After Camila Derry left, Ashes walked out of the study.
She knelt on the carpet and stretched out her hands to Tilly, "Come on."
"In fact, I'm fine… "
"Don't be brave, there's no one else here," Ashes interrupted.
Tilly pouted, and finally moved her body and leaned back into the other's arms.
Through the clothes, she could hear Ash's strong and powerful heartbeat, like a rhythmic drum beat, which made her feel the steady and steady power.
"Thank you." Tilly whispered.
"Don't put too much pressure on yourself, even if the judgment is wrong, we'll just go back to Sleeping Island," Ashes chuckled, "Roland Wimbledon will definitely not dare to stop you, otherwise the sisters of the Witch Union will not sit idly by. Yes." She paused, "and you don't have to be so sure, the pressure won't be as great as it is now."
The fifth princess shook her head, "If you want to convince others, you have to convince yourself first. If I show a little hesitation and confusion, this decision cannot be carried out."
Although she ostensibly swore it, it was impossible to say that there was no unease at all. It's not that he has concerns about Roland. In fact, when he agreed to let Sleeping Charm continue to manage the relocated witches, it showed his attitude. What she was worried about was whether the more than 300 witches who had been separated from the world for nearly two years could smoothly integrate into Neverwinter City, and whether ordinary people's views on witches would change after the War of Divine Will ended.
These are all unknown risks, and they are also issues that Tilly has to consider. In the eyes of others, she always looks confident and full of energy, but in fact only a few people understand her true feelings. After all, now she not only needs to take care of herself, but the fate of the more than 300 people on the island has to be borne by her. It can be said that after the church was defeated, all the witches on Sleeping Island felt an unprecedented ease, and only she felt that the responsibility on her shoulders was heavier.
"Then do what you want," Ashes hugged her from behind, "Anyway, the great migration will not begin until the evil moon of the coming year ends. If you are still worried, use these few months to investigate. "
"Pretty Beauty is ready to sail?"
"anytime."
"Don't forget to bring your textbook and exercise book, so that you can learn some new knowledge when you are on the road."
"Uh... I'll get seasick if I read in the cabin."
"If you want to protect me, of course you have to become stronger, such as the legendary supernatural... How can you become stronger if you don't read books?"
Ashes let out a painful moan, "Okay, okay, I get it."
"Don't worry, if there is something you don't understand, you can always come and ask me. There's nothing else to do on the boat anyway, right?"
"Yes, yes, as you wish, Your Highness."
Fortunately, there is not only one person now.
No matter what the road will be in the future, there will be someone by your side.
"Well," Tilly replied, closing her eyes, feeling the warmth coming from her back, her shoulders seemed to have lightened a lot.
The cold wind is still blowing outside the window, but the interior is warm as spring.
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The formation of the United Chamber of Commerce is a complicated process, and each contract needs to be repeatedly finalized by multiple parties. After Roland entrusted the matter to Barov and Edith, he turned his attention to the winter battle plan.
There is no doubt that this time the Demon Moon will be much darker than the previous year. Seeing that today is the last day of the late autumn, there is no sign of snow except for the gray sky outside the window.
This is good news for Neverwinter City. The later the evil moon comes, the engineering team can step up to build two more residential buildings.
According to the report of the city hall, all kinds of materials in the western border have grown significantly compared with previous years, especially in terms of food, the output of Changge District has reached ten times the average annual output of the past. If it wasn't for Pei Luo rushing to build a batch of grain depots and transporting half of the wheat to the border areas, the fortress could hardly hold so much grain.
With enough food, no matter what you do, you can be confident.
The second is the ammunition reserve. Anna's new generation of machines and machines were first used for reloading, which greatly improved production efficiency and made up for the loss after fighting against the church.
With food and weapons in hand, Roland's mind floated.
Resisting the invasion of evil beasts and defending Neverwinter City was undoubtedly the first army's top priority, but it seemed a waste to gather thousands of soldiers in the city. After all, the main direction of the evil beast's attack is the big gap in Hermes, and the side of the hidden forest is just some scattered fish, not to mention that the firepower projection ability of the army has more than doubled from a year ago. Ordinary evil beasts may not even be able to touch the edge of the city wall.
Another point that made him eager to try is that not only is the evil beast not an opponent of the First Army, but the entire continent is not much better. If he still needs to be fully pressed when fighting Duke Ryan, and the guns are fired, now I am afraid that only a team of 500 people can be swept away by any knights who dare to charge forward.
So while defending the city wall, is it feasible to send a force to open up the second battlefield and reduce the burden of conquest next year
Roland found that this was not too difficult a problem. In the past, once the evil moon arrived, the heavy snow would completely seal the western border, but now, for Neverwinter City, which has dozens of cement transport ships, the lack of land access is no longer an obstacle. , the First Army can still use the Chishui River to transport soldiers and supplies to their destinations.
With proper planning, Neverwinter has the ability to win two wars at the same time, it sounds like a hegemonic country.
After receiving Hill's letter, Roland's order to enter the Northland into a state of combat readiness was not a pretentious gesture. If the Dawn Lord Ampain Moya really ignored the warning and captured the ambassador and his party, then he could only change the plan. Priority is given to forcing Dawn to release people. However, cross-border operations require a lot of logistical requirements, sending too few troops and it is difficult to maintain supply lines. In addition, the Hermes Plateau, which is defended by the church, may collapse at any time. At this time, it is not an appropriate time to attack neighboring countries.
Fortunately, in the end, the entire group of messengers was safe and sound, and he could also target a place closer to the western border.
"Your Majesty, did you call me something?"
As the office door was pushed open, Iron Axe strode in.
"Are you interested in going back to your homeland in winter? If you go back now, it shouldn't be too hot." Roland spread out a simple graycastle map, pointed to the small raised horn to the south, and asked with a smile, "I remember, Are you and Echo from this desert land?"
The territory he wanted to take in the winter was the very southern region where the Mojin tribe settled.