In the end, my deal with the Madam went smoothly and I must admit my 'haul' from this trip was quite great. A pure blood elf maid who is relatively very strong and has magic knowledge I intend to learn, a few cute slaves who were now in the mansion helping things out, and an apprentice in magic. That they were all cute or beautiful girls (especially after I finished healing all the girls from any and all scars they had) also was a great plus as far as I am concerned.

As for the contract with the Madam, she paid me 30% up front and the contract says I must deliver it all within the next year so I had more than enough time. I used the money I got to let the girls buy some clothes for everyday use as well as buy all sorts of monster materials and cores for me to study.

I admit that I almost got my first erection on this trip despite my age. No, not because I got excited by the madam's gigantic sex appeal or because of something like that. Instead, it was because I managed to find dragon corpses for sale.

I bought a sea dragon and an ice dragon, two species natives of the shivering sea that exist between here and the demon continent. Just the thought of the sort of things I can do with complete dragon bodies is enough for me to nearly laugh like a lunatic.

As for the guards father has lent me, since we ended up spending the night in town in the end I let them go have some fun as long as they took turns and there always were at least two posted as guards outside my room.

In the end, Sir Arthur stood the whole night without leaving with Oberyn standing with him. Oberyn was quite sullen about it, but apparently he ended up like that after his 'friends' in this inn had ended up wringing him dry to he point he no longer was that ready for fucking right now.

By the morning time we were traveling back to Roa with the help of a few merchants sent by the Madam to carry our luggage and open improved trade with the city.

Her city may be incredibly rich thanks to all the trade and goods passing by it, but its large population demands more food than they can hope to produce thanks to their lack of lands outside. Normally it seems they buy for quite a lot from various places, but the Fitoa region and the city of Roa has more than enough food to help sustain them and now with a better road between the two trade can be done much more smoothly and continuously since the rains would no longer trouble the delivery.

Father was beyond happy over all that happened and he requested I make new roads for the city as I thought, I would need to travel to the villages as well as the other cities to other regions and for payment, he actually demanded that I should be properly paid with a golden coin per mile of road I produce. He even paid me upfront for the road I already made.

The whole work took me around a month to be done with it, during this time I would see more of the territory and see more of the world around me. Honestly, it was quite interesting and I may or may not have tweaked the fields of the villages I was passing by to make them more prosperous.

Honestly, it was not like I did anything otherworldly, I just changed the soil to include a much greater amount of nutrients, it will take some time to show the full effects but later it will likely have some amazing results.

Also, whenever I was visiting a village or settlement I would visit the village chief or the knight that grandfather put in charge, I would then use this as a chance to add some runes for fertility and such on the ground there to help the region. It was the same type of magecraft that was commonly used in the age of heroes to make villages prosper and increase the vitality of the people there as well as the food production.

"I still don't see why you were so excited about this place." Eris says as she looks at me with an annoyed expression.

Since I got stuck with improving the territory I couldn't spend as much time with her, so I invited her to come along on this last one.

"What? You mean you DON'T want to visit and check a forest to fight some monsters?" I said with a cheeky tone to which she snorts before throwing her red hair behind her back.

"Humph." Was all the answer I had as she pouted to her side.

On my side, my small companion looked at it with a curious expression.

"Mistress Eris seems upset about the situation, master."

Looking to see pretty golden eyes and a honestly quite innocent and cute expression directed at me I just patted her head and said.

"Don't worry, Luca. That is just Eris being herself." I said to the dark elf who looked a bit confused before nodding.

"I got it."

"NO! You did not!" Eris shouted as she glared at the dark elf maid beside me.

This month has done wonders for Luca, the dark elf of those I bought. Despite only being nine years old, three years older than me and Eris, the amount of things she went through could break most anyone, but after healing her and interacting with her for a while her mental recovery was honestly the best amongst all the new additions to the household.

Honestly, I can understand why some say that dark elves are 'made of sterner stuff', a human in the same position she was would have likely died. She was honestly the most 'damaged' of all the ones I got, but she was honestly the one in the best conditions right now.

She was very withdrawn after arriving in the mansion, she would shiver in terror at any small mistake she makes and try way too hard all the time. Good thing that our maids were very experienced and some had lived through or seen similar things to what Luca went through.

It also certainly helps that Alpha looked after her and the girl seems to have basically imprinted on me. Guess healing her eyes, as well as the damage downstairs, did that in the end.

Seriously, ripping out the eyes of a child just because they were prettier than yours, cutting off one's leg because she tried to run away from abuse, or ruining the face of a kid just because she was not as ugly as you, going so far just because your husband couldn't keep it in his pants and forced himself on a girl of seven at the time, how petty can you even be?

