forest kingdom

The summer in the Ice Land is short. Spring lasts from May to June. June and August are summer, and then comes the winter with no clear distinction.

Lawrence sat in his office and checked this year's calendar. After making sure there was no problem, he stood up and prepared to leave.

"I'm going to the manor and will probably be back tomorrow. Ask Aruchu and Kadar to come over."

After hearing this, the bedroom maid, Elsabel, bowed her head respectfully and said, "Yes, Master."

Lawrence's three maids, Elsabel, Yulia, and Finn.

Cassandra is usually responsible for secretarial work, and the sisters Candice and Sadie are also responsible for assistants.

Cassandra has the heaviest workload, but since she only needs to use her brain and doesn't need to work frequently, she is the one with the easiest job.

The way she uses her brain is not as complicated as the way other people solve problems. For Cassandra, memorizing things is like an innate ability.

Her witchcraft is very ordinary, without any burden or consumption.

Even the rest of the witches who can cast offensive spells rarely have consumption problems.

Ever since Lawrence came into contact with witches, he had never let them overuse their abilities.

Because it is always believed that witches doing heavy work is bad for their health, this wrong perception causes witches to feel at ease and become more and more lazy.

When Khalan first joined in the early years, he would tell Lawrence that he was not tired. However, after the witches who joined later realized Lawrence's strange ideas that shocked the witches, they soon accepted them with peace of mind.

Just lie down and spread your legs and you can have food and drink, live a stable life, wear beautiful clothes, and you don’t have to work or have any special skills. Where can you find such a good thing?
Especially for the inexperienced witches who had suffered a lot, and some elves who had just experienced the pain and horror of war, this kind of thing that seemed to only appear in a dream was simply indescribably absurd.

It’s no wonder that the female elf knelt so quickly. The witches, the human wizards outside, and the ordinary noble merchants also surrendered quite quickly.

Lawrence kept many useful and useless witches, and soon after he walked out of the corridor, he smelled a strange fragrance.

Any smell that Lawrence could smell would definitely not escape the noses of other witches.

"Who is doing what experiment?" Lawrence asked casually.

After hearing this, the female guard on guard stood still and looked at Lawrence and said, "It seems to have come from Lord Khalan."

Lawrence smiled and nodded, "Okay, I'll go take a look, let's go for a walk together."

"Yes! Master!"

The female guard in leather armor followed Lawrence happily.

Lawrence is not only kind to witches, but also to female warriors. These carefully selected female warriors can often receive Lawrence's blessings, can talk to Lawrence, and sometimes exercise with him.

The floor where Khalan was located was not far from Lawrence's office. Oak Castle had been expanded twice, but it was still too small overall.

Many elves still spend the winter in Snow Castle and do not need to accompany Lawrence on winter nights.

But it also reduced the receipt of food and welfare items.

Lawrence hates passive women, especially those elves who eat their own food, drink their own drinks, and have a cold face. If they all go to Stella's village and support themselves, they will know how to live a good life.

Those who could learn to be diligent would remain as pure elves in Stella's village.

If you don't want to live a hard life and want to be a parasite, then learn to smile and be a secular person, and don't act as if you have no choice.

Lawrence has no shortage of women, nor of female elves. Instead, the Elf Queen and several female elves of high bloodline are more proactive.

As I approached Khalan's room, I saw a tall woman at the door of the workshop opposite.

The witch had a black mole at the corner of her mouth, the same sexy and plump figure as Khalan, and beautiful, thick, wavy black hair.

Compared with Khalan, this young witch is more beautiful and healthier, and better than Khalan in every aspect.

"Master!" An Yul quickly knelt down on one knee and showed a humble and respectful expression to the man in front of him.

Lawrence seldom met Anyul, mainly because Anyul had been leading the training of the female guards of Oak City and was also responsible for managing the second batch of dark elves in the castle.

The batch that Shadis had was considered the first batch of dark elves, including those dark elves that were sold before. These all belonged to the dark elves of the Ancient Speaker family and were considered a tribe.

The newly joined dark elves are the black and gray elves brought by the wandering elves in the south. Anyul herself does not belong to this elven tribe, but to another group of forest witches that were destroyed by the priests of the church.

Having experienced war and escape, as well as being hunted and threatened, Anyul is more convinced of Lawrence's strength and kindness, and also likes the luxurious life here.

Under powerful deterrence and training, she has been waiting for the opportunity to give birth to offspring for Lawrence.

