Mountain and Forest Kingdom

A bolt of lightning illuminated the mountain and forest world white.

Lawrence and Stella walked above the castle while looking at the silent mountains where lightning fell.

"It's going to rain." Lawrence looked away from the distance and continued walking forward, "It will get colder after the rain, and then there will be one or two extra layers of blankets on the bed for sleeping."

"Tonight there will be many people going to the town's pubs to have a lively drinking and celebrating party."

Stella and Lawrence entered the attic entrance of the ring building from the corridor above the building and entered the candle-lit tunnel together.

"Why celebrate? What to celebrate?" Stella didn't know much about this place, so she needed to know more.

Lawrence smiled and said: "Celebrate that you can rest tomorrow. After the rain, some work will be temporarily stopped. Most of this year's work has been completed, and the wheat and potatoes have been processed. Except for some people who have to be busy with other things, Most people don’t need to be that busy.”

"It's necessary to take a day or two off occasionally. On a noisy night like this when the rain is hitting the house, drinking alone at home will be very boring. Most people like to go to the pub to have some fun."

Stella asked curiously: "Why do you do this? What's the point?"

Lawrence quickly explained the problem to Stella and also explained his motives.

People in this era don’t understand what depression is, nor the effects of weather and sunlight on the human body.

Lawrence understands, so if possible, he will create conditions that make everyone happy.

There are brothels and casinos in the town of Pumexiu and Dumu Port. These are necessary buildings in the feudal era.

Lawrence's men are not civilized people who have received compulsory education, nor are they a group of law-abiding and conscientious people. They have not yet taken off their savage coats. Their character and bloodline, which were cultivated in the harsh environment in the land of ice, make them Sometimes the dissatisfaction in the blood must be vented.

After knowing for a long time what kind of thing his men were, Lawrence naturally would not use the morals of the civilized era to restrain them. As long as they did not trample on the weak, rob or kill for money, or damage the property of the church and their masters, Lawrence allowed it. They resolve disputes in traditional ways.

No matter how forbidden it is, powerful men will always have relationships with many women, and most of them use coercion and money, not free love.

It is a common thing in the civilized world, but Lawrence does not believe that he can stop it in this barbaric and primitive medieval civilization.

Lawrence himself has many women, and he also knows that powerful men will occupy most women in various ways, and if they don't give some people at the bottom a way out, problems will sooner or later arise.

The bottom class does not refer to the barbarians in Phumexiu Town. These people are the thugs and slaves of the prophet's family. They are not the bottom class. The main customers of the brothel are heavy manual workers such as construction workers and porters.

These people are not slaves of the prophet's family. Most of them are outsiders who have come from various places to work and earn money in recent years.

The practice of recruiting workers from Western countries has been going on for ten years. Over the past ten years, a long-term understanding has gradually formed. People outside know about this and know that people here really give money and food.

"No matter what kind of job people have, they will be affected by the weather and sunshine. Young people are more resistant. The more lonely and weak they are, the easier they are to be taken away by disease and loneliness. The land of ice has been this since ancient times. It looks so cruel and realistic."

"I call this place a God-given place, and everyone agrees with this statement, so in order to make it more like this, I have been taking appropriate care of it."

Stella nodded, "I feel your greatness more and more. If we elves have a king like you, I think everyone will be happier."

Lawrence smiled, "I'm very happy you said that."

"Now there are more than two taverns in every town port. There are also three taverns here in Oak City. I will take you to see them. These three are the Golden Oak Tavern, the Silver Oak Tavern, and the Iron Oak Tavern."

Lawrence and Stella walked down the stairs and soon reached the fourth floor.

The ring-shaped building has a total of four floors. When it was first built, no one thought that it would develop into a large country with a population of millions. Although various aspects were designed according to the limits of the time, it still looked a bit shabby at this time, and it was also extremely repaired. The trouble will involve the roots of large oak trees underground.

The external size cannot be changed, and can only be improved from the inside. After arranging some people to live outside to free up rooms, the first comprehensive building of this era was formed.

It is a large-scale comprehensive building integrating schools, shopping malls, small supermarkets, bars, bathing centers, police stations, factories, production workshops, warehouses, scientific research institutes, training institutions, public kitchens and other buildings.

Stella didn't hang out here the last time she came here. At that time, Lawrence didn't trust this female elf who was suitable for assassination, so he asked the elf sister to take her to the port.

"Golden Oak, Silver Oak, and Iron Oak taverns. Sound like three sizes of taverns?"

