Overworked Lyra

"Weak, too weak, what the hell is wrong with these nobles, why can't they even build a proper wall?" Lyra had a distressed voice looking at the outer wall of the city.

"We didn't get proper directions to do it, they were more interested in their house decorations than these walls," Most of the builders were embarrassed hearing her words as they knew it was correct.

"Foolish! This is why they are no good, now do you understand? If not for my brother, it will be a disaster for you to live under fools like this," Lyra didn't miss the opportunity as she started to boast about Velian and talk about how he managed the alliance.

"Sister, do you really have to say all those things?" Lyra quickly turned her head hearing a familiar sound behind her.

"Veli, you came back?" Ignoring all the people looking at them she quickly hugged him without even caring about the looks.

Velian returned her hug without saying anything as he kept patting her head,

"How have you been sister? Didn't I tell you not to overwork?" Velian was happy to see her back after a long time.

"I want to help you even if I have to overwork myself to death," She answered his question gaining Velian's disapproval.

"No, I'm working because I want you guys to live in peace so I don't want such a thing to happen," She just blinked at his words without answering him for a few seconds.

"I won't again, I will take proper rest," With satisfaction, Velian looked at the wall which was been rebuilt by all the workers under Lyra's orders.

"When did you start this?" Velian was proud to see everyone working under his family's orders.

"Not too long ago, the previous wall was too weak compared to our alliance wall so I thought about rebuilding it," Lyra was proud to show her works to him.

"Nice work sister," Velian gave her a thumbs up showing his approval. "Are you free now? We haven't been able to hang out with each other recently so if you want we can go grab some food,"

Hearing his request, Lyra showed a perverted smile.

"I'm always free for you brother, don't you know it," She quickly ran toward all the workers and handed a paper-like thing to her assistant who she had been training to help the city management.

After completing her work, they walked along the road to find a good restaurant. Velian used a hoodie to cover his face to avoid unwanted attention.

Most of the people who greeted them were Lyra's acquaintances.

"You're popular, aren't you?" Velian was surprised to see her getting along with so many peoples.

"Not really, I'm friendly with them so they will believe me and follow me, I don't really care about them, I only believe my family and a few friends," Hearing her words, Velian just gave her a light laugh.

"That's more like you, I was just surprised," While they were talking Lyra went to a good inn which had comfortable rooms and good food. It wasn't anything grandeur but it was the only decent place in the whole city.

"Tsk, they didn't even bother to build a good inn for adventurers and visitors, what were they even doing before our arrival?" Lyra was displeased with the way the whole city was.

None of the things in the city was neither citizens nor officials fault as they had to obey the viscount. "No, it isn't their fault, I'm pretty sure Viscount didn't allow them to do that,"

Lyra just nodded her head with a helpless smile.

"Now we have to rebuild all these things, we first had to gain the trust of all the citizens and now building all this," Velian just laughed at her words.

"It is how it is, let's take it slow,"

The building they entered was filled with people chatting and drinking. It was a big establishment with two floors having rooms to lodge in.

Lyra and Velian gained much attention as people in the inn were interested in who Lyra was. Velian quickly walked to the reception girl without revealing his identity as he didn't want to cause chaos.

Some of them were suspicious as they tried to take a peek, especially most of the girls but they were met with Lyra's deadly stare.

"We would like to take a room for two hours and some food," Velian said looking at the receptionist girl who was looking at him with interest.

"Sir, you can't take food inside the room, if you want to way you will have to come here, and for the room, it will be one silver coin since it is only for two hours," After a few seconds of staring she quickly coughed while telling them about the information.

"Here take this and bring us food to our room, it's not a big deal right?" Lyra gave her some more silver coins as she didn't want anyone disturbing their peaceful meal.

"Hehe~ this is more than enough, we have bread with cockatrice soup or you can have our new product called pasta with tomato sauce," She was pretty excited since she got some extra money.

"Bring one from both, that's it," Lyra wasn't popular among the masses like others so most of them couldn't identify her as someone close to Velian.

"Right away, you can take room number 7, here's the key," The receptionist girl said while handing over a metal key.

There was no one to lead them to the room so Velian just took the stairs and found their room on the second floor.

"We should build this city, if this is how they treat their customers, we won't be a proper kingdom," Unsatisfied with the service of this inn, Velian thought entering the room which only had a bed and a cupboard.

"Sister, is this how inns are supposed to be even in the empire?" Velian knew there were a lot of luxury establishments in the kingdom since he controlled one of the biggest business firms with the help of dopples.

"It depends, normally nobles won't take accommodations in these kinds of places so most of them are for adventurers and travellers." Velian carefully listened to her words until they heard a knock on the door.

"Here's your food enjoy," She said while leaving them with two servings of food.

"Brother, I really appreciate your cooking," She said while looking at the plate without any appetite.

"I know, seen this I feel like our mother can cook better than this," Since they were hungry both of them finished the dishes before it gets all soggy.

"Let's talk about city development later," Lyra looked at Velian hearing his voice.

"Tell me more about war and your predictions sister,"