Guess that is what happens when you marry someone of the Milis Faith, they are just not suited for the Asura Kingdom's nobility ways, not that the man who would force himself on a kid so young she isn't even in the double digits is any good, but that level of torture was plain too much.

If it was a Asura noble as the wife, she'd most likely just plain ignore what her husband was doing or want to join in. We are all kinda fucked up and horny like that.

"Still, to want to spend a few days in this village in the boonies, didn't father say you should return soon or something? He even said that our new sword instructor should be arriving any time now." Eris points out and I just shrug.

"I just need a small break. You know how busy I was this last month, I deserve a break." I tell Eris who looks unconvinced.

"But, you can do it?" She affirms as if in question.

I just shrug at that.

"Honestly, I just need a break and some live experience I think." I tell her the truth. I have way too much theoretical knowledge on magecraft and martial arts from Nasuverse, also have knowledge in magic of this world up to intermediary level in all fronts and am making strides towards Advanced level, but that all is not good enough.

I need actual experience with fighting, I can feel this quite clearly. I have started feeling it for a few days now, a pressing need to improve myself. To push myself to greater levels.

"Master?" Luca spoke up, making me turn to the girl who tilts her head cutely at me. "You worried about something?"

I just smile and pat her head, much to Eris's glares.

"Don't worry, just have some stuff in my mind." I told the girl.

Eris, meanwhile, turned her head to the side and muttered.

"Mother told me father was like that too, is he with elves like father is with beastkin?"

I, without hesitation, choose to ignore that.


"Welcome to Buena Village, young lord." A maid with red hair, glasses, and big tits said as we arrived in the house of this village's knight.

Looking at the place I admit, I am not really impressed. With how father talked about how the knight here was the one who should have inherited one of the Duke Houses and how the man was a S class adventurer who was known as a prodigy with the sword I kinda expected, you know, more than the same I've seen from other villages.

But nope, the place was as simple as a knight house can be, a cozy place but still rather simple-

BOOM

A loud sound echoes and we all look shocked as a hole explodes from the wall of the building.

Turning in that direction I dash towards it as the guards do much the same. This was very much the territory of my family, if something big was going on and we are in the area we should help and… Is that a little kid?

He even has his hand stretched out and, yep I recognize the book on his hand. It is the same as the one I used to figure out intermediary magic.

Did a kid of what seems three or so years old figured that out?

"Rudy!" A pretty woman came from inside the house, running to the kid and taking him in her arms as she was afraid of what might have happened.

At least this visit should be interesting.


"Ora, Ora, Ora!" Is that all you got?!" The knight of the region, Paul, said as she continued to fight against me, both of us with a wood sword in hand.

How did this happen? I asked for it, of course.

No, literally I requested a spar with the man. He might be just like Alpha in terms of level of swordplay and all that, but his level of experience was different and how he fights is also different. I realized this after he asked for a sparring match against my other knights so he could show his son 'why swords are better than magic'.

The man was not glad his son had talent for magic it seems. As for the kid, he seems to be really smart, even having figured out how to use chantless magic like I did. Not that it is honestly that complicated, you just need to focus and actually try it out starting from the very beginning.

I think he might be like me, seeing as he could read at such a young age and had figured out magic so young, but there were plenty of beings able to reincarnate in this world and also many beyond crazy monster genius out there. He could always be like that, and even if he is reincarnated it really is not like that is a threat to me so I won't fight him about it.

Anyway, after seeing a few spars I got itchy to fight as well, so I asked to fight too.

"I am gonna get you!" Eris shouted as she tried to attack from the side while Luca used two shorter swords, only a bit bigger than daggers, to attack from the back.

"Too slow." Paul said as his sword moved to parry Eris' sword and threw her in the way of Luca who had to change from attack to instead hold on to Eris.

Using reinforcement, blue 'circuits' appeared across my body as I accelerated faster than before and tried to hit Paul, but he just jumped over me and used his feet to throw me off balance and make me hit Eris and Luca.

He then turned to his son as he walked to our prone form and, yep he stepped on us as he stood proud and said.

"Saw this Rudy?! Swordsmanship is amazing, what any true man should aim for!" He said and that kinda pissed me off, so I used earth magic to force a rock pillar to fly up right between the legs of the guy and hit him in the nuts.

The cheering from my knights as Paul went on all fours weeping in pain was quite nice to hear, I admit as much.

