Chapter 16: Lucas's Requirements

Next day morning Lucas woke up refreshed and full of energy. And before Lucy could wake him up, he went out do light warm up exercises in the garden located east side of the manor.

By the time Lucy came to wake him up and seeing him in the garden on the way to his room, Lucy was little bit stunned. Because Lucas never woke up before him till now.

But, seeing him doing exercise in the garden, she didn't disturb him and watched his movements from the side as these movements looked different from what she learned till now.

After a while Lucas stopped and started sweating and panting heavily and thought to himself.

"This body is really waste."

"Can't even handle basic exercise for half an hour."

"Need to get rid of this waste body and make it slightly bit stronger for the upcoming journey to my fief."

As Lucas was thinking to himself, Lucy walked out and handed him a towel.

Seeing towel appear before him, Lucas turned around to see Lucy and said while wiping the sweat.

"Thanks Lucy."

"It is my duty your Highness." Lucy replied while bowing her head a little.

"I will go and ready the water for your bath, your highness"

After saying that Lucy went to prepare hot was for Lucas's bath. Seeing that Lucy doing everything quickly as before, Lucas shook his head and said while laughing lightly.

"I thought that she would change a little after seeing me change, but… who would have guessed that everything would return to normal as usual."

After saying that he started wiping his sweat on his body with the towel and walked to his study room slowing.

After entering the study room, he started studying the map, and started searching for the place to select as his fief.

After a while Lucy came to study room and asked Lucas to take bath and then left to prepare breakfast.

It a while to complete his bath and the Lucas went to eat his breakfast, which was already prepare by Lucy. Then they went to study room to continue to topics that were left yesterday.

"How money were we able to save till now, Lucy?"

After entering the study room Lucas asked Lucy.

"About 4087 gold 89 silver coins are left in the treasury your highness."

Lucy replied after thinking for a while.

"I have about 5000 gold coins left by my mother in secret."

"Use these money with the money form treasury to buy 3000 young and strong slaves of which 2000 are male and rest are female."

"Apart from the slaves you also buy clothes, food items like oil, salt, spices etc., all types of seeds."

"And in the slaves try to find some blacksmith and artisans for construction."

"Apart from these try to buy horses and large carts."

While Lucas was speaking his requirements, Lucy started to write down them seriously. After he completed his requests, she looked somewhat hesitant to speak while looking at Lucas.

Seeing that Lucas smiled a little and spoke to Lucy in a little bit serious voice.

"What are you hesitating about? Speak you mind out."

"This…"

"Your highness, you see do we require to buy that many slaves?"

"After choosing a fief there will be people present in the fief so we won't be needing that many slaves."

"So your highness why do we require this many slaves?"