Black Iron’s Glory

Chapter 98 Cabins in the Forest Farm

The next day Claude went to school and was once again warmly welcomed.

Vericulo hammered him: “You finally got back...”

Claude finds it strange that his classmates seem to envy themselves, even if they haven't been to school for more than half a month?

“You don't know, Claude, in fact, you've always known that the lady had a crush on their woodland, and even the teachers at school said you were lucky enough to take up an all-around road. Your future will be well taken care of in all directions.” The truth came out of Bok Al's mouth.

Claude was a little surprised: "How do you know that? ”

“In fact, the noble lady came to White Deer Town and many of the hearts and minds knew it long ago, but they couldn't relate to her. The lady has always been low profile and doesn't like to get involved in those things. It is said that Mayor Robert would very much like to meet the lady, except that he was refused both requests for visits on the grounds that he was too busy studying medicines and was not available to be seen at all. By the way, Claude, how do you know the lady? ”

Bok Al knew a lot about it, and his father should have told him. As he approached graduation, his father had raised him as the heir to the family. Whatever happened in the town or the problems encountered in running the business, there was nothing huge to analyze for him.

Claude shrugged: “Actually, I went hunting that day. Didn't I hear Vero talk about wild boars coming out of the woods over there? I just wanted to get lucky. As a result, when he was shocked to see the puller horse on the hillside, he reached out and stopped the carriage, then drove a group of boars into the woodland and killed three heads. In order to express her gratitude, the lady asked me to look after her woodland so that the boars would not break into the woodland again and cause her trouble..."

“You're lucky to get the lady's favor.” Bork Al clearly knows the details of the Lady Maria: “Is it true that the noble lady came here this time to study a medicine? ”

Claude nodded and shook his head again: “I don't know, but the lady did do some medication during the woodland, and sometimes asked me to dry her out in the open, and taught me a lot about pharmacology. ”

“Heard she went back to King's yesterday?” asked Erickson.

Claude laughed so hard that Bai Lu Town was so small, that the return of Lady Maria to Wangdu could be news to almost everyone. But it's a fact that a lot of people saw the Normanly family rose crest wagon leaving White Deer Town, and Claude nodded.

“Then you don't have to go to the woods anymore, you won't find anyone to play with for a while.” Erickson complained.

Claude shook his head again: "I've moved to the woods. The lady entrusted me with guarding the forest farm before she left, because the forest watchers, Mr. and Mrs. Theori, were getting a little older and they couldn't handle the wild boars who broke into the forest farm. In order to avoid accidents, Madame asked me to stay in the woodland so that I could take care of it..."

Verricolo, Bok Al, and Eriksson were all very upset: "So you can't play with us anymore? ”

“You can go to the woods and play with me.” Claude said, "Tomorrow is Sunday, and I drove a carriage from the woods today, and I'm going to take you to the woods after school, where you can have a day tomorrow. ”

“Oh, really?” Bok Al laughed a little awkward: “We wanted to go to the woodland to see you the other day, but my father wouldn't let us go, afraid we would disturb the lady, and we didn't want to give you any trouble, so we didn't go...”

“It's all right, ma'am. She'll be very welcome if you come and play. Now that she's gone back, you don't have to worry about anything. Just talk to the Theories. They know where I'll be. ”

So the partners decided to spend the night in the woods and hunt in the woods for a day tomorrow, except after school Claude needed to drive them home in a carriage, bring their hunting gear, and then go back to the woods. For Bok Al, Velikro and Eriksson, going to the woodland is more of a curiosity. After all, this woodland in the southwestern suburbs of town is a restricted area for their parents, and if it wasn't for Claude, they probably wouldn't have stepped foot in it for the rest of their lives.

By the time the carriage had returned to the forest, the sky had faded and the Theories had begun cooking. When Claude came with three classmates, they asked if they wanted to prepare dinner for everyone.

That's when the partners knew Claude was the forest manager.

Claude was kind enough to say no to the Siori couple, there was a pot and stove in the cabin, and the carriage brought a lot of ingredients and seasonings, and Claude prepared herself to make a delicious meal for the partners.

Bork Al, Villicro and Eriksson were envious of the luxuriously beautiful white main house, and they didn't expect such a beautiful estate villa building in such a remote woodland. Unfortunately, Claude had closed the main house last night and had a seal on the door with a date on it, which would also make them shy of asking to go inside and see the interior decorations and arrangements.

While Claude was busy cooking, the three partners had gone around the area to get back to the cabin, and Claude split two plates of cooked dishes for Violet to serve to the Theories.

Erickson asked Claude why there was such a cabin, which could have been completely demolished, even if it had been built in a row and across the street in a two-storey barrel building, which would have seemed more in tune with the white main house and would have closed the courtyard so large in the middle. Instead of being empty next to this cabin right now, you can climb straight up the hill from here...