I guess the guy mocking my knights whenever he wins, never fighting those actually at his level, and using cheap tricks in several cases to win in a flashier way did not really endear him to my knights, huh.

"U-Unfair." Paul said with a voice so high pitched I almost thought it was that of a girl.

I shrug.

"Yep. But I still won." I said. "I apologize for using such a method, but being used as a sand bag so you could show off to your son and to make it seem like magic is weak kinda pissed me off. I am a magician as well, after all."

"Humph, magic is for women. A real man uses a sword." Paul grumbled and I smiled as I turned to his wife and said.

"Miss Zenith, I understand it may be impertinent of me to ask this, but could you not use your healing magic on your husband for the duration of our visit. I believe he must reevaluate the value of magic in our society and leave behind these sorts of outdated and ridiculous ideas before he passes it on for your clearly talented son and risk his death due to it."

Zenith, the far too hot wife of Paul, gave me a gentle smile before nodding.

"I can agree to that. And I apologize for my husband's words, he is prickly because he was hoping our son would be just like him when it comes to the sword."

I tilt my head at that.

"Why though? Your son clearly has great talent for magic, and limiting himself to only be at the advanced level swordsman for the rest of his life just because his father was like that sounds like a waste."

"HEY! I am still an S rank adventurer!" Paul shouted in his far too high pitched voice and… yep, my ears hurt.

"And you still are stuck at Advanced level only. Despite even my grandfather praising you for your great natural talent that should have let you reach King level."

The man looked very annoyed, but I just shrugged.

"We will stay here for a few days, grandpa asked us to make sure this place was fine and the fortifications near the forest need repairs. I hope for your cooperation if at all possible." I said and Eris said.

"I want a rematch!" The girl shouted as she stood back up, sword at the ready as soon as Paul managed to get back up, even if he couldn't really walk right.

"Fuck off!" Paul said in irritation as he went back to his home. My knights fuming even as Zenith and the maid Lilia tried to calm things down.

Guess staying in this house would not go all that well, huh.

"Well, that went well." Oberyn said with his usual smug tone even as Eris continued to glare at the door Paul went in and Luca stood back up and went to my back, eyes droopy and clearly sad.

"What part of that was 'well' exactly?" I question and Oberyn snorts.

"Eli has been at the same party as Paul in the past. She said that he could get like what you have seen and if no one stops him he would become completely insufferable for days on end, and that would kinda make me want to shove my spear through the hole downstairs until he shuts up."

"You mean that in a literal way, right?" I question and Oberyn gives a chuckle.

"You know how I am, what do you think?" Oberyn said and I feel that asking more would only give me a headache. Oberyn was very much a constantly horny guy who would fuck and be fucked by just about anything he could, which explains why he gets along so well with Elinalise.

So, honestly, what 'spear' he wants to shove down Paul's ass is anyone's guess.

"I think I would rather not bet on that. Anyway, since we would likely not do so well in the house there right now, how about camping here for tonight?"

"No." Sir Arthur said emphatically. "You and lady Eris are far too precious and sleeping in tents only due to a subordinate being unreasonable is not acceptable. Even if us knights are not allowed to stay inside, at least the two of you should be allowed to do so."

Well, even if I say that, getting there feels like it would be far too troublesome. Paul seems pissy about the whole 'rock to the groin' thing so getting in there would likely cause more trouble than it is worth.

Thinking a bit, I have an idea.

"How about this then?" I say as I look for a tree nearby.

I find a good one close to where Paul's home was, nodding to myself as I take my wood sword and start using it to put several runes on the ground.

It takes a little while, mostly because I am not really used to these specific runes, but after around three minutes I finish those runes and bite down on my thumb before dropping several drops of blood into the runes.

That is a viking rune spell that was used in the age of man to create a home for travelers. It was something the mages amongst the vikings had to develop for their travels, fast and comfortable safe havens for them to rest when on land.

Normally the ritual would take a chicken or something like that to serve as the blood sacrifice, but my blood (which is a much greater sacrifice considering I am the ideal body for magecraft and magic in general) should suffice even if I use just a few drops.

As I saw the tree growing I nod to myself, it was turning into a nice cottage that should be more than big enough to four or five adults to sleep in.

… Is it me, or is the thing still growing.

And growing.

And growing.

I guess using a spell from the age of man in the equivalent to the age of Gods together with a blood sacrifice from me might have gone a bit out of my estimations.

"MY HOUSE!" A shriek from the neighbor of Paul's home when her house kinda got crushed as the tree kept on growing was a good sign it went way beyond what I intended.

Silver lining, we now have more than enough space for everyone to sleep in comfortably.