My hometown and territory, Viscount Perdalos, was an area a little far from the ecliptic.

First of all, most of the imperial capital and the major cities around it are under direct control of the imperial family.

The next nearest major cities are mostly duchies or counties.

Even up to this point, it is bound to be quite far from the ecliptic, but a baronial territory almost inevitably exists around a duchy or county territory.

Because in ranks higher than count, there are usually subordinate nobles with the status of baron.

A place I could barely reach after passing through such other aristocratic territories for a long time in a straight line was my hometown, the Viscounty of Perdalos.

At least, it could be seen that it was a little bit closer than the Marquess, the Marquis, who prevented the invasion of foreign powers on the outskirts of the empire.

It’s only a small difference, and almost every marquis has a warp gate, of course.

As it is on the border of the country, the imperial family had no choice but to support it, so it was a result of that.

It’s not like the installation of warp gates is forbidden because it’s a self-made territory, but well.

I don’t know if any vassalage is rich enough to install the facility, which requires formidable costs to manufacture, install, and maintain.

At least, it wasn’t the Perdalos family.

Therefore, it was a common method for nobles who did not have a warp gate installed in the territory to use a wagon to get out of the territory.

Being a viscount is such a halfway aristocrat.

The power is too strong to belong to another family, such as a duke or marquis.

However, since their status and ability were not so great that they could defend against foreign invasions from the borders of the Empire, they were aristocrats who had almost no support from the Imperial family.

Complaining about this situation has not changed the reality.

All I could do was leave Perdalos Manor and get into the carriage heading for the High Garden Margrave.

Because that’s where the closest warp gate to the ecliptic is.

But fortunately, from Viscount Perdalos to Highgarden Marshal. It was said that the road was to some extent tidy enough for carriages to pass through.

It was the result of the combined efforts of the whole family before her mother collapsed due to mishandling magic.

After her father, who retired from an active hunter, earned a lot of money by diligently hunting monsters, Delphina, her younger sister, rolled it around well.

After my mother used wind or water magic to make a base that made it easy to build roads.

With that money, workers were hired to harden the ground and pave the way.

Thanks to that, a suitable road had been built so that a wagon could easily pass from Perdalos to High Garden Margrave.

Thanks to this, there was a way to go out to sell grains and goods produced in Perdalos to the Marquis of High Garden.

What did I do while other family members fulfilled their respective roles and created a path?

I just became one of the road-builders, diligently shoveling and picking.

At that time, I was still a 1st class mage.

It wasn’t like Delfina had the qualifications for business or management.

“It would have been nice if the 3rd circle was a little sooner.”

If that was the case, there would have been many more things I could have done when the road was being built.

Or, he could have helped his father hunt and contribute more to raising funds.

Although it is regrettable that it took a long time to reach the next level after developing the first circle at a young age.

First of all, just the fact that I am a 3rd circle wizard is, in a way, a great harvest, so it was fortunate.

It was around the time when I was quietly surrendering to the sway of the wagon leaving on the journey with such thoughts.

The carriage had just stepped on the border of Perdalos’ territory and started to enter other domains.

A simple yet small manor of moderate size. Barony of Ormund.

Although he is one of the neighboring nobles of Perdalus, he had only had direct exchanges in the past.

Anyway, in order to get to the Highgarden Margrave, I had to pass through the Baron Ormund.

To be honest, it makes no sense that there has been no proper exchange so far.

In fact, there was no successful trade between Baron Ormund and Viscount Perdalos.

Even the owner of the estate, Baron Ormund, was a closed person with little interaction between nobles.

We didn’t have to force trade with such a person.

By the time the carriage had passed halfway through Baron Ormund’s estate.

He spoke to the coachman who was driving the horse and asked him to stop the carriage.

“I’ll get you off here.”

The head of the coachman driving the carriage turned backwards.

“Are you okay? It will take another three hours to get to High Garden.”

“As I passed by this area, I thought of going to meet an acquaintance after a long time.

I’ll pay for the carriage to Highgarden properly, so drop me off here.”

“I don’t care if I get paid, but… .”

It wouldn’t have been so bad for the carriage driver, since one load was lifted for each person.

I received the carriage wages as they were, so I won’t have any complaints.

And although it is a small village, Ormund also has a village and an inn, so it would have been nice to take a break.

“Then I will step back.”

Watching the coachman, who took seven silver coins for the carriage, disappear toward the village.

Instead of going straight to Baron Ormund’s mansion nearby. I moved my steps into the small mountain on the side.

Unfortunately, I had to spend the night in a campground without a safe room or a comfortable bed.

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About thirty minutes had passed since the carriage had left.

I started making my own base in the small mountain of Ormund Manor.

The most basic of camping is to set up a tent to block rain and wind.

After finding a dry place with no irregularities on the floor.

