Otherworld Adventure 42 Silvaria Valley Settlemen

Standing at the front just below the family master's seat was Faren Silvaria, Cecil's second uncle. He was currently reporting to the patriarch the valley settlements past month's economic situation.

It was a brief report since there was no noteworthy development happening in the as of the past month.

"...that's our current situation. Everything's been running smoothly. Also since the mine is finally in full operation, we should begin thinking about issuing metal currency in the valley. The bartering between the valley's citizens is too crude and many times problems occur due to other's asking for more than what should be given or received during a trade."

Finis.h.i.+ng his piece, Faren waits for their patriarch to give a statement regarding his suggestion.

"Yes, it's a fine suggestion."

Kaiser then turned towards his son Michael and asked.

"Has the blacksmithing division finally managed to create a suitable furnace using the ore that were mined?"

Michael immediately stood up and reported.
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"We've managed to create a prototype. We're still testing whether it can withstand the high temperatures needed to melt down the gold, silver, and copper ores."

"Hmmm... once you've created a suitable furnace, begin crafting the metal currency," he turned toward the rest of the people gathered and continued, "Is there anything else that's needed to be reported regarding the valley's situation?"

The valley's representative, Lucas Strafe, stood up and walked to the front.

"Leader, the current situation in the valley is somewhat optimistic. The people no longer have any fear of their day to day situation with the valley's guards constantly repelling the frequent monster attacks. It's just... some of the people are concerned about their children. There are no schools established and many of the young boys in the valley have all started to treat the valley guards as idols and role models. The bolder ones and the ones who are now young adults have even started taking up arms and training to be like them one day. Many of the mothers are concerned about this and without proper guidance the children may just be throwing away their lives."

Kaiser had already heard of this from his wife, Anastasia, so he wasn't too surprised..

"Yes... that is a concern. My wife has already notified me of the situation."

Fatima who was seated in the crowd stood up and interjected.

"Patriarch, if I may?"

"Yes?"

Seeing as her father has given the approval, Fatima stepped forward.

"As you know, the matriarch and I make frequent rounds around the valley every day. So we're already clear about the situation from before and have already devised a proper solution."

Fatima paused to take a breath, she then continued.

"We suggest to create two types of schools, the first type would be the normal school's like back on Earth. With Luca's eidetic memory and with the help of the former teachers and professors in the valley, we've already copied down textbooks ranging from the elementary to the high school grade."

Everyone in the room who wasn't a part of the Silvaria family let out voices of surprise, they never expected the family to be so capable and have such foresight that even before the problem was addressed, they had already managed to create a solid plan.

Kaiser raised his hand and silenced the people in the hall, he turned towards his daughter with a smile of approval and said, "And the second type?"

"The second type would be a military school. This school will teach willing and brave children that want to take up arms the ways of combat using cold weapons and martial arts. Also there will be a program where all the children of ages 10 and above in the valley, shall have a 1 month mandatory lesson on combat. The military school's staff will be in charge of this. Also this will be carried out to all the children regardless of gender."

Kaiser chuckled and said, "A fine solution. So has the framework been finalized yet?"

"We've already recruited many people who were former teachers in the valley who are willing to become teachers of the Valley's educational school. They've already finished creating a proper curriculum and lesson materials for all grades up to high school. They've also adjusted some parts to better suit our environment and situation."

The patriarch nodded and gestured for her to continue.

"We've also recruited many of our family's people who are willing to teach the children combat. Half of our instructors are willing and they will provide the lessons later. The headmaster of the normal school will be Professor Ainz who was the headmaster of the Edelesta University. As for the headmaster of the military school, it will be our family's own head instructor, Mitch. The only remaining issue would be the locations of the two schools as well as the manpower required to build the schools."

After saying her piece, Fatima stepped back and waited for her father to give a solution, although she already a proper location in mind.

Kaiser turned towards his wife. Anastasia stood up while bringing along a map, the butler followed along while hoisting up a small table. When she arrived by her husband, Anastasia immediately unfurled the map and placed it onto the table.

She then pointed to the area at the end of the valley that was adjacent to the forest near the mountainside. Looking at where she was pointing, Kaiser frowned a little.

"Isn't that too close to the forest? The children would be in danger if a monster pack was to suddenly wander outside of the forest."

The citizen's representative also frowned while looking at the location, he turned towards his team of officials and saw that they also had concerns they wanted to voice out. He immediately turned towards the pet.i.te woman and said.

"Madam, wouldn't that area be too dangerous? If we were to build the schools there, many of the families might find themselves ill at ease with sending their children there. Also wouldn't the teachers and staff have concerns too regarding the location?"

Anastasia already saw these questions coming, just as the representative finished speaking, she immediately raised her voice.

"That won't be a problem. Fatima and I have already consulted with the teachers and staff of both schools. They have already agreed. Also the monsters at the periphery will be perfect targets for the children's practical combat tests and do remember, the instructors at the military school are also my family's martial instructors and the valley's guard captain's and lieutenants."

With those words, although there were still some concerns, but most of the valley's representative council had their worries put to ease and many of them had started to voice their support regarding the plan.

"All that's left would be the issue of building the school, yes?" Lucas asked.

Anastasia turned towards him and asked.

"Yes, that's all. Regarding the issue, can we leave it to you?"

"Yes, ma'am! We'll put up a recruitment notice at the valley's center plaza. As for the compensation, it would be best if we could use the metal currency as the wage for the people's labor. This way we can begin introducing the new currency to the valley's citizens."

Anastasia smiled at the suggestion. She was glad that the valley's citizens chose such a capable representative.

At least she didn't have to listen to the bulls.h.i.+t that the previous valley representative who was a part of Edelesta's government faction.

Compared to their current representative, Lucas, the previous one only kept on complaining and bringing up trivial problems and never once gave any acceptable solutions to any major problems or even gave out any noteworthy advice regarding the direction of the valley's development.

He was complete and total trash. Their meetings were always above board and every meeting's result would be posted at the valley's central plaza notice board. Of course, the citizens heard about how inept their representative was from the other officials.

They immediately voted for a new representative to take the incompetent's place.

It was no wonder the old patriarch despised the government faction of Edelesta and how bad the people's conditions were back at the city. Anastasia didn't understand what was going on in the minds of the government for them to actually put in such incompetent people in their office.

'Were they deliberately trying to run the city into the ground? If it wasn't for our family and all the other influential family of Edelesta keeping the economy afloat, the city would have already been run into the ground by them.'

Snapping out of her thoughts, Anastasia turned towards her husband and nodded.

"Okay, we'll issue the recruitment notice after we've finished developing the first batch of metal currency then."

He turned towards his son Michael again and asked.

"Can I expect for the currency to be finished by the end of the week?"

"3 days, that's all we need."

Kaiser turned towards the people who were the Government Division of the valley and said.

"Alright, everyone is dismissed, this meeting is adjourned. Charles, send in the Military Division."

"As you wish, Sir."

Everyone who was a part of the valley's government began walking out of the hall. The remaining people only consisted of the Silvaria family's main family branch. Charles followed them and went out to call the people from the valley's Military Division.