Great Nobleman

"Why hasn't Catherine come back yet?"

Hearing the guard talk about lunch, Brand felt his empty stomach, and couldn't help but think of Catherine who was going to prepare lunch for him.

——If you calculate the time, Catherine should have returned long before the interview started.

Just as Brand was about to ask someone to go to the kitchen to take a look.

There was a sound of running outside the door, followed by Catherine's slightly panting voice:

"Open the door, I'm Catherine."

After the guards opened the door, the "travel-worn" Catherine walked in holding a food box.

After placing the food box in front of Brand, Catherine whispered with red eyes:

"Master, the master used the 'power of a great knight' to steal the lunch I carefully prepared for you. Then let me tell you that half of the vegetables we planted hard in the medicine garden will be used for taxes!"

"What!?"

After hearing Catherine's words, Brand's expression changed, and then he asked with some doubts: "What is the power of the Great Knight?"

Although Brand's focus is a bit strange, Catherine patiently explained to Brand:

"It's the kind where I can't move, but he can. No, it's not that I can't move, but it's very slow..."

In the end, Catherine herself was a little confused.

Brand listened to the general idea, and then comforted:

"It's okay, the old man is so shameless, doesn't that mean that Catherine, your cooking skills have reached their peak!"

"But he made you hungry, young master, and you have to pay taxes!"

Catherine still looked upset.

"Then you practice hard and beat him up in the future!"

Brand waved his hand casually, then focused on the lunch in front of him.

In his opinion, apart from the fact that he was a little upset about grabbing his lunch.

It's a trivial matter to take half of it to pay taxes or something!

As long as it doesn't affect his usual "quality of life"!

What's more, the seasoning was originally intended to be operated by Mr. Holland.

Otherwise, it would not be planted in the most advanced medicine garden of a more sensitive family.

Presumably Lord Holland can understand what he means.

"correct!"

His eyes accidentally glanced at the interview registration form in front of him, and then at Catherine, who was still slightly angry.

Brand suddenly thought of a wonderful idea!

"Catherine, I have a very important task for you!"

...

afternoon.

Brand's original seat was replaced by another person.

—Catherine with a deadpan face and a serious face!

After the new interviewer sat on the seat following the guard's guidance.

She didn't pay attention to the interviewer Catherine who had been "staring" at her.

Instead, he glanced around "uncontrollably".

Because I didn't see the figure of "Thinking about Day and Night".

She looked puzzled.

At this time, Catherine said with a blank expression:

"Drag away, next one."

After leaving the hassle of recruiting employees to Catherine, Brand was free again.

Back in his room, he lay down on the animal skin bed with a satisfied face, and covered himself with a quilt.

Brand's mind entered a state of meditation.

— the topmost floor of a skyscraper.

The original concrete floor was quickly covered with a wooden floor with rose patterns when Brand arrived. Various modern furniture centered on Brand and "rise up" in an orderly manner from near to far.

As Brand slowly fell on his back, a soft and comfortable bed held his body firmly.

After that, as the ceiling quickly "closed", the original skyscraper was already one floor higher than the original!

Feel the soft touch around the body.

Brand couldn't help sighing:

Or the simulated world is more comfortable to live in!

After returning to his castle from the mage academy.

In order to improve their living standards in Farnese Continent.

Brand is in a "high-intensity" "work" every day.

First, he kept absorbing the magic power in the magic core, and then in order to realize something, Brand kept putting himself in a cycle of mental power consumption-recovery-consumption.

Recalling the days he lived during this period, Brand couldn't help being moved by his "effort" and "struggle"!

...

The main hall of Holland Castle.

Lord Holland welcomed Andy and Finn with great joy.

Upon meeting, Master Holland apologized gracefully:

"I'm sorry! In order to prepare a 'special' dish for the guests, the lunch time has been delayed a little bit. I hope the guests will not be offended. The next lunch will definitely not let you down!"

Hearing what Master Holland said so clearly, Andy and Finn naturally sat down at the dining table full of expectations.

They have been eating "dry rice" for a long time since the seasoning sent by Brand ran out!

Then, when the servants distributed dishes exuding a strong fragrance to their plates.

Their eyes were gradually filled with shock and longing!

these foods?

It seems to be much more delicious than the dishes made by their own seasonings at home!

After eating silently for a while, the two sides were ready to continue the business that they hadn't finished talking about in the morning!

When the waiting servants were already clearing away the cutlery, Lord Holland struck first.

I just heard him say with a look of regret:

"I have some bad news to tell you two."

After folding the napkin in his hand and putting it on the servant's plate, Master Holland continued:

"Just now I went to the secret vault of the Holland family, and I found that there is not much seasoning left in stock. According to the guard, after returning from vacation, Brand would go to the secret vault to get a lot of it every day, and now the surplus is almost gone. It's not enough that we're going to go ahead with the purchase deal we've negotiated."

Hearing such a "bad news", Finn first said in shock:

"Brand can actually enter the secret vault of the Holland family? I can't even enter the secret vault of my family!"

Regarding Finn's strange focus, Andy wanted to rush up and punch his fist.

But still the "light sadness" in my heart prevailed.

He rubbed his forehead lightly, and said with a look of despair, "How could Brand do this!"

At this time, Master Holland smiled gracefully and sighed:

"Let's put Brand's issue aside for now. After all, it is an issue on the Holland family's side. As the Patriarch representing the Holland family, I will not easily give up the promise I made!"

Facing the slumped look of the two people with a trace of inquiry, Mr. Holland continued:

"I hope that while the purchase price remains the same, the purchased items will be changed to: the plants, seeds, and planting methods of those seasonings! However, I hope to get the guarantee from the Cheshire family and the Claude family that they will not spread it to the outside world. , will not be used for commercial operations."

As Master Holland proposed an extremely "generous" procurement method, Andy and Finn's eyes were rekindled with a fiery divine light...

In fact, what they don't know yet is:

As an ordinary plant, no matter how delicious it is, without the expensive cost of magic seasoning, its value is just that.

Compared with the "sincerity" they sent, what Master Holland sent was "barely" equivalent.

When Andy and Finn happily left Holland Castle with two carriages full of plants.

Lord Holland welcomed two secret new guests at the gate of the castle.

——The Patriarch of the Claude Family, and the Patriarch of the Chesil Family.

After meeting Grandpa Holland, the two old men performed an elegant hat-off ceremony...