The Doomed Fief’s Dying Lord (23)

A short time after the business got on track, I honestly confessed to Ronari.

“I’ve been acting as if I’d planned everything perfectly until now.”

“What are you saying all of a sudden? Acting like that?”

“I mean the truth is not like that. My plan has too many holes.”

Ronari’s brows knitted.

She put down what she was doing and looked at me.

Her expression was serious.

“Young master. You can stop doubting yourself. You’ve already proven yourself enough. Who do you think got us this far?”

“Thanks for the words, but that doesn’t change the facts.”

“…”

Her eyes glared at me.

‘Seriously, this young master…’

She let out a deep sigh and spoke.

“Ha, alright. Then tell me. Why did you do that? Why draw up a plan full of holes and pretend it was perfect to drag us in?”

“Because I thought people would feel reassured and follow my plan.”

“Then you succeeded. Everyone is doing their job well in their positions. What’s the problem?”

She added.

“There is no such thing as a perfect plan in this world. People help each other and fill the gaps. It’s not like you solve every problem you get reports about, young master.”

That was true.

I nodded.

“It was like that when we started the business. The idea was the alcohol business, but I knew nothing about alcohol. Izak and Pietro were a huge help. Thanks to them, the business could be established.”

“So what is it? What do you really want to say?”

Her voice carried annoyance.

She seemed fed up with my roundabout speaking.

It was understandable.

I was indeed hesitating.

Should I really bring this up?

‘If you don’t bring it up, what then? Fix the problem. Lee Jungwoo!’

Would Ronari really believe this?

Now it was do or die.

“Ronari. Don’t you feel that this job doesn’t suit you?”

“I was wondering what this was about… Did you want to have me do some other work? Then just say it. Why go around in circles like it’s something big?”

She asked in a tired voice.

“What is it? Say it quickly.”

“Have you considered becoming a tactician?”

“Huh?”

Right?

That reaction was to be expected.

But there was no helping it.

To plug the holes in our plan, we needed her strength.

“For now, our business is more or less settled. The business side. But that’s only half of the plan.”

“Right. Ultimately we have to clear the Dungeon. We need to devise tactics for that and execute them. But…”

She pointed at herself.

“You want me to do that?”

I nodded.

“Ahaha… young maaaster…? That joke isn’t funny, you know? Tactics can be drawn up by the corps, and we even have the lord now. I know you trust me, but there’s no need for jokes like that.”

“No. It’s not a joke. Administrator Ronari definitely has talent.”

That’s guaranteed by the Status Window.

It’s shown like this even now.

I resented the reality that I couldn’t show this to her.

[Ronari Arenta]

[Potential Rank : S+]

[Talent Aptitude : field commander]

When Ronari became an officially contracted talent and the [Talent Aptitude] information opened, I was very puzzled looking at it.

“A field commander…”

‘Is the meaning of field commander in this world different from what I know…?’