We finally got out of the woods, and we went to the village. When we could see the village, I saw some people with torches being lit up in the village. We were getting closer to the village, and I recognized the people..It was my people; Louis, Darryl, Elpis and Aalis with other villagers.
We passed the entrance of the village, and immediately they looked at us. They rushed out to me, I climbed down from Geri..
"YOUR HIGHNESS…" Louis called me loudly, while running toward me.
…
They stopped in front of me..
Louis asked "Where were you going? Why do you disappear in the middle of night?"
I answered it with a low tone, "Suddenly, I could feel regaining my body again, I started to walk out, just for a simple walk…and went to the woods again, to search Geri…found her in the middle of woods with–"
From behind out of nowhere, Aldea shouted, "ARGHHH THERE YOU ARE, THE BEAST WHO HARMS HER HIGHNESS.." She quickly ran toward Geri.
I immediately went to Geri's back, to protect and tell Aldea..
Aldea saw me standing and moving, was shocked, and slowly walking toward me.
In front of me, she said, "What!! You are no longer paralyzed anymore…"
"Yes, I am…and I heard you were trying to chase Geri for what he had done to me, but it was not Geri's fault..that I was being paralyzed."
Louis asked me, "And who's the culprit that made you paralyzed?"
"Ahhh, about that??" I was confused, how to tell a lie or the truth about what had happened to me…
Suddenly, I heard a whisper from my back, it was Alva that still hopped on Geri, she told me,
"Just answer it was from the poisonous plant, that makes you paralyzed…"
I answered what Alva told me..
Elpis stepped in, and asked, "What type of plant could make you paralyzed?"
Again, Alva told me…
I answered, "It is Nightshade…"
"Nightshade??" Elpis asked with a nervous tone, "There is nightshade in those woods?"
Louis asked Elpis, "What is this plant?"
"Nightshade is a dangerous plant, when your skin contacts with this plant, this plant will emit a poison to your skin…this poison is so toxic…it can make the person paralyzed, even death…"
"If there is a plant in there, we should prohibit people from going there…"
I said, "We can think in the morning, right now…we need to take a rest…"
Louis looked at Alva and asked me, "About her…Is she trustworthy?"
"She?? Yes, she is…I will introduce to all of you, tomorrow…now we need to take a rest…"
We went back to the inn, to take a rest…Alva took Zoe's bed for her to sleep…
Tomorrow morning, I was woken up by Ame…Aalis and Ame did their duty on my morning routine…After the morning routine was done, I went down with them…At downstairs, everyone was already in the tavern, waiting for me…Their gaze focused on Alva..
Seeing that, I stood in front of them, immediately said, "It seems everyone is curious about her…"
All of them nodded…I waved at Alva to come beside me…She stood up, and walked toward beside me…I introduced her to everyone,
"She is Alva…she will become part of us, she is very knowledgeable with plants, so she will be a great help for us in this situation…"
She greeted everyone with a little bow to them…
Louis raised his hand, and I said,
"Yes, Louis, is there anything you want to say?"
"Where does your highness find her?"
I saw that Alva and Geri's relationship wasn't good, maybe I could use Geri for answering that question…
I answered Louis' Question, "Actually Louis, I am not the one who found her…"
"So who's the one who found her, your highness?"
"It was Geri…"
Everyone was surprised, especially Alva's face. Louis asked more,
"How could Geri, a wolf, find her?"
"Well, about that, you better ask her…because when I was in the woods, I saw her on Geri's back…"
Alva leaned her face to my left ear, and whispered,
"Why do you lie to them like that? And why do I need to be with Geri, that animal?"
I turned my face to her, and just showed her my smile with a little giggle, "hehe"
Her face was confused, I turned my view to everyone, and said,
"Now, if you want to know her more, you can ask her privately with her…For today, we will do two things; continue the crop plantation, and make the information boards…Elpis, Alva, Aalis, Ame, and Darryl will oversee and help the crop plantation, and this time, not just this time, but every day, I hope you can try to pursue the villagers again, to do this crop plantation in their field...And the others are coming with me, to survey for the board spot, and find a carpenter to make this board….If there is any question, raise your hand!"
