The Useless 8th Prince

Suspicious Solutions and Places

Ciel, Camellia, the village chief, and the ten knights seemed to be walking around the farm area. Looking at the agricultural location not far from the forest, Ciel thought of something.

“The head of the village, this forest is not so vast, right?” ask Ciel.

“Very wide, Sir. It's just that the trees are not very dense and have been explored. There were no high-level Demonic Beasts there. Perhaps the most powerful is only level 2.”

“Hmmm ..”

Ciel looked at the forest. Although the distance of the tree is a bit far apart, but many shrubs there. It was most likely that the rat nests were in such places. More precisely, digging a hole in such an area.

“I've found a solution for rats,” said Ciel casually.

“Is that true, Mister?” asked the village chief with an astonished expression.

The middle-aged man was astonished that Ciel had only gone around for a while but had already found a solution. Not only the village chief, the knights and Camellia were also quite surprised.

“True.”

Seeing the enthusiastic gazes of the people around him, Ciel immediately asked.

“The head of the village, in this area there is a dish made from snake meat, right? As you presented in the banquet?”

“Do you know that, sir? Could you have an impression of the dish? It is indeed one of the typical cuisine here, Mr.”

“So so. It feels really good.”

“Is it something to do with this pest, Mister?” asked the middle-aged man with a confused expression on his face.

“Indeed,” said Ciel casually. Looking at the confused expressions of the people, he explained.

“Because it tastes good, I'm sure that the locals hunt snakes a lot, right?

If it's a week or two, it's not a problem. But after months or even years, such a thing becomes a problem. Because they are often hunted, snakes are becoming rarer in population. That said, now it must be harder to find a snake.

The link between snakes and rat pests is of course because they are in the food chain. Vegetables and various types of plants are rat food. Rats are snake food. They are bound in the food chain.

So ... what happens if the snake, the rat predator is gone?”

Everyone looked pensive for a moment, then a look of shock flashed across their faces.

“Really! The rat population will continue to increase because there are no natural predators. What's more, rats breed fast. Without predator prevention, they grow more and eventually become difficult to stop.

Fortunately, this has been found. Otherwise, I wouldn't be surprised if you guys would fail the harvest in the fall of this year.”

Hearing Ciel's explanation, the expression of the village chief turned pale. He hurriedly said, “Excuse our carelessness, Master! Because of our stupidity and carelessness, everything went awry.”

“No problem. Do you understand the solution now?”

“Stop hunting snakes?” the village chief hesitated.

“True. That's one of them. It is forbidden to hunt snakes. If it encounters a snake, as long as it is not venomous, drive it away. If it is venomous and may threaten the citizens, it is okay to kill it.

It's just ... using that way alone takes a very long time.”

“I'm thinking about it. Faster solution.”

Ciel pondered something. Now, he has two missions. First, make rat poison. Finally, make pesticides. More precisely, insecticides! Both of these toxins will eradicate the pests very efficiently. It's just that he's a little confused.

Indeed he had quite deep knowledge about alchemy or concocting potions. Only, Ciel had no recipe for both poisons. After all, here there is no such thing as rat poison or pesticides.

For rat poison, Ciel was still pretty sure to make it. It's just about the insecticide, he's really confused!

Insecticide, toxic to a wide variety of insects but the poison itself has no effect on the plant. Such a concept might be easy in modern times, but in the demon world that depended on magic and such, Ciel was completely confused!

Besides, I wasn't a professor or anything!

Ciel cursed in his heart. He also intended to make various pesticides. Examples such as fungicides that prevent fungi, bactericides that prevent various kinds of bacteria, algasids that prevent algae, and so on. But everything is not as easy as planned. Let alone making other types, making insecticides Ciel still confused where the starting line.

Let's think about that after returning to Black Lily City.

It is impossible to make such a thing in this place. At the very least, he still had a laboratory in his castle. For now, getting farmers to calm down about taxes and providing a long-term solution to the rat problem is enough.

For the development of agriculture .. let's do that after I have successfully made rat poison and insecticide.

Thought Ciel while walking back to the village chief's house. But on the way, he felt strange because he saw a wooden house in the corner of the village. Moreover, the house was quite close to the forest. Although quite curious, he decided to return first. It's not too late to check it out tomorrow.

Arriving at the village chief's house, as it was already afternoon, Ciel immediately took a bath and rested in the room provided by the village chief. Normally, the previous territory owner Marquis had never descended to the location at all. Said the village chief, that person only cares about the results received. If it is less, the people will be miserable.

Ck! Ck! Ck! People have worked for him. Basic leaders don't know the lucky.

Think Ciel. Although he was quite lazy to deal with such a thing, the young man did not dare to run away from responsibility. For comfort and safety, it is also necessary to fight.

After sunset, Ciel and his entourage had dinner as usual. They should enjoy dinner as they only stay in the village for two days. Ciel decided to return the day after tomorrow. He wanted to take care of the rat poison and insecticide immediately. He also had to take care of new documents on special taxes in the territory he personally managed.

Finishing dinner and sitting casually together, the curious Ciel looked at the village chief.

“Wood house in the corner of the village .. who lives there?”

“Eh?” The village chief looked surprised. After pondering for a moment, he said, “Actually, there is half a Troll living there, Mr.”

“Troll?” ask Ciel.

From the book that Ciel read, Trolls are tall humanoid creatures, have bad faces and are extremely brutal. They have powerful regeneration abilities. Trolls are usually born good soldiers. But it has a clear weakness, namely magic.

Trolls themselves were also demon races, but in the lower class category and even hated other demon races. The Devil Race (Demon) also had different types of sub races. The most famous are ordinary demons (Devil), Arch Devils, Succubus, Vampires, and some Demon races that look like humans.

For races like Trolls, Orcs, Goblins, Imps, Minotaurs, and the like. Some of those races were usually employed as slaves. They are often treated like animals.

Ciel himself did not care much about their strange appearance. He seems quite curious.

Half a troll, huh? I'll see him tomorrow.

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