Dear Broom Knight

Travis countered, "Lowry, do you really not understand what you've turned your Azure Maple Territory into?

In the Northern Territory, where nearly half the year is filled with biting winds and snow-laden cities, you've created a territory that's evergreen like a garden.

Moreover, without violating the nature of any plants or animals.

When Ruthkania returned, she told me that when you encounter those intelligent plants that steadfastly bloom only when they're supposed to, you don't force them to change their minds, but instead choose to move them to places where they don't need to alter their natural rhythms, right?

Only the flowering trees that are willing or even enjoy blooming all year round are used as landscaping.

And you haven't restricted those small animals that complement the scenery... you even respect the freedom of cats and dogs.

Lowry, this isn't the habit of a mage, but rather, you have a natural reverence for nature.

Whether it's plants or animals, you manage them so well... it's comparable to a small Garden of Earth.

And Azure Maple Valley doesn't fall under the divine authority of the Earth Lord, nor are there many people who believe in him.

Travis suddenly chuckled twice before continuing, "But for those Earth Church bishops who want to vent their anger on your behalf and cause you trouble, this is not right.

What if the Earth Lord asks about you when communicating with one of his high priests?

According to the teachings of the Earth, those who make great contributions to perfecting nature, even if they are not believers, are beloved friends.

Which friend receives treatment like yours?

So, they don't dare to continue blocking you, nor do they dare to be too public.

Yet you really don't care at all.

Unlike other restricted nobles who often try to probe whether they have received 'forgiveness'... heh heh~

The key is, you don't have any acquaintances who can hint at this for them."

Lowry's social circle is too simple.

The Earth Church probably can't find anyone more suitable to deliver the message than Travis.

However, can they find Travis?

With the personality of this King of the North, he could spread this matter to the ends of the earth, into everyone's ears.

"Let them be," Lowry thought for a moment, still not planning to pay attention to this matter, "Currently, I don't have any needs from the outside world."

Unlike the first few years, when he had to acquire some basic materials to build the territory.

As for knight advancement resources... according to Lowry's hoarding nature, there's no need to worry about this issue for at least a hundred years.

Even if someone in the territory manages to reach level 16, Lowry can provide for them.

After all, Mrs. Yagris is there! In order not to hold his mother back, Lowry initially hoarded resources for 20 people.

After his magical items sold well, he worked hard to gather a little more: about a hundred people's worth.

However, for a barony like his, it's still enough.

And as his spell level rises and his alchemy strength increases, the things he needs actually decrease.

Those are no longer the resources that commercial transactions can provide.

When Lowry makes curios now, he looks at what he has, not what he wants to make.

This is actually very simple, the resources in the demiplane are enough for him.

To repeat, he is very good at hoarding.

"I really hope I can have a day when I can say such things," Travis said with great emotion.

"So, you want to give up the throne?" Arsalan's voice echoed faintly.

He didn't seem to approve of Travis's sudden change.

"Arsalan," Travis said calmly, "You are a mage, you should understand best what it means to guide according to circumstances.

When we reach this position, maximizing the interests of ourselves and the forces we control sounds simple, but it is extremely difficult to do.

So, when we encounter an opportunity, we can't consider what's best for both worlds, we can only seize the method that is beneficial to everyone, but most beneficial to ourselves."

"That's your..." Arsalan didn't continue, "Forget it, it's actually a good thing for me anyway."

That's indeed the case.

If Travis and Ruthkania go to the Astral Plane, Arsalan can build a fortress next to the dragon's nest.

At least he'll have a spacious place to live.

As for Arsalan taking it back, Lowry is not interested.

That's a matter for the royal family themselves.

This outcome is actually more beneficial to Ruthkania, and Lowry, who naturally favors his friends, will definitely like it more.

After exchanging some related information again, this conversation ended.

Before ending, Ruthkania hurriedly said, "I definitely won't be able to return when Lily and the others finish their hatchling stage.

I really hope I can watch them enter adolescence."

"I will take good care of the children and not let any outside filth come into contact with them," Lowry replied gently, "Don't worry! Ruthkania, I can do it."

"Mm!"

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Lowry's face darkened after ending the communication, and he took out a piece of paper and began to slowly describe the things hidden beneath the surface of this conversation.