Cail immediately raised his hand,
"Okay, Cail…is there anything?"
Cail asked me, "Your highness said to survey, is there any criteria for this board spot?"
"Well, good question…first criteria is the spot where everyone passed and forth, second criteria is the spot where everyone gathers together, third spot is the entrance of the village, and many more…it depends on what the village activity is during the day or night…so that's why we need to survey it…Is there anything?"
I spotted Cail's face was disturbed by something, I asked him,
"Cail, is there anything you want to say?"
Cail answered with a nervous tone, "While your highness was being paralyzed…I…got…a report from one of the villagers here…that the granary of the…village…is depleted…so…"
"This crop rotation will not fulfill the nutrition of the village." I said.
"Exactly, your highness, is there any way to solve this matter?"
"Hmmmm…" In a few seconds, I asked everyone, "How far is the other village?"
Louis said, "Does your highness want to buy some supplies from another village?"
"Yes…is there any problem with that, Louis?"
"I think the condition of another village will be the same as our condition, so it will be hard to find supply in there…"
"How about the county city?" I asked.
Cail answered, "Surely, they have supplies, but the price…will be different…"
I turned my view to Aalis, and asked, "How much does the palace give me?"
"About…300 Gold Coins…"
I didn't know how much that was worth, so I asked Cail, "Is that enough to replenish the granary? And for how long?"
Cail immediately took his paper and started to calculate. I saw him at his age, found it impressive. I looked at it, it seemed he needs some time, so I asked everyone else,
"Is there anything else to say or ask or maybe inform me, while I was being paralyzed?"
I saw Aldea quickly raise her hand, she immediately asked me before I pointed to her, "About Zoe, your highness, is there any plan to find her whereabouts?"
"Zoe…Aldea, do you miss Zoe?"
Aldea was surprised "WHAT!! Of course not" and blushed a little bit, "…just…"
"Right right…I know what you mean…Before I answer your question, firstly myself doesn't know about Zoe, all of you who know about Zoe, her capability and her skill, I don't know anything about it, but you know it…so…if all of you start to feel worry about Zoe and her whereabouts, tell me immediately, and I will order all of you to find her…Do all of you worry about Zoe whereabouts or not? Except Aldea, apparently she worries about her whereabouts…if you feel worried, raise your hand!"
No one raised their hand…I said,
"It means only Aldea is worrying about her…let's just wait about three and four days, if she doesn't come back, we will start to search for her…" I looked at Aldea, "Does that make you feel better, Aldea?"
She was blushing and avoiding my stare…Tsun type…I went back to check Cail, he was still calculating…again, I asked everyone the same question…and everyone didn't raise their hand, so I said,
"Right, so we need to wait for Cail to finish his calculation."
…
A few minutes later, he was done…and immediately told me,
"With that much coins, we can replenish the granary for about five to eight months…but I advise your highness, spend only a quarter of your gold coins, with that much coins will fulfill the granary for two to four months.."
"All of that for the villagers right? So their nutrition will be fulfilled with that much coins." I asked him.
"Yes, your highness…"
"And when do we need to replenish the granary?"
"As quickly as possible, your highness…"
"From that phrase, it means we will not have any food in three days, right?"
"Yes…"
I asked everyone, "How far is the county city from here?"
Louis answered, "About two to four days with carriages…"
"That will not make it…" I tried to think something, suddenly I realized there was Geri with lighting speed she had, but I couldn't go there alone with Geri…I looked at Alva, how about she went there with Geri…I asked Alva, "Alva, how about you go there with Geri?"
Alva was surprised, and said "ME?? With that animal?"
I walked toward her, leaned at her to whisper, "Surely Do you have any magic to carry all the supplies right? So it is a good idea, with Geri lightning speed and your magic, you can make it in three days."
"But…I won't stand again with that animal.." she answered my whisper with a whisper.
"What happens if I order you as your master, do you go against it?"
"*sigh* Fine then…"
"Great…" I walked back in front of everyone, and asked Aalis, "Aalis, provide Alva the coins she needs to buy the supplies, Alva will go to the county city with Geri today, because Geri is faster than any horse in here…"
Aalis nodded at me…
"Okay that's it…now we start our day right now…"