Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios To Laurist, being a lord meant that he would always have to deal with trivial matters. He had only brought the three of them to Morent City, but when he returned to Monolith Castle, he found a mountain of documents piled up on his desk. Although most of the matters had been dealt with, Lord Laurist still had to know the results. At the very least, Laurist had to write that he had read or understood them.
After returning to his family's territory from Sirovas Island, Laurist had been busy dealing with these matters. On the other hand, Grand Swordmaster Kelud and Instructor Anfia refused Laurist's personal invitation to accompany them. They only brought a few instructors from the Dawn Academy with them, and requested Laurist to send a guide to scout out the best place to reestablish the Dawn Academy.
Laurist originally wanted them to set up the academy in North Sea City, but he didn't expect that on the ship back to the North, Baron Kenneth, Baron Filim, and Baron Shahin would all be so excited when they found out the purpose of Master Swordsman Kelud's trip to the North. Especially Earl Kenneth, who promised Master Swordsman Kelud that if they couldn't find a suitable location in the Norton Family's territory, then they could choose any location in the North. Everyone was willing to contribute money and effort to set up Dawn Academy in the North.
For Dawn Academy, there were 1.2 million people in the Norton Family's territory in the north. With the addition of Earl Kenneth, Baron Phelim, and Baron Shahin's territories, there were more than 800,000 people. If Dawn Academy were to be established in the north, there would definitely be no shortage of students. If only one out of a thousand students enrolled, there would be at least two thousand new students.
Moreover, the north had developed over the past few years. Not only were the citizens of the Norton Family's territory richer, but the citizens of the other three families' territories were also wealthier. Everyone was learning from Laurist, focusing on industry and commerce instead of taking money from their own citizens. Therefore, for most of the citizens, it was still possible for their entire family to support a child's education.
For the four noble families in the north, what they lacked the most was talents. Everyone lacked knowledgeable talents. On the other hand, Dawn Academy was one of the top ten comprehensive academies in the Galinthia Continent. Not only were its students proficient in both literature and martial arts, if it could be established in the north, not only would it be able to provide the necessary talents for the various families, but it would also be able to take over the heavy burden of cultivating their own talents, which was equivalent to reducing a lot of the burden for the various families. Therefore, Earl Gaimus and the others were all very attentive.
At the end of October, Master Swordmaster Kelud returned to Monolith Castle after spending a month in the North. Count Kenneth, Baron Shahin, and Baron Phelim also came with them, because Master Swordmaster Kelud had chosen the foot of Mount Bin as the location of his academy. This place was currently not within the territory of the four clans, or rather, it was an area that had yet to be developed.
Great Swordsman Kelud probably chose this place for this reason. Another reason was that Bin Mountain happened to be the center of the four clans, so it was about the same distance from each clan's territory. Great Swordsman Kelud said that Dawn Academy was established here to recruit students from all over the Northern Lands.
After a discussion with Earl Gaimus and the others, Laurist directly marked out a piece of land about the size of a baron's territory in Bin Mountain as the new location of Dawn Academy. The four noble families jointly signed and endorsed this piece of land as a gift to Dawn Academy. At the same time, they jointly invested a million gold coins, with the Norton Family contributing half, the Gaimus Family contributing 30%, and the Phelim Family and the Shahin Family contributing 10% each, to fund the construction of Dawn Academy in the Northern Lands.
After settling this matter, Master Swordmaster Kelud and the others hurriedly returned to Morent City to carry out the relocation work. Next year, the Norton Family's transport fleet would be very busy. They would spend a year transporting everything from Dawn Academy to the Northern Lands. To perfectly replicate Dawn Academy in the Northern Lands would require a lot of time. Laurist estimated that it would take two years before Dawn Academy could recruit students and teach in the Northern Lands.
Laurist continued with his work. Sometimes, when he was tired from reading, he would put his feet on the desk and half lie on the chair, thinking. Why did other Transmigrators go on a killing spree the moment they arrived in the Otherworld? Even if they had a territory, it would only take a little effort for them to start farming, and their subordinates would immediately take care of it without any supervision. Not only did Laurist have to work hard, but he also caused trouble. Other Transmigrators, even the citizens of the territory, were all as obedient as NPCs. They would do whatever they were told, and would never cause trouble for their lord.
Picking up a document on the desk and reading it again, Laurist frowned and drew a circle on it, then wrote another line of words. Heinous crime, deserving of death! This was the first murder in his family's territory. It had only been a few years, and now that he was full and warm, all sorts of things had happened. The two neighbors partnered up to do some business. They opened a small snack shop and made quite a lot of money in just two years. Then, the wife of the first and the wife of the second hooked up. The two of them went all the way and suffocated the drunk second to death. Then, they pushed him into the well and pretended to drown.
