Charles felt like he was on vacation during his time in Snowridge Village.

The outposts on the outskirts of the village have been built, and Charles and his assault team, as a rapid mobile force, generally only operate near the village, so as not to go too far and have trouble and have no time to support.

So Charles, his current mission is to go to the fields around the village to catch slimes and come back to build walls.

The convoy responsible for transporting supplies came punctually every five days, delivering and taking away letters — and someone's work.

Now Charles is still laying the foundation, so he can directly ask Dean for those basic questions.

The letter was accompanied by a regularly updated battle report.

Recently, the fish-men seem to be determined to make peace, and no fish-men have been ashore in the two months since the end of the last battle, and the coast is safe.

At present, Elizabeth's order is to keep the troops on the front line under close surveillance, the troops on the second line to assist in the construction of fortresses in the villages, and the troops transferred from the north during the last campaign to be stationed at the transportation hub of the third line.

Charles is a little more wild and knows more news.

Edward Dent, the second-generation chairman of the construction committee of the riverside monitoring and defense project, sent him a letter not long ago, saying that the first phase of the construction of the riverside stronghold is nearing completion, the second phase of bidding has been completed, and the third phase has begun to be planned.

Due to the fact that the first phase of the project was basically northern, only two half-built strongholds were discovered and destroyed during the last fish-man attack, and none of the others were discovered.

The first batch of equipment for the cement factory built with the help of the Forge Temple is already on its way, and it is said that the dwarves directly dismantled a factory and brought it over.

The Wright sisters also sent a letter, because it involved a military secret project, so they only mentioned in general terms that everything was fine.

Beginning at the end of July, Charles received gifts for his ninth birthday.

Mira gave him a belt that kept healing techniques and a "shield of light", Meow's sister Momiji from far north sent him a bag of dried mutton, a specialty of the prairie, Diana sent a multi-purpose sapper shovel, his grandparents sent a pair of boots with a constant "wind walk", his uncle Nicholas II sent a small Draco Sacred Shirt with the same arm shield and a magic textbook, and Aunt Pomegranate sent several new sets of clothes.

In addition to this, there were some people who surprised him with gifts. Aunt Marcie knitted him a woollen scarf, a bag of raisins and a bag of preserved apples were sent along with the arm shield, Auston I, who was pursuing Mira, gave him a dagger with constant "ice impact" magic, and Linda gave him two buns (cold) in a magic crisper.

While Charles was contemplating whether to give Linda a pound of fragrant roasted worm chrysalis, Mordred was crying.

She had planned to use the scholarship for the final exam to buy a gift for Charles, but she was so nervous that she forgot to write her name on the exam paper when she took the final subject.

The last thing that came was a gift from Meliti, a bag of white pearls of the same size, which, if strung into a necklace, would have been enough to drive the ladies crazy.

Pearl was accompanied by a thank-you note from her, saying that her father's injuries had been completely healed, so she didn't have to wait at home to inherit the family business, and she had now returned to Knowledge City to continue her leisurely life.

August came so quietly that Charles took a leave of absence that day, and then went to the mountains alone in the evening to pay homage to his parents.

Today happened to be the day of the military and civilian party in the barracks, and at first their commander Slim also planned to postpone it for a day or two considering Charles's situation, but when Charles went to ask Slim for leave, he ran into the village chief who came to discuss, so he asked the commander not to care about himself.

When Charles returned to the barracks, Finney and his squad were singing a folk song from his hometown with a six-stringed instrument.

Elves' long lifespan is enough to make them versatile, and playing a six-stringed piano is a piece of cake for many elves.

At present, a large part of the songs are mainly narrative, and the songs are composed of romantic, witty, or tragic stories.

In this world, music can be magical, and the cultists and priests of the Temple of Music can boost morale, calm the mind, and sweep away some negative buffs through the singing of the gods. If a large number of clerics are combined, the music they play or sing can even affect the morale of an army, while also buffing the army.

This ballad sung by Finney tells the story of a young man who falls in love with a girl selling spices on the street when he goes to the market to buy something, and then thinks of a way to visit the girl's spice stall every day.

After singing the scene where the hero and heroine of the song hug each other in the moonlight, Finney is about to step down the stage amid applause, when he sees Charles, who has just returned from outside.

"Your Highness!" Finney waved at Charles, "You should have a show too!"

Charles has a black line, and now these guys call him "Your Highness" probably not good.

For example, before coming to the stationing this time, Slim took him to the logistics department, and grabbed a lot of supplies and good equipment while grabbing a lot of supplies and good equipment one by one.

Charles initially refused to go on stage, but before he could say so, he found himself being thrown on stage.

I don't know whose hand it was, holding his trouser belt, let him go on stage in a commotion.

Charles, who was standing on the stage, was not good at spoiling everyone's interest, but since he was going to perform, he couldn't perform a chest breaker, he believed that if he really dared to play like this, those guys would definitely use the magically strengthened stones of the city wall as props.

So he stretched out his hand to Finney and borrowed the six-stringed instrument from him.

This six-stringed piano is similar to the guitar, Charles knew a little bit in his last life, and in this life when he was in the caravan, he learned it from a cousin because of curiosity, and now he can be regarded as able to play a sound.

There was silence in the audience, and everyone was waiting for His Royal Highness Charles to make a move.

After recalling it in his head and translating the lyrics from Chinese to elves, Charles's fingertips plucked the strings and then sang in his crisp voice "Speak from the heart, I'm homesick too......"

At this time, it was already the height of summer, and the wind in the mountains was so strong, and a few insects in circles around the magic lamp on the stage fought against the mountain winds from time to time.

The bugs could not hear the emotion contained in Charles's song, but they were soon frightened by the sudden sound and fled into the night.

When someone else's emotion evokes the same emotion in one's own heart, it resonates in the heart.

Tonight's version of "Say a Word from the Heart" incorporated his emotions, and at the same time struck a chord with his comrades-in-arms, and the villagers who sat with the soldiers were also infected by the emotions of the soldiers.

After the song was finished, there was silence at first, and just when Charles thought he had messed up, a storm of applause suddenly hit.

Slim jumped onto the stage, hugged Charles, patted him on the back, and kept saying "Great, you sang so well".

Then he turned around and asked loudly to the audience, "Is Your Highness singing well?"

The roar of "Okay!" from the audience seemed to shake the clouds in the sky and the bright moonlight sprinkled on the mountains.

Slim continued to ask loudly, "Do you want another one, Your Highness?"

"Yes!"

Charles, who couldn't beat the elves, could only continue to think about which song to cover next, and at the same time was glad that his ancestor didn't cover a lot of songs.

While the elves waited, Charles plucked the strings again, and then sang "Maybe I will never come back when I say goodbye, do you understand if you understand, maybe I will not rise again when I fall, do you have to look forward to it forever......"

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