* * *

It was a golden weekend.

After waking up from a good night’s sleep after a long time, Philip sighed when he saw a small creature on his chest.

“You’re doing this again.”

It was a small puppy with soft silver fur. This creature, only four days old, had already been born to a certain extent, so from the outside it looked like it was a few weeks old.

It seemed that she had escaped from her mother’s arms and came to see Philip.

“How did you open the door?”

These raids had been repeated over the past few days, so Philip had apparently shut the door before going to bed. Even if it wasn’t locked in case something urgent happened, I didn’t think I’d be able to open it.

Phillip picked up the puppy and carefully set it down on the bed.

Then a cautious knock was heard.

“Hey, little master. Did my child ever go there again?”

It was the voice of Roro, a member of the Wollang tribe who escaped the deserted island together a while ago.

“okay. I don’t know how it got there. Come in at once.”

Soon, a silver-haired woman in comfortable clothes opened the door and entered. She greeted him with a respectful bow, then narrowed her eyes at the puppy occupying Philip’s bed.

“You’re such a troublemaker… .”

“Don’t get upset. It seems like he was born not too long ago, but he seems to be able to understand everything people say. I think I’ll be able to speak soon… .”

After she came to stay at Philip’s villa, she originally wanted to be employed as a maid. However, Philip was unwilling to entrust the housework to an unprofessional, so he decided to hire him as a security guard instead.

‘A pretty good guard dog… … No, he’s a security guard.’

She did a pretty good job, except for the fact that some of the Black Myo tribe who had come to deliver the information were knocked out by the silver wolf that suddenly appeared.

Her mission set by Philip was ‘to take care of the child, to eat well and to rest well’.

In fact, with a well-balanced diet and plenty of rest, she looked much healthier than when she was on a deserted island.

“I will take the child. Please have a good rest.”

Roro took the puppy in his arms and withdrew. Philip left the room after washing his face with the water prepared by the maid. It was because I was asleep anyway.

When I went out to the backyard to get some fresh air, I saw Lua practicing swordsmanship with a wooden sword. Philip watched her for a moment.

The appearance of a beginner who didn’t even know how to hold a sword is gone, and now he has a pretty good way of handling a sword. The achievements achieved in just a few months were unbelievable, but Philip was not particularly surprised.

‘That’s what genius is.’

The most important thing for a genius was the level of teaching. And fortunately Philip had the ability to teach her.

It was enough to check her swordsmanship once a week and solve the questions she felt during her training. It was because at her level, the basic swordsmanship and advanced swordsmanship she was learning at the academy was helpful enough anyway.

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“Oh, Instructor!”

Upon discovering Philip, Lua hurriedly ran and stood in front of Philip. Philip wiped the sweat from her forehead with his hand.

“You’ve grown a lot. Lua.”

‘If it continues to grow at this rate, it should be able to deal with the Aura within this year. At that time, I should take him to the Sword Temple.’

Oddly enough, it was a speed not too different from when I rolled her to death in the original work and grew her up.

‘In the game, I had to pay attention to the mood level. I even made a timetable and made a route that calculated all kinds of events. But just eating well, sleeping well and playing well is such a speed of growth. Is this why the saying that the most important thing for children is the environment they grow up in?’

Philip wondered what Lua would be like now if she had been born into a harmonious family of swordsmen.

“yes! I think the sword has become lighter these days. Instructor.”

“… okay? That’s great. I felt it while watching it, but it would be much better if my feet were a little lighter.”

“A foot?”

Lua heard Philip’s words and stomped her feet in place. Seeing that cute figure, Philip smiled and nodded.

“okay. feeling that way now. It’s not like knocking and stepping, but like picking beans. You only need to put weight on it to make an impact.”

I didn’t know if anyone else would be blaming me for such a stupid explanation, but Lua understood perfectly well.

“yes!”

Then Camilla came out of the back door, found Philip and Lua, and quickly approached. She shouted with a terrified expression on her face.

“Brother… oh, the wolf! A wolf has appeared! A wolf in the drawing room!”

“It’s not just a wolf, it’s a wolf that can communicate like Tania, so go and say hello. Do you remember the silver-haired woman who came here a few days ago?”

“yes? ah… yes. Are you that pretty person? He was holding a cute puppy.”

“That sister is that wolf.”

Camilla, who had already seen Tania transform into a little girl, immediately understood Philip’s words.

“ah… Like Tania?”

“okay. How about going to the shopping district together to get to know each other? Lua, come with me too. She’s lived a long time away from society, so she probably doesn’t know much about the world these days.”

