164 As long as you stay out of my way (2/2)
King Enrico frowned
”Who has the guts to talk like that in front of all the kings and nobles?”
”He could have made some powerful friends, Rodrigo. Now no one's going to deal with him”
”You're missing one important fact, father”
”What's that?”
”He's powerful, even the girl beside him is freaking grandmaster who beat one of the prodigies to near-death, powerful persons don't need allies, I don't know much about politics but make sure Mairis stays in his good side ”
King Enrico was surprised that for the first time, Rodrigo was thinking like a rational person rather than like a madman.
”What are you going to do?”
”I made a bet and lost, now it's time for me to settle the score”
He needed to give the warehouse to him but before that, he had to transport all the beast caged in there to the pit. He didn't have any idea what Don was going to do with the building but since he lost the building, it was not his concern.
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”Your majesty, you're back”
The old woman of Agoria came to greet Don at the entrance of his castle.
They did not travel back all the way to Agoria but used the teleporter to reach Agoria.
”Yes, how's everything here?”
Don seated himself on the throne and asked the old woman.
”Nothing worth mentioning, your majesty”
”Did you tell the villagers about the oath-taking ceremony?”
Don notified the old woman about the upcoming oath-taking ceremony where they had to swear an oath to him, it was a procedure to find out who is loyal to him and who is skeptical about his rule.
”Yes your majesty, I talked with all the village chiefs, most of them will swear allegiance to you”
”At the ceremony I want all the village chiefs to bend their knees, or I will find someone who will and make them the chief”
The old woman expected this and she was still negotiating with other village chiefs to swear loyalty to him considering he had already started to rebuild the houses and roads as a first step to develop the kingdom.
After dismissing the old woman, Stodemar and his people came to the throne hall.
”me king, be everything alright? I thought ye'll be gone for some time”
”Me too, how's the construction work going?”
”We repaired some pipelines of the drainage system, me king, but we need Gabriella's metal and stuff to completely fix it. currently, we are doing some groundwork to start building roads and Ken is busy with designing the blueprints to build the dam”
Everything needed Gabriella's supply and according to what she said, the supplies would reach Agoria in a few days.
”Me king, I have a request to make?”
”Go on”
”I need more men, me king, if ye give me tha permission I'll bring some people from Everlight an' put them ta work, tha drainage system in this place be a mess, we can nae build anything wi'out fixing it first”
Stodemar was right to ask for more men as at the moment, he had more work than anybody in the kingdom.
”Take as many men as you want and order whatever you want from Gabriella, I'll give you a separate fund soon”
Stodemar let out a wide grin and bowed
”Thank ye, me king, when I'm done, ye won't recognize this place”
”Good, what about the refugees I sent?”
”Ken put all tha abled body men ta work, me king, they seem very grateful towards ye an' doing their best”
Don was glad to hear Stodemar that they are working and earning their keep or he would have to chase them away.
”Where are they staying?”
”For now, we put tha people in the capital an' villages”
”Pay the villagers a few coins for their help”
”Ken already did that, me king”
”Alright, you'll be very busy soon Stodemar, we have lots of things to do”
Stodemar looked very excited hearing Don as he knew that they are going to open new businesses like restaurant and tea houses
”I'm up for tha challenge, me king”