Dear Broom Knight

Watching Cesca skip away, Lorry frowned slightly, finally letting out a soft sigh.

Cesca's first reaction is always Valera, even if it means pulling her in for overtime.

But why would Taylor rather be extorted by Cesca than come in? Isn't it because of the benefits brought by Ruthkania and Bolanios!

Of course, before Lorry spoke, even if she was envious, Cesca wouldn't have considered this.

In any case, Bolanios chose to settle near the castle for the time being, so they always have a chance.

But who would prefer second best when there's a better opportunity?

After confirming that Ruthkania would stay here until spring, Cesca's first reaction was to call Valera over... If it was just to find someone for overtime, she would definitely think of Charles first.

But if there are benefits to be had while working overtime, then Cesca would definitely only think of Valera.

This is certainly not a bad thing. The eldest sister of the Toler family is their backbone and central strategist.

Although the younger siblings are quite independent people, if they really can't figure something out for a while, they will definitely seek Valera's advice.

In fact, some traces can be seen from their past performance.

The relationship between the four siblings is not bad, but there are still differences, which is of course normal.

Just like the old saying goes, even five fingers have different lengths!

However, Taylor is always the one most easily isolated.

This is not because the older sisters and brother have any dissatisfaction with this little brother... This subtle distance can only be blamed on their idiotic parents.

However, Taylor himself doesn't care about these things.

He is indeed very loving and respectful to his older sisters and brother, and will make his own efforts to protect them... But it's still because of the past living environment that he's not so careful and considerate.

Or rather, people who are pampered everywhere, even if their personality is good, will not be so sensitive.

Although Taylor's parents' kindness to him was mixed with selfish thoughts, good is good.

Having everything he asked for is having everything he asked for.

Even Cesca, the first child with good enough talent, didn't have that kind of treatment... After Cesca followed Lorry, the subsidies from her parents basically stopped.

After all, in their eyes, Cesca was the gift they offered to Lorry, their proof of loyalty to Mrs. Yagrisif.

They never thought of taking it back, but they didn't want to pay anything more.

It sounds like it's okay, but in essence... it's understandable that Cesca would feel that she's not even as good as an object.

However, even if Taylor left Montesberk County with Lorry, the Toler couple would send a large amount of subsidies every week.

In their hearts, Taylor is the guarantee of the Toler family's future glory.

Don't look at Charles always being by their side, but he is also the one who will be abandoned at any time... As long as this couple has another talented son, then everything they have besides the manor, including the connections in the Knights, will definitely belong to this child.

Charles will have nothing but a manor that belongs to the eldest son... This is also the main reason why he is very willing for Valera to engage in those small actions in the back mountain of the manor.

These two siblings are wholeheartedly working together to fight against their stupid parents.

Taylor, however, can't do that.

No matter what, he can't openly confront his parents, he can only help in secret.

His older brother and sisters are of course very grateful for his behavior, and are willing to accept the enthusiasm and help of this kind little brother, but... there is always a gap.

At least when scolding their parents together, they have to be careful to avoid Taylor, right?

With so many things like this, Taylor himself has become accustomed to being isolated by his older brother and sisters at times.

Moreover, this child is quite clear in his heart, knowing what it means to be 'hard to come by is confusion'.

No matter what Valera and they want to do, it won't harm his interests, so why bother pursuing everything to the end?

This is also one of the reasons why Lorry thought Taylor was the most suitable to manage his castle guards from the beginning.

Although Lorry's method of managing his territory is extremely strict, and he never shows mercy to those who are his enemies, strictness does not mean high pressure.

He actually knows his territory very well, understanding that some people don't not want to leave, but they can't leave for a while, and they don't know how to leave.

And this all stems from the past barony, which was almost like a mercenary territory.

Many people inside, even if they were just farmers, had forces behind them.

They definitely had to wait and see for a while, determine the attitude of this new lord, and then decide what they should do and how they should go in the future.

Moreover, in the first few years after he took over the territory, the personnel in Lorry's castle knights were too complicated.

