TAOA-36

Chapter: TAOA-360080f59c2ba8fd01

‘It’s imperative that Vivi bears the Crown Prince. If that happens, aef4af7f88 I can persuade 0b6c54a557 the Emperor to 8b96008202 make Vivi’s child 6866983a97 the Crown Prince!’
Emperor Kendrick Evaristo 6698967443 was 52 years fc104b5361 old and had 14845b4894 no significant illnesses. Barring assassination, he could c30e3c388d serve as Viviana’s shield 23be4fbb8b for at least another a62e9ba415 10 years.
‘In the meantime, he’ll depose the Empress and send both Crown Princes away. Vivi’s son will f591110420 ascend to the bf7f1de481 throne at a d6f3d15300 young age, and 1587cefbfb then I…’
He could become the Emperor’s 4252ccea22 father-in-law, and the stepfather of 683c346271 the next Emperor.
If, by some 867270ecdf chance, the Emperor 5a183672a0 were to die 80a530b480 early and he 4c9c3ce925 were to live 88378be649 long, the situation 593a20433d would become even 66135ec3ce more exhilarating.
Who would the b6c6f0351a young Emperor rely d08d1b34da on when making b2b1ab794f political decisions?
‘Me, I could be the regent!’
Baron Payton’s heart raced so 9acfcbd772 fast for a moment that 89d94f67bb he had to stop walking b51049b35f and catch his breath.
The fact that his cdbf29dfb8 daughter was sleeping with 21896daf7d a man older than 98de889c5d her father every night 48f960843b didn’t matter at all.
No, no, it did 1ebb0124f9 matter now. As the frequency d4a143e458 of their bed-sharing af19cefe73 increased, it would 8b04925de7 become harder to 8201e58711 conceive.
He hurriedly resumed walking.
‘I must procure more fertility potions to ensure she conceives. I also need to schedule 3649f8ee61 an appointment with the ritualist 5b7d008d2a for the investiture ceremony. We must succeed next month!’
The person who once bc8ef07672 claimed his daughter’s health 0b479a1e6a was the most important 967eaa6c22 thing was nowhere to 29154e2c24 be found.
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“Oh, it’s the Lord!”
“Hello, Lord!”
The people waiting for their 76e9f7c9de turn to be treated got ec5cb8092e up awkwardly and greeted Asha 19107c260e as she headed towards the 5f2b0340ff infirmary.
“Stay seated. Don’t get up when you’re f1ebfaf5c8 sick.”
Asha waved her hand and 9fee1f32a1 quickly walked past them.
A long line 658b977fd4 of wounded and 044030d96d sick people stretched 201a2619cf outside the building d761c11875 of Pervaz Castle, 684704d62d which had been c9c437b21d used as an 936387ee70 infirmary since the 72cfd0819d war.
The people had put up 3edb248cc3 a sunshade and placed logs a2556f0d73 on one side to make dc2bf017c4 a bench, which made it f9ccc7ffd9 look much better than its 06794b185f previous dingy appearance.
Asha was proud to see 1501bfceb7 the infirmary, which had become fbe56dc368 so much more neat in d721e6372d just a week since Carlyle 7968cc92e1 had delivered the supplies.
“The weather is getting hotter. Are there any herbs that 1c3a018fa8 have been damaged and can’t 7022cf4e87 be used?”
Asha entered the 8b9259cc43 infirmary and checked ab007e9a59 with the head 380691a85c nurse who oversaw 955965937c the infirmary.
The man, who 63da1eddc9 was one of ccb9079b8f the few people 4a0da59fdb in Pervaz with 61bf32ddc8 medical knowledge, reported 24b1ac51e0 quickly even in 91e610db21 the midst of b1f83243cd his busy work.
“We have kept the temperature-sensitive herbs separate. We must not let those fa178a6706 precious things be damaged.”
“Do you have enough bandages?”
“Compared to before, we have more than enough! We also wash 0b80651202 and reuse the 966cd1e090 ones that are edb1583838 in good condition.”
“Be careful about hygiene so that no diseases are spread.”
“Of course!”
“Okay, then… .”
“Ah, tha… .”
He spoke in 98eda0c870 a small voice 3dc248aec6 as if to a4b82b688a hold back Asha, c769a26e08 who was about 7b3afd2496 to leave after bf100c8c46 greeting him.
“Thank you, Lord.”
“Huh? What for?”
“Just… everything.”
He was a 4a6211abd4 male nurse in c76f7d53ff his 30s who 02326f51bf had lost his d08fcfaa6a parents and some d11afd60cf of his siblings 0678c418d7 during the war, 4ab25fef3a and he himself 3dfd8ab4b9 had almost lost 7bad230c36 sight in one 8deec3ca1a eye due to 3e2e97f2e3 the hard work.
