10 – Harvest
＜Chapter 10 – Harvest＞
“The perpetrator who last refused to confess to the militia will be executed immediately by the administrator.”
Swoosh.
“Ah… This won’t do. Lady Soyeong!!”
Grandfather tightly grabbed the administrator.
But the administrator struggled.
It took a few more people to hold him down.
“Lady Soyeong, please forgive me!”
He raised his sword high.
Should I ask someone else to do it? Do I really need to kill someone?
The administrator continues to shout.
“Give me… Give me a chance to confess!”
Should I give him a chance to confess?
Then it would be alright without killing someone?
Normally, I should make this choice.
I know my personality well.
I try to resolve things smoothly, saying that what’s good is good.
That’s in line with my personality.
Why am I having different thoughts today?
“I must bear all the burdens. Because I am Elwin Frontier.”
Instead of my Korean name, the name Elwin Frontier came to mind first.
And the name Frontier felt heavy.
“The administrator must die here to prevent a full-blown war with Breda.”
If an administrator goes around meddling in this and that, the situation only worsens.
Especially for someone like me with weak influence, it can be fatal.
I exerted strength in both hands.
I clenched it tightly.
And with all my might, I swung down the sword.
Swoosh.
Thud.
Beep beep–
Beep beep–
The ringing that sometimes echoed in my ears when tired resounded.
The ringing was so loud that I couldn’t hear the sounds around me.
However, even that ringing couldn’t drown out the voices from the past that surfaced in my mind.
You don’t suit nobility.
You lack the charisma of a noble.
You don’t know how to handle people.
You can’t deceive people.
…
You are too passive.
‘Alencia…’
Beep beep–
Beep–
One question crossed my mind.
Why did Alencia say such words to me?
Of course, I know the answer.
To blame me.
Her expression and tone at that moment were all accusing me.
But if she truly disliked me,
Was there a need to say such things?
Wouldn’t it have been better to just ignore, advise, and soothe, using me as needed and then discarding me?
“Waaah!!”
“Waaah!!”
“Hail Lady Frontier Soyoung!!”
Suddenly, the ringing in my ears disappeared,
replaced by the cheers of the people around.
With that, thoughts about Alencia vanished.
“Hail Lady Frontier Soyoung!!”
“Hail Soyoung Lady!!”
***
They executed the administrator,
and cultivated the farmlands.
There was a surveillance tower, but it couldn’t completely block it.
Today, once again, I kneeled on the cultivated land.
As always. To remove the blight from the land.
Thump. Thump.
“Follow me.”
I stood with my grandfather by the riverbank.
The river flowing west of Dongri.
Beyond that is the territory of monsters.
“Have you killed a person for the first time?”
“…Yes.”
“Taking a life is something everyone must experience.”
My grandfather’s large hand held mine.
It’s really big. It covers my hand and still has room.
“You did well. Your reputation in River Village has improved because of this incident.”
My reputation in River Village.
There were never those who ignored me or didn’t listen to me before.
But that was thanks to my grandfather rather than my personal ability.
However, it started to change again because of this incident.
Hiding slaves and monitoring them,
Building surveillance towers as a precaution,
Obtaining the confession of a Self-Defense Force member.
‘And… the execution of the administrator.’
“Self-Defense Force members who did not confess were expelled from River with their families. And the administrator’s body was buried in the public square. But let me tell you.”
She raised her gaze to look at her grandfather.
“But why didn’t you mention the Brijda incident?”
“Keep hiding that. We couldn’t deal a significant blow to Brijda at this level. We might even face a counterattack.”
Her grandfather’s hand rested on her head.
“You’ve grown strong.”
Then he suddenly burst into laughter.
In contrast to the heavy atmosphere until now.
“Ahahahahaha!! Well then, if you’ve shed Campbell’s blood, this much is only natural!”
.
.
She came to the River village, and many things happened.
She disposed of her great-grandfather’s property, bought land, and acquired various necessities.
She bought slaves with Alensia’s support.
Land filled with magic.
Farming on Monster Island.
I utilized both.
One is the system’s ability.
The Earth restoration skill.
The other is modern knowledge.
Norfolk’s 4-field rotation method.
Thanks to that.
In field A, barley is growing densely.
Field B, once desolated by Black Goblins, has been rebuilt.
Newly planted clover and wheat grass have grown again.
And field C.
Cleared C field, removed contamination with Earth restoration, and planted wheat as originally planned.
A, B, C fields have properly started operating.
Golden barley fields.
Slaves harvested the barley.
Among them, a confessed member of the self-defense force was also seen.
In the place where the harvested barley was piled up, there was a specially invited magician.
After checking several times, he ran to me.
“Elwin Frontier, there is no magic in the barley. This barley has not been contaminated by magic. Humans can eat it!”
“Just call me Elwin.”
“Elwin! Do you know how amazing what you’ve done is? You’ve done something even the great invited vampire duke couldn’t do! Elwin! This is incredibly amazing!”
“Sure, I understand.”
“No, Elwin does not comprehend. This is…”
I handed the wizard a hazel wand as a gift,
and sent him back with a vampire duke’s decree.