The incorporated adventure groups, the apprentices left by Lyon, plus a large number of logistics personnel, really... Lorry doesn't even want to recall how shocked he was when he figured out how many external forces some people were colluding with.

He could even draw a spider web.

But these people, although unwilling to serve Lorry, don't necessarily mean they would do anything to harm Lorry, the lord of the territory.

However, if Cesca were standing there, she would definitely not be able to accept that so many of her subordinates had ambiguous attitudes, and that some people were even ready to leave at any time.

It is difficult for Cesca to learn what is called moderation. She hopes that the entire territory is clearly black and white, and then there is no black at all.

This kind of attitude is okay for managing castle affairs and territory affairs, but managing the knights, which is already a complex situation, is really going to cause trouble.

Even if Lorry, who chose to slowly clean up the environment of the knights, repeatedly ordered, Cesca would probably find it difficult to accept the reality that the people who should have been kneeling at Lorry's feet were actually just squatting.

Even if she didn't do anything, her attitude would cause some people who were already sensitive to overreact.

In that case, Lorry's territory would never have been able to end the transition period so peacefully and enter his era directly.

Although Lorry doesn't want to build any close relationships with others, and doesn't plan to find any allies, he's not interested in making enemies everywhere either.

Why bother?

It's good to send them away politely and live happily.

Lorry didn't belong to the Dragon or the Long family in his previous life.

But sometimes he couldn't help but notice that Cesca's personality was a bit too persistent.

She can think of Valera first in such a good time, but she can't only think of Valera.

However, Lorry didn't want to say anything before Cesca made a mistake... Although Cesca seemed stable and reliable, she was just a little girl in her early twenties!

Of course, Lorry understood that according to the standards of this world, it was normal for him to have higher demands on Cesca.

But others don't know, but he knows it himself!

He really couldn't say it.

So, Lorry didn't call Cesca back again.

Anyway, his territory is important, but not important.

As long as it doesn't affect his and his mother's life, let Cesca do whatever she wants... A person like him can't discuss sibling affection with Cesca.

That would be really funny.

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In the conference room on the bottom floor of the castle, countless documents were piled up like mountains.

Although there were only three people in the room, there was an atmosphere of a hundred-person battle.

Valera coldly examined the place where she would be working for a while: "Cesca, you really love me."

Taylor chuckled twice with his head lowered.

"Anyway, you don't have anything to do in Green Maple Valley," Cesca replied calmly, "As for the inns and hotels after spring, aren't they all Charles's job?"

Although most of the work they do is collaborative, if it is someone's own proposal or preparation, the others will mostly not interfere too much, unless the other party asks for help.

The same is true even if they work in the same place.

This is the tacit understanding between the four siblings... Although the pain and wounds of the past have gradually healed by Lorry's side, some scars still hurt occasionally, even if they have scabbed over.

Therefore, they are more sensitive to the things, power, and aura they possess.

Especially Valera and Charles.

Every item they owned as children was something they had to painstakingly keep in their hands, so they were as sensitive as beasts guarding their territory.

"Isn't my most important thing cultivation?" Valera rolled her eyes at her younger sister, "It's not easy to enter the ranks of professionals, and as long as I'm firm enough, I can keep going, even if there's no road left at the end, I have to walk to see the cliff with my own eyes."

"That's why you should come here!" Cesca said with sparkling eyes.

"What... do you mean?" Valera asked hesitantly.

"Now Ruthkania is taking care of the sleeping children in the hall, and Bolanios has gone hunting, so you don't feel anything yet," Taylor interjected expressionlessly from behind a pile of documents, "When they appear together on the lawn teaching the children to hunt, you'll be able to feel it.

At that time, ordinary people will not be able to leave the castle, or even open the windows."

Cesca nodded with a smile: "It's about to start in half an hour, and then it will continue until the moon is in the middle of the sky, when the little dragons go home to rest."

She pointed to the table farthest from the window: "Sister Valera, that's yours."