Catalyst System
New Busyness
Several days had passed since the arrival of Duke Tungsten who became the new leader of Tungsten City, many changes had already occurred. The change can be seen with the naked eye, not just on empty land that has begun to be utilized, nor the economy that began to increase, but the beaming faces of the residents signified that the City of Tungsten under the leadership of Duke Tungsten was the right decision that had been taken by King Danmark. Veroa leads the City of Tungsten very well.
In addition, news of Duke Arthemis's failed assassination has spread throughout the Kingdom of Rome. Duke Arthemis, as one of the influential people in the kingdom, certainly got news of the murder against him, everyone became excited. Although, many people have been victims of rape, it does not affect his good reputation in public. So, there is no bad case that can be used as evidence of his depravity.
The Red Baroness, Karina, after getting the chance to avenge her, she wasted it instead, rather she failed to be able to kill with her own hands, being too careless by not thoroughly inspecting the target area. But, Veroa did not bother him too much, as long as the identity of Baroness Karina was unknown to anyone, as the killer.
“Pardon my carelessness, Tuan” he said at the time.
“Yes, gapapa. I understand your condition. But it's good, you can put aside the feeling when carrying out a task, if the feeling can hamper the completion of a given task, especially to make it fail. However, when
the feeling is about good things, such as feelings of compassion for people who need emergency help related to life for example, then prioritize it and if you are unable to solve it, ask for help from others. Ok?”
On the training ground under the scorching sun, a 4-year-old boy was swinging a wooden sword. It seemed like he had been training for quite a long time, sweat had drenched his entire body. The swing movement of the sword displayed attracted the attention of the soldiers who were around. It was because the boy was trying to transcend the restrictions of his body to be able to keep performing sword swings. Many sympathized, some people were also amazed by the actions of the child.
When there is Duke Tungsten, then – people immediately disperse and continue their respective activities.
“Don't overextend your body, Dek Vina. Not good lho”
The boy, Vina, stopped swinging his wooden sword and turned his gaze at the person who spoke just now. Vina, the little girl who is the son of Karina without knowing who her father is, she eagerly trained herself, in order to be adventurous to find her father who her mother said was lost during the expedition. Karina lied to her son that her father was a great man and was very meritorious to this kingdom. “Eh, Brother Ver. I'm strong enough Kak”
The little girl's forehead was picked up very slowly, Veroa smiled at her and gave a little direction to each swing of the sword. Almost every day, Veroa guided Vina in practicing the sword, but her swing was still too slow and she was still easily tired.
That's because he's so young, understandable and he should be commendable.
A little while later, Veroa invited Vina to rest.
“In the future, Vina wants to be what?” veroa asked after Vina took a breath and drank the glass of water the waiter had provided.
“I want to be a knight who can protect Mom and Kak Ver, then marry Kak Ver” he replied with
fiery spirit and eyes.
“Good, protecting the family is the main thing. Brother is counting on you yes, Vina” said he gave praise and ignored his desire to marry her, because he heard it from a small child.
“Um..”
Veroa looked at the little girl with an attentive gaze, feeling how hurt it would be to know the truth about her father and how he would react. After all, the feeling was similar to what he had felt from the fragments of his future memories, about his father being killed by his brother. But, the future has changed a lot, he has to face uncertain things in the future.
“Oh yes. By the way, big brother wants to visit Illiod Village. The new news
received yesterday, he said some children had gone missing without a trace. Brother wants to observe
“Whaa... Tau-mau!”
...
The sun follows their journey. Under the shadow of the leaves, the horse carriage drove leisurely. The road is pretty flat, so it doesn't shake too much. Veneer
laughing happy to see the natural scenery that was pouring from the window. Occasional,
he showed something that attracted his attention to Veroa, such as a fruit that looks like a laughing monkey head, uniquely, the skin of the fruit occasionally changes color depending on the temperature it receives.
In less than an hour, they had walked off the streets in the forest area
and enter the farm. Illiod's village focused on the management of grain crops, such was what Veroa ordered as Duke of Tungsten and on every village under his leadership, he ordered the same, but different, things.
In his system of government, he used a handover system. Every village is not left to operate on its own. In this case, Tungsten City became the center of distribution of needs in each village. In other words, as much as 30% of the crop or production, or at least they take half of the proceeds for personal needs and the rest is collected in the city warehouse. After that, the results that have been collected will be distributed back to each, as needed. For example, Illiod Village that has harvested wheat, they need meat, vegetables, fruits or anything other than wheat, then they are entitled to get it in the city warehouse, according to the contribution given.
In each village, there are guard officers who regularly alternate. Equally, there are 15 officers assigned in each village and 2 reconnaissance people who routinely check the surrounding conditions. However, yesterday there was an incident of the mysterious disappearance of six children without knowing what the cause was, even two scouts assigned there raised their hands.
This is where the task of a responsible leader takes steps when his men have felt powerless to solve the problem.
“Disappeared child?” after muttering softly, a system screen suddenly appeared and displayed the intended task.
Task Name: Investigate a case in Illiod Village!
Difficulty: Normal.
Time Limit: 3 days.
Punishment: Reputation -5% & Population reduced.
Rewards: Reputation +10%; Population fixed or increasing; and Skill level C (Optional)
“Tasks appear after thought? This seems like a hypothesis for now. But, for punishment and reward, I think it's worth it. For the deadline, it seems to depend on the condition of the field and it refers to the safety of the child – children who have been lost or rather, kidnapped?”
Right after the appearance of this task, the world seemed to have stopped spinning, but because it was too short to be felt, let alone that it was related to time, no one could sense that the world had just stopped for a moment.
But, Veroa's heart felt heavy and felt a very bad premonition that was alarming.
