Dear Broom Knight

“Baron, what are you doing?” Cheska asked hesitantly, leaning against the doorframe.

In the bedroom, Lowry, wearing a very simple white silk robe that was almost just a piece of cloth, was sitting cross-legged.

Before him was an image of swirling stars, and at his feet was a small silver dragon-shaped teapot emitting white smoke.

A peculiar and pleasant fragrance swirled in the bedroom.

Cheska couldn't identify it, but after smelling it, she felt that her mind was calm, but her mental power had become more active.

It was probably a mixed fragrance that Lowry had researched himself.

Their baron liked to tinker with these things.

She had seen Lowry blending incense many times, but this was the first time Cheska had seen Lowry like this.

“I need to connect some things and think about them carefully, so I can calm my mind a little,” Lowry opened his eyes and looked at her.

“Is there something wrong? Cheska.”

“Princess Rosalind has set up camp at the original caravan camp outside the territory,” Cheska replied quickly.

“Although, according to your wishes, Green Maple Valley did not accept their request to enter, it seems a bit excessive to not even allow them to stay there.

After all, she is also a princess of our Northern Lands.

However, according to our predictions, the first caravan from the South should arrive in a month.

Valera is planning to build a new caravan camp nearby.

But I always feel a little uneasy… Are we really going to let our Northern princess be neighbors with those caravans?

But if we interfere too much, I also feel unwilling.

Why should we?

“Yes!” Cheska nodded quickly.

“The moat on the east side, we dug it very deep, and it's directly connected to the Green Feather River.”

Originally, the east side, as a plain outside the territory connecting to the hills, they had prepared to expand in that direction.

It was a public area!

With the strength of the Gzall Barony, occupying a part of it wouldn't matter.

The caravan camp was their first step.

However, what happened later was too complicated.

Valera and Cheska unanimously decided that instead of messing around with other territories, it would be better to simply make this land unusable by anyone.

So last year, they directly had the knights who needed to train dig it out.

The dug-out soil was used to make a simple outer wall for the caravan camp.

As a result, Princess Rosalind and her party benefited.

Cheska was very unhappy.

If it weren't for the fact that the road in front of the territory couldn't be cut off, she would have thought about digging out the west side as well and connecting it to the small river outside the west side of Green Maple Valley!

“Don't cause trouble,” Lowry warned, knowing her well.

“The long vines under the Green Feather River grow very fast, and they also have a strong desire to attack outsiders.

We have to share that river on the west side with our neighbors.”

“Yes, Baron,” Cheska responded immediately.

“I'm just unhappy, I won't come up with bad ideas.”

“Tell Valera that her inner valley construction plan can begin,” Lowry replied calmly.

“I allow her to spread the wings of the Great Banyan Tree.”

Cheska's eyes widened suddenly.

Ever since the Charles incident, Valera had been pondering the hotel plan he had mentioned before.

No one knew if there was anything to it.

But these buildings had already taken shape, and even the hired people were already in place, just waiting for guests to arrive.

It couldn't be that all of them would be abandoned because of something that hadn't happened yet!

How would they explain it to the people of the territory then?

Valera believed that the people of the territory would understand when they received the news, but… wouldn't it make people feel that Lowry, this strong man who had always been disrespectful to the gods, was actually being suppressed under the feet of the messengers of the gods?

Especially since this matter was just a casual blow from a bishop of the Earth Church.

Valera didn't want anything to affect Lowry's mysterious and powerful image in the hearts of the people.

So, she simply came up with an idea, which was to use the roots of the Great Banyan Tree as the main body, use those Green Maple trees to build an inner valley, and then move those hotels and the like to the outer valley.

In this way, those caravans that visited every year could also directly enter Green Maple Valley.

The caravan camp outside would be left to those caravans that were visiting for the first time.

Lowry was still a little hesitant.

Over the years, although the Great Banyan Tree had been growing taller and taller, he had not completely rooted his particularly developed root system into the ground of Green Maple Valley.

It wasn't that he was unwilling, but doing so would almost eliminate the possibility of him moving again in the future.

Lowry didn't think that such a powerful plant was suitable for him to be a gatekeeper forever.

Even if Valera was merging more and more closely with the Great Banyan Tree.

People in this world don't know what extent magical plants can reach, but doesn't he understand?

Although this banyan tree has what it is today, it should be related to those strange nutrient potions he used to sprinkle… the so-called fertilizers from the demiplane… but it doesn't mean that Lowry has control over this great banyan tree, which obviously has its own thoughts and preferences.

But it was obvious that the Great Banyan Tree and Valera would rather guard this door for him for the rest of their lives.

Their proposal was so sincere that Lowry felt that it would be cruel of him to keep refusing.

