Master of iron mines.
On the first day, when Roman got permission from Jacob to start working in iron mine, the miner of the iron mine were displeased when they heard the news.
"Dmitry young master want to works in the iron mine from today?"
"Roman Dmitry? Why?"
"I don't know the region. Still even though he said he will work, he will probably just act and show like he is working."
[ No one responded positively towards the news and nobody also talk positively about Roman. Well it was expected situations. Unless Roman is someone who will do real labor then they can expect it other than that, all are just an inconvenient existence to them.
Miner one more for reason for not reacting positively towards Roman working in mine was because he wasn't just any normal person but Dmitry's eldest son, he was a person who could one day become the heir of the family they served. ]
If Roman wanted to work with them in the mines? It was an obviously uncomfortable situation for thme, miners expressed their dissatisfaction. In particular Morkan, a veteran miner reacted harshly towards it.
"Lord Dmitry must have lost all his senses. It is good to educate his son, but what is he thinking by making him do this? Until now, Lord Dmitry son's mainly work in the field of blacksmiths, and never have been send to do mining. The children of Dmitry have gone to the forge from an early age, so they never learned how to work in a mine as all. Such an attitude shows how he is discriminating us."
"Aren't you just leaping to the conclusion?" One of the miner said to Morkan.
"I mean it! Mines are the skeletons of the Dmitry, but blacksmiths take all the glory!"
[ Today, the emotions which Morkan had built up inside him were finally let out. Dmitry, known as the Mining City, is obviously made up of miners, and yet blacksmiths take all the glory from them. Of course, this didn't mean that Baron Romero neglected them. However, despite the good working conditions, they showed a slightly discriminatory attitude toward them.
Iron mines and forges both are Dmitry's roots, but Morkan didn't really like the decision to send their successors only to the forge. ]
"Roman Dmitry must have been forced to do things he didn't want to do, but he must be doing it to aim to be the next lord. The value of what we do is determined by our attitude. So don't think about bowing your head to Roman and show him how hard it is to work in these mines. That way, our story will finally get to them."
"Okay."
"Morkan is right. Let's set an example for Dmitry's Young master."
Hendrick was right when Roman started working in the mines the miners of iron mine, the exoskeletons of Dmitry did not welcome Roman's existence.
* * *
Roman dressed up and headed towards the iron mine, there was no welcome ceremony for Roman.
Everyone was busy yawning due to there lack of sleep, and with a tired face, they put on hard hats.
In the iron mines, this was a normal day, all the people who soon recovered from their soberness stretched there body and followed the orders of the iron ore mine master Jacob.
"Always be mindful. Working in the iron mines you have to always puts your safety first, second is also safety, and third is also safety. We suppress our hunger and our tiredness to earn money and come to the mines daily. We must do our best to ensure that we all return home safely, so I hope everyone will follow the rules."
"Yes!"
"Okay!"
After morning speech from Jacob, miners were busily moving in the mine's.
Roman thought he was going to mine iron ore with everyone else, but Jacob called Roman separately and said:
"Young Master, please follow the transport team and carry the soil and iron ore. It's not meant to be a special favor. Mining of ore cannot be left to a beginner like Master Roman, so you can help even with simple tasks, using your strength. You seem to not care about what the others think, but if you get hurt here, people will look at us badly. So, please work carefully in here."
Jacob didn't like Roman either, he allowed him to work because he was asked to do it, but he couldn't hide his anxiety while talking.
Roman obediently followed his orders.
As Jacob said, Roman is a beginner. Thus Roman followed the others and reached the destination after coming a long way down in the tunnel.
"Come on! Move quickly."
"You will have to work diligently to meet the quota."
'Srrkkh!.'
All the seniors worker began to move the soil and ore into the carts, and Roman silently helped them. He first moved the soil and iron together with them, and he would drag it out when the cart was full. From then on, it was a simple repetition of the work. After some time, people who initially felt burdened to be working alongside Roman began concentrating on their own job as Roman was focused on his.
'Certainly, the system is well organized.'
[ Dmitry title Mining City was not for show. People quickly carried out the soil and iron ore, and they worked separately on their own tasks. And outside were people who took on the soil loaded into the carts with them. The division of work was clear, and as a result of examining the tunnels during work, Roman realized the safety wasn't bad either. Iron and wooden posts were erected in various places to prevent the mine from collapsing, and a rail was on the ground that was used to pull the cart.
After decades it was a place where Dmitry's history was piled up.
While Roman was working, he carefully organized the things he had seen and heard in his head. ]
'To plan for the future, I need to understand the land I live in. How the people of Dmitry live, how much power Dmitry has, and what I can do on this land. These courses of experiencing Dmitry's will definitely help me.'
Experiencing everyday life of Dmitry people, it was Roman's way doing things.
Others may not understand why he was doing this, but Roman believed that this process was necessary from where he will decide which step he had to take in future.
