[Chapter 188: Language Issues]
Helen’s father was educating his daughter, while David and Arcee discussed the information she had just heard.
Although the political affairs were relieved, the events related to the various forces around Winter Town and even the events that would determine the next military action of Winter Town still had to be decided by the Lord David himself.
“The surrounding villages were fighting fiercely?”
“Yes, and I noticed that the people in Frost Town seemed to be not very honest. They tried to probe us several times.” Arcee was a mechanical life form. She had data, images and other information for reference to make the right judgment.
Arcee could not hide the fact that the people in Frost Town quietly moved the sign and the wooden disc symbolizing the sentry.
After using machine guns and missiles to bomb all the farmland secretly reclaimed in Frost Town, Arcee notified the soldiers of the Winter Knights and moved the sign back to its original position.
In order to express their dissatisfaction, the soldiers of the Winter Knights moved the sign a little further towards Frost Town.
Although they didn’t move a few meters, this behavior was a clear reminder to Mayor Sean Forrester that if they did this again, the next time we wouldn’t just move a few meters.
“I hope he comes to provoke me again.” David hoped that Sean Forrester would suddenly come to trouble Winter Town.
In that case, he could take over Frost Town. I wonder if this captured territory would be enhanced by various effects? He was really curious.
“In addition to this, I saw more people fleeing the village where they originally lived.”
Refugees began to appear on the northern plains. These scattered refugees should be looking for a better place to live. At present, they mainly move back and forth between several villages. However, if they cannot find a suitable new home for a long time, they may gather together to become a bandit gang.
Based on David’s understanding of the northern plains, if these refugees do not decide where to settle before late autumn, but gather together to become bandits, then no one can survive the long winter. The only fate waiting for them is starvation or freezing to death.
“Will they come to Winter Town?”
“When these people realize that Winter Town is the only place in the entire Northern Plains that can help them survive this winter, they will naturally come.”
Now those who are wandering around but not coming to Winter Town are mainly locals of Iron Tree Castle.
These people are worried that Winter Town, which has offended the noble forces of Iron Tree Castle, will not exist for too long. If they go to such a village, they may end up with nothing.
On the contrary, people who come to the Northern Plains from other places do not have these concerns.
It is a pity that these people missed the last round of welfare. If they come to Winter Town at this time, not only will they not be able to get a house, but the upcoming taxes and various living costs will also become a problem for these people.
“This is good, it can force some people to do other jobs.” In order to obtain living resources, new residents without capital can only work for old residents.
In this way, the shops and restaurants in Winter Town will have staff and can operate normally.
“You will say hello to Weatherby Swan later and let him prepare to receive new civilians.” This is just the beginning. David estimates that with the arrival of winter, the growth rate of residents in Winter Town will continue to increase.
Even in winter, it is not ruled out that some people will take risks and run to Winter Town. After all, they were all going to die, so they wouldn’t worry about whether they would be left with nothing in a few years.
“After a few years of hard work, it finally looks good.”
David continued to greet Tyndareus and Helen, father and daughter, while watching Arcee go to find Weatherby Swan
. Tyndareus said that he had almost finished his visit and was ready to go back.
As for Helen… Tyndareus didn’t say anything, but the expression of “I’ll leave my daughter to you” was still very obvious.
Afterwards, Helen took her father back to Sparta, packed her luggage and other things, and then came to settle in Winter Town.
She had already identified David and would never give up!
Especially after getting the strong support of her father, Helen decided to move into Glamorgan Castle today.
When Helen returned to Winter Town with two maids who were responsible for taking care of her, as well as a lot of gold, silver, jewelry, clothes, shoes and socks, and clearly stated that she wanted to live in Glamorgan Castle, she knew that there was already a hostess in Winter Town.
“My name is Laura Crawford, welcome to Winter Town.”
Laura got up at dusk to prepare for dinner. When she walked out of the bedroom door, she happened to see Helen who was choosing a room. She was quite curious about this famous beautiful woman in Greek legend. As for
the other party’s idea of wanting to become the hostess of Winter Town, Laura didn’t take it seriously at all.
No one in Winter Town knew, only Laura had been close to David for a long time, and both sides knew each other very well!
She knew very well that David was a non-marriageist!
To put it in a more generous way, David didn’t think that he needed some kind of proof from the world to be with someone! To put it bluntly, he wanted to maintain this state of being with whoever he wanted.
