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The County of Morhust is located in the Southeastern East of the Kingdom of Artchania and is a neighbor between the County of Fertiphile and the Duchy of Sandwealth.

Regis takes Alex and the Fertiphile House troupe to his county. Alex agrees and goes there after performing the Merry Initiation Ceremony a week after Alex's Maturity Ceremony.

Unlike the Alex's Maturity Ceremony held in Pontheum, the Initiation Ceremony was only held in the mansion in the capital and the cost was borne by Alex's pocket money and assisted by Clara's personal money.

It took them eight days to reach Haderborg, the capital of the County of Morhust.

Their arrival was greeted by the Countess of Morhust, as the count was lying sick in his room so that they did not meet.

No one does not know the friendship between the eldest son of the House of Fertiphile and the eldest son of the House of Morhust. Although they have characters such as cats and dogs, but strangely no conflict occurs.

Regis would occasionally make fun of Alex for his strenuous training. He knew this friend of his was so lazy that if anyone told him to work hard it would definitely make him tormented. As for Alex just frowned and sighed.

Unlike Alex, Regis's sword skills are incredible. Even at his current age (15 years), he was already able to compete with the knight elites.

The two were just chatting in Regis's study room accompanied by food and soft drinks. Since the count fell ill, Regis' influence has been even stronger and he has been delegated as a count's successor in internal and external political affairs.

While exposing confidential documents to allies is risky, he excludes Alex. Regis knew that this person was very lazy and very passive but had a smart head. He does not hesitate to show Alex various bad conditions of his county such as food problems and HR quantity. He hopes Alex can come up with a solution.

"Do you need investment?" ask Alex suddenly.

"What?"

"I have no intention of following the succession of the inheritance. I just want my wallet to stay full even if I sleep 23 hours."

"...."

Well ... His intention to remain a slacker deserves appreciation.

Regis was not too surprised and decided to display some papers showing the sectors of the economy that are currently developing in his county.

"I am currently focused on Skvian Mine, wheat production, entertainment, and slavery."

The Skvian Mine is the largest stone quarry in the Southeast East of the kingdom and is Regis' private property.

"Hmm ... This is the mine we found 5 years ago? It looks like you're a big profit" Alex said.

"Really! 87% of our exports are where the stone from that mine is!"

"Hmm ... Is that so? But why is your grain production going down?"

Regis smiled in embarrassment as the question was raised.

"Eee .. You know, I'm also focused on the entertainment sector right hehehe ...."

"You mean?" Alex still confused the relationship between wheat and entertainment.

"Well .. the entertainment I'm referring to is prostitution so I ordered the farmers to sell their wives and daughters to newly built brothels."

Alex finally understood. If so, then it makes sense that the quantity of wheat production is reduced. For rural farming communities, wives and children will also take up farming. As for the men are not very productive because they sometimes gamble or get drunk so forget their farmland. In addition, the grief experienced by husbands, brothers, and parents because of the loss of their wives, sisters, or daughters will also affect their motivation in farming.

Alex could not blame the depraved lusts of the mortal. However, the archdeus did create them with sexual lust. But regrettable enough because prostitution is a sin, then the possibility of prospective inhabitants of hell will increase.

Hah .. sucks.

Alex was unlikely to invest in the prostitution and slavery sectors that were clearly prohibited by him and other archdeus. As for the commodity wheat if seen its development that still continues to fall is also not suitable. In addition, since the beginning of the County of Morhust has always imported agricultural products, especially wheat from other regions and one of their largest trading partners for the agricultural sector is the County of Fertiphile.

It's much better for me to invest in the County of Fertiphile if it's an investment in the agricultural sector. Then the only suitable is the mining sector, hmm ....

"Sure, of course!"

Regis answered enthusiastically. It is much better to have a trusted partner than a foreign one.

"Well, I can only invest 2,000 to 3,000 gold coins to the maximum. How much is mine equity?"

Regis looked for documents on the financial statements. For information, the accounting system in this world is very simple just covering assets, liabilities, equity, income, and costs in outline.

