I Became a Mythical Knight King

Chapter 31: Yoo Seong Castle (3)

“What were you two doing?”

Robin, who approached with a wide grin, had a flushed face.

It seemed she was quite drunk as well.

Then Rene, who was also somewhat drunk, answered.

“I was just talking with the successor.”

“Even though you’ve been together for over a week?”

“Yes. Hehe.”

Seeing Rene laugh at her own words as if finding something amusing, Robin narrowed her eyes and made a humming sound before grinning again and said.

“It’s nice to see, but please come down now. The party can’t go on without its main characters.”

“That’s true.”

Rene nodded and looked at Yoo Seong, and at the two women’s gaze, Yoo Seong smiled slightly and nodded.

“Alright, shall we go down then?”

“Yes, successor.”

Rene giggled and stood up following Yoo Seong.

Although there were still some things to manage, like Rene’s level up and observing the changed Yoo Seong Castle, none of it was particularly urgent.

‘I can do it before going to bed later.’

Yoo Seong was a bit surprised when Rene naturally linked arms with him, but soon smiled again and went down the castle wall.

* * *

~The next morning~

Waking up to the sound of birds outside the window, Yoo Seong unconsciously let out a groan.

His head was throbbing from a hangover.

“Ugh.”

Although he tried to restrain himself, since it was awkward to refuse the offered drinks, he ended up like this after continuing to drink.

“Mmm.”

After sitting up and pressing his throbbing head, Yoo Seong drank some water first, and now looking like he could finally live, he looked around.

~The lord’s room~

It was the room he received yesterday, which they said had been cleaned while he was out conducting guerrilla warfare.

‘Fortunately, it seems I didn’t cause any trouble.’

After looking around the bed where only he had been lying, Yoo Seong drank more water and tried to recall his memories.

‘So um…drinking and…dancing…ah, yes, dancing. Dancing with Rene and…’

While tracing the fragmentary memories, Yoo Seong suddenly flinched as if struck by lightning and opened his eyes wide.

It wasn’t because of the dance with Rene that wasn’t quite like a dance.

“Status window!”

Because he remembered touching the status window before going to bed.

‘I hope I didn’t waste points?’

No, that wasn’t the issue.

Rene.

Rene’s level up.

Hopefully he didn’t guide her into some strange path like magic martial artist or something like that while drunk?

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[Hero Management]

King’s Magician: Rene Baltois

Level: 7

Available pt: 0pt

Equipment: Oak Staff / Magician’s Robe

Common Skills: Mana Enhancement Lv3 / Combat Meditation Lv1 / War Horse Summoning Lv1

Unique Skill: Magic Storage Lv1

Unique Spell: –

[Rene acquires Mana Enhancement Lv4: 7pt]

[Rene acquires Bare-handed Combat Lv1: 3pt]

[Rene acquires Combat Meditation Lv2: 5pt]

[Rene acquires new magic: 5pt]

[Rene acquires War Horse Summoning Lv2: 5pt]

[Rene’s strength enhanced: 1pt]

[Rene’s agility enhanced: 1pt]

[Rene’s health enhanced: 1pt]

—

After quickly checking Rene’s status window, Yoo Seong let out a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, he hadn’t invested in bare-handed combat or strength enhancement.

‘Magic enhancement and combat meditation were skills from Volano Barony, and the new one is the unique skill?’

Rene’s unique skill, Magic Storage.

It was a skill that could store unused magic power in Rene’s exclusive magic space to use when needed, and although there was a limit to the storage amount and it could only be stored for 3 days, it was still extremely useful.

‘It means she can unleash more than twice the magic power at once.’

Rene already had several times the magic power of an ordinary young magician, and now thinking about doubling that again, it was truly an enormous amount of magic power.

‘Yes, right. I remember Rene jumping around very happily about it.’

Although they were both drunk, Yoo Seong remembered that after discussing together, they chose to invest in the unique skill instead of magic enhancement, and he smiled bitterly.

