I Kidnapped the Hero's Women-Chapter 275: Relics (1)

'This much revenue from highway tolls...?'

It's been over a year since the Vermont Highway was built.

I didn't pay much attention to it normally.

When I received the annual statement, I felt a new sense of emotion.

The actual traffic volume was 12 times higher than what was expected during construction.

They built a rest area on the highlands that jutted out in the middle, and they were even bringing in a lot of additional income.

Come to think of it, I had promised Charlotte and Julia 0.1 percent of the annual toll.

That alone would have been a huge amount.

'But I have to keep my promise.'

I went straight to the bank to deposit the money.

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I don't give them any allowance, but since the kids often earn money, I opened one account for each of them in advance.

Of course, it's opened in Charlotte and Julia's names, but neither of them touches the accounts. I am in charge of managing it all.

I think I should teach her how to manage her money too···.

Actually, I left all my assets to Irene and didn’t even care about it, so it was difficult to give her any advice.

I guess I’ll ask Irene to teach her about asset allocation and sound investment later.

“Please deposit half of this amount into both accounts.”

“Yes, sir.”

I said, shoving my bankbook and promissory note into the window.

Then the teller quickly changed the balance and returned the bankbook.

The moment I opened the bankbook, wondering how much was inside,

I let out a small sigh.

“Huh···.”

Charlotte had a little over 200 million.

Julia had close to 300 million.

I wondered when I had accumulated so much money. When there was a mission for Vermont Security that Charlotte or Julia were suitable for, I often worked as a mercenary.

It seems that it piled up and already grew to this extent.

Since both were high-level personnel, the amount they earned per case was enormous.

'If this continues, we'll soon collect 1 billion?'

The reason I offered the children's freedom was 1 billion Lark.

I promised that if they paid 1 billion Lark, I would free them from their slave status.

I originally expected it would take at least 10 years, but it was much faster than that.

Even for the past year, the children focused on awakening their abilities, honing them, and attending the academy, and they didn't even start full-scale economic activity.

And yet, this is all they've done.

They said they wanted to help Vermont Security this summer vacation, and it looks like they'll make a lot of money then too. Maybe Charlotte and Julia will both save up all 1 billion before they graduate.

'Of course it's a good thing for me.'

It's not manly to marry a slave.

If you don't have 1 billion when it's time to get married, I thought about secretly filling it up.

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"Ah! Aslan! Come here quickly! ···yo!"

"What's going on?"

"I have something to experiment on with Aslan! ···yo!"

As soon as I returned to the mansion, Julia burst out of the lab and called me.

She's been focusing on black magic research lately.

I heard that I can produce more powerful black magic output than the latest engineering equipment, so Julia's research is the most advanced···.

That's why I'm often mobilized for Julia's experiments.

"They say you can find out the conditions for manifesting evil spirits. Is that true?"

"Yeah, I think it's possible! Since several research institutes are collaborating right now, if we just accumulate a little more data, we might be able to figure it out..."

[Evil spirit, 'Kali', is so excited that she's in a frenzy!]

Kali is really excited.

"But what are you doing now?"

"Oh? Huh? Huh? I, I'm just... checking to see if Charlotte is hiding. ···"

I thought Julia was moving around busily.

Julia was wandering around the shady areas of the lab, checking to see if anyone was inside.

She had been beaten by Charlotte who was hiding, so she was now very thorough.

"I'm just going to do an experiment, do I really need to check?"

"Uh, uh. The contents of the experiment are confidential. I can't even show it to Charlotte. ···" "Then this is also part of the experiment?"

"Of course. I'm measuring body temperature, which is one of the important variables. ···"

She lied without even licking her lips.

Soon, Julia came up behind me and hugged me tightly.

I thought she was trying to do something embarrassing to show others.

All she did was hug me.

I burst out laughing at the absurdity.

"If you're going to measure body temperature, wouldn't it be better to do it like this?"

"Huh!?"

I turned around and hugged Julia from the front.

Julia was startled and trembled.

But she still wrapped her arms tightly around my waist.

'You've definitely grown a lot in the past year.'

When I put Julia on my lap, I considered the weight, and the volume that would fit in my arms when I held her like this.

I could feel that Julia had grown a lot.

Before, she was a little small, and I felt like I had a little left over when I held her in my arms.

Now, she feels like she fits perfectly.

When I put my nose on her crown, her gentle body filled my lungs, making my mind and body feel at ease.

A small, delicate, yet soft sensation seeped into my chest without any gaps.

It was a completely different feeling from when I held Sylvia's threatening and violent body.

'Julia will soon grow to be as big as Sylvia or even bigger.'

However, this feeling won't last long.

Her growth was delayed due to malnutrition from her long stay in the orphanage.

Judging from the speed at which she has grown since coming here, the outlook is very bright.

In the future, she might grow into a threatening body that surpasses Sylvia.

It's an ironic feeling that makes me excited and depressed at the same time.

However, by the time Julia finishes growing, I won't feel threatened by that body anymore.

Thanks to Julia, my phobia will be completely cured.

"Ugh... I think I can stop hugging you now. ···"

"Are you done with your work now? Then, can I go now?"

"Huh? No? The experiment is just beginning? In order to examine Kali's reaction to Aslan, we need to collect at least 36 sample data from now on..."

[The evil spirit, 'Kali', is very interested in the experiment.]

Ah. You didn't just call me out to hug you in a place where no one else could see you?

It seems like the idea of ​​conducting an experiment wasn't just an excuse, it was real.

The thought of being mobilized for the experiment all night made my eyes dizzy.

***

"Hmm···."

A morning like any other.

I drank tea and started looking through the morning newspaper and reports.

Just like any other day, it said that Yuri had been active again and completed her mission.

'But is this the end of Yuri's awakening?'

Suddenly, I had that question and tilted my head.

A berserker with almost immortal recovery abilities.

Is this Yuri's final tech tree?

Yuri is still strong, but.

It's a bit ambiguous to say that this is the final awakening state of the main character in the game.

The first awakening was when she awakened her healing ability as a healer.

Her current state is simply the result of training that ability to the limit.

Nothing had fundamentally changed from the first awakening.

'Am I expecting something too advanced from this game?'

The game was so messed up that it was harder to find a sane spot to begin with. Although I've only played up to Chapter 1, it's a terrible game, whether it's the awakening scene or the story.

So there's no guarantee that the final awakening will be ordinary.

Maybe the current state, where the first awakening has been developed to the extreme, is really the final awakening state.

Maybe we need to abandon the fixed idea that the final awakening will necessarily appear with a fancy scene and a completely different appearance.

'If it's the healer's final awakening... Is it the resurrection ability?'

If Yuri were to awaken further here, what would it be?

If I were to think about it, it would be an ability like resurrection that revives the dead.

Since Yuri had already gone beyond the normal category of healers, it didn't seem like that would be the case.

"Have you started training Aura recently?"

In the meantime, Yuri seemed to be unsatisfied with his own power, so he seemed to have started training to awaken Aura. Thanks to my body that never dies, my fighting power is already comparable to that of a Sword Master, and I'm going to get even stronger here.

What a ridiculous guy.

But is it okay for a healer to swing an aura around···?

"My lord. This is special delivery."

At that moment, Sylvia came in and handed me a letter.

A letter from the fortress city of Esther.

It was a letter with the seal of the Northern Grand Duke.

And even a special delivery?

I hurriedly tore open the envelope and opened the contents.

- I discovered a strange relic while exploring the Magic Realm.

- It's a considerably old relic. A relic older than the history of the Empire.

- But no matter how I look at it, it seems to be a civilization with technology far superior to that of the current human race.

It was ominous news.