The Lord of the Rings: Lords of Middle-earth.

Time flies! June 1st, the day that was once Children's Day on Earth, is now the wedding day of Caslo and Ajax. In the past few months, everyone has finally finished up the aftermath of the great war, which was exactly four months after the war in the North that began on February 1st.

The War in the North, which lasted for about a month, devastated all the kingdoms in the North (except for the Vale Kingdom). After Apophis Breo ended the tug-of-war with the orc army on March 12, the War in the North came to an end!
The allied forces experienced both victories and defeats, but overall, they achieved a major strategic victory! Apophis Breo's Lion Territory, like a nail, firmly planted his family's power in the center of the Misty Mountains! The Wandering Lion Banner and the Red Banner with a Golden Dragon were simultaneously planted in the Misty Mountains! The sprawling King's Landing Fortress ruthlessly cleaved the Misty Mountains in two! Communication between the northern and southern orcs was severed by Apophis Breo, and in the years that followed, Apophis Breo would also face immense military pressure.

However, during this period, Roland's system recorded several events of returning survivors, and Lion Territory also benefited a lot. Now the entire Lion Territory has a population of nearly 5000. Apophis Breo, who integrated the territory, managed to gather a 500-strong elite warrior army, showing that he has learned a lot from Roland (warlike tactics)... However, the benefit is that Lion Territory has begun to have contact with the elves of Rivendell. In addition, considering the survivors' own resources and Apophis Breo's own foundation, they face much less food pressure than Roland, and are basically at the stage of barely being able to feed themselves.

As for Roland, it's a mixed bag. Several incidents involving remnants of the fallen people have brought Roland's population above 5 for the first time! However, the ensuing food shortage has caused Yun Feng a major headache, leading to the repeated postponements of Caslo and Ajax's wedding. But what relieved Roland was that the system seemed to know what he needed, continuously providing him with civilians without giving him any more troops. This meant that he didn't have to increase military spending, which was a relief for Roland.

With the daily food and bread rewards from the system's check-ins, Roland was able to at least feed his people. Although their quality of life wasn't as high as before the war, they could at least make ends meet. The fundamental reason was that at least 10,000 of the extra 20,000 people had joined the kingdom after the spring planting season, meaning the kingdom would have to support them until the following autumn harvest…

Even more tragically, due to food shortages, Roland voluntarily reduced the food rations for the army and the castle, changing from three meals a day to two, one of which was watery soup. The army's food was slightly better, at least ensuring that the two meals were dry.

To prepare for Caslo and Ajax's banquet, Yunfeng painstakingly amassed resources for over a month with a look that could kill Roland, ensuring the wedding's success.

……

"From now on, you are a family. You need to support each other and grow old together..." Roland said to Ajax, pulling Caslo along. Although he himself might not even understand what marriage was, it didn't stop Roland from using his past life's wisdom to enlighten the newlyweds.

"Yes, yes!" Ajax responded excitedly to Roland, her eyes red and filled with tears.

As for Caslo, he had become completely oblivious, nodding his head incessantly.

Meanwhile, Nyx secretly presented Ajax with a gift she had embroidered herself. It looked like something for a child to wear, which made the newlywed Ajax blush. The two women burst into laughter and ran into a side room to tease each other.

Roland subtly hooked the door shut with his foot, blocking the two girls from being exposed, otherwise these two silly girls would have given everyone a good look.

"Do your best tonight!" Omske said, winking at him.

"Go for it, young man! Show your knightly prowess!" Adile looked at Caslo with approving eyes.

“…” Radil patted his shoulder meaningfully.

"Hey, hey, hey! You shameless old folks!" Renault said irritably, scolding the few perverts while putting his arm around Caslo's shoulder.

"Enjoy your wedding night! Don't embarrass our kingdom's dragon knights! People might think we're bad riders!" With that, Renault immediately let go, laughing wickedly as he ran off. Sure enough, Caslo, realizing what had happened, gritted his teeth, ready to teach Renault a lesson. But Renault was prepared and vanished from everyone's sight in the blink of an eye.

After watching the group of lecherous men offer their blessings to Caslo, Roland grinned. Although he found them rather indecent, he also wanted to join in and make a dirty joke! However, considering his image as a wise, dashing, and debonair king, he ultimately restrained himself, simply standing silently to the side, flashing a bright smile and appearing every bit the sunny, cheerful young man…

"Sis, if he bullies you, just tell me and move out to live with me! If he treats you badly, I'll beat him to death!" Roland's ears twitched as he suddenly noticed Dos Anthony whispering to Ajax Anthony about the siblings.

"Pfft! Can you beat your brother-in-law?" Nyx chuckled from the side.

"I'm afraid of him! I'm afraid of him? I... How dare his Wind Dragon fight my Thunder Dragon!" As he spoke, Dos Anthony's voice softened. As one of the most experienced and powerful warriors in the kingdom, Caslo, Dos might not be able to defeat him. However, Dos clearly knew where his advantage lay. Kurt was obviously stronger than Kaldo, after all, the lightning attribute was naturally stronger than the wind attribute.

"..." Ajax looked at her younger brother with a mix of laughter and tears. Not to mention that Caslo wouldn't bully him, if anyone would bully someone, it would be her... The Blazing Fire Dragon is considered a high-ranking dragon. Among the dragons in the kingdom, its bloodline is second only to the Golden Dragon Doss, and it is on par with the Fairy Dragon Smurf!

"Hmph~" The Smurf in Nyx's arms was also happily wagging its tail and gnawing on a shiny braised pork trotter, completely ignoring their dragon rivalry. For the castle, which had reduced its food rations, the Smurf hadn't had a proper meal in a long time.

"Tsk tsk tsk!" Even the usually taciturn Lavian patted Caslo on the shoulder with a look of sympathy, his eyes filled with pity. It seems that Caslo's future position as the "younger brother" in the family is in great danger.

……

After a joyous banquet, Caslo led Ajax back to their room in the castle, and everyone dispersed, as the kingdom still needed their forces to defend it.

"Sigh!" Yunfeng shook her head in distress.

"What's wrong? Why are you sighing again?" Roland was speechless. Who are you trying to impress with that mournful look on their big day?
"Everyone, prepare to starve to death!" Yun Feng suddenly said, neither happy nor sad.

"Did you consume a lot of resources...?" Roland immediately fell silent.

"Not much, it just means if you do this a few more times, everyone will be starving in winter..." Yun Feng rolled her eyes at Roland.

"It can't be that bad..." Roland scratched his head, wondering why he was so unlucky. Ever since he first arrived in the Middle-earth, he had been worrying about food supplies, and even after becoming king, there was still a constant famine!