The children grew rapidly. In particular, William began to mature rapidly as he recovered memories from the past.

William had to live a busy life as if being chased. After finishing his studies at the academy on weekdays, he spent almost all weekends holed up in the territory.

While developing the territory, he also started supporting research on the disease that had taken Larisa’s life.

Even after graduation, he remained busy. He postponed inheriting the dukedom, citing academic reasons, and stayed at the academy.

It was to study alchemy further. While William spent hectic days preparing for the future, Grenavir continued researching time regression magic with Syod.

Thanks to their efforts, there was progress in the research. However, even if it was a magical spell to rewind one person’s time, time regression magic still required a considerable amount of magic
Larisa made a disgusted expression. The travel bags piled up not only in the carriage’s luggage compartment but also on the ceiling looked strange to anyone. It resembled the appearance of a fallen noble engaging in an escape.

“But these are all necessary items.”

“I’ll move the luggage first.”

William said. As he flicked his finger, the travel bags floated up, and they began to neatly organize themselves on the street.

Larisa admired William’s magic, which she hadn’t seen in a long time. After William magically sent only the travel bags to the school, he opened the carriage door.

Larisa got on the carriage with William’s escort and shook hands with Grenavir.

“If you’re not there, don’t skip meals on time, okay?”

“Why
Larisa felt inexplicably happy and kicked her legs playfully. In doing so, she accidentally kicked William’s shin.

“Oh, sorry.”

“Did you do that on purpose?”

“No?”

William chuckled.

“You’re not a little kid, why can’t you keep your legs still?”

“My knee hurts, maybe it’s growing pains.”

“Come to think of it, you’ve grown a lot.”

“Am I fully grown now?”

Knowing Larisa’s grown-up appearance, William just chuckled again. Fortunately, entering adolescence, Larisa still seemed like a child to him.

“In my opinion, I might become a tremendous beauty.”

Larisa said playfully. William nodded absentmindedly, staring out the window. Beautiful Larisa from his dreams involuntarily came to mind, but he tried to forget.
“Jimi oppa is Jimi oppa, and William is Williwilliji.”

What does that mean? William felt uneasy for no reason, but he made an effort to shake it off.

As the conversation came to a halt, Larisa began reading the book she brought with a serious expression.

It was a popular romance novel these days. The book was lent by Julianna and was quite enjoyable. Although it was a trap that William seemed cooler than the male protagonist.

In the end, Larisa, who couldn’t fully immerse herself in the book, spoke again.

“By the way, how is Youngji doing?”

“She’s doing well.”

“So, how is she doing well? Starting a company?”

“I’ve established an agricultural company for now. Instead of just leasing land and collecting rent, I thought it would be more helpful for the development of Youngji to do that. It seems to motivate the residents of Youngji as well. I decided to pay them performance bonuses.”

If the company does well, he planned to establish a trading company as well. The Rodante region had an advantage in trade as it was adjacent to other countries. Therefore, he aimed to design the city from scratch, with the goal of becoming a trading hub.

“What happened to the machine you were developing last time?”

“If it’s a steam engine, I’ve already completed it and decided to apply it to the milling workshop first.”

Guinevere knew nothing outside of magical time regression, but since William had a keen interest in alchemy and science, he remembered who developed the steam engine before the regression.
He went to find a person named Thomas who developed the steam engine, wrote a lifelong contract, and paid research funds. Thanks to this, the steam engine was on the verge of commercialization much earlier than in the past.

“The steam milling machine is much more efficient than the existing windmills, so it’s drawing interest from other territories too.”

“Wow.”

“…Isn’t this story boring?”

“It’s interesting, isn’t it?”

Although I talked about various things because he kept listening with sparkling eyes, no matter how much I thought about it, it wasn’t a story that a teenage girl would like.

“Are you interested in territory development?”

“Somewhat.”

William began to ponder with a thoughtful expression. He is now 21 years old. Growth stopped at the age of 20, and although it would take more time to be sure, he felt like he might stop here.

Because his appearance in his dreams was exactly the same as his current appearance in the mirror. If he doesn’t age anymore, he might have to leave for the Dragon’s Valley someday with his mother.

And then Rodante…

‘It wouldn’t be bad if Larisa was there.’

Unlike himself, he hoped Larisa would lead a normal life, get married, have children, and live happily.

“Lara, would you like to inherit the dukedom?”

Upon hearing this, Larisa made a disgusted face.

“Are you joking?”

“I’m serious.”

William, using graduate school as an excuse, hadn’t officially succeeded to the title yet. It seemed okay to ask Larisa to inherit it when she became an adult.
“Willi, as I mentioned before, I don’t want to become a noble, but I do want to become wealthy.”

“You’ll do well. You’re doing well even now.”

Larisa was already known as an elegant girl even among her peers. Despite saying she disliked it, she excelled at anything she learned. It was a contradiction to claim dislike with a more aristocratic attitude than anyone else.

“I’m content with where I am now. Let William handle the work.”

Larisa smiled brightly.

Larisa didn’t achieve top honors. The expression “barely made it through the door” was more fitting.

The Knight Department was filled with outstanding boys, and Larisa found it increasingly difficult to keep up with male students through sheer strength.

Larisa, who lagged behind even in magic, entering the Knight Department was nothing short of a miracle.

As she unpacked her belongings in the dormitory, Julianna sighed.

“Lara, it would have been nice if we were in the same department.”

Like most girls, Julianna, who chose the Liberal Arts Department, confidently entered as the top student, unlike Larisa.

“But we’re still roommates. That’s good, isn’t it?”

Larisa comforted Julianna. Surely, Guinevere had exerted her influence.

“I wouldn’t be happy even if I were the top student. If you had come to the Liberal Arts Department, you would have been the top student, not me.”

“Yeah, yeah.”

“Of course, Father is pleased that he got a full scholarship.”

“That’s fortunate.”
The DeMoir family was a fallen family without land or a mansion. Even living in a small townhouse without a guest room, Viscount DeMoir vehemently refused any assistance from the Rodante family.

Guinevere couldn’t understand the Viscount, but Larisa understood his feelings. Larisa, too, felt burdened at times when receiving something from the Rodante family. It felt like incurring a debt.

While Guinevere was like a mother figure, Larisa couldn’t forget the first thing she said.

“It’s because you and William are destined.”

However, ironically, William treated her like a younger sister, and there were times when Larisa felt like he didn’t keep the promises even after receiving marriage gifts.

“Ugh, it’s hard.”

Larisa sighed. Her knees hurt too much after moving all those travel bags into the dorm room.

“Does it hurt a lot?”

Julianna asked with concern.

“Lara, I guess you’ve grown quite tall.”

“That would be nice.”

Larisa mumbled. William had grown frighteningly since puberty. While Larisa had also grown steadily, looking up at William still gave her a headache.

“I want to catch up quickly…”

That condescending treatment was annoying. Of course, to William, it was natural that he looked much younger, but Larisa was undeniably a teenage girl.