Other people's enthusiasm, even if you don't agree with it, shouldn't be constantly poured cold water on.

Lowry went to find the Great Banyan Tree twice in the past two days, and that Mr./Ms. Banyan Tree still firmly requested to take root there completely, as long as Valera accompanied him for the rest of his life… This is a typical dioecious Ficus obliqua with functional characteristics, the kind that can raise its own banyan fig wasps.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to strengthen his power without raising his aerial roots.

Lowry actually didn't notice those banyan fig wasps in the tiny banyan flowers.

After all, people only see the outer banyan fruit.

However, this also made Lowry realize why that Earth Church was so重視(zhòngshì) this banyan tree.

Controlling him would allow them to directly command the countless banyan fig wasps living in those countless flowers.

The tiny banyan fig wasps, the killing power of a single one may not be enough, but, when combined, they are terrifying.

After all, having consumed the nectar of the magic banyan tree for a long time, becoming golden and transparent, they have already had a certain amount of magic power, but they haven't found their own path yet, and haven't realized the spell-like abilities that belong to them.

Lowry sometimes doesn't know what to do.

One by one, things that seem inconspicuous or have nothing to do with him end up affecting him.

And some decisions he makes also have a huge impact on others.

So, now, he can no longer make decisions by patting his head like he used to.

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Just like this Great Banyan Tree that has grown very tall… the reason why he keeps going up is because the nutrients provided by the banyan fig wasps make him grow upwards.

To become thicker, he has to take root.

The more aerial roots there are, the stronger he will be.

But at that time, the energy absorbed by the banyan fig wasps will be completely transformed, and his height will no longer change.

Fortunately, the current Great Banyan Tree feels that he is tall enough, and can even 'see' the Great Cliff.

Then, Lowry realized that although the banyan fig wasps have poor eyesight, they can stack their abilities on the Great Banyan Tree.

And the Great Banyan Tree himself can't count how many banyan fig wasps are in his banyan fruit.

So, he can see very, very far.

In the past, the Great Banyan Tree didn't have any pursuit of where he would take root.

As long as he was with Valera, he didn't care where he was.

If Lowry didn't allow it, then he wouldn't ~ What if Valera was transferred back to the castle?

But after the Charles incident, he also became active.

Growing more aerial roots, no longer just randomly growing a few in certain places like before, is what he wants to do most now.

Only in this way can the banyan fig wasps migrating with the aerial roots allow him to see the entire Green Maple Valley.

The previous banyan tree vines were completely useless.

What could Lowry do?

He could only agree.

He just left the Great Banyan Tree some metal discs made of mithril, and asked him to use his roots to wrap around them according to the drawings and put them deep underground, to ensure that his main roots would not be affected by any external forces.

Once a disaster occurs that requires migration to survive, these magic discs can guarantee the vitality of the Great Banyan Tree's main roots, even if all the aerial roots are cut off at the same time, it will not cause his level to drop.

This is the only thing Lowry can do for this Great Banyan Tree.

Even if in this tree's heart, everything he does is for Valera.

Then, Lowry, who returned to the castle, decided to think quietly.

During this time, it seemed that nothing major had happened, but some inexplicable broken things were bothering Lowry.

He was clearly planning to close the door and live his own life.

However, there are always people who don't want him to be quiet.

Although Lowry directly rejected Travis's probe, after reviewing the memory again, he felt that something was wrong: Travis's approach was a bit too deliberate.

He clearly had something he didn't dare to mention to Lowry, but he wasn't sure if Lowry would be affected, so he was so awkward.

If it weren't for the fact that it was Arsalan who was delivering the message, Lowry estimated that he could have reacted faster.

He thought about it, and the most likely thing to make Travis so cautious must be the matter of Princess Rosalind.

Because it was close at hand and would affect him immediately, Travis would do things so abruptly.

In the past, even if he tested, he would either do it as straightforwardly as asking directly, or as subtly as casually mentioning it.

Lowry decided to stir up the grass and startle the snake.

No matter what that Princess Rosalind wants to do, she must make herself seem special.

Lowry didn't read so many novels and comics for nothing, and didn't play so many games for nothing.

If the heroine wants to attract attention, she must have a unique style.

The little white flower only appears unique at a wealthy family banquet.

Male fig fruits contain male flowers and short-styled female flowers, and female flowers can be used for fig wasps to parasitize, eventually producing pollen and pollen transport vehicles - fig wasps.

In addition, most dioecious fig trees do not have vigorous aerial roots (except for Ficus obliqua, etc.).

Fig flowers bloom inside the fruit, also known as hidden head inflorescences.

Each fig tree requires a specific fig wasp to enter the fruit for pollination.

This specialized symbiotic relationship has formed a unique fig-wasp co-evolution system.