The Great Cliff next to him is a very important checkpoint between the two countries, and there is also a teleportation array that leads directly to the capital.

Although the requirements for activating that array are very strict, it exists.

The guardian is naturally very important, and there must be a proper mage there.

Mages have never been easy to talk to.

Therefore, the chief officer of the garrison camp at the Great Cliff is basically one of the deputy commanders of the Northern Border Guard.

The commander is basically concurrently held by the border earl.

As for whether it's a full-time or nominal position, it depends on the earl's own strength.

Lyon should be considered half.

After all, although he didn't go through the promotion sequence of the Border Guard when he was young like other border earls, so that the Border Guard would recognize his face.

As the leader of the Great Adventure Team, Blade of the Fierce Tiger, he has also participated in many major events of the Northern Border Defense.

In the army, the main officer without any combat experience, and the great adventurers who have been fighting alongside them and even saved many people's lives, the soldiers will definitely admire the latter more.

In addition, Fabrice, who inherited the title of Earl Montes, simply cut off all contact with the Border Guard... Earl Montes was a very serious commander, and he had also proven himself in the flames of war.

Even though he had been staying in the Earl's Castle ever since, his former direct subordinates still remained in the Border Guard!

Generally speaking, the number of deputy commanders of the Border Guard mainly depends on the length and danger of the border.

In the Northern Territory, where you have to fight dogs even if you don't fight people, the number of deputy commanders is as high as eight.

There must be people from the Montes family inside, there is no doubt about it.

Otherwise, the Montes family would definitely not be able to sit firmly in the position of Border Earl.

Therefore, this family can only fight to the death internally... Attacks from the outside will definitely attract the Border Guard.

However, Fabrice's decision was good for everyone.

Lyon Hamilton is the White Dragon King's grandson.

With the Border Guard's admiration for His Majesty the King, if Fabrice was really not convinced, then the Montes family's manpower would be lost inside.

Of course, doing so would also lead to another consequence: over time, even the most loyal subordinates would slowly change their attitude.

People leave, tea cools, which is an eternal truth both at home and abroad.

Those that don't cool are because the people who left only left in name.

But Fabrice had no other choice.

Everything stemmed from his lack of strength, and he couldn't even mention why he was insufficient... The Montes family, which had fought to such an extent internally, basically had no face left, and mentioning it more would only be asking for trouble.

Moreover, Lyon himself is more inclined to logistics control in the management of the Border Guard... As a trusted member of the royal family, even military supplies from the capital are distributed from him.

Therefore, over the years, Yuri has been the real housekeeper of the Northern Territory, a respected big shot by everyone... He has never made a mistake in the allocation of materials.

In addition, Lowry, another direct descendant of the Montes family, is completely uninterested in these things, so the Northern Territory has steadily passed by.

However, after a new Border Earl comes, there will definitely be changes.

He will definitely not be willing to be just a logistics chief.

This is not a big problem.

After Travis guarantees that the Great Cliff will not become a territory under the jurisdiction of the border lord, Lowry naturally doesn't need to worry about anything anymore.

But Jonathan, whom Travis is preparing to arrange here, is currently still on the Hamilton Border Territory!

His position can be said to be a high-level position in the Border Guard, but among the high-level positions, it is a relatively low one.

If he wants to reach the position of Deputy Commander, even if he is a top great knight, he must have rotated through more than half of the Northern Territory checkpoints.

According to the Border Guard's rule of changing every two years... Lowry calculated it again, and finally determined that Jonathan would need at least twelve years to complete this process.

To be on the safe side, it would be fifteen years.

As for the age division of white dragons, after the hatchling stage at 5 years old, they enter the juvenile stage where their wings can flap slightly.

The juvenile stage is ten years, then there is the ten-year adolescent stage, and they enter adolescence at the age of twenty-five.

Ruthkania was still a bit too straightforward.

But since Travis didn't stop it, it means that this matter doesn't count as a real secret, only fewer people know about it.

In addition, there is the hint from his teacher Arsalan: he has already begun preparing his space fortress.

Although every archmage has the idea of being his own master, this is not something that can be done just by thinking about it.

The space fortress must first be built in rudimentary form on the continent, and this is not a simple task.

Well, even an archmage like Arsalan who is good at making curios is estimated to spend twenty years.