It's a depressed town, and everyone in the convoy is a little disappointed when they see the crumbling walls, after all, for some people, this may be the place they will stay for the rest of their lives.

The town is located on the north-western border, bordered by rolling mountains to the west and plains and mountains to the east, but fortunately a river is flowing through the city and can be navigated by boats.

Two days south was a city much larger than Icefield City, which was the territory that Rafa deserved, but because of his previous malaise, the Emperor sealed him in Icefield City in a fit of rage.

Icefield City used to be an important fortress to defend against the northern barbarians, so the city walls looked dilapidated, but as soon as he walked in, the surrounding facilities were still completely complete, at least all the people he brought this time were more than enough to live in it.

There are only about 100 households in the entire town, and there are probably more people in a small town than in the rest of the Aura Empire, and the people in charge of the town are only called mayors rather than city lords.

Welcomed by the mayor, the huge convoy entered the city lord's mansion, which was long uninhabited in Icefield City, and the servants began to pack their things, and the butler Syphus was also running around to arrange various matters.

Rafa was also standing near the unloading wagon, and he wanted to see how many treasures were in the dowry that Feliscille had brought, but when the huge box clattered to the ground, he realized that something was wrong.

"What the fuck is this?"

After ordering a few large chests to be pried open, the neatly arranged books and various strangely shaped utensils made Rafa feel as if he had lost money.

"This is my dowry, be careful, don't break it. Felihill walked up to him and motioned with her eyes for the knights to remove the chest.

"If that's what you're talking about, then we'll be out of food soon. ”

"I have already calculated that we will bring enough food until the beginning of next spring. Felihill said unhurriedly.

"And what about next year? Do you grow your own food?"

Felihill glanced at him with the look of a monster, "Of course. ”

"It seems that the rich man can't be the landlord!" followed Felihill to the city lord's mansion, and Rafa complained a little.

"Happiness is to be created by oneself, not given by others. Felihill's words were astonishing, and this sentence made Audele, who followed behind, worship her a little more, and Felihill was the master of her dreams.

Rafath thought about it, and in the end, he finally understood that if he wanted to live well in this remote place, he might have to rely on his own obedient farming.

As for the bedroom, Felicille and Rafa naturally slept in separate rooms without much doubt, although there was not much difference between engagement and marriage in the Aura Empire, but they were obviously still a superficial husband and wife, but in order not to let people gossip, their bedrooms were close to each other, only separated by a wall.

On the third day, after everything was finally arranged, he called the butler Syphus, who had been promoted to the position of treasurer of Icefield City.

"Your Highness, what do you command? It can be seen that Sievers is still very happy about this place, after all, his rights have been greatly increased, which is much cooler than being a housekeeper.

Rafa looked at the empty hall and said succinctly, "Sipheus, I want you to sort out all the information about Icefield City. ”

"Uh... What do all the cases mean?"

"Trade, minerals and other resources, revenues, population...... Got it?"

Rafa was a little skeptical that he could repeat what he had just said, but Sieverus smiled and nodded, "Understood." ”

After Seapheus retreated, he made his way to the second half of the Lord's Mansion, where most of the area had been "occupied" by Felihill, all the rooms were filled with bookshelves, and the slightly larger rooms were filled with her bottles and cans, so that every time he wanted to discuss matters with his subordinates, he had to go to the front hall.

"I didn't expect that the elegant and beautiful Miss Hyperion turned out to be an alchemist or... Alchemist?"

Following the sound of the slight clash of glassware, he came to a large room, and at a glance saw Felihill busy in a maid's apron and leather gloves among the bottles and cans.

Felihill didn't look at him, her eyes kept falling on the translucent glass bottle containing some black particles, "Less useless compliments, that doesn't make you look gentlemanly, it makes me think you're superficial." ”

"I've always been a superficial person," Rafa said as she approached her, observing the rough black particles, "what is this?

Philicille was a little surprised, you must know that earth powder is something that has only been invented by people in recent years, and only some high-level alchemists know about it, but I didn't expect this rumored prodigal child to know this kind of thing, "What else do you know about it?"