This kind of case would have been covered up, and no one would have known. However, A then openly moved in with B's wife, and B's body was still in the morgue in front of the hall without being cremated. This raised the suspicions of the neighbors, and when the matter was spread to the police, the two adulterers were caught, and the two insisted that B had accidentally fallen into the well and drowned. In the end, Kriston, the former sheriff of White Bird Town on Syrovas Island and the current chief criminal investigator of the Norton family, finally found the evidence.
It was very simple. A drowned person would have a stomach full of water, but B had been suffocated to death before being thrown into the well, so there was no water in his stomach. Why did they suffocate to death before throwing him into the well? The two adulterers answered that if they didn't suffocate to death, they were afraid that if they were thrown into the well, they would wake up and call for help, attracting the neighbors. Also, B was a good swimmer. As the first murder case in his family's territory, the two adulterers were sentenced to death by hanging. Now, all that was left was to wait for Laurist's reply.
Sigh, how troublesome! With more people in his territory, there were more things to deal with. A while ago, when Kriston came to report this case, he mentioned that the family lacked manpower. Although there were patrol teams in every town, they were only able to maintain law and order, deal with fights, and catch thieves. Not only were they inexperienced in some criminal cases, but they also caused trouble. Furthermore, according to his understanding, there were some towns, such as Fengle Plain and Xingan Plain, which were the first to be developed, where underground gangs had already appeared. The family had to take measures as soon as possible to eliminate these illegal organizations while they were still budding.
In addition, Kriston also suggested that the family needed to formulate a new criminal law as soon as possible to adapt to the development of the family's territory. In the past, there weren't many people in the family's territory, so it wasn't a problem to use the family's traditional customs to govern the territory. However, now that the population had reached more than 1.2 million, without a complete set of laws, trouble would arise sooner or later.
Sigh … Laurist felt like he had sighed all the grievances of his life. No transmigrator would be as entangled by these trivial matters as he was. He thought back to the web novels he had read in his previous life. Other transmigrators could build a city wall that was 50 meters tall, 50 meters wide, and 500 kilometers long in only three months. They could even command a hundred thousand cavalrymen to hide in a small town for a month until the enemy fell into their trap. Or he would throw a bag of money on the table to pay the bill. This was three thousand taels of silver, and he didn't need the change!
Compared to other transmigrators, he was simply too weak! Other people could open harems and have dozens or even hundreds of beauties, but he only had a few, and he already felt a headache.
Over the past two months, Laurist had made a trip to Maple Forest Villa and then to Nicole Academy. After returning to Monolith Castle, Dena and the other two girls were extremely jealous. The three of them had worked together to squeeze Laurist dry. The young aunt, Delia, wanted to conceive a child for Laurist so that he would have someone to rely on in his old age. Lady Delia, on the other hand, was not so simple. She hoped to push her sister into the position of the matriarch. In her mind, the one from Maple Forest Villa was a little maid, and her status was not as noble as her sisters. The one from Nicole Academy was a bookworm who had voluntarily given up the position of the first wife. She and her aunt had bad experiences in the past, and there was no hope. Her sister, Fina, was as pure as ice and as clean as jade. She had given her first time to Laurist, and it was not right to dismiss her as a concubine.
Laurist was having a headache from being pestered by Lady Delia, and it was not good for him to teach his own woman a lesson. On the other hand, he was very satisfied with Fina. This Lady Delia was not as ambitious as her sister. She was satisfied enough that she could eat well, wear well, and have fun as she pleased.
However, people changed. Just like Elina of Maple Forest Villa, the little maid from before had now become a standard noblewoman. She was the matriarch in Maple Forest Villa, and no one dared to go against her wishes. Laurist finally understood why Elina insisted on not leaving Maple Forest Villa. If she went out with him, she would only be a concubine, but here, she would be the matriarch. Buckingham really didn't expect that the little maid who was trembling in his arms would have such a scheming mind.
Ten years had passed, and Elina was only 27 years old. This was the age when women were the most beautiful and charming, and she was very cooperative in bed, allowing Laurist to enjoy his sexual bliss. Perhaps it was because she had given birth to two sons for Laurist, but Elina was no longer timid in front of Laurist. She had learned to act coquettishly and throw tantrums, and she would even ask for gifts from Laurist.
On the other hand, the two sons gave Laurist a headache. The younger one was only one and a half years old, and was at the age where he could crawl all over the floor. Other than sticking to Elina to sleep with him at night, there was nothing wrong with him. The older one was almost eight years old, and he was very mischievous. As Laurist's eldest son and the first successor of the family, he was spoiled by everyone in Maple Forest Villa and became a little tyrant. Everything was done according to his temper, and he would make a big fuss if he did not like it. Laurist endured and endured. In the end, when he saw this kid put his hand into a maid's apron and touch her butt, he could not hold it in anymore. He grabbed the kid and gave him a good beating. The kid's butt was swollen for seven to eight days after he was beaten up.
