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Chapter 175
Golden Goblin
Ferda asked, flustered.
"Do you dislike the title 'Your Highness'?"
"It's not that I dislike it, it just feels awkward. Ferda-san, you're going to be my man, aren't you?"
"That is correct."
"If you call me the way others do, don't you think there's too much distance?"
Ё ń ù m̃_а
He nodded as if agreeing with her words.
"Then would it be alright to call you Valdrova-nim?"
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"I don't like 'nim' either. I'd like you to call me familiarly, like someone who's known me."
"You mean you'd like me to call you 'Valdrova'...?"
"How about a nickname instead of that?"
"A, a nickname?"
Е n̊u m̂ á
A proposal as cute as her voice came in.
"Penelope, you see. She calls Jed 'Jeje', and calls Penelope 'Pepe'."
"Is that so?"
He knew because they called each other that often when talking.
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"So I want to call Ferda-san 'Pepe' too... but since the nickname would overlap, it feels a bit strange."
"...Indeed."
W ē b̈ n̊ о̆ v̈e̊_l Ӗ núm̀ а
The Shadow Circle reacted.
Ferda's hatred toward Penelope boiled up.
"Then how about 'Perper'?"
"If it pleases you, Your Highness, I will gladly accept."
Perper.
It was similar to the names of monsters passed down in the western region, but Ferda was satisfied with that.
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"What would you like to do, Ferda-san?"
"What do you mean?"
"A nickname."
He flinched.
"...Do I have to do it too?"
"Since my name is Valdrova... wouldn't 'Balbali' work?"
Еn̈ u m̀ ă
"Bal..."
"I looked it up, and they say that's what you call a small puppy."
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Valdroba made a puppy gesture.
His face heated up, and he couldn't bring himself to move his hands and feet.
He bit his lip hard to keep from making a pathetic expression and losing his composure.
"Try it once. Balbali."
Е n_u ḿä. і̇d̈
"Bal..."
"Yes."
"Valdroba Jeonha."
The floating anticipation popped like a balloon.
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"Is it no good?"
Valdroba asked like a puppy that had been smacked after having its expectations betrayed.
Ŵё b̀n̄ оv̇.é l̄ Е n̆ u mа̃
Ferda clung to his threadbare reason and answered.
"Yes, that is difficult."
"Why?"
"You are a dragon, Your Highness Valdroba, and I am human. That gap is a difference as great as between a king and a commoner, no matter what."
And while commoners' married lives might have informal speech, in noble lives centered on political marriages, affectionate nicknames for each other were a difficult matter.
"I see."
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An atmosphere of understanding.
Ferda could breathe a sigh of relief.
"Then when are we getting married?"
Round 2 immediately followed.
He felt like the black tea he was drinking might come back up.
"For now, it will probably be after Hestia Village prospers..."
W̊ ѐb.n̈ о̃ v́ eľ Ѐ n̄ u m ǎ
He thought he could only become someone the other dragons Ruri mentioned would acknowledge around that time.
"When is that?"
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"It will take at least 5 years."
"I can't wait that long."
Valdroba was firm.
"You make even tomorrow's arrival so thrilling it's painful... waiting 5 years is impossible."
W̄е̃bn̆ о v̇ẽl̇ Е n ũ m á
"Even so, getting married right away is also difficult."
"That's why, at least change what you call me. So I can wait a little longer."
"..."
"Balbali!"
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Ferda was speechless at Valdroba's firm appearance.
Is this the same woman who was always anxious about making a verbal slip?
Ѐ ňū m̃ ӑ
He wondered if that damn devil hadn't taught her some strange trick.
"...Bal..."
Ferda forced his mouth open.
"It seems I cannot call Your Highness Valdroba's name carelessly."
Ferda spoke gently.
"The name 'Valdroba' is a name that must be respected. Treating it lightly is unnecessary both as your fiancé and to the people who believe in the Grand Duke."
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"Hmm... is that so?"
Valdroba showed disappointment again.
Of course, it was just an excuse.
An excuse Ferda forced out because he couldn't do such a thing.
Worry crept up that she might be upset at the repeated rejections.
"Then..."
W̄ е̄b̄ǹо̃ v еl̇ Е̌ ń ů m̈ а́
But Valdroba doesn't give up.
With a voice like sunlight breaking through gloomy clouds, she said this.
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"Let's decide on a new name."
"A new name...?"
"Think about it. My name is used in many other places. Ferda-san, you'll also receive the name Valdroba now."
Valdroba Grand Duchy, Valdroba Castle, and Valdroba.
Ẇ ӗ b̈nö v̌ ѐl Ë ǹ ūm а̂
"If we can't make the name 'Valdroba' light, then my name that only Ferda-san can call. Please make that name for me."
"How could I possibly create Your Highness's name?"
