"The Talented Dragon Hides Its Claws" ~ The Eldest Son of the Baron Family, Called Useless, is Actually One of the World's Strongest ~ - Episode 38

The port town construction plan is progressing smoothly, and we have currently cleared about 30% of the forest. Once we reach 50%, we plan to join forces with the Grace Knights and have them assist with the escort. Therefore, we need to hurry and build the garrison from now on. At night, monsters become active, so we need to temporarily retreat, but we still don’t have a facility for the Grace Knights to stay in during that time.

The Grace Knights are among the strongest in this area, and since they belong to the Margrave’s family, we should treat them with respect considering our future relationship. Therefore, we plan to build a decent garrison. Once the plan is successfully completed, we can either use it as a sub-base for the Arden Knights or improve it to turn it into an inn; there are countless possibilities. In short, the facility itself won’t go to waste, so we can invest as much money as we want.

A big cold wave will likely hit Ryu’s wallet once again.

That day, since he unusually finished his paperwork in the morning, Ryu was lazily wandering around the mansion, thinking about checking on Lena to kill time. Then he noticed the servants bustling in and out of the entrance.

“Did something happen?”

“Ryu, Ryu-sama!? I apologize for the noise during the day!”

“Don’t worry about it.”

“Actually, you see…”

According to the servant, they were supposed to start constructing the garrison around noon today, but the person who was supposed to supervise the site suddenly fell ill, and they are currently urgently searching for a replacement.

“Then I’ll head over.”

“I can’t impose this on Lord Ryu!”

“It’s fine. I’m free in the afternoon.”

“However, for the head of the family to go personally, that’s quite…”

This time, it’s not just craftsmen involved in the construction. To support them, we arranged for former Mantesa citizens who lost their jobs in the recent war. Among them, there are quite a few who had family members killed by the Arden Knights. Therefore, if Baron Arden himself, who led the war, supervises, anything could happen. In the worst-case scenario, there’s even the possibility of being attacked by a mob of enraged citizens. The servants are worried about this.

“If it’s me, it’ll be fine, so don’t worry.”

“However…”

“Come on, just hand over the blueprint already.”

Ryu forcibly snatched the blueprint from the servant.

“Lord Ryu, please be extremely careful.”

“Got it, leave the rest to me. You should do your best with the afternoon work too.”

“Yes! Understood!”

Around noon, Ryu was heading to the scene on foot. Then…

“Hey, isn’t that Lord Ryu?”

“Oh, Dylan. What are you doing here?”

“That’s what I should be saying to you… wandering around alone again without any guards…”

According to Dylan, a servant appeared at the Arden Knight Order’s base earlier and urgently requested reinforcements for the garrison’s guards. They also insisted that the reinforcements be as strong as possible.

“So, the vice-captain came personally, huh?”

“Yes. Captain Silver went to chop some wood and is currently absent, so I came out for the time being. My apprentice Mimi also went to the forest side, so I’m a bit free.”

“I decided to take on the role of site supervisor to pass the time.”

“Oh, so that’s why the servant rushed into the base in a panic. That makes sense.”

As expected, you are well-liked, Master Ryu.

After about thirty minutes of walking at that pace, the site finally came into view. Since the site supervisor had been changed at the last minute, the workers still didn’t know that Ryu was coming.

Therefore…

“It’s Lord Ryu.”

“Why is the lord here?”

“Could it be that Ryuu-sama is the site supervisor?”

“You idiot. There’s no way we can make the baron do such a dirty job.”

Ryu watched the scene.

“Today, I’ve been put in charge of supervising the site temporarily. Please take care of things.”

“Seriously?”

“My arms are itching!”

“Since they won the war for us, we have to repay them!”

“Oh, speaking of war…”

The craftsmen turned around and shifted their gaze to the former Man Tester citizens who were standing behind them.

As expected,

“That’s Baron Arden…!!”

“Knowing that we would be participating, how dare you show up so casually…!”

“My dad was killed in the war!”

“Return my son‼”

His face was flushed with indignation.

Ryu takes a step forward, closing the distance with them.

And.

“I feel sorry about that matter. As the head of the Arden family, let me apologize. I’m sorry…”

Saying this, he slowly lowers his head.

However, it suddenly stopped midway and looked up again.

“Did you think I would say that?”