Tobias widened his eyes, not expecting Jeanne to commit such a cruel act. In his opinion, this would further worsen the agreement between Tobias and Henry.
That's why Caroline and Henry arrived at this place, to conduct further negotiations in order to prevent Tobias from canceling the agreement. Both of them had no time left to cooperate in various places, considering they had spent more than two weeks in Equestria.
According to Henry's calculations, Ingfried and the Northern Isles would suffer tremendous losses if Tobias canceled the cooperation between the two. In Henry's opinion, it would be difficult to find people willing to give so much of their food in a partnership.
Tobias tried to sit, lifting his body slowly. However, he was still not strong enough to do so. The wound on the right side of his abdomen was painful when flexed, so for the time being, Tobias would continue to lie down while receiving treatment from Elisa.
"Tell her to come in," Tob
Tobias was shocked to hear this information, considering he hadn't heard any news from outside since he had been focusing on healing. Elisa didn't say anything. Whenever Tobias asked her a question, Elisa denied it with the excuse that she didn't want Tobias to think about it too much."Please... open the balcony door," Tobias pleaded.The soldier who approached Tobias did so well. He walked slowly over to the repaired balcony door, opened it, and a crowd appeared before the soldier's eyes.The man turned his body around, reaching out to indicate the people who were about to join Tobias' soldiers. Tobias smiled happily, especially after hearing the cheering crowd at the sight of the open balcony door."Do me a favor, Giselle," Tobias said.Giselle, a little hesitant, finally agreed to Tobias' demand. Both women's hands were seen holding Tobias' right hand, while Marcela focused on Tobias' left.The two women stepped slowly, guiding the shirt
***One month later."You have ten more months to complete all the equipment I need. Can you do it?" asked Tobias.The man was sitting upright in a chair behind his desk, receiving a visit from several blacksmiths from Rachdale and Edinburgh. They had come to Leafvile intending to target the village for their weapons sales, as word of Leafvile raising an army had already spread.Every week, more than 50-100 men came to Leafvile to register as soldiers. Many of the men were unemployed from their previous jobs. Of course, Tobias couldn't accept them all.Some were accepted, while others were rejected. The age and physical fitness of the soldiers were important points the man considered. He didn't want old men who couldn't lift up their armour to fight on the battlefield, which would be troublesome for the medical troops.That's why the selection was done by Roman to every man who wanted to apply. Fortunately, there were far more adult men than old ones, so Roman set a minimum and maximu
Tobias prepared the horse he would use for the trip by himself. The horse was black all over, and its size was larger than most horses. The man was seen hooking a bag on the horse's back behind the saddle."There are only three major cities in the western territory; Rachdale, Edinburgh, and Westwind. Leon will explain the details to you," said Elisa.The woman came after she had completed all the trade work she had done. The carriages carrying the harvest began to drive down the hill, heading to different places.This afternoon, all the carriages would return to Leafvile with the money from last month's selling. Elisa had already calculated the predicted income Leafvile would receive from the previous month's sale."If you are burned out, take some wine and enjoy. However, I advise you not to make any decisions when drunk," Tobias advised."Ever since I was assigned to be your right-hand, I've started to ease up on my drinking," Elisa said.
"What?" asked Tobias, surprised."Westwind is a big city, even bigger than Rachdale. It would be difficult for you to offer cooperation on the name of Leafvile, which is just a village," Leon said.Leon sat on a single sofa, looking at Tobias, who sat on the other sofa. If Leon had to be honest, Rachdale had many times proposed a partnership with Westwind, but it always failed.Even if it succeeded, Rachdale would only get a small profit, all based on necessity. However, Leon saw great potential in the partnership offered by Tobias."Undoubtedly, all places have been affected by the food crisis, Westwind being one of them," Leon replied."They are in desperate need of a large supply of food. Rachdale and Edinburgh can provide it, but not as much as Leafvile can," Leon said."If the House of Ingfried can even come to Leafvile to cooperate, then there is no reason for the lords of the western territories to refuse this partnership," Leon added
***The next day."I'm sure I've heard that name before," Leon said, walking through the corridors of the municipal building, toward the second floor where the administrative offices were located.Tobias kept Leon company, walking right behind the young man. He could delay his departure for Westwind, but he could not wait for news of Akihiko's whereabouts.After all this time of searching through the village visitors, Tobias did not expect he would find Akihiko from Leon. The two arrived at the administrative office door, Leon reached out, opened the doorknob and walked in with Tobias.A female staff working behind the desk was surprised to see Leon's arrival, as he was leaving today along with the Mayor of Rachdale for Valestria."Are you not leaving yet, Mr. Leon?" asked the female staff, Leon shook his head."The mayor is getting ready. I brought my friend here, he needs the data of a person named Akihiko," Leon said.The st
***Three days later.Tobias arrived in front of a modest inn in a village along a road connecting cities. They called this village Eldergate. The name was given because the village had a giant gate on top of a hill.According to Tobias, the villagers were friendly enough, not as nice as the villages in the east, but he didn't face any significant threats. In short, Tobias only got a few glares from some villagers, but nothing terrible.This village was the first one Tobias met after leaving Rachdale. There were a total of three more villages he had to pass through to get to Westwind.Yesterday, Tobias felt a different temperature, hotter and drier than the east. The land on either side looked barren, not to the point of forming a desert, but few trees were growing.That's why Eldergate Village was not wealthy compared to other villages. Besides lacking commodities, they only traded on crafts and favors from the main city, Westwind.That was why the villagers were sarcastic toward Tob
Tobias' eyes were intense and sharp, staring at the two thugs who looked trembling in fear, realizing one of them had fallen with his right hand severed.Tobias raised his sword, preparing to slash with force. The injured thug tried to crawl, getting closer to his friends. However, Tobias walked up to the man and thrust the tip of his blade into his other hand."AAAKH!"The blade tip pierced through the back of the hand into the palm of the hand, causing the man to suffer a massive groan of pain with both eyes glazed over, crying out. Now, it was no longer a sight of admiration but rather horror."Is there anyone else who wants to challenge me?" asked Tobias, staring firmly at the two thugs.In the end, the two men decided to leave, taking away Tobias's three silver coins while leaving behind his one dying friend. Tobias pulled out his sword, sending blood rushing from the hole in the thug's hand.He told the man to go after the thugs, which he did without arguing, as he still wanted
***The galloping of Tobias's black horse could be heard from the direction of Eldergate, considering there was no one passing by on the main road connecting the city. One of the villagers came out of a house, raised both hands, and waved them, signaling that the man had been moved.Although the journey from Chestervile to Eldergate was rough, surprising, and frightening for Hera. However, the woman did not show her displeasure. In her heart, she must not show any expression that might hurt Tobias' heart, especially since she had gotten more than enough money for the treatment this time.Hera thought of the money as the cost of the 'difficult' journey she had to take to get here. Tobias' eyes clearly saw the villagers standing beside the main road connecting the cities. It took Tobias an hour to get back and forth to Chestervile.Tobias stopped his horse right beside the villager man, "I brought her."The man looked nervous, hurriedly dismounting Hera from Tobias' mount. The middle-ag