Wearing black silk for a foreign woman

In the past, whenever my bastard father introduced me to fiancés whom he had never even met for the so-called family interests, my mother would protect me. The couple had quarreled countless times over this. But this time, it was my mother's turn to force me to get married.

Looking at her mother's expectant eyes, Eliza couldn't bear to say that she didn't want to get married, but she hadn't even thought about what kind of boy she liked, so how could she answer that?

Got it! Suddenly, Alisa had an idea. Since she couldn't refuse her mother, she could just exaggerate the conditions and say that there was a perfect person who couldn't exist, so that her mother couldn't find him! ?

I am so smart!

"Alisa?" Seeing that his daughter didn't speak for a long time, Ilfa tilted his head and reminded her.

"Ah." Alyssa sat up straight, straightened her chest, and said seriously, "Mom, this is the kind of boy I like."

"Yeah." Ilfa nodded and pretended to listen.

"First of all, she must be the same age as me, no more than one year older than me," said Alyssa. "She can't be like the ones my father introduced me to before, who are always a few years older than me, or even a dozen years older."

Elisa's idea was very simple. She exaggerated all the conditions and made them as different as possible from the characteristics of the group of people her father had introduced before. In that way, the number of people who met the conditions would naturally decrease.

For example, the first point is that he is the same age as Elisa. According to the custom of the nobles, their offspring are often engaged before they reach adulthood, especially male nobles. Some male nobles who are at the top of the succession line are even engaged at birth. The ones introduced by my father and Elisa before were either widowed or their fiancées had died.

"Hmm." Illufa's eyes lit up. "What else?"

"Also, the child must be a duke or above." Elisa added.

Once these two conditions were set, the range of options became extremely narrow. There were a total of twenty dukes in the Holy Empire, and the children of dukes had always been the most popular candidates for marriage in the aristocratic circle. It was impossible for someone of the same age as Elisa to not be engaged unless there were special circumstances.

Since the Gaines family itself is also a duke's family, Elisa is very sure that there is not a single unengaged young man of her age in all the duke's families in the Holy Empire.

"Hmm." Illufa's eyes brightened. "What else?"

"Also, he must be extremely powerful," Alisa added. "Powerful enough to kill demons!"

Demons are followers of the Chaos God. The last time demons appeared was during the great war nearly five hundred years ago.

"This..." Illufa could hardly hold back the smile on his face. "What else?"

"And what else?" Elisa thought for a moment and added, "He must be well-educated, at least as good as me, and not like those crude knights who can't even read."

"Finally, he has to be handsome!" Alisa slammed the table. "At least he has to be recognized as a handsome guy!"

Age, identity, strength, knowledge and appearance, all the requirements have been raised to the highest level, especially the part about strength, which can kill demons. Elisa doesn't believe that her mother can find a boy who meets all the above conditions at the same time!

Elisa didn't believe that there was a boy who met all the above conditions. Even if he did exist, he would have been reserved long ago, and it would be impossible for her to get one.

Elisa looked at her mother proudly, but Ilfa's eyes became brighter and brighter.

"I already know your request." Illufa's mouth was almost cracked to her ears. "Mom will find it for you."

Chapter 135 A Capable Secretary

After leaving Ilufa's tent, Linde felt his mind was a little confused. He now urgently wanted to find out whether the contents of the paper were true.

Beastmen can have children with humans or something...

The beastmen can directly ask the Earth Mother Goddess if they have any questions. She is the racial god of the new beastmen. There are many gods in this world, and the number of gods is very large. To some extent, it is similar to the Shintoism of a small island country that dumped nuclear wastewater into the Pacific Ocean before the crossing.

According to his memory, Lind roughly divided the gods of this world into three types: racial gods, ancestral gods, and conceptual gods.

The Earth Mother is obviously the race god of the New Beastmen. The New Beastmen and Chaos Beastmen are two sides of the same coin. Chaos Beastmen can transform into New Beastmen, and vice versa. Asking the Earth Mother about the Beastmen is the most direct way, but since Lind accidentally poked her panties yesterday, the Earth Mother seems to be hiding from him and is determined to play dead to the end.

If it weren't for the stigma on his chest that he could still feel, Lind would have thought that the Mother Goddess of Earth had been swallowed by the God of Plague.

The Earth Mother is pretending to be dead, so if you want to ask about the Beastmen, it would be best to find someone who is familiar with both the Chaos Beastmen and the New Beastmen. There is such a person in the camp now.

