One day after the raid on Duke Balzaac's residence, the capital was quite excited. It was natural because the noble district was considered the safest place in the kingdom's territory so far. All the nobles who owned the mansion in Venz paid a high price for a group of knights formed by the kingdom called Dragon Knights to secure the nobles' territory.
However, the attack on Balzaac's mansion had hurt the reputation of this supposedly impregnable knight group. The nobles, of course, criticized the Dragon Knight's negligence.
How could a Dragon Knight who was said to be the kingdom's best knight, who had been paid dearly by the nobles and wore the best equipment and wielded the best weapons, could be so easily misled. Moreover, what was attacked was a duke's house, which was less than 300 meters away from the royal family's territory.
Together with Uncle Richard and Princess Aurellia, the knight commander faced the king today. Uncle and daughter were asked to testify about yesterday's incident while the knight commander and his group were given sanctions for their negligence.
While me? Yes, I'm taking it easy. I'm not as conspicuous as Princess Aurellia during yesterday's attack. So at most, I was only given an appreciation of 500 gold coins—very little.
Well, of course, I'm kidding. 500 gold coins is a lot. It's just my financial senses that seem to be dead. Just imagine, 500 gold coins are enough to bribe a noble from Baron to Viscount level so they can do what you want. Well, even if it's for nobles on the level of Earl to Duke, 500 gold coins don't affect their financial situation.
I guess I haven't explained the currency in this world, right?
Easily the coins in all countries in Lantos are divided into five denominations. The smallest is copper, bronze, silver, gold, and the highest is platinum.
1 bronze = 10 copper coins
1 silver = 100 copper coins
1 gold = 1000 copper coins.
While platinum can not be compared with copper. At least one platinum coin is equivalent to 100 gold coins.
The money I have now is more or less like this:
10000 platinum coins consisting of 4500 Heinz platinum and 5500 Aria platinum.
Three million gold coins. It consists of Heinz, Aria, and Moskov gold coins.
And the number of silver, bronze, and copper coins. That's not my non-money assets, such as land and others.
Yes, I have a lot of money, hoping that they will not have to worry about finances when they are married. After all, I can help many people by building orphanages and other public facilities.
Let's put money aside because there are far more important things. This is HOW TO ENTERTAIN LILI!
You know, because of yesterday's incident, he's been crying all day and hasn't come out of his room. All the mansion inhabitants, even including his mother and sister, had persuaded and comforted him. But the result is nil.
Not only, even Sasha nee-san and Misha nee-san, who were close to them, we're unable to calm their cries. Finally, this afternoon (now afternoon), Lili's mother approached me. She asked me to comfort Lili.
Even though she said that, I'm also confused about what to do. Even her close family couldn't calm Lili down. But no matter what, Lili is an important person to me. I can't let her be sad all the time.
All right, tomorrow I'll try to take her out for a walk. Hopefully, the sadness will go away, and her mood will improve.
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Today I woke up very early. Well, instead of waking up, I didn't sleep at all. As usual, I have a lot of work to do. It started from reading reports that came in from my subordinates to making documents for the benefit of the La-Sa guild administration.
After finishing working on these piled-up tasks, I immediately warmed up in my father's backyard for a while. After I finished, I took a shower and had an early breakfast. This is because I want to take Lili for a walk!
Through her mother, I sent her a letter. I took her for a walk in the Venz area today. All because I also intend to tour the capital city.
After the preparations were done, I finally headed for Duke Balzaac's mansion. It's not too far from my house, so it's just a short walk. When I got to Duke Balzaac's mansion, I thought I'd go in and persuade Lili again. But it turns out I was wrong. she was waiting outside.
Wow, is she that enthusiastic, huh? I saw her eyes were still a little swollen from crying too much. But it felt like the traces of sadness had disappeared from her eyes. Moreover, her face is already filled with her sweet smile, so cute!!
"Hi Lili, looks like you're getting better." Lili nodded happily.
"This is thanks to Is who took me for a walk. I am so glad!" e-e-ehhh even though it's just a walk, right? But it doesn't matter if the cheerful Lili returns. That's the most important.
"Then let's go! look at our carriage has been waiting for a long time." I said, pointing at the parked horse carriage. We finally set off for the Commerce District. Previously I had asked my subordinates to investigate which stalls provide delicious and safe food, fortunately enough that we could visit.
It was natural for me to look for a safe food stall. This is because there is no official standard that regulates food processing in this world. So there could be errors in processing these foodstuffs and eventually cause poisoning or other problems.
So after arriving at the trading district, we immediately went around to various places. Besides trying the recommended sweets, I also took Lili to taste the various baked and fried foods on the roadside.
Lili seemed to be enjoying our time out. It's like the sadness has completely disappeared. Well, I can't help but be grateful. Her face is much more beautiful and cute when she is happy than sad.
Ah, I also took Lili to visit the orphanage in the commoner's district. She looks happy because she has a friend to play with. Because many children are younger than her, maybe she feels like an older sister. Cheerfully playing hide and seek and chase. The other kids also looked happy, so no problem.
Finally, our sightseeing event ended by climbing the royal tower erected in the commercial district. We enjoyed the sunset together—what a beautiful sight. The golden sun shone across the streets of the capital. The royal palace also looks very beautiful. I thought this tower was suitable for enjoying the sunset.
Well, this seems to be the right time. I took a box from my pocket and opened it. These are the earrings I made for Lili's birthday present.
Kneeling, I said, "Lili, I'm sorry I didn't get to give you a present yesterday. In exchange, please accept this gift of mine." This earring design is the same as what I gave to my lover in my previous life.
Seeing these earrings, Lili was slightly stunned. Then she quickly hugged me while crying and saying thank you. Gosh, this kid, there's no need to be like this!
I let go of his hand and wiped his tears. Lily finally calmed down. Well, that's it!! You look cuter when you smile.
Unexpectedly she tiptoed and touched her lips to mine!! Hey lily, what are you doing!! both of our faces reddened with embarrassment. "I-i-i, this is my first kiss. let's keep this a secret from Sasha and Misha."
Well, I guess I have no other choice, right?
We ended up walking down the tower. We were headed for the horse-drawn carriage that was waiting below. Even though it was awkward, we walked together holding hands.
Ah, thanks, Hades, for this beautiful day. I swear never to forget today's outing.