Chapter 500 Preparing a banquet
A few days later, we left Viscount Henry's territory.
During this time, we had toured his territory quite a bit and found that it was even better than I thought.
Unlike Viscount Teomold's territory which was a mess, Viscount Henry's territory was very well managed.
He was someone that applied town planning quite well.
Each part of the town served a particular purpose and he grouped buildings that had similar functions together.
There was a residence area, a leisure area, an industrial area, and a business area.
It was perfectly divided up so that all these areas had places to grow and that they complemented each other.
He wasn't just a warrior, but also someone that was skilled in taking care of his territory.
No matter how I looked at it, he seemed like a S Rank character that I wanted to collect. If I could get Viscount Henry as my subordinate and have him help Rose manage my territories…
I could see that Rose also wanted the same, but the one she was targeting was different.
She was targeting Viscount Henry's wife.
During our stay in his territory, we had gone around with Viscount Henry and his family, touring his territory.
But while we were touring and asking questions, half of the questions were answered by his wife.
So it was clear that she was a very capable woman that fully supported her husband.
Rose was very interested in taking her under her wing as well.
When we left Viscount Henry's territory, both of us could see what the other person was thinking.
It was just too bad that the viscount and his wife didn't know what would be coming for them.
For our next destination…it was our own territory.
After being away for close to three weeks, it was time to head back.
If we stayed out any longer, it would be very likely that our territory would collapse without Rose there to manage it.
That was just how lacking we were in terms of manpower right now.
But it was also because of the extra territory that we received after I became a count.
Right now, those territories were still in an adjustment state, so it would be a while before they would fall under us completely.
After arriving back at our territory, Rose separated from me with a sigh and said, "I'll be heading back now. I'll miss the time that we had together."
The subordinates who had come out to greet us all revealed bitter smiles when they heard this.
All of them looked at me pleadingly as if they wanted me to say something, but I just looked back at them with a smile on my face without saying a thing.
After all, I knew that Rose was just teasing them.
But it seemed like they had suffered quite a bit during the time that she had been gone.
Nicole who should have been filling in for her looked like she had aged by several years.
Still, this was a good learning experience for them.
In the future, it was likely that they would need to run the territory on their own.
After all, there was no telling what would happen, so Rose might be called away for extended periods of time.
So it was better for them to get this experience now rather than later.
I just left Rose to tease her subordinates as I headed off to find someone.
I left the town and went to an outpost that wasn't that far away.
This was the outpost that had been given to Shaka and his subordinates who had been acting as spies and scouts for our town.
This time, Shaka hadn't come with me since it was official business for my territory and Shadow Garden shouldn't be involved in this. Not to mention, he was assured that I would be safe with Shadow Five following me.
But the main reason was because…he wanted a break after everything that had happened.
When he saw me walk in, Shaka revealed a bitter smile and asked, "What is it this time?"
I looked at him with a smile before saying, "Is it really that bad seeing me each time?"
Shaka shook his head with that same bitter smile before saying, "You tell me."
I tilted my head to think about it and I slowly gave a nod as if agreeing with him.
Now that I had been taught common sense, I recognized how big every single incident that I had caused had been.
But that wouldn't stop me from doing what I wanted to do in the future.
So I just shrugged and said, "It's not as bad this time."
Shaka revealed a bitter smile, but he still gave a nod as he said, "Alright, what is it this time?"
"It's very simple, I just want to host a banquet."
Shaka immediately revealed a surprised and confused look when he heard this as he slowly repeated, "A banquet?"
I gave a simple nod in response.
Shaka looked at me with a brow raised, but he didn't question it as he said, "Alright, then what do we need to do to help?"
I revealed a smile.
It was good when they caught on quickly.
I gave the instructions that I had for Shaka and they quickly set off while I returned to the town.
When I came back, I went to find Haley to get in touch with someone else.
This would be the surprise that would be prepared for the banquet that I would be holding.
After that, all that was left was to prepare the actual banquet.
This would be a banquet for several nobles, so it wasn't something that could be done casually.
It would take a lot of preparation before we would be ready to welcome all of these different nobles.
But of course, that was mainly for Rose and her subordinates to take care of.
All I could do was silently apologize to them.
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