On the first day Roman could not figure out much.
As Roman was sweating and working, the sun was already setting, and the day in the iron mine passed.
* * *
On the third day.
Roman heard an explanation about iron ore of Dmitry from a miner.
"The reason why Dmitry iron is in the spotlight is not simply because it is well processed in a forge. Since the quality of the iron ore itself is of the highest level, people of Cairo recognize the value of iron ore from Dmitry. And Dmitry does not trade iron ore. All iron ore from the iron mine is processed and sold by Dmitry himself. In general considerable losses occur in the distribution process of obtaining iron ore, but Dmitry is inevitably making a lot of profit as he handles all the mining and processing of iron ore with the manpower of the land. That's why Dmitry family is considered rich for nothing."
Miner said full proudly
However what miner had said Roman knew before and didn't get any new information.
However, after listening to the explanation of the miners working in the field, he realized that the scale might be bigger than he thought.
'The process of obtaining and distributing materials is all solved with the help manpower of Dmitry. In addition, with the highest quality iron ore and which is processed by Dmitry's blacksmiths, Dmitry's iron received a higher price than others. It's been that way for decades. Dmitry's wealth may be greater than I expected. But Dmitry's wealth is not mine. As the eldest son of the family, there is a limit to the amount of money I can receive, so I have to find a way and what I can do for this land.'
Roman current life was like his previous life.
Baek Joong-hyuk as the successor of the Demonic sect, he used his identity and background to increase his power and eventually ascended to the position of Heavenly Demon.
It was no different now for him.
As a successor, he wasn't just going to wait to become the next owner of this land, but was also thinking of a way to make it happen.
To do that, he started to work in the iron mine.
Dmitry's people daily life would suggest a solution to Roman, and with the results obtained, Roman intended to create his own 'power'.
It will not be his family power but his own power.
Even though he belonged to the Dmitry family, it will be foolish to keep using his background to get things running around.
Roman had lot of questions in his mind.
How many iron ore reserves are there?
What is the daily production limit?
Roman tried to ask more questions to the miner, but Morkan who was passing by looked him talking and said, "Young master, this is not a place for talking. If you want to work do it, if you don't want to work, don't disturb others. We have to work diligently to meet our daily quota."
"Ah"
After hearing what Morkan's had said, miner who where talking to Roman went away with a bewildered face.
Morkan looked at Roman as he thought Roman would get angry on him.
But it didn't happen.
"I'm sorry. Let me focus on my work."
Roman stepped back and continued his work.
Morkan was stunned because the reaction was different from what he had expected?
Watching Roman concentrate on his work again, Morkan could not take his eyes off Roman for a while.
* * *
It's been a week since Roman started working in iron mine.
He kept sweating daily while working in mine and finishing his daily quota.
Naturally, Roman worked side by side with the miners and heard many things. Still he felt it was not enough. In fact, he could just talk to a miner to get his doubts clarified, but no miner was willing approach him.
'Is this how people fight for territory?"
From the first day, Roman knew he was being rejected by others.
Miners deliberately tried to stay away from Roman, and even a few words of conversation were interrupted, as Morkan pointed out who where around him.
He didn't bother to find out is it because of territoriality or if there was any other special reason, he didn't do anything thing to them even though Dmitry is his territory and he can do anything to take them down, but he decided to resolve it by talking around.
He just endured it, because he came in here, in first place because he wanted to work.
Roman is the successor, and he chose to work here himself, so he had to bow his head.
Klang!
"It is lunch time. Everyone get out!"
Lunch time came. As Baron Romero himself was from a commoner family, so he understood their difficulties and provided a perfect time for rest and work.
Hearing that it was lunch time now, every miner stopped what they were doing and went out. Naturally,
Roman went out as well. And instead of eating the luxurious food he had at home, he sat down on the dirty floor as if nothing was wrong and filled his stomach with thick bread and soup. At first, everyone looked at him like there was something strange. Because it was not luxurious food that noble usually eat, Roman didn't have the slightest change in his expression.
'I can handle this."
In his previous life, Roman had experienced much worse things.
When he was training in the sect, he had to endure a month without food. It was called the Ordeal of the Devil, and in that process he had to feed himself anything he could you survive, from bugs to snakes. Bread and soup? This was like heaven when he thought of that time; moreover, he could fill his stomach.
Roman shoved the food into his mouth, and before he knew it, the soup went down his throat.
At that moment, while he was eating, someone sat down in front of Roman.
"Can I ask you just one question?"
And the person was non other than Morkan.
Roman nodded.
Morkan who had been looking at Roman with dissatisfied eyes all this week, asked a personal question for the first time.
"Now I know the truth of about Young master. I just want to ask, why are you working here?"
After seeing Roman working for last few weeks, Morkan had to admit that Roman was a different person than he thought.