Monster Lord: The Goblin Offers the Saintess to Me at the Start

Sivis let his imagination run wild.

After breaking through to the tenth stage of Bronze, Sivis felt increasingly relaxed — he just needed to hold on for a few more days until his magic power was sufficient to attempt the fusion of Silver abilities.

At that time, even if most of the newly recruited citizens were killed or their aptitude dropped back to D-level, it wouldn't matter.

Fusing abilities had nothing to do with aptitude.

It usually took only a day to achieve, to ascend to the Silver rank!

All of Sivis's previous concerns would be insignificant in the face of Silver-Rank power.

He glanced at the system, the cooldown for searching for monsters was about to end.

After breaking through, he could just about head out to recruit a new batch of followers!

In a good mood, Sivis stepped out of his room, feeling unusually inclined to take a walk and clear his mind.

A few minutes later, he arrived near his family's estate.

By now, the Daister family's mansion had been fully repaired, and the surrounding temporary residences had also been constructed.

These residences, built using the modern construction techniques Sivis had taught, had excellent ventilation and insulation, and were praised by the commoners as being better than their own homes.

Seeing the loyalty of his subjects increase once again made Sivis feel even more satisfied.

In the distance, the glass factory and soap factory, shrouded in thick smoke, continued to operate.

The various rooms of the old Daister family estate had been transformed into new production workshops. As one passed by, they could smell the rich aroma — the perfume workshop had also started production.

Sivis's new products were already circulating in a small scale, earning him a substantial amount of money.

In recent days, the materials needed to transform Werner into a guardian had been delivered one by one, with only the Dragon-related Fossils left for Sivis to find personally.

Everything was progressing well.

As Sivis was lost in thought, Vikalina approached from the opposite direction.

He had been busy with his training, and the female knight had been occupied with eliminating Blood Servants, so they rarely saw each other these days.

Their eyes met, and a glint of cunning flashed in Sivis's eyes — he needed to continue his "game." at least to make Vikalina believe he was the one who could guide her to achieve her dreams before they parted ways.

Currently, Sivis did not have the ability to transform a second dedicated guardian, but the next time he met the female knight, that might change.

Vikalina also had her own plans.

She observed for several days and confirmed that Sivis was treating the workers fairly: generous benefits, ample rest, and meals provided. But when she witnessed the slender, weak-looking commoners carrying massive stones and workers producing glass in the intense heat.

She still felt that Sivis should provide more support to the weaker laborers.

"Sivis, the new houses you built are truly amazing."

"Why can they maintain the indoor temperature while being well-ventilated? I didn't understand it at all when I saw it. Can you explain it to me?"

Vikalina spoke as if it were a casual remark, but in reality, she wanted to use this as an opportunity to show him the exhausted faces of the laborers after their work and then make her request.

Sivis was taken aback for a moment, but the smile in his eyes grew wider — he had already learned through the foreman's reports that the "well-intentioned" actions of the female knight had led to some "unintended consequences." He had been planning to take her on a "tour" of the housing himself.

Now, Vikalina had brought it up on her own!

Great!

Sivis nodded immediately. "No problem."

"Let's go."

Vikalina was taken aback, a sense of unease creeping into her mind.

After a few days of observation, the female knight had come to believe that Sivis was a good person, and she dismissed her initial suspicion as a mere illusion.

Vikalina quickly fell into step with Sivis.

A few minutes later, they arrived at the entrance of one of the temporary residences.

Vikalina didn't give it much thought, unaware that this was a "viewing spot" Sivis had deliberately chosen for her.

As they approached, they indeed saw many just-off-work laborers looking exhausted, almost unable to stand — but this wasn't because Sivis was exploiting them.

The workers were pushing themselves to increase efficiency, eager to prove their dedication to the kind-hearted Sivis.

"We earned 5 copper coins today!" A man clutched a large water cup, took a few gulps, and rubbed the coins in his hand, his eyes filled with hope.

The others around him were in similar states, carefully putting their day's wages into their pockets, their weary faces hiding uncontainable joy.

Vikalina and Sivis, observing from a distance, each had their own thoughts but both wore expressions of satisfaction.

The former admitted that, despite not being from the Church, Sivis was making more people benefit through practical means.

The latter, as a transmigrator, possesses the values and perspectives from their previous life. Witnessing others smile because of their actions, they also feel quite pleased.

Vikalina wasn't in a hurry to show Sivis the plight of the physically weaker laborers. She simply followed him quietly.

However... a glint of surprise flashed in her eyes when she realized that the path Sivis was leading her on was exactly where the two disabled people she had initially helped, along with other physically weaker civilians, lived.