When stones are picked out and the ground is dug up to set up supports.

The thin cloth hanging from the end of the support pole rose into the air.

In reality, it wasn’t like it was made to be used for pitching a tent.

For now, it was necessary to look as if the camp had been made, at least assorted.

Unfortunately, it was a simple tent made by supporting useless cloth piled up in the mansion’s storage room with a log of a suitable size cut nearby.

After that, they set up crime prevention magic around the campsite.

I made a bonfire with fire magic from the firewood I gathered in moderation.

I took out the dry beef jerky and peanuts I had brought from the bottom of my backpack.

Meals are important.

To be precise, the ‘routine’ that makes you keep a clear mind every day is important.

One of the things I felt during my long camping life in my previous life was.

It was that I had to keep my lifestyle familiar no matter where it was.

A cup of coffee to drink right after waking up. three meals. Sleep at least six hours.

If you make a lot of things you have to do every day into a routine, you can save your stamina and thinking ability, so it doesn’t discharge that easily.

In addition, it was very helpful to immediately grasp what is different from my usual life.

I chew the moderately tough jerky and pass it down my throat.

After asking Tenet to stir-fry it once, he put the peanuts that were quite edible into his mouth.

By the time I finally rinsed my stuffy mouth with water magic.

‘What is today?’

The alarm magic installed around the campsite was activated and woke up my routine.

‘Looks like a wizard.’

‘Wizard? Aren’t they noble?’

‘Will a nobleman camp in the mountains like this? And if you’re a noble, it’s even better.’

An uninvited guest… No, to be precise, the whispers of those who invited me were coming into my ears through crime prevention magic.

I quietly waited for them to appear in the dark with my cane propped against the tent.

Before long, three men emerged from the darkness.

“Aww, calm down! Because we are humans, not monsters!”

The tallest guy in the middle looked at me, waved his hand, and answered something I hadn’t even asked.

“Oh, that’s right! I just ended up here after wandering around looking for a place to camp!”

“Looks like it’s a tent that’s a bit large for a single person, let’s take care of that!”

Before long, two men appeared behind him and spoke shameless words as if in sympathy.

First of all, the three guys who came out were the owners of ordinary clothes without any armor.

In a way, it was safe to say that it was the natural appearance of an ordinary passer-by.

Except for the fact that he was wearing a heavy arming sword around his waist.

“What is it?”

I made eye contact with the one in the middle of the three men.

“Why did you bother creeping into someone else’s camp?

“Oh, it’s kind of bizarre to explain.”

“Today was a nice day, so I went out for a walk with the villagers. The sun went down too quickly today, after all.”

“So I was looking for a way, and then I saw a light. So I came to take care of myself!”

It’s as if we got here by coincidence. They put their brazen excuses in front of me.

I pretended to continue the conversation and quietly gathered magic in the staff.

“I’m sorry, but I don’t have enough food to share with you or a place to sleep.

“Don’t do that, look at the circumstances. Is it really that hard to let you stay overnight?”

The words of the guy who was about to grab the arming sword from his waist couldn’t be convincing.

“I’ll give you at least a torch to make it easier to leave.”

“Why are people so mean? There is no affection, Jeongi!”

Because the bullshit they were spouting at me started getting worse.

“I’m not very good either.”

As if to show off on purpose, I lifted my staff and pointed it at their heads.

“So, get out of here quickly… .”

“Hey guys!”

The one in the middle didn’t even listen to me and screamed into the bush they came out of.

“The wizard here offers to share meals and a place to sleep!”

At the same time as he spoke, four grandchildren burst out from the grass.

“The tent is spacious, and the campfire is warm!”

“Brother, thank you! I’m going to rest well!”

“I’m not trying to do anything weird, so don’t worry!”

In fact, it was bullshit that signaled the start of a battle.

I wondered what kind of confidence the three of them had against a mage who didn’t know their skills.

If it was seven people, it was enough to be proud of the number of people.

“I would have told you to go somewhere else soon.”

“What are you talking about?”

“I only came to share meals and beds!”

“The tent is large, so can’t you take care of yourself?”

Of course, the taunting attitude of the guys who gathered believing in numerical superiority did not improve at all.

“Just take a step forward from there. I’m going to cut off your head.”

“How are you?”

“I will live in fear of this, really.”

“What will one wizard do?”

Maybe they still believe they have the upper hand, they started giggling at my words.

In the midst of the most talk, the guy took a step forward without fear.

“What? cut the hair? Have you ever killed someone… .”

The guy fell into an eternal sleep without finishing his last words.

The blade of my wind, which I had been preparing for a long time, grazed his neck.

“… … uh?”

At the same time as someone muttered that in silence.

The distraught corpse fell to the floor with a thud.

It was the sound that signaled the start of a fight.