The New Civilization of Witches

Chapter 24: The Development Plan

The next morning, when Roland woke up, he was not served by his maid, Tyre.

Instead, it was an old servant. When he stepped out of the bedroom, knight Carter was already waiting for him.

"Your Majesty, I have bad news to tell you,"

Carter spoke in a low voice, "Your helper, Tyre, died last night."

"What?" Roland's eyelids jumped up, though,

even though he already knew the results beforehand, in his heart, he still felt a little uncomfortable.

He died because of his orders.

“She fell from the balcony in her own room. We were unable to find any signs of fighting or guards looking at outsiders near the crash site.

So.. it looks like he fell from the balcony alone, it was an accident.” The Knights report the results of the investigation, the,

and at the same time, he was looking for a strange fluctuation in Roland's eyes. Roland certainly knew what Carter was looking for.

When they were in Graycastle, it was known to everyone that the 4th Prince wanted to take Tyre by force.

In this day and age, it is common for a prince and a servant to have a relationship,

this kind of thing is least attractive to others. After all, there is almost no nightlife, either,

so there is nothing to do but eat to the fullest and do the thing between men and women.

And not only with their own women, the princes and other upper nobles would exchange their women, sometimes they even made an open feast, he said,

so the affair between the prince and his servant was nothing more than a simple laugh.

The former 4th Prince was already known to be more moderate in this sort of thing,

and then he was even replaced by Cheng Yang, who never touched a woman after she became Roland – except Tyre, who never touched a woman,

all the other servants could be described as shabby. Moreover, after crossing over he immediately had to face the Moon Demon, after which,

so that his mind was almost only filled with development plans, and he had no chance to enjoy the romantic life of a noble.

“That's really regrettable,” Roland put on an expression of mourning,

“In the future the senior servant who served me this morning must take over Tyre's position.

He is the new butler.” Carter nodded and left after saluting.

When Roland stepped into his office, he once again saw that Nightingale was sitting on the mahogany (red wood) table.

"What was the result of your interrogation?"

"No one, he immediately killed himself when he saw me," his frustration clearly sounded,

"He acted too quickly, there was not even the slightest doubt."

"You didn't actually make it fall?" Roland walked around her and sat on the armchair.

"I tied him up," Nightingale placed her body closer to him, instead,

"but who knew that he was hiding poison in his teeth.

So I had to fake an accidental fall. ” “I think you are experienced.

So, do you think you're doing enough to get paid?

“Hey, don't talk like that!

Although I can't get anything straight from his mouth, it doesn't mean I don't get anything.”

Chuckling, Nightingale placed a folded sheet of paper in front of Roland,

"I found this hidden in his room." Roland spread out the paper and saw that it was a letter.

In the letter, Tyre referred to the recipient as a sister, but the content was just plain gossip.

However, he noted that others repeatedly mentioned the sea, such as 'the view is beautiful to look at',

'his favorite pastime is to stay on the beach and watch the sunset', and other things like this.

Finally, Tyre asked when he could see his older sister again because he missed her so much.

When Roland thought of the territory his brother and sister ruled over, he was sure he knew who the conspirator was, and he was,

"It's supposed to be my sister Garcia, right?"

“Maybe that's the case, because your two brothers can't see the sea.

I think Garcia Wimbledon's 3rd daughter took Tyre's sister hostage and hid her.

What I mean is, before he was placed as your servant, he had at least two to three years of sufficient training. ”

Roland sighed softly. Indeed as expected of the usurpation of the throne, it would not end without bloodshed.

Even if he did not fight, it did not mean that his brothers would not drag him into it.

In order to gain the throne, his brothers would not stop. He was afraid that something similar would happen again in the future.

“Ah, someone came to talk to you. You must excuse me, Your Majesty. ” Nightingale spoke in a seductive tone and blew hot air towards Roland, and then she suddenly disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Although it was not the first time he had seen her do this, but seeing her disappear in broad daylight, made Roland feel shocked.

He hesitated for a moment, and then he stretched out a finger towards the empty table, half his finger stopped by a very gentle touch, he said,

"Your Majesty, you can't do this, you'll make Anna very sad."

Well, it seems like his ability is invisible and not teleportation, Roland thought, otherwise, it would become too powerful.

Soon there was a knock from the door, "Your Majesty, this is me Barov."

Roland pulled out his finger and hid whatever expression was on his face,

"Lake in."

When the Assistant Minister walked into the office, he held a large bundle of files. Even before he sat down, he started his government report last week.

Roland also turned his mind around, listening attentively to Barov's report.

After living for a month in this world, he found himself able to keep up with the rhythm of Barov,

unlike the beginning where he was confused and lost his way, feeling completely out of place. In general, the finances of Border Town had a certain level of improvement.

The main point for this was the sale of ore and coarse stone to Willow Town. As payment, they had received nearly 200 gold royals.

After they used the money to buy food and pay wages, there were still ninety gold nobles left.

Barov is in a good mood, with money left, getting through this winter will not be too difficult.

But Roland was destined not to let her go in a good mood,

“I want to choose a group of townspeople to help fight the demonic beasts and from now on they just need to concentrate on training.

Their instructor will be the head of my knight, and I will give him special instructions on how to train them.

You need to make a list of equipment or supplies. These people will need leather armor and spears.

They also need to have two sets of winter clothes, so they can change clothes.”

"Your Majesty, this..according to convention, is not temporary recruitment only allowed as a last resort?"

“If you send them to the battlefield without further training, they will only become a chaotic horde.

Do you think it's possible to scare demonic beasts with numbers alone?

Once the defences collapse, we'll just get in more trouble. ”

"Your Majesty, do you really insist on staying in Border Town?"

asked Barov hesitated.

“If we can't resist the demonic beast, of course, I will retreat, but I don't think that we can't even handle some mutation variations? from a normal animal."

“According to your future plans, we will need more money.”

Hearing that the other party was extremely miserly, Roland had to laugh, "This is a necessary expenditure, go and do."

Within his own treasury there were over 300 gold royals that were mainly used to pay for the construction of the wall.

The required steam engine materials and components ordered from the blacksmith shop were also paid from his own pockets.

For the first steam engine, he would have to spend nearly twenty gold royals, and he would need at least three machines.

The invention of the steam engine was a key component of the industrial revolution, this is true, but that does not mean that the steam engine is on par with the industrial revolution.

Historically, the UK was looking for the possibility to replace the people and livestock involved to increase productivity in mining operations.

When Watt repaired the steam engine, he immediately received a large order. This new power also spread to various industries in a very short time.

At this point in time, there was no basis for an industrial revolution in the small Border Town. It could even be said that the industry did not exist.

So Roland did not expect to be able to make a pot of gold by selling a steam engine, he only wanted to put this machine in the northern mining area to attract ore and gravel.

And when mining production is increased, he will expand the scale of the use of steam engines. This will be the same as the promotion of industry development from top to bottom.