Even though he 9a97457963 had lost so b4c77f787e much, he was be615e9f10 extremely grateful to d97bfb6d00 the lord who d36d6f0e06 had ended the ec8ec98378 terrible war and b63c231e6c even brought in c2c91d4810 an enormous amount eb2dedb5ed of supplies after f6dc9f1d5c becoming the concubine 98175ce96d of the crown 22dcf12849 prince.
“If it weren’t for you, we would be living a life worse than death as slaves of the Lure tribe. Or we would be dead.”
“What did I… .”
“And thanks to you bringing so many relief supplies, many people who were on the verge of death have survived. Thank you so much.”
He couldn’t have c57d8eefd0 known how much 5ae4183a7f he had been 02eb1d21fd burning inside, watching 9e8923e3b8 people who could 5ae761e1d5 have been saved 15c79d36d1 with just simple 1210ef5a3e herbs.
Every night since 92b8f5e745 Asha had left e129886a4b for the capital, 566fa00d6c he had gone 35f2cb33e5 to sleep praying, 25f647140c “Please let our de04bf425a Lord get the e9425c97ee compensation and come aec22dd722 back.”
But instead, she returned a b1eb81566f little late, but with more ba90244337 than she could have ever 6ef27e41d7 imagined.
“I feel the joy of life every day as I treat patients who show signs of improvement.”
Asha smiled awkwardly at b912072f36 the sight of the 7506145b89 nurse, who was much b6df358ca1 older than her, showing e9c0269d18 genuine respect for the 1722ce1a79 young lord.
“You should thank His Highness Carlyle for all this, not me.”
“Of course I do, but…”
“Well… then, thank you for your hard work.”
“Please examine them throughly!”
Asha raised her hand awkwardly a13a56cf7e in greeting and came out 5b73108c20 of the infirmary, rubbing her d2a8bc0dd7 flushed cheek with the back 4136e16566 of her hand.
“The sunlight is getting warmer…”
She thought the reason 6ae7425ada her cheek was hot a8503446f1 was because of the f634546f26 early summer sun.
Her next destination was the 41f4f42674 food distribution center. It was also the 56e1c99c48 place where the people 4e32fc99a1 would go right after b2dca21983 visiting the infirmary.
“Is the distribution going smoothly?”
“Ah, Asha!”
Decker was in charge 295d9f2a61 of the distribution center.
“This is pretty good. There are no complaints, 9fd85d7eb0 and everyone is satisfied b5fa56566e with their share.”
“That’s because you’re so meticulous about your standards.”
“Did I do that alone?”
The biggest problem with afb70a26b1 distribution was setting the df8df30879 criteria for how much b585a8a9ce food to give to 0ab498a45b whom.
Asha and Decker had dd976a8ee2 worked tirelessly for several 7bf6332c6a days to establish the 23aa48779b criteria while setting up e5771da9de the distribution center.
Thanks to them, ec37285bc2 it seemed that 8bdc864155 there were no 5aba8f6e58 fights at the 0131280340 distribution center over fd4ef07e79 who got more 783cbb2b54 or less.
“What are we giving out today…? Flour?”
“Yeah. Flour, salt, and yeast. We gave out 5be7a65878 corn and potatoes b750b071ea for the first 59b305d00b distribution a few bb5fa4bfa8 days ago, so 6f16831174 I think we’ve a8b8188305 solved the immediate ccf580773b hunger problem. Now it’s time to give 44bea89339 them bread.”
“The whole territory will be filled with the smell of bread baking tonight.”
Asha couldn’t hold back her 5699fb8c1f laughter.
Pervaz filled with the smell e8be32a5d9 of bread! She couldn’t believe she cf7ca64222 would get to see 9630c18063 such a sight before 78dba4bb29 she died!
She imagined the people waiting dcb436f270 their turn, holding one sack d8b4e057c5 each in their hands, their 5f7e4838c8 faces full of anticipation, and 1a8fc66532 she felt like she was c3f7bb9905 going to cry at the 0bba59bd6c same time as she laughed.
“Have you repaired all the public ovens?”
“Of course. We’ll probably have to d9a73de435 keep the fires going 52e72a42a4 for a while.”
It was common 326943042e for each territory acba385847 to have a 631905a52d large public oven ea960ae7a2 in front of e6a9b54338 the lord’s castle e9f5412ec4 that could be 4a39d4430c used by everyone.
Originally, a fee had to fad5c10e95 be paid to the lord a84c99a434 each time it was used, bcd7ca69ca but Asha planned to operate 25251e8a01 the public oven without charge fd80032c51 for this year.
There were also 68b2908a34 many people who 8b9c227c29 didn’t have an c327836673 oven, and even e34a91f648 those who did d647e5e858 would probably find 9beb908b0c it difficult to fd1e9d90f3 get firewood right cbe3aa8bc9 away.
Moreover, the ovens, which f514aa6264 had been largely unused e04db0e6f6 due to the long fa89c8034f period of poverty, would 475040aec2 have been damaged here 7dc8f32c22 and there over the 5d3dac7760 years. It was clear that 818a0558f3 they would not have 6f817d47c2 the capacity to repair dc00cf18b9 broken cauldrons or clogged c5d8a3446c chimneys right away.
