As the servants took the letter to a specialized post station, Edward stretched his limbs, as if trying to release all the fatigue from the past five days. He lounged zily in his chair.

  Oher side, Winry, who had revisited the script of "KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World," couldn't help but ask, "Lord Edward, are you pnning to spread this story in some way to make money?"

  "Well, you've got the general idea."

  "But why make a story like this? Even though I haven't read many novels, I'm aware of the popur knight and adveories of this era. The heroes in those stories face tless challenges, gather various panions, and only after making great sacrifices do they defeat the Demon King and win the favor of a princess. Your story is iing, but it feels very strange..."

  Upon hearing Winry's question, Edward, who had been pting how to localize the script, smiled and replied, "Yes, it's strange. Most people would probably react as you do when they read such a bizarre story. However, that's our opportunity and our selling point. You see, while those hero-against-demon stories are cssid have a stable audience, people have grown tired of them."

  "What we're introdug with 'KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World' is a genuine dark fantasy story. It cks the excitement of heroes defeating evil monsters and romantiters with princesses. The main characters iory often lead miserable lives for various reasons. But don't you find this story very iing?"

  Listening to Edward's words, Winry carefully thought about it and nodded. "You're right; this story is indeed very iing."

  "Exactly! Being iing is all that matters. In this dull era, anything that's fun will catch people's attention and gain their favor. Whether it's cssic or unventional, only iing stories attract the audiend spread quickly!"

  While Winry nodded in a half-uood manner, Edward, who was ionally charged, couldn't tio be zy. He stood up, fetting his previous fatigue.

  These days, the more Edward worked on the script, the more he felt the ck of prosperity in this world's cultural industry. Despite the absence of external threats to the Human Kingdom and the expanding ey driven by advas in magic, everyone seemed to live very dull lives.

  Nobles held bas day in and day out, singing, dang, and even rapping, but on folk had ertai besides chatting iaverns. There were some papermaking and novel industries, as mentioned before, but the b knight novels were mostly cliché tales of heroes defeating monsters. The occasional presence of a BL novel could be sidered innovative.

  As a modern person, Edward could tolerate the world's poor cuisine and w sanitation, but he couldn't stand its dullness.

  With these thoughts in mind, Edward, after regaining his posure, asked, "Winry, I remember among the castle's squire knights, there's a young man named Zat, right? What's he doing now?"

  Hearing Edward's question, Winry pondered for a moment and replied, "You mean the squire knight who joihe Durin Family with his father when he was a child? It's impressive that you remember him. If I'm not mistaken, he's currently managing a vilge he castle. I heard he's doing a great job, maintaining stable tax colle and enjoying the support of the vilgers."

  "Is that so? Please call him over; I o speak with him."

  Edward was familiar with the young man named Zat. In his younger days, Zat, as the son of a knight, often pyed with Edward and his brother, and he was like a childhood pymate to Edward.

  However, when Edward went to the Mage Tower and his brother, El, joihe military, Zat stayed behind in the Durin Family. He had bee an official squire knight, but at the time, Edward had no energy to pay attention.

  Now, as Edward pted the cast of "KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World," the image of Zat resurfaced in his mind. Based on Edward's memories, Zat was exceptionally bright from a young age and had a particur talent for ag. Edward and Al could py outside the castle rgely because of Zat's ag skills, which often fooled the castle guards.

  Although Edward didn't know how Zat was doing now, he believed that this young knight, who had a good character, could meet his requirements based on the general information he received from Winry.

  After a while, when Edward had made some preliminary localizations to the beginning of "KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World," the door to the living room slowly swung open.

  "Lord Edward, Zat has arrived."

  Hearing Winry's annou, Edward, who had been immersed in crafting the story, immediately stood up. He looked at the gray-haired young man in the distance, who seemed someprehensive and not as carefree as in their childhood, and said with a smile, "Long time no see, Zat. It seems you've been doing well."

  "Yes, my lord. It's all thanks to the former lord's promotion."

  Clearly, Zat was feeling unusually nervous, and Edward, who likely uood that Zat felt overwhelmed due to the differen their statuses, smiled slightly and shook his head. He said, "Never mind, it seems you're not in the mood for nostalgia. In that case, I'll get straight to the point, Zat. How's your ag?"

  Edward, once a friend but now a lord, asked an ued question. Realizing this, Zat, who recalled the time they spent together as children, nodded hastily and replied, "My lord, as you know, even though I sider it a rather useless skill, my ag is indeed quite good."

  "Hehe, I don't think it's a useless skill."

  After firming Zat's situation and uanding that he had indeed bee an excellent knight, Edward tinued, "I have many things I'd like to discuss with you, but this isn't the time for nostalgia. To be ho, Zat, I need your ag skills. If you're willing to agree, I'll promote you to be my personal guard, with an increase in bes. What do you say?"

  Zat, surprised by Edward's ued proposition after not seeing him for a long time, quickly dropped to one knee and said, "Of course, my lord. It would be my honor."