Kai walked into an inn after he pressed the plain gold and silver coins from his collection with the insignia of the kingdom's royal family. Phil had told him that the human domain is as large as a small world even though this is still several times smaller than the demon and the elven kingdoms.
There are many small to large human countries fighting over resources and defending against the monsters and demons in the world.
Monsters are animals who has evolved into powerful violent creatures because of demonic energies or because of a lucky chance encounter with some magic resources in the world.
These monsters will sometimes have monster cores which allows them to exhibit magic powers making them dangerous since they enjoy human meat. They group and invade human settlements every now and then which puts a strain on the human forces against the demons.
The humans have two powerful countries who often fight to gain the loyalty of the other neighboring small to medium sized countries. The Elton empire and the Bhalomi kingdom.
After eavesdropping he found that he is in the Bhalomi kingdom which makes the currency with a Bhalomi royal coins and precious stones such as magic stones. Kai scanned the nearest coins with the AI and reproduced copies.
In the morning, Kai chose a suit with a relatively dull color so that he won't stand out but he will not be seen as a peasant either. Walking out, he found the boy from yesterday squatting nearby. The boy's eyes lit up when he saw Kai and ran towards him.
"Good morning Sir, anything I can help you with today?" The boy has brown hair and a pair of the brightest green eyes Kai has ever seen. He is wearing dirty shorts that seem to have been thrown away by some noble, and a rag for a shirt.
No matter how one looks at it, this boy has no business having such sparkling eyes. "Hello young friend. I am going to find something to eat, would you like to join me? I am in desperate need of some information. And what better way to bribe someone than food?" Kai spoke cheerfully to the young man.
The boy looked disappointed which intrigued Kai, shouldn't a street rat like this desire food the most? "Or I could just pay with money if for some reason that is something you desire more than food." Kai seemed perplexed.
The young boy's smile returned. "I can tell you whatever you want to know."
"I am still hungry so you will watch while I eat." Kai said with a bored tone turning around towards a restaurant nearby.
"They wont allow me entry." The boy said.
"Why not?" Kai holts his steps and looked at the boy curiously.
"It is a place that serves food and I am dirty." He explained making Kai face palm.
"Can you refer me to a clean friend of yours then?" Kai teased taking out a fasting pill eating it and then walking away from the previous direction with the boy.
"I can't believe I have to rely on this for breakfast because of you." Kai frowned.
"Now tell me about this place and all the important things travelers would like to know." He gave the pill to the boy as well.
"What is it?" The boy took it and studied it closely.
"It is a fasting pill. It will keep you full for two days." Kai explained. The boy ate it and he probably felt the effects and seemed happy. His green eyes seemed sad immediately after which worried Kai.
"What's wrong?" Kai asked.
"Nothing." The boy started explaining the highlights about the place.
This is a county with around 10 thousand people and the noble family here is the Count Binusin with 5 thousand knights which includes 900 aura knight and a mage.
The families around here mostly farm and sell their items into this small town. There are a few successful merchants selling many goods from the nearby Maqui territory. But even so, this territory is too far from the capital city and has almost no interaction with the royal family.
Merchants from big cities hardly ever come here because this place is teeming with forests which has bandits hideouts.
Therefore many items from big cities can not be found here. There is a bigger city North of this place that is three times this county, there are three minor nobles with many more soldiers there." The boy explained.
"If one wants to farm land where do you go and what do you need?" Kai asked. He has always wished for fertile land.
"You seem young to be trusted with such a thing. You will need a certificate of identification. A letter from someone who owns land as a recommendation and means to take care of the land."
"Where do I go?"
"I can take you there but you must pay me before then. Can I have your pills as well? I have a few friends that might need them soon." The boy said nervously. Pills that can keep people full for two days.
"Alright. But I will only give you a few copper coins today." Kai warned and gave the boy a small bag with ten coins and a bottle that contains ten fasting pills.
As they walked Kai saw a few stalls on the way people selling fruits, some he recognized some he didn't. "Are there many farmers in this county?"
"Yes. The food normally goes bad because not many people have need to buy it since they farm as well. The town people have many choices to choose from but they can't buy them all."
"Can't they freeze the food?"
"Magic? There is no mage willing to do that for an entire county. Even the Viscount would have to pay a considerable amount of money to hire one."
"What is your name?" Kai asked the boy.
"I am called Barth." The boy introduced himself.
"I am Kai Waters."
"A family name, you are a noble then?" The boy asked. In this world noble families have family names.
"Are you still considered one if you ran away from your family?" Kai asked.
"Yes." Barth agreed.
"I will just use Kai only then." As they made it to the large structure. The boy ran away as Kai entered. He knocked on a glass window and a charming face came to view.
"Good morning, I would like to purchase land."
"I beg your pardon?" The woman seemed to choke on air.
"I want ..."
"We do not sell land Sir. The royal family has passed down a rule that land should be acquired through merits."
