Miss White Wolf's Terra Travel Journal

Volume 4: Chapter 57: A Wrong Path?

Tallulah was taking a nap on the sofa in the waiting room when she heard someone knocking on the door. She looked up and saw that it was Marquis Carolingian.

She glanced at the clock in the room and found that it was almost noon. Then she suddenly realized that she had been sleeping on the sofa for the whole morning.

"Good afternoon, Lord Marquis."

Caroline nodded and said, "I heard that you went to see Lillian. How is she doing?"

Tallulah felt a little embarrassed when she remembered that she was kicked out by the doctor, and said, "She is very weak and needs more rest."

Caroline smiled noncommittally, and suddenly asked expectantly, "How is it, have you told her about that?"

Tallulah nodded. "I did. I told her that the Reunion Movement was running low on Originium and was facing a shortage of supplies, and she thought of you."

"That's right." Caroline clapped his hands and laughed. "You really are worthy of being the leader of the Integration Movement. So, she agrees?"

Tallulah lowered her head and said bitterly, "Well, she said she would ask you for help."

Carolingian began to think about his next plan based on the information Talullah told him, so he didn't notice her emotions. In fact, even if he noticed, he would probably be shocked and suspicious and difficult to understand.

After a moment, he stroked his right moustache with his index finger and said with a smile, "I have an idea."

Tallulah also shook off her previous emotions and said calmly, "What's your idea? Is there anything you need my cooperation with?"

"Not for now." Caroline shook his head and said, "I plan to set up a subsidiary in the name of mining and let Lillian coordinate the company's affairs. We will contact each other secretly and arrange the follow-up matters after the company is completed."

"Company?" Tallulah said unexpectedly, "Lillian probably has no experience in setting up a company. Will she agree?"

"She will agree." Caroline narrowed her eyes slightly. "There is no experience to learn from. In this way, she can still work for the cause of the infected, just in a different form."

Tallulah breathed a sigh of relief: "I'm relieved that you have made arrangements."

"Of course." Carolingian took out his pipe from his arms and said suddenly, "You should leave tonight."

Tallulah was stunned.

Carolingian added tobacco to his pipe while explaining, "Your presence is already of great importance. There are many people in Koros and I am worried that something bad will happen if you continue to stay here. It is better to leave early. You should leave tonight. Don't take any transportation. Take a shortcut north and head directly to the tundra. You will be safe there. As for other matters, you can decide for yourself."

"I understand." Tallulah sighed and stared blankly at the wooden coffee table in front of her, feeling a sense of loss and bitterness in her heart.

……

In the afternoon, Tallulah dressed up clumsily but seriously in front of the mirror, and then waited for the White Wolf to wake up, intending to say her final goodbye.

But Miss White Wolf has been sleeping.

She waited and waited, and before she knew it, the sun was setting.

This must be the punishment for disturbing Miss White Wolf in the morning, she thought silently.

She stood at the door of Miss White Wolf's ward, watching the sky getting darker and darker.

Miss White Wolf never woke up.

She found a pen and paper, left a note for the other party, stood at the door for a while, waiting for her glimmer of hope to die, and then left.

Half an incense stick of time had passed since Talula left. The White Wolf in the ward woke up from her deep sleep in a daze. She stretched and felt that she was in great shape.

I just didn't expect it to be dark now. Where is the little tower?

Before, she had hinted to him to come over later, as there were many things she wanted to discuss. Although she slept for a long time, she was refreshed and everything was just right, she thought happily.

She was the only one in the room now. She recalled the doctor's instructions, which said that if anything happened, she could just press the button in front of the bed.

She reached out and tapped the buttons a few times.

Soon, footsteps were heard at the door. The doctor knocked on the door and walked in to greet him: "Miss Lillian, you are awake."

"Well, thanks to your help, I feel much better now. By the way, could you please call my friend over?"

"You mean Miss Yeka?" The doctor took out a folded piece of paper. "She left not long ago and asked me to pass this to you."

"Leave?" White Wolf was puzzled. He reached out to take the note and opened it.

Miss Dragon Girl only left a few simple words, saying that the matter of the Sarkaz mercenaries could no longer be delayed and that she had to rush back to deal with it immediately. She also wished her all the best in her next tasks.

This little tower is too impatient.

White Wolf blew a helpless breath and put the note aside. What the other party said was not wrong. According to the time, W, Hedley and others should have met with the Patriots. According to the agreement, their team will cooperate secretly with the Integration Movement next. In this way, Garson's threat will be further reduced.

However, people like Garson are not ordinary people. He will definitely find problems over time. How to deal with this depends on the decision of Tallulah and the Patriot.

Thinking of this, White Wolf turned her attention to herself. How to help the Integration Movement get rid of its material difficulties was what she needed to care about most now, and Marquis Carolingian could give her a lot of help.

She said to the doctor, "Excuse me, can I see Lord Carolingian?"

