The Extra Strategist’s Royal Road Chapter 240

The Extra Strategist’s Royal Road Chapter 240

Sophia glared at me.

“So that’s why you brought Leitin…! It was to humiliate me!”

“Rather, it was to help you let go of your delusions. You haven’t even properly checked your attributes yet, have you?”

They say she was so lacking in magic aptitude that there wasn’t even a need to check her attributes.

It’s cruel to say, but that was reality. What use would there be in learning magic when you have no magic, the energy source?

Sophia didn’t accept it, claiming the mage who tested her back then was third-rate, but she never got tested at the Royal Academy either.

She had been deliberately avoiding reality.

“Um… What should we do?”

Leitin reads the tense atmosphere cautiously.

“Just do it. She won’t try to avoid it anyway.”

I figured Sophia wouldn’t run away. Sure enough, Sophia bit her lip and stepped forward.

Then she gritted her teeth and threatened Leitin.

“Choose your words carefully, be flexible.”

“Pardon…!?”

“Tell me that I can use magic…!”

“Ah, yes…”

From Leitin’s position, prime minister Sophia was essentially her direct superior. She had no choice but to be careful.

Leitin carefully began examining Sophia’s magical talent and quickly frowned.

“I see solid earth… Rain is pouring down on it. It’s sprouting seeds and forming a forest.”

It was the forest attribute, a complex combination of water and earth.

If you asked whether it was useful in combat, it was ambiguous. Rather, it specialized in non-combat situations. It excelled in cultivating fields or growing fruit trees.

Sophia, who had studied magic diligently, seemed to know this as her lips were pursed in disappointment.

“And as for magic aptitude…”

Leitin hesitated, unsure how to phrase it. Probably because Sophia was glaring at her as if telling her to choose her words wisely.

Leitin had no other choice.

“It’s a bit lacking, but with effort, I think something might be possible.”

At this expected answer, I pressed her.

“How do you create magic that doesn’t exist through effort?”

“Well, that is, by using various spell books, or perhaps utilizing magic-containing magic stones…”

“Please explain how inefficient that would be as well?”

However, Sophia cut me off, saying that was enough.

“This is sufficient. Now that possibility has been discovered, you have no authority to stop me, Wade!”

“Who would complain if you did it after work? The problem is you’re neglecting your duties because of this.”

“That’s…!”

Knowing she was about to snap back that I was the one who forced the prime minister position on her, I quickly interrupted and proposed a compromise.

“Alright, let’s do this then. You can learn magic, but in return, do your work properly. I’ll help you too.”

“…How will you help?”

“I’ll assign you an assistant. You tend to try to do everything alone. I’ve been thinking about getting you a close aide for a while now.”

Sophia seemed to recognize the need for a secretary.

Even now, she was making use of palace staff as needed, but she was handling all the important tasks that couldn’t be entrusted to them by herself.

“That’s helpful. Who is it?”

“Who else? They’re right here.”

I gently pushed Leitin’s back.

Leitin was shocked.

“What!? This is the first I’m hearing of this!”

“Of course it’s the first time, I just said it. Don’t worry, I already got Queen Rosa’s permission.”

“Oh no.”

When I offered Leitin as bait, Sophia nodded in satisfaction.

“Indeed, Leitin would be perfect since she has talent for political affairs and more importantly, can teach me magic.”

“That’s right.”

She was perfect as Sophia’s magic teacher, especially since she had just irresponsibly suggested using magic stones to use magic.

“Ugh…”

Leitin sighs in resignation.

Her recruitment had been planned.

She would be a perfect reinforcement for us who need to subjugate dungeons going forward.

She’s highly skilled, and being Lucretia’s close friend means high reliability.

Today was not just about the magic attribute test but had a strong intention of welcoming her. That’s why I gathered all the vassals.

“Could I also try that attribute test?”

Yumir, curious about magic, asked Leitin. Eonia also volunteered.

As a result, Yumir was confirmed to have the common attributes of wind and water, while Eo had the rare attribute of gale, which was a strong single wind attribute.