Laura had previously specially gone to the Caribbean world to find the trident of the Sea King. In addition to satisfying her desire for adventure, she was actually complaining about David.
In other words, no one could become this guy’s wife! At most, they could become close lovers with him!
In the past, David would still consider his own feelings, but today, Laura removed the restriction with her own hands. David, who had completely let himself go, would of course not miss the delicious food that was delivered to his door.
This is also the fundamental reason why Helen expressed her desire to live in Glamorgan Castle and David agreed directly.
While Laura and Helen were communicating in a relatively primitive way, David was thinking about another thing: as more and more aliens came to Winter Town, more and more “languages” would appear.
Although he has the special ability of “knowing languages”, he can’t rely on himself to be a translator every time, and then make a textbook for learning the common language of Brunnia in the corresponding language, right?
“That’s too troublesome!”
Of course, the advantage of this situation is that David will definitely become the one who contacts the newcomers the most and most frequently, which will help him and the newcomers to improve their goodwill, gain recognition from each other and get rewards.
But David thought about it carefully and felt that as the lord of Winter Town, no matter who came from another world, he had to contact him first.
As long as a person with a normal mind encounters such a thing, he will definitely first determine what the ruler of this place is like towards alien visitors like him?
Is he welcoming or hostile to him? Based on this, he decides whether he wants to live there for a long time or have frequent exchanges.
As for those with abnormal minds, they are not taken into consideration.
Thinking of this, David found Laura who was introducing various daily utensils in the room to Helen, and said to Laura who was teaching Helen how to use tap water: “Take Helen to the restaurant for dinner, I’m going out for a while.”
“Going out at this time?”
“I thought of something, I’m going to see Jaina.”
“Magic?”
“Almost… I might go to Pierre.”
“Got it, leave Helen to me!” After saying that, he winked at David: “Don’t worry, I won’t let her run away.”
“…”
He hesitated for a while whether to go tomorrow, but after thinking carefully, Laura shouldn’t do anything strange, so he went downstairs and released the Mustang sports car. He
got in the driver’s seat and drove out of the fortress from the north gate. He stepped on the accelerator and arrived at Jaina’s new home in Wintertown: a small building not far from the residence of the pharmacist Cordell and the medicine field.
There was a plaque hanging at the door of the small building: Dalaran Diplomatic Embassy in Wintertown; Kul Tiras Diplomatic Embassy in Wintertown; Wintertown Mage Association.
“Wintertown Mage Association?”
David was stunned for a few seconds before knocking on the door. A strange young woman opened the door: “Hello, nice to meet you, Lord Baron Glamorgan, are you here to see Miss Proudmoore?”
“Yes.” David quickly realized that the woman in front of him should be Jaina’s maid.
At the beginning, the living conditions in Wintertown were limited, and these diplomats came to Wintertown alone.
Now that the various construction projects in Wintertown are nearing completion, these diplomats have large enough residences and naturally will not embarrass themselves.
After all, Jaina Proudmoore, Renault Mograine and Sally Whitemane, these people have extraordinary backgrounds. In addition, this kind of work as a diplomat stationed in another country will bring servants and guards.
Eva mentioned this to him before, but he just responded casually after listening and didn’t ask more questions. This is not a big deal, and it is not as attractive to him as Eva’s ankle.
Under the guidance of the maid, David came to the reception room and sat down quietly waiting for Jaina’s arrival.
He didn’t have to wait long. Before the maid brought him the juice, Jaina appeared in front of him: “Lord Baron Glamorgan came to me at this time. Is there something important?”
“It’s not important, but it will be much more convenient if it can be solved earlier.” David and Jaina greeted each other for a few words, and then went straight to the point and told her the purpose of his visit.
After listening to David’s words, Jaina understood why he suddenly came to her: “Are you confirming whether I know a spell that can instill language knowledge into other people?”
“It would be best if it can be made into a prop that even ordinary people can use.”
Jaina pondered for a while and gave her answer: “I know a lot of similar spells, but I don’t know which one can achieve the effect you want… As for making a prop, you should ask Pierre Newton for help in this regard.”
In addition, Jaina said that she was not very knowledgeable in this area, and it would be very time-consuming if she had to test one by one.
“Compared to me, I think another wizard can help you solve this problem easily.”
“Who?”
“Medivh!”
(End of this chapter)