Munchkin of the Summoning Academy

Homecoming(7)

I returned to the bed I was familiar with, but I couldn’t sleep.

I spent the night with my eyes open, stroking the fur of the Persian on the boat.

He can’t sleep, and he slowly wags his tail.

As if to prove that you don’t want to go out on your own.

The demon king who returned to my inner side didn’t say anything.

Thanks to you, I had to suffer alone.

The secret of his existence and birth was barely noticed, so even so…

The article I cut at Westwall the last time keeps coming to my mind.

Although somewhat rude, his testimony was true.

My heart aches for the guilt of killing an innocent person.

‘It was too hasty.’

After all, Westwall Marquess was supposed to be executed himself, but…

I didn’t have to do that.

no. The knight was a long-time vassal of the Count, so he could have released him without my knowledge.

Biggest mistake I’ve ever made.

I don’t know how to view Maria and Michael later.

Without realizing it, I let out a deep sigh, and Persia offered her consolation.

“Cheer up, Master. That person was trying to take your mother’s body without permission.”

“It is, but…”

Is that really a mortal sin?

As the head of El Cloud, of course, I should nod my head, but from a neutral point of view, it wasn’t that bad.

After spending the night apologizing countless times inside, he wakes up quickly to shake off the uncomfortable feeling.

The fatigue of battle still remained in his body, but he did not express it.

Fortunately, Elena, who was staying in the guest room, seemed to like the El Cloud mansion.

Although it is much smaller than the villa where we stayed in the capital.

The fact that she had escaped the capital seemed good in itself.

“Good morning, Count, how are you?”

“Just call me Louise comfortably.”

“Oh, I see, Lewis.”

Elena, who responded somewhat awkwardly, smiled faintly, and Sylvia snorted a little.

I ate the breakfast the handmaiden had brought me and tried to estimate the rest of the vacation.

‘About 10 days or so?’

Even though there is more than a week left since the battle of Yeongji ended early…

There are so many different things.

After eating, I prepared the summons without hesitation.

“Are you all in good shape? Everyone prepare for battle.”

“Huh? Suddenly?”

“Oh, you want to call that guy?”

I nodded slightly at Ethel’s words.

Since the link has already been robbed, I don’t think it will be a big deal, but be prepared just in case.

After leaving the mansion with the handmaiden and the summoners, I took a small deep breath and opened the summoner’s book.

“Come out.”

A phoenix leaping out of the card at the same time as my command.

The guy, who seemed to have fully recovered from the aftermath of the battle, burned his body and tried to set fire to the surroundings.

However, since Ethel and Laurie were waiting in advance, the fire did not spread.

Then, when I command through Link, even his body becomes silent.

“Be quiet.”

“Keek!”

A ferocious howl, as if recognizing me as Russell’s enemy.

Even though his name is a summoned beast of our family. No matter how you look at it, it doesn’t seem like a good collaboration.

I used to steal Russell’s link… but it’s dangerous to force a guy like this.

It is fundamental to maintain a healthy cooperative relationship with the summons in the first place.

“Key Ik, quaa!”

“Shut up! The idiot who took the side of the man who betrayed his family!”

“It would be best to keep it sealed at this point. If you’ve been locked in a redemption card for a few years, you might change your mind, right?”

“It doesn’t matter to Louise that we have us anyway, right?”

I nodded my head slightly in disbelief.

This bastard will defy with all his might whenever I give him an order, and it’s tiring to force his summons to obey.

It’s not that there aren’t enough summons right now anyway.

As a punishment, I’ll have to keep it sealed for the time being.

“Yeah. You can use it as a source of magic if you have a car.”

“Cruckle!”

The guy who kept making noises he didn’t want to hear went back to the book again.

If it wasn’t for the link, it might have pierced the card, but…

You can rest assured that you have double restraints with links and cards.

After wandering around my parents’ graves for the rest of the morning, I had a late lunch and headed to the city.

Not only Elena but also Elfriede have been to the mansion for the first time, but they cannot afford to guide them.

“Louis. What’s your schedule for the afternoon?”

“Once we’ve finished negotiating with the surrendered families… The Dimensional Watch will come to us soon. We voluntarily reported it as a taboo violation.”

“Ugh.”

The prisoners made of stone by Medusha are kept in the city hall.

Unlike the Summoner Cup, it has not been destroyed yet, so it can be restored to its original state.

However, if damage occurs in a petrified state, it seems unavoidable.

“I hope the Dimension Watch doesn’t bother me…”

“It’s happening within the Count of Elcloud, so it shouldn’t be a big deal.”

To put it bluntly, I am the king of this land.

The original Dimensional Watch was notorious for not caring about the rights of lords, but…

At the last hearing, I was seriously burned, and I heard that he is taking care of himself these days.

As they reached the city with the headwind, the guards with a completely different attitude from before quickly approached them.

It doesn’t look like you’ve only been showing off your strength outside through the last Yeongji War.

A man who seemed to have met me at the city hall informed me.

“Lord, the guests of the Duke of Beltern have arrived.”

“Already? I see.”

It seems that the masons that the Duke of Beltern had sent him had already arrived.

Even though he is the owner of the train, he gets things done really quickly.