"I do not want to give merit. I do however want to give money so call someone willing to bargain. Please?" Kai offered a nervous smile because of the woman's words, he could hear his dream of farming shattering like glass.
"Sure. Please wait." The woman left, a while later he is called into one of the offices.
"I hear you would like to buy land?" A man asked looking at Kai with measuring eyes as if trying to offend Kai.
"Yes." Kai ignored the insidious smile on the man's face. It makes people want to punch it.
"We can not sell you fertile land but there is a waste land that we can give you at the agreement for your cooperation." The man is blond of hair, golden lazy eyes and a small beard. He is not an honest man no matter how one looks at him.
"An agreement to do what?" Kai asked feeling un easy.
"There is an orphanage near this land and the director died a few weeks ago. I need a new director this will give you enough 'merits' to allow you property ownership rights. The land there is dry and hasn't been able to grow crops in decades. This will make it so no one cares enough to bother you about it, If you agree to this I will give you the papers this instant." The man gave a wretched smile.
"I don't want to be responsible for children. Look at me, I am still technically a child. No thank you." Kai stood up bowed good bye. He then moved towards the door.
"If you refuse I will reveal your previous slave status. If people find out that you were once a slave, you will be finished, many slave traders will come to 'redeem' you back and then you will never be able to get land let a lone build a house." The wretched smile deepened.
The man had been at the demon auction house when Kai was bought at a high price. Him being here at this time means he managed to escape and is now seeking to have a home.
Kai frowned after hearing the man's words. Is being a slave that bad here? But looking at the triumph smile on the man's face he knew he is in a bind. "Get me identification then." Kai gave a strained smile. He will retreat to advance.
"Right away." The man got started and Kai walked out of the office with an Identification soon after, a land deed plus a new job as the orphanage director.
Walking towards the place where carriages are rented he is transported to his new home. The carriage ride is bumpy and unpleasant.
The road to the barren land is lengthy but this is good news for Kai who wants to live a quiet life. He does wonder however why would they build an orphanage in such an isolated place. They must have been forced to have one by the authorities.
Coming out of the carriage, Kai thought he had traveled to a desert. The ground is dry and cracked, the air is even thick with unpleasantness. The place may be cursed.
"Thank you kind sir." He paid the coachman and walked towards the three story house with a haunted appearance. Kai has already felt several life signals from inside the house.
He didn't bother with the hiding children and scanned the place using his chip. This way he will have a measure of it in a three dimensional image on his screen. There is not even a toilet.
The only good thing about this place is that it is very large and a long distance from everyone. The glaring disadvantage is that it is very close to a forest full of dangerous monsters and bandits.
But this forest can also be used as a source of resources. Kai opened the broken door and entered the orphan house followed by several staff members he took from the space castle.
When they got inside, he took away all the existing furniture. The robots cleaned the house thoroughly and then replaced all the previous furniture. When they got to the room where all children are hiding, Kai decided to knock gently.
"Hello. Please report to the common area for a brief meeting." Kai said and waited. The children came out wearing ragged clothes and no shoes.
Such a sorry state, no wonder they built the orphanage all the way out here. It is to hide this sad picture from the community.
Kai only greeted the kids and let them wait while he picked out knew bedroom furniture for all the bedrooms. Then he decided to leave the rest to his golems. His mood having dropped because of how awful the conditions of this place and the children are.
His 'servants' installed a Payne battery connected it to all sorts of appliances including a fridge, a stove, and a few boilers so the children can have warm bath water.
A few minutes later the servants told the children to go and prepare for lunch. The children were confused but went to the washroom only to find plastic bathtubs with warm water already prepared for them.
One child who seems to be nine years asked a servant. "Sorry miss, are we to bathe?"
"Yes. New clothes will be prepared for you when you return. There are people who can help you wash up if you find it difficult." The servan said. Her name is Pepper because of her fiery red hair.
"Are we getting adopted?" No one knows who asked this question but when Pepper looked at the children, she noticed they are very upset. It seems getting adopted in this orphanage is not a good thing.
"No, you are getting ready for dinner. The place has been thoroughly cleaned so you can not eat with your current attires." Pepper explained.
"Is there a new director?"
"Yes. If you delay any longer, your water will get cold." The children entered the bathroom. Inside is a fresh set of bathing supplies including toothpaste and toothbrushes for everyone. Once a person finished, their water will be removed and the tub washed for the next person.
When they finally made it to the tables the place looked completely different from the past. Kai smiled trying to make a good impression on the children. "Hello everyone. It has been a hard couple of days for you. I am the new director, I also own the rest of this waste land so we will be living closely together from now on."
The children stood still as if something horrible will happen if they made the slightest of sounds.
"I let my servants make soup to cushion the empty stomachs so you don't get stomach aches. Please start with the soup before you eat the solid food. You may take your seat." Kai cautioned.
The kids seemed to be dazzled by the steaming food on the table but non of them moved. Kai wanted to start eating so he nudged his servant to encourage the children.