However, since neither had magic aptitude, their only way to utilize magic was through aura manifestation.

The attribute testing concluded with Gunther, who had previously shown some magic aptitude, being revealed to have a complex attribute of water and earth.

Afterwards, a small welcoming party was held for Leitin.

* * *

The mansion lobby had become lively. People were now conversing freely without hesitation.

In the past, they tended to keep their distance, but now even that was gone.

‘This turned out really well.’

It was the greatest achievement since being transferred to this continent – the unity among the vassals.

In the previous continent, there was no clear answer on how to achieve unity, but here that troublesome problem resolved itself naturally.

Gaspar was drinking vulnerably with Ash and Gunther, having opened up to them, and Master Ilya was carefully conversing with Elena.

Although Elena complained about when they would spar, the atmosphere wasn’t as hostile as before.

Mother, Bisketa, and Meissen were chatting about daily life and sharing laughs, while Erina and Estelle were helping Yumir prepare food.

The newcomer Leitin was also adapting to the atmosphere while talking with Lucretia.

It was a perfectly harmonious atmosphere.

If there was any discord, it was on my side.

“Here, Ryuna? These are snacks you like.”

Eonia offered snacks to Ryuna who was in my arms.

“…”

Ryuna stared intently at the snacks but soon turned her head away.

Eo sighed deeply.

“What should I do to make her accept me?”

“I don’t know what to tell you.”

I couldn’t keep holding the child while attending the academy forever, so Eo, who stayed at home, needed to take care of Ryuna.

Eo was trying hard for that, but Ryuna absolutely refused to accept others.

“Still, she’s improved a lot. Before, she would cry just from others talking to her. She’ll get better with more time.”

“I hope so.”

Eo drooped her shoulders and returned to the room where the twins were sleeping.

As soon as Eo disappeared, Ryuna seized the moment to lift her head and give me an intense look.

“Ow!”

“What’s wrong?”

Ryuna shouted as if babbling.

“Give!”

“Snacks? Ah…”

She seemed to think I had taken the snacks for her.

“But you said you didn’t want them.”

Ryuna sulked and pouted. Thinking this was a good opportunity, I soothed Ryuna.

“So next time when someone offers you snacks, make sure to accept them, okay?”

“…”

Ryuna seemed to silently agree.

Taking this chance to try again, I headed to Eonia’s room.

Eo was breastfeeding the twins.

She startled and shifted her gaze to the door.

“Lord Ars? Do you need something?”

“Just that Ryuna seems to be repentant. And from now on, no formal speech.”

“Ah, okay. But what do you mean by repentant…?”

“Seems she wants the snacks after all. Here, Ryuna.”

I adjusted my hold on Ryuna so she could face the other person. Ryuna blankly stared at Eo.

Eo finished nursing and fixed her chest before taking out snacks.

“Here, here! Ryuna, these are delicious snacks…!”

This time Ryuna didn’t turn away. She accepted the snacks Eo offered.

“Ah…!”

“We succeeded.”

Thinking we had finally taken the first step, Eo and I looked at each other and smiled.

However, Ryuna held out the hand holding the snacks to me, as if saying she wouldn’t eat them now.

“You want me to hold them?”

Ryuna nodded. After I took the snacks, she then started squirming towards Eo.

Eo was startled.

“Does she want me to hold her…?”

“Seems like it. Hold her.”

Eo extended trembling hands. Ryuna quickly transferred to Eo’s arms.

Then she showed unexpected behavior.

“Ow!”

She started throwing a tantrum, hitting Eo’s chest area with her palms.

“Uh, uh? Why, why are you doing this?”

Eo couldn’t read her intention and didn’t know what to do. The more confused she was, the more Ryuna’s expression grew fierce.

I carefully suggested, “Though it seems unlikely… Could she be asking for milk?”

“What!?”

The unlikely turned out to be true. When Eo uncertainly loosened her chest covering, Ryuna immediately latched onto her breast.

“Oh…!”

“Haha…”

It was a scene that could only draw wry laughter.