Stella felt the difference from the name.

Lawrence explained: "That's right. The Golden Oak Tavern is on the highest four floors, inside Saint Lady's College. In addition to drinking and eating, it is also used to exchange information and supplies, and also to issue some commissions."

"Silver Oak and Copper Oak are taverns for residents, on the first and second floors."

Stella asked: “Why is there no pub on the third floor?”

Lawrence took Stella to the entrance of the fourth floor and explained Stella’s doubts.

"The third floor is the school and canteen, so there is no need for an additional pub."

"The fourth floor is for colleges and universities and libraries. This place was built a few years ago. The idea at that time was that the first floor was used to store goods and transactions, the second floor was for living, the third floor was for eating, and the fourth floor was for studying."

"There are changes now." Lawrence pushed open the iron door in front of him and entered the Saintess' College. "Now this building is mainly for imparting knowledge, followed by scientific research and training, and serving me."

"The three floors below are a place for study, work and thinking. The fourth floor is a place where people who are familiar with the place can freely interact and exchange new ideas and technologies, so a pub is needed."

"Work is work, life is life. It does not mean that the Golden Oak Tavern is the most upscale and suitable. It is just that this Golden Oak is only open to extraordinary people. If you want to taste delicious food, I recommend going to Silver Oak. If you want to know the customs and gossip of this area, you can Go to the Iron Oak Tavern, where the information is better."

At this time, the two walked to a window in the corridor and suddenly heard continuous noise.

It rained heavily outside the building. The rain hit the walls and stones, and hit the trees and leaves in the distance. The shadows of the trees in the forest were swaying in the dark night.

Stella looked at the world outside the window, "It seems to have been raining for a while. It's really strange. I didn't even notice when it started raining."

Lawrence smiled and stretched out his hand to hold Stella in his arms and said: "Because the walls here are thick enough and my arms are strong enough, it is difficult for you to hear the wind and rain outside."

"When I lived about ten years ago, I lived in a house made of wood. Whenever it rained, the roof would keep crackling. Sometimes I couldn't help but worry about whether the wooden boards would collapse. .”

Stella was suddenly very touched and echoed: "I can understand this. Whenever it rains, the tree house I live in will be very dark, very noisy, and the silence makes me very uncomfortable."

Lawrence thought for a moment, "Maybe I should take you to see the small town and port on a rainy night. I used to go out for a walk when I was bored."

Lawrence held Stella in his arms and described to her the scene he saw.

"At that time, you will feel that the tavern with lights is particularly bright and warm. The tavern you see in the rainy alley is glowing from the door to the windows, and you can hear the lively and cheerful sounds inside. You can see the white smoke rising slowly from the chimney in the rainy night.”

"At that time, I really wanted to sit in the Guangming Bistro that was still open and have a cup of warm wine."

"The more quiet and lonely it is on a rainy night like this, the more lively the pub becomes."

Stella remembered Lawrence's words, and felt that such an uncomfortable rainy night began to become lively.

Whenever the women around him were feeling down, Lawrence would comfort them.

But there was actually business to do today, and soon Lawrence took Stella to visit various buildings in the Saintess’ College.

Witches possess the power of blood. This power can not only be released in various awakened abilities, but also has some common public abilities.

Similar to mental resistance, language mastery, sensitive sense of smell and other pendant abilities.

Lawrence doesn't know how to master these powers, but after studying with Dana and other witches, he is figuring out a witchcraft system suitable for witches.

Comparing witches to machines, there are currently various machines in hand that can move and operate on their own. Although the specific principles and structures are not clear, these machines can move and communicate, so they will surely be able to gradually figure out the principles.

Killing is only the most direct way to express this kind of violence. Kharan's ripening ability was mainly used as a deterrent to kill people at the beginning. After meeting Lawrence, he developed other directions.

Since witches all possess mysterious powers, just like Bull's healing technique and Hela's strengthening technique, this primitive power may have more complex applications.

Heidi can create a water pressure combination with Clara, which naturally opens up other witches' ideas.

In the past, the witches could not cooperate or trust. Now with Lawrence's strong intervention, especially the protection of everyone's lives and safety, this has given the witches a foundation of trust and they can put down their guard and think about technical matters.

Although the current Saintess Academy is not that advanced, both Dana and Stella have seen the freedom, tolerance and progress that the elves do not have.

The number of witches attached to Lawrence will only increase, and at the same time, the number of witches will decrease due to birth restrictions.

More and more, less and less. (End of chapter)