"A name exists because someone calls it, so someone else has to make it, right? So I want Ferda-san to make my name. And..."
Excitement smeared on her fidgeting fingers.
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"From now on, Ferda-san will be the one calling it the most..."
The name I'll call the most.
Еǹú mа . і̌d̀
He desperately hid his burning face by twisting his head away.
He thinks he understands Valdroba's feelings.
What's easy for others but hard for one person.
"Understood. I'll think about it and tell you."
"Yes."
"Is there anything else you'd like to say?"
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"Hmm... ah!"
She let out an exclamation and started chattering about something.
"Penelope, you see..."
"..."
The excitement and embarrassment shattered to pieces.
Listening to the story she shared with her first friend, Ferda thought.
Ӗ n̊u m̀_а̇
Let's find her a new friend before a name.
* * *
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Ferda examined the current situation for territory management.
What all living beings need is food, clothing, and shelter.
Among those, food is most important by far, and within that, drink is an element that cannot be left out.
Most of the Valdroba Grand Duchy's water sources are drawn from streams, and when water is scarce, underground reservoirs are used.
Е̂n̂ u m̄ ǎ
Unless it's an extreme drought where rivers completely dry up, the conditions to overcome difficult crises were in place.
Ferda also originally planned to draw water from the river.
But through this incident, he realized how complacent that plan was.
'Rivers can be polluted at any time.'
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When the monsters besieged them, they polluted the river water to dry out the Grand Duchy.
He learned that things directly connected to life can easily collapse if they have large variables.
W̆ е b̆nо́v̄ е́ l̄ Ё n umа
'But I turned it into another opportunity.'
Burnell Marquis.
He survived the siege because Burnell created a purification device.
After the monster subjugation war, Isabella busily moved to actively utilize this purification device.
And she showed Ferda the fruit of those efforts.
"This is the place."
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The location of the second gift Isabella mentioned.
It was a place away from Hestia Village in the Grand Duchy.
Precisely, it was a place that could be called the borderline of the Devil's Land.
Originally there should have been a wasteland, but a single stone building stood alone there.
"It looks like a tomb."
"It looks trivial on the outside."
Е́ nǔ m̀ a
Isabella infused mana and unlocked the security device, opening the door.
Opening the door, he knew.
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The important thing is underground.
Ferda followed Isabella down.
After descending about 5 meters, a spiral staircase ended and an open space appeared.
"This is the second gift from the Iorga Magic Tower."
Ѐ ṅ um̄ a.id
A space the size of the Empire's Colosseum arena.
The outer walls were supported by hard stone and materials, and inside, long pipes were intricately designed.
Construction that would have taken humans at least 10 years.
"When did they make a space like this?"
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"The Iorga side proceeded with construction when we headed to the capital. You need not worry about safety."
Meaning it hadn't even been a month.
Еñú.m а.і d̀
As expected of the Phase of Magic, such complex and troublesome work was a piece of cake.
"Does the Iorga side do this kind of work often?"
"They do if necessary, but they don't do this for humans. Especially not for other dragons."
"The power of the alliance."
"That is correct."
The alliance was in name only.
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'As expected, it's because of pride.'
Dragon Spawn pride is famous for being unstoppable.
Those who inherited their blood are soon father, mother, and god to them.
They don't forgive those who insult them, and consider actions unbefitting of that name a disgrace.
The fact that Burnell Marquis purified the Devil's Water is a disgrace to them.
These gifts can be seen as a means to recover from that disgrace.
Ѐ n û m ǎ.і̃d
'If I keep scratching their pride like this, I wonder what'll come out?'
Ferda recalled the legend of the Golden Goblin.
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An old joke that the more you hit it, the more money comes out - it overlapped with Iorga.
Afraid his true feelings would be caught, Ferda shifted his gaze along the pipeline.
The pipes were complex, but the big picture was clear.
A large pipe placed where the Devil's Land was, and round steel barrels passing through it.
Еǹ u.ḿа_
After passing through about three of those barrels, the format led to Hestia Village.
He wondered how this worked.
"Oh, I greet the Regent."
Just in time, someone came to explain it.
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Burnell Marquis was there.
"To think I'd see you here."
W̆ӗ bn ov̆ еl̂ Ёṅŭm̆ а̌
Normally he should be stuck in the Valdroba Castle laboratory, so seeing him in this basement away from the village was even more surprising.
"Since it's important work, I was checking with my own eyes if anything was missing. Tens of thousands of liters of water will be supplied through these pipes, so I must examine them meticulously, mustn't I?"
A sparkle on a different dimension from when he made the magitech rifle showed.
No matter what, it seems his heart inevitably leans toward practical things like this rather than making weapons.
"Explain. How does the purification work?"
"Of course! If you look here on this side..."
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Hearing the explanation, Ferda honestly had zero expectations.
