James Macdonald asked while looking up at a gigantic moving belt near the ceiling that carried rye to be dropped inside a gigantic pot over a fire. “But with Magic, it’s also possible to take care of a field in a matter of hours.”   Olive slowly shook her head. “Not a field as big as we have. For one like ours, a Mage would need to rest for a day to gather enough Magic to continue. And we have several astonishingly big fields. Before Alex changed a few things, we didn’t have so many cropped fields or such big harvests because of a lack of people. With his creations, even a handful of workers can get the job done, and we now harbour many people because of the good life we provide for them. That created a lot of opportunities for Alex to

Wenammy spoke while pointing at the window, to change the subject so that she didn’t need to say anything about her previous life before becoming an Adventurer, “Is that the building where we are going? Why are there so many people on the street? Is this normal?”   Alex looked through the window and frowned. “Not really. I think I recognise some faces. Merchants, most of them... some artisans that I already gave some work... a few lower Nobles that don’t have a seat in the Chamber of Lords... I don’t know, maybe they are waiting to see me? Or to complain? This will

That was enough to stop the objections, but not the angry looks he was receiving. Alex sat and waited for the next point on the agenda.   After the introduction of the King, Marquess Seth Perry stood up once again and spoke, “As for the changes in use on Earl Alex’s lands, I and a few Nobles want to object to the treatment he grants to the commoners that live there. His changes are an insult to our society and way of life. He was repeatedly asked to stop all the nonsense he was instilling in the minds of every commoner because what he was doing on his lands had ins

Anika, Wenammy, and Pearl noticed the sad look that Alex had, and Pearl asked, “You never talk about your parents. Are they dead?”   “My mother died when I was three years old. My father... he retired to a faraway place after the events of the war with ‘The Galtian Khaganat’. He killed the Khaganat most powerful Mage Summoner and a bunch of her supporters, and he didn’t handle his regret very well. My father was always a man of faith, and having to kill so many took a huge toll on his soul. He abandoned his duties, his lands, and his title, and he did his best to teach me to take his place. I started to improve his lands and Earl Kayden’s lands five years ago, and little by little, I developed new methods to do things and I created all

As soon as Alex’s carriage left the main dusty road and approached the paved road that led to his estate, a group of fifteen riders approached, wearing uniforms in light grey and with a coat of arms with a cursive ‘A’ stitched on the left side, above the heart.   The driver stopped the carriage, and one rider, an older man with a thin scar on his left cheek that went from his mouth to his ear, stood next to the window and made a slight bow with his head. “Welcome back, Earl Alex. Miss Olive sent a message early this morning that you would arrive by this hour. The maids were also warned, and lunch will wait for you and your guests in the Castle. Do you mind if we escort you there? Our patrol shift had just ended, and we were about to re