Quit being a knight and become a mercenary

62 – Victory and its fruits (2)

After whispering to Karin that we loved each other, I went straight to see Captain Dalton.

“Damn you, Captain Dalton, why are you making such a fuss when someone is trying to date you? “You can get along well with Millia, why are you being so grumpy?”

Of course, that guy isn’t a crazy person who calls people out for no reason when everyone else is having fun.

No, to be honest, after coming here and suffering for several months, I was thinking about going on an adult date with Karin…

“Damn, unless it’s something very important, I’ll hit you right away.”

After making that decision, I sighed and entered Captain Dalton’s barracks.

As soon as Dalton saw me, he slapped me on the shoulder and chuckled.

“You woke up early? “I thought you’d be sleeping like the dead until tomorrow.”

“I woke up quickly thanks to senior Karin’s dedicated nursing care.”

“Really? Well, Karin did take good care of you. I stick next to her, keep wiping away her sweat, and prevent other guys from entering her. “It seemed like a new wife.”

As soon as I heard the word new wife, a scene suddenly popped into my mind.

Later, Karin waits for me to return and cooks with only an apron on her naked body.

You can’t see it from the front because it’s covered by an apron, but if you look at it from the side, you can see the pretty body with pink nipples and side breasts…

If I look behind me, I will be greeted by a view of my back, shoulder blades, and white buttocks, right?

Just thinking about it makes my mouth water and my body heats up.

‘Should I tell Karin right now that we are slowly dating and that we should move forward in earnest?’

Dalton laughed at me and hit the honey chestnut with his fist.

“Why is that guy smiling so unpleasantly? “What are you thinking?”

“Hey, I didn’t think anything.”

“Get rid of this bullsh*t, when I saw you just now, you looked like a new recruit who had seen a naked woman for the first time. “Is it that good?”

As far as Karin is concerned, honestly, even if you look at her personality and everything else…

She is such a beautiful woman that it would not be strange for her to be a top model in Korea.

‘She’s so pretty that it’s a waste of time for me.’

I smiled brightly and sincerely.

“It’s so good that I’m going crazy. By the way, why on earth did I call you?”

Dalton pursed her lips and looked straight into my eyes.

“First of all, I thought we needed to talk about you, so I called you, asshole. “Shut up and read the letter here.”

I swallowed my saliva when I saw dozens of formal letters sealed with a golden seal.

‘There are so many letters stamped with the golden seal that nobles use when dealing with important matters…’

I was so excited even before I read the contents inside, my heart was pounding and my hands were sweating.

As soon as I opened the letter and read its contents, I couldn’t say anything and just pinched my cheek as hard as I could.

[Greetings to Sir Martin Mayer of the Whitebeard Mercenaries.

(Omitted)

We, the Viscount Alford family, would like to grant Sir ‘two villages as fiefdom, with a total population of 400 mas [400 Serf households].’

We will fully support you so that you can utilize your abilities to the fullest, so we look forward to a positive response.

-Viscount Ludwig von Alford- ]

“Is what I saw real? You’re going to give two villages to a kid like me? Captain Dalton, I have some kind of f*cking eye disease, right? Or am I even dreaming?”

Dalton heard my words and pinched my cheek hard with aura.

When I saw my cheek hurting like it was being torn apart, I thought it wasn’t a dream.

“Is it good? Ugh, f*ck. “You’re just fooling around like an idiot.”

“Even among the foolish nobles who pretend to be knights, there are very few who have received a village as their fief, right? But, since I was a low-level knight and not even treated as a human being, I ended up in two villages. “Isn’t the treatment much better than that of most high-ranking knights?”

If you look closely at professionals such as lawyers and doctors in Korea, the difference in social status is as wide as heaven and earth.

Of course, the treatment of the knights varies greatly.

Lower knights have fiefdoms, but in reality, there are about 1 to 10 households of serfs, so they are like office workers who have to use their monthly wages separately because they don’t have enough money.

Intermediate knights barely maintain the dignity of a knight with an income equivalent to that of 20 to 80 households.

High-ranking knights, without exaggeration, are the rich people of this world…

‘With this one performance, I have raised my own value to the golden spoon level.’

Dalton also nodded at what I said.

