I possessed Theodor Balder,

The Northern Grand Duke who destroyed his own land chasing after the heroine.

The North is starving.
The treasury is empty.
The people are dying.

At this rate, I won’t last long either.

So I made a simple decision,

Fix everything.

I cut off the wasteful support that was draining the territory.
Hunted beasts to secure food.
Introduced new methods to feed the starving, starting with something as simple as fried potatoes.
And forced the broken nobles to finally do their jobs.

That was all.

But somehow,

The dying North came back to life.
The people began to gather.
Trade routes reopened.
And the weakest territory in the empire started growing at an absurd rate.

Now the heroine, who once ruined this land, won’t leave me alone.
My vassals look at me like I’ve lost my mind, or found it.
And beyond the borders, enemies are starting to take notice.

I only wanted to survive.

So how did my territory end up becoming strong enough to swallow the entire empire?