The camp was still very busy. With the arrival of werewolves and combat nuns, the labor force in the camp had more than doubled. Many projects that had originally been unable to be completed due to manpower limitations were now put on the agenda.

First of all, the tents are very limited, especially if it rains heavily, the tents are easily damaged. Fortunately, since the camp was established, there has not been a heavy rain, so the tents have been used until now.

According to Sal, the climate on Ivojin Island has been relatively stable, with not many heavy rains and more common light rain showers. However, the rainy season is coming soon, so it is still necessary to prepare early.

Tents cannot keep out rain for long, so normal houses still need to be built, that is, new houses are built with wood and stone.

Building a house is a completely physical job, especially when there are no tools. Although the iron ore has been transported, the daily output of only 60 kilograms is obviously not enough for the consumption of the entire camp.

In building the house, the werewolves and the battle sisters played an unexpected role. The werewolves were stronger than ordinary people, so they could carry a lot of building materials. The battle sisters, contrary to their usual behavior, actively helped the serfs with their work. Watching these beautiful ladies carrying wood that was much larger than their bodies, the scene was extremely impactful.

As for why the battle sisters were willing to take the initiative to work with the serfs, it was said that it was Shanoya's order. After all, they were not serfs, and Linde could not command them at all. As for their motives for doing so, I will ask them sometime.

Looking at the house being built with wood and stone, Lind thought of cement. Cement is an indispensable material for building houses, roads, and even city walls quickly. Cement is not difficult to make, and the raw materials are not difficult to find, namely limestone, clay, and iron slag. The biggest difficulty in making cement is the temperature and mixing ratio, but with magic, this should not be a big problem.

I remember that before I traveled through time, iron smelters were often built together with cement plants to facilitate the collection of iron ore slag.

That's right! Iron ore! Magic! Lind remembered why he came to Ilufa, and immediately turned around and returned to Ilufa's main tent in frustration.

Turning his head, Linde almost bumped into Efit behind him. She had always been fulfilling her duties as a secretary and followed Linde quietly.

"Master, be careful." Looking at Lind who almost bumped into him, Efit smiled.

"Sorry, did I hit you?" Lind asked with concern.

"No." Efit smiled and shook his head.

How to judge whether a person's smile is real or fake? You have to look at the upper half of the face. If it is a fake smile, the upper half of the face will not smile. If it is a real smile from the heart, the whole face will be smiling.

Efit's smile at this moment came from the heart. Whenever she was with Lind, she seemed to be so happy, and no one knew what she was happy about.

"Master, you want to confirm the authenticity of the content in that article, right?" Seeing Lind looking a little confused, Effit offered his suggestion very considerately. "And weren't you originally going to discuss the iron smelting with Mrs. Gaines?"

"Excuse me, but I think the most urgent thing now is to go to Mrs. Gaines to discuss the iron smelting. After all, iron is the key to camp construction. As for the beastmen, I suggest you ask Miss Fran." Efit suggested. "While you are discussing with Mrs. Gaines, I will inform Miss Fran."

Lind looked at Efit with surprise. At this moment, Efit was really almost like a secretary.

At first, Lind only kept Efitt as his assistant because she could read, had some arithmetic skills, and was pretty. As for being a secretary, it was half a joke. A secretary is not a job that is responsible for cleaning guns as described in some books. The work of a real secretary is very complicated. It is a real secretary who has something to do. The latter sentence is not the point.

At this moment, Efit really gave Lind the feeling of a capable secretary.

"Good suggestion." Linde nodded in appreciation. "Then please tell Fran to come to Madam's tent to find me later. I'm going to Madam's place now."

"Goodbye, young master." After watching Lind leave and heading towards his wife's tent, Efit put his hands behind his back, put on a victorious smile on his face, and went to find Fran.

On the other side, Lind returned to his wife's tent alone, knocked on the door, gave his name, and after getting permission to enter, Lind went in.

"Linde, you're back so soon?" Inside the tent, Ilfa and Elisa sat face to face. The atmosphere was a little strange, as if they were having some important conversation between mother and daughter.

"I'm sorry, ma'am. I left before I could finish what I wanted to say." Lind scratched his head awkwardly. "What were you talking about? I hope I didn't disturb you?"

"No, no, we've finished talking." Ilfa waved his hand and looked at Elisa meaningfully.

