[Daily Intelligence Update complete] [1: Asta Augustus is touring the Northern Frontier out of boredom. The Red Tide Fief is one of his main inspection targets.] [2: A young craftsman's apprentice in the Red Tide Fief, Hamilton, possesses a rare combined talent for mechanics and alchemy. He may become a master craftsman in the future.] [3: Titus of the Frostflame Tribe led three thousand elite troops against the Shattered Axe and Red Rock tribes with the aid of the Sorrowflame Vine Court. Despite being outnumbered, he won a decisive victory and forcibly incorporated both tribes' Barbarian forces into his army.] [4: The vanguard and scout units dispatched by the Frostflame Tribe have quietly crossed the border and are secretly encamped in a canyon not far from the Red Tide Fief.]
At the first entry, he did not so much as raise an eyelid. The corner of his mouth twitched almost imperceptibly.
He was neither particularly surprised nor nervous.
"Let him come if he wants." Louis leaned against the cushion, his expression calm. "He was going to see it sooner or later anyway.
"At the Red Tide Fief's current size, there's no hiding much anymore. The towns, roads, factories, thermal energy hub... let him look at whatever he can see."
He paused, a hint of mockery entering his otherwise level voice. "Of course, the things truly worth something won't be sitting by the front gate."
The original Frostleaf Medicine formula, the structure of the Demon Explosive Bomb, the design for the honey battle aura potion...
He had never intended to show any of those to anyone, much less the Ironblood Empire's sixth prince.
He tapped his knee with his knuckles. "Still, letting him see Red Tide's order and efficiency isn't a bad thing."
His gaze then fell on the