Tessa curled up in the carriage with her eyes closed.

A month of driving and riding made her mentally a little sluggish.

Roderick rode to the carriage.

"Miss Tessa, we're in Winterfall."

As the commander-in-chief of the military side of the fortress, Roderick had obtained the trajectory of the convoy as early as when it was still dozens of miles away from Winterfell, and personally went out of the city ten miles to meet them.

He had long learned about it, and the lord's senior sister, another disciple of Master Roman, was coming to the Twilight Fortress, which was certainly something that everyone should pay attention to.

Roderick had seen Tessa once, when Roman Sagan followed His Majesty to the fortress to counterattack the Plains of Wind and Whispering, and he still had an impression of the woman beside Your Excellency in the "Storm Guidance".

Tessa pulls up the curtains.

When I saw the neat houses outside and the spacious and clean streets, I immediately sobered up for the most part.

She had followed her teacher to Twilight once, but the Twilight City in front of her had completely lost the devastation and dirtiness of the past.

It doesn't have the flowers, elegant architecture and ornate decorations of the Thunder City Garden District, but it gives people an indescribable cleanliness.

"The lord has an obsession with neatness, he ordered all the original thatched houses of all the residents to be torn down and rebuilt one by one, although it was only the simplest single house, it took more than two years, and after that, he issued a decree that no open defecation, no littering, no ......"

Tessa listened to these whimsical decrees, thinking about how her brother and sister managed the fortress like a family.

Even Thunder City doesn't have such rules.

However, the Twilight City in front of her made her have to believe it.

In just two and a half years, there have already been such changes.

Although she often heard Colin talk about how good Twilight City was and how much it changed, she always thought that it was the childishness of her junior brother bragging and showing off in front of her, and it was not until she saw it with her own eyes that she really felt interesting.

The inhabitants of Twilight City are no longer the serfs they cowered back then, but they have also stopped to watch when they see this convoy that is even more magnificent than when the lord came.

By the time the convoy reached the fortress, Colin was already waiting for the door with a group of people. Even Olivia took the initiative to join in the fun when she heard about it.

Tessa looked down and stepped out of the carriage and saw a circle of people surrounding her, smiling like a spring breeze.

"Guys, long time no see."

Before he could say a word, the coral had already rushed forward.

"Sister, I miss you so much." The little girl who is getting more and more sophisticated in her sycophant kung fu throws herself into Tessa's arms.

"Yo, the coral has grown a lot taller." Tessa touched her little head.

"Miss Tessa." Madeleine walked up.

The former chief magical advisor of the fortress apparently knew Tessa as well,

"Lady Madeleine, long time no see."

"yes, long time no see."

"Sister Tessa." Sophia stepped forward to salute seriously.

"Ah, is it Sophia? Almost unrecognizable. ”

“……”

"Mr. Harvey, are you still used to living here?"

"Hello, Miss Tessa, it's very nice here, better than Thunder City." Old Harvey retreated from the back of the crowd and bowed slightly.

“……”

"Long time no see, Your Excellency Olivia, the teacher asked me to say hello to you." Tessa took the initiative to walk up to the elf lady.

"Hello Tessa." The elf obviously didn't think it would be long, and smiled, "Is Lord Roman Sagan okay?" ”

"The teacher is very good." Tessa said, "Last month, Lord Aloyd visited the Mage Tower. ”

"He's just trying to trick some mint from your teacher to eat." Olivia didn't save face for her son in the slightest.

"The teacher was not stingy either, and sent two more carts of mint." Tessa laughed.

“……”

Colin suddenly found that the senior sister was familiar with many people, and going to the fortress was like going home.

The last time he returned to the Mage Tower, he told him about the recent situation, and Roman Sagan, who had learned that his disciple had achieved results in space magic again, was very relieved, and asked with a bald pout, "What is still missing, just say it." ”

Colin, who had been "planning for a long time", immediately took the opportunity to propose that he wanted his senior sister.

Since Jennifer went to the government hall and then focused on the newly acquired territory, the management of the fortress's belongings fell back to Madeleine, but the old high-ranking magician was not as energetic as before, and repeatedly asked the lord to find someone to share.

After a long time together, Colin had come to trust Madeleine very much, but since the Duke's death, the lady had indeed aged so much that even the natural spells of the elves and the light protection of the coral did not have much effect.

However, Colin was already short of manpower, and there were even fewer people who could share this kind of thing for him, so it was natural for him to hit the idea on his senior sister, who had always been in charge of the finances of the Mage Tower.

Roman Sagan, who had already spoken, regretted it, but he was not embarrassed to regret it, so he could only wave his hand and let the two disciples discuss it themselves.

As a result, Tessa left her teacher who had raised her for many years and happily came to Winter's Fortress.

Tessa greeted everyone and turned to face Colin.

Colin smiled and hugged each other.

Since the teleportation array, the two have actually been able to meet often, but in the eyes of outsiders, the pair have not met for two and a half years, and if they don't say anything, it will obviously arouse suspicion.

Colin smelled the familiar fragrance and said with a smile: "Senior sister, thank you for helping me." ”

……

Inside the study.

Tessa sat down in Colin's usual place with a fresh impression and said with a smile, "You're too shabby here." ”

"Territory construction costs a lot of money, how can I just enjoy myself." Colin brought a cup of black tea with his own hands.

"You called me, what exactly did I do for you?" Tessa smiled: "Originally, I was very envious of the position of 'Minister of Agriculture', but Sophia did do a better job than me." ”

"I've already thought about it, senior sister."

Colin cleared his throat and said solemnly: "The chief assistant to the lord, and the 'chancellor of the exchequer' of Xiaya, how is it?" ”

Chancellor of the Exchequer...... I'm good at managing money, but the 'chief assistant' sounds weird......"

Seeing that Senior Sister had no objection, Colin immediately continued: "Recently, the finances of the fortress have been a little tight, but Senior Sister can rest assured that the next days will definitely get better and better." ”

After two and a half years of arriving at the fortress, Colin has been investing almost all the time, and now that he has recovered the territory and opened the magic energy project, he has spent money like water, although some industries such as "primary healing potions" have begun to make money, but they still can't make ends meet.

The 340,000 gold francs he brought with him when he came were almost at the bottom.

Fortunately, all large-scale investment projects are on track, and subsequent revenues will gradually exceed expenditures, which is not a lie.

However, Tessa smiled slightly: "I'm not afraid to spend money, I sold all the property deeds in my name and brought all my savings with me." ”

"How embarrassed am I to use my sister's money." Colin said embarrassedly.

"Are you spending less of my money?" Tessa wondered.

Colin smiled awkwardly, and then asked curiously, "How many?" ”

"Not much." Tessa said: "Just more than 300,000 gold langs." ”

When Colin was dumbfounded, he saw his senior sister covering her mouth with her hand, leaned over and whispered:

"I also embezzled some from the teacher, made up 500,000 yuan, and brought it with me."

"This ......"

Colin opened his mouth for a moment to get acquainted.

After a long time, he was stunned and said, "The teacher will spank us if he knows about it." ”

"Don't worry." Tessa blinked: "The teacher doesn't know how much money he has." ”

Colin: "......"

(End of chapter)