Claude could not answer without knowing that Mrs. Maria had told him that the cabin, which was originally the oldest building in the woods, had been rebuilt to commemorate it because it was dilapidated. As for why he should be remembered, I really don't know why.

“I know,” Bok Al said proudly: “My father told me that Afis, who was declared a hereditary baron by Sterling IX. Normanly was originally a shoemaker in town, but no one knew that his father was actually a forest watcher in this forest. It's like Baron Afis wanted to be a hunter and forest watcher when he was a kid, but his father sent him to a shoe shop in town to learn how to craft, hoping he could be a shoemaker.

Although Baron Affez's six or seven years of craftsmanship have finally led him to become an official shoemaker, he does not like his profession. That's why Sterling IX persisted in his brigade when he recruited horses in White Deer Town, pissing off his father half to death. Later, Baron Afis returned to White Deer Town after his fame to find out that his father had died of illness in the cabin of the Lin people the second year after his departure.

So Baron Afis bought the woodland and saved his father's woodhouse for remembrance. I suspect that this cabin is the woodsman cabin of Baron Afis' father. Didn't Claude just say that the lady said that the cabin was the earliest building in this woodland, but it has been rebuilt once... ”

Perhaps this is the truth about the cabin, except that Baron Afis is dead, and Lady Maria has no particular feelings for the cabin, and does not care if it is her grandfather's cabin for the forest people. She complained in front of Claude that if she hadn't been lazy, she might have dismantled the cabin and rebuilt a row of two-storey barrels, as Eriksson said, closing the entire compound in the middle, and looking more in harmony with the white main house.

Verricolo came back with two empty plates and brought the Theories thanks, two chunky arms of rye bread. Claude, the dishes here are almost cooked, and they're on the table, and everybody starts eating them. Now Boquer doesn't bother to drink any fruit liquor, and a small barrel of rye in Eight Sooners suits everyone best. The price is cheap and plentiful, slightly bitter and refreshing, the more I like it.

After eating, packing up the cutlery, everyone went up to the rooftop platform to watch the stars talk, haven't seen each other for half a month, it seems that every partner has a stomach to say to Claude.

The weather was still a little cold on the night of October, and soon Bok Al was drunk and felt like he was starting to get cold and went downstairs to bed. Verricolo is fine, keep filling his stomach with rye wine, it looks like he's going to have to finish the remaining half a barrel.

Erickson looked a little heavy, he said for some time now, sleeping at night had nightmares, dreaming of himself floating on the water with a broken barrel of wood in the infinite sea, dark, lightning, waves and waves, it seemed like a storm was coming soon.

Such a nightmare has had three or four nightmares of its own, wakes up several times in the middle of the night, dreams of maritime distress, and it is not clear whether the distress is itself. After all, it was a dream. Soon after I woke up, I forgot most of it. I only remembered a few rough impressions. It worries him that Captain Autruni, the father of one month's sailing, is not sure if his sailing is going smoothly and safely.

Erickson said his father Captain Autrüney promised to come back before his graduation ceremony. This time Claude, Bok Al and Velikro are also about to graduate from the country, turning their eyes on the new year and they are eighteen years old. The laws of the Kingdom stipulate that eighteen years of age means adulthood and entails obligations to the Kingdom and the payment of a head tax.

“Your father is fine and should be back before your graduation ceremony, this time he can take a large fleet to the merchant and nothing will happen to him. I remember hearing people say before that dreams are the opposite of reality. If you dream about your father making a fortune, you may need to worry about it, and if it's a shipwreck, it means nothing in reality..." Claude can only be so comforting to Erickson.

By the count of days, the fathers had invested, and the merchant fleet led by Captain Otruni should now have arrived under the direct authority of Tilsim in the Kingdom of the Nubian mainland, where it was planned to stay for a month before buying the specialty after the merchant fleet had sold its cargo. After filling the cabin, the fleet would sail out in early November and return to White Deer Town around mid- and late November.

And the graduation ceremony in the country took place on November 26th, and Captain O'Trooney didn't lie to Eriksson, and if the plan went well, he did make it back before the graduation ceremony.

It is now the beginning of October, and there is a long month or so away, and almost everyone in town who has invested in the merchant fleet is looking forward to a smooth return of the fleet. This voyage of the merchant fleet is expected to multiply each investor's home several times, and Mr. Morsan, the public officials who are looking forward to further work, can rest assured that after the new year they can send the successful news to Wang Du on the route from Bai Lu Town to Tilsim Overseas Territories and wait for their rewards…

With Claude's comfort, Eriksson also lost some confusion, and Verikero went to rest after drinking the rye in the barrel.

The next day, Claude hunted in the woods with his three partners for a day, and although he didn't catch the wild boar yellow sheep, he also hit a few wild chickens and rabbits, which was a good idea.