Chapter 34: Return to Irontree Castle
"Oh?" A little surprised: "Got in trouble?" ”
"No, in fact, since I learned that there is a mysterious power in the world I live in, I have been more concerned about this aspect, and I have recently gotten some news about this, and I want to see the specific situation with my own eyes."
Laura didn't go into too much detail, but David immediately understood what was going on.
The adventurous heart in this girl's heart is not willing to be lonely, and she has found a suitable target, so this tomb destroyer is starting to prepare for the next action!
This is not something to be surprised about, and with Laura's character, it is strange that Ken is honest and stays at home.
The reason why Laura was able to stay at 'home' for so long and didn't run out to find any ruins was because her attention was on David's side during this time - not Davy himself, but the world David's own.
Now that she has figured out the situation around Winter Village, she has followed David to Irontree Castle, although it is only a general turn, but after experiencing the customs of this world and various daily life, her curiosity about this world has decreased a lot.
It just so happened that there was new information in her world that could interest her, so it was normal for Laura to turn around and go back to a new adventure.
As for her and David's current relationship? This doesn't seem to have any effect, anyway, she can come to Winter Village at any time when she goes out on an adventure, and it can even be said that the existence of Winter Village is Laura's biggest hole card to challenge those mysterious powers!
In addition to having her own safe area that she can enter and exit at any time, she can also store a variety of equipment and tools in Winter Village, so that she can deal with all kinds of troubles.
In addition to that, she can also ask David to cast some holy light spells on her to protect herself.
"And the one I said before."
"Which one?"
David's question caused Laura's displeasure, and she gently hammered David's chest with her fist: "You can divide the Holy Light with me a little bit of that." ”
"Oooh!" David suddenly said, "It's not a problem, but when I come back from Irontree Castle, I will study how to infuse pure holy light into your body more safely." ”
"......" Laura tilted her head: "Why do you feel weird about this sentence?" ”
"Are you sure it's not your mind that is strange?"
While rambling around, he walked into the warehouse with potatoes on his shoulder. David checked it by the way, the batch of potatoes that Laura bought had been specially selected, and there was not much difference in size and appearance from the potatoes produced in Winter Village before, and it was impossible to detect the obvious difference with the people of this world who knew about the strange crop of potatoes.
For the next few days, nothing special happened in the village.
Even the newly arrived Ardis also found something to do for himself: during the day, he took Alfie to hunt in the northern forest periphery, and sometimes he would look for prey along the forest to the northeast and teach Alfie how to be a hunter.
At the same time, it was also to reduce the time spent in contact with Maloney and his men, because of this reason, Ardis did not have the opportunity to have a good chat with David after he came. Because David was often with Maloney during this time, Ardis was trying to avoid this nobleman.
However, for Ardis and Alfie, the days of 'hiding and hiding' are finally coming to an end.
Ten days after arriving in Winter Village, Maloney felt that he had gathered enough information for his men to rest for two days before heading back to Irontree.
This information did not avoid David, and even made an additional 'map' for David, which not only marked the situation of Winter Village and its surroundings, but also marked the information of the entire northern plain that had been explored.
It was an unexpected surprise for David, and now he finally had a clearer idea of the surroundings around his 'hometown'.
In addition, Ferdin, who had gone to the east to scout, also returned, and the news was not terrible: after crossing almost the entire northern plains, Ferding found the group of 'orcs' - he thought that this group of creatures was orcs, a village of nearly forty orcs, and had built various buildings, even wooden walls.
Although there are a lot of these orcs, but seeing that their posture does not mean to expand outward, but concentrates on building defenses, Ferding speculates that it is the cavalry that David and they eliminated before, which has a certain deterrent effect, making these orcs very jealous of humans.
"This is good news, which means that these orcs will not come to us for trouble anytime soon."
This news, David also did not hide from Maloney, after sharing the information detected by Ferding to Maloney, he was also thanked by Maloney - his work did not include scouting this group of strange enemies, and now he can return with some additional information, which can highlight his ability.
After further refining the map information on the northern plains, and after finishing the finishing work, David loaded fifty kilograms of potatoes onto an empty horse, rode another one himself, and marched towards Irontree Fort with Maloney, who had completed the work.