Lawrence was more curious about what Khalan was doing at this moment.

“Anyur, what is Keharan doing?”

Anyul stood up and explained to Lawrence: "Lord Kehalan is cultivating fruit trees with the elf named Guoli."

"Come in and take a look." Lawrence walked in.

Anyul quickly transformed his body, becoming slightly shorter.

The house is not a traditional room, but a room with many trees and vines growing on it, like a cave made of plants.

Kehalan and Guli were standing in front of a sapling and watching, and they had heard Lawrence's voice a long time ago.

Lawrence approached and asked, "What's going on with this fragrant sapling?"

"The new plant was cultivated by mistake." Khalan explained: "Originally, the intention was to cultivate a fruit like potatoes that is not afraid of wind and rain, but it became a fragrant plant that looks like a flower."

Lawrence likes this kind of surprise, "so try to make the most of it."

"But we are studying fruits and fruit trees and don't have time to change to something else." Khalan didn't want to study this, mainly because research on smell was troublesome.

Lawrence nodded. "Then let someone else take charge. I can smell this kind of fragrance, and others can probably smell it too. Let the students in the school take charge. They have nothing to do anyway."

Kehalan looked at Lawrence, "Is that how those people use it?"

Lawrence explained seriously, "Over the past decade, the female students trained by Saint Female College have all reached the age of being useful. They either get married or are employed by me."

"Going to help Heidi and Sophia is for my use, and pleasing me in the castle is also for my use. Since they have learned knowledge and scientific concepts, then doing something is the right thing to do."

"Not only do they study flowers and crops, but I'll also have them help me copy the calendar. Compared to the peasant women out there, they at least don't have to do hard labor, and they don't have to worry about being bullied."

"And I think it's a waste for these people to marry and become noble ladies. I'm still seriously lacking intellectuals who can help me."

Kehalan quickly looked at the sapling again and said, "I don't quite understand what you are talking about. So, that's it. Are you going out later?"

"Yes, let's go to the manor. What do you want?" Lawrence was easy to talk to and was willing to help Khalan solve the problem.

Kehalan pointed at Anyul next to him and said, "Take her out to get some sun. She has helped a lot with the research these days, and her consumption is many times greater than ours."

"Okay." Lawrence looked at An Yuer, "Come with me, let's go out for a walk together."

"Yes! Master!" An Yul happily followed Lawrence.

After Lawrence left, Guoli sat down casually, daydreaming out of boredom.

Guoli has stopped eating fruit since coming here. He eats meat and drinks soup for every meal.

Kehalan yawned and said, "I've done a lot of experiments these days but haven't come up with anything good. I'm tired too, so I'll give you a few days off. Have fun there, but don't run away. If you run away, no one will look for you or let you come back." Kehalan was not afraid of Guoli running away, as there was no shortage of female elves who knew plant-based witchcraft.

It's just that it's easy to use, so I don't like to change it again.

Guoli breathed a sigh of relief and could finally lie down comfortably.

"Okay, then I'm out."

Kehalan ignored her and went to find Deren to drink and play chess.

Guoli was planning to take a look around, but when he jumped out of the window and reached the door, he saw Lawrence coming out of the door.

When Lawrence saw Guoli, he asked curiously, "Are you going to the manor with me?"

Guoli didn't know what to say, "It's... the prophet."

That's what everyone here seems to say.

Lawrence nodded and said, "Come on, there are also a number of fruit trees at the manor, so you can help take a look."

Guoli could only follow behind the team. Apart from the two elf children, she was the only unlucky elf here.

An Yul and more than a dozen female guards protected Lawrence as he boarded the train carriage. More than ten minutes later, Lawrence's special locomotive started, pulling five carriages out.

The train can reach the manor in an hour on the track. Although the speed is not as fast as riding a unicorn, it can carry more people and goods.

After getting off the car, Lawrence went to discuss this year's production plan with the craftsmen, and also gave this year's calendar to the nuns to copy.

Lawrence's number one female believer, Tasna, is hosting this year's missionary activities here, and she can also lead the nuns in the text copying work.

After receiving the calendar, Tasna did not take any action immediately, but looked at Anyul and Guli who came in.

Her eyes are bright and glowing. Because she is wearing a metal mask that covers her entire face, only her glowing eyes can be seen, giving people a very beautiful and solemn feeling.

It is worth mentioning that the wig she wore was also the golden wig that Yu Bao once wore.