“Even though Yumir is here…”

“Maybe she was envious of the twins.”

Thanks to this anyway, Ryuna completely accepted Eo.

The milk didn’t seem particularly tasty as she quickly detached and gestured to me for snacks.

Crunch crunch! Ryuna eating snacks in Eo’s arms.

Eo trembled as if in ecstasy and said to me, “I want to go outside right now! I want to show everyone!”

“That would be nice. But fix your clothes properly first.”

After properly fixing her clothes, Eo carried Ryuna and headed outside the room.

People were amazed. It was the first time Ryuna had let anyone other than Gaspar hold her without crying.

“Hahaha!”

Eo was showing off, full of pride.

While Yumir smiled saying it was good, Erina and Estelle were watching the scene as if genuinely envious.

The day after the welcoming ceremony.

Now that I could leave Ryuna at the mansion, I decided to meet with Juras after a long time.

“Lord Pamilion, I have completed the investigation of the newly established Alliance’s behavior.”

“Well done. I will give the next instructions tomorrow, so get some rest.”

“Yes sir!”

It seemed the organization takeover was already complete, as people were moving swiftly.

The guy who was reviewing mountains of stacked documents one by one grinned when he saw me arrive.

“No baby today, I see.”

“The family is helping out.”

“Heh, please sit.”

Looking at him working, I couldn’t tell if this was the Ellan Kingdom or the Crossing Republic.

He brought tea himself and crossed his legs as he spoke.

“I heard there was a small party yesterday?”

“Did you hear from your informant?”

“Yes, recruiting Leitin Olcus… Not a bad choice. That slow-witted woman should get along well with your vassals.”

“Slow-witted woman…”

“That aside, how did the persuasion of Sophia Veron go?”

“It didn’t go well. So I gave Leitin as a close aide to help with overall tasks.”

“Hmm, that’s a compromise typical of you. If it were me, I would have made her give up even if I had to use harsh methods.”

“I wanted to do that too. It’s foolish to hold onto something when you have absolutely no talent for magic.”

Speaking of talent, I became curious about Juras’s magical abilities.

Noticing the meaning in my gaze, he smirked and said, “I did try it out of curiosity.”

“How were the results?”

“What do you think?”

“Don’t answer a question with a question.”

“…They said it was light and darkness.”

“Light and darkness!?”

My eyes widened at hearing this. Because there was one compound attribute of light and darkness.

That legendary attribute.

“Could it be Chaos?”

“That’s right. Even the court mage was shocked.”

“What about your talent for magic?”

“They said it was sufficient. They made such a fuss about wanting me to learn magic right away.”

“Ugh.”

A talent that would make Sophia shudder. Even without using Sophia as an example, this was beyond normal standards.

But since it was this guy, it didn’t feel particularly strange.

“Are you thinking of learning magic?”

“If I have time, I might read a few books, but I don’t plan to be as devoted as Sophia Veron.”

I wasn’t sure if this was fortunate or unfortunate. Juras seemed to have little interest in magic.

“More importantly, Ars, the materials you requested are complete.”

What Juras handed over was a map predicting where dungeons would appear when the turbulence occurs.

Based on past cases, dungeons had a characteristic of forming in the same locations.

“We couldn’t figure out the locations of minor dungeons due to lack of information, but we could identify the locations of notorious dungeons. Among them, the biggest threat to us is, needless to say, this one.”

A dungeon prominently located in the southern part of the Western Continent.

It was ‘Seven Deadly Sins’, one of the ten most vicious dungeons.

“You’ll need to deal with that to establish a bridgehead to the south.”

“I don’t understand why you’re saying I have to handle it. The Seven Deadly Sins will be subjugated by elite adventurers. Not by an inexperienced rookie like me.”

“Heh, it would be nice if things worked out that easily.”

“Don’t say such ominous things. Anyway, thank you. I’ll have to strategize based on this.”

Looking at these materials made the turbulence feel real and imminent.

It seems Queen Rosa felt the same way.

She finally made a decision about whether to announce this fact to the citizens.

She decided not to make the announcement.

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