This time, the route was the same as the route taken with Laura on the previous trip to Irontree Castle, which was to follow the riverbank south to the north side of the Irontree Forest.
Compared to the two who could only rely on their feet, the team now has all the mounts and extra horses to carry the goods, and the speed of the march is much faster.
Due to David's detailed description earlier, the intelligence information of this route has already been recorded, and it is just to compare it and make sure that there are no major problems.
So in less than four days, the team had already arrived at the northern outpost.
Putting down the fifty kilograms of potatoes that had been negotiated, and taking the coins after deducting the price of the six chickens and two horses, David and Gregory agreed to take the six chickens when he returned, and after a night's rest, he continued on to Irontree.
Hurrying all the way, the fast horse galloped and soon returned to the Iron Tree Fort.
Looking at the messy and unplanned outer city in front of him, Maloney Mansfield, who has always maintained an aristocratic posture, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
No matter how well he kept it on the surface, but when he ran to the complete unknown, and now found a group of strange enemies called orcs, Maloney was somewhat worried in his heart - Maloney approved of the title, and with his report, the orc name would soon be determined by the humans of Irontree and even the kingdom of Tiran, and became the official name.
Now, he has finally returned to the Iron Tree Fort, which is guarded by sentry posts, passes, fortresses, city walls, and countless elite soldiers, and Maloney does not have to worry about his own safety.
In a good mood, Maloney also promised that he would urge his colleagues to let David get the letter of appointment as soon as possible, and the identity of the head of Winter Village would be confirmed as soon as possible.
I don't know if Maloney Mansfield really put a lot of effort into promoting this, but at noon on the third day back at Irontree Castle, David got his letter of appointment and various related paperwork.
"Congratulations, from today onwards, you will be the head of the Irontree Fort region and the village of Winter under the rule of the Tiran Kingdom."
After receiving the letter of appointment and various related documents from the Lord of Irontree Castle, Marquis Dudley Morgan, even though he had already determined that he would definitely become the head of Winter Village, he was still very excited at the moment when he really achieved his goal.
Because he was in a good mood, he ignored the unpleasantness caused by the various courtesies required to meet the lord, and even he felt that this Marquis Dudley-Morgan was the most pleasing nobleman after coming to this world: "It is a great honor to accept this important task." ”
With a faint smile on his face, the Marquis Morgan completed the appointment ceremony after a few words of encouragement in a cordial tone.
The meeting with Marquis Morgan lasted less than five minutes in total, and he said no more than ten words, and David only said one sentence, which showed that the lord was not interested in the Northern Plains and Winter Village, or that he had already mastered all kinds of intelligence information, so there was no need to ask more, seeing that David was just completing the fixed process.
Walking out of the lord's castle with the letter of appointment and documents, Maloney Mansfield greeted him as soon as possible, and then walked side by side with David to the outside of the lord's castle, while asking David if he had any plans next?
"Back to Lindong Village, continue to reclaim the land, expand the farmland, and try to grow more crops." David didn't hide, and there was no need to hide, and the next thing he had to do was this: "Until then, I'll try to recruit some more farmers." ”
"About this......" Maloney Mansfield looked left and right, "If you're not in a hurry, can we find a place to talk?" ”
"Oh?" David looked at Maloney, a little unsure of what the Inspector was trying to do: "Where to talk?" ”
Seeing that David was willing to talk to him, Maloney immediately motioned to come with her, and waited until he got out of the lord's castle and got into a carriage together.
David sat in the fully enclosed carriage, chatting with Maloney on the other side, and looked out through the small window on the side door, and saw that the carriage was heading straight for the outer city, but when it was about to reach the inner city gate, it turned a corner and turned into a relatively chaotic street.
The carriage stopped, but Maloney grabbed David, who was about to get off, and signaled that he didn't need to get off: "In fact, recruiting farmers doesn't have to be in the outer city, but also in the inner city, for example, this family, the current living situation in Iron Tree Fort is very ordinary." ”
David looked through the window at the nearby house: a woman in her thirties was sitting in her thirties doing needlework, while a boy in his teens was crouching beside the woman to help.
Looking at this scene, the answer emerged in David's heart.