Section 13

[Dear sisters,

I'm sorry, I don't want to hide it from you, but I don't want to worry you even more...... Please forgive me for being selfish.

The second sister said that you like the long poem of the violet flower, I can't think of a suitable verse, there is only sea water and cold in Xingyue Bay...... I found the violet flower, though.

Don't worry about me, I'm fine here]

Holding the vase, Rela arranged the violet flowers brought back by the fire crow and placed them in front of Editia, who put down the letterhead.

"Look at the flowers sent back by little Annan, eldest sister, you can forgive him."

"This violet flower will feed a hundred people."

"Here you go again." Reela reluctantly moved Editria's shoulders and made her look at the violet flowers in the vase, "This is a gift prepared by the younger brother to make you happy, he can't bring back a cart of grain." ”

It took a long time for Reela to stop Annan's anger and wipe the sweat from her forehead.

She has given so much for this family.

"Hurry up and write back to little Annan and say that you forgive him."

"Don't ...... He has his own territory, how can he still worry about the Ausulon territory, we let him wander outside by himself. ”

"Was our eldest sister angry because of this? It's so cute, so let's let my little brother come back. ”

Itilia resistantly pushed away Rela's hand kneading her cheeks, and a red mark appeared on her delicate pale cheeks: "Annan's territory is just starting, and he still has a lot to do. ”

Leila folded her arms and scoffed: "What else can he do but make trouble?" Maybe he's got a bunch of elven sleepers......"

As if she saw the future Annan coming back with a bunch of black-haired children with pointed ears, she successfully provoked herself, grabbed her quill, and said indignantly:

"I'm going to get this bastard back quickly!"

……

Annan wore a wolf's skin over his mage's robe to protect against the bitter cold of the early morning.

Not far away, the lords were in full swing in front of the portal, carrying the stacked charcoal into the warehouse.

This charcoal is enough for Xingyue Bay to survive this winter, but the shipment is still coming slowly on the way.

Since Breeze City no longer sends homeless people, Annan asked Ingrid to register all the people, and record their age, gender, and what they are good at.

Excluding Ingrid, the knights, and the craftsmen, there were a total of 1,033 lords in Annan, with Old Zorren being the oldest, Siloh being the youngest, and most of the rest being between 15 and 30 years old, mainly farmers and woodcutters.

No one ran away. When they were homeless, they starved, rummaged through garbage cans, fought rats for food, and even lay down in taverns to pick up vomit scraps...... Now they had warm shelter and plenty of food, and now they wanted nothing more than to praise the young and great lord for his generosity and kindness.

And the quality of the people can't be said to be uneven, but those who can write their names should not have screened "The Fall of the Mage Tower" as many times.

So these days, there have been three or four incidents of indecency and brawls in Xingyue Bay, and the prisoners have been temporarily put in temporary cells, and Annan has not had time to see them.

The captain of the guard selected fifty people from the new lords to join the guard reserve, and when the portal was annihilated, Annan went to the cell accompanied by Ingrid, ignored their pleas and said:

"One hundred trees for each of those involved in the brawl, and two hundred for each of those who molested women, and if they forgive them, they can stay in the territory, and if you don't forgive, you will be expelled from Xingyue Bay."

"Or you try to run away, and I won't stop you."

Several prisoners rejoiced, but two others pleaded in horror. Winter is approaching, and the frost has caused the forest to fade its leaves, and it is difficult for them to survive after being expelled from Starmoon Bay.

But Annan was not as kind as he used to be: "All men have to atone for their mistakes." ”

Ingrid was right to praise Annan for his act of establishing majesty. Annan wanders around the territory all day, responding to the greetings of the lords, but familiarity makes the lords lose their awe.

"This is not to establish majesty, it is the law of the future Star Moon Bay." Annan told Ingrid about the rudiments of the law that he had conceived these days, such as about theft, robbery, indecency, and murder.

"But it's too serious......"

Ingrid agreed, but did not support, that such a law would be criticized. If placed in Breeze, half of the nobles would be hanged and the other half would be expelled from the city.

Not even Olmedo could afford that price.

"It's always been that way, right?"

Annan's words stunned Ingrid.

The census also brings to light a persistent problem: the imbalance between men and women.

There were fewer than 100 women among the 1,000 people, and more than 20 of them were willing to follow Annan's women workers and their families.

Children, the elderly, women...... Their proportion among the displaced is negligible.

Annan was silent for a long time when he learned about this. He narrowly applied his own experience to those homeless people, ignoring that whether it was the peaceful town of Pinglin or the bustling city of Breeze, the poor died every moment.

This winter will also freeze countless people to death.

On the way back to the big house, Annan saw a group of craftsmen arguing.

"This can't be done! It's ugly and ugly! ”

"Your Excellency has agreed!"

"That's ugly too! All the houses and orientations are the same, are you building coffins? ”

A stocky old craftsman vetoed their plan, and after Annan approached him, he asked for a piece of paper and a pen to draw a stick figure - all the houses had the same appearance and were neatly arranged along the street.

"Isn't that pretty?" The other craftsmen didn't see the problem.

"Good-looking? You say this cold, lifeless thing looks good? Lacking in natural beauty, living in such a place is hopeless! ”

"So what would you do?" Annan asked him.

The old craftsman painted another painting, which is still a sloping roof, and the eaves and doors and windows of each house are slightly changed to make the building natural and vibrant.

Annan was pleased with the change: "You are now their leader. ”

The evening event in Starmoon Bay is still "The Fall of the Mage Tower", but today there is an unexpected guest.

The magical image seemed to entice a being to wander outside the camp, and the first howler to notice it scared it away as soon as it approached, and it didn't take long to return to the outside of the camp.

The captain of the guard summoned the knights, only to let it run away and disappear without a trace.

Annan came to the woodland where it had disappeared last, and with a little hesitation, placed a recording philosopher's stone on the ground to activate it, and released it to the forest in late autumn.

They returned to the camp and went back to see it the next morning, and the Philosopher's Stone was missing, and a crystal was placed in its original place.

Treants? Genie? Or a druid?

Annan did not destroy this precious kindness and placed it on the desk of the big house.

Towards the end of the morning, the fire crow entered the house with a cold wind. The note tied to the leg had only one sentence:

[Little Annan, you are limited to go home within one month. If you don't come back, my eldest sister and I will go to look for you! 】

(End of chapter)