Three days later, the first diplomatic mission of the city of Twilight, under the watchful eyes of the people, assembled, prepared, and opened at the tent outside the city, and dozens of carts loaded with grain, escorted by hundreds of soldiers, drove mightily to the eastern border.

Todd stood on the terrace of the palace, watching the procession snaking outside the city, his hands gripping the railing.

"Your Majesty, the mission has gone far, go back. Huggins, holding a newly made cane, stood behind Todd and said softly.

Looking up at the cold mist looming in the sky, Todd tightened his neckline and looked confused: "It's going to snow." ”

Huggins looked into the air and whispered, "This winter, I'm afraid it's going to be colder than usual. ”

The two left the terrace and returned to the atrium of the palace along the aisle.

Huggins glanced outdoors and said to Todd, "Your Majesty, you have been busy arranging the mission these days, what do you want to do on a rare free day?"

Todd was a little surprised to hear the word free, and he had the impression that rest was a long time ago concept for him.

In his previous life, on holidays, he could still sleep and watch a movie.

But since arriving in the Otherworld, Todd looks back on how long it has been since he calmed down to catch his breath.

Huggins thought for a moment, and then proposed, "How about watching a play? ”

Todd shook his head, and secretly said in his heart that instead of watching a drama, it was better to go back to the soul space and relive the movies he had already watched.

"How's the hunting? The hunting grounds to the north have just been built, and there are plenty of animals in them, and horses and hunting bows are in the palace. ”

Todd shook his head again. He had little interest in this kind of entertainment, which was popular among the aristocracy in the Middle Ages. Riding on a horse, holding a bow and arrows, chasing a group of fleeing animals in all directions, this kind of behavior feels a bit silly no matter how you think about it.

Speaking of hunting, though, Todd comes to mind.

"The last time I asked you to let Henry the Griffon go, how did things go?"

Huggins had a strange look on his face, "You're talking about the beast?, we've removed all fences restricting its movement at your orders, but it just won't leave Dusk City." ”

Todd looked curious: "Let's go, let's go to the stable and see it." ”

Huggins arranged the carriage and guards and accompanied the king to the stables at the headquarters of the Knights of the Dusk.

As soon as he stepped out of the carriage, Todd heard Henry's shrill scream.

"What's the matter?" Todd jumped out of the carriage and hurried open the door of the stable, only to see what made him laugh and cry.

Two cooks, a row of grills, three pots of fresh meat.

Henry the griffon, with his belly turned upward, his hind legs straight, his eyes staring straight at the fork tumbling in the cook's hand, and his mouth screeched impatiently.

Whenever a chef puts a grilled steak on a plate in front of Henry, the latter will always use a gourmand to carefully examine the color, oil, thickness and tenderness of the grilled meat, and only after confirming the quality will he eat the food slowly.

The monk in charge of the stables of the Knights trotted all the way to Todd, and the first thing he did was to complain to him: "Your Majesty, no matter what we do, this guy just won't leave! Half of the money used to buy forage this month has been eaten by him!"

Todd looked at the griffin's round belly, sighed helplessly, and went directly into the soul space to find Henry.

Looking at the griffon's appearance of looking around, Todd made a flying gesture with his hands, and said to Henry, "Don't you miss the sky?"

Henry opened his beak and used his wings to look like a roast, looking cheap.

Todd rolled his eyes and gestured his hand to the shape of a ball, "Don't you miss your child?"

Henry's wings paused in mid-air, and his eyes slowly filled with tenderness. After a while, it stood up and let out a long howl towards the sky.

Todd walked up to the griffin, gently touched his head, and whispered, "Bring your family to Twilight, at least don't worry about food here." ”

As if to understand this, Hyung rubbed his head against Todd's cheek and flapped his wings happily.

Leaving the spirit world, Todd said to the servants of the stables, "Go find a canvas bag like the one used on the mule and horse." ”

Soon, a double bag tied to a mule and horse was brought and attached to it with canvas.

Todd picked up the canvas bag and tied it up for Henry the Griffon, and found a large amount of cotton, stuffed it into the bag, and patted him on the neck.

Finding that Henry was looking at the grilled steak, Todd had the barbecue wrapped in oiled paper and stuffed into a negative bag.

After doing all this, Henry closed his eyes, rubbed Todd's cheek with his head again, turned around and walked to the open space in the middle of the stable, flapped his wings vigorously, and slowly lifted his body off the ground and into the air.

Looking at the smaller and smaller figure in the air, Todd closed his eyes and breathed a long sigh of relief. When he turned around, he saw the monks and servants in the stables, hugging each other and bursting into tears.

These people kept shouting with joy: "Finally! That terrible monster, finally gone!"

"The monster in your mouth will soon return to Twilight City with his wife and children. 』

Regarding this news, Todd chose to keep it a secret for the time being. What would be the expressions of these people when the griffons hovered over the kingdom again, he thought it would be very interesting to think about it now.

Huggins looked at the people who were still cheering, frowned, and said, "Your Majesty, where are we going next?"

Todd stepped out of the stables at the Knights' headquarters, returned to the street, thought for a moment, pointed to the Twilight Plaza in the distance, and said to Huggins, "The next place is there." ”

Huggins looked in the direction of the king's finger and saw that the place Todd was talking about was the kingdom's newly built government building.

Before the official examinations, most of the administrative affairs in the city were handled by the elders of the ancient Taylor period, and after the implementation of the imperial examination system, the original government affairs mechanism was transformed into a system of departmental decentralization that was common in the late feudal dynasty.

Agriculture, commerce, urban construction planning, taxation, law, personnel and other public utilities functions are independent into corresponding large departments, and under the framework of large departments, they are divided into small departments responsible for specific matters according to the needs of the city.

In the past, the number of government officials was small, the professional skills were relatively rough, and the need for space in the workplace was relatively small, but now, the imperial examination system has brought a large number of professional civil servants with a high level of education and industry skills, and naturally, the workplace is becoming more and more demanding.

In order to meet the office needs of hundreds of civil servants, Twilight City decided to choose a suitable location in the center of the city to build a government building for daily urban affairs.

Choosing and choosing, the earliest building in Twilight, where the king once lived as a priest, and the small Twilight Church came into view.

At first, many expressed strong opposition to the proposal.

Every brick and tile of this church was built by the hands of the first immigrants of the twilight city, and every speech given by the king here was the only consolation for people to look forward to the light in that difficult and dark era.

After a lengthy confrontation and persuasion, coupled with Todd's approval of the proposal, the proposal was finally passed.

Since then, many architectural designers have worked together to use the upgraded cement materials and the increasingly complete system of special abilities, so that the style of the original site has been preserved to the greatest extent, and all government departments have enough space to operate.

After several upgrades and expansions, the original chapel was finally transformed into the current four-story building with a height of 20 meters, covering an area of nearly 1,000 square meters and a construction area of more than 3,000 square meters.