Wearing black silk for a foreign woman

Ilufa picked up the citizen registration form, which was something Linde had proposed. Although it seemed to increase the workload, it actually improved the work efficiency, so that the camp that originally took two days to build was built in half a day.

Originally, Ilufa thought that the form should be kept by Lind, but Lind insisted on keeping it with Ilufa, saying that he was the lord.

In this regard, Ilufa did not insist and accepted the registration form, which also contained things that Ilufa was interested in.

It was the message that Lind himself had written.

Name, age, etc. are not important, and the occupation is written as Knight Squire. These are all fine, but the skills are a bit scary.

Skills related to knight squires, such as weapon use and equipment maintenance, are understandable, but the latter one, medical treatment? Does he also know medical skills?

In the general impression of people, doctors are all elderly men. It is impossible for them to be a twelve-year-old boy who has not even grown any hair.

But judging from what has happened, he does know some medical skills, such as washing hands before eating and not drinking river water directly. No one in the camp has diarrhea now.

Not only what is written there, but there are even more skills that have been demonstrated that are not written down. The knowledge that Lind has mastered is far beyond what a twelve-year-old boy should have.

Is the family education of Duke Held so strict? Even the illegitimate child is so outstanding? Or is Linde a special case?

No matter what, we can't let him go easily.

Putting down the registration form, Ilufa went to pick out clothes. This morning, the new beastmen who were taking over the shift pulled a carriage full of clothes, which must have been discarded by a tailor. These clothes naturally became Ilufa's property now. He first followed Linde's practice yesterday and distributed some of the lower quality ones to the serfs, and then kept the good quality ones.

Which one is suitable for Lind? Like a mother choosing clothes for her son, Ilufa picked out the clothes she liked.

Then just then, Lind walked in.

"Mrs. Gaines..." After announcing outside the tent, Lind lifted the curtain and walked in.

"Linde, you're here." Ilufa walked over with a piece of clothing in her hand. "You're here just in time, put this on and see how it looks."

"Ma'am, please wait for the clothes first." Linde looked unhappy. "I came here because I have an important question to ask."

"What's the problem? Is Alisa engaged?" Ilfa raised an eyebrow.

"Of course not such an insignificant matter." Linde blinked. "I want to ask about the big things about the future of the camp."

"Hey! What do you mean by insignificant matters?" Elisa, who was following behind, protested dissatisfiedly.

"Who are you engaged to then?" Linde asked casually.

"Me and... No! I'm not engaged to anyone! I don't have an engagement!" Elisa shouted angrily.

"Oh, I see." Linde nodded, then continued to look at Ilfa, leaving Elisa with her disheveled hair in the wind.

Ilufa gave her daughter an approving look and clarified promptly that she had no engagement, which was a good job.

"What is so important and concerns the future of the camp?" Ilfa asked Lind.

"Ma'am, I came here to confirm with you what plan we will adopt for the construction of the camp."

"plan?"

“Yes, short-term or long-term.”

"What's the difference?"

"In the short term, it means exhausting all resources. In the long term, it means exhausting all resources sustainably," Lind said seriously.

Elisa and Efit blinked in confusion. Is it sustainable to drain the pond to catch all the fish?

"Is there any difference?" Ilfa didn't quite understand what Linde meant and asked awkwardly.

"Let me give you an example." Lind raised a finger. "Take food, for example. If it's a short-term plan, then there's nothing wrong with that. Go hunting in the forest, dig wild vegetables, and bring back everything you can eat. Don't be frugal. Just eat as much as you can."

"But if it's a long-term plan, it won't work. You can't just hunt as much as you want. You have to be moderate and give the small animals time and space to reproduce. And you have to open up wasteland and plant crops. If you rely solely on hunting, you won't have enough food soon."

In addition to food, Lind also gave a few examples, such as where to live. The current camp tents are still too simple, and a heavy rain may destroy all the tents. If long-term development is to be achieved, more solid shelters must be built, such as wooden or even stone houses.

To sum up Lind's problem in one sentence, this camp is not going to last long.

After asking his question, Lind looked at Ilufa expectantly. The answer to this question would determine Lind's next move.

Should we build a temporary gathering point and abandon it when the ship arrives, or should we build this place as a long-term camp?

Ilfa also understood the core of Linde's question, but did not answer immediately. Instead, he fell into deep thought.

The lady, who changed into a light grey dress, looked even more attractive than before. Ilufa crossed her arms and looked at Lind with scrutiny.

"You two go out first." After a while, Ilfa made a decision and asked Elisa and Efit to go out first.

Alisa was stunned and a little surprised, but she still walked out obediently. Efit followed closely behind her, and before leaving, he gave her an ambiguous smile.

