I can’t summon a familiar.
“Oh, right! I should raise a pet!”
I was given freedom in daytime but I actually don’t have anything to do in this place.
First, work help is prohibited since it can cause the inheritance dispute in territory.
It has not been directly told but I was given a warning from Erich nii-san in the letter that comes regularly.
“Kurt nii-san won’t have that much courage to go so far but…”
I can cultivate a new land and digging irrigation canal to contributed in land and road works.
That’s okay for a large territory.
A great noble’s family head will try to leave it as younger brother in high treatment that can be used.
It can be useful as branch family head or a vassal with preferential treatment.
Our Baumeister family however, is poor.
Only the second son’s Helman is married to the branch family.
If I take active part and territory people who look at it directly will certainly start to say that I should become the lord instead.
It can be justified for a small territory.
Contributed to the territory development with triumphant look and admired by territory people, everyone and even the heir would say that I am more suitable as the next family head
“You could be assassinated while asleep. I don’t want to see my brother gruesomely killing one another.”
Human jealousy is frightening.
I have experienced it several times even as second-rate trading company employees in my previous life.
Let alone for a small kid to fight over as noble next family head.
I’m afraid that I’d be killed while sleeping and called as “died from illness”.
Magic no matter how can I use it would not be enough if I get caught off guard.
Kurt nii-san perhaps also more important as the next family head for status and territory though, I was not really needed.
I can be declared as not needed instead.
“That’s why. It’s better for you to pretend as useless prodigal son. Because Vel after all was treated as an oddball for a long time.”
I’m subtly damaged at the last sentences but Erich nii-san truly the smart one in Baumeister house.
I might have fallen in love if I’m a woman.
In no way to experience it personally as we’re family but I can cooperates in any thing for Erich nii-san, I would not hesitate to lend my hand.
By that reason, I fly around freely in southern undeveloped land alone.
I goes to Breitburg about twice a week but I can not afford to make it public.
Because if they know that I can teleport freely, the inheritance problem will get complicated.
With that in mind
I have finally does not need to depend on dealer group that come to three times a year, if it was known that I could brought the necessary trade item as I like, that would be a big difference between me and Kurt nii-san.
It became natural for me to replenish my supplies that way, so a difficult problem appear as what would happen after I am dead.
Every kindness may not be rewarded.
Even if there is a benefit in short-term gains, it can cause large damage for long-term which is bad.
With that circumstances, I limited my acquaintance in Breitburg.
I comes to Breitburg to sell the catch that I had captured with traps and hunting from nearby farm village, I was Wendelin the dutiful son that does only shopping asked to return.
I’ve relation with several staff of commercial guild, several gatekeeper that in rotation, several familiar shop owner and employees and library receptionist Onee-san.
Onee-san in the library is not wearing glasses but she a beautiful woman who looks intellectual, I think she was a woman I’m in contact with most next to my mother in this world.
That description above is something that I thought this way.
There were many people in my previous life that keep pets because of loneliness in living alone.
I am a mage in this world so it would be not strange for me to have a pets and familiar.
Thinking that, I examine the magic related books that master left behind.
That remind me, master didn’t have any familiar because the reason was surprisingly easy.
“Familiar becomes mage eyes and ears, one that bears role to replenish magic to its master. Hence, only human with high affinity with animals can form a contract.”
Simply put, only those that liked by animals can do it.
“Master said that but let me test it out…”
I did not think I can say “good dog” to a wolf but this is just a test, there perhaps one animal that by some chance attached to me to become my familiar.
I who thought so take out rabbit meat from magic bag, looks for the most closer pack of wolves and try to tempted it with meat.
“Look here! it’s a delicious meat!”
“Wuuuu!”
There also such a scene or speech in anime I have seen in old days but I am not really copying it so I keep trying to tame it.
Then there soon a change.
“Grau-grau!”
“Uwooon!”
“It’s no use!”
Far from taming it, the pack of wolves on the contrary came at full speed trying to eat me alive.
Honestly, I was a little scared.
“Damn it! It’s not working!”
I know it’s difficult for cross-species communication, and I was lead to gave up with the half being okay to be a loner.
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