There was a knock on the door, and Xigna ran out and opened the door in her pajamas, barefoot, and heard a series of footsteps on the floor of the outer corridor and downstairs.
Not long after, Xigna poked her little head inside through the crack of the door, and shouted to the two people sleeping hugging each other on the big bed: "Someone is looking for you! Suldak, I heard it was from Hailan."
The noble master who came from Sa city!"
Surdak sat up from the big bed with his upper body naked, opened a corner of the curtain and looked outside. It was just morning.
In the winter in Wall Village, no one wakes up so early. In the past, sleeping for a while would save breakfast. Now no one in the village cares about the grains, but they are still used to getting up when the sun climbs high.
There’s nothing to do anyway…
Selena was lying lazily on the bed. The room was very warm. She covered her body with a blanket. Her golden curly hair was spread out on the bed. She sat up and helped Surdak fasten the straps of his leather armor.
.
Surdak turned around and patted her fair face, and said to Selina, "It is not a wise choice to go to the sulfur mine at this time. After all, it is going to snow. You can wait until spring..."
Selena kissed Surdak on the cheek, which seemed to have developed kobold slave followers, which greatly increased her confidence. She slightly raised her delicate cheeks, raised the corners of her mouth, and said to Surdak with a touch of charm:
"Go and do your business."
After walking out of Selena's townhouse, Andrew stood across the street and shouted: "Captain!".
Suldak walked over and asked: "Andrew, who is coming to see me?"
"It's Lord Viscount Emmett..." the indigenous warrior Andrew said to Suldak.
…
A gorgeous magic caravan was parked outside the yard of Suldak's house. The coachman had a hat covering his face and was lying on the driver's seat, taking a nap in the sun. Two snow-white draft horses without any stray hair.
Stand side by side in front of the car.
Suldak opened the door and walked into the courtyard. When he saw Rita coming out of the kitchen and walking out of the courtyard with a fruit plate in her hand, Suldak asked in a low voice:
"Your Majesty the Viscount is in the living room?"
Rita nodded, her face flushed, and she lowered her voice and said:
"Mother is talking to him. I'm going to give the coachman some food."
When Surdak walked into the living room of the villa, he saw four knights from the guard camp standing on both sides of the door of the living room. When he saw Surdak walking in, he immediately gave a military salute to Surdak, with admiration in his eyes.
From the look in their eyes, it was obvious that they knew Surdak.
Surdak couldn't call them by name, so he could only stop and return the same military salute.
The living room of the new home is also very elegant. This set of light brown soft leather sofas was given by Karl, as well as the exquisite coffee table and wall table. Old Sheila and Viscount Emmett were sitting in the living room chatting. Viscount Emmett was very talkative.
, and he behaves like a gentleman.
He did not expect that Viscount Emmett could actually come to Wall Village, walked up to Viscount Emmett, and saluted Viscount Emmett.
"Lord Viscount Emmett!"
Viscount Emmett had a faint smile on his face and looked up at Suldak. His introverted eyes looked a bit sharp and he said very directly:
"Baron Suldak, I didn't expect you to build this place so well. No wonder Lord Luther thinks so highly of you."
Suldak smiled slightly, sat down on the chair opposite Old Sheila, and asked:
"Lord Viscount, what is the purpose of your special trip to the deserted land?"
Viscount Emmett paused for a moment, then said: "This time I was entrusted to lead the Deserted Land. There are two main reasons. It has been almost half a month since the Deserted Land Security Squadron was established, and I have never seen you guarding the Deserted Land.
The battalion has received municipal funding. Let me see how the preparations for the guard battalion squadron are going. The preparation work can be carried out slowly, but the municipal funding must be received as soon as possible. If we wait until winter is over, we must submit a financial application for next year in the spring.
If you don’t, this year’s funding will be missed in vain.”
Surdak knew that there would be special funding for the formation of the squadron and the guard camp, but he did not expect that there would be so many explanations.
"Ah! I'm planning to go back to the guard camp to recruit some knights. Thank you, Lord Viscount Emmett, for the reminder!"
Viscount Emmett nodded slightly and added: "This is a remote place, and there are frequent incidents of bandits washing the village. It is estimated that it will be difficult to recruit enough knights for the guard camp, but you can try recruiting at the Knight Academy.
