Aside from Winter and Anton, who joined later, all my retainers can write to some extent. The fact that Hans and Ted, who were poor students, could now write at least short sentences was proof of Joseph's ability.
As Hilda toured the manor, she seemed to see me in a new and impressive light.
"Being a lord really is an amazing position."
"A lord is someone who can make his voice heard even among high-ranking nobles. Even if it's only the lord of a small village."
"To poor duchy knights, it's a position above the clouds. What does big or small matter?"
"Not really. Once I actually became a lord, I couldn't help comparing myself to the princes."
There was a time when I struggled tooth and nail just to become a lord. The fact that my family became lords in my generation was already an enormous leap in status, but one quickly forgets where they came from.
"So Wolf is greedy after all. But please, don't ever push yourself too hard."