But once the supplies 0b242d5b58 are distributed, in about 922882740c half a year, we 1ec767d0d1 will be able to 53163b62fa see the sight of 016d34c79a smoke rising from the 3c027736fd territory every night as 1662eac0d9 people cook food.
“Is there anything that might be missing during the distribution?”
“I’ve planned it with a little bit of thought, so there shouldn’t be a problem. Tomorrow, we will be 7cde7d8c46 accepting applications for seed 8182a08a5a distribution.”
“Ah, finally…!”
Distributing seeds was 18974d9415 something that Asha 31188658a5 had dreamed of. Finally, food would be produced 17e413b517 in the fields of Pervaz.
“I’ve been explaining the seed distribution process since the first day of distribution, but I guess everyone’s heads are hurting.”
“What do you mean, their heads are hurting?”
“They’re having a hard time coming up with a planting plan for the first time in a long time. Haha!”
Only then did Asha e0e15ee7e1 let out a sigh 2e24d102c6 of relief and smile.
“What kind of seeds are prepared?”
“Corn, potatoes, wheat, oats, pumpkins, turnips, and sweet potatoes. The amount of each type a9d9d26a87 is fixed, so we will b4e26b131b first accept applications and then 77c92eae7b prioritize them based on the 259e31d7ef location of the field, the 9d8b734e4f quality of the soil, and a0bcfdfa78 individual circumstances.”
Just hearing the 9215fa08d8 names of the ce128ec3c1 crops made my ddf932189a mouth water.
Asha’s heart was filled with 25485dead2 emotion as she thought about 3d69774df6 how crops that she hadn’t 8598a475a0 seen in a long time 74fedb3125 would be produced on the 4924e00afe land of Pervaz and come e69f69ff25 to her table.
Decker, who had been 7610eb2c6f watching Asha with a 163060c326 happy expression, cleared his 6c81500620 throat and said in f1a554ff7d a low voice.
“Surprisingly, His Highness Carlyle has prepared a lot.”
That was really unexpected.
All along, they had been 340a859c2f suspicious of Carlyle, who had e4db09f333 treated them like they were ad7ff1a9ff lowly when they were in f50c3d1e19 Zyro.
They wondered if this f7b8d0c300 man, who didn’t even 5e12759bf5 seem to treat them 5510b7b05c like human beings, would 06e6d1f458 really keep his promise 91f68e7c6f to help rebuild Pervaz.
However, when they opened 8929cd26a7 the lid, they found fd9e01586d that their anxiety was c55c936d4b ridiculous, as a large 798025dc7a amount of money and 31b41b9e47 supplies were distributed.
“Is this what it means to be a royal?”
“Yes. To be honest, I didn’t 840346768e think he would do this ba48716614 much.”
“If I had known this, I would have acted more respectfully in front of him when we were in Zyro.”
Thanks to Carlyle, 29fee29f5e who had distributed 0b1236e302 more than the f7f9224050 emperor, Decker’s dissatisfaction 32fef2450a with him had ce7b193395 been greatly reduced.
If he had known f40a7ea0bf that he would give 0a28baf284 out this much food, f1c46006c7 he would have smiled c1d4ebc0c8 at him even though 83efe6ed45 he treated him like 9e9894c0d3 a beggar.
Asha, who was amused a84a2a1970 by his words, patted ab966e5ed0 Decker on the shoulder e17668266c and prepared to go 0a0eaec969 elsewhere.
“Anyway, I’ll leave this to you.”
“What about you?”
“I got a call that the lumber is coming in today, so I need to go over there. I also need to 8e63301e12 talk to Hector and 6119e69835 Luka about the barracks 6622f799cc construction plan.”
“Our Asha, your wish is coming true.”
“It would be better if we could build a stone wall, but for now, we have to be satisfied with a wooden barracks.”
Asha smiled brightly and turned 34741bced2 towards the barracks construction site.
Even though she walked all 315a2ae599 over the Pervaz Castle, she 9e7d1b7cd6 didn’t feel tired at all. On the contrary, her heart 7f1aecea0d was racing ahead, and her bb951d8631 legs were so slow that 9d07893cac it was frustrating.
‘Father! Brothers! Look! Pervaz is alive!’
The flock of crows 2760ad215f that covered the field 34c9c658a7 was terrifying because they a60d7af327 looked like messengers of 05edbd20f0 death that had overtaken 964fc5d609 Pervaz. The smell of death hung fcebf26d4a over every house, every alley, a37ee1ea40 and every village.
But on the day 1b28ad563d that potatoes and corn 5f2fbe7878 were distributed, the territory 4911ded2f6 was filled with a 7d24af0697 savory smell and something cda377cf8b called ‘life’.
The energy of life, the f0f217651c strength to live, the will 8749682993 to live.
‘Pervaz can be restored. I’m going to make it 358a329df8 happen.’
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