I Inherited a Beautiful Wife and a Territory - Chapter 53

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Inheriting a Beautiful Wife and Estate Episode 053

53. (Lv. Max)

The opponent’s declaration of surrender.

Cliff realized the hidden meaning within it.

‘It’s not the Elimis Family. What they serve is only me. They never said anywhere that they would serve my sons, grandsons, or descendants.’

I see.

Anyway, he would live at most about 50 years.

To the Dark Elves who lived long lives, that might not be such a long time. Because they were truly a long-lived race, they made this choice.

Cliff asked.

“Before I give that answer, I have some questions.”

“Please ask anything.”

“If you fear these wolves so much, why did you establish your settlement around their habitat?”

Anark opened his mouth with a bitter expression.

“How could we want to live in the same region as them?”

Cliff conjured up an imagination in his head.

‘Is there some reason they can’t change their settlement?’

For example, if there was something like a World Tree that they had to protect.

But this wasn’t the case.

“Our ancestors tried to move their settlement several times to avoid those wolves.”

“Ah.”

Cliff let out a pitiful exclamation.

Living around wolves wasn’t the Dark Elves’ will. If they moved their settlement to avoid wolves, how could it be near the wolves’ habitat?

‘The wolves follow them around like stalkers.’

They were truly a pitiful race.

Roughly listening to the story, their assigned bullies were the Shadow Wolves.

It was like transferring schools to avoid bullies, only to have the bullying delinquents transfer to the same school. The Dark Elves finally made a decision.

“If we can’t separate from them anyway, the Elders think we can’t abandon the settlement we built with such difficulty and leave.”

Those words were right.

Cliff opened his mouth.

“Humans are truly a cunning race.”

Hearing Cliff’s words, the Elders flinched.

Cliff was young.

They thought they could easily manipulate him. But Cliff didn’t promise them right away.

All they had to do was make a promise.

“In the eyes of the cunning, everyone else looks cunning too. Dark Elves are born assassins.”

After finishing his words, Cliff’s gaze turned to Lin, who had knelt down following the Elders.

Cliff recalled the moment when Lin had subdued Leticia.

‘What would have happened if I hadn’t been practicing Fire Ball at that moment?’

The Dark Elf’s stealth technique of hiding in the opponent’s shadow was that secretive. Leticia’s reaction was slow even after hearing his words.

Then she eventually exposed that weakness to Lin.

“What if, just what if. Even though we’re talking like this now, what happens if a Dark Elf threatens the lives of me and those around me?”

“We promise that will never happen.”

“That’s why I said ‘what if.’ In my cunning human eyes, I can’t believe the current promise.”

Anark said.

“There are nine Elders in total in our clan. Five of those Elders are here, so our will is the will of the entire clan.”

Why would he say such a thing?

“So on behalf of all our clan, we will swear in the name of the Dawn Goddess. Our clan will gladly receive your commands for your sake.”

“But I want to increase the number of wolves?”

The Shadow Wolves had many tasks to do.

Increasing their population was important work. At his words, Anark said.

“From now on, our clan will become the lord’s vassals. How could we not welcome the lord’s power growing?”

“It’s okay to increase them more?”

“That’s right. We too would welcome the lord contracting with the Shadow Wolves.”

Cliff’s eyes changed.

Most of the wolves here were different from when he obtained Persephone.

Incidentally, the way Persephone treated him was also different from the other wolves.

‘She acknowledges the hierarchy, but it didn’t feel like she had a contract with me.’

He understood.

For Hades’ awakening, what was needed wasn’t him contracting, but a leader who had submitted to Hades.

In other words, if he contracted with them, would the targets for Hades to subdue also decrease?

‘And after I die, they’ll all scatter anyway?’

The Shadow Wolves also had no guarantee of loyalty to his next generation.

Thinking that way, they were no different from the Dark Elves.

“We are different from humans. Humans use God’s name carelessly, but we are not a race with that degree of free will. The same goes for the elf beside you.”

Cliff turned his head.

Leticia nodded to confirm, meaning he was right.

“Humans shouldn’t use God’s name carelessly either.”

The commandments say not to use God’s name in vain.

But among believers and even clergy, there were many who used God’s name carelessly, whether intentionally or unconsciously.

Setting that aside, this made him curious about something else.

“But what if I break that oath?”

“Then you would have blasphemed our goddess’s name, so the oath would become void.”

The oath becomes void.

“That’s quite a deadly story?”

By then, Dark Elves would be overflowing around him. At that moment, if he blasphemed their goddess’s name, the Dark Elves’ behavior would be…

‘Hmm. Let’s not think about it.’

He also had no intention of making enemies with the Dark Elves.

Since they came bowing down themselves, there would be no reason to cause such trouble.

“All I have to do is prevent the Shadow Wolves’ hierarchy battles?”

“Hierarchy battles between wolves under the lord cannot make them evolve. If you subdue individuals in the wild, then they will gain power.”

“So, my wolves shouldn’t fight with wild wolves?”

“If a fight must happen, then make them wage war, not a hierarchy battle.”

Anark’s resolute story.

He understood what it meant to wage war. In the fight between Hades and Persephone, the two fought one-on-one.

No one from either pack interfered in that fight.

‘But next time, don’t do that, right?’

Cliff asked again.

“What if these guys fight like that without me knowing?”

“If they truly contracted with the lord, please ask them. Tell them not to have hierarchy battles without the lord’s permission. They are intelligent, so they will understand and accept the lord’s will.”

