221 Taking a tour (1/2)

”Lord Clemo, when the winter starts, I want a full list of people in Agoria as well as their skills, details, and everything you can get”

”It'll be done, your majesty” Lord Clemo nodded. Warren would do the same in Emir but it wouldn't be hard for Warren as Clemo since the number of refugees going to Emir was way less than Agoria.

”What about the seeds the village chiefs asked?”

”The farmers have already planted them, your majesty, last time I've met them, they said the crops would be ripe to harvest in a few months”

”Alright, now what's his name? The family which built ships”

”Her, your majesty, Herta Reyn, her family built ships many years ago until the previous king ordered them to stop building ships and hired fishing ships from Monivelle”

”Set up a meeting with them, tomorrow”

As he said, he stood up from his throne

”Now, let's go see the construction works”

Reghys walked beside him while Arwen walked in front of Don with his bow at ready as the remaining guards protected Don and Reghys from behind.

”Show us the way”

Don gestured at Lord Clemo to lead the way as he walked beside Arwen to show them the construction site.

”Rain”

When they stepped outside the castle, Reghys rolled her eyes in annoyance.

”You better get used to it”

Even though his face was cold and emotionless, she was sure that he's laughing now.

”Let me grab an umbrella, Lady Reghys”

Just as Lord Clemo was looking for an umbrella, he saw her snapping her fingers and in a flash, a bubble made of thin glistening energy appeared around them.

”That works too”

Unlike the first time he came to Agoria, the old mud roads were now being replaced by square-shaped blue stones that were neatly arranged and built.

Since the dwarves fixed and built a new sewage system, the rainwater was flowing into the sewage rather than flooding the roads and houses. Far from the castle, Don could see the refugees working on the roads as the dwarves still had to build more roads and paths.

For talented builders like the dwarves, it wouldn't take much longer to build entirely new roads and fix the existing ones in a few months of time.

If he had more dwarves under his command, he could put them to work on both the kingdoms and develop them simultaneously.

While following Lord Clemo to one of the construction sites, a group of dwarves, refugees, and the citizens of Agoria were building new houses from scratch as the old houses were demolished by the dwarves to salvage some usable materials and use them to build new better ones.

The citizens who previously saw Don quickly bowed their heads as the refugees who didnt see him craned their heads and gawked at him.

”How many houses have we built so far?”

DOn asked Lord Clemo and motioned the people to continue their work

Lord Clemo didn't know Stodemar's a dwarf as Stodemar only talked to him with his helmet on yet, Clemo always wondered whether he's a human or not because of his thick accent and bulky body. It was very fortunate that the black armor made the dwarves look taller than their real height or the whole kingdom would have guessed their identity despite the helmet.

Eventually, after walking for a few minutes, Don saw an elegant big three-floor building near the noble district. When he got closer, he saw some dwarves were fitting the windows on the top floor while the others were carrying huge boxes into the building.

”Me king”

A dwarf who saw Don and Reghys came running as the others stopped working and surrounded him and bowed.

”Me king, I'm called Huggor Strongstone, Captain Stodemar put me in charge o' this”

The dwarf wanted to remove his helmet and show proper respect to Don but he was strictly ordered not to remove their helmets while in Agoria by Stodemar so he stood before Don awkwardly scratching his helmet.

”Follow me, me king, let me show ye tha inside”

”I can come inside now right?”

Lord Clemo looked very excited as the dwarf nodded.

”Haven't you seen the inside yet?”

”No your majesty, they didn't let me in, they told me that they would let others inside only after you”

”Well, next time I'll order them to let you in if you behave”

”Thank you, your majesty, wait! What?”