After all, Roland couldn't stay in the bedroom all day.
As dusk approached, he received a notification from Nightingale that Tilly wanted to see him.
Roland had no choice but to put on his coat, tie up his long hair, and head to the office with a stack of manuscript papers. After pushing the door and entering, Tilly and Ash were already waiting for him in the room.
Seeing that he was holding a heavy object in his hand, Ashes took the initiative to meet him and took the thick manuscript paper for him. This move surprised Roland a little. He did not expect that this extraordinary person who had always been unpleasant to him would also take the initiative to help. one day.
The setting sun shining in from the floor-to-ceiling windows turned the wall into orange-red, and at the same time left a golden edge on the two of them, which was quite parting.
Roland has roughly guessed Tilly's purpose.
Although he was a little reluctant, he knew that this day would come, and the other party did not choose to leave without saying goodbye when he was in a coma, which was enough to show his sincerity.
"I'm here to say goodbye to you," Tilly said calmly, "I have to go back to Sleeping Island in the near future to deal with the Bloodfang Society."
Looking at Tilly's beautiful face and her pupils reflecting the sunset, Roland was silent for a while before speaking, "I understand... When will the Pretty Beauty arrive in the Western Region? I will let the kitchen prepare a farewell feast for you— Wait," he was suddenly startled, "one trip? Are you still coming?"
Ash couldn't help covering his mouth.
Tilly laughed lightly, "Why, don't you welcome me? Brother."
"No, I mean... how are you..." Roland opened his mouth in surprise, but he didn't know what to say for a while. After a while, he said, "Because of the Demon Moon?"
"I won't deny you if you think so," Tilly said, spreading her hands, "but don't you have higher expectations?"
He was completely stunned.
"Could it be..."
"It's the 'could it be'," Tilly said bluntly, "I will bring the news of your victory back to Sleepy Island and tell them that Neverwinter in the western region of Greycastle has completely escaped the threat of the church, everyone. You can no longer live a life of fear and hide on this island. When you are ready, I will bring witches who are willing to go to the West to settle here. I hope you will not think they eat too much. "
An indescribable excitement surged in Roland's heart, "We welcome them at any time in the Western Region!"
"You can't have that many witches in your building," the Fifth Princess showed a sly smile. "Even if only half of them are willing to come here, it's several times more than the Witch League. And most of them are not fighting witches. I plan to wait for the demons. After the months have passed, we will hire a ship to deliver it, and the route will be much safer then.”
He snapped, "I'll have enough housing built by next spring, and that's no problem for Carl."
"In addition, I have three additional conditions," Tilly said with three fingers, "I hope you can promise me, brother."
Seeing her serious appearance, Roland couldn't help sitting upright, "You said."
"First of all, if they want to leave Neverwinter and go to other towns, you can't restrict their freedom."
"No problem," he replied without hesitation, "but now that Greycastle has not been unified, I can't guarantee that the territorial people in other places will also treat witches equally. For safety reasons, I suggest that they only temporarily stay in the West Territory and Sleeping Island. to settle in the land. It will not be too late to leave the West until I have control of the whole kingdom."
"I'm just assuming," Tilly nodded with satisfaction, "Secondly, if they don't want to work for you, you can't force them."
Roland poured a cup of tea for the two of them, "So can I tempt them to work for me?"
"As long as you don't use coercion," Tilly gave him a sure look.
"Established," he couldn't help laughing.
It is not difficult for Roland to let these little girls who are not yet deep in the world (they are busy taking refuge everywhere after basically awakening) into the wave of industrialization - he has a lot of incentive mechanisms to make them fall into it, let's not talk about it Salary, just laying out soap, wine and ice cream, and stipulating that only working witches can exchange it, can generate enough attraction.
The sugar-coated cannonballs of capital are far from pure violence.
"Finally, I hope the Sleeping Charm can exist." Tilly looked hesitant when she said this, presumably she thought that this requirement might be a little harsh, "Of course, the amount earned by the spell will Turn over part of it to Neverwinter."
"Sleeping spell?" Roland was stunned. He remembered that this organization was a bounty guild to resolve the conflict between the fighting witch and the auxiliary witch, and to earn benefits for Sleeping Island. In other words, almost all the witches on the island were members of the Sleeping Charm, and if they existed, it meant that they were all under the jurisdiction of Tilly.
He quickly understood why the Fifth Princess was hesitant when she said these words. She moved in and settled down as an organization that managed independently. Whether it was accepting bounty tasks or dispatching personnel to the fjord, it was still determined by the magic curse. It was almost as if he was deliberately guarding against him.
Roland agreed immediately, "Of course, as long as they follow the laws that prevail in the territory."
Isn't that the equivalent of a private company
In fact, when he realized that the witches from Sleeping Island might be relocated to the Western Region, in addition to joy, there was also a trace of worry in his heart, that is, he didn't know whether they should be included in the Witch League.
As one of the three major administrative agencies alongside the City Hall and the First Army, the Witch League is obviously safe in the hands of Wendy, who is loyal to her. But there are too many witches on Sleeping Island. Once all of them join the Witch League, Wendy's control will be weakened, and he will not be so confident when he intervenes in management.
If he didn't accept the alliance, he would appear to be too indifferent to these witches who came from afar. Now Tilly took the initiative to propose, which made Roland feel relieved for a while. Besides, it was normal for Tilly to still have a little worry in her heart. Trust itself was something that took time to build. Compared to before, this was a huge improvement.
"Really?" Tilly couldn't help but be a little surprised to see him agree so readily.
"Don't worry, I will never go back on what I promised you." Roland smiled.
"Really..." Tilly also relaxed, "then I'll go back to the room to pack my things first, the Pretty Beauty will arrive in about three days. In addition to the accompanying battle witch, I'll take Iffy and Youyu with me, but I'll wait until the blood I'll send them over again after the tooth club thing is over."
"Do you have to wait until Xie Yue to come back here?"
"You asked me if it was because of the Demon Moon, and I said..." She blinked. "I don't deny it."
"That is to say, you will come early?" Roland asked.
"Just like last year, brother," Tilly nodded, "I will fight against the evil beasts with you until the snow subsides."