Cliff nodded.

If he could make the Dark Elves his subordinates with those conditions, it was quite a deal.

The regrettable thing was that they wouldn’t serve the Elimis Family.

‘It can’t be helped. I’ll use them properly while I’m alive and leave something else to my children.’

Cliff’s eyes sparkled.

He’d been having such thoughts a lot lately.

He couldn’t help it. Priscilla was pregnant.

Cliff thus received loyalty oaths from the five Elders in their goddess’s name.

The loyalty oath was a repeat of the oath they had made earlier.

“If the lord prevents the wolves he commands from subduing wild wolves for the sake of our clan, we Elders will gladly become the lord’s vassals, our settlement will become territory ruled by the lord, the clan’s warriors will fight for the lord, and the clan’s maidens will embrace the lord as he desires. This is a sacred oath made by five representatives of the clan before the goddess, so no one in our clan can break it.”

With words like these, Cliff could have been uncertain.

‘Huh?’

-You have subjugated a group of heretics.

-Lord level increases.

-Estate level increases.

-Special category level increases.

[Elimis Domain (Lv. 10)]

[Economy (Lv. 1)] [Military (Lv. 4)]

[Culture (Lv. 1)] [Environment (Lv. 2)]

[Diplomacy (Lv. 3)] [Education (Lv. 2)]

[Mana (Lv. 1)] [Special (Lv. 3)]

[Remaining Points: 2]

[Name: Cliff Elimis]

[Level: 10]

[Dignity: 11]

[Grace: 1]

[Virtue: 2]

[Remaining Points: 2]

Cliff’s eyes sparkled.

“I thought this might happen someday, but it really did.”

This time, both status windows had leveled up.

With this, both had reached level 10.

And starting from level 10, there was a major change in the status window. It gave a whopping two points.

‘Is this special only for level 10, or does it mean I’ll get 2 points from now on?’

He would need to level up once more to know for certain.

For now, he needed to spend the points he had gained.

Cliff’s eyes gleamed.

First, he’d start with the relatively simple lord status window.

‘The skills were very useful.’

Domain Declaration.

And Intimidation.

When his Dignity stat increased further, additional effects were unlocked. But if Dignity was like this, he became curious about what skills would unlock when he raised other stats.

Probably those skill unlocks would also require each stat to reach 10.

‘Then let’s start with Virtue, which had been rising on its own.’

Soon the Virtue in the changed status window became 4.

Naturally, there was still no change yet.

He shifted his gaze.

This time to the estate status window.

There was something Cliff had realized after staying at the Count’s house and returning.

‘I thought mana skills weren’t necessary…’

Compared to its grandiose name, the actual effects seemed lacking.

That was his initial thought.

But as time passed, he understood. Leon, who had started at a later age than others, began learning aura rapidly.

‘And… Hades, who was stronger than Persephone, accepted a contract with me more easily than expected.’

That wasn’t all.

Magic that had been confusing at the Count’s house was learned more easily here.

The difference was subtle but clear. The mana skill was more effective than he had thought.

[Elimis Domain (Lv. 10)]

[Economy (Lv. 1)] [Military (Lv. 4)]

[Culture (Lv. 1)] [Environment (Lv. 2)]

[Diplomacy (Lv. 3)] [Education (Lv. 2)]

[Mana (Lv. 3)] [Special (Lv. 3)]

The moment he made that judgment, Cliff raised this level.

Thump thump.

Cliff then examined the mana skills. Actually, he had already decided from the beginning which skill to raise.

-Spring of Mana (Lv. 0)

This skill that rapidly restored mana for everyone in the domain was still unclear to him.

Should he say he was hesitant because it was a skill that didn’t distinguish between friend and foe?

-Spirit’s Curiosity (Lv. 1)

He couldn’t do the same thing as with Persephone in the future.

So to avoid creating the same situation, it would be good to raise this skill too.

‘But… the place where I’ll meet them won’t be my domain anyway.’

It was different from the lord status window.

The estate status window couldn’t apply its effects outside the domain.

-Aura Processing (Lv. 1)

From Teobaldt to Adolf, Leon, and Vivian.

A skill that could benefit everyone.

But sorry to them, Cliff’s eyes turned elsewhere.

“As expected… this would be right, wouldn’t it?”

-Assistant Mage (Lv. 1)

Even at just level 1, the learning speed at the Count’s house and in his own domain was different.

Cliff steadied his breathing.

The newly gained skill points totaled 6.

‘Assistant Mage, I choose you.’

-Assistant Mage (Lv. 2)

-Assistant Mage (Lv. 3)

-Assistant Mage (Lv. 4)

And once more.

-Assistant Mage (Lv. Max)

“Huh?”

Cliff tilted his head.

The skill he had raised to level 5 became Max.

And then a new skill appeared below that skill.

-Understanding of Magic (Lv. 0): Increases understanding of magic within the domain

A new skill had appeared.

Cliff stared at it blankly. Then he immediately raised that skill’s level too.

-Understanding of Magic (Lv. 2)

After raising the skill, he experimented with the magic he had learned.

More precisely, he recalled it.

‘Ah.’

Just from that, Cliff felt it.

‘So this is what it was.’

New knowledge he hadn’t known before was realized.

Soon enlightenment rushed in.

It felt like he had stepped into a different world than before. Soon Cliff’s mana circle resonated and absorbed the surrounding mana.

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