Vikalina felt that she would soon be able to convey her thoughts.

"Seeing those people, Sivis should understand that he should take better care of some special workers, right?"

She pondered.

Sivis found it a bit amusing.

Vikalina, apart from her future title as the Sacred Flame Spear, was just a girl.

She couldn't even lie!

She had said she wanted to know the principles behind the temporary housing, but now that they were there, she hadn't asked about the buildings even once.

"Well, I'm willing to play along with you."

Sivis thought to himself.

He led Vikalina into a bedroom area ahead — Sivis's temporary housing, which was set up similarly to dormitories in schools or factories from his previous life. It wasn't individual rooms but rather a room with 12 bunk beds, along with shared toilets and a canteen.

This setup reduced the effort required by the workers to build the temporary housing and made management easier.

Don't assume that housing so many people in one room is heartless. The hygiene and warmth conditions in Sivis's temporary housing far exceeded those of ordinary self-built homes by commoners.

"Shall we go in and take a look?" the female knight asked.

"Wait."

Sivis pulled Vikalina back, not letting her walk in openly but instead pressing her against the wall corner.

If someone else had done this, given Vikalina's usually stern temperament, she would likely have been furious.

The female knight was a young girl who was quite averse to physical contact with the opposite sex.

But at that moment, Sivis said exactly what she wanted to hear: "If we go in, these people will surely bow respectfully to us, which would be too much trouble. Let's just listen to their situation from outside."

Vikalina immediately stopped moving, nodding obediently.

The two of them hid outside the door of the residential area in a rather awkward position, listening to the sounds and observing the movements inside.

Vikalina inadvertently noticed that the physically weaker commoners she wanted to show Sivis were now lying on their beds, panting heavily, drenched in cold sweat, and looking on the verge of collapse — they were indeed almost exhausted after a day of hard labor.

However, these people were still expressing their joy, their physical fatigue unable to mask their mental excitement.

"We really got our full wages! During meals, the canteen supervisor gave us plenty of food, and the treatment is no worse than for others!"

"Master Sivis is so kind, giving us such high treatment, even to us 'wastrels'… I will work as a beast of burden in the next life to repay him!"

"Wait until the next life? Can't you work hard now?"

"I am already working very hard! Look —" the speaker showed the blisters on his hands.

After he spoke, the other workers present also displayed their "scars" — though they called them scars, they wore them with pride: some were wounds from being hit by stones, others were cuts from work, all indicating that they had given their all for Sivis.

The conversation continued, but the mood gradually turned somber.

"Ah, we've been working so hard, but we still can't match those strong and healthy guys. They work like beasts! Master Sivis said the quota for his territory is unlimited and he wants to recruit as many people as possible. So why are they pushing themselves so hard?"

As soon as those words were spoken, the atmosphere in the room became heavy.

Someone whispered, "Can we really enter Lord Sivis's territory? He said he would recruit as many as possible, but who would have thought that the whole city would go crazy and flood the construction site? We... do we have a chance?"

"Don't say such things! We were among the first to arrive, and Lord Sivis is kind-hearted. If we plead, we should have a chance, right?"

"Ah... who knows?"

As they continued talking, they stopped mentioning their physical hardships and instead worried about not working enough, fearing they wouldn't be able to join the territory.

They thought a lot about many things, but never mentioned that the work was too tiring...

Vikalina, observing this, felt something was off...

"I didn't think Sivis would see this scene."

"But... it should be fine, right?"

"These commoners are really struggling to keep up."

She pondered, preparing to speak.

But then—

Bang!!

There was a sudden commotion inside the room — two limping men suddenly flipped over, their bodies slamming heavily onto the bed, creating a loud thud.

Vikalina was taken aback, her words dying on her lips.

Before the other commoners could get angry, they saw the two men and fell silent.

"What are you doing!"

"If you don't want to rest, you can go back to work!"

"Forget it, you two unlucky ones... we won't hold it against you."

The men referred to as "unlucky" had tears in their eyes. "Can you stop saying these things in front of me?"

"At least you have jobs. We're here eating and living for free, and Lord Sivis must be dissatisfied with us already!"

"We definitely won't be able to enter the territory. Why do you keep mentioning it in front of us?"

"How amusing, you've been saying this ever since you got back!"

The ones speaking were the two people Vikalina had initially helped — they had taken the silver coins from the female knight and, at her arrangement, moved into the dormitory and enjoyed free meals.

At that moment, they showed no signs of happiness, only envy of others and deep frustration with their own situation.

Vikalina, hiding outside and listening, suddenly stiffened — she realized that things were perhaps not as she had imagined.

The female knight felt... that there was something she had been overlooking all along!