Chapter 321 (1/2)

Chapter 321 The Law of Border Town

Early in the , the cold woke Roland up He climbed out from under his cold blanket, put on his wool coat, then immersed his feet into the ater bucket

This was one of the corrupting privileges which he could only enjoy as a Prince - every , a maid would put out a basin of hot water beside his bed, as well as a clean towel and a cup of warm milk which would warm up his body almost instantly

Of course, compared to the powerful nobles who had other methods to constantly keep their beds warh The former 4th Prince had always atteht in mind, but unfortunately, he wasn't able to enjoy it before his death However, the new Roland didn't enjoy this practice, so when the position become vacant he had filled it with an elderly but experienced ht one Since nowadays there were so ed to keep the inside and outside of the castle in good order

The fire in the fireplace had gone out long before, leaving only white flying ashes behind Through the cracks in the open , the cold wind blew into the rooly cold that it was hard to believe that it was still autumn Roland dried his feet, then washed the rest of his body with another tub of hot water before going over to theand closing the sht

Even though open fireplaces were very common in this era, he was still worried about the issue of carbon ap open before he went to bed This ith the fire burning the teh the first half of the night, but, after the fire went out there was no difference between the te came

I have to coht, or I won't be able to sleep in the future

After eating breakfast, Roland took Nightingale, his Chief Knight, and his personal guards on a routine inspection of the city walls

The vast expanse of grass between the new city wall and the old city has become a vast expanse of white As they walked over all the thick snow the soles of their shoesnoises

Lifting his head, he saw a pale gray sky and falling snowflakes that occasionally caing with it traces of coldness He knew that it was very likely that this kind of weather would continue until spring next year… or it er

“How is the situation at the defense line?”

“It’srelaxed, “Most soldiers of the First Arathered experience on the battlefield Furtheruards are already enough to protect about one hundred meters of the city wall, and suppress all the demonic beasts that appear at the feet of the wall In addition, compared to the old stone wall, the neall is about half a ht that is very difficult for a wolf to reach Due to this, the defense has turned intoas no mixed species appear these monsters won't ever be able to step one foot past the defense line”

“It see is well”

As Roland boarded the wall, all the soldiers he caht with their head held high and their chest out Just by looking at their spirits, it was already clear that the soldiers had coed from the tih they stood side by side on the wall, see with their pike, it was in truth nothingThe expression in their eyes ar numb, their movements were all stiff, and when someone took a closer look they would ihtly

But the soldier's eyes at thisthrough the ceremony, they immediately turned around and continued to monitor the battlefield

Walking along the city wall toward the Concealing Forest, the area became much livelier

The teed within this area When Roland looked down froed in lines parallel to the wall, looking like upward and doardswaves Each of those slopes offered a place for ten rooms, with an inner structure that was identical to that of a cave The thick walls were able toheated the room and a linen cover at the entry kept the cold out

The whole area was divided into two blocks, the one close to the as called the West Side and was used to shelter the refugees; while the East Side set further away froned to the serfs

Every day the City Hall would send out people to distribute food and charcoal, while the refugees had to take over the task of delivering for the soldiers of the First Ar the walls As for the serfs, most of them had all the wheat they needed With the exception of some people ent out to look for a job to earn some extra money, the others all rarely left their warm houses