“When I was a high-ranking knight, my territory consisted of 5 villages, and considering that at your age, I didn’t even accumulate achievements under other nobles. Honestly, it’s amazing. “Other than that, the conditions are all similar.”

“I guess they all set the conditions high because they thought I might become an expert or sword master in the future, right?”

“If you are an expert at the age of 20, wherever you go on this continent, you will be considered a genius. Besides that, the honor you gained in the duel with Karin at stake is highly valued. “To the point where I can have a gold coin box just by collecting the gold coins that I have dropped.”

Then Dalton pointed to the box in the corner with his eyes.

In a fairly large box, there was a pile of gold coins. How much is that?

“So what are you going to do?”

Until the last time in Salzheim, Dalton had just asked, “If you want to go, go, otherwise, don’t.”

The attitude is a little different now.

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I told you not to worry about what I’m saying and just do whatever you want, but you’re biting your lips and clenching your fists.

‘I see things like this as my value goes up.’

As I looked at Dalton like that, a smile suddenly appeared on my face.

“What should I do?”

When Dalton opened his mouth, he closed his mouth and clenched his fists tighter.

I feel like teasing him more, but my answer was decided from the beginning.

“I am truly grateful for the recommendation, but I have no intention of becoming an officer for another noble family.”

Dalton grinned after hearing my answer.

“You kid, you made fun of an adult for no reason and you fell asleep. Did you grow a lot after filming Expert?”

If I were like this before becoming an expert, I might have been criticized for being arrogant, but being an expert means that you can get a knighthood through your skills no matter what family you go to.

So Dalton just says the same thing and doesn’t show any signs of being offended.

“I was a bit big. But after thinking about it carefully, isn’t my value rising vertically right now?”

Dalton nodded his head.

“That’s right. Well, other people may not know, but your value will increase much more in the future.”

“The nobles over there knew that my value would rise significantly, so they raised my price high as an investment.”

He reached the level of expert at an age when others had just been commissioned as knights and was about to go into battle, and he performed an active role in capturing the Viscount alive.

Those who have their eyes on me probably think that when I turn 30, if I command my family’s troops, I will win every battle and greatly increase my family’s power.

“So, if you tell an officer to live comfortably while being treated as a knight, honestly, wouldn’t that be a betrayal?”

It is very difficult for engineers to change jobs.

So, once I become an officer, whether from the family of Viscount Albert or the family of Baron Goldenappo, no matter how highly my skills and achievements are evaluated.

‘A knight is loyal to the lord he chooses.’

Bound by this principle, it becomes difficult to change jobs unless the family I am serving takes away my salary or territory…

When the value continues to rise, joining a certain family is a foolish choice.

“And if a man is a mercenary, he should be active, accumulate merit, receive a title from the emperor, and whine about it. “My dream is to receive a title or something and have Karin call me Countess Karin.”

Dalton heard me and laughed, hitting the desk.

“When I first met him, I thought he was just crazy when he said this nonsense, but it turns out he was real. “Yes, you might be called ‘Earl’ when you get to my age, unlike me.”

“And we will create a harem by gathering only beautiful women who will be envied from all over the continent. Honestly, is there anything special about being a man? Wealth, power, and beauty. This is enough. “No, isn’t this everything?”

“I gained great enlightenment after listening to our teacher Martin, so if I get the chance, I should bring in one or two more beauties.”

Then Dalton wiped the smile off his face and handed me a letter, this time with the royal family’s emblem stamped on it.

“It seems like you want a chance to be active, so let’s have some fun in some really big water.”

If it had the imperial emblem on it, it would actually indicate a big agenda at the imperial level, not just a single noble of the empire…

“The Rhine-Palatinate Empire will soon be fighting a real war, not a petty war with the Montmartre slugs, but an invasion into Montmartre territory. And I heard that we will hire them as ‘standing mercenaries’ for one year during the preparation period for the war, and then until the end of the war. “How about you give it a try?”

“Although it is limited to one year, isn’t this treatment given to troops directly under the emperor? And you will be given enormous rewards and opportunities. Of course I will.”

When Dalton heard me, he laughed like a crazy person.

“f*ck, I thought you would definitely accept the opportunity to make a name for yourself. “I’ve convinced the others, so now go and figure out whether you want to mess around with Karin or not.”