The notification letters reached the provincial capitals and were posted on the bulletin boards. They attracted the attention of many people.
The populace's enthusiasm for joining the army was very high at the moment.
Elders and women in the family were encouraging the young men to join the army.
The enlistment offices in various places became crowded with people.
This was the largest enlistment drive in the history of the Noah Kingdom. The whole process would probably last for at least a month.
Based on all the signs, a lot of people had a premonition that a huge storm was coming to the Noah Kingdom in the near future.
Although the world outside had been turned upside down, the inside of the palace was calm and solemn.
Lifa was sitting upright and looking at Rennes with a solemn expression.
"Please speak, Lord Rennes!"
Rennes' eyes flashed with admiration at Lifa's serious attitude.
Whether it was a man or a woman, a person was indeed the most attractive when they were serious.
Under Lifa's gaze, Rennes started speaking.
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Half an hour later.
"Okay, I'll remember everything that you said. But Lifa is very curious. Has Lord Rennes ever managed a country before?" Lifa's eyes were filled with surprise.
"Nope!" Rennes shook his head. Although he had a company in his previous life, he was basically just a figurehead.
"Then it must mean you're a natural-born leader, Lord Rennes. The plans you proposed are all very useful. The Noah Kingdom will definitely become stronger under your guidance. Lifa will just be your assistant from now on!"
Rennes did not say anything in response to Lifa's praise. He only smiled.
The proposals he made were just things that he had seen from the news in the past that had left some impression in him.
As for whether they were practical in this world, that was not something for him to consider.
After all, the perfect policy did not exist.
Moreover, as long as he was still in Noah Kingdom, no big trouble would befall the kingdom.
As long as he could obtain more mysterious light spots, it did not matter to him what happened to the rest of the Arnold Continent.
After listening to Rennes' suggestions, Lifa fell into deep thought, her eyes filled with agreement.
She took out a quill and paper to write down the important points.
The first point was about the enlistment drive. The logistics and supply problem was very important. They would need to feed, cloth, and mobilize hundreds of thousands of people.
This was a very heavy task. In order to form an elite force, the entire Noah Kingdom, from the south to the north, had to help.
The second point was about family planning. Due to the war with the Raytheon Empire, the Noah Kingdom had lost a large number of people.
If a country wanted to become strong, they could not have a small population. The only problem was the reaction of the populace towards this policy. It still required further investigation.
The third point was about the construction of the port. It was one of the most important plans in the Noah Kingdom's development strategy in the eastern region of the continent.
After writing down these three points, Lifa committed them to memory and would implement them one by one after this.
They had pretty much finished their discussion at this point, so Rennes got up to leave. He still had something to do.
It had been some time since he taught Tracy the advanced magic extraction spell. During this period of time, the little girl had been working very hard, so she had improved very quickly.
Just a few days ago, Tracy had successfully broken through the rank of a Grandmage to become a Newmoon mage. She could now learn more advanced magic.
Considering Tracy's personality, she would definitely be more concerned about her magic rank now that the kingdom had a large number of mage apprentices.
After all, as Rennes maid, she could not be too weak.
There were magic academies in the kingdom that would teach all kinds of magic knowledge, and the libraries also stored various kinds of magic books.
When it came to basic magic, the magic academies had even more magic books than what Rennes had memorized.
Therefore, Rennes did not need to worry about the problem of spreading magic among the populace.
It was more important for him to fulfill his promise to Trish.
Rennes returned to his residence.
Trish's figure now gave off a more mature feeling, slowly getting rid of a young girl's naivety.
It seemed now that Trish had become a Newmoon mage and her magic power had increased, her body had also developed a lot more.
Trish had become more confident. The noble temperament of a dragon was slowly showing in her.
In the kitchen.
Seeing the returning Rennes, Trish put down the kitchen knife in her hand and gave him a sweet smile. "Lord Rennes, you're back!"
Having watched Rennes cook a big potato feast the last time, Trish had also began to experiment by herself.
After many failed attempts, her potato dishes had now become decent.
Now, she would cook a big potato meal for Rennes before Rennes come home. Occasionally, she would stealthily eat some of them herself while in the kitchen.
At this moment, she placed a plate of golden potato chips on the table.
Rennes smiled looking at the food on the table.
He knew that Trish was a single-element mage. A single-element mage would face many restrictions in the future and were destined to not have as much growth potential as multi-element mages, but if a single-element mage honed the power of one element to the extreme, they could destroy heaven and earth too.
In the classification system of magic spells, there were basic spells, advanced spells, rare spells, S-class spells, SS-class spells, and finally SSS-class spells.
In this world, the highest spell level was only S-class. They were known as forbidden spells.
Trish was already at the level of a Newmoon mage. She could already learn higher-level spells, especially some rare spells that were not too complicated!
Under Trish's expectant gaze, Rennes picked up a piece of potato chip with his chopsticks and tasted it. "Wow, it's not too bad!"
"Trish will make it even tastier in the future!" Trish smiled from ear to ear, because this was the first time that Rennes had praised her potato chip.
"Come, follow me outside to the garden. I'll teach you some magic!" Rennes laughed.
The two of them stood in the garden.
Facing the cold winter wind, Rennes conjured a composite spell consisting of the ice element and the wind element.
To Trish's surprise, she felt as if all the snowflakes in the world seemed to have become one with him.
The next moment, a whirlwind lifted her up. She was surrounded by wind and snow, making her look like an ice queen.
But Trish could not hang on for long.
"Ah! My lord, please put me down!"
"Trish is... scared!"
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Trish was really scared when she felt herself flying up into the sky. She was afraid that she would accidentally fall down.
Falling from such a high altitude, she would definitely die.
"Haha!"
Amidst Rennes' carefree laughter, Trish quickly approached the ground and landed steadily.
She sat on the ground, scared silly. Her hair was disheveled, her pupils were constricted, and she was panting heavily.
"My lord, please don't do that again, alright?"
After a while, Trish recovered and said to Rennes.
"That won't do. You're a Newmoon mage now. You must have guts. The spell just now is called the Eye of the Snow Tornado. It's a rare composite spell. Do you want to learn it?" Rennes asked with a laugh.