Tasna was not a naturally beautiful girl. She was not only ugly, but also had sparse hair, and her body and arms were short and thin.

If Lawrence had not prohibited the killing of children, these deformed children would have died in the mountains long ago.

Her childhood experiences made Tasna believe that Lawrence was the great being who saved her. She also fanatically pursued Lawrence and devoted herself to him.

While other children were playing, all Tasna did was study.

During the winter, Dum Harbor was managed by Bull, so Tasna took the initiative to come to her birthplace, where it was easier to see Lawrence.

Because Lawrence attaches great importance to agriculture and industry, Tasna has always taken time to learn and understand these contents.

Perhaps it was an innate talent, Tasna had good abilities in agriculture and industry, and thanks to Lawrence's guidance she knew how to use them.

"Anyul, I remember your ability is growth?"

Tasna looked at Anyul and began to use the witch's value.

Anyul frowned, not wanting to talk to this girl since he seldom met her.

The reason for frowning was that the other person did not have Lawrence's scent, but had a very strong aura, a peculiar aura that was more important than bloodline.

"Yes." An Yuer still did not offend the unidentified girl, "To be precise, my ability is that of a tree demon."

"It can be used for disguise, it can consume energy to become bigger, or it can be said to be growth, you name it whatever."

Most pure-blood witches have multiple abilities, but half-blood witches only have one basic ability that is useless.

The stronger the bloodline, the stronger the ability.

Lawrence spent most of his time developing the witches' bodies and rarely developed their talents.

This was also guided by the witches themselves. Most witches were smart enough to realize the basic concept that the more abilities one had, the more work one had to do, so they would lie down when they could and be lazy when they could.

The witches around Lawrence, especially the ones he was familiar with, were not very willing to use their abilities.

It’s not that they will feel tired after using their abilities, but they are afraid that Lawrence will assign them tasks after using their abilities.

Many elves were assigned money-making tasks by Lawrence just because of their suitable abilities. On the contrary, witches with useless abilities only needed to lie down and be suppressed by Lawrence for an hour and they could go several months without working.

Lawrence chose the path himself, and Lawrence's own kindness led to the choice of a group of witches.

But Tasna wasn't the type to pamper a woman.

She is also a woman.

"I want to make fertilizer for trees and wheat, Anyul and this Guoli, come and help me."

Tasna treated Lawrence's women as tools, especially those ordinary women who were not saints.

No matter whether they are elves, witches, or humans, as long as they cannot give birth to offspring for their masters and have not been canonized as saints, they are all useful tools.

Guoli didn't want to help, but he couldn't refuse.

Thinking that the food here was good and life was pretty good, the lazy Guoli obediently agreed.

Anyul said angrily, "I don't do such menial work! Who are you? Why do you dare to order me around?"

Tasna stared at Anyul with a cold face, "I am the master's first believer! If you don't want to work for the master, you can leave this land! This place doesn't accept trash!"

The tall Anyul looked at the short Tasna with a threatening look.

Tasna showed no fear, and her eyes were filled with a white light of contempt.

Lana, who was sweeping the floor nearby, saw this and quickly hid herself quietly, not daring to get involved in such a frightening quarrel.

"What's wrong?" Lawrence felt the emotional fluctuations not far away, and after realizing that there was something wrong with Tasna, he and Yu Bao walked in quickly.

Tasna said directly: "Master, I asked Anyuer and Guoli to cooperate with me to research more effective fertilizers that are easier to mass-produce, but Anyuer thought I was not qualified to order her!"

After hearing this, Lawrence roughly understood what was going on.

"Fertilizer is indeed very important for agriculture. Anyul, let me introduce you to Tasna, who is Bull's disciple and my believer. She is the third diviner in the Ice Land who has mastered divine arts."

After Lawrence introduced himself, he smiled and said, "I will be included in the fertilizer matter. I also want to personally participate in such an important matter."

After hearing this, Anyul and Tasna also let go of their unhappiness.

"Yes, Master."

Lawrence stopped walking and chatting outside and sat down to learn about fertilizer.

Anyul's ability is [Tree Spirit]. Tree Spirit is a special existence between trees and humans. Most of the time, its upper body is human and the lower body is tree roots.

Anjul is not a tree demon, but has abilities similar to those of this mythical creature. Becoming bigger and disguising as a tree are both derivatives of its abilities. (End of this chapter)