After making that suggestion, Philip admired his fine hair. When this happens, Lua, Camilla, and the two Wolang mothers and daughters all leave the villa.

‘I’ll be able to rest quietly for the first time in a while.’

It wasn’t that the kids were a nuisance, but sometimes there were days when I just wanted to enjoy my own rest without being disturbed.

“uh… Okay.”

“Then I want to take a bath!”

As Lua and Camilla entered the villa, Philip grinned and pondered on how to spend his long time alone.

‘Freevia-sama will come out of her nest tomorrow, so it’s okay to take a rest today. Should I lock myself in the library and read a book?’

* * *

Philip had to receive a visit from an important guest just an hour after he started reading in the library.

Of course, it was not a pre-announced visit, it was almost like a raid.

“Ah, I am Oslei Youssef. It is a pleasure to meet the owner of the golden seal.”

The guest was an old man with brown hair. He was the owner of eyes of unknown depth, and although he wore shabby clothes for his wealth, he felt an unusual energy.

Considering that he is the owner of Yousef Corporation, it was only natural.

“I’m sorry I came in so suddenly. But he’s so busy… .”

Lizriel apologized on behalf of her father. Philip nodded as if he was okay.

“It was someone I would meet once, so it wouldn’t matter if it was today. I didn’t expect to visit like this. Anyway, I would like to know exactly why you visited me. You’re not just going to take a look at the owner of the golden seal, are you?”

The old man, Osleigh Youssef, thought as he looked at Philip, who casually led the conversation.

‘Is there no iron? or not… .’

The Yusef Company was the only merchant company on the continent that traded with heterogeneous people. There wouldn’t be many young people in the world who would be so relaxed even in front of the head of a group whose influence on the continent is greater than the royal family of a country.

‘Should I stab him once?’

“Before I reveal this man’s purpose, may I ask you one question first?”

At Osleigh Youssef’s question, Philip nodded.

“Well, please.”

“Then I will ask. Philip Oswald. Do you know what the golden seal is exactly? Do you know that it is useless to non-merchants?”

Phillip wanted to ask.

In the original story, that old man is mostly killed by his eldest daughter, Deluan Youssef. As long as the player doesn’t intervene, that’s usually the case.

How much does that old man really know about the golden seal?

Philip held out the seal from his finger and smiled. It must have been the middle finger, but fortunately there was no swear word corresponding to the shape of the hand in this world.

“I know that it is such a great item that the owner of Youssef Company, which is said to be harder to meet than the king of a country, comes to see it in person.”

Lizriel, who watched this, closed her eyes tightly.

‘You didn’t listen to me. I clearly told you not to provoke me unnecessarily.’

She prided herself on having some insight into Philip’s character, and advised her father not to provoke him.

Philip was basically a fairly communicative person if you didn’t touch him first.

Of course, if the other person was an ordinary aristocratic young man, such a nuanced question would not have been irritating, but someone as intelligent as Philip was able to infer the inner meaning of the words.

“Looking at the current situation, don’t you think there’s a little bit of sarcasm in saying that it’s useless to non-merchants?”

Osleigh Youssef felt an empty laugh coming out of him. As the youngest daughter said, that handsome young man did not seem to be an ordinary young man.

“Oh, I see. If so, let me tell you the main point. I want to transfer the golden seal. For a fair price, of course.”

If so, the strategy had to be changed.

“… A fair price?”

As Philip seemed interested, Oslei Youssef nodded.

“Anything money can buy, or anything money can do, I will do one thing. You can donate goods enough to command 10,000 soldiers to the Oswald family, or you can deposit that amount of money into the personal account of Youssef. You could buy all of this land from the Calaria royal family.”

“oh… .”

As expected, the scale was extraordinary, probably because he was the representative of the continent’s best business association. But that wasn’t what Phillip wanted.

After all, when the demons started to act in earnest later, things like gold coins wouldn’t have as much meaning as they do now.

“I only want one thing.”

When Philip said that, Osleigh Youssef couldn’t hide his smile, and Rizriel held her breath.

‘Ah! Why are you doing that again… ?’

Once the golden seal was in her father’s hands, it became almost impossible for her to become the head of the upper house. Even if Deluan Yousef disappeared, there was still one older brother left, and his powers still far exceeded those of Rizriel.

“Please feel free to speak. Anything is fine.”

“Then what… Give your youngest daughter the upper house position next to you and retire completely. Then I will hand over the golden seal.”

