Hard Work Will Never Betray Me - CH 41

A few days after I learned recovery magic. After that, I had successfully mastered several new magic spells such as “telescopic vision” and “eavesdropping”, and I was working on developing a new  magic spell  using “shock”.

At this point, my combat power should be quite high. The only attribute I can use is the non-attribute (for some reason, I had no aptitude for other  attributes  magic, which I should have been able to use).  I can’t extend what   idon’t have, no matter how much  I  will say “continuity is power.  I can use a number of non-attribute magic, North Shogun Bushinryu, [shock], and recovery magic, and my overall fighting ability is already close to A+ rank. I’m sure  i can say that at least A is definitely there.

There are not that many A-ranked mages or adventurers in the empire, and an A-ranked mage can be a mainstay in a local adventurer’s guild, or even a front-line  mages in one of the three elite divisions of the imperial army. In the  case if  you are a commoner, you will not have to worry about your livelihood for the rest of your life.

But you never know what’s going to happen in the world. For example, I still don’t think I can beat my   father . My father, General Karl Heinz of the North, used to be an S-ranked warrior, a “war demon. Even now that he’s married and I’m born, his fame is known throughout the empire

It seems that even though he is such  men , he is not actually the strongest in the empire. I’ve only heard rumors about  it , but I heard that there is a hermit in the Imperial Kingdom who lives for hundreds of years. He seems to be living in seclusion somewhere deep in the mountains or in the forest, but if there is a crisis in the empire, he is  promised to go into battle at the request of the emperor.

He seems to be like a guardian  god , but since he is a hermit, it is safe to assume that he is half god. It’s impossible for a human to live for hundreds of years, and since he’s got a leg up on the rest of us, I guess he’s not too far off the mark.

As of now, the only people who are known to be stronger than me are in the imperial army or my parents, and they are all basically of good nature, so the  chances of me being harmed by them are low . But of course there are  bad people more powerful than me that I don’t know about, and there’s no guarantee that I won’t  run into them. Then I must become stronger as soon as possible to be able to fight against enemies I have yet to see. I am the future heir to the Northern General. I can’t just sit around playing around.

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“The kidnapper from last time, it seems that the culprit has been caught.”

“Oh!　It’s relief

said  father , who  already finished his lunch and was drinking his after-dinner tea as he savored his exotic sauteed beef.

“The patrolmen were able to respond quickly to Eberhard’s request. It’s not always easy for an organization to move without a decision from the  their boss .

It seems that my taking the  feared girl to the  police  lead to  the  revealing his identity at the time, and instructing them to take immediate action had been successful.

“Strengthening patrols and stricter screening of city entrances and exits may seem like mundane measures, but they are costly and cannot be easily implemented by a decision made by patrol headquarters alone. We have to get the approval of the council and the lord to increase the budget for the measures. In this  way , you may be a child, but you are the next lord , even if you are a child, and you will be held responsible for what you do according to your orders. That’s why I was able to work on the measures quickly without waiting  for approval.”

In  ordinarily case  , a rigid system of rules and regulations is effective in preventing rampant injustice and outbursts of power, but once an incident occurs, a top-down approach may be faster and more accurate. However, if the top management makes a wrong decision, the whole thing will go down the drain, so it cannot be said that top-down is better. It just so happened that my decision was the right one this time.

“The criminal who was caught was a lowly adventurer  , who work in a criminal organization. The man himself was nothing more than a disposable pawn, but the person he was working on was one of the organization’s   heads . This is the reason why the Heitburg branch of the organization was destroyed in the end.

“That’s right. Then  I  did a good thing.

“But the head of the organization seems to have escaped. I’m sending urgent letters to the surrounding lords, but I don’t know if  they get them in time.

Criminal organizations are a pain in the ass. As long as the top executives are still alive, the low-level goons can be supplemented by the poor and the desperate, and instead of obeying the law and customs, they ignore them do more cromes  so no matter how many times  they beaten , they always will  come back from nowhere.

Since it is much easier to  steal  money than  earning them , people without any sense of ethics will commit crimes without any hesitation. So, from the perspective of the lords who are cracking down on them, they have no choice but to put pressure on the criminal organizations to shut them down and make it relatively easier for the people who are earning  in a right way . Some people have no choice but to become criminals, and it’s a hard world to live in, but that’s the way politics is. Sometimes it is necessary to make a ruthless choice to cut off the evil of the few.

This world is still in the process of development. It is not as rich as the developed countries of the world.  It need to modify the structure of society as a whole without wasting  limited resources.

“I hope Lily made it back home safely.”

She left Heidburg a few days ago and should be arriving at her parents’ house in Bernstadt by now.

The distance to Bernstadt will still take a couple of days, she said. But with the duke’s excellent bodyguards, she won’t be delayed as much as the crime syndicate. I’m sure the criminal organizations don’t want to make enemies  of the dukes.

The duke’s family, which is powerful , will probably destroy them sooner or later, but as long as they don’t touch the duke’s family, they won’t be actively destroyed. It may seem like a futile attempt to prolong life, but if  person can get out of the criminal business and get a legitimate job while prolonging  his life, he is in good position.

“Dont worry ”

I’ve also given  her the pendant for the communication device, and I’m sure  she will  contact me when she gets to Bernstadt safely. I thought there was nothing to worry about, and returned to my room.