"Uh... All I know is that it's something that smokes after a combustion explosion. ”

"Go on. ”

"It's gone. ”

Say. Somehow, Felihill seemed to think he knew more, took off his gloves, and took out his notebook and pen, his tone unquestionable.

"I..."

Rafa had no choice but to search Ding Yifan's memory and tell all about the earth gunpowder, as well as the improvement methods and raw materials required for gunpowder, and Felihill was also greatly shocked while carefully recording it, how did this guy know these things?

"I know all about gunpowder, but I have to tell you, it's dangerous, and you have to be careful if you want to experiment. ”

He glanced at Philischer's dense notes, and the beautiful and neat handwriting was very pleasing to the eye.

At this time, Felihill looked at every word of the note with wide eyes as if she had picked up a rare treasure, and she couldn't hear what Rafa said anymore, "It seems that the rumors that you are a straw bale are completely deceived by the idiot of Jarvis." ”

"You can go. ”

Rafa was about to say something, but was expelled by Felihill.

"Am I your toolman?"

"Tool man? ”

Although he was kicked out by Felihill, he was glad that he had helped her, and perhaps the overtures to Felicille had unknowingly become an undeniable fact for him.

"Is it because she's the most beautiful woman I've ever seen in my two lives?" Rafa shook her head, as if trying to shake the thought away, "It's not because of this... So what is it about her that attracts me?"

He was about to go around the city, but Audair hurried in, because Felihill also had a guardian knight, just enough to protect the two masters who were not far apart, so Audrey had time to go out.

"Your Highness, it's not good! A barbarian wolf cavalry has appeared at the foot of Clowe Mountain, and it seems that they are heading for Icefield City!"

From Audele's tone, he could tell that the situation was urgent, so he quickened his pace towards the city walls, and asked as he went, "How many enemies are there?"

"There are probably more than 300 wolf cavalry, if the distance is ...... It's close. Audele's answer was succinct and straightforward.

The two of them quickly came to the head of the city, where the soldiers were ready to go, and outside the city there were many knights galloping back with some farmers who had gone out, and not far behind were the imposing wolf cavalry rolling up billowing smoke and dust.

Seeing Rafa coming to the city, the head of the Knights, Kono, gave a knightly salute, "Your Highness." ”

"Hmm...," he waved his hand casually, keeping his eyes on the rushing wolf cavalry, "Mayor Town, have the wolf cavalry ever been to Icefield City before?" he asked the town elder who had also come to the city.

"Your Highness, the wolf cavalry has been frequent for a few months, but they have never come to harass Icefield City, and today is the first time. ”

"It seems that this time they are just putting on a show. Rafa watched as the knights at his feet rushed into the city with civilians on their backs, and the gates slammed shut.

"What if they really want to attack the city?" said Audele, worried.

"Ao Dai, they're cavalry, they're good at raiding, but they don't have the means to attack the city, we just need to defend the holes in the walls, but I guess they won't do such a meaningless move. ”

"Your Highness is right. Captain Curnow looked at him a few more times.

As he expected, the wolf cavalry quickly left after looting the livestock brought out by the civilians who had just gone out, without the slightest intention of nostalgia.

Kono stared at the wolf cavalry in the distance and said, "It seems that the empire has not dealt a big blow to the northern barbarians, and these guys have quietly passed through the Orr Mountains." ”

"Don't forget, the wolf cavalry is mostly used as a scout, and in the future, we may be in big trouble in Icefield City. Rafa was also slightly worried.

"My subordinates will defend Your Highness to the death!" Connow immediately knelt down on one knee to express his loyalty.

"Your loyalty will be rewarded," he smiled, "let's go, just in time to take a look at the Knights' barracks." ”

After instructing Audair to reward and compensate the knights and civilians who had just returned with a gold coin, the group gathered around him and came to this private army that belonged to him.

Walking in the neat barracks, the soldiers were all imposing, the ground was clean and tidy, everything was managed in a mere order, and it seemed that the battle-hardened Kono Regiment Commander was indeed in charge of the army.

Just as he was about to leave satisfied, a swarthy room caught his eye.

It was a lonely room in the corner of the barracks, although it was unremarkable, but the soldiers who walked by it were deliberately staying away from it, and through his faint sense of divine determination, it seemed that there were people inside.

