Not only are the days cool and the nights warm, but the humidity in the air can also be adjusted, allowing the house to maintain the most comfortable status, without feeling damp despite being in the swamp.

More astonishingly, these vines even have powerful soundproofing effects!

No matter how noisy it gets outside, no sound can penetrate inside.

It's simply a miracle.

As a result, living here is exceptionally comfortable, and Blando feels it compares favorably even to the legendary Mages' residences covered by Magic Arrays day and night!

More importantly, everyone can enjoy these houses!!

How does one even begin to reason about this?!

Next, the matter of food.

Although other resources are scarce, there is no lack of food here.

The territory arranges distribution uniformly, ensuring every resident can eat hearty meals.

No one goes hungry.

With abundant food and safe housing, these two points provide residents with the most basic security.

Then there's the aspect of their astonishing spirit.

Everyone in Weilu City is vibrant and full of energy and determination.

This is highly unusual.

Because even in Lorand City, the largest city in the Northern Territory, there remains a large population of listless and apathetic people with low spirits.

They are at the bottom of society, and no one cares about their lives.

But in Weilu City, you won't find such people.

In stark contrast, it stands out remarkably.

This can't be explained by the size of the territory; he's visited other Pioneer Lords' domains before.

But if there's a scale of one to two thousand people, the spirit of the residents does not differ much from that of Lorand City.

He hadn't paid much attention to it before, already used to it.

But upon seeing Weilu City's residents, he suddenly realized that... the status of residents in a domain need not be uniform.

They too can be full of vitality and energy.

After a few days of observation, he discovered the root cause... In Weilu City, you can be a person.

And not an oppressed slave!

The Lord's governance of the residents is inclusive and open.

Residents are regarded as people, not as merchandise or livestock!

This would be unthinkable in other territories.

Residents, although called residents, are seen by many Lords and nobles as the territory's cattle and horses, whose sole mission is to work for the territory.

Getting two meals a day to stave off hunger is considered a great blessing; and they still wish for respect?

What a joke.

Ultimately, ordinary residents without power are treated as slaves by the upper echelon.

Continually oppressed, it's natural to feel devoid of that burgeoning vitality.

Completely the opposite in Weilu City, where livestock become human!

They naturally possess the vitality that only humans have.

For the sake of development, should a territory treat its residents as livestock or as humans?

He watched the energetic work attitudes of the people and compared them to other territories where stringent punishment was necessary to motivate residents to work... He found his answer within.

Blando's respect for Lear deepened as he gained more insight into Weilu City.

When he found out that every evening, Swamp Boggarts freely impart knowledge to all residents...

He felt a shiver down his spine.

Within him, recognition of Weilu City reached an exceptionally high level!

What is knowledge?

It's a treasure jealously guarded by the great nobles!

He was born lowly, from a poor family.

In his early years, he spent untold effort and suffered much hardship and humiliation just to learn to read, an ordeal he still resents today.

But it's precisely because he acquired knowledge in his youth that he founded the White Crow Commerce Association step by step.

And managed it for nearly twenty years!

His past suffering made him aware of the value of knowledge because of the benefits and hardships it brought him.

But now, as long as you're a resident of Weilu City, regardless of status, you can sit and learn!!

That precious knowledge, like pearls or gold, is so freely opened up for everyone to learn.

The first time Blando saw a Swamp Boggart teaching lessons onstage, he was utterly shocked.

It was only at that moment he understood

why this territory had developed so well.

Because their Sovereign possesses an unparalleled heart, vision, and ambition...!

Could he have freely offered knowledge to all, instead of controlling it himself to establish a greater ruling advantage?

Even when asked inwardly, he couldn't achieve it.

Humans are inherently selfish, so why should something so precious be made easily accessible to the common people?

Wouldn't that make the sufferings he endured redundant?

Dissecting his heart, he discerned the differences between himself and Weilu City's Sovereign.

They're not even on the same level in terms of courage and magnanimity.

The other's heights are utterly beyond his reach.

And after the lectures, the theatrical performances left him yearning for more.

Blando witnessed this form of performance for the first time.

And found himself deeply engrossed in it.

The play titled "The Birth of a Hero" had him so exhilarated he couldn't tear away.

To the point he believed it was real.

Scenes from the play also granted him a clearer understanding of Weilu City, revealing the numerous challenges and tremendous sacrifices the territory faced in its infancy.

And how much the great Lord silently sacrificed to establish and protect the territory!

When the play ended, looking around, everything instantly felt familiar.

In that moment, he too felt he grew with the territory, becoming a Warrior who had endured countless wars and hardships.

The unfamiliarity and estrangement with Weilu City quietly shattered in that moment.

From then on, nightly lectures and dramas became indispensable to Blando.

Not just for him, but the dozen or so members of the White Crow Commerce Association also quietly integrated into Weilu City.

Eventually, while watching plays, they could laugh heartily with Half-Elves and curse the villains' evil alongside Halflings.

The cultural atmosphere Lear personally created, with its strong assimilative power, quietly integrated these dozen humans.

They dissipated barriers with other races, becoming true residents of Weilu City in every sense.

And this unique power will continue to play a role in the future.

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