Mountain and Forest Kingdom

There are still two or three months left before the 16th year of the New Calendar, and Emma is busy with many things every day.

The affairs of the monastery are no longer under Emma's control, and the affairs of the manor have been handed over to others. Now Emma is too busy with the affairs of Oak Castle alone.

Jade is still in charge of the Ring Building, and the villages outside Oak City are also in the hands of the maids who have grown up in the past few years.

What Emma thinks about most every day is not about Lana and Yubao. That kind of thing has nothing to do with her at all.

Because of work, I just went over once to check it out and give you something.

Emma, ​​who is in a high position, is most worried about her daughter Tim.

This child is already sixteen, or seventeen.

Emma has become a mother at this age, but Tim, now sixteen or seventeen years old, is still so worried.

She's neither stupid nor stupid, nor smart.

Not ugly, not pretty either.

Emma knew very well that Tim was just an ordinary person and would find it difficult to become a nun or a maid in the future.

But this child is lucky. She has been a maid since she was a child, and she will definitely be a maid in the future.

Seravan's wife Etty came over as a guest and talked about the children with Emma, ​​whom she hadn't seen for a long time.

Edie was the first to hear Emma's troubles.

"The master has agreed to let the child become a maid, why are you unhappy?"

Emma replied: "The child can't speak and doesn't understand what the master is thinking. She has been a kitchen maid all her life and cannot be a head maid."

After Edith heard this, she asked, "If that child was like you, could he be the head maid?"

Emma thought for a moment, "No."

"Why?" Edith asked.

Emma has solved the troubles and knots in her heart and is willing to reveal them.

"No one can go back to the past. If I didn't follow the master all the way, I wouldn't be the master's maid, let alone the head maid."

"The master sees things more clearly than I do. I shouldn't always be so harsh on Tim. She is already very good."

Emma no longer worries about her daughter. Her master has long ago gently accepted his daughter, who is neither smart nor beautiful, as a maid.

Being a maid is already great, it is Tim's lifelong destination.

Tim's child cannot become the head maid. She has no experience with her master and is destined to be unable to take over her duties.

After figuring out her family's affairs, Emma regained her original intention.

No matter it is Umu or Tim, they cannot ask for too much. The lives of these two children are already stable. I have taken good care of the two children. The remaining time should be given to myself and the master.

"Thank you, Etty, I remembered what happened before. Didn't Torrevi come over this time?"

Edith didn't know what Emma had thought about, and quickly talked about her own troubles.

"Seravin married a young woman again, Torrevi is old, and Seravan actually hates her."

"It's been like this since a long time ago, her breasts are like ram bags about to fall to the ground."

Emma nodded, this is something that many people know.

Torrevi is the shepherdess, a hard-working Kur woman.

The shepherdess used to be a Kurr, but was captured by the Ug people and lived a miserable life as a slave. Later, she became Lawrence's slave and took charge of food, housing and distribution. She has always accepted various assignments without complaint.

The shepherdess had children of her own, and then took care of Reglo's children, looked after Emma and Bull's children, and looked after Edie's children.

Emma sighed: "I will let Seravan take good care of Torivi. Torivi is still the master's slave, and the salary the master gave her has not been cut off."

Edith said angrily: "I think I am the most pitiful. That woman is not pitiful at all. Do you know what Bull's child said to her?"

"I don't know." Emma suddenly wanted to know.

Etty was still very angry, "Kenny said he would ask his mother, Bull, to let Torrevi go to a convent and become a nun!"

After Emma heard it, she quickly said: "This is a good thing. I go to the monastery often and it's very nice there."

Etty became even more angry, "Those children never told me this! I have to save my own dowry to go to the monastery. I heard that the income requirements of the monastery this year are higher than last year?"

Emma nodded, "That's right. The master felt that there were too many nuns in the monastery, so he asked the abbots from all over the country to select the best ones, and he had to personally take care of the affairs of several monasteries in the Ice Land. "

Etty is no longer young. She is no longer the young woman she used to be. She is now a chubby noble lady.

Her greedy desire to eat, as well as her lazy and immoderate lifestyle make her look like an old woman in her forties or fifties.

Even Emma is no longer young and has a lot of gray hair in her hair, but a good and regular life, as well as mental and physical relaxation, allow Emma to go to work neatly every day to manage a group of maids.

Emma has not changed much from before, but is more mature and steady, with a clean and intellectual temperament.

The traces of time are reflected in different ways on her, Etty, and the Shepherdess.

It was time for Etty to think about her own future, and Seravan was no longer as infatuated with her as he had been when he was young.

Ever since Seravan went to Pig Trotter City to kill her old lover, it was as if the knot in his heart had been untied, and his attitude toward her became much more casual.

At first, they made do, but later, when they gained power, they married younger women.