Perhaps it was because I had been living in the magic tower, there were too many words.
‘Even got the wizard’s approval. Is it enough to sell?’
Success in farming is not the ultimate goal.
Instead, it’s the first step I’ve taken now.
“I’ll be busy from now on.”
That evening,
the mission changed from ‘in progress’ to ‘completed.’
[Mission]
Cultivate crops on Monster Island (Completed)
HINT) Land Restoration Skill
[System]
Mission accomplished.
You are rewarded with 1 skill point.
[System]
Analyzing the situation, suggests an appropriate mission.
[Mission]
Monster Island Livestock Breeding (in progress)
‘Livestock breeding?’
After the farming mission, the next one was raising livestock.
A personally satisfying mission.
Since it was something to be done anyway.
Analyzing the situation, it seems it wasn’t just empty talk.
“This time, there seems to be no essential skill.”
When the tutorial was completed, the land restoration skill was forced upon.
The skill window opened, revealing an enormous amount of skills.
And most of them were in a locked state.
“Except for the farmer skill, it seems you can’t learn them. In that case…”
Among various skills, there was one that particularly caught the eye.
It was the Norfolk-style 4-Yun Farming Method.
Why bother learning this while already farming with the Norfolk-style 4-Yun Method?
Because of the skill description.
By learning this, the efficiency of the Norfolk-style 4-Yun Farming Method increases.
Skills like digging the ground, planting seeds, or removing weeds are not of significant importance.
Rather, the Norfolk-style 4-Yun Farming Method seemed more appealing.
[System]
Would you like to acquire the Norfolk-style 4-Yun Farming Method skill?”
Norfolk-style 4-Year Crop Rotation (Lv 1)
The efficiency of Norfolk-style 4-Year Crop Rotation increases slightly.
***
Frontier Territory, Northern Region.
The fiercest battlefield in the territory.
Frontier, lost in thought.
With letters spread out on the desk.
“Successful in farming? How?”
Elwin Frontier.
The eldest son of the Frontier family and the young lord.
He was a child with many expectations.
He hoped to resemble his grandfather more than himself.
He prayed to become a better magician.
But…
Magical Aptitude: ‘None’
The disappointment was indescribable.
Frontier must become strong.
He must protect the Frontier’s people and land.
That’s what the ancestors said.
It’s not for nothing that he stays on guard all year round.
To protect the territory.
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The Frontier Self-Governing Region expanded and contracted repeatedly.
In the father’s generation, a significant achievement was made.
Because he was a 7th Circle Archmage.
He lacked talent compared to his father.
“Although Father reassured that everything was fine…”
What actually happened?
How much did the Frontier territory shrink?
All the lords were weak.
It happened because he was weak.
“The next Frontier Self-Governing Region must be strong.”
In his heart, Elwin’s position as a young lord was already revoked.
If Gibson grows, he planned to replace the young lord.
Even for the sake of the Frontier territory.
“But who would have thought such talent existed…”
“Listen. Summon Hans.”
“Yes, my lord.”
Similar incidents were happening in other regions.
Frontier Lord’s Mansion, 3rd floor.
Clang!
“The demon tower has been officially recognized?”
Elwin, with a sinister expression, made a request to the demon tower.
To inspect the crops.
And the conclusion was that there was no magic.
“What happened to River Village? No, what happened to the magistrate?”
“The magistrate was executed by Elwin.”
“By Elwin? Elwin did it himself?”
“Yes, he personally cut his throat with a sword.”
“Then what about us? Did the magistrate not mention us?”
“No, he didn’t. He was executed before he could say anything. We confirmed it with the people who were already there.”
“Well, at least that’s a relief. Keep monitoring Elwin in the future too.”
“Yes, my lady.”
Vampiric Dukedom.
The room of Allenzia Vampiris.
“Is this true?”
“It is true.”
“He really cultivated crops? In Monster Island?”
“I was surprised too. I never knew Elwin had such talent.”
Then, was it true that he died and met the Goddess of the Earth?
Was what he said at the Frontier Mansion true?
“What should we do? Should we postpone the meeting with Clan Kent?”
Clan Kent.
The eldest son of the writer Kent.
In the midst of breaking up with Elwin, a new alternative was needed.
That alternative is none other than the writer Kent.
“Just a moment. Give me some time to think.”
“Take your time. Ah! Isn’t Lord Elwin amazing?”
“Enough, Mari. I’m thinking.”
Mari covered her mouth with both hands.
But her eyes revealed a smile.
Lord Kalas.
Lord’s office.
Kwaaang!!
“Is this real? You farmed on Monster Island?”
“Yes. It was confirmed by a magician from Matap.”
Lord Kalas shook one leg.
Knock, knock, knock.
His fingers tapped the desk quickly.
“This is a serious matter. Send someone to confirm it personally.”
“Understood.”
After Agasin left, the trembling of Kalas Jajak’s legs continued.
Tap, tap, tap.
The main source of income for Kalas Jajak’s territory was the toll.
Among them, two things carried significant weight.
One was food.
The other was monster products.
“Cultivate the land directly? On Monster Island?”
