Free Reborn: Knight's Code by D.W. Jackson

temporarily increase you stats. The amount of gold sacrificed determines the rise in ability.]
    [Lucky Find: Cost 25MP- search the area for hidden treasure.]
    [Luck Toss: cost 100MP- toss a gold coin if it lands on heads your luck will increase by 10%, if tails luck will decrease 10%. Can only be used once a day. Effect lasts for eight hours.]
    “Master, do you miss Lillanis?” Shina asked a few moments after they exited through the city gates.
    “I would be lying if I said I won’t miss her and the others, but I don’t think it is in the way you are thinking,” Ash said, patting Shina lightly on the head.
    Shina let off a contented sigh, but didn’t say anything else. The only real difference was that now Shina once again clung tightly to Ash’s side.
    Outside the gate, Ash found everyone working as hard as they had before. It seemed that even though they had expected them to cancel the contract, they didn’t slow down at all. Smiling, Ash pulled his Axe from his inventory and started to cut down the trees at a fast pace, not caring about how much his stamina might decrease.

7-8
    The days passed by quickly. Just as was promised, the amount of workers more than doubled, but still clearing the large amount of forest was slow. There was so much going on though that Ash had far too little time to do everything that he wanted. He only got to visit the labyrinth a few hours every few days. Most of the time Ash spent with Emelia going over the duchies plans.
    Just as Emelia thought, within a few days of the announcement, hundreds of nonhumans flocked to become citizens. Most of them were either too young or too old to be of much use in battle, but Emelia accepted them all. If push came to shove, even the elders could shoot arrows from the battlements.
    Among the numerous youth who had applied for citizenship, many of them were orphans whose family had been enslaved. Ash felt slightly bad, but they were the best age for training. Ash had gotten the idea when he remembered the tales his master told him about the Seven Swords Guild. Train at a young age so that they could become strong before they started to raise their levels. The knights did the same thing, though not for the same reasons.
    Ash didn’t want to force the children to join the new knight order, so he gave them a choice though he felt it was a little unfair. If they joined the knights, the duchy would provide them with a place to sleep, food, and clothing. In the end, ninety percent of the children chose this option. Ash wanted to take direct control over the children’s training, but currently there was too much going on so he could only visit with them a few hours a day the rest had been turned over the Dem and his knights, though they were ordered to follow his strength training regimen. The children were the first class of the new knight’s school and while most of them were nonhumans, there were a few human children mixed in as well, though they were in the minority.
    Other than the influx of new citizen, there was also complaints from the many slave merchants who had found it harder to get slaves. It was not just limited to nonhuman slaves, but all salves. Before if someone held a debt, even if it was a small one they could be forced into slavery. Also children could be sold into slavery, but now all slaves had to be given a trial and that meant extra cost and also made it harder for them to fabricate a reason for slavery. Emelia made it even harder by opening up three new orphanages and buying off debts or the children themselves. This had been one of Ash’s ideas, one which Emelia wasn’t overly fond of but she had consented.
    The idea was simple, the people who had debts were allowed to pay it off by working on the side for the duchy. Many of them worked on the clearing of the fort or at the new orphanages. The children on the other hand were treated well and while not slaves, were to be raised knowing that it was the duchess that had given them a