Persia was already excited at the thought of building a new lord’s castle.

I met the masons at the city hall and moved with them to the hill where the ruined castle was.

The stonemasons who came to see the narrow, old, and half-collapsed castle could not hide their sinking.

The boss, who has barely found the good in this place, struggles to speak positively.

“It will have to be completely demolished… but the location itself is good. The foundation construction will be relatively easy.”

“Do you have any designs in mind?”

I was about to shake my head at the question of the masons, but I couldn’t act because Persia was sticking with me.

“Master, that’s it. That!”

“Ah… it was…”

I was just trying to pretend I forgot, but I couldn’t help it.

I took out the blueprint that Persia had drawn last time and handed it to the masons.

The masons who looked at it with their eyes wide open immediately trembled in astonishment and fear.

Persia’s drawings of the newly developed fox’s feet were not at a level that could be interpreted by human knowledge.

“Hey, this?”

“Why is there a moat inside the wall?”

“It’s not a moat, it’s a hot spring!”

Persia jumps up on the work table outside and hangs the calf.

The masons seemed to have a lot to say, but they held it back because of Medusha and Elfriede.

The attitude of a professional who tries to meet the somewhat unreasonable demands somehow.

In the end, they drew a new blueprint with reference to the requirements of the summons, including Persia.

“Hey, it’s not really a joke to make something like this…”

“The budget we have set is far short of that.”

“You can get more budget. Don’t think about saving money. This is where Miss Elfriede will live in the future.”

“Yeah. Didn’t everyone hear from the Duke?”

I pretended not to hear their conversation and looked at the new blueprints.

The state of meeting the unreasonable demands of the summons wonderfully.

Persia, wearing a working hat, stepped forward to disturb them.

We quickly retrieved him and returned to the bottom of the hill, but this time the Dimensional Watch had arrived.

“Sir Count Elcloud. Thank you for allowing us to visit.”

“I see you, Princess Elena.”

As it was a simple investigation mission, there were only two guards dispatched from the capital.

Besides, thanks to Elena, she is very polite and kind so that the notoriety of the guards is overshadowed.

Show me the phoenix I stole from Russell, and after that, it’s a thousand miles away.

With the cooperation of Medusha, he briefly interrogated the prisoners, and then quickly returned home.

Naturally, I had to take care of all the dispositions of the prisoners.

“If it was like the old days, not only the Phoenixes, but all the prisoners would have been taken…”

“No matter how hard Eshas is now, he can’t suppress it so hard. It seems that there are not only one or two traitors hiding in the kingdom.”

As Medusha murmured without tension, the handmaiden glanced around.

Fortunately, no one seems to have heard his remarks.

After receiving today’s newspaper late, I was struck by the sad news that adorned the front page.

“The Green Viscount is extinct. Gaju is a warrior in the Earl of El Cloud, and the family is found dead in the Viscount…”

“What? The Viscount Green cooperated with them…”

“There is no need to leave witnesses in the yard where the operation has failed.”

Unlike the bewildered summons, the handmaiden nodded her head calmly.

Apparently, other families that declared war were in a similar situation.

However, the two families that were assassinated by Sylvia are better.

I was stunned by this bizarre situation.

“I’d rather have Gaju be assassinated. Actually, I’m at the point where I’ve been involved with taboo violators, but…”

“Lord. The families that sent the declaration of war have accepted the payment of reparations. Just ask for a longer date…”

“You can take it slowly. Because I’ve taken you hostage anyway.”

Deputy Youngju, who had asked me for news from outside the conference room, heard my answer and left immediately.

With this, the urgent task was almost finished.

I thought it would be a pain throughout the short break, but I’m glad it was dealt with in one day.

I wanted to return to the mansion right away, but Medusha and the summons started to draw lots on their own accord.

While Elena was confused because she did not understand English. I asked a little worried.

“What else are you doing?”

“The order of the days of the summoners is being decided.”

“ah…”

Summoner’s Day.

Summoners who deal with multiple summons like me inevitably tend to neglect one side…

It is a management method to call them separately by using days such as holidays so that they do not get upset.

The point is to feel respected by being alone for a while.

Of course, the academy teaches it, but for first-year students with a small number of summons, it feels a bit early…

How did these guys learn?

In any case, they take good care of what is beneficial to them.

“This is a city with nothing…”

“Isn’t it still Louis’ estate?

“Louis. I’m feeling sad and empty these days, so please do Summoner’s Day.”

I, who is the type of person who likes to be pampered by my summons, nodded my head with a little bit of resentment.

Then, Elfriede, who was far away, sneaks into the ranks.

While Elena was more confused, Medusha smiled.

“Elfriede wants to be treated as a summoned animal only in times like this.”

“Oh, no. I’m just afraid that you guys will feel uncomfortable…”

“C rank doesn’t have the right to apply for Summoned Beast Day? Ah!”

Persia, who was flirting with the pride of an S-rank summoned, was quickly punished.

Elena, who seems to have misunderstood something, turns her face red while looking at me and Elfriede alternately.

Silvia, who was guarding the entrance and window of the conference room, also silently grabbed a swallow.

The schedule, which had been so easy to afford, was filled up in an instant.