"Emma, ​​can you tell the master that in ten years, I hope to live in the monastery in Port Dumu."

Emma nodded, "I'll try."

The monastery in Durmhamn is better than the monastery in Pumiceau.

It's not that the monastery in Pumixiu Town is bad, it's that the abbot of the monastery in Pumixiu Town is not as good as the one in Dumu Port.

Bull is a magician, or a magician with healing powers.

Her status is actually very, very high, much higher than Emma and the other saints.

With the possible exception of Lawrence, virtually no one was more respected than Boole.

In terms of prestige, Boole is third.

The first is Lawrence, and the second is not those berserkers and generals, but Lawrence's nominal mother, Lady Lathander.

Lathander was once in charge of agricultural production and industrial military dispatch, and her Cloda people were basically distributed in the Artisan District and the Holy Legion in Oak City.

The Prophet was not at home, so he listened to Lady Lathander.

People in Manor, Pumexiu Town, and Oak City all have this understanding.

Lathander is the first heir arranged by Lawrence. With her presence, the normal operation of the Ice Land can be stabilized.

The Valkyries and Pig's Trotter City will definitely lose control by then, but with Beow's presence, the Valkyries will have to wait and see if they feel uncomfortable for a while. The Pig's Trotter City side has long lost the capital to fight.

Salil is responsible for the annual distribution of military supplies and holds financial power.

With the help of Bull and Stella, as long as they continue to maintain the original policies and plans, the wizards don't want to cause trouble, so they can basically shrink and stabilize the situation.

The younger generation has grown up one after another. What worries Lawrence is not the invasion of foreign enemies, but the fact that there are too many women in the family. Taking care of them is not only troublesome, but also tiring.

A few days later, after Lawrence received Emma's letter, he also remembered the shepherdess whom he had not seen for several years.

Lawrence quickly wrote back.

Dear Emma, ​​I have received your letter.

Don't worry about Etty's affairs. I've taken enough care of her.

Torrevi has done more in these years. She has raised many children and has done many things for me diligently and sincerely.

I allowed her to go to a convent and become a nun at any time, in a place of her own choice, whether it was a harbor convent or a convent elsewhere.

Kenny's kid is not young anymore, so he can't just sit idle at Seravan's house all the time.

You send someone to take the family over to rest and ask Kenny if he is willing to become the pastor of the Star Church.

***

Lawrence's kindness was not equal to all.

The gap between the two thugs in the early years, Reguero and Mandekru, has become wider and wider over the years, and they have not seen each other for more than ten years.

But both of them now live a noble life that they never dared to imagine before, and become respectable people in the village and town.

In this barbaric and backward era, marriage is not the last guarantee for all women.

Torrevi soon arrived in Oak City with the children, and after thinking about it for several nights, he made the only choice in his life that he thought about and made on his own.

"I want to go to the convent on the manor and become a nun there."

Torrevi did not choose the Harbor Monastery that Kenny introduced, nor did she choose the Oak City Monastery that everyone else said, but she chose the Manor Monastery that she wanted to go to.

No one asked why, and it seemed like it was a natural choice.

***

When Emma wrote to Lawrence about Torrevi's choice, Lawrence read the letter and listened to Fuao's story.

In addition to Fuao and her two followers, there were also Lana with her head lowered, Yu Bao lying on the blanket looking around curiously, and Tasna sitting respectfully aside.

Awenla, Heidi and others were also sitting nearby, listening to the ins and outs of the nun's uniform theft incident.

"That's enough." Lawrence called Fuao, nodded and said: "This time Fuao did the right thing, the white clothes you are wearing are not pure white and flawless and awe-inspiring."

"In these years, the people in the Land of Ice and outside the Land of Ice, the ships and caravans protected by our Kingdom of Stars, have all been protected because of my majesty, and many unfortunate things have been avoided."

"My majesty is based on strong strength. Even so, many people who want to be famous have challenged me over the years."

"Lana." Lawrence looked at the child tenderly, "You are a child who is well protected by me and the other nuns. Just like you protect Yubao, I have always protected you very well."

"You don't have Fuao's courage to fight for my honor and majesty, nor do you have the wisdom and diligence."

"Even loyalty is not much." Lawrence shook his head helplessly.

Lana was frightened and quickly begged: "Prophet! Lana knows that she was wrong. Lana will definitely be obedient in the future!"

Lawrence didn't expect Lana to change anything. Whether she changed or not actually had no effect.

"It doesn't matter. From your interactions with other people, I also see your compassionate side, your care for the fish, and your yearning for a comfortable and beautiful life."

"People should always have some talents to survive. You are lazy and don't like to move, and your memory is not good, but you can do a lot of things."

"Learn something here this year, and when next spring you go to the manor monastery to become a nun there, where you grew up, I will teach you how to weave and make clothes."