Philip said as if he had to do that, and Oslei Youssef stared at Philip with an unchanging expression.

“That’s something money can’t do.”

Philip said, holding out his middle finger to him again.

“But you were going to buy this ring with money, right?”

Osleigh Youssef twitched his eyebrows at Philip’s words this time. It was a failure to manage facial expressions.

“… .”

“It’s clear what you’re thinking. Mr. Why would I have this stuff in the first place? It’s not something you get by chance, is it? Is it something that can be found without knowing its existence and purpose? Don’t try to eat it raw. I’ll give you one last chance. If no favors or proposals come to my liking, I will consider you my enemy.”

‘That cheeky lump of gore… .’

Osleigh Youssef was briefly enraged by that direct statement, but soon felt his head cool.

He didn’t live an easy life enough to be swayed by emotions, so he tried to figure out Philip’s intentions first.

‘… It’s not that I’m not afraid.’

The smarter they were, the more fearful they were. In Osleigh Youssef’s judgment, Philip was not without fear. If so, you wouldn’t be able to talk like this to the owner of a pan-national trade.

‘It’s not even that I don’t have an idea. then… Do you have any regrets?’

Given Philip’s status and circumstances, it was clear that a career-oriented or greedy person would not react that way.

‘I’ll try to see the other person’s reaction by first making a ridiculous proposal, or I’ll try to seize the initiative.’

At least, he wouldn’t show that openly ‘What can you do?’ attitude. After thinking for a while, Osleigh Youssef soon found the correct answer.

Because there was only one instance of such a reaction.

‘Is there anything you regret? Is he already that young?’

The most difficult opponent for a merchant was a person who had nothing to regret and did not want. But he knew two of the most effective ways to deal with such a person.

One is to press with force, and the other is to admit defeat.

However, Philip’s background was a little burdensome to press with force. The Oswald family was a prestigious family that many nobles of Calaria looked up to, and maintained a close relationship with the royal family.

There was nothing good about building a grudge with the son of that family, and you couldn’t take the seal by force. If that was the case, I should have tried it before visiting like this.

Osleigh Youssef let out a small sigh, got up from the sofa, and bowed slightly to Philip.

“I hope to go along well. lord of the golden seal The Chamber of Commerce acknowledges that you are the rightful owner of the seal. The seal you have… … .”

“Yes, yes, I know. i know. You can exercise the same voting rights as the president at the plenary meeting held once a year at the Yusef Chamber of Commerce, and you can officially interfere in the succession competition. And again… .”

Stretching out his tail, Philip looked at Osleigh Youssef’s reaction. If he knew the most important meaning of the golden seal, the conversation with him would increase.

“… This is the key to open the secret vault of the first party. To be honest, this man learned of the safe’s existence more than ten years ago, and went to great lengths to open it. However, I have already acknowledged you as the owner of the seal, so I am making it clear in advance.”

Osleigh Youssef struck first. Philip, trying to see his reaction, looked at him with an awkward smile.

Soon Osleigh Youssef opened his eyes in disbelief. The wrinkles around her eyes were smoothed out.

“know… was there? The existence of that vault?”

‘That old man is artistically fast.’

Philip nodded his head, thinking that it was a target person’s notice.

Not only did he notice, but his acting skills were also extraordinary. The decision to reveal such a secret on their own was not something anyone could make.

“There seems to be a magic image left by the 1st Lord at the place where the seal was obtained. I heard from him.”

After saying that, Philip looked at Rizriel’s reaction. She glared at Philip with a betrayal on her face, as if asking why she didn’t tell me, then turned her head so that it made a snap when she met Philip’s gaze.

‘… You’re definitely pissed off.’

“Do you even know what’s inside?”

When Philip asked, Oslei Youssef shook his head.

“I just know it’s not a treasure.”

“Perhaps. By the way, I don’t know what’s inside. All I know is the location. Now that it’s like this, I’ll help open the safe. And instead, there are conditions.”

“Tell me.”

“To be honest, I am not very interested in things like treasure. As you know, my family lives well. So, I’m just going to pick up a few things that interest me. If it’s something important to the higher party, I’ll give it up. Instead, Rizriel Youssef will accompany you there. And let her pick something out too and come out.”

Osleigh Youssef sincerely admired Philip’s proposal. It seemed that revealing the safe’s existence in advance was indeed the right choice.

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‘It’s a different way of thinking. he’s going to be big If this happens, the next successor will be… .’

“Let’s do it. When are you planning to visit?”

“I have classes on weekdays, so weekends are good. Next week will be fine.”

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