Burial Ground Collapses into a Sinkhole (First Update)

September 21st.

Nine days had passed since Levis's wedding.

After extracting all the fire dragon magic power on Black Horse Island, Liszt returned by ship to Flower Town, intending to spend a leisurely period there.

More importantly, he was preparing for the coming Development Order—shortly after the Count's birthday, he would head to the court to attend the Grand Duke's Retainers' Conference and formally discuss this year's Development Order.

The footsteps of war were drawing near.

Having already decided to go to the battlefield for a second time, Liszt felt no nerves, only excitement. Excitement for the military merits to come, excitement at setting foot in a new land, and excitement for the plundering of population and resources. It was hard to imagine that his formerly peace-loving self would become someone who longed for war.

Perhaps poverty had simply frightened him too deeply.

Not long after returning to Flower Town, a knight from Tulip Castle came galloping over with a package. It had been sent from Red Crab Island and contained several piano scores—Meiopal had indeed sent Liszt the piano scores he had treasured for many years, along with a collection of his own insights into playing the piano.

The moment he received the piano scores.

The Smoke mission immediately changed.

"The mission has changed."

Just as expected, once he obtained the reward in advance, the Smoke mission automatically changed.

New Snake Script swiftly condensed: "Mission: Fire Dragon Brickworks craftsman Ateste has revealed clues about a quartz mine, allowing you to glimpse the dawn of glassmaking. Please figure out how to make glass from quartz ore, and create one ordinary glass product. Reward: collapsed sinkhole."

"A collapsed sinkhole?"

"What kind of reward is that?"

Liszt stared at the reward described in the Smoke Snake Script, thoroughly puzzled. It sounded as