Mountain and Forest Kingdom

This winter was a bit too lively. Lawrence, who was resting, exercising and working in the castle, dealt with a lot of things, and then passed the first night without realizing it.

The first day arrived one day earlier than in previous years. From this day on, everyone in the territory could see the sun again.

“Hopefully this will be a good year too.”

Lawrence has the same expectations for the new year as in previous years.

The family was sitting around the dining table having a meal, and Lawrence looked at Delenn.

Delen's belly had grown bigger, and Lawrence thought it was due to the birth this winter, so he didn't go outside to wander around and concentrated on waiting for the baby to be born at home.

Now that the war outside is over, the child has not yet been born.

"Mother, how long does it take for a normal witch to get pregnant before giving birth to a child?"

Luosanda explained: "The pregnancy cycle of a witch is longer than that of ordinary women. Different witches give birth to children at different times. It only took me spring to autumn to give birth to Delenn."

Lawrence felt a little strange, "Does the longer the pregnancy last, the stronger the child will be?"

"That's not the case." Kharan next to him said with a smile: "It usually has something to do with the witch's physique. If it's a witch like me who controls plant growth, it will only take a few months."

"If you have those powerful and mysterious bloodlines, you may be pregnant for several years."

Kahalan looked at Delen's belly again. Delen had become accustomed to the gazes of the others. At this time, he was eating the leg of lamb quietly, not caring about the gazes and discussions of the others.

Kharan said: "Dren has the ability to control soil and rocks. Her attributes are relatively slow, and the speed of absorbing power to give birth to offspring is also affected. But looking at the size and the movement in her belly, it should only take one or two months. Something happened."

Lawrence nodded, and everyone often touched Delen's belly. Although the little life inside was very quiet most of the time, sometimes it would kick its legs and stretch its arms mischievously in the belly.

Sofia looked at Kehalan, "Khalan, are your children still there?"

"She's still alive. I can feel that she's still alive, but I don't know where exactly." Kehalan thought carefully, but he still couldn't sense the other party's position.

Lawrence said very kindly: "If she comes here in the future, I would very much welcome her to live in our home."

Whether he was that girl's father or brother, Lawrence had no problem.

Kehalan smiled and said, "Even if the witches in the south were persecuted by the church, they did not come to us. I think they might have found a better choice."

"That's a pity." Lawrence didn't regret it at all, he just said it.

Witches are indeed powerful and useful, but ordinary women are not useless, especially when technology develops to a certain extent, it no longer relies on the strength of a single witch.

Sariel's weather forecast can only predict the general weather of one or two cities, but cannot predict the whole country.

Especially now that the territory has become larger and the ability to resist disasters has improved, the role of individual weather forecasts has weakened a lot.

After there is no need to worry about food, breeding work does not need to be so fast. Relying on the strength and wisdom of ordinary people can replace the ripening ability.

The emergence of gunpowder and cement also replaced the abilities of fire and earth, such as beekeeping ability and reconnaissance ability, which became increasingly weaker.

Unless witchcraft can be systematically formed into a system and more convenient and effective magic technology can be developed, its function will sooner or later be replaced by artillery and technology.

Furthermore, there are already enough witches around him. Lawrence behaves very gentlemanly towards the beekeeper. He is not proactive at all and is unwilling to invite her to come to his home to try out the mattress, take a bath and enjoy life together.

"Saryl, after Delenn, it's your turn. Have you decided what to name the child?"

Salil was listening to everyone talking, and when Lawrence turned the topic to herself, she looked at Lawrence in surprise.

"Lawrence, have you named little Lawrence? Is it really called little Lawrence?"

Salil didn’t even know what Delen’s child would be called, because it wasn’t born yet, so no one had any idea of ​​naming it.

The survival rate of babies in this era was very low, and the cold climate in the north also caused some children to die in their first year.

Therefore, everyone is accustomed to waiting for the child to grow up before naming it, rather than naming the child before he is born and without seeing whether the child is alive.

Lawrence knew that many of the habits and cognitions in modern society are luxurious.

"I have decided that Delen's child will be named Andersen, and then my second child will be named Green."

Sariel asked curiously: "What do these two names mean?"

Lawrence himself didn't know what it meant, "I thought about it and decided that from now on I can just call them by these two names. The name is just a title. Just call it this name if you know it."

Sophia couldn't wait to ask: "Master, what is the name of the third child?"

Catherine showed a confident smile, "Green must be my child's name. I believe my body is almost ready. I have a feeling that it will be this year!"

Lawrence found that he had ignored this dark horse. Although Catherine joined several years later than Salil, she was older than Salil and was a pure-blood witch.

Salil frowned and said with some embarrassment: "I don't really want children."

"It doesn't matter, we already have many children now." Lawrence was very understanding and very tolerant of all kinds of ideas. "We are all living a good life now. There is no need to care so much about future generations."

