forest kingdom

The eternal night is approaching, and on the last morning before the eternal night arrives, people begin to check the various things they need for the winter.

Briquettes, candles, meat, bread, empty buckets.

During the Eternal Night last year, everyone was dumping sewage and garbage into the streets. When the prophet found out, he asked every household to buy wooden barrels to hold the waste, and then someone would take the garbage away during the Eternal Night.

Some crowded neighborhood shops, monasteries and other places had their renovations and sewer management completed a long time ago in the past few years.

Oak Castle had flush toilets long, long ago, and monasteries everywhere were the first to enjoy this convenience.

Even in winter, you can take a hot bath every two or three days.

If you are in places like Oak City and Manor where there is no shortage of fuel, you can have hot water showers 24 hours a day.

In the past, people only needed to stock up on food and fuel for the winter, but now they also stock up on some entertainment props.

For example, brothers and sisters playing cards or chess together, bored women doing needlework in front of candles, or men who can't stand the loneliness holding oil lamps to find people to drink and chat.

The eternal night is not completely dark. There are some street lights that light up regularly in the busy streets of Dum Port and Pumice Town, as well as near the shops.

For the craftsmen who were used to working in Ironforge, the eternal night had long since become an ordinary night.

Whenever the eternal night comes, the nuns of the manor will take the children to install street lights at several key road locations.

"Lana, you will be in charge of replacing the lighting stone this year."

The dean gave this year's hosting task to Lana.

Because the prophet valued Lana very much, the dean gave the task to Lana.

Lana doesn't like doing this kind of thing. She wants to have a good sleep and doesn't want to worry about what she has to do when she goes to bed.

But Lana is already twenty years old, and twenty-year-old Lana does not shirk her tasks like she did when she was a teenager.

"I can't do it alone. Yubao can't go out in the winter."

When the dean heard this, he sighed and said, "This kind of thing is always done by three people together. There will be someone to help you. How can you think of taking Yubao out? Just take a dog with you. Yubao will freeze to death if he goes out at this time!"

"Yes, Dean." Lana could only agree.

The dean quickly assigned tasks to the rest of the people. This kind of thing is done every year, but it always seems very urgent every year.

After the morning meeting, Lana went back to the house to check things.

Torrevi and Yubao were lying in the warm bed reading books, and Torrevi was introducing various marine creatures to Yubao.

On the quilt in front of Torrevi was a thick book, a precious ocean atlas borrowed from the Dum Port Monastery.

The pictures above are of marine life drawn by specialized scholars, and there are various detailed introductions.

Yubao can't understand words, but he likes to look at pictures.

Its body structure is not suitable for lying down, so it likes to hide in Torrevi's arms and let Torrevi lift up the book for it to read and draw.

The fish monster is very quiet in the winter, hibernating in the dark underground water, and will come up on its own in the spring to eat.

Fish monsters are more like tropical creatures, while fish treasures are more adapted to activities in cold regions and can stay out of the water for a long time like seals and penguins.

Lana entered the room and began to look around, "Do we have enough things?"

After hearing this, Torrevi smiled and said, "There are enough. I checked yesterday and there are definitely enough."

Lana was relieved, and quickly checked the water cups on the table and added hot water for Torrevi and Yubao.

The shepherdess is older than Seraven. Although she is still in good health, Lawrence asked her to rest well this year, not to do heavy work or stay up late.

For this purpose, Lawrence also found Lana and several other nuns and reminded them of this matter.

Lana began to take on the task of taking care of Yubao and the shepherdess in advance, and began to truly become the backbone of the monastery.

It is not only the shepherdess who started to rest this year. Lawrence has very few friends and partners. Jifeng has also moved into a more luxurious and comfortable doghouse since this year. The doghouse not only has a special toilet and floor heating, but also a treadmill that can be used for exercise on rainy and snowy days.

During the eternal night, the snow dogs will play and frolic on the snow on clear moonlit nights. The treadmill is only a solution to the impact of rainy days and bad weather. Usually, Jifeng and a group of big and small dogs also have their own entertainment.

Plenty of food and free space, as well as regular work and responsibilities, and the company of companions.

And Lawrence's promise.

Lawrence will raise Jifeng himself next year. For Jifeng, since the death of Hall and Doug, the only people he truly recognizes are Lawrence and Pig.

Pig doesn't like the black wolf which is a threat to him. The only real friend of Jifeng is Lawrence.

Of course, it feels good to be the boss in the manor.

Eternal night soon arrived, and it was over when Lawrence led the humans and elves of Oak City to watch the last sunset on the roof.

As in previous years, people slowly walked downstairs holding lanterns and returned to their houses and residences under the illumination of the holy light stone that was as bright as daylight.

The long vacation is here.

The children in the castle cheered happily, they already understood the meaning of the holiday.

The first day of Eternal Night was not a party. According to convention, food, candy, and various rewards were distributed.

There was no shortage of food and sweets, and Salil and Stella were distributing notebooks and pencils to the young maids, as well as new shoes and decorative headbands.

Different professions have different rewards, and some people will be given special attention based on the problems they have recently encountered.

During the Eternal Night, most maids would take a day off. On this day, Lawrence and the hostesses had to eat by themselves, comb their hair, wash their hair and feet, put on their clothes, and fetch water by themselves.

A small number of maids did not take care of Lawrence, but took care of children who were not yet able to live on their own.

On this day, Lawrence will be responsible for replacing the holy light stones in the corridors and various places in the castle. Heidi and Sophia will push the cart to load the replaced stones into boxes and put them away.

Lawrence was working in the castle with a ladder, while Deren and Emma Khalan were replacing the lighting stones on the other side of the corridor.

The castle is too big, and it would take a long time for two teams to change it.

But Lawrence also has many women.

There were so many that Lawrence sometimes had to think about them again carefully after thinking about them once to avoid missing anything.

Saint Hela of Flying Fish Port, Saint Bull of Dum Port, and Countess of the Monastery of Ice Port are also here. This year is sure to be a lively one.

While standing on a ladder changing the lighting stones, Lawrence passed by a bedroom where a maid was dancing for her mistress.

When Heidi saw it, she said, "It was the Witch of the East. The girl's servants were not our maids and did not follow our rules."

"It doesn't matter." Lawrence didn't mind this exception. So far, Lawrence had not favored the girl who was sent here.

The three quickly continued their work, paying no attention to the young witch who was just an outsider.

After a few minutes, Mei Xier came over alone.

"Prophet, I don't know the rules here. I have asked the servants to go down and rest. Please forgive my ignorance."

Lawrence sat on the ladder and asked curiously, "Mei Xi'er, you have been here for more than half a year. What is your impression of our place? Rich? Powerful? Or luxurious?"

Meiqier raised her head and looked at Lawrence with eyes as bright as stars, her eyes were sparkling.

“Please allow me to convey my thoughts about this place through song.”

Lawrence looked very surprised. "Of course, I'm happy to listen."

Meiqier quickly stood still, raised her hands and placed them on her chest, and sang in ethereal and clean voice to praise this legendary land.

"Boars are walking in the orchards, giant wolves are running in the wilderness, mermen are playing in the waves, unicorns are praying in the moonlight, ice is a broad bridge, and stars are the light of the world." (End of this chapter)