"You're worried that after spending too much energy here, all your efforts will be wasted, right?" After his daughter and Efit left, Ilfa went straight to the point.

"Yes." Lind nodded.

"There are some things I cannot tell outsiders." Ilufa sighed and looked at Lind with deep eyes. "Can I trust you?"

"I swear on my knight's honor that I will keep the secret."

"You are not a knight yet, little Linde~" Ilfa corrected slightly.

Lind could only smile awkwardly.

"My husband's fleet will not come back." Ilufa's face suddenly changed, and she said viciously. "That coward! He abandoned everything here! He ran away alone!"

Chapter 64: One-year Agreement

"There are some things that parents should not let their children know." Ilufa walked to the door of the tent, slightly lifted the curtain and looked outside to make sure no one was eavesdropping.

"Similarly, there are some things that the lord cannot let his subjects know, because it will cause panic." Irufa sighed. "Panic will bring chaos, chaos will cause disorder, disorder will cause despair, and despair...will attract the attention of the evil god."

"You understand what I mean, right?" Ilufa looked at Linde with deep eyes. "After all, you have also been looked at with disdain by the Blood God."

Ilfa was talking about the day when he rescued her. She saw Linde's whole body bathed in the power of the Blood God, but he was able to break free from the entanglement of the evil god and return to his original state.

Strong emotions can draw the attention of evil spirits, and desperate people are prone to strong emotions.

Although Lind's situation was different, it was the evil gods who came to him, and he did not take the initiative to provoke them, but this did not prevent Lind from understanding Ilfa's words.

"You mean, no ships will come from the Holy Empire?" Lind frowned.

"That's right, there won't be any in the short term." Ilfa nodded with a wry smile.

"Didn't your husband go to seek help?" Linde asked puzzledly.

"...That coward, he didn't go to ask for help! He just deserted the battlefield!" Ilfa growled in a low voice. "That day he said he was going to the Holy Empire to ask for help, but he loaded the ship with valuables! He also took away the most elite guards! If he was asking for help! He needed to take away three large ships! And take away so many elite soldiers!?"

"This coward! He just asked for help under the pretext of asking for help! But he abandoned his subjects! He abandoned the knights who were loyal to him! He even abandoned his wife and daughter! And he ran away to seek refuge in the Holy Empire!" Ilfa tried hard to control the volume of his voice so that people outside could not hear him, but one could still hear the suppressed anger.

In extreme anger, Ilfa clenched his fists so hard that his sharp nails even pierced his skin, leaving blood gushing out.

Seeing this, Lind stepped forward decisively and grabbed her hand to stop her from hurting herself any further.

Seeing Ilfa trying to control her emotions and sobbing softly, if Linde was not short, he would have wanted to lend her his shoulder to lean on.

After venting a little, Ilufa's emotions stabilized a little. Ilufa could only bury these things deep in his mind and could not tell anyone.

Elisa couldn't bear the fact that her father had abandoned her, and the two loyal knights couldn't bear it either. They swore allegiance to their husbands, and after learning the truth, they might no longer be loyal to her. As for the subjects, it was even worse. Once they knew that they couldn't leave Ivo Island, who knew if these former criminals would turn into a mob the next second.

As the former saint of the God of Magic, Ilfa is confident that she can destroy these mobs, but she cannot survive on this isolated island alone.

A good noble magician can destroy a hundred farmers and herdsmen, but cannot produce the same amount of food as a hundred farmers and herdsmen. A proverb in the Holy Empire.

This secret cannot be told to anyone else, the only person he can tell is Lind.

"Sorry, I lost my temper." After venting for a while, Ilufa's emotions stabilized and he pulled his hand out of Linde's hand.

"It's okay." Linde nodded. "I won't tell anyone about this."

"I believe in your integrity. You are a good child." Ilufa nodded with a smile.

"My husband went to the Holy Empire not to seek help, but to escape. In order to give himself a reasonable excuse for his cowardly behavior, he must have said that all the colonies on the island of Ivozhen had been captured." Ilufa continued to explain. "Only in this way can he have a sufficient excuse to escape the punishment of Regent Robert."

Robert Hohenst, current Regent of the Holy Empire.

"If the colony has completely fallen, the Holy Empire will naturally not send reinforcements in time..." Lind immediately understood the crux of the problem.

"According to past practice, the Holy Empire will not send people to build a new colony here until the beginning of spring tomorrow, whether it is to send my husband back or to enthronize other new nobles." Ilufa concluded. "That is to say, we have to survive here for at least a year."

"After a year, whether we still want to leave is another matter."

"I understand." Linde understood what Ilfa meant. At least in the next year, no ships would come from the Holy Empire, and his group of people would have to stay on the island for at least a year.

