Four days later, the caravan departed the dock and sailed out.
Theo and the 100 soldiers from the First Army set out for the king's city together.
During the past few days, Roland and Margaret had reached an agreement: Theo could come to Margaret's stores to request for as many gold royals as he wanted, whereas Margaret would deduct the amount withdrawn from the payment made for the steam engine. In addition to this, Roland would need to pay a 1% interest as well.
Notwithstanding that the amount of saltpeter and ingots Margaret brought was nearly two times those last time, Roland had still earned over 2,200 gold royals, including the deposit for modifying two inland river ships. Such a number would be unimaginable prior to the Months of Demons, as the profit for a one-month mine sale would be no more than 300 gold royals.
After the departure of the caravan, it was also about time for Maggie to leave Border Town temporarily.