The doctor replied, "Of course. The Marquis told me to tell her as soon as you wake up. I will go and inform her for you now."

White Wolf nodded: "Thank you."

After the doctor left, White Wolf folded Tallulah's note and put it away. Hearing the howling of the wind, he turned around and looked out through the window. The wind was very strong tonight and it must be very cold outside.

……

North of Koros City, on the dark tundra, the cold wind rushed like a line of cavalry.

Draco tightened her clothes as she walked. In such weather, even she felt a little cold. If Miss White Wolf were here, she would definitely be very anxious.

She smiled slightly and couldn't help turning around and looking back.

There is nothing behind me.

Her heart was stabbed, she turned around dejectedly and consoled herself:

Her goal has been achieved. Miss White Wolf will no longer have to face danger. This is what she has been longing for in her heart. It is the best thing. She should go back happily.

Tallulah took a few more steps, stopped again, took one last look at the city's glass lights, and then walked alone into the depths of the tundra without looking back.

Volume 4: Chapter 58 Two Titles

Seven days later, in a villa on the eastern outskirts of Koros City.

The recovered White Wolf is discussing matters concerning the mining company with Caroline.

Previously, they had already finalized the issue of profit distribution in the cooperation. Caroline entrusted Lillian to coordinate and solve various problems encountered by the mining company, including but not limited to ore exploration, mining, recruitment of operators, recruitment of technicians, mining area security, commercial channel liaison, etc. In return, the Integration Movement could obtain 49% of the net profit of the mining company.

Caroline meant to be a hands-off boss, doing nothing except the initial investment, leaving everything to Lillian, and all he had to do was count the money at the right time.

Bai Lang thought about how he and Miss Doumiao also opened a technology company in Longmen. At that time, she was a hands-off boss and was very relaxed. Unexpectedly, the situation changed and now it was her turn to do this kind of work.

She thought that when there is an opportunity, she would go to Miss Doumiao to exchange experiences.

But she would probably be able to learn very limited things. After all, what she had to do was not on the same level of complexity and difficulty as what Dou Miao had done. The conditions in the north of Ursus were harsh, and there was no safe and stable environment like Longmen. It was difficult to recruit technical personnel. In addition, the domestic situation was complicated, and there were too many things to consider.

Today, Caroline and White Wolf were stuck in their discussion, and the two had a dispute over a seemingly unimportant issue.

Caroline's idea was to let White Wolf serve as the company's chief under the identity of Lillian, but White Wolf disagreed. She was worried that using the name Lillian would make the nobles aware of it, which would be detrimental to her return to the integration movement, so she proposed using the pseudonym Olicia.

Carolingian roughly understood Lillian's idea. After some discussion, the two sides finally agreed to White Wolf's request and changed to the pseudonym of Olisia.

As a marquis who was good at scheming, Carolingian was used to playing a full role. He asked Lillian for information about Olicia, and tried to construct such a "real" identity.

To his surprise, Lillian told him that Olicia was a real person. After listening to Lillian's explanation, he had other ideas in his mind, but on the surface he still looked like he was discussing things normally.

The rest of the things are just details, but it must be said that these things are equally important. Lillian made a request that she needed a salary of at least 10,000 Longmen coins every month.

Caroline had completely overlooked this point before. He forgot that although the Integration Movement could make a lot of profit, the "worker" Lillian did not get a penny. This result made him extremely embarrassed. An elder who did this would be criticized by others.

So, he smiled calmly and said, "I was just about to tell you about this, but I didn't expect you to say it first. Hey, you are still too young. No matter who you are talking to, don't state the bottom line at the beginning when negotiating salary."

"Then can you open one for me?" Bai Lang said indifferently. She actually didn't know how much she should ask for, but she just felt that it would be enough as long as it was enough for her to spend.

Caroline habitually wanted to double the amount to show his generosity, but when the words came to his lips, he felt that he couldn't trick his niece like this, so he changed his words and said, "As you said, pay with Longmen coins, 50,000 Longmen coins."

Bai Lang was startled, then he pretended to be nonchalant and nodded: "It's okay, that's it."

According to the discussions they had had over the past few days, Bai Lang knew that while she was recovering from her injuries, Caroline had already sent people to the mining area to carry out infrastructure construction. She also seized the opportunity and asked the other party to advance her half-month salary, then quickly packed her things and prepared to take up her post.

According to Caroline's idea, he wanted her to bring guards with her, but White Wolf was not used to being surrounded by a group of people, and felt that if she brought guards, the result would be that she would have to "guard" others, so it would be more inconvenient without them.

She declined the offer and only agreed to be accompanied by a Caprini driver named Mu, who drove a gray windshield off-road vehicle with snow tires, which was very convenient for moving on the tundra. More importantly, it would protect her from the cold.

At around ten o'clock in the morning, the driver drove away from the East Suburb Villa, and Bai Lang instructed him to drive into the city first.