"There... What is it for?" he said, pointing to the swarthy room.

"Your Highness, it is full of people cursed by the devil. ”

Rafa raised an eyebrow, "Curse?" ”

"No!" said Curnow and Audrey in unison, both looking nervous.

"Why not?"

"People who have been cursed by the devil are dangerous, and those who touch them may also suffer a curse. Kono stood in front of him and persuaded bitterly.

Rafa hates this kind of ridiculous thing the most, this is not the world of cultivating immortals, where is the curse?" "Knight Kono, I order you to get out of the way!"

Audrey is also very worried, "Your Highness..."

But in the end, no one could resist the stubborn Rafa, and the group could only frown and stubbornly huddle into the dimly lit room.

As soon as they entered the room, a stench made everyone's breath stagnant, and five or six soldiers were lying on their beds weakly, all with sallow faces and sunken eyes, as if they had few days to live, and when they saw someone entering, they all showed desperate eyes, as if they were not seeing Rafa, but death.

"Captain, will our souls be redeemed after death?" a feeble voice came from the hospital bed.

"Of course. Curnow walked over to the bedside and gripped the man's thin palm without hesitation, his eyes full of regret.

Ignoring Audrey's whispered exclamations, Rafa went to the bedside of one of the most disparate soldiers, and examined the soldier's body for a long time under the astonished eyes of everyone, whether it was the eyelids, the mouth, the tongue or the toes, as if trying to find the source of the curse.

"Your Highness, it's almost time to leave. "Captain Kono is glad to have such a master who cares about his subordinates, but if he himself is cursed, then the entire knight will probably be martyred.

"Knight of Kono. After a long inspection, Rafa finally had some eyebrows.

"The subordinates are here. ”

Rafa looked at Kono, Audrey, and all the men in his entourage, "Do you believe in the curse?"

When they heard this strange question, they all looked at each other, and perhaps if he hadn't been his master, they would have called him a fool.

"Your Highness, the power of heresy is the power of the devil, and you saw it when we came to Icefield City, and it is indeed real. Curnow said.

"I'm talking about curses, not magicians. ”

"The Church has said that curses are of the same origin as the power of heresy, and that they are the most evil things, and since heresy exists, then curses naturally exist. ”

"Ridiculous!" he recalled, as Rafa remembered the fallacy about the Church, and was eager to tear the archbishop's mouth apart.

Everyone present was so frightened that he was speechless by his reprimanding of the absurd behavior of the church, you must know that the entire Aura Empire is a believer in the church, and even the royal family is taking over the power of the church to consolidate its rule, and he is now scolding the church, which is really a bit unorthodox.

"If I restore these soldiers to health, will it prove that the curse doesn't exist?"

Everyone looked at each other for a while, and in the end, only Knight Kono came out to speak, "If Your Highness can really cure these soldiers, I believe the curse is fictional." ”

With Kono's statement, the people around him also began to agree, only Audair has been silent.

"Okay, we'll see. ”

The crowd wanted to see how he lifted the curse, but he ordered his servants to bring a lot of fruit and fresh vegetables, and forcibly fed all the sick.

Under the puzzled gaze of everyone, he leisurely returned to the city lord's mansion.

For a while, the news that His Royal Highness was going to break the curse spread all over this small town, and although they knew that he was going to do good things, everyone did not believe that he could do it, because the idea that "mortals cannot fight the devil" had been ingrained in their minds by the church.

"These stupid believers, even the church doesn't look down on this shabby place, and yet you still have to say good things about it. Rafa stood in the attic, looking through the cloudy glass at the light snow that was falling in the window, and he was now somewhat glad that the church had not sent anyone to follow him to this place.

"Your guardian knight doesn't seem to agree with you. Felihill came to him from the top of the stairs and glanced at Audrey, who was gloomy.

"What about you, what do you think of the church?" Rafa looked at her, and saw that she was holding a notebook in her hand, apparently trying to ask about gunpowder.

"The church, it's just a place to make up myths to fool the people. Philicille also looked down on the church, and even despised it.

"I couldn't agree more. ”

"Anyway, do you have a cure for those soldiers? I'm ready to see your jokes. ”

"Cut, a little sepsis, it's not hard for me. ”

"Sepsis? is another new word, let's say, tool man. Felihill's eyes flashed, and she opened the notebook.

