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With that, Viscount Will finally confirmed the effects of the Magic Beast Fruit.

Unfortunately, the conscription was imminent. He could only instruct Ryan to guard the remaining fruits carefully and wait until he returned before making further arrangements.

After all, in Sir Will's mind, the Magic Beast Fruit tree was in his own castle's rear garden. Nothing could possibly go wrong.

Yet now, along came Nalant, a nobleman who had no sense of martial honor...

"Sir Ryan, don't be sad. I'm happy to have acquired this Magic Beast Fruit tree from Viscount Will's Castle, so when your father comes to ransom you back later, I'll ask for appropriately fewer sprites!"

Nalant patted Ryan on the shoulder in consolation.

It hadn't been easy for them to dig up a tree and haul it all the way back from the Black Forest. That was a place rarely visited by humans and inhabited by orcs.

The ten kobolds Batman had fought in the arena last time had been obtained from that dark forest.

"Exchange them for sprites?" Ryan froze.

"That's right. I heard that your Northern Principality doesn't have many gold coins, but you do have plenty of Green Sprites. So when the time comes, I plan to have your fathers use sprites for the exchange. That way, you won't have to come up with so many gold coins all at once!"

"Alright, Sir Ryan, I'm ready to set out again now. I'll make sure your castle remains intact!"

After explaining that to Ryan, Nalant prepared to depart immediately for the next noble territory.

News of his arrival had already leaked, so he had to move quickly.

Otherwise, who knew whether the Northern Principality would send a great army to encircle and suppress him next.

Besides, Viscount Will's Castle had already been thoroughly