Only the Villainous Lord Wields the Power to Level Up: Volume 5 Part 1 by Waruiotoko

Author:Waruiotoko
Language: eng
Format: epub

New Eintorian Kingdom

Agriculture: 55

Agriculture was tied to provisions, so it was every bit as important as Intel. As such, I needed to assign some more personnel to the task.

If I could raise our Agriculture score, then next year’s harvest would be larger, even if we used the same fields. Honestly, if our score didn’t increase by then, it would probably put pressure on both our food stores and our finances.

The one-year tax exemption period was coming to a close, but I couldn’t just suddenly hike taxes at year’s end. Even if I did, without sales or a harvest, there would be nothing to take from the people. First, I needed to increase the harvest and help the people achieve a stable lifestyle. This would also give the kingdom a wealth of provisions.

Mirinae was on good terms with Euracia, so I was having the latter help out with research, but...frankly, Euracia wasn’t cut out for it. Her abilities were more attuned to war, which was the furthest thing from farming. Besides, she was a princess. She’d probably never tilled a field in her life.

If I wanted results, I’d be better off choosing Vintora instead. In fact, he was just the man for the job.

As the former mayor of the largest village outside Luaranz’s capital, he was a specialist among specialists when it came to managing farmland. He was also highly regarded, so I could expect him to be able to communicate well with the farmers.

That’s why I chose Vintora as Mirinae’s partner. Euracia seemed a little dissatisfied when I broke the news, but when I looked behind her, I could see that Mirinae looked a little relieved. She must have been through troubles I couldn’t possibly imagine...

After that, I called in Serena. I had something for her to do too.

“Serena, I wanted to talk to you about the people we brought from the Dofrey Domain.”

“What about them? They haven’t caused you any problems, have they...?”

I’d cut to the chase far too quickly, and my words had brought a worried look to Serena’s face.

“No, it’s not like that,” I clarified. “I’ve just been too busy to talk to you about them before now. I was thinking I’d like to have a meal with them.”

“Really? Everyone will be delighted, I’m sure. And even if they aren’t... Well, our country used to be hostile to yours, so some of them have been worrying that they’d be mistreated.”

I’d never do that. After all, I needed them to crew the grand fleet I had brought back with us from Luaranz. There had just been no time to talk to them properly, so I hadn’t been able to learn about their abilities and personalities yet. And from their perspective, they probably saw me as a mystery man who’d come out of nowhere.

I needed to arrange an opportunity for us to sit down together sometime soon.

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“Celly! Celly!”

“Ungh... What is it, dad...?”

Celly was buried under the covers. She spent her days cursing Valdesca over and over, while at the same time being tormented again and again by memories of him.

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