Learning magic.
At first I thought it would be easy but I had to accept the reality. It's been a week since I learned magic but there's no result at all. Even Rika could master it in three days. This reality really hit me.
Flora was even speechless for my troubles. It wasn't that I didn't understand but it was like something was holding me back. I searched for the cause but no one seemed to know at all.
Alright, let's forget about magic. I've given up on magic. It's more important to take care of Whisperwood Village. Currently, the construction of the village defense fence is still continuing.
The dwarves had just finished strengthening the residential area. This time, the construction of the fortifications was done with very hard river stones. When compared to the wood from the trees in the whisperwood forest, the new strength is twice the strength of the wood.
Inside the fort, there is already a tower that can be used as an observation site and an archery site. This is all the basis for the construction of the fort.
For the fields and gardens, we only use wood as a barrier against attacks. Even so, the durability is still strong.
Let's list what is already available in whisperwood village.
For trees, there are apple, mango, banana, peach, orange, pear, guava, loquat, avocado, coconut and water guava trees.
For the plants themselves, there are various berries and even berries from this world, grapes, Cherry, and tomatoes. At the request of Dwarf, grape vines are the most widely planted plants.
For foodstuffs, there are spices such as ginger, turmeric and so on. There is also sugar cane for sugar, vegetables.
For mining, there is already a rock salt mine, a gold mine, an iron mine, a coal mine that I just made on the cliff where the dwarves' workshop is, and a tin mine.
These are the materials available in Whisperwood Village. If this village becomes known to the outside world, I can guarantee it will become a bone of contention.
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Today, Arwen's grandfather and Vincent came to me to report a few things.
Before that, you need to know some important people in Whisperwood Village.
First, Flora. Flora is now my personal assistant to deliver news and receive input from below. If Flora is busy like playing with Rika, then the other higher-ups can convey directly to me.
Well, actually I don't want a troublesome system like this but the people who live here say that I'm the supreme leader. There's no need to take care of all the trivial matters below except for very important things.
There is indeed some truth to that. Just imagine if there are neighbors fighting with each other. Do I have to take care of that?
Next are the higher-ups who take care of the various divisions.
The intelligence division is held by Arwen's grandfather. He is in charge of organizing incoming information from the exploration teams. All news needs to be filtered by him before being given to Flora. I don't know why his position and Flora's are reversed this time.
Then there is the logistics division held by Vincent. He is in charge of taking care of the farm area and the Hunter team. This task is actually a pretty tough task because it involves everyone's justice.
Next is the mining division held by Baren, the dwarf elder. They are in charge of taking care of all mining and maintaining environmental conditions such as sanitation and village fortifications. In this division, all dwarves but not all dwarves are in this division.
There are still a few divisions that I haven't set up yet and they are important divisions because of the shortage of people. First is the Military Division, the Education Division, and the Research Division.
Back to the topic, Arwen and Vincent's grandfather's arrival was to convey some important matters.
""Greetings, my lord""
Grandfather Arwen and Vincent together greeted me. I returned their greetings.
"Umu, what is it, grandfather Arwen, Vincent, you seem to be in quite a hurry"
I said so to them. Grandfather Arwen then said first.
"My Lord, there is important news regarding the movement and condition of the humans. The exploration team reported that the humans failed to enter and explore the forest because many powerful monsters that should have been in our territory, in the depths of the forest, sprung up at the forest's edge. It seems that since the Orc incident, many powerful monsters have chosen to play to the forest's edge away from us here.
Then, the war is now over as the Luminara Empire has collapsed and divided into three major kingdoms. The kingdom closest to the whisperwood forest named themselves the Nemorosa Kingdom. They are led by the first princess Christine Luminara of the great empire of Luminara who has the title of princess of the sword.
From the news, this sword princess was supported by merchants and Duke Irvine, one of the three prominent Dukes of the great empire of Luminara.
The old territory of the grand empire of Luminara itself was occupied by the first prince Andre Luminara who was famous for his iron fist nickname. He was supported by the head of the military and one of the famous dukes, Duke Sebastian. Their name itself remains the great empire of Luminara.
Finally, the northernmost region of the great empire of Luminara has been renamed the kingdom of Rimegate. They were led by the second prince named Arne Luminara who was famous for his cleverness or perhaps cunning. He was supported by the imperial officials and another famous Duke, Duke William.
The impact of this incident was that many food granaries were destroyed. I tried to discuss with Vincent and he seemed to agree to my proposal where I suggested that we open up trade with humans. From the information I received, this sword princess banned discrimination against demi-humans and started to open up to accepting relationships. A concrete example is that the border town, Branz town, was turned into a free trade town that accepts all trade.
Beastmen were the first to do business with them and it all went smoothly"
Arwen's grandfather said that and I nodded at his information. It's true that this is an option to open a relationship. This was also an opportunity for me to seek information about summoning magic.
"I feel that this can be done. Vincent, do you have any input? I heard Arwen's grandfather say you already agreed, right?"
I asked him that.