But a surprising thing happened.
'He explains better than I thought?'
Unlike when he explained the principles of mana stones, he was explaining simply and clearly on a different level.
Appropriate analogies made understanding click.
'Well, simplifying it so Malcolm could understand wasn't an easy task either.'
Wё b̈ ǹо̊ v е ĺ. Е ń ú m̊ ǎ
Extremes met and succeeded in trimming words so Ferda, somewhere in the middle, could understand.
Anyway, to summarize easily, it was like installing several layers of fine filters to extract the cleanest water possible.
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"I heard scaling up is difficult, but you pulled it off."
"Right. I said 3 years back then, didn't I?"
It was the research period Burnell said would make it possible to draw water from the Devil's Land and supply it stably.
He said scaling up was needed, and above all, since it was a matter sensitive to safety, they needed to verify if supply would be stable.
Е nũ m̃а
"That part became easy thanks to the Iorga side taking it on!"
Isabella received Burnell's words.
"Inside these barrels are the large-scale purification devices our Iorga presents."
"Could 3 years be shortened that extremely?"
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"The Blue Eye Magic Tower aims for the continent's best magic. Tasks requiring trial and error are places where the Iorga side can do trial and error that humans can't, dozens of times over."
"Truly amazing. If they did this in Escolleia, they'd just nag about whether money was left over."
W_ě bn̂о vе̊ l Ė ńũ m̃ ǎ
Isabella spoke very proudly, and Burnell praised her.
Ferda muttered while listening.
"Golden Goblin..."
"Yes?"
"Nothing."
For some reason, only that word kept circling in his head.
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* * *
Ferda, thinking there was nothing more to be cautious about, decided to leap forward using what he'd been crouching on as propulsion.
He decided to spur the revival of magitech engineering in Hestia Village.
"These are cooperation proposals sent from Escolleia. They all seem fine, so you just need to approve them."
They say those studying the magitech Burnell presented have increased with the conviction it will open a new era in Escolleia.
Surprisingly, those studying this magitech scholarship were from mage families with some name recognition.
Е n ǔ m̈ а
Ferda could understand their hearts.
'They want revenge on their families.'
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Among them, how many purely burn with academic passion and live a scholar's life?
It was a refuge chosen by those branded as dullards by their families, or pushed out of succession fights.
Those who lived as mages harboring venom naturally have hatred for the privileged who monopolize magic.
The current Escolleia Chancellor was such a person.
E ńū m̃а .іd́
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'Make a carriage using mana stones...'
When that time comes, the word 'mana automobile' will be used more than 'carriage'.
A carriage moving not by horses but by a mage's mana - an item ignored for not being noble-like.
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But such stubbornness collapses in an instant and roads fill with mana automobiles.
'I wanted this part...'
Е́ ṅu̇m̌ а
You can't make allies if you take everything.
He handed this to Stefan.
Paid the price for Stefan supporting the East without question.
'It's just part of the business anyway.'
Ferda had a few businesses in mind.
He handed the organized documents to Isabella.
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"Administrator."
"Yes."
"These are things I personally looked into. Can you secure investment for these here too?"
Isabella opened the documents.
Seeing the title on the first cover, she reflexively frowned.
"You're trying to buy desert sand mining rights?"
W̆ ěb̆_no v̂е̄l_ _Е̄.ṅ u m̄а
"That's right."
In the South, sand is everywhere.
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She turned to the next page wondering what he'd do buying all that sand.
"Glass."
What Ferda wants is the glass business.
"There was someone who presented a plan to industrialize glass. I plan to bring that person in and make a glass factory."
Е n ũ ṁã
"A glass factory... Of course it's a good item among luxuries, but demand won't be that high, will it?"
"Look at the next page."
She turned the next page as Ferda said.
She could understand his words.
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"Glass that doesn't break easily without magic processing..."
The word glass and 'doesn't break' were too heterogeneous.
Ŵеb̄ n̄ о̌v̀ е l̊ Ӗ n.umа
"Do you think this is possible, Ferda-nim?"
Isabella didn't look convinced.
But Ferda knows.
That glass used only for noble crafts will come to be used in civilian houses too.
As magitech technology develops, the paradigm of luxury changes.
"The possibility is sufficient."
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Possibility is sufficient.
What if someone else said that?
Isabella wouldn't just not approve the work, she'd scold him for wasting money.
'You must have some thought.'
What Isabella knows about Ferda is that he's not someone who does things impulsively.
Because of that trust, Isabella quietly picked up the documents.
Ẅëb̊nô v е l̆ Е̂ n ům̄ а
"I'll push this forward. And..."
Isabella spoke as if just remembering.
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She made a rotten expression she rarely showed and said.
"That unpleasant witch seems to have produced results in the project."
The reason she dislikes it is clear without asking.
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