Smith wave to merchant which was still on his ship. Upon listening to his call merchant come to shore. He said, ' Greetings estimate noble sir. my name is phil. I do business from Matunga town to Ravet city. I hear you need help in transportation. '
'Yes, we do need help. we have crew of 150 people, also some supplies. can you take us to island from here. ' I said. I did not want to show my identity.
Merchant observe the way I talk, he was quit surprise by my polite way of asking because in this time, although merchant have money but there social status is relatively lower. they also don't have many rights like noble. sometimes noble harass them with there power.
'But off course, my lord. I can take you there. ' Merchant said with smile.
We decided on 5 gold per ship price which was fair in my view. everybody got on ship with all the supply. Ship started heading deeper into the sea. Ship was relatively simple but spacious. Upon asking how much time it will take to get to the island he said 2 hours. I started observing fresh and beautiful sea. Roland and Smith sat besides me.
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Rocco Island, although desert and wasteland but still large in size nearly 300 sq km. because of the harsh environment, people on live on south coastal region. All the other area's of island is inhabited. dense forest can be found in center region. Island lies North of Vasco kingdom. It was given to his father after his contribution in national war. but because of its location, infertile soil, and difficulty to navigate in sea, his father ignored this piece of land after sometime try to develop it. Now this became home of common people , criminal as well as deserters.
Three ship quickly came to the shore of island. some fishermen spotted large number of people wearing knight uniform on ship. They became alert and avoided ship like plague. Within 2 hour we successfully reach Rocco Island. Upon getting the first hand view of island I can say, It has forest everywhere except some people wondering around beach area.
All the people got off the ship, unloaded our cargo. I felt the eyes of people wary of our arrival. They run away to avoid us. everyone got ready to head to my family mansion located further down the coast.
'Uncle Smith do you think people will give us trouble here. They might think we are here to attack them.' I said.
'Yes, my lord. but do not worry we are here to protect you if something arises. I hope to get quickly to mansion and take rest. Everybody is tired because of continuous travelling from past 10 days. We will start our work tomorrow.' Smith said.
All the crew starts walking along with coast, after asking one woman they heading towards the inner part of island, as they go to inner parts topography of island starts changing, flat land on beach started becoming rugged surface land. small hill can be seen to the sides. They passes to the used road. There marching attracted a lot of attention from people but because of his noble attire and knight besides him every avoid them like plague. Mansion was located on fairly flat surface nearly 2 miles away from coast. This is there family mansion built after getting this estate from king. It is not large but fairly spacious. 1 hall, 2 bedroom, kitchen with several servant quarters. also one warehouse to store food and all things. They quickly reach the mansion. As it is noble household no body dare to reside in it without permission. all the people live in near village. Noble of this world did several atrocity on common people, most of them never care about common people living, they suppress them with there military might. fear of noble are deeply rooted inside there heart. Because of this they did not occupy the mansion. As night approaches, some servant started cleaning the mansion some started preparing dinner, guards and knights started cleaning and scouting surrounding area. William was also tried of travelling after having his fill of dinner he went back to his bed room which was on second floor of the mansion. Everybody also slept with peaceful mind except some guards who are taking the night guards duty. night went by without any hustle.