The mother and daughter just talked about Alisa's mate selection criteria. Alisa was very confident and thought that her mother could not pick a man who perfectly met these conditions. Alisa believed that her outrageous mate selection criteria would definitely be rejected by her mother or her returning father with various reasons, but as long as she could delay for a while, it would be a success.

As a result, after Linde came in, Alyssa suddenly realized something and the smile on her face gradually disappeared.

Chapter 136 Illufa, 29 years old

Alisa had very high requirements for her marriage partner. Each one of them was not excessive individually, but when added together they were outrageous.

The easiest one is to be of similar age. It is not difficult to find an unengaged noble boy of twelve or thirteen years old. But if he is from a ducal family, it will be very difficult. At least, as far as Elisa can remember, there is no such person.

Then there is strength, to be able to defeat the devil. Not to mention that the devil has not appeared for nearly 500 years, even if it is just a metaphor, it is a little difficult to expect a minor of twelve or thirteen to defeat a devil.

Compared with the previous ones, knowledge and appearance are relatively the easiest to achieve, but Elisa also said that all of her requirements must be met, not a single one can be missing.

Each of the above five conditions is not too much if taken alone, and it is not impossible to achieve two or three of them at the same time, but to achieve all of them... Even if someone can really achieve all of them, it will not be Elisa's turn.

Alisa was not an egomaniac without self-awareness. She knew her own worth. Her father was the youngest son of the Duke of the Holy Empire, and his succession was very low. Her mother was the former Holy Maiden of Magic, and her family was a noble family of the Earl level. Such an identity was only above average in the Holy Empire, not as good as the upper class, but better than the lower class.

Compared to her peers, Alisa's only advantages are her magical talent and outstanding looks.

Originally, Elisa stated such high requirements for a partner, to put it bluntly, it was just a way to delay. But when Linde appeared in front of her, Elisa could no longer laugh.

Age: twelve and a half, almost half a year younger than me, about the same age.

His father is the former Duke of Helder, one of the Electors. Although he is an illegitimate child, he is indeed the Duke's son.

Although his strength is not enough to defeat the legendary demon, Lind's fighting ability is far beyond his peers, and he is also the Son of God. If a real fight breaks out, he might be able to deal with a weak demon.

Knowledge, Alyssa felt a sense of defeat. She was a typical academic master in the magic school, with a smart mind and her mother's special treatment. Although she was still a little far from the top of the grade, she was definitely in the first echelon. As a result, here, she was rubbed by a knight's squire who "only knew how to use brute force" in terms of knowledge, and she was convinced to let him rub...

Finally, it is about appearance. We have to admit that Linde's appearance is at least not bad. Linde's father Kong Nan was able to have so many romantic affairs. In addition to a strong body, a handsome face is also indispensable. As for Linde's mother who died young, she was able to give birth to a child for the Duke as a slave, which is enough to show that she was not bad in appearance.

Linde fully meets the five requirements I put forward!

Looking at the mother opposite, it was obvious that the mother also realized this. The look in her eyes when she looked at her daughter was full of ambiguity and teasing. Her beautiful eyes seemed to say, "The person you like is here."

Elisa's face suddenly turned red and she shook her head vigorously. At the same time, her brain started working quickly, trying to find a solution for herself. She quickly found two: one was that Lind was a bastard, and the other was that Lind had never defeated a demon.

"Alisa, why is your face so red?" Lind noticed that Alisa's face was as red as a monkey's butt, and he immediately became nervous. "Are you sick!?"

Linde came over quickly and touched Elisa's forehead with his hand. Although there is healing magic in this world, it is mainly used to treat external injuries and has a poor effect on diseases. Sometimes it can even have the opposite effect.

Due to the lack of treatment and widespread malnutrition among the people, even a common cold can take a person's life.

Linde put his hand on Alyssa's forehead with a concerned look on his face. His movements were too fast and Alyssa was not thinking enough at the moment. She subconsciously forgot to dodge and watched Linde examine her body.

First he felt the body temperature, then he opened his mouth to see if there was any congestion or swelling in the throat, then he felt the lymph nodes under his chin to see if there was any swelling. Finally he listened to the breathing sounds, and since he didn't have a stethoscope, Lind just put his ear close to the patient to listen.

During the whole process, Alisa's brain seemed to be in a state of mental breakdown, with a blank mind. Ilfa did not try to stop her, but watched with a smile as his daughter was molested by a teenager.

