Andonara's return also means that the political situation in Delbon City has once again become completely stable.
The Magic Tower is indeed the largest force in Delbon City.
But there are always some people who want to make small moves, such as the people in the City Lord's Mansion.
Because there are too few manpower in the Magic Tower, Roland often runs around, and Vincent only focuses on the big things and the overall situation. After all, he also has to study and learn magic, and it is impossible to do everything by himself.
Therefore, there are likely to be loopholes in places where Vincent doesn't pay much attention.
Nobles and businessmen are very good at finding loopholes and making small moves.
Andonara's return not only means that the Magic Tower has once again strengthened its own strength, but as a queen, Andonara can still understand some basic political situations, otherwise she will not be disappointed with the royal family. , turned around and went to Roland.
Moreover, Andonara also has the maid Kristina beside her. Although Kristina is of little use during the day, at night, some of the more tedious paperwork can be left to her to handle.
The Magic Tower is willing to protect her, not to let her just be a vase and have nothing to do.
After Roland returned to the manor and rested for two days, he took Andonara to the dock to visit Hawk and Link.
At this time, after more than ten days of staff expansion and reorganization, Matou is now thriving again.
After all, Hawke and Link built the dock from scratch and treated ordinary dock workers very well. The entire city of Delbon saw it. When they came back, there were quite a few workers who were willing to follow them again.
It is still on the top floor of the tallest building in the pier. The view here is wide and you can just take in the scenery of the entire pier.
Hawke set up a table here to entertain Roland and Andonara.
He made a hot pot. It was freezing now, so it was a good time to eat hot pot.
Link didn't come, and although the docks had been rebuilt, there was still a lot to deal with.
Hawke picked up a piece of tripe for himself and pointed to the river that had already formed a thin layer of ice: "The workers said that this year is colder than in previous years. In the past, the river was not frozen, and it is still early winter, so I guess the poor people in the city are a little sad this time."
Roland swallowed his words, "You mean, let me find a way to help those poor people?"
"Yes." Hawke nodded without hesitation: "Now in Delbon City, you are the only one who has this ability."
Roland looked up, and sure enough... there was already a thin layer of white ice on both sides of the river, which was originally flowing endlessly. Only the middle part, because the water flow was still relatively fast, was not frozen, forming a flow path of ice and water.
He thought for a while and remembered that the Delbon River was indeed ice-free during the first winter they entered the game.
"I'll do my best." Roland thought for a while, and accepted the matter, and then he said: "In addition, I came here this time to talk to you about the sealed land. I want to form a team to go take a look. You and Link, do you want to come along?"
Hawk thought for a while and shook his head: "I won't go. The dock issue alone is troublesome enough. At least we have to wait until the dock issue is completely stable before we can talk about other things."
"Then introduce a reliable priest to our team." Roland thought for a moment and said, "It must be reliable."
Although Roland himself can also heal minor injuries and gain some buffs, they are incomparable to the professional treatment of priests.
Hearing Roland reiterate the word 'reliable', Hawke couldn't help but smile bitterly.
He understood that during this period, the Silver Wings Guild's several flirtatious actions really made Roland very prejudiced against their guild. Hawke smiled bitterly and continued: "Don't worry, this time it is absolutely reliable, but she is elsewhere." It may take about ten days to get to the city."
"Okay, let's wait for him." Roland nodded: "Just use these ten days to think about how to resettle those poor people who may freeze to death."
Afterwards, Roland ate some hot pot and left the dock.
He did not return to the Magic Tower, but took Andonara to the City Lord's Mansion.
Stepping on the frost and snow on the grass, Roland walked to the door of the City Lord's Mansion and pushed it open.
Although there were two guards standing guard, no one dared to stop him.
The heavy black wooden door opened, and a wave of heat rushed out from inside, forming a clear contrast with the cold temperature outside.
At a glance, you can see a red flame burning in the fireplace, and a maid is adding firewood to the fireplace.
At the small dining table in the living room, the city lord's wife and daughter were drinking afternoon tea. They were dressed lightly. After all, there was a fireplace and the living room was very warm.
Roland found that every time he came, the mother and daughter seemed to be having afternoon tea.
Either on the balcony, in the garden, and now in front of the fireplace.
It's so laid back.
Seeing Roland, the two of them were not as scared as before. They stood up and warmly invited Roland and Andonara to drink wine and share delicious food.
Andonara agreed. Firstly, she really liked the feeling of women gathering together to drink afternoon tea. Secondly, she felt that there was no need for her to follow Roland when he came to talk about business.
Roland knocked on the door of the study on the third floor, walked in, sat down under the owner's extremely unfriendly eyes, and asked directly: "What measures do you take to prevent poor ordinary people from freezing to death and starving to death in winter?"
"It's not necessary." Little John said coldly: "Those untouchables who don't work hard and can't even survive a winter will die. We are responsible for collecting their bodies, which is already very merciful."
"If you don't protect ordinary people, how can the population increase?" Roland sighed.
"How is that possible?" Little John laughed disdainfully: "More than two hundred years ago, when John's family first became the city lord here, the population was less than 400,000. But now the entire city, plus the scattered towns nearby, has a population of less than 400,000. The population of the village has exceeded one million."
"What a tough life." Roland was somewhat impressed.
"Untouchables are just weeds. As long as you don't deliberately eradicate them, they will grow more and more."
Roland looked at Little John and said, "It seems that our philosophies are quite different. By the way, I want to borrow your household registration officer for a period of time, and you ask him to cooperate with me."
"Do you still need my permission to do things?" Little John's words were full of yin and yang.
Roland didn't take it seriously: "I'm just trying to calm you down. I also want to tell those people or forces who secretly support you that our Magic Tower will have a big move next. It's best not to jump out at this time. It will be very difficult for me to speak at that time. of."
Little John said without a smile: "How dare I! I'm very afraid of death."
"Live well and don't think too much."
Roland left these words and left the study.
Then he went downstairs and walked away with Andonara.
Little John was incompetent and furious upstairs, throwing things around. After this winter, the reputation of the Magic Tower will further increase, and his chances of counterattack will become increasingly slim.
The city lord's wife and her daughter are thinking about inviting the queen to come and enjoy the next tea party. The three of them were chatting happily just now.