Saying goodbye to Eliza and riding on the back of Calamity, came back to the Hossen house.

　From the sky I saw Angel in the garden.

There.
"Yes, Lord.

　Calamity obeyed like an obedient horse and descended to the ground in a circle.
　The descending dragon, its shadow on the ground grows larger and larger.

　Noticing the growing shadow, Angel looked up and let go with a pout.

　After Calamity landed, I jumped off my back and stood in front of Angel.

I'm home, Angel.
"Welcome home, Mr. Alec, ......... uh, ...... that is.

　Angel looks at Calamity with slightly scared eyes.
　As a gesture of reassurance, I took Angel's hand and walked toward Calamity.

"I would like to introduce you to Angel, this is Calamity.
"Mr. Calamity, is it?
"Calamity, this is Angelica Silva. She's my wife.
"I'm pleased to meet you, Miss Angelica.
It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Calamity, uh, Angel.
"The Lord's inner room, you can't call it off.

　A stiff calamity, Angier nodded his head and then.

"Oh, you're Alec's man, aren't you?
Apparently so.
Wow, it's amazing, Master Alec. You have a dragon for a subordinate.
"Oh, whoa!　My brother-in-law, isn't that the guardian dragon of my empire?

　A hot voice came.
　Perhaps having received the report of the flying dragon, the master of the house, Hossen, arrived.

　He looked at Calamity and his eyes widened with happiness.

That's right. Calamity, your guardian dragon--is that right?
"As easy as the Lord calls it.

　Calamity acting as a complete subordinate, or rather, a servant .

'Eeeeee!　Was it a guardian dragon?
Hahahaha! You've got the legendary guardian dragon under your command. No, this much is obvious.

　Please don't be so convinced and raise the bar like your father.
　Maybe it's because we're best friends, but Hosen is really like your father.

　And then my father reminded me.

I'll just fly over to the house.
Is the mansion the Carlisle mansion?
Yes. I'll have to ask your father's permission.
Oh, of course. You have such a big dragon.
Yes, I'm still living with the Duke of Carlisle's house, which is not independent of my father's.
If he doesn't make it, he can come back. I'll let your brother-in-law live with you as long as he wants.
Thank you, Mr. Hossen. Now, I'm just going to go.

　I jumped on Calamity's back.

I jumped on Calamity's back.
Duly noted.

　Calamity flapped her wings and flew up into the sky.
　She pointed in the direction of her family's home in Carlisle and flew in that direction at great speed.

　That's about three times the speed of an ordinary bird!

　The carriage took me on a short trip to the imperial capital and my parents' house in a flash.

　As I turned slowly as before and descended into the garden, I saw your father's figure through one of the windows.

Calamity, go to the window where that man is.
"Yes.

　As ordered, Calamity laid me on the window.

Father ...... that?

　Just before knocking on the window, I noticed something strange.
　Unusually, your father seemed distressed.

　I wonder what happened to that father to be so troubled.

　Just as I was thinking that, your father noticed me first.
　He noticed because the room was darkened by the huge Calamity beside him, blocking the sunlight coming in through the window.

　Father turned and was surprised to see me.
　I get up from my seat and open the window to look out and am twice surprised to see Calamity.

A....Alec. What is that?
I'll introduce you to your father.

　I entered the room through the window and explained the sequence of events.

　I told them how Eliza had won the vice emperor's favor and how I had unpetrated my guardian dragon, Calamity, and made him my subordinate.

　I told him the whole story of what happened in the imperial city.

''Oh!　That's just as I imagined. Just as I imagined.
"As you imagined?


"Mm!　I thought that a man of Alec's stature, His Majesty, would consider abdication or vice versa.
"Uh, ......

　I laughed bitterly.
　If I had heard this before I went to the imperial capital, I could have just said, "You're the same old father," but because I actually went there and had him be my deputy emperor, I couldn't say anything.

　So I changed the subject.

"More importantly, what was troubling you, father?
It's nothing - no, you can ask Alec.
Yeah, say whatever you want.
As a matter of fact, this year's weather has been so good that the crops in the territory are much larger than usual. A great harvest.
Isn't that a good thing?
It's a good crop, and the crop is fat. I thought I'd just buy up the lumpy crop because the price would collapse and the farmers would lose money. ......
"But?
There's nothing wrong with buying them, but there's a storage problem and they need people to manage them. I could buy it and dispose of it as is, but I was having trouble with .......
"I see.
"And I'm worried about getting them to adjust their production. If next year's weather is bad, we'll be in for a real treat.

　I knew what your father was worried about and what he wanted.
　I thought about what I could do.

　I came up with a plan and then asked if it was possible with the Philosopher's Stone.
　The answer was that my magic could do it.

　Then I have to do it.
　What would be needed to make it happen, he said of the calamity.

　Hearing that, he turned to Calamity, who was hovering outside the window.

"Calamity, excuse me, can you give me a fingernail?
"Yes, sir.

　Without any hesitation at all, Calamity broke one of his--the dragon's claws and held it out to me.

　I took it and remade it with magic.
　The claws were magically stretched thinner and thinner until they resembled cloth, and then they were magically sewn together to form a sack.

It's done.
"What's that, Alec?
"I'll take your desk, Dad.

　After saying no, I put your father's desk in the bag.

　A large and splendid office desk was sucked into a small bag that I, a seven-year-old, could normally carry.
　Dad was very surprised at the obviously out-of-portion storage.

What's that?
It's a storage bag. The size inside is proportional to the magic of its owner.
"The magic of its owner--oh!　I mean, as big as the world if Alec can have it!

　No, no, no, Dad, how come you're so sure when you're feeling better all of a sudden?

　I chuckled and continued.

It's not as big as the world, but it's pretty big. Besides,
"And?
"The flow of time slows down in proportion to its magical power.
"I don't get it!

　Father puffed out his chest.

That means that what's in here does not perish. In my case, time almost never passes.
"Oh my!
"So, father . Buy everything that is lumpy. Everything in the estate.
"I see!　Alec will keep it for you!
"Yes.

　I nodded.
　Then he told me his vision for the future.

We'll continue to buy it, I'll store it. The capacity is ...... probably enough to cover the needs of all the territory's residents for five years, so if you stockpile it on a regular basis and release it if there is a famine or a bad harvest, the people of the territory will be saved.
"Oh, whoa!　You've thought that far ahead, Alec!

　My father was excited.

"That's what you are, Alec, the makings of a rare master - and you already are!

　Father chuckled at it (、、、、、、) as usual.

　Thus, thanks to the bags made of calamity claws.
　Carlisle never had to adjust its production and the farmers had a steady income every year.

　There were only two problems.
　The hoarding and stockpiling system, which my father named the Alec System, and the Harvest Festival was renamed the Alec Festival.
It was just that every year from now on, it will be a little embarrassing during harvest season.