It feels so good to stick to Miss Witch

No wonder the people of Iron Mountain show so little loyalty to Lord Denham.

After understanding the general situation of Iron Mountain Territory, Roy said, "Uncle Reid, how much food is there in Black Stone Territory?"

"In order to survive the winter, the Blackstone Territory has already prepared a sufficient amount of food. Even if the citizens of the Blackstone Territory have not prepared any food, it will still be enough to last until the beginning of next spring."

Red knows everything.

As the "steward" of the territory, he is very clear about the big and small matters of the Blackstone Territory.

"Well, if you continue to publish, the tax of Iron Mountain Territory will be reduced to 50% of that of Black Stone Territory. Set a minimum fixed tax value according to the average tax of the citizens of Iron Mountain Territory last year, and ensure that this minimum fixed tax value is lower than the average tax rate. 50%, at the same time, the system of substituting tax with service remains unchanged, but the reduced tax for each mining operator is changed to 10%, with a minimum of 30%.”

"Provide minimum material protection for the families of mining practitioners who died unexpectedly due to mine collapse."

"In addition, please arrange to count the existing food reserves in the hands of the people of Iron Mountain Territory. This year is the first year we have taken over Iron Mountain Territory. We must ensure that no one will starve to death or freeze to death this winter."

Hearing this, Reid nodded, and then said anxiously: "Master Roy, I have a preliminary understanding before that in the hands of the people of Iron Mountain, the food reserves are far from meeting the minimum requirements for winter. If we want to carry out food If it is provided, the existing food reserves in Black Stone Territory and Tieshan Territory are not enough, and they need to continue to purchase."

"Winter is approaching, and all the territories are stockpiling grain, and there is still room to sell grain to the outside world. It is estimated that only the red collar in the north is five collars away from Heishi collar."

"The journey is far away, and there are bandits on the way from time to time. I guess I will need to personally escort them when the time comes."

"Then you will go out and bring all the knights to Chiling to buy grain. As long as the premium is not too high, you can accept it." Roy said solemnly.

"Yes!" Red nodded.

"As for the trainee knights in the Iron Mountain Territory..." Roy pondered for a moment: "You choose 50 people to stay, and mix them with our trainee knights in the Black Stone Collar. , and the rest will be sent home. Official knights will be imprisoned first."

"Understood." Reid replied.

"Well, that's about it for now. We'll fine-tune the details later. You should deal with it first."

After Red left, Roy rubbed his eyebrows.

Compared with dealing with government affairs, he prefers to practice breathing.

After simply eating something, Roy was about to start practicing the breathing method, but at this moment, he vaguely felt something, and turned his head to look at the corner of the study.

The shadow is like a fluid, rising against the current, outlining a slender figure in tight black clothes.

It is the Shadow Witch Lilia.

"What's the matter, Miss Lilia?"

Roy asked curiously.

"Vivienne is awake, she wants to see you." Shadow Witch Lilia bowed slightly, saluted, and then said.

"Is Miss Vivian awake..." Roy nodded, "I'll go and see."

……

When Roy walked into the lord's bedroom, he immediately saw the blond girl sitting by the bed.

The sound of approaching footsteps caught the attention of Vivienne, the Witch of Light. She raised her head, looked at the handsome young man standing at the door, and blinked her eyes. Her eyes were like a newborn deer, ignorant and pure.

"Witch of Light, Miss Vivienne, hello, this should be regarded as our first meeting in a real sense. I am Roy Turumbell, the lord of Blackstone Territory and Iron Mountain Territory."

"...Hello." The voice was so low that it was almost inaudible from Vivienne, the Witch of Light. When she met Roy's eyes, she subconsciously avoided her eyes and held her hands tightly. Covering the quilt on her body, a faint blush crawled out of her white and tender earlobes.

"Eh..." The performance of Vivienne, the Witch of Light, made Roy stunned.

Is it so socially scary?

Or was Vivienne able to perceive the outside world during the process of decontamination before, and she clearly felt it when he touched the "part closest to the heart", so she was shy?

Gathering his mind, Roy walked to a position about 1.5 meters beside the bed of Vivienne, the Witch of Light, and stopped.

This distance is a standard social distance, and it is the least likely to feel nervous for both parties in the conversation.

Roy looked seriously into the eyes of Vivienne, the Witch of Light several times, until the blush on her earlobe spread to the side of her face, then she looked away, and nodded to Lilia, the Witch of Shadow beside her:

"From the current situation, Miss Vivienne's condition is very stable, and there is no sign of the pollution getting out of control or continuing to increase."

Chapter 49 The Special Envoy from the Imperial Capital

Vivi felt as if she had had a long, long nightmare.

In the dream, she seemed to have fallen into a dark abyss and was falling bit by bit. No matter how hard she struggled, it was useless.

From the initial longing for hope, to the later despair, and finally, there is only emptiness and numbness left.

She could feel that the pollution was penetrating into her body and even her soul little by little, and when both were soaked by the pollution, it was when she completely lost control.

From the moment she knew she became a witch, Vivienne knew that such a day would come.

It's just that she didn't expect that this day would come so fast and so urgently.

