“Vera, do you want to go and see too? He’ll probably like it.”

“I’ll manage on my own.”

However, her determination crumbled immediately in response to Larisa’s whisper.

“Mom, I want to see William too.”

It was a sparkling gaze that she couldn’t easily refuse. Considering the child’s loneliness for a month, it was impossible to ignore.

In the end, Gwyneth reluctantly spoke up.

“…Really? Should we go see him now?”

“Yes!”

They teleported together to the wasteland. However, the place they arrived at was not the wasteland they knew.

A gentle breeze carried the fragrance of flowers. For a moment, Gwyneth couldn’t close her mouth at the astonishing sight that moistened her dry emotions.

“Wow. Flowers!”

Purple flowers were blooming, covering the wasteland as if responding to William’s month-long rain.

“It’s a sea of ​​flowers, Mom!”
Larisa leaped out of Gwyneth’s arms and started running around the flower field. The giggles of the laughing child seemed to resonate with joy.

“Look, isn’t it beautiful? William wanted to show you this too.”

Siod proudly spoke.

Gwyneth sat quietly, crouched down, and swept her hand over the flowers that grew on the cracked ground. She remembered this place from before the war.

It was a picturesque village. Surely, it must have been a peaceful place until she erased it with the widespread meteor magic.

“Flowers will bloom here again.”

Gwyneth mumbled with a heavy heart.

“It would have continued to bloom and wither every time it rained, as it is in areas with low precipitation.”

Is that so?

The flowers were still blooming…

“Mother?”

It was William’s voice. Gwyneth slowly stood up and turned to look at William.

“Oh, you’re here?”

There was a slightly embarrassed expression on her face. What words would he want to hear at a time like this? Gwyneth hesitated before cautiously expressing her sincere impression.

“It’s beautiful.”

“What?”

William looked at her with a surprised face. Gwyneth, with a contemplative expression, looked into the distance and said,

“I thought there was no hope left here.”

William had somehow managed to evenly distribute the rain, and the entire area was filled with flowers. Looking at the enchanting scenery, Gwyneth spoke.
“After the war, no one dared to think of entering this land. They called it the Witch’s Land. I also thought that no one would want to live in such a desolate place.”

But if it’s such a beautiful place…

“…Would people want to live here?”

Siod wrapped his arms around her shoulders. William approached her and said,

“Actually, there are quite a few people who want to live in our territory.”

“…”

“So, Mom.”

Gwyneth looked back at her son. William was looking at her with a determined expression. She swallowed hard.

‘Yes, he said he wanted to achieve a lot in the human world.’

Tension built up for some reason. Her son dreamed of different aspirations than her. William would undoubtedly open a new era.

Now, this one word would become an important foundation…

“Give me some money.”

The belief…

“Huh?”

“Money.”

“Huh…?”

“Did you really put all of Larisa’s pocket money into the pension?”

William exclaimed with a truly resentful face.

“Really, I don’t even have this much of my share?”

“I don’t.”

“How can you say that?!”

Gwyneth, who never expected to fight over money, closed her mouth with a puzzled face.

“What about the professor?”

“Me?”

“Yes. If you have any inheritance, please pull it out in advance.”

“I’m a dragon… I don’t use human currency.”
“No, in fairy tales, dragons pile up treasures like gold coins in their caves. Don’t they have anything like ancient gold coins?” Siod said with a disappointed expression. “That sounds a bit prejudiced.” “What have you been doing for 5,000 years?” Siod also closed his mouth with a sulky face. “With the million Rhinars I have, bankruptcy awaits after building houses for these people.” William sighed, showing a list in his hand. “If you build houses for them, register them as residents, you have to pay taxes. But where do you get the money to pay taxes? Mom, can’t you just take a little from Larisa’s pocket money pension?” “It’s impossible with the national pension. There is one possible way, though…” “What is it?” “It’s possible if you get engaged to Larisa.” William gave a vulgar look. It was an expression that seemed like he would have cursed if she wasn’t the mother who gave birth to him. “Don’t joke like that, William.” “William. A joke…” “The professor is out of it.” Siod backed off with a sigh. The adolescent son was a frightening existence.
“Seriously, don’t talk nonsense.”

“William. Nonsense…”

“The professor is out of it.”

Siod backed off with a sigh. The adolescent son was a frightening existence.

“Then what about the operating funds for Matap? Can’t you borrow some from there?”

“That’s already established as a foundation and entrusted to someone else.”

“To whom?”

“Hedel.”

“Ugh!”

That troublemaker wouldn’t lend money. William rolled on the floor, expressing his frustration.

“Isn’t this too much? I, after all, am your only son!”

“…Sorry.”

Greneviere apologized quietly.

“Well, a loan! Still, it’s possible to borrow money in your mother’s name, right?”

“A loan?”

“Yes!”

“If there were items to use as collateral, it might be possible, but as you know, the mansion belongs to Larisa, and the territory under my ownership is… a wasteland.”

It was as good as having worthless items. William sighed disappointedly.

Larisa, who had been silent until now, raised her head and said, “Then, can I borrow it?”