
by Animas
Leon never wanted to be a lord. The last thing he remembered was debugging code and complaining about his junior’s mistakes. The next thing he heard was a voice begging for mercy. “My Lord! Please!” When Leon opened his eyes, he was no longer himself. He was Lucien — the disgraced son of a noble family exiled to the frontier, standing before a crowd and a man about to be executed in his name. The previous Lucien ruled through fear. The frontier answers only to survival. Ashridge is small, poor, and dangerously fragile.Its people distrust their new lord.Its defenses are weak.And the wilderness beyond the Deep Forest does not forgive mistakes. Leon is not a warrior. He is not a hero. He is an engineer who spent his life fixing broken systems. Fields can be reorganized.Labor can be structured.Defenses can be improved. But Villages are not machines. And every decision a lord makes carries a cost measured in human lives. Some problems can be solved with reason. Others demand something far harder. My Lord! Please! is a character-driven kingdom building story about leadership, community, and the slow work of building something that lasts. Release Schedule: Mon/Wed/Fri/Sun Patreon up to 28 chapters ahead! This will be a slow-burn Kingdom Building Novel that will take place over several years in story time, Enjoy the ride! Expect: If you enjoy plots like release that witch or How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom, you will enjoy this one too! Rational and logical MC, still tries to consider the human aspect of things Frontier settlement development Practical governance and village life Some Tech uplift but gradual and grounded. Characters who grow alongside the land they live on Occasional combat when survival demands it Moments of levity between crises Ashridge will not rise through destiny or magic. It will be built one decision at a time. What not to expect: Harem Fast paced action Systems or LitRPG
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Rank updated 13 Aug 2026, 14:28 UTC
Entry forecast updated 13 Aug 2026, 04:15 UTC
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deep field · ~#5547 of 7,531 · 5497 below #50
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