…”
Surdak nodded noncommittally. He had never been in a hurry to do this, mainly because he didn't want to recruit the newcomers in the Knight Academy.
Do you want to take them to the battlefield?
Ever since Surdak saw the performance of the students from the Bena Advanced Swordsman Academy on the battlefield in Handanar County, he had no good impression of these students.
Viscount Emmett continued: "The other thing I came here for is actually being asked by my boss to see what your attitude is."
"Forehead……"
Surdak immediately sat up straight and looked like he was listening.
To be able to ask Viscount Emmett to be a lobbyist and his boss, he must be a high-ranking nobleman. Even if he is just pretending, he must be given enough respect.
Viscount Emmett first looked at old Sheila sitting opposite, then showed an aristocratic smile on his face, and said to Suldak:
"Marquis Luther was the leader of the Constructed Swordsmen Group when I was in the military service. I heard that you had gone to Bena City before and met Lord Luther's beloved Miss Hathaway. And that time you met,
We had a great conversation, so I made a special trip to you to ask what you mean. Lord Luther wants to marry Miss Hathaway to you, are you willing?"
Suldak hesitated for a moment and glanced at old Sheila sitting opposite.
Old Sheila's face was calm, and she sat there quietly as if she was about to fall asleep.
Viscount Emmett's words were not tactful at all, and there was no room for maneuver in these words. He only did not directly say to Suldak: "Marquis Luther wants to marry his daughter to you. I want to do this for you."
I came here to inform you... accept it gladly!'
Surdak pondered for a moment and then said:
"Actually, I planned to rush to Bena City in person after the Harvest Festival to ask for the opinion of Marquis Luther. If the Marquis agrees, I will propose to Miss Hathaway. However, things here in the Desolate Land have always prevented me from doing so.
I couldn't get away, so I haven't been able to leave for a long time."
Old Sheila's eyelids moved, and she raised her head to look at Suldak, with a hint of surprise in her cringing eyes.
Viscount Emmett did not know the relationship between Suldak and Hathaway, but was asked by Marquis Luther to come here to ask Suldak what he thought.
After hearing what Suldak said, he immediately smiled and said to Suldak: "So that's it. Lord Luther also said in the letter that you and Miss Hathaway had a very happy conversation at the ball, but I don't know why.
There is no follow-up..."
"You performed particularly well in the Maca Plane War. Lord Luther admires you very much..."
When Viscount Emmett said this, his tone became more cordial. After all, the newly promoted noble baron in front of him would marry the beloved daughter of Marquis Luther.
The main reason for coming to Wall Village this time was probably for this matter. He didn't care much about the establishment of a guard battalion squadron in the deserted land. When he saw Suldak expressing his love for Miss Hathaway at first sight, he acted very happy.
It can be considered that he has successfully completed his mission.
Viscount Emmett did not stop at Wall Village, but only had a modest lunch at Suldak's house, and then left in the luxurious magic caravan.
…
The warm sunshine in the afternoon shone on the oak floor in the living room. Old Sheila was leaning on the lounge chair, her legs covered with blankets, her eyes closed and she seemed to be asleep.
Little Peter sat on the floor, stacking building blocks that smelled faintly of pine, and he built a castle on the floor.
Surdak walked in, and little Peter quickly ran over and hugged Surdak's thigh, begging him to join him in the building block game. Surdak touched little Peter's head and said to him softly:
"Aunt Rita seems to have something to give you..."
"What does aunt want to give me?" Little Peter immediately gave up the blocks in his hand and ran out of the house.
Suldak rubbed his hands and sat on the chair opposite Old Sheila. He didn't rush to speak, he just sat there quietly enjoying the afternoon silence.
Old Sheila slowly opened her eyes. The wrinkles on her face had deepened a lot, and her hair was almost completely white. She seemed to have become older during this year.
"Is it the master who made you a noble?" Old Sheila asked slowly.
"Yes." Surdak replied.
"What is his daughter's personality like?" Old Sheila asked again with a hint of worry in her eyes.
"It's okay." Suldak said.
