Chapter 163
Besides.
‘The Egret Mercenary Corps has been the ones procuring the monsters I’ve tamed so far.’
Nothing is too precious for them.
‘…’
Well, maybe not completely not precious…
It’s precious but worth spending!
Money always feels precious when it goes out!
[Take your time if you need to think.]
Alexis patiently waited as I was lost in thought.
‘Oh. Did I show that I was thinking about money?’
I cleared my throat and called Alexis.
“Alexis.”
[Yes.]
I was startled.
His voice seemed a bit lower than before.
‘Is he hitting puberty already?’
It’s amazing how quickly he grows, even when I don’t see him for just a little while. But I pushed aside my random thoughts and spoke.
Since we were talking only by voice without seeing each other’s faces, I wanted to clearly express my concerns.
“Come back safely. Don’t break an arm again.”
[I got it.]
“Then, I’m hanging up?”
[…Alright.]
‘Does he have something more to say?’
Just as Alexis had waited for me, I waited silently.
But it didn’t seem like he had anything else to say.
“Then I’m hanging up!”
I ended the call first.
And then I expressed my excitement in a way I couldn’t during the call.
‘Wow! A Giant Tarantula egg!’
I clenched my fist and shook it, then jumped onto my bed.
Rolling around on the soft bed, I flailed my arms and legs.
Many things are going smoothly.
‘First, my second blessing.’
Now people believe I have two blessings.
The blessing known to people was <Ancient Language Reading>.
At first, it was a very useful blessing to gain Grandfather’s favor, but after reading all the ancient history books, it became useless.
‘So I tried to read the last part of the books as slowly as possible.’
But the number of pages in the books was limited, and the value of my blessing gradually decreased.
I could feel my evaluation by people dropping day by day.
The fundamental difference between commoners and nobles was the presence of blessings.
‘Without a blessing, you’re no different from a commoner.’
Especially since I had a commoner mother, I often received harsher evaluations.
‘If even my blessing becomes useless in that situation…’
I would be treated exactly like a commoner.
Of course, this doesn’t change the fact that I’m a direct descendant of Astra.
But.
‘I can’t just sit still.’
No matter how outstanding the twins, Balzac and Joshua, are, I am my father’s most cherished daughter.
If I were practically a commoner, the evaluation of our family would decline as well.
‘That’s why I created the blessing of <Monster Taming>.’
Of course, given the achievements I’ve made so far, if I were to stay only in Astra’s territory, it wouldn’t matter if I had a second blessing or not.
But my current goal is much higher.
‘Hehehe.’
My goal is to enter the central politics of the empire!
The high-nosed nobles of the central region have formidable blessings.
They wouldn’t recognize a blessing like <Ancient Language Reading>, which has already lost its usefulness.
‘But <Monster Taming> is different.’
Monster Taming.
A unique blessing that no one else possesses.
Because it’s a blessing no one else has ever had, everyone will be curious.
—Whether I can tame all kinds of monsters.
—How many monsters I can tame.
—What abilities I can display using the tamed monsters.
There will be endless curiosity.
Given the countless types of monsters, they will assume there are many I can’t tame.
I could clearly imagine the central nobles being astonished by my monster-taming abilities.
I smirked.
‘I hope the egg arrives soon.’
No matter how much I train them with the white winter tree flute, it’s not as effective as taming them from a young age.
Adult monsters will try to attack if I’m not holding some part of the white winter tree.
But young ones are different.
If they see my face and are tamed with the white winter tree from birth, they will recognize me as family.
‘But it’s really hard to get baby monsters.’
Monsters raise their young in their ‘nests’.
To obtain a baby monster, you have to destroy the ‘nest’ where the monster pack lives.
‘That’s almost like waging a war… I don’t want to destroy nests for my own needs.’
As a result, I have only successfully tamed two monsters so far.
The steel crow, Ragon.
The shadow monster, Ombre.
‘I wonder how cute the Giant Tarantula will be.’
Han Ji-hyuk would no doubt tell me again that I’ve got weird tastes.
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