"This kind of thing can be done at home, sitting on the bed. You can earn some pocket money from your usual work. Of course, you also have to do things in the monastery. The food there is the same as the harbor monastery, and the treatment is the same."

Lana breathed a sigh of relief and felt much more relaxed after hearing that she was going to the Manor Abbey.

Although I no longer have any friends in the manor monastery, it is fine as long as I can continue to be a nun.

"Yes, prophet, but..." Lana suddenly thought of something, "Yubao's fishing ground..."

Lana thought about Yu Bao's problem. Yu Bao's job was at the seaside. If he left the sea and went to the mountains, he would have no work.

Lawrence smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. There is a big river next to the manor. Although the boats there can only go down but not up, the height is nothing to Yubao."

"If the fish wants to continue to stay in the sea, then it can continue to live at the Dumu Port Monastery. The other haenyeo will usually help take care of it."

After Yubao heard this, he quickly crawled to Lana's feet and made a choice without any hesitation.

Yubao cares more about being with Lana than work and fishing grounds.

Lawrence nodded, "There is a wide river at the manor. Starting next year, the nuns will also have a holiday to go to the beach every year."

"My nuns don't need to stay in the high walls of the convent all their lives. They can go out for a walk when they want. I will arrange this seven-day holiday every year."

Because of the relationship with the Shepherdess, Lawrence gave all the nuns a seven-day holiday.

Whether it is the shepherdess or the other female nobles who entered the convent, after becoming a nun, they have nothing to do with before. They are now Lawrence's nuns.

Lawrence did not have the strength to get close to all the nuns, but he would not let these nuns count soybeans alone every night. He would arrange some money-making jobs for them to pass the time and earn pocket money to buy snacks.

I will also sell some cosmetics and jewelry to dress them up. After all, I will often go to the monastery as a trash can to listen to their opinions.

The sixteenth year of the new calendar is coming soon.

When spring arrived, Yubao, Lana and others started their journey home after having lived a comfortable life for several months.

It took several days to arrive at Shanfeng Manor, which was still covered in ice and snow. Lana held Yu Bao in her arms and walked into the gate of the manor's monastery with trembling feet under the gaze of the scary black wolf beside her.

Yu Bao was also frightened and hid in Lana's arms not to look at the big black dog.

Hayate didn't know Lana, and he wasn't familiar with the smell of Lana, the old man in the manor.

But Lana was wearing a nun's uniform, and Hayate knew the nun's uniform, so he didn't scream at them. He just wanted to remember the strange smell of this nun and that strange creature.

Hayate didn't bark, nor did the other dogs in the manor, nor did they even open their mouths and show their teeth to approach the nuns.

Even after encountering some things, Lana still hasn't fully understood the various privileges that the nun's uniform on her body has.

Soon, Lana met the nuns at the manor and also the shepherdess.

"Are you Lana? You're so old." After seeing Lana, Torrevan took the initiative to come over and greet her.

Lana soon remembered this kind-hearted mother she had met when she was a child, and shouted excitedly: "Yes! I am Lana!"

For the first time, Lana met someone she knew, who knew her, and who could call out her name.

The shepherdess put on a white nun's uniform and clasped her hands in front of her, "Thank you master, thank you prophet, let us meet again here. Poor child, how have you been living alone these years?"

Lana picked up Yu Bao in her arms, "I am living a good life and work as a nun in the Dumu Harbor Monastery. This is my good friend Yu Bao!"

"Aw~" Yu Bao greeted happily.

The shepherdess looked at Yubao, smiled and said, "I heard about this child. It was you who saved the child and picked it up from the cold sea water."

Yubao showed a curious expression. He had vague memories of his childhood, but he was very curious.

"Go to the house where I live. They gave me a separate room as soon as I came in. But I don't think this is good. I'm still used to living with others."

"Lana, we live together, we've lived together since you were little."

The shepherdess quickly extended an invitation to Lana. She had a special status and the nuns in the manor were not as qualified as her. She was also an aristocratic woman, so a room was dedicated to her.

Lana didn't have the sense of rules that ordinary nuns had, so she nodded happily, "Okay!"

Soon Lana and Yubao moved into the Shepherd Girl's house, a large house of more than ten square meters. It was also the house where Emma, ​​Bull and the Shepherd Girl lived when they had children.

Tim, Kenny, Lana, and many other children lived in this house.

With familiar elders taking care of her, Lana quickly adapted to this new home that she had lived in before but was now very strange.

Yubao also has a new swimming pool, but there are many dogs nearby who will come to drink water, and some dogs will jump in to take a bath, so Yubao can only bathe in the warm pool in the convent with the nuns.

It's freezing outside, and the ice on the river hasn't disappeared yet.

After losing the unique water advantage of the seaside, it only took Yubao half a day to learn to walk on two legs... (End of this chapter)