‘Putting martial arts aside, I’d like to try investing in unique magic sometime.’

Having only invested in mana for efficiency, they hadn’t tried investing in unique magic even after reaching level 7.

Based on Rene’s competence shown so far, it seemed like her unique magic would be quite good, but since it was just speculation, Yoo Seong and Rene always ended up investing in mana enhancement at crucial moments.

‘Let’s really think about it next time.’

Since it wasn’t a multiple of 5 level, Yoo Seong’s own level up felt rather ordinary.

However, perhaps because his base stats had increased quite a bit, both the quantity and density of Yoo Seong’s aura were at a level incomparable to ordinary knights.

‘In terms of Fantasy Monarch, it’s like having a level 30 knight’s aura while being a level 13 knight.’

After newly manifesting his golden aura, Yoo Seong finally activated his invitation right.

—

[Invitation Right: Can visit Yoo Seong Castle.]

[Time needed for invitation right recharge: 60 hours 35 minutes 21 seconds.]

—

Although the time had decreased, it still required waiting about 3 days.

‘I’m really curious.’

He hadn’t thought about it yesterday due to being drunk, but now that he could actually go to Yoo Seong Castle, he became curious.

Where exactly was that Yoo Seong Castle?

Was it some kind of castle in a subspace, like the magic space where Rene stores her staff?

‘I’ll find out when I go there.’

And to go there, he needed to wait 3 days.

After shrugging his shoulders, Yoo Seong dismissed the status window and called someone for washing up and breakfast.

Although it was awkward at first, perhaps because the position makes the person, Yoo Seong had now become quite accustomed to being served.

About an hour after finishing breakfast.

The vassals, showing signs of fatigue, gathered in front of Yoo Seong in the office.

* * *

“You all worked hard while I was away. The training of the conscripts and the management of refugees were all beyond expectations.”

At Yoo Seong’s praise, Sir Simon and Sir Rant, along with other vassals, smiled.

Even Rene, who was suffering from a hangover, smiled slightly.

But then.

Sir Simon stepped forward and said:

“My lord, Lady Iserina also helped greatly in handling the affairs within the castle.”

At Sir Simon’s words, everyone, including Yoo Seong, turned to look at Iserina who was standing at the end of the vassal group, and at everyone’s gaze, a slightly flustered Iserina hesitated before awkwardly bowing in modesty.

‘As expected, she had talent in administration.’

He had already confirmed with the king’s insight that she had talent.

“Lady Iserina, thank you for your assistance.”

“I am also glad that I could be of even small help.”

Iserina bowed again and responded to Yoo Seong’s praise.

In fact, Iserina’s current position was quite delicate.

Until now, she was simply a noble lady who had fled from a neighboring territory, but as Yoo Seong defeated the trolls and goblins and liberated the Volano Barony, her status as the sole heir to the Volano Barony became prominent again.

The Volano Barony was certainly liberated.

However, the current barony was not a land suitable for human habitation.

In the case of Volano, which was the center of the Volano Barony, it would not be an exaggeration to say that the entire city was covered in blood and human flesh, and other villages were in similar conditions, just varying in degree.

Above all, there was simply a lack of people.

It was an empty territory where people could not live, and there were no people to live there in the first place.

No matter how strong-willed Iserina might be, it was unreasonable for her to return to the Volano Barony in this situation.

Then how should Iserina be treated from now on?

If it were an ordinary noble, they would have chosen one of two main options.

Marry Iserina and naturally absorb the inheritance rights to the Volano Barony.

Kill Iserina to make the Volano Barony completely ownerless and then absorb it.

Neither option particularly appealed to Yoo Seong.

And as discussed throughout, the current Volano Barony was not a land worth going out of one’s way to acquire.

‘Since she voluntarily helped with work, it seems she wants to do something rather than just being a dependent, so it might be good to put her in charge of some administrative work.’

Having made up his mind, Yoo Seong looked at Iserina and said:

“Lady Iserina, could we continue to receive your help going forward?”