She still has a lot of things she wants to do: lay a bouquet of flowers in front of her parents' tombstones, go to the legendary Huahai Waterfall with her elder sister, go on a long voyage to find the treasure of the pirate king in the storybook, Go to Meimei's hot springs, find a boy you like and like yourself, and experience the feeling of being in love...

The last one may be too extravagant for her as a witch. After all, which boy would dare to get close to a witch who might lose control and mutate into a monster at any time?

There are too many things I want to do, but there is no chance for everything.

To be able to reunite with my elder sister before losing control is already my greatest luck...

Vivienne said this to herself in her heart.

Strength, consciousness...everything is gradually fading away.

But at this moment, Vivian suddenly felt a warm hand gently covering her chest.

The next moment, the surrounding darkness quickly faded, and she who was about to fall to the bottom of the abyss was dragged up by a strong hand, and a warm feeling that she had never experienced before filled her whole body.

She desperately "opened her eyes", but only saw a figure that was gradually going away.

……

The back figure in her memory began to overlap with the real person in front of her. Vivienne could only feel her heart beating violently, and the gentle spring breeze came to her ears, but she didn't even have the courage to look directly at him.

Roy Turumbell...Roy...is that, his name...

After a while, Vivian, who had calmed down her throbbing heart, mustered up the courage to look up, and saw the young man in front of her talking to her elder sister with her head turned sideways.

The dim kerosene lamp shone obliquely on his side face, as if outlining a golden outline. Vivienne was stunned. After recovering, she found that the young man had turned his head and looked at her again.

This time, Vivienne gritted her teeth tightly and worked very hard to avoid looking away.

"Miss Vivian, I don't know if your sister, Miss Lilia, has told you about what happened recently?" Roy smiled and said as gently as possible.

Vivian nodded, like a cute little hamster.

"You know it's easy to handle." Roy continued: "The pollution on your body has not been completely removed, and there are still about [-]% of it. It may take a while to completely remove it. During this time, I hope you will stay in the In the Blackstone collar."

"I have an agreement with your sister. She has worked for me for three years, and I will remove the pollution on her and you. Your going or staying is not within the scope of the agreement. Therefore, after the pollution is removed, should you leave or leave?" It's up to you to stay."

"By the way, about the witch controller on your neck... I will try it later to see if I can untie it, but in this situation, I personally don't recommend trying to untie the witch controller."

"There is a high probability that the temple will have corresponding monitoring. Once the witch controller is released, the temple will know immediately. This way, it is also a trouble."

Vivienne reached out and touched the black collar around her neck, then shook her head slightly: "...it's fine if you don't untie it."

"...I hope you can understand." Roy sighed lightly: "The temple is powerful, and now I am far inferior in terms of strength and power."

"Of course, if one day I have the strength to surpass the Golden Knight, or become a great nobleman, even if I protect a witch, the temple will not dare to say anything, right?"

Roy smiled self-deprecatingly.

"...You don't have to worry about it, Lord Roy." Shadow Witch Lilia said softly, "I'm quite satisfied now."

Vivienne quickly nodded in agreement.

Roy shook his head: "Forget it, let's not talk about such unhappy things, it's already very late, since it has been confirmed that Miss Vivienne's condition is stable, then I will leave first."

"You rest early, we will return to Blackstone Collar tomorrow morning."

"If you have anything to do, you can come to the study to find me."

After leaving a few words, Roy left.

In the bedroom, Shadow Witch Lilia came to the bed and sat down, reaching out to hold her sister's hand.

She held it tightly, afraid that if she relaxed a little, everything in front of her would disappear like a dream.

"sister……"

Vivian lowered her head, watching her elder sister holding her hand.

Pale and sickly.

That was the permanent and irreversible damage caused to her body by the power of shadow after awakening the talent of shadow.

Distress appeared in Vivian's eyes, and she hugged Lilia tightly, her voice choked up slightly: "My lord, in the future, it will definitely get better and better..."

"I trust Lord Roy."

Vivian didn't say the last sentence, but just recited it silently in her heart.

……

The night passed quickly.

Roy opened his eyes and felt that his body had become much stronger, reaching 2.28 Dou Qi, and his physique had also become stronger, and the corner of his mouth showed a satisfied arc.

With sufficient energy supply, his battle qi grew faster than others imagined.

Give him another 8 days, and he will be able to raise his grudge to the limit of the Bronze Knight, 9.9 levels.

At that time, you can start trying to break through the silver rank.

Bronze and silver are two completely different fields, and the status of the two is even more different.

Bronze is just the first step into the extraordinary, and silver has the power of the extraordinary.

After getting up and tidying up, Roy started to eat breakfast.

After half an hour.

In front of Iron Mountain Fortress.

Roy rode a war horse and brought five formal knights with him, preparing to return to the Black Stone Territory.

Standing at the gate of the fortress, Reid solemnly told the five formal knights who followed that they must swear to the death to protect Lord Roy's safety.

If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't leave, someone needed to be in charge of Tieshanling, and no matter what he said, it would be impossible for Roy to return alone.

Even knowing that Roy has reached the Bronze Rank now, and with the Shadow Witch following him, it is almost impossible to encounter danger within the territory, he still can't relax.