It was very satisfying when he was teaching this kid a lesson, but the result was very annoying. Not only did Elina cry in front of him, but the kid cried every time he saw him. He even refused to call him father, and his eyes were filled with hatred. He could not let this kid stay in Maple Forest Villa. Otherwise, he would definitely become a good-for-nothing and a prodigal in the future.
Laurist felt that he was a failure as a father, but he had no other choice. His family could not survive without him, and he was tied up by the affairs of the family territory. His son's education had indeed become a big problem. That's right, Laurist thought of something. He came to Maple Forest Villa to see Elina and his two sons. He also came to pick up Harriles, the illegitimate son of his dead brother. He had placed Harriles in Knight Paciko's house and let Knight Paciko be his foster father.
After this year, Harriles would be twelve years old. According to the agreement, he would leave Knight Paciko's house. Laurist planned to let him study in Nico Academy for a few years. When he was fifteen, he would return to Laurist's side and be personally trained by him. At that time, it would be up to him to choose whether to learn the blood-red warrior energy that was passed down in the family or follow Laurist's path like Redi.
Two days ago, Laurist went to visit Harriles. He was surprised to find that under the education of Mr. and Mrs. Paciko, his nephew had grown into a handsome young man. Not only was he handsome, but he was also very cultured and polite. Laurist was very happy. The Norton Family had produced another talent. As long as he trained him well, his future achievements would not be inferior to Howard's.
Unfortunately, Knight Paciko had taken a leave to train in seclusion to advance to the Gold Rank. Otherwise, Laurist would have entrusted his eldest son to him. But after thinking about it, he could not let Paciko raise the children of his family all the time. Moreover, Paciko's house was in Maple Forest Manor. His eldest son was not afraid of the couple. He had to find someone more powerful to control him.
After thinking for a long time, Laurist thought of Iron Mask Malek. This family's Gold Knight had always been expressionless and strict. According to Ross the Ferocious Tiger, Malek's wife was the same. She was very strict with her children. The two sons and one daughter in the family did things in an orderly manner and behaved like adults. It was decided. He would let his wife discipline his eldest son for four years. After he was twelve, he would be sent to Nico Academy to study for three years like Harriles before bringing him to his side.
After Laurist made his decision, he wrote a letter to Malek to come back from Sirovas Island and entrust his eldest son to him. Malek ignored Elina's cries and let Malek take him away. Malek did not hesitate. He brought the young master to his knight's manor in Xingan Plain and handed him to his wife. He said that the young master was the orphan of one of his comrades-in-arms. He was naughty and good at lying. He claimed that he was the lord's eldest son and tricked him. He was worried that something would happen to the young master, so he brought him back to be disciplined …
His wife believed him. After Malek returned to Sirovas Island, the young master of the Norton Family cried and said that he was the lord's eldest son and wanted to go back to Maple Forest Manor. Malek's wife thought that he was trying to escape and taught him a lesson with a thorn stick. Then, the young master became obedient …
What happened at Maple Forest Manor made Laurist unhappy. After Elina sent her eldest son away, she winked at Laurist and refused to sleep with him. Laurist could only leave Maple Forest Manor in a sullen mood. Before he left, he warned Elina that if she wanted to bring the young master back, he would remove the young master's right of inheritance from the family tree. Elina was scared. Tears flowed down her face, but she did not dare to go against Laurist's will.
Then, Laurist went to Nico Academy. Ms. Tracy refused his harassment and said that she wanted to focus on academic research. Of course, the two daughters were exceptions. Laurist had no choice but to accompany his two daughters for a few days and leave Horiles in the academy. Only then did he return to the Monolith Castle unhappily, only to find out that Dina and the other two girls were waiting for him …
Strange. How did other transmigrators manage their harems? He only had five, and they were divided into three places. It was already troublesome. Especially after he had children, he was even more worried. Although he was busy running around, and his four children were not close to him, the other transmigrators were like stud horses. There were at least a dozen beauties in the harem. How could he manage all of them? As the saying went, three women were like five hundred ducks. If there were a dozen beauties in the harem, wouldn't it be noisy? How could a man stand it?
Laurist put his feet on the desk and let his imagination run wild. Schwald pushed open the door and entered. Seeing Laurist like this, he sighed, "Sigh, Sir, you're a noble and a lord. You should be dignified. How can you behave like this?"
Laurist said, "Nonsense. Who else but you can come in without knocking? I'll sit down the moment you do. Tell me, what's the matter? "
"Hmm, that Princess Silvia has come to the north. She just received a messenger from the Kenneth Family. She'll arrive at our family territory around noon the day after tomorrow," Schwald answered.
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