32 Episode 30: Primary Purpose 4 (1/2)

******* Carolus' POV *******

I am doing my first daily routine right now of standing in the roof of the castle keep staring at the west.

This is a habit of mine when I was back in my own world doing yoga exercises on the attic of my home before the sun touches my back but I can't do that here since it is no longer necessary since I'm strong as hell and there is no need to maintain my body.

I also do other things like teaching the children how to read and write in the enchanting room since all of my books and writing tools are there and I feel sorry for them since there didn't get any education because of the war and invasions.

Arthur suggested to also teach the children how to fight but it is not necessary since I'm here and I'm not going to let anybody hurt them while they are staying in my territory.

I'm also busy redecorating my castle.

I replaced all of the lamps with glowstones to conserve light resources.

I also added rooms on the second floor to accommodate the number of people that are staying in my castle and also built temporary shelters on the first floor to make sure that everyone can sleep on beds and not from their makeshift sleeping bags.

The beds alone cost me quite a lot of wools and strings but thankfully Queen Arachne left chests full of strings and other things outside the gate.

I don't know when Queen Arachne left these chests but there is a written note with only three words in it along with her name on the bottom.

'Gifts and apology.

Queen Arachne.'

I don't know what she meant by that but I'm not complaining since I'm glad that somebody is giving me free gifts especially when I needed it the most.

Oh. I'm also busy feeding more than FIVE HUNDRED HUMAN BEINGS in my territory.

I am already feeding Arthur and his people but I'm now also feeding Queen Thea and her army.

Apparently, they run out of food and they needed my help.

They only managed to bring one month worth of food with them when they left their capital and they already ate most of it.

I don't exactly have problems with sharing my food supply since I have quite a lot of it and I can just quickly grow them using bonemeal and I also have a ton of them.

But damn.

They consume so much food every day. They managed to eat more food than my cows, sheep, and chickens combined. They are even worse than my pigs.

I didn't complain to them since I don't want them to starve to death and I don't really know what I'm going to do with my surplus food.

I also learned that they don't actually know about the bonemeal trick.

Apparently, they only rely on what they called fertilizer to nourish their crops.

They are really happy knowing about this simple trick but only some of them can craft the bonemeal. They said that their crafting skills are not that high to be able to craft it. I don't really understand what they are talking about so I just ignored it for now.

I can hear someone walking behind me while I'm still pondering in my thoughts.

”King Carolus. Queen Thea and her general are already in your room waiting for you.” I can hear Arthur's voice behind me.

I just turned around and nodded to him once.

Queen Thea requested to have a talk with me about something again.

She keeps asking me to talk about things and I just flat out reject her since it is bothersome but it looks like I can no longer avoid her since she is already in my room.

I started walking towards my room along with Arthur following behind me.

I managed to reach my room and I quickly opened the door.

Queen Thea immediately saw me and both her and the general rose in their chairs.

I quickly walked inside my room and sit on the chair.

Queen Thea quickly followed and both the general and Arthur immediately sit in their chairs after her.

This is really cool to see and it never gets old.

”What is it do you want to talk about, Queen Thea?” I quickly get to the point since I really don't want to go to the process of pleasantries before the conversation starts.

”Straight to the point, I see. As you can tell, I and my army are about to leave to go back to our kingdom.” She said while keeping her tone gentle.

I really miss her voice when she was on the wall ordering her army. Strong and authoritative.

She then placed a paper on the table.

”This is a letter of recognition. It has my signature on it and the royal seal of my kingdom. You can use it to be able to get inside my kingdom if ever you decide to travel there. You can also use this to be able to stay in the Lord's and Lady's castle and have the best accommodations.”

Okay.

I don't know what this about but this is a really useful paper so I just accepted it.

”You can also send me an invoice for all the things you have done and given to us. Don't hesitate to demand whatever amount you deemed necessary.”

Okay.

This one I will rather ignore since I don't really care about money.

After hearing her talk for a while, the meeting was about to be concluded when there is someone knocking on the door.

”I guess that's about it, King Carolus. Once again, thank you for all the things you have done. Hope we will meet again in the future.” Queen Thea said after babbling for a while.

I was about to fall asleep this entire meeting but I managed to stop myself.

She then stands in her chair and walks towards the door.

Her general is right behind her.

She opened the door and I can see the red hair woman outside.

I remembered that her name is Rose and she recently woke up yesterday.

Rose tried to kneel to the floor but she was stopped by Queen Thea who is starting to leave.