Chapter 74

The day after the ball, I went to the Brutus Trading Company with Filia. Since the store was closed for a holiday, we entered through the back door and went straight to the warehouse.

By the Emperor's command, we needed to gather military supplies, and we had to deliver half of them the day after tomorrow.

"Filia, I need you to keep track of the number of items I create and pack them into boxes."

"Understood."

This time, the supplies were mostly medicines. We needed 10,000 bottles of healing potions, 5,000 bottles of blood potions, 1,000 bottles of mana potions, 3,000 bottles of advanced healing potions, 1,000 bottles of advanced blood potions, and 200 bottles of advanced mana potions.

We also needed to create magic items. We needed 1,000 rings of strength, 1,000 rings of protection, 500 rings of speed, 500 fireball rings, 1,000 water rings, and 10 barrier bracelets.

We started working early in the morning and barely took any breaks, just a light lunch. I continued creating items, while Filia confirmed the number of items, recorded them in the ledger, and packed them into boxes. I had told Lord Tomrowski, the Minister of Military Affairs, that we would deliver the supplies in two batches, three days and six days from now, but by late afternoon, we had completed and packed all the items. This was only possible because I am a god and Filia is my servant; it would be impossible for ordinary humans.

By the way, both the medicines and the magic items were created from nothing. Originally, when making medicines, I would prepare the bottles and use magic to fill them, but this time, I didn't even prepare the bottles. Using the ability to create magic items that I gained from becoming a god of magic, I consumed my magic power to create the magic items from nothing, from zero.

The reason I told the Emperor that payment was unnecessary is because of this. I have the ability to create magic items by consuming my magic power, and since my magic power is almost infinite, I can create as many magic items as needed.

The warehouse has been expanded using space-time magic, so there is plenty of room to stack this much material. Although we completed everything at once, we will deliver them according to the schedule to avoid arousing suspicion from the Emperor or Lord Tomrowski.

"I need you to accompany me when we deliver the items."

"Of course, Lord Christoph, wherever you go, I will follow."

"Thank you. Also, I think I will entrust the future of the store to Prieetta."

"Did I do something wrong?"

Filia looked extremely distressed, as if the world had ended.

"Filia, you are my first and only servant. I want to keep you as close as possible. If you don't like it, we can go back to the way it was."

Filia, who had been so depressed that she seemed to be sinking into the ground, suddenly jumped up and tackled me.

"Absolutely not! I want to be by Lord Christoph's side! Please let me take care of you!"

You know, you don't have to tackle me like that. But for a 10-year-old, you're quite developed. This is outrageous, truly outrageous!

Filia beamed at me with a smile as bright as a sunflower, hanging around my neck. I patted her head and petted her animal ears.

"Ahhn~... ah..."

It's been a while since I've enjoyed your animal ears! I could pet them all day, but it's already late afternoon, and I need to return home so my mother doesn't worry. With a heavy heart, I decided to go back. Ah, animal ears are the best!

The next day, I spent the day understanding my godly abilities. Filia stayed by my side the whole time, trying to take care of me.

"Filia, Luna is here to take care of me, so why don't you train with Grandfather? It would make me feel more comfortable going out if you could use a sword."

"Of course! I will learn the sword!"

Well, I'm using myself as bait, but I really want to give Filia the means to protect herself. Filia, eager to learn, went to Grandfather, and I asked him to take care of her.

"Filia? Can that frail body handle a sword... Well, fine. Federasio, bring a training sword."

Grandfather, who once led the kingdom's knights, is truly impressive. Uncle Federasio handed Filia a blunted training sword, and Grandfather told her to swing it.

Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!

Just by swinging the sword, Filia made the training ground kick up dust. She swung the sword repeatedly, and the dust covered the area around her. Grandfather, watching this, seemed to have a very fierce smile on his face.

"Alright, now let's spar."

"Yes!"

Grandfather blocked or deflected Filia's strikes. They approached and retreated, and the two of them continued to swing their swords.

"It seems Grandfather likes Filia. Uncle, I'm sorry, but could you take care of Filia and Grandfather?"

"Sure, I'll take care of it. But that girl has remarkable potential."

My servant, Filia, has the strength to surpass humans, but without sword skills, she was still able to spar with Grandfather, who was able to control her. Is Grandfather really human?

On September 18th, we headed to the royal castle with two carts owned by the Brutus Zelus family. Filia informed the gatekeeper of our purpose and waited. A soldier, possibly one of Lord Tomrowski's subordinates, came to greet us.

"Follow me."

The soldier, without any friendliness, told us to follow him, so we did. We followed the soldier to a place that looked like a training ground. Filia, not liking the soldier's attitude towards me, didn't say anything but had a pouting face.

In front of the warehouse, the soldier spoke a few words to another soldier, who then ran off somewhere.

"Unload the crates into this warehouse."

The soldier, with a haughty attitude, gave us instructions. I had to stop Filia from tackling the soldier. If I had been a bit slower, the soldier would have been knocked out. The soldier probably underestimated Filia because she is a child. Given that the only other people present were me and the driver, it's understandable, but the soldier didn't even check the delivery. I don't know if this is acceptable, but...

After a while, we finished unloading all the wooden crates into the warehouse. Of course, I helped with the unloading.

"Here is the delivery note. Please check it and sign the receipt."

Filia handed the documents to the soldier, who glanced at them and returned them.

"Sign it."

"Be quiet! Wait until the person in charge arrives!"

I see, this soldier doesn't understand the context of this delivery. He seems to be taking it lightly because he thinks the person in charge is a child.