Chapter 3. New life and blessing

I wake up early in the morning and enjoy the fresh air that I couldn't breathe while I was still on Earth. I'm 7 years old now but I haven't got familiar with everything around me. I'm Ivar William Fortuna, I'm heir to a noble house name Fortuna in the Allenstein Kingdom. Although I'm a cripple, my father doesn't show any sign of disgust while visiting me. However, there are rumors that the Khal( similar to king ) of Heathen Kingdom has gathered his army and prepare to invade our kingdom, so my father rarely sees me now since our territory is near the border with that kingdom.

Iceland, one of the largest regions of Allenstein Kingdom, its' size can be compared with the dukes' realm. Its' location is quite troublesome, though. To the north of Iceland is Abandon Forest, where many dangerous animals along with the tribes of Beastmen live, our house has succeeded to counter 11 Beastmen Invasions with the help from the Royal House, house Mathel and surrounding Allenstein nobles. To the west, we face a strong kingdom, the Heathen Kingdom; however, this kingdom is often overwhelmed by its' domestic affairs, news about its' Khal preparing to invade our kingdom is the first time in history.

To the south is the territory ruled by Duke Magnus Pyrell of House Pyrell. My father often describes him as an asshole who makes use of the marriage of his sister with the king to convince him to stop financial support to my house and limit its' political influence. He wants to seize control of Iceland from my father since it has highly fertile land and many rich iron mines. His land is called Meath. He owns the trading city of Kursk and the city of Ostrovic, along with several silver mines; As a result, he has a huge influence in the kingdom and becomes the strongest Duke among the four dukes of our Kingdom.

To the east of our land lay a giant mount called Firnir. Many people say deep inside the mount is where the Dwarf live, since they are the kind always dedicate to mining. However, it's just a rumor and nobody has seen a dwarf coming from that mountain.

I was deep in thought until the is a knock on my room's door and a guard step inside:

- Lord Ivar, Lord William wants to meet you, he said he would like to have breakfast with you and talk about your blessing.

He is Charles, one of my personal guards who has worked for my family for ten years since he was 17. He is a tall guy with brown hair, aside from being my guard, he is also the cavalry commander of my house, which prove he is very talented and my dad is planning to make him our Marshal since the current Marshal is already 65 and he probably wants to retire very soon.

I answer him:

- Okay, tell my father that I'll be there in 15 minutes.

I rise from my bed, wear my fake legs and proper clothes. About blessing, I was told by my father that there is a chance for a person to be blessed by a god and gain a special power. However, the chance is incredibly low, which is 1: 1 million people. Allenstein kingdom only has about 400000 citizens in total and the only one known for an owing blessing is the Grand Marshal, who is the son of the asshole I mentioned earlier, who has the power to increase his strength by 10.

I call my blessing " Master of Wisdom" it helps me to recreate any books that exist in the history of Earth and if I concentrate, I can think faster and slow down the time; however, doing the latter is extremely exhausted. When I was 5, I discovered my talent and created some books about inventions that can help to develop Iceland. Have known about blessing, I introduce to my father a new way of mining and forging iron and the blueprints of the water wheel, mining and farming advanced tool, as iron mines are the main income of our family and since the most area of Iceland is hills, I believe water wheels will increase the efficiency of cultivating crops in our land. My fake legs which help me to walk are also created according to a book name Art of Craft written by a person named Enzoumon. I have never heard about him in my past life. I guess he is Japanese since aside from instruction to make several things as simple as my legs, there is also guidance in forging some Japanese samurai amours and weapons.

Get out of my bed, I slowly use my fake legs to stand and walk like a normal person. There is a limit in my blessing that I can only recreate a book a year and I'm the only person able to read the book. The Art of Craft is the book I obtained on my 7th birthday and these legs are just made for about a month. The three books I have recreated are: Inventions that change mankind's feudal life forever, Art of War by Sun Tzu, and Art of Craft. I still cannot utilize my new legs well so there is time that I fell to the ground.

When my father knew that I have a blessing, he was extremely happy. I only told him the blueprints I gave him earlier is my design, and I have a blessing that increases my intelligence tremendously. Aside from our trusted subordinates, no one knows that I have a blessing and the people of Iceland only know me as a genius. So from the name Ivar the Cripple, people start to call me Ivar the Smart.

Continue to walk to the dining room, I wonder what my father wants to talk about, he is loved by his people and called William the Fearless since, in the 10th and 11th Beastmen Invasion, he always moved forward and crush anything get in his way. However, in the 11th Beastmen Invasion, he was wounded severely and nearly died from that wound. He told me that he still feels uncomfortable from this wound and he can't fight as skillfully as before.

Being a history nerd in my last life, I admire a brave lord and care about his people like him. I also experience the feeling of having a caring father. As his son and heir, I swear to myself that I will develop Iceland into the most prosperous land in the world, protect house Fortuna from any possible threat, and one day, I will build a giant empire which capital is the castle city of Neverwinter.