Chapter 51: After the War, Celebration
The White King's announcement actually violated the sovereignty of the Frost Moon Kingdom to a certain extent, but at this juncture, none of the nobles of the Frost Moon Kingdom jumped out to question the rationality of the White King's announcement.
Although Rand had long known that the White King Calant agreed to support the development of the ruins, he did not expect the support to be so strong that he directly brought the family to the table and issued a notice.
In this way, the pressure Rand faces from Baron Huyuan will be greatly reduced, because a small baron probably dare not offend the White King's development agent.
After seeing the official notice from the White King, Rand began to order a withdrawal.
The quality of this group of new recruits was quite good. They were just recruited and faced a force five times their size, but they actually won.
This is a good start. With more training, this unit may become a powerful army that will be feared by everyone in the future.
Although several recruits have already got their pants wet.
This is understandable. With gleaming arrows shot at them and not knowing the defensive power of the armor on their bodies, it took great courage for them not to flee.
The road leading to Lake Source Territory was still dug up, and Rand had no interest in filling it up. If Baron Lake Source came to attack again, he could still annoy him.
However, if there were no troops stationed here, there would be no point in digging the road. Without anyone to harass him, Baron Huyuan could simply fill it with soil or climb over from the nearby mountain.
But after hitting a wall with the slingers, and with the support of the White King, Rand felt that the probability of another attack was very low, unless he could gather some nobles who also wanted to hit the wall.
When we returned to the hideout, we saw Ellie with messy hair and dark circles under her eyes. She looked like she was on the verge of sudden death. It was indeed too hard for her to handle the entire hideout affairs by herself.
When Ellie saw Rand and Olenna returning, she felt like she had seen her savior. Her blue eyes, which had been dull and full of resentment, suddenly brightened.
She quickly handed the file to Olena and said, "I'm going to go to sleep for a while. I'll leave the matter to you. I have kept records of the file processing during this period. You can just look at the records."
Olenna nodded, touched Ellie's head with some heartache, and told her to go to rest quickly.
Then he turned to look at Rand, asking with his eyes if Rand wanted to work together.
Rand looked at the pile of affairs, then at the notes filled with Ellie's writing, and could only nod. If he didn't help, Olenna would probably have black circles under her eyes.
The two worked together until midnight.
At this time, Ellie seemed to have slept enough and came to the office rubbing her eyes.
The office is a brick and stone structure with a few wooden tables and chairs and some filing cabinets.
This is where Ellie and Olenna work, and sometimes it's also where Rand works. With the oil lamp on in the middle of the night, it's still bright, and a fireplace has been installed in advance, so it won't be too cold in winter.
The office desk is next to the window. The wooden window is closed at this moment. If it is daytime, you can open it to see the busy believers outside.
There is a small green plant placed in front of the window. Even though there are mountains and fields outside, they still put a small green plant in the window. Maybe all workers have this hobby.
But it does add a bit of vitality to this stone house.
The backlog of work had been almost dealt with, so when Ellie came, Rand didn't let her join the work. Ellie found a place to sit down, supported her chin and waited for a while, and Rand and Olenna had almost finished the work.
Standing up and stretching, Rand said, "Do you want to celebrate?"
"Celebrating what?" Ellie was stunned for a moment, then guessed, "Celebrating your defeat of Baron Huyuan?"
Rand shook his head: "We should celebrate with the soldiers. After all, they are the ones who risked their lives."
"Then what are we celebrating?" Ellie became curious.
"To celebrate the launch of our project, we may be even busier when the adventurers come. Now is the perfect time to take a break from our busy schedule," Rand explained.
Ellie blinked her eyelashes and looked at Rand with her bright eyes, waiting for his next words.
Rand returned to the inner room of the sacrificial chamber and took out some fruits, three cups, some powdery substances and things like withered plants.
Then there are some alchemical tools like those used by Ellie to make alchemical potions.
Not knowing what Rand was trying to do, Ellie and Olenna both moved aside and watched curiously.
Rand placed a thin piece of cotton cloth on the mouth of the funnel, put spices on it, sprinkled some sugar, then put the apple on it, squeezed the juice violently with one hand, and added clean water with the other hand.
After juicing, Rand added a little more sugar to the cup and covered it.
Look at Ellie: "Can you make ice cubes?"
Ellie shook her head and said that she only knew some combat and research magic, but not how to make ice.
"That's a pity." Rand knew that ice could be made from saltpeter, but the problem was that saltpeter had not been found yet.
But it's okay. When Rand was a college student in his previous life, he worked part-time as a bartender in a bar. Although there is no alcohol now, he can just make juice.
Rand opened the lid of the cup and shook it for a while, then filtered out the foam and some impurities and poured it into another cup.
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After carefully taking a sip with a spoon, he made three more cups in the same way.
Then she made a cup of the freshly brewed coffee for Ellie and Olenna respectively. She had actually prepared a share for Lysa, but she had been sent out on patrol by Ellie these days and would probably not be back for another two days.
"Try it?" Rand picked up the cup and took a sip. It was a pity that there were no ice cubes, but it still tasted good.
Ellie and Olenna also took a sip and then widened their eyes. They had tasted freshly squeezed juice before, of course, but the juice made by Rand tasted much better than the freshly squeezed one.
It was obvious that only water and a powder that looked like sugar were added, and at most a withered plant that looked like a spice.
"How does it taste?" Rand asked after taking another sip.
Ellie and Olenna both nodded. "Pretty good."
"Cheers then!" Rand raised his glass.
Ellie and Olenna looked at Rand raising his glass in confusion, then hesitantly followed his lead and raised their glasses together. Their glasses collided with Rand's, causing the clear juice in the glasses to shake.
Then Rand took a big gulp, while Ellie and Olenna, still very ladylike, took small sips.
This kind of celebration seemed like a good idea, Ellie and Olenna thought at the same time.
Rand drank the entire glass of juice and felt that his tongue had finally come back to life.
Collect the apples from which the juice has been squeezed. The pulp can be used to make dried fruit so it won’t be wasted.
Rand also prepared shares for Lysa and Tanner, so that they could both taste his cooking skills.
While collecting things, Rand asked, "Is the bathhouse almost finished?"
Ellie nodded. She was also very excited about this. Although the small bathtub that Rand built for them was also good, the big bathtub after Rand's design was obviously more attractive to her.
The large bathhouse was only built in the first phase. It was not the kind of place where everyone could bathe together as Ellie imagined, but a complex building of a bathhouse and a bathhouse, as Rand said.
You can experience it tomorrow.
(End of this chapter)