"Yes, ma'am. ”

So, after incorporating words that Felicille could understand, and explaining how you can get sepsis by eating meat without fresh vegetables, Feliciel and the two knights on her back secretly swore that they would eat more fruit.

"I see, the structure of the human body is really exquisite. Felihill looked at the densely written notes again and closed them with satisfaction.

"Beautiful lady, you didn't come to me just for this little thing, did you?"

"Of course not, I'm also half the owner of Icefield City, so I'm naturally obligated to take half of the responsibility. ”

"It has been a privilege to work with such a noble lady as you. ”

Rafa took her hand and kissed her gently, perhaps because it was a common etiquette in aristocratic etiquette, so she did not refuse.

"I'm just here to come up with an idea that if you have the means to do it, we can make a lot of money. ”

Perhaps feeling guilty for not bringing in a valuable dowry, Feilihill offered to help make money.

"Oh, please. As soon as he talked about money, Rafa immediately brought up his spirits.

"You know glassware has always been expensive, right?"

"You know, do you want to sell all your glass for money?"

Felihill frowned, "You know what makes glass, right?"

"You know, it's just ordinary quartz sand. Rafa seemed to know what she wanted to do.

"It's a pity that the glassware made now is too muddy, and the translucent glass you see in my lab is already the highest category, so I want to ask you......"

Rafa preemptively said, "You want to ask me if there is a way to make the glass completely transparent?"

"Yes, the facilities in my lab are just right for making glass, and if you have a good idea, we should be able to make a lot of money at such a high price for glassware, and by the way, we can also pull other towns into trade with Icefield City. ”

"She is really worthy of being the daughter of the Minister of Finance, and her vision is much higher than that of an ordinary man like me. ”

"You didn't answer positively, and it seems that you can't do anything about it, but don't worry, I'll make some ordinary utensils, and I can sell them for a few thousand gold coins right now. Philicille seemed to be a little lost, but he didn't expect that this guy who seemed to know everything could not do it.

"A few thousand gold coins?" He only knew that the price of glassware was high, but he didn't expect it to be so high, you must know that he estimated that the tax revenue in this small city was probably less than a hundred gold coins a year, in this case, wouldn't he only need to sell some glass to become a rich man in peace?

"A piece of glassware costs eight or nine gold coins, if there is a way to improve the purity, it is not a problem to sell ten or twenty gold coins, after all, the alchemists who need the utensils are generally rich aristocrats, and it is normal to make a few hundred pieces of glassware to earn thousands of gold coins. Philisille said.

"I see," Rafa thought.......

Since there was no result, Felihill did not linger any longer, and turned to leave, "It will take some time to make glass, so you can be patient." ”

"Wait......" he called out to Felihill.

"If you are in a hurry to find Sipheus, I have already given him all my money. ”

"I'm not talking about that. ”

"Then I don't need to talk about anything else, I'm not interested. ”

Rafa laughed and said, "Then we'll have to make a few thousand gold coins less." ”

Felihill stopped, his back to Rafa, but his eyes were already full of surprise that was difficult to hide.

"Say it, Tool Man. ”

Rafa then proposed some smelting methods that Feliscille had never heard of, and her hand trembled slightly in her hand with the pen.

"If you can earn tens of thousands of gold coins, you don't have to worry about food in Icefield City for two years. Rafa seemed to see himself swimming in a sea of gold coins.

"Take it out. Felihill said suddenly.

"Huh, take out what?" he was also confused.

"Just take out the book that contains the knowledge you said, and save me trouble. She thought that all this knowledge that Rafa had gained was from books.

"Uh..."If he wants to take the book, he will definitely not be able to take it out, but if he wants to say that this knowledge is in his own mind, and no one will believe it, "Hehehe, I burned ......"

"You're such a bale fool. "Philicille looked at him as if he had seen a lump*.

"Ahem, don't worry, I have it all in my head, and I write it down every time you ask me, so it happens to be a book, isn't it?"

"That's all it takes, I hope you're a tool man with better performance. Closing the note, Felihill walked away with brisk steps.