The others nodded.

Wizards actually don't value future generations...

Procreating offspring is just a job that is felt, and it is mainly due to physical needs.

In fact, judging from the current attitudes of many witches and wizards, we know that wizards are a group of people who have overcome the instinct of devotion.

It is impossible to expect this group of wizards seeking immortality to devote half their lives to future generations.

Neither wizards nor witches have the consciousness to raise their offspring.

Delen is a population to the Cloda tribe, just like a family or a sect recruits disciples. It is not to train disciples, but to let the disciples support the operation of the sect and relieve a group of big bosses from doing chores.

The wizarding family does not give birth to offspring for the purpose of cultivating them. Catherine and Cassandra's father regards them as tools to make money through marriage.

It's just that I was lucky enough to meet Lawrence, so it didn't feel like a gift.

Unless they are organized in the form of tribes and families, these people will not be nannies for children and stay as nannies for decades.

Especially children like Salil, who were left to be raised by men after they were born, have not had much maternal love since they were young.

In the cold world of wizards, family affection is something only low-level animals have. Wizards who yearn for eternity and transcendence will not be bound by such things.

Fortunately, there are fewer and fewer wizards out there. As the bloodline is diluted from generation to generation, the wizards in the future will only become weaker and weaker, returning to the ranks of mortals.

Once it was light outside, Lawrence spent the next few days ordering people to clear the snow-covered roads and put up more street lights.

The renovation of the castle has been continuing. The interior of the ring building at the rear has been repaired. Cellars and ice cellars, as well as wine cellars and underground escape passages for storing wine, have been built using Delen's witchcraft.

The building of the outer atrium has begun to be restored. With the efforts of witchcraft and a lot of manpower, you can live in a larger luxurious castle this winter.

A few days later, Emma returned to Oak City with several excited children and female captives.

The more than ten female captives were all beautiful women selected from the Durila nobles this time. Beauty was only one of the requirements, and more importantly, they were capable and worthy of cultivation.

Lawrence checked on the female captives.

There are no witches inside. Either they were taken away by the church in advance, or the number of witches and wizards outside has dropped a lot.

The battle with the Church of Dawn is not over yet, and those people will definitely not give up until spring or autumn.

Although Lawrence still planned to stay at home, he was ready to call Brielle to deliver the message.

"Send our envoys to preach in several kingdoms. If you find that people from the Church of the Dawn are trying to start a war, come back and notify us!"

"It is forbidden to spread the technology of gunpowder and cannonballs to the outside world. It is said to be the magic of our church!"

"No more selling weapons, farm tools and other iron items to non-friendly countries to prevent those weapons from falling into the hands of the Church of the Dawn."

"This time the Durila Kingdom lost a lot of people. Support them with a thousand tons of wheat and a thousand barrels of vodka so that they can restore peace as soon as possible. As compensation, I need the territory of En'er Village in the Durila Kingdom."

Lawrence wrote to the King of Durila, requesting a piece of land to be used as a garrison base to ensure that the commercial routes of Durila Bay were not disturbed by pirates, and at the same time to maintain a deterrent to the Kingdom of Glen and the Kingdom of Deco to prevent these two A powerful country and the Church of Dawn have gone too far.

The Kingdom of Durila was worried about how to maintain the rule of the royal family. Seeing that the Kingdom of Stars was willing to station troops to ensure the safety of the coast, it was naturally happy to agree.

The Western countries themselves are territories that have been encroached on little by little, and at the same time they have a king-lord model with little interference. Sometimes the nobles below can sell their country, so the king can naturally sell his territory.

Most people in Durila don't know where En'er Village is, but the merchants along the coast are very willing to accept the garrison of the Kingdom of Stars, so that they can do business more safely and have more sales channels.

The Kingdom of Stars soon gained an enclave, an enclave in the temperate sea.

There is no eternal night here, and there is no freezing in winter.

The main purpose is to confront the Church of Dawn, whose headquarters is in the richest Kingdom of Gran.

In recent years, both the Hokuriku Kingdom and the Haisenli Kingdom have been vigorously developing the breeding industry, providing a large amount of wool to the Kingdom of the Stars.

The Kingdom of Gran's wool still occupies the main share, but everyone knows that it won't take long for the Kingdom of Haisenli to occupy the main share due to its high-quality pasture terrain and closer geographical advantages.

The old industry represented by the wool ranchers and the coal industry represented by the nobles have established stable trade channels with the north.

Unless the Church of the Morning can convince those wool merchants and coal lords of the existence of the God of the Morning, these people will definitely oppose the war.

Lawrence, who had a fist in one hand and a gold coin in the other, let everyone make a choice. His biggest advantage was not witchcraft, but experience.

But this world does have superpowers that control the mind... No matter how reluctant the merchants and lords below are, the Kingdom of Gran has long since declared war on Durila's priests after they escaped. (End of chapter)