Character Information - Who is who?

Because I have created quite a variety of characters, I will now create little cheat sheets before a chapter for the characters who will appear in the chapter, but not for those who haven't. Please open the spoiler if you need some reminders. (Be careful, it can be a spoiler for the chapter!)

Marisia S. Leonandra (Wolf-kin)

* Lady of the Leonandra household

* A user of the wild-demon energy

* Mother of the MC

* Golden eyes

* Crimson red fur and hair color

Salyna Leonandra (Swan-kin)

* Head accountant of the Leonandra estate

* Specialized in accounting, economy, and finance

* Blue eyes

* Snow-white feather and hair color

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Later that day

A wolf-kin and swan-kin woman walked into the basement where the training room was.

The swan-kin looked around, and her left eye twitched periodically, "Is Mr. Alexander fine?"

Marisia nodded, "Yes, he is now sleeping. He should be ok when he wakes up. The skill he got is very powerful."

After she said that everything went well, Salyna didn't continue the chat but looked around and assessed the damage done while walking a step behind her mistress. Her skills alarmed the head accountant about the damage she saw. This made the veins pop on her forehead more than usual.

The private training room was under the main mansion of the estate, and the damage she saw was unimaginable. If someone told her that a wild demon noble was rampaging here, she would believe it immediately.

All the walls and structures were reddish-tinted and had cracks everywhere. Salyna could've sworn that parts on the wall started crumbling down.

They were. Salyna saw it at the right moment as she looked up, and something fell on her head, which she dusted off, 'Calm down.'

She would've been terrified by how it barely held itself together if she had had civil engineering skills, unlike someone who saw this needed special analytical skills to see that everything only held barely together through sheer luck.

When they stood before the training room with the crumbled-up door, it looked much worse than she imagined. Even Marisia didn't remember it this bad since she was all happy-go-lucky after the demonic baptism.

Salyna said carefully, "Are we alone, my lady?"

The lady nodded, "Yes. Nobody here."

Salyna turned her head towards her childhood friend and inhaled strongly before it started, "ARE YOU MAD!"

Marisia smiled a bit as it was refreshing seeing her best friend and retainer being honest and direct after a long time.

A vein popped, then the swan-kin saw that her friend smiled, "WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU SMILING! HUH?! DO YOU THINK THIS IS FUNNY?!"

Marisia stepped back and held her hands in peace, "Sorry, it was an accident, but it can't be that bad, right?"

"Yeah, sure..." she slightly touched a part of the wall, and it crumbled, "...whatever."

Marisia looked around and dared not to touch anything, "Can you use your skill to estimate the damage?"

She said almost instantly, "I don't want to."

Marisia was stunned, "Why? Please?!"

Salyna said firmly, "No."

Marisia knew Salyna's accountant [Mystic Skills] as they were one of the rarer legacies. She could take the earlier generations' accumulation and their analyses of the general economy, household finances, and specific situations and use them as cross-references for other skills for estimations.

One such skill could analyze specific situations and the possible expense she would need to pay for the damage done here. The more cross-references she had, the closer it came to the actual cost.

This also meant if she used it now, it would practically be written down inside the legacy, and when she got another child, it would receive everything she analyzed, and the child could also see who examined it.

If Alexander knew about this, he would be fascinated that Salyna had basically a bloodline database that came to fruition through her legacy.

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Marisia sighed, "I needed to do it. You know it."

Salyna squinted at her, "Did you cheat on that barbarian?"

Marisia was confused, "What?! NO! Why would you say something like this?!"

Salyna went towards the other half of the four-meter wide double door, which didn't crumble, and lightly tapped it with her foot. A large part crumbled down to the floor.

Salyna looked again at her friend, "You know, if you told me that you had a flick with a demon lord, I would've believed you... who else could survive..." She opened her arms, pointing at everything, "...this!"

Marisia looked at her first with a frown and then laughed, "Haha, it was not that ba..." she stopped herself and corrected, "...it was bad. Very bad, but I needed to do it... if I waited a month and he enhanced his mental fortitude skills more, I don't know if I could break down his barriers for the skill at that point."

Salyna frowned and tried to walk into the training area but was held back by the shoulder from Marisia, "What?"

"The... floor is... you know."

Salyna scratched her well-made snow-white hair, "Damn it... so it is worse than I thought."

Marisia shook her head, "Worse. I went all out... and I mean it."

Salyna rubbed her chin, "Yeah, definitely a demon lord."

After a couple of seconds, they both started laughing.

After another couple of seconds, Salyna screamed at her, "STOP LAUGHING, YOU MORON!"

