Viscount Melendez Territory.
This viscount had recently earned a positive reputation within the Empire, praised as "the Empire's most far-sighted dandelion."
Dandelions scattered their seeds downwind to distant places, where they took root. Lucky dandelion seeds could even cross the seas and appear at the ends of the world.
Viscount Melendez's fine reputation came from the rise of the Baron in the Northlands. His daughter had become the Baroness of Frozen Earth Territory, and the future Ryan Family was visibly growing stronger. Half of that powerful bloodline came from the Melendez Family.
The viscount territory had also become increasingly prosperous and powerful alongside Ryan's rise. Half of its ships were now used to help Frozen Earth Territory sell the specialties of the Northlands, carrying them by sea to the prosperous West Coast, where countless treasures of gold and silver awaited buyers willing to pay generously.
Thanks to these resources, Viscount Melendez Territory had produced its first Sky Knight the year before last.
After that, the territory's military strength had begun expanding rapidly as well.
But starting this year, its development had slowed.
Because an Otherworld Plane in Calais Province had shattered. It had been an Otherworld Plane jointly owned by the nobles of Calais Province, containing many native magical creatures.
After losing the Otherworld Plane they could exploit to exhaustion, the Melendez Family's industries had been almost entirely pinned on the river originating from the Blazing Snow Mountains. Yet for some unknown reason, the river's flow was decreasing.
Both matters greatly affected the growth of the Melendez Family's wealth.
The viscount was also considered a minor-to-mid-ranking noble. Borrowing the prestige of Count Clayton and Baron Ryan, Melendez had begun shifting his family's interests. The Imperial Second Legion was now under Count Clayton's command, so naturally the viscount's family would not