Old Sheila sat up from the recliner, looked at him with a serious face and said: "You have now become a noble and the sheriff of the deserted land. If you wish, we will not object! But I hope you can do it in the future
Treat Natasha as always. Well, I think you need to discuss this matter with Natasha, after all, it will affect her life."
"I will."
Surdak did not expect that Old Sheila was not so repulsive to this matter.
Seeing Suldak's hesitant expression, Old Sheila's eyes moved from his face to the window, where a bird flew past the window.
Old Sheila said softly to Suldak: "I know that during this year, you have been doing your best to make our life better. I have seen him in my dreams more than once. I told him about our current life.
, he also kept telling me, you should also have your own life, your life should not be just this small Wall Village, you have your own journey."
"This is everything for me." Suldak looked into old Sheila's eyes and said.
"I know, you have always done this!" A faint smile finally appeared on old Sheila's face with a hint of melancholy, and she added: "Go and have a good talk with your wife, she is so
gentle."
Surdak stood up and said, "I will try to get her permission."
…
Surdak felt that there was no way to talk about this matter.
It's so shameless to tell my wife that I want to marry another one. He's not that thick-skinned.
So he had been struggling all afternoon. He wanted to organize his words well to prevent Natasha from reacting too violently.
Natasha was folding clothes. There was a faint fragrance in the room. There was also a set of leather armor hanging on the wooden shelf in the corner. She also planned to apply some grease on the Surdak leather armor. She was wearing a cotton skirt.
Wearing a sheepskin furry waistcoat, his face is filled with a happy smile.
Seeing Surdak walking in from the door, he quickly walked over and helped Surdak take off his soft leather armor.
Suldak turned around and held Natasha in his arms, caressing her back with both hands, and said to her: "I may want to... marry a noble lady."
"Yeah! I know, Rita told me everything." Natasha rested her head on his shoulder, her eyes brightening.
"I want to know what you think?" Suldak asked guiltily.
"What?" Natasha was stunned for a moment and asked strangely.
"What about getting another wife?" Suldak said.
"Is she the lady from the noble family who recommended you to become a baron?" Natasha stared at Suldak and asked.
"Yes." Surdak replied.
Natasha asked uneasily: "Then will she drive me away?"
"No, I promise." Suldak said.
After hearing this, Natasha became happy again and said, "Oh, I will get along well with her."
"I...you don't blame me?" Surdak asked in surprise.
Natasha smiled reluctantly, and then whispered: "I know... you become a noble baron, and you are his confidant. If you want to make this relationship more stable, other than marrying your daughter to you
, is there any other better way?”
"Daughters of noble families in Halanza City almost all have to accept this fate, I know that."
She lay in Suldak's arms and whispered.
…
Surdak has recently been busy preparing to build a guard battalion squadron, and has also led the militia battalion in a large circle in the deserted land. He does not know much about what has happened in Wall Village recently. He only knows about the fourth level
After the rough construction of the water storage was completed, the old village chief ordered all the gates to be closed and was working hard to fill the water reservoir.
After the small townhouses in the village are built, the villagers will also go to Oak Ridge to pick some chestnuts, mushrooms, etc., and they will also stock up on rations such as cassava for the kobolds. Some villagers also follow Bright Village.
We will continue to open up tidal flats and strive to transform more swamplands into fertile farmland.
The kobold slaves began to use a large amount of volcanic ash cement to build roads. Surdak planned to build a flat and wide road between the deserted land and Helensa City. This road was just an expansion of the original roadbed.
Therefore, as long as you have enough manpower and material resources, it is not difficult.
He didn't know anything about other things that happened in Wall Village during this period.
For example, the old village chief announced the reward and punishment system for kobold slaves, and the village also established a motorcade...
As Wall Village has undergone earth-shaking changes, at least the villagers will no longer lack food and clothing, and they can live in warm houses before the winter blizzard. Therefore, during the period after the Harvest Festival, many young people in Wall Village
The villagers held weddings, and many people from other villages wanted to marry their daughters to Wohl Village. Even marrying two wives on the same day was not unusual, because everyone knew that at least marrying to Wohl Village would not be possible.
Starve again.
The population in the village has increased dramatically during this period, and it is estimated that the population of Wall Village will increase significantly next summer.