"Nothing's wrong." After listening to both lungs, there were no rales and the breath sounds were not heavy. "You're not sick."

"You are sick!" Elisa suddenly shouted, shook off Linde's hand on her chest, and ran out of the tent.

Ilufa crossed his fingers and rested them on his chin. Ilufa knew that Linde had medical skills, but they were completely different from those of ordinary doctors.

The young wife became more and more curious about the beautiful boy in front of her.

"Don't worry, Alisa is fine and healthy." Ilufa said to Lind, who looked confused. "She is healthy enough to have children."

Giving birth to a child? Lin De rolled his eyes. A thirteen-year-old girl giving birth to a child, no matter who the father is, is enough to cause public opinion in China.

"Ma'am, please forgive me for being blunt, but for your daughter's health, it's best not to get pregnant before she's 18," Lind suggested. "It's best to get pregnant after she's 20."

From a medical point of view, the best age for women to become pregnant is after the age of 20. All indicators of the body are in the best condition. This condition will last until about the age of 30, and then will decline year by year.

"Twenty years old?" Illufa's smile disappeared. "Are you saying that Elisa should become an old maid before giving birth to a child?"

There was a hint of anger in Ilufa's tone. In this era, it was indeed abnormal to not have a child at the age of 20.

"No, no, no, of course not, I'm sorry." Lind apologized hurriedly.

"Hmph." Ilufa snorted coldly, then asked curiously, "Then according to you, what is the best age for a woman to get pregnant?"

"Twenty to thirty." Linde said subconsciously.

From twenty to thirty, I am twenty-nine this year...

"Let's stop talking about this." Illufa turned his head and crossed his arms. "What do you want to talk to me about? I heard from Alisa that it has something to do with iron smelting?"

"That's right." Lind perked up. "In order to build the camp and weapons, we need iron, a lot of iron. Sixty kilograms of iron a day is really too little."

"I have learned in detail how blacksmiths make iron, and I also know why the efficiency of iron making is so low." Linde kept gesturing with his hands. "I have a few ideas on how to improve the efficiency of iron making, but they all require the support of magic."

"If it's about magic, then you've asked the right person." Illufa turned her head back. "What kind of magical support do you need?"

"Take magic down from its pedestal."

Chapter 137: Magic is Not Sacred

"Pull magic... off the altar... down?" Illufa repeated Lind's words, looking at Lind with confusion. "Sir Lind, what do you mean by this?"

"What I mean is, I want to make magic a power that ordinary people can use." Linde said seriously. "Let's start with iron smelting."

Magic is a power that only nobles can use. Only nobles can use magic, and only nobles have the qualifications to learn and use magic. As time goes by, magic has been crowned with the adjective of sacredness and nobility.

Learning magic requires qualifications, the most typical of which is magic affinity. Only when the body's affinity for magic is high enough can it contain enough magic power and thus release magic. Among humans, those who have this qualification are almost all nobles.

The bloodline of the nobles is noble and sacred, so they can use powerful magic miracles. The bloodline of the common people is humble and inferior, so they cannot use the sacred power of magic.

Being able to use magic is one of the common reasons that nobles use to prove their noble bloodline and status. Because they are superior, they can naturally rule over the lowly civilians. This sounds very much like the Hindu caste, but the difference is that the nobles here really have magic.

Because of his noble status, he can use magic, and because of his lowly bloodline, commoners cannot use it. This theory seems to be fine, and many commoners believe it, but Lind has a different opinion.

It's not because of noble blood that one can use magic, but because of the ability to use magic that one can become a noble.

It's a very simple logical thinking. With a systematic education, one can think of this possibility after a little thought. But unfortunately, in this world, education is also monopolized by the nobles. It is very difficult for common people to even learn to read and write. Not to mention the distant past, in the camp now, there are only a few literate people among the more than sixty serfs, not to mention the combat nuns and the new beastmen.

Allowing ordinary people to use magic can indeed be understood as pulling magic down from the altar. Ilufa frowned and said, "Allowing civilians and even serfs to use magic, have you ever thought that such a sacred power is likely to be mastered by those civilians?"

"Madam, please forgive me for correcting you." Linde said sternly. "Power has never been sacred. Power can be precious, but it must not be noble or expensive. Power and knowledge should not be placed high up like a statue and worshiped, but because you hold it in your hands, keep looking at it, and keep flipping through it until it is torn apart."