money assets such as land and others.
well I have a lot of money in the hope that when the family later they do not have to worry about finances. Besides this I can help many people by building orphanages and other public facilities.
let's put money aside because there is a much more important thing.this is HOW TO ENTERTAIN LILI!
you know, because of yesterday's incident, she cried all day and did not come out of her room.All the occupants of the mansion even including her mother and brother had persuaded and comforted her, but the result was nil.
not only, even Sasha nee-san and Misha nee-san who were close to them were unable to calm her cries.until finally, this afternoon (now afternoon) Lili's mother approached me. he asked me to comfort Lili.
well even though he said that, I was also confused as to how.even his close family alone could not calm Lili down.but somehow, Lili was an important person to me. I can't let him be sad all the time.
well, tomorrow I'll try to take her for a walk. Hopefully the sadness goes away and the mood improves.
today I woke up very early.well instead of waking up, I actually did not sleep at all. As usual, a lot of work I have to do. starting from reading the incoming reports from my subordinates to creating documents for the benefit of the La-Sa guild administration.
after I finished working on various tasks that accumulate, I immediately warmed up briefly in the backyard of my father's mansion.after finishing I immediately took a shower and breakfast early. this is because I want to take Lili for a walk!
through his mother, I sent him a letter. essentially I asked him to take a walk in the Venz region today.all because I also intend to tour the capital.
after the preparations were finished I finally headed to Duke Balzaac's mansion.it was not too far from my house so it was enough to walk.when I got to Duke Balzaac's mansion, it was quite a walk, I thought I was going to go in and persuade Lili again, but it turned out I was wrong.
well, is he that enthusiastic? I saw her eyes that were still a bit swollen from crying too much, but it felt like a trace of sadness had disappeared from her eyes. moreover her face was already filled with her sweet smile.uuuu is so cute!!
" hi Lili, it looks like you're better." Lili clapped with pleasure.
"unnn..this is thanks to Is who took me for a walk. I'm so happy!" e-e-ehhhh when only a walk, right? but it doesn't matter if the cheerful Lili comes back.
"then let's go! look at the carriage we've been waiting for." I said as I pointed towards the parked horse carriage.We finally headed towards the Commerce district. previously I had asked my men to investigate roughly which stalls provide good food and safe to consume.
it is only natural for me to look for a safe food stall because in this world there is no official standard that regulates food processing. so there could be errors in processing these foods and eventually cause poisoning or other problems.
well after arriving in the trading district we immediately went around to various places, in addition to going to try the sweets that have been recommended, as well as, I also invite Lili to taste various baked and fried foods that are on the side of the road.
Lili seemed to enjoy our sightseeing time.like her sadness was gone completely.well I can't help but be grateful.His face was much prettier and cute when she was cheerful compared to when sad.
ah I also invited Lili to visit the orphanage in the commoner district.he looks happy because he has a playmate. Because many children smaller than him maybe he feels like an older brother. with fun playing hide and seek and chase.other children also look happy so there is no problem.
finally, the event of our streets ended with a ride on the royal tower erected in the commercial district.we enjoyed the sunset together.what a beautiful sight.the golden sun illuminated the entire streets of the capital. the royal palace also looks very beautiful. I suspect this tower is suitable for enjoying the sunset.
well it looks like it's a good time.I took a box out of my shirt pocket and opened it. These are the earrings I made for Lili's birthday gift.
on my knees I said, "Lili, I'm sorry to you because I haven't had time to give you a gift yesterday.Please accept my gift." this earring design is the same as the one I gave my lover in my previous life.
seeing these earrings Lili was a little stunned. then she quickly hugged me while crying and saying thank you.Geez this kid, there's no need to be like this!
I let go of his embrace then rubbed his tears. Lili finally calm. well so dong!! you look so much sweeter when you smile.
unexpectedly he stepped on it and touched his lips to mine!! hey Lili what are you doing!! our faces were both flushed with embarrassment. "i-i-i this is my first kiss. M-m-let's keep this a secret from Sasha and Misha."
well I guess I have no other choice, right?
finally we walked down the tower to the carriage waiting below, although awkward, we walked together holding hands.
ah thanks Hades for this beautiful day.I swear to never forget the events of the streets today.