"The current equity is 258,000,000 gold coins. 20% of the count's ownership, 10%public, and the rest is mine."

For Regis, it is not easy to get 70% ownership of mining shares. He had to sell his assets such as brothels, pubs, gardens, and slaves. Unlike Alex who has no achievements so do not get extra money except regular pocket money from the count, while Regis often follows a match such as a swordfight to several times join the fief wars and claim a lot of loot. Not to mention the income he earned as a substitute count in government and politics. In short, in order to maintain his position as the main owner of the Skvian Mine, he sold his property and also received money from his mother's family.

Alex will most likely get a 0.0008 to 0.0011% stake when he buys it from Regis. Of course Regis will not sell his shares to Alex at a high price. However, Alex also took part in finding this mine.

Regis initially wanted to give him a 30% stake but Alex turned it down. Because Regis was 10 years old at that time so he still did not understand the reason for Alex's rejection. No, maybe he doesn't remember. But now that five years have passed, he finally understands that Alex's position is very vulnerable in the House of Fertiphile. There is a possibility that family conflict in seizing Alex's shares may occur. If that happens, it is certain that Alex will lose considering that the second child gets a strong enough backup from the countess and the Duke of Sandwealth. Even the third child would also have the support of the Count of Morhust due to the engagement between the third child Fertiphile and one of the daughters of the count Morhust.

It can be ascertained if it happened at that time, then Regis could not help Alex. But now it's different. With his stable position and abundant wealth, he was able to protect his friend from the flow of conflict.

"Alex, do you remember my offer five years ago? I still want to give you 30% ownership of the mine."

"No, how could I possibly take your kindness for granted?"

"It's not kindness. You have a hand too, right? Your right. If you hadn't told me that there was a Lay Line, there would be no mine now."

Alex could not dispute that statement. By relying on one of his three remaining skills named [Eyes of Esoteric], Alex can sense the existence of a soul, aura, to mana. When the two men get lost in the Skvian Mountains, Alex sees the Lay Path moving underground. Lay paths contain where nature is active usually in the form of rocks. But the deeper the Lay Path in the earth, the more fluid the shape becomes.

"But I feel bad about taking 30% ownership of the mine. I never helped organize and develop the mine. How could I possibly get such a big right?"

"Huh .. I don't feel it's excessive. I hope you consider it. It's also for your son's future. He is not a member of the Fertiphile Family, you are now the Patriarch of the Alexandreia Family. Sooner or later your son will become the Matriarch of the Alexandreia Family."

Regis persuades Alex by using Merry's well-being as his reason. The Alexandreia family was still a new noble family. They still do not have land, titles, and political power. If the House of Alexandreia still does not have enough value then surely Merry will be excommunicated. He will have a hard time finding an ideal partner in the future. That's why if Alex had 30% ownership of the mine, then it would raise the prestige of the Alexandreia Family. In addition, it can also be Alex's legacy to Merry for the future.

Alex also thought of that but he still awkwardly accepted someone's kindness. As archdeus, it was still very difficult for Alex to get the help of others. Throughout his life he has always given and dominated.

"I also thought of it .. but 30% is too high for me."

"I don't think so."

Regis won't back down this time. He really wanted Alex to take it. It had been five years that he felt very uncomfortable when he thought that the inventor of the mining site had not benefited at all. Not to mention that inventor was his best friend! The only person he sincerely made as his true friend. There was no way he would let this person be harmed.

Alex feels a serious urge from Regis. But still in addition to his pride as archdeus, if he gets 30% ownership of the mine, it means the equivalent of getting 77,400,000 gold coins for free. There was no way he could take it for granted!

"I'll think about it. Can you wait?"

Regis gave a sigh of relief.

At least he didn't reject it.

"alright. Take as much time as you want" Regis said.

"Hmm .. thank you. Oh right, I still want to invest in your mine with my own money."

"Yes, sure. Do you want to see the condition of that mine now? You must be surprised."

Regis gave a proud smile. He could not wait to show the results of his hard work in developing and organizing this mine to others.

Alex just nodded. He was also curious about the conditions and prospects of the mine going forward.