Boundless Family Upgrades For The Deadbeat Lord

”Holy shit...!”

Raymond’s eyes were wide open as he stared at the system rewards glistening inside his inventory.

He swallowed hard, his mind completely flooded with excitement.

After a few seconds, he quickly came back to his senses, wiping away a bit of drool from the corner of his mouth before looking at the items again.

The first thing that caught his eye was the Agricultural Specialist Summoning Ticket. Raymond genuinely did not know that the system provided this specific kind of summoning ticket.

Up until this point, he had completely assumed that the system only offered Knight Summoning Tickets.

He really did not expect it to include specialized summoning options for civilian occupations.

”This is really good,” Raymond said, nodding slowly in deep satisfaction.This was a critical addition to his workforce. Harlan and Gideon were excellent, hardworking native farmers, but they completely lacked advanced managerial expertise.

They knew how to handle basic crops, but running a massive territorial economy was an entirely different story. Bringing in five highly specialized professionals meant that his upcoming agricultural expansion would be overseen by hyper-competent experts.

Best of all, these summoned personnel possessed absolute, unyielding loyalty to his household. He would never have to worry about betrayal or corruption.Thinking of this, he shifted his attention toward the Tier-I Grain Processing Workshop Blueprint.

Perfect, Raymond thought, his eyes narrowing with a sharp, corporate approval. Up until now, his workers had been manually threshing the harvested wheat using primitive hand tools.

It was an incredibly slow, grueling, and stamina-draining process for the townspeople. Constructing an automated processing workshop would permanently solve this severe labor bottleneck.

It would allow them to transform raw, heavy grain into fine flour quickly, all within the absolute safety and comfort of the castle walls.

Taking a huge, deep breath to calm his racing heart, he then looked at the High-Capacity Preservation Storage Artifact.

This reward was exactly what his twenty newly converted warehouses needed to survive the long-term dampness of the approaching winter. Raymond knew that simply harvesting a hundred tons of food meant nothing if the items rotted in storage.

By installing these two magical artifacts inside their primary grain and meat vaults, Raymond could minimize food spoilage entirely. The system’s regulated environment would ensure that not a single gram of their massive harvest would be wasted due to mold, dampness, or winter rot.

Raymond felt his hands shake slightly when he thought about the imminent, practical use of these artifacts. The sheer material security it provided was a massive weight off his shoulders.

Smiling, he then looked at the final reward listed in his screen: the Basic Livestock Starter Package.

Raymond leaned back into the comfortable leather cushioning of his office chair, his hands clasped tightly together beneath his chin as a wide, completely unholy grin spread across his face.

This starter package was a literal industrial engine for his territory.

Combined with the ten workhorses and the sturdy cattle Lily and Marianne had already successfully brought back from the Valmere Region, this package would allow him to establish a massive, high-yield ranching operation before the heavy winter frost even cleared.

The barony now possessed a complete, self-sustaining loop. They had abundant grain, they had premium vegetables, and now they had a complete, thriving livestock industry ready to be deployed inside the repaired stables.

Twenty cows, thirty goats, fifty sheep, a hundred chickens, and ten breeding pigs meant that their protein and resource supply would expand exponentially over the winter months.

Raymond was entirely filled with wild excitement. If it wasn’t for the constant need to maintain his dignified image in front of his guards and subjects, he would have jumped up and danced right there in the middle of his study.

”This is really great, really great,” Raymond muttered to himself, a wide grin spreading across his face as he closed the interface. ”With these rewards, most of my worries are officially half solved.”

Raymond sat upright behind his heavy desk, the absolute quiet of the locked study wrapping around him.

He did not let his excitement linger as a distraction. He focused his mind completely on the glowing system inventory interface floating before his face and tapped the icon for the five Agricultural Specialist Summoning Tickets.

Immediately five small bricks appeared in his hand glowing with an intense green light. Without hesitation he stacked them together and tore them.

Instantly, the ambient air inside the closed study grew thick and heavy, vibrating with a deep hum of raw, manifest energy. Five distinct pillars of soft emerald-white light materialized directly across the empty stone floor in front of his desk.

The columns of light expanded rapidly, swirling with complex geometric runes before gradually solidifying into five physical, human figures. The light shattered and dissolved into the air like sparkling dust, revealing the newly summoned professionals standing in a neat line.Raymond leaned forward, his sharp eyes meticulously evaluating the five men who had just been brought into existence.

They represented various age groups, each one possessing a calm, steady demeanor and the calloused hands of people who spent their entire livesworking with the earth. The oldest among them appeared to be a man in his mid-forties, with a sturdy build, short-cropped grey hair, and a face etched with the deep lines of a veteran agricultural manager.

The remaining four men ranged down into their late thirties and early thirties, their frames lean, muscular, and entirely conditioned for physical labor.

They wore simple, clean, durable brown linen tunics and heavy leather boots, completely devoid of any noble luxury but perfectly optimized for practical territory development.

The moment their vision cleared, the five specialists instinctively adjusted their posture. Without a single word, they simultaneously dropped to one knee and bowed their heads deeply toward Raymond, their voices rising in perfect, resonant unison.

”We greet the Lord! House Althoff shall prosper under our hands!”

Raymond looked at the men, a deep sense of satisfaction settling into his chest. Thanks to the system’s baseline parameters, he didn’t need to perform any complex loyalty checks or worry about hidden personal motives.

These men possessed a permanent, absolute hundred-percent loyalty to his name, carrying advanced knowledge that would act as the true brain of his upcoming agricultural expansion.

”Rise, my subjects,” Raymond said smoothly, giving them a brief, authoritative wave of his hand. ”We have an immense amount of work to complete before the first winter frost sets over this land. Follow me.”