"Miss, what are you going to do in the city?" The driver turned the steering wheel as instructed and asked in confusion.

"Didn't they send workers over there a few days ago? I bought some things to express my condolences." Bai Lang explained with a smile.

At the same time, she felt that the driver's way of addressing her was awkward, and she wanted to correct him and ask him to call her by her name. But then she remembered that she had already planned to act in the name of Lord Olicia of Beiling, and it would be very strange for a noble to be addressed by his name, so she had to give up.

The driver was quite surprised by Bai Lang's answer. He said in amazement: "You are really...they are really lucky."

Bai Lang smiled but did not answer. She saw a pub on the street and asked the other party to stop the car on the side of the road.

Half an hour later.

All the vodka stored in the pub was moved out. The owner, with a happy face, helped the big customer load the car and watched the SUV leave attentively.

"Miss, did we buy too much? High-proof vodka is not cheap." The driver asked nervously as he drove slowly.

"Not much. Dozens of people take one bottle a day, and it will be gone in half a month." Bai Lang calculated in his mind and said.

She thought of the banquet again. The price of any bottle of wine at the banquet could be exchanged for hundreds of bottles of ordinary vodka, which was enough to make the Ursus workers happy for a long time.

As the gray SUV drove steadily toward the north, Caroline also found Olicia's information in the files presented by his subordinates. Combined with what Lillian said, the plan in his mind gradually took shape.

Lord Olicia of North Ridge inherited the title and was a fallen military noble. The time of death of her parents and her age were unknown. Due to the remote northern border, the information was confusing. Apart from her rank, there was no detailed information. Only Tallulah and others knew about her death.

All in all, this is a branch of nobility forgotten by the empire, and it is the perfect disguise for Lillian, but Carolingian has more ideas than that.

As long as he uses a little trick and completes the information, he can make this fake identity real.

In this way, Lillian, who was unwilling to become a noble, voluntarily became the noble Olicia.

Although he changed the path midway, didn't he achieve the result he originally wanted?

If the worst happens in the future and the truth is revealed, he has also thought of a plan to deal with it:

Olicia's parents died early, and before they died, they entrusted their daughter to an old friend, who renamed her Lillian. In other words, Lillian and Olicia were the same person from the beginning. The result of the truth being exposed was that Lillian had to inherit two titles.

Volume 4: Chapter 59: Northern Mining Area

The Marquis Carolingian purchased two mines, one large and one small.

The larger one is located in the north of Koros, outside the tundra, with a flat terrain around it. It has been established for several decades. Nine years ago, it was abandoned by the Ursus military because the income was not enough to cover the maintenance costs.

Another mining area is located in the deep mountains 50 kilometers southeast of Koros City. After mining the surface ore veins, the Ursus military determined that the internal raw ore output was extremely low. In addition, transportation in the deep mountains was difficult, so they directly abandoned the mining area.

White Wolf's tentative plan is to prioritize the development of the northern mining area, while handling the business of the Integration Movement and Rhodes Island. When the Integration Movement develops to the south, the focus of work will be shifted to the southern mining area based on actual conditions.

This time, the Marquis Carolingian recruited about thirty workers from the northern mining area. Their job was to renovate the mining facilities that were built nine years ago and to establish residences and mining research laboratories.

After the construction is completed, White Wolf will need to find a way to recruit workers and technicians to at least keep the mine running on the surface.

Before dark, the driver drove the car to the northern mining area.

Although he was mentally prepared, Bailang was still shocked by the size of the mining area. Not taking into account the complex mine tunnels in the mine, the area that was hollowed out on the outside alone was as large as two football fields. It took several turns to get from the entrance of the mining area to the parking lot, which was a full kilometer long.

Bailang looked out of the car window and saw from afar that the workers were concentrated at the easternmost side of the mining area. She had seen the construction drawings and knew that the easternmost side would be the future residential area for the employees.

She had very good eyesight, and even though the distance was far, she could still see that everyone was relaxing and resting at the moment.

drop--

The car horn suddenly sounded.

The driver immediately turned around and apologized to Bai Lang: "Sorry, miss, I bumped into you by accident."

"It's okay." Bai Lang nodded. When he looked at the workers again, everyone was already busy and ready to go.

She chuckled in her heart and asked the driver to park the car next to the construction site first.

The driver didn't ask any questions and obediently followed Bailang's instructions and parked the car on the east side of the mining area.

White Wolf glanced outside and briefly understood the situation at the scene.

Most of the workers were Ursus people, wearing dusty and ragged clothes, dirty old felt hats on their heads, holding tools such as iron hooks and tile knives in their hands, each doing his own job, some pulling wires, some moving things, and some pushing cement carts. Every worker had bloodshot eyes, and looked like they had not slept well for many days.

Bai Lang was about to push open the car door, but the driver next to him suddenly reminded him, "Miss, it's not convenient to get off here. It's windy outside and it may get your clothes wet."