"Children, have a seat." The gentle but stern voice of Pepper made them wake up from their stupor. They sat down and began eating. Kai didn't pay much attention to them after that and also ate up his food before going outside to do his project. Looking at the large size of his land he smiled lightly.
A world where magic can be employed is a wonderful world. Kai didn't want to waste his day when there is so much work to be done. He went into his space and checked his construction supplies.
There are obvious changes to the space after the recent upgrade but Kai will have to take a look later. The most glaring change is the upgrade in the quality of his original spirit fruits that contain different elemental spit energy.
He used the virtual screen to draw a structure putting all the measurements. Then Kai released a bunch of worker robots to dig up the foundation. He released a barrier disc to cover the entirety of his land.
Kai used a powerful earth spell to make a large wall around his territory. This will make it so no outsiders are able to peek into his actions. The wall is very tall and goes deep into the earth.
The wall was built for several hours but it didn't make any disturbances to the outside. It is made from very smooth brown molten stone. Even though there don't have any decorations at the moment but the wall is very clean and smooth but most importantly it is hard to climb up without slipping down.
The robots started digging the ground fir the main building after the wall was complete, but it seems the dry land is very hard. Kai had seen this problem when they were digging a foundation for the wall.
Even the eart spell took a long time molding the earth into a sturdy wall around Kai's lands.
For now he is putting finishing touches on the wall. He got on top on the wall and set it so six grown people may wall side by side on top of the wall.
Then he made it so snipers may lay down and mages may hide behind the gaps on the wall to attack an invading enemy. This place is too close to the forest so beasts may attack, he can not depend on hiding behind his barrier forever.
The sun sat late evening Kai still has a job to do before going to rest. The gate has two guards who are looking at a poorly dressed boy. "Barth, what are you doing here?" Kai smiled.
"Mr Kai? I just left this morning since when do we have a wall around this place?" The boy seems puzzled.
"Since the sleazy man in the housing district forced me to be a director in this place." Kai complained.
"May I come in? I live here." Barth said to Kai.
"Okay you may come in but go take a bath before eating with the others. Bed time is at 7." Kai smiled and left the place to complete a revenge mission.
He put a cloaking device on himself and followed the pompous man who forced him to become an orphanage director at that time, although Kai has accepted his reality, an uncomfortable feeling creeps over him when he considers letting the matter go.
The man first went to a shady looking place. The door is in a dark alley but it materializes when a mysterious ring on the man's figure is rotated in a way that activates a magic code.
Kai wants to follow the man so he used a breath concealing pill that will make him appear no different from a dead wall. This plus the cloaking device should be enough to fool some mages. Besides, Phil said spirit energy is more powerful than magic.
"Bunisin." A voice sounded from the side a moment after the man entered the door.
"Miro. I see you also couldn't wait to get here today." The pompous whose family name is that of the noble family that Bath had said is the Count here answered the other guy.
"Ladies and gentle girls, today we offer a rare treat. Your favourite Kitta is here to offer his performance. At the end of his performance you may bid for a night of passion with him. May the rich prosper."
"May the rich prosper!" The voices became excited hearing the news, apparently they would all be bidding for a chance to be with this Kitta person.
What the f**k? An actual slogan? What a bunch of cultists. If this was a church, they would worship money instead of a deity.
Kai decided to leave this place because it makes him uncomfortable. Taking out a green powdery substance, he spilled it on the man and then took his leave when someone opened the door.
Having come to a new world Kai is not planning to live a high profile life. So he will have a slow untraceable revenge on a sleazy noble who is so stupid to threaten a person of unknown origins.
Just as he is walking back in a good mood to have exact his revenge, someone grabbed his arm and then threw him against a tree. Kai is disoriented when he found his entire body engulfed by a towering figure.
A pair of deep red eyes looking straight at him. "There there little kitten, lets see how you run away from me." A sexy voice came from the man's lips as he lifted Kai's face to look at him closely.
The man seemed to have enlarged his body somehow he is now long and creepy as if a boneless creature took over his body.
Feeling cornered, Kai zapped the man with a high voltage of thunder with his lightning body making him get thrown in the air and land on his face a distance away from Kai.
The man stood up in lightning speed and grabbed for Kai's throat but Kai is even faster, the man found himself pinned against a tree Kai now looming over him. He tried to struggle out of Kai's grip but Kai tightened his hand around the man's throat.
This is when Kai took a good look at the stranger, bright red eyes, white hair with red here and there. The eyes are soft and round but the aggression in them is suffocating.
"Why were you in my hub?" The man said suddenly asked with a glare.
"I was following someone. Are we done here? I had a long day, I'm tired." Kai doesn't want to elaborate on his reason for following the man earlier.
"I will be seeing you again human." The man vanished in a flash.
Kai is amazed that man was so powerful. It seems his plan to leave as a hidden powerhouse should be is a pipe dream. He hopes that person will not bother him any time soon.
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