Marisia flinched, and Salyna went into a tirade, "My father was right. You are fucking insane, like your barbarian of a husband and your children, by the shit ass of a circle. I chose you for your morals, but I didn't think that your morals also fucking include giving birth to... wait?"

Marisia tilted her head, "What?"

Salyna looked at her more focused, "Did the little imp (a name for newborn demon) actually learn the skill or something better?"

Marisia smiled at her, "Absolutely."

Salyna rubbed her chin while analyzing the destruction without using any of her skills, "Huh, at least something. He will be gone in a couple of years anyway."

Marisia looked at her sternly, "Don't say something like this, Saly. But I know that him staying here will only be to his detriment."

"Yeah, I hope he will make us some money before he leaves for a MU or directly to one in the free cities first?"

Marisia wanted to lean against the wall but decided against it for obvious reasons, "MU, if he goes directly to the free cities..."

Salyna nodded, "Yeah, he will meet this bastard, and by all that is inside a circle, nobody would know what would happen."

Marisia's killing intent surged briefly but retracted it as fast as she could, "If he even touches a hair on one of my children, I will personally start a campaign to the free cities."

Salyna looked at her and then back at the place she destroyed, "Yeah, kinda believe you..." She sighed, "Damn, I will do it. Give me a second."

Salyna opened her eyes wide, and inside her point of view, everything went into color grading, grids, and numbers. She stood still for a couple of minutes, and only then she facepalmed, "Damn it..."

Marisia came over and patted her shoulder with a nervous smile, "It can't be that bad?"

Salyna said almost silently, "Fifteen to twenty."

This made Marisia happy, "See? Fifteen to twenty thousand average gold coins are quite the chunk but not bad."

Salyna said, almost whispering, "Percent."

Marisia thought she heard wrong, "Excuse me?"

Salyna looked at her angrily, "Fifteen to twenty percent of the treasury."

A sweat drop formed on the forehead of the lady, "Which treasury? The current one, right? We already paid quite a bit for the demon run effort... so..."

Salyna looked at her more sternly, "The one before, which means around forty percent at least. Estimate with fifty."

This stunned the lady, "This... is a lot."

Salyna snapped, "NO SHIT, MERLIN! DO YOU HAVE MAYBE MORE GREAT IDEAS LIKE WHY NOT DO THE SAME INSIDE SOMEWHERE WITH A MORE SENSITIVE STRUCTURE!"

Salyna stomped on the floor and broke part of it, and almost fell down, only to be held by Marisia, "FUCKING DAMMIT!"

Marisia frowned. They wouldn't go bankrupt but giving at least forty percent of their treasury was an insane amount of their wealth to repair everything.

She thought they could only repair the most important parts first and then do it slowly over time, but the demonic energy seeped too deep inside the structures. It needed an overhaul.

She wouldn't do it here if she knew that she needed to go that much overboard. She would go outside to some training place for the soldiers.

It was also not a problem even if they lost seventy percent of their treasury. The only problem was the timing. The current demon run was different, and having resources was crucial in a time like this, 'This will be a headache.'

Salyna spoke up, "This... damn it... we need to get our debts back from some families."

Marisia looked at her, "This will be a bad idea. You know the game and how they will react."

The head accountant knew that the Leonandra household was partly prosperous because they gave out credits in goodwill. If the debtor defaulted, they couldn't take their land as they were in a unique position, but what they took were special agreements, resources, and more.

They had a lot of investments outside of their territory and thus became one of the more prosperous territories with low taxes. So low that even the red light districts paid their due most of the time, as the minuscule financial loss wouldn't be worth a raid because they evaded taxes.

But the situation was critical as the demon run could produce someone dangerous. If this happened, the Leonandra army needed to recruit every mercenary they could get their hands on, and if this happened, they would be lucky to have ten percent of their treasury left. A very dangerously small amount.

Marisia looked around and sighed, "Let's leave and talk with my family. I need more people to discuss it with."

Salyna looked the last time around, "Yeah, sure. I bet that your children could help you, haha!"

Marisia looked at her, "No, but I need someone to bounce my ideas off, and they can learn something too. You are too emotional right now."

Salyna almost screamed at her but caught herself at the last moment, "No shit?! If Alexander doesn't become an archmage, I will personally charge him for this shit!"

Marisia thought momentarily and remembered Merlin's biography, one of the more important historical figures in the Mal-Gil empire, "Wasn't every archmage practically broke and on the verge of bankruptcy because of their expensive experiments?"

Salyna walked out of the room, "Don't talk to me! I must calm down if you want to bring some brats into our discussion!"

Marisia chuckled inwardly while she followed her best friend. When they were before a more public place, Salyna stopped and straightened herself.

The lady passed her, and the head accountant followed her. They were back in their positions.