Chapter 99

"Kail, what's wrong?"

"Big brother Alus, look. It's starting to snow."

"Oh, really? It's becoming winter, after all."

Alus and Kail looked out the window together, watching the snow continue to fall.

He hadn’t expected to be able to spend such a peaceful time.

After all, this year he had fought with the Fontana army.

When he first attacked the soldiers, he thought he wouldn’t be able to stay in this village anymore.

He never imagined he would become a knight governing the land.

In the end, there were no unreasonable demands from Carlos this year.

Well, there were a few times when he was called up.

This was because there were forces within the Fontana territory that took an oppositional stance against Carlos, the head of the house.

Carlos sent people to various places, and if the opposition forces showed any suspicious signs, he immediately called them up and attacked.

Naturally, I was called up and went to various places.

However, in most cases, it didn’t come to direct combat.

This was because our Valka forces did a lot of work.

We rushed to the lands where the opposition forces, such as Raymond's faction, were located and built roads to get there.

Furthermore, we took control of key locations in the territories they governed and quickly formed fortifications surrounded by 10-meter-high walls.

With the continuous arrival of soldiers and the fortifications growing larger each day, not many foolish people tried to resist.

Well, there were some exceptions.

But Carlos himself led the charge and scattered them.

Being called up every time something happened was a concern, but it wasn’t all bad.

Thanks to the roads we built within the Fontana territory, the flow of goods improved significantly.

Until then, the roads were in terrible condition.

Most of them were poorly maintained, and except for the major roads connecting large cities, they were very difficult to travel on.

Thanks to the improvements, the circulation speed within the Fontana territory increased.

In the end, I, who had enchanted the window glass, made a profit by selling bricks, glass, magic mushrooms, and paper within the territory.

However, merchants were reluctant to gather in the northernmost Valka Knight Territory.

No matter how much I opened a free market, as the old man said, the travel time and tolls made it difficult to make a significant profit.

However, in the lands where the opposition forces were located, Carlos promised to exempt them from tolls as a condition for their compliance.

In fact, I asked Carlos to do this.

The convergence point of the roads from various places is the city of Fontana, so Carlos' base would definitely profit. I asked him to enforce this condition.

Carlos was skeptical about whether it would really work, but as a result, the city of Fontana is now more vibrant than before.

So, even if I was called up, it was mostly for road construction, and we didn’t suffer any casualties.

This will probably stop during the winter.

In this area, it snows in the winter, and food is hard to come by.

It’s common to spend the winter like hibernation, using food stored in advance.

Military actions are out of the question.

"Ah, but when the temperature drops like this, I want to take a bath. I want to relax in a hot spring."

"Bath? Hot spring? Big brother Alus, what are those?"

"Ah, Kail doesn’t know. With the [Purification] spell, there’s no need to take a bath. I just want to feel the warmth of the hot water on my body."

"Hmm, you want to do something unusual, huh?"

Leave it alone.

Maybe because I have memories from my previous life, I sometimes get an uncontrollable urge to take a bath.

However, in this world, there doesn’t seem to be such a custom due to the [Purification] spell.

Well, I don’t need it, and I’ve been too busy to think about taking a bath.

But now that I’ve started managing the territory, I’m starting to feel mentally exhausted.

I want to take a bath, which is said to cleanse the mind.

"Kyu"

"Huh? What’s wrong, Valkyrie?"

"Kyu, kyu!!"

Suddenly, Valkyrie started acting strangely.

While Alus and Kail were talking, she suddenly interrupted, started making a "kyu kyu" sound, and pulled at Alus' clothes with her mouth.

What’s going on?

"What’s wrong? Is something happening?"

"Kyu~"

When I asked Valkyrie, she happily nodded and lowered her posture by bending her legs.

Maybe she wants me to ride her.

Thinking this, I stroked Valkyrie’s body and quickly mounted her.

"Hmm, do you want to go for a run in this cold, Valkyrie?"

"Kyu kyu"

After confirming that I was on her back, Valkyrie happily got up and started moving.

Where is she going?

I ended up running in the snow, led by Valkyrie.

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