At Yoo Seong’s words asking for continued help with administrative work, Iserina smiled brightly and answered.

“If you entrust me, I will help with the territory’s affairs with all my heart and soul.”

In fact, Iserina felt considerable shame and debt to Yoo Seong, though she hadn’t spoken directly to him about it.

The shame of not being able to resolve the issues in her own territory herself, and the debt of gratitude toward Yoo Seong who resolved her territory’s problems.

However, Yoo Seong, who was unaware of these facts, simply nodded thinking she was unexpectedly cheerful and cooperative when she accepted his proposal with such a bright smile.

After Iserina’s matter was settled, they began to discuss the territory’s affairs in earnest.

There were largely two agenda items, one was rebuilding the villages destroyed by the kobolds, and the other was handling the matter of the Volano Barony.

“The goblins and trolls made human flesh their main food. Therefore, most of the goods in the villages and cities remain intact.”

At Rene’s words spoken with a dark expression, everyone including Sir Simon made bitter faces, but if anything, it was good news.

It meant they could secure the resources of the Volano Barony.

“If it can be used for Lothian, I think that would be best.”

When Iserina perceptively spoke first, Sir Simon said to Yoo Seong.

“My lord, I will take the conscripts and secure the resources.”

“That’s a good idea. However, I would like to entrust this to Sir Rant and Sir Edgar rather than Sir Simon.”

At Yoo Seong’s designation, Sir Rant and Sir Edgar immediately bowed, and Sir Simon also nodded willingly.

Everyone knew that entrusting the task to the two people instead of Sir Simon was not because of distrust in Sir Simon, but because Sir Simon was needed to run Lothian.

“An army trains just by walking. Once the conscripts make a round trip to the Volano Barony, they will look more like proper soldiers.”

When Sir Rant laughed and said this, Sir Simon also nodded in agreement.

This time, Yoo Seong turned to the people in charge of administration and asked.

“How are the refugees being managed?”

“As there aren’t many, they have all been incorporated as residents of Lothian. However, it seems refugees from the Volano Barony are coming down from the north.”

It was news received through the battle priests of the Omphalos Order.

The story was that refugees who had fled to Lushen, one of the cities belonging to the northern Karian County, were coming down to Lothian.

“They say Lushen refused to accept the refugees.”

At Sir Simon’s words, Lady Iserina furrowed her brow but didn’t say anything.

Yoo Seong looked around at everyone and asked.

“Does anyone know about Count Karian?”

“He’s the second strongest power in the western border region. He’s a young count in his 30s, and I’ve heard he has great ambition.”

Rene said with a somewhat displeased expression.

She seemed angry that Count Karian not only ignored all requests for support from both the Volano Barony and Latus Barony – Lothian, but even turned away refugees.

“We’ll need to look into this more carefully.”

Now that the era of ominous stars had arrived, it would be very nice if humans could help and unite with each other, but this was merely idealistic thinking.

Just as Count Karian refused not only to send reinforcements but even to accept refugees, humans had to focus on protecting their own first.

“Let’s set the direction to accept all refugees for now. We can’t completely abandon the Volano Barony, and it would be better to incorporate a couple of nearby villages into Lothian.”

Everyone, including Iserina, agreed with Yoo Seong’s words.

Afterwards, Yoo Seong discussed the joint funeral and specific military deployment before dismissing the meeting.

The meeting had started shortly after noon, but by the time it ended, sunset was approaching.

“Let’s rest and meet at the dining hall.”

“Yes, successor.”

Although it wasn’t really a dinner appointment since many people including not just Rene but also Lady Iserina and Robin would be participating, anyway, Yoo Seong, who had made dinner plans with Rene, headed to a quiet inner courtyard instead of returning to his room.

This was because there was someone who had been waiting for Yoo Seong since before the meeting started.

“Sir Ruan.”

At Yoo Seong’s call, the blonde handsome man- Ruan, the priest-knight leading the battle priest order of the Omphalos Order, turned around with a solemn – no, devout expression to face Yoo Seong.