As far as Damboro's current rulers were concerned, they could only be grateful that the Undead's demands for compensation were so simple: a territory in some remote corner, and the elevation of a lord from the Ster Family's branch to baron, enfeoffing him there.
Although there was also economic compensation, they were not asking for money—only various minerals and some of the most basic Crystal Energy Technology materials.
Even Scarlet had those things. Giving part of them to the Undead was naturally no problem, especially since it gave some value to the materials stolen from other countries that were unsuitable for appearing in Damboro.
Heh~ Even if those people found out what Damboro had done, would they dare go to the Undead and demand that they not use them?
The Damboro Royal Family and the Noble Council reached an agreement just like that, then commissioned the Undead to deliver the enfeoffment document to Linde as quickly as possible.
However, Earl Ster could not bring himself to feel happy after receiving the news. Although he had been forced to sacrifice part of Linde's interests, as a father, he truly did not want his relationship with his youngest son to freeze over completely.
If not for the sudden eruption of the matter with Ellie, he would not have treated Linde so ruthlessly. His youngest son's mistake had not been small, but it had been resolved before it caused any harm.
Therefore, he had actually planned to use some connections to push Linde toward the position of baron after Linde became an Official Mage.
Although that would not have been entirely satisfactory to Linde, it could still count as compensation... Given that Linde had been the one to make a mistake first, he might actually have been quite happy with that outcome.
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