Things Acquired In Others Territories (4)

A few days after I helped them find a house, Miri suddenly came to visit the chamberlain.

"I can do anything. I'm confident in my sewing and I'm good at cleaning. Please let me work for you!" <Miri >

When I saw the scene, I decided to check her status.

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[Miri]

[Age: 18]

[Power Level: 5]

[Intelligence: 59]

[Command: 10]

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There was an interesting part to her status.

Her intelligence was 59, even though she had never studied properly.

Power Level, intelligence, and command are all values that show a combination of talent and effort.

In addition, a talent limit is applied to the system's values.

The higher the limit, the higher the talent, but that doesn't mean anything without the necessary effort.

The system also had a [skill] that could see talent limits.

However, in order to use that [skill] I need 3000 points, it's impossible at my current level.

After all, Miri must not have made any effort to improve her intelligence.

She was probably not in an environment where she could do so.

Still, with a number of 59, she might be able to transform herself if she worked hard.

I got curious what would happen.

"Do you want to work?" <Julius >

"Yes, my lord!" <Miri >

Miri fell flat when she came in front of me.

Like a full blow kowtow

Then she tugged on Zeff's arm.

'You too, get down on your knees quickly!'

This was the meaning behind her action.

"That's enough. It's not nice for a vassal to kneel every time. Zeff is my vassal and you, his wife, may address me as sir." <Miri >

"Your Excellency? Well, that's ...." <Miri >

Miri was confused, with a look of fear on her face that said she couldn't call me that, before she went fully flushed realizing what i'd really said at the end.

I decided to quickly get down to business.

Giving Zeff a look he got her up to her feet, though she was unable to meet either of our eyes.

"You want to work, don't you?" <Julius >

"Yes. I don't know how to repay this favor...I'll do anything, really!" <Miri >

"Can you do whatever it takes?" <Julius >

"Yes!"

I replied with a shrug.

Zeff meanwhile looked really nervous, surely he's heard about my reputation in town by now afterall.

"Then why don't you do some studying? You'd better start by learning the...letters, and numbers." <Julius >

At my words, Miri blinked her eyes for about ten seconds and then looked at Zeff.

"It's not Zeff. He's a far cry from all that." <Julius >

Miri pointed to herself at my words.

"Me? Oh, no! Of course not! Aren't letters supposed to be learned by nobles?" <Miri >

"I've told you many times, vassals are quasi-aristocrats. If you really want to work for the territory, you should start by learning the letters. If you don't, I won't let you work." <Julius >

Miri was very confused when I said that.

"Yes, sir! Can I do it ...?" <Miri >

"If you work hard, the results will come. Let's just wait and see what happens." <Julius >

That was the part I really had no idea about.

Would her intelligence increase or stay the same?

Besides, there are different kinds of intelligence: intelligence to manage a territory, intelligence to fight in wars and others.

I don't know what kind of intelligence she has until I experience it.

It's like waiting for the results of a lottery draw.

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Currently, I'm level 19.

I became level 18 after annihilating the Visigoth Royal Army in the recent wars battles.

Then, in the process of taking out Miri, I had a battle with the border patrol, which brought me to level 19.

My power level is 64 and I have 300 points left.

I can't neglect my level-ups, that means that I have to stay involved in various battles.

Of course, that would be after I've built up my territory.

"Haddin, assemble all the troops!" <Julius >

I gathered the entire army to introduce my new vassals and now I'm holding a tournament with prizes.

I can see the ability values of people, but the others can't.

No one but me knows who Zeff and Yusen are, let alone the men who followed after Yusen.

This tournament is to show off the military prowess of the newly joined vassals.

There is no one who can defeat Zeff even Yusen had been defeated by him before.

Naturally, the winner was Zeff and the second place went to Yusen.

After this event I announced their new positions.

Haddin, who is the only remaining noble among my vassals, was still the overall commander of the army.

Yusen, who has a command ability value of 90, has been appointed as the deputy commander of the Territorial Army.

In addition, I created a new series of positions starting with Bene's new one called a Primary Cohort leading 1,000 men and I also appointed Givens the same rank, who were the two best suited to handle a force of this size of the new arrivals.

Givens command was 76 and Bente 82 they were the best for the job.

In Zeff's case, his command was too low.

So, I appointed him as the captain of the Special Forces unit that doesn't have any subordinates yet.

He had the same grade as a Primary Cohort but acting closer to my personal guards.

After reviewing the reallocated positions I now turned my attention to the troops.