As for whether to leave after a year, it depends on how the camp... no, the city can be built within this year.

After getting Ilufa's answer, Linde left with satisfaction. This answer made Linde very satisfied, and he could finally let go and work hard.

"Wait a minute!" Just as Lind turned to leave, Ilfa called Lind.

"Excuse me, ma'am, what else can I do for you?"

"Here~" Ilufa picked up a piece of clothing like offering a treasure. "You haven't tried on the new clothes yet~"

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The Holy Empire is located in the west of the Old World and is one of the most powerful countries in the Old World.

There are twenty principalities within the empire, which owns the most extensive territory and the most developed army in the Old World. The Holy Empire regards itself as the guardian of human civilization.

In the capital of the Holy Empire, the heart of the empire, the city of Artema, in the magnificent Imperial Palace, Gast Gaines was waiting anxiously outside the regent's office.

Gaster was wearing a well-dressed suit, his hair was neatly combed back, and his face was made up with lead powder. Although he was a grown man, he looked feminine.

The former Earl of Dundalk, who had fled from the battlefield, was anxiously waiting for an audience with the Regent Robert Hohenst. In order to ensure that everything went well, Gast repeatedly recited the reasons he had prepared long ago.

The door of the Regent's office opened, and Gast jumped up from his waiting seat as if by reflex.

"Your Majesty, the Regent, I wish you..." Gast came forward and began to recite the words he had already memorized.

"Get out of the way!" The tall regent pushed him away and strode out of the palace, leaving Gast with a confused look on his face.

"Count Gast, right?" Immediately afterwards, one of the regent's assistants, the chief civil servant Calgar, who did not look like a civil servant at all, walked up to Gast.

"I am!" Gast stood up straight.

"The Regent has already known about the incident on Aiwozhen Island. You should go back to your family's territory to have some rest and wait for further notice." After saying this, Calga went to follow the Regent.

"Where is the Regent going?" Gast asked.

"Go to the north and lead the army in person."

Chapter 65: The Holy Empire

The emperor leads the army in person! ?

Gast's fair face, painted with lead powder, showed an expression of surprise that was difficult to conceal.

As the ruler of a country, it is a very cautious matter for the ruler to lead the army in person. Although leading the army in person can greatly improve the morale of the army and enhance the prestige of the ruler, it also puts the ruler in a dangerous battlefield. Once the ruler is in danger, it will be a huge shock to the entire country.

This is especially true for the Holy Empire, a country that appears unified but is actually fragmented.

The social system of the Holy Empire is a somewhat special feudal system. The entire country's territory is divided into pieces and granted to lords of all sizes to rule and manage.

Judging from the area alone, the Holy Empire is the largest of all human kingdoms.

Like many countries, the Holy Empire also has its own supreme ruler, but the ruler of the Holy Empire is very special. The ruler is called the Regent. The nominal supreme ruler has always been the God-Emperor Neos since the establishment of the Holy Empire 485 years ago.

For nearly five hundred years, Neos' body has sat on the golden throne of the imperial palace. The followers of the Divine Emperor believe that the Divine Emperor will never die. He has turned into a god, forever protecting the empire and all mankind.

Although Neos has always been the emperor, it is clear that he can no longer sit on the Golden Throne, and the empire must be managed by someone. Therefore, after consultation among the twenty dukes of the empire, a prince was elected from the Holy Empire as regent to manage the entire empire.

Later, due to various reasons, such as the Second Empire incident, the Southern Prince Rebellion incident, apostasy incident, etc., the qualifications of thirteen dukes to choose the king were revoked, and the remaining seven princes who were eligible to vote became electors.

Such a chaotic and complicated history has resulted in the Holy Empire being united on the surface but divided in reality. Successive regents were like decorations until the current regent Robert Hohenst came to power.

There is no need to go into details, but now most of the lords of the Holy Empire are willing to obey the orders of this regent who can rule the world with his literary skills and blow the heads of green-skinned Ork warlords with a single hammer.

If such an important regent died or something unexpected happened, all the lords of the entire Holy Empire knew what would happen.

The Regent himself could not be unaware of what all the lords knew, so why did he lead the army in person?

Are you going to personally retake the colony of Ivojin Island? ?

No! This kind of thing must not happen! I finally left that wild and desolate island, and I left my annoying wife there. I thought I could be free from this, but the Regent wanted to take action himself! ?

Absolutely don’t do this kind of thing!

In order to find out where the Regent was going, Gast bravely chased in the direction the Regent left, but failed to catch up. Through the window, Gast saw the Regent riding his majestic griffin and flying towards the north.

It's over, we're heading north. Gast looked ashen, if he was heading north, he might really be heading to Ivozhen Island.