Chapter 109 - Plans To Rebuild (1/2)

Al and I spent a lot of time running back and forth working out plans to rebuild for the rest of the summer. We had to talk to Franz to find out what resources we would have then go visit the small band of Kanta on the outskirts of town to figure out how we could utilize them best given what their society was like.

Ayana was a huge help on that front. Even so, it was difficult trying to account for taking care of 60+ people. We didn't know who all from overseas nations would want to come back.

Franz wrote out several identical edicts to be sent back with the last trade sh.i.p.s of the season for each country Annalaias had dealings with. It included a formal apology about the late king's actions and a promise of an alliance and ongoing financial and military support during the rebuilding efforts.

They were signed and stamped with the royal seal by King Franz Leopold McLeod of Annalaias and Clan Leader Alamar de Kanta so it looked very official. I told Al that he needed a royal seal of his own since we were forming an official country but he had no ideas whatsoever.

I ended up consulting Ayana. There hadn't been any official seal before but I figured her input would be helpful coming up with some sort of crest.

We ended up taking inspiration from a type of flower that only grows in the Kanta Mountains and commissioned a craftsman in town to create the seal for us. With that taken care of, we were able to add our own seal to the edicts and make it seem more official.

I couldn't help but wonder how many people would respond. Were there even refugees that made it overseas at all or had everyone ended up in Annalaias or Rowenhilde?

We might end up being a nation made up of sixty-two people after all. Almost sixty-three. Nyla just found out she was pregnant again. There might be a few more babies born scattered throughout the other clansmen as well.

Franz promised he would help us build a settlement for whoever showed up originally but we couldn't rely on his workers forever. I sincerely hoped that whoever would be joining us knew how to build houses.

I knew absolutely nothing about construction in this world and very little from my own. It was time to hit the library. I read every book about building things that I could find in the royal library but worried the practical application would be a lot different.

My original body had been pathetically weak because of all of the joint and muscle issues I had. This one may be tiny but it was healthy. Maybe I needed to practice lifting weights. If they even had the concept of weightlifting here.

There had to be something…this country had knights. They had to have some sort of strength training. Did they lift logs or what? There was no way Catherine du Pont would be able to pull that off.

”Do you really think we'll be able to pull this off by spring?” I asked tiredly.