Alien world

Chapter 159 13. Phantom of the Forest
[Dear sisters:
Sorry, I don't want to hide it from you, but I don't want you to worry... Please forgive my selfishness.

The second sister said that you like long poems about violet flowers, but I can't think of a suitable line, Xingyue Bay only has sea water and cold...but I found violet flowers.

Don't worry about me, I'm fine here]

Laila, who was holding the vase, placed the violets that Firecrow had brought back, and placed them in front of Etilia, who put down the letter paper.

"Look at the flowers that little Annan sent back, big sister, please forgive him."

"This violet flower can feed a hundred people."

"You're here again." Laila moved Itilia's shoulder helplessly, making her look at the violets in the vase, "This is a gift prepared by my brother to make you happy, he can't carry a cart full of food return."

It took a long time for Leila to stop Itilia from being angry with Annan, and wiped the sweat from her forehead.

She has paid too much for this family.

"Hurry up and write back to Little Annan to say you forgive him."

"Don't...he has his own territory, why would he miss the Osulonde Territory, let's let him wander outside by himself."

"Is our elder sister angry because of this? She's so cute, so let's ask my younger brother to come back."

Itilia resisted and pushed away Leila's hand kneading her cheeks, a red mark appeared on her delicate pale cheeks: "Annan's territory has just started, and he still has a lot to do."

Leila crossed her arms and snorted: "What else can he do besides making trouble? Maybe he found a bunch of elves to sleep with..."

Laila seemed to see Annan coming back with a bunch of black-haired children with pointed ears in the future, and successfully provoked herself, grabbed the quill and said indignantly:

"I want this bastard to come back quickly!"

……

Annan wore a wolf fur over the mage's robe to resist the severe cold in the morning.

The citizens not far away are busily shuttling in front of the portal, moving the piled charcoal into the warehouse.

The charcoal is enough for Xingyue Bay to survive this harsh winter, but the goods are still slowly arriving on the road.

Because Breeze City no longer sent refugees, Annan asked Ingrid to register all the citizens, and record their age, gender, and what they are good at.

Excluding Ingrid, the Cavaliers and craftsmen, there are 1033 citizens including Annan. Old Zolun is the oldest and Xiluo is the youngest. Most of the rest are between 15 and 30 years old, mainly farmers and woodcutters. host.

No one is running away.When they were refugees, they starved, rummaged through trash cans, grabbed food from rats, and even picked up vomit residues in taverns... Now they have warm houses and sufficient food, and now they just want to praise the young and great The lord is generous and merciful.

And the quality of the citizens cannot be said to be uneven, but those who can write their own names should not have shown "The Fall of the Mage Tower" more times.

So there were three or four incidents of molestation and fights in Xingyue Bay these days, and the prisoners were temporarily locked up in temporary cells, and Annan hadn't had time to watch them.

The captain of the personal guard selected 50 people from the new territories to join the guard reserve, and the portal was annihilated. Annan, accompanied by Ingrid, went to the cell, ignoring their pleas and said:
"One hundred trees for each person who participated in the fight, and two hundred trees for each person who molested women. With their understanding, you can stay in the territory. If you don't forgive, you will be expelled from Xingyue Bay."

"Or if you try to escape, I won't stop you."

Several prisoners rejoiced, but there were also two citizens who were terrified and begged.Winter is approaching, and the successive days of frost have caused the forest to shed its leaves, and it is difficult for them to survive after being expelled from Xingyue Bay.

But Annan was not as kind as before: "Everyone must atone for the mistakes they have made."

Ingrid was right to praise Annan's move to establish his dignity.Annan wandered around the territory all day, responding to the greetings of the people, but familiarity would make the people lose their awe.

"This is not to establish majesty, it is the law of Xingyue Bay in the future." Annan told Ingrid the prototype of the law that he had imagined these days, such as theft, robbery, obscenity, and murder.

"But it's too serious..."

Ingrid agrees but does not support it, thinking that this kind of law will be criticized.If they were placed in Breeze City, half of the nobles would be hanged, and the other half would be expelled from the city.

Not even Olmedo could afford the price.

"It's always been like this, isn't it?"

Annan's words stunned Ingrid.

Territorial statistics also exposed a long-standing problem: the imbalance between men and women.

There are less than 20 women among the [-] local residents, and more than [-] of them are still willing to follow Annan's female workers and their families.

Children, the elderly, women...their proportion among the refugees is negligible.

Annan was silent for a long time when he knew about it.He narrowly put his own experience on those refugees, ignoring whether it is a peaceful Pinglin Town or a bustling Breeze City, poor people die every moment.

This winter will also freeze countless people to death.

On the way back to the big house, Annan saw a group of craftsmen arguing.

"You can't do that! It's ugly and ugly!"

"The lord agrees!"

"That's ugly! All the houses have the same orientation. Are you building coffins?"

A chunky old craftsman vetoed their plan. After Annan came over, he asked for a piece of paper and a pen, and drew a stick figure—all the houses had the same appearance and were neatly arranged along the street.

"Isn't this beautiful?" The other craftsmen found no problem.

"Looks good? You say this kind of cold and lifeless thing looks good? Lack of natural beauty, living in this kind of place makes people despair!"

"Then what will you do?" Annan asked him.

The chunky old craftsman drew another picture, which is still a house with a sloping roof. By slightly changing the eaves, doors and windows of each house, the building becomes natural and full of vitality.

Annan was satisfied with this change: "You are their leader now."

The evening event of Xingyue Bay is still "The Fall of the Mage Tower", but today there is an unexpected guest.

The magical image seemed to attract a certain existence, wandering outside the camp, the howler who was the first to find it approached and frightened it away, and returned outside the camp not long after.

The captain of the personal guard summoned the cavaliers, but let them run away without a trace.

Annan came to the woodland where it disappeared last, hesitated a little, put a recording magic stone on the ground to activate it, and released it to the forest in late autumn.

They returned to the camp, and Annan went to look again the next morning, and it was recorded that the Philosopher's Stone was gone, and there was a crystal in its original place.

Treants?Elf?Or druid?
Annan did not destroy this precious kindness, and placed it on the desk in the big house.

Towards the morning, the fire crow sneaked into the big house with a cold wind.The note tied to his leg has only one sentence:

[Little Annan, you are limited to go home within one month.If you don't come back, my eldest sister and I will go find you! 】

(End of this chapter)