Release that Witch

68. Chapter 68 Funeral

    A funeral is being held on a wasteland southwest of Border Town.

    It is not appropriate to say that wasteland is not suitable. I don’t know when this uninhabited land has been blocked by Mao Shi’s short wall. The wall is covered with thick snow. It looks like a layer of plating. Silver edge. Although one foot can cross the past, but seeing it, Van’er can’t help but think of the border walls – they are all the same color, the same shape.

    He only heard about this kind of ritual in the travel business. When a big noble or royal family member died, the deceased’s family would concentrate on the cemetery, play sad music, accept others’ mourning, and finally bury the coffin underground. . The more noble the identity, the greater the momentum.

    Even the dead are better than the living, he thought enviously, what should the Border Town’s people die? Go to Hidden Forest and dig a pit to fill it. I don’t know if Evil Beast had sliced ​​the body and eat it when Months of Demon arrived.

    Death is no stranger to the Border Town’s residents. Especially in the winter, I went to Longsong Stronghold to take refuge. Everyone shrank in the slum shack, died of hunger and cold, and died of disease and pain. That is the norm. No one has time to go to sorrow. It is better to wait for the day to go to the center of the city to ask for more bread.

    But today, His Royal Highness is going to hold a funeral for a soldier!

    I heard that he was unfortunately thrown to the ground while chasing the Evil Beast Hybrid, and was bitten off half a head.

    Van’er knows this unlucky guy. He is also the old face of the old district. He has no name. Everyone calls him Aji. He has a wife and two children. The big one seems to be six years old, and the small one is just able to walk.

    If it is normal, this home is definitely over, the woman can find another man to live, but who would be willing to bring two oil bottles? Do you want to throw these two little guys on the side of the road, let them fend for themselves, or raise them, go to the bar to recruit the flesh business, and finally die from all kinds of strange diseases.

    But the prince of the prince seems to be really planning to honor his promise to recruit militia. The war dead can not only receive the full salary, but also an extra compensation. What is this? Van’er thought about it, ah…Yes, the pension. And this money actually has five gold royals.

    In addition, a certain amount of food and charcoal will be distributed every month, which means that even if Agie wife does not go out to work, she can raise two children to live. Well, these seemingly beautiful sayings are probably just comfort words, but gold royal is real. He saw with his own eyes that His Royal Highness handed the pension to the hands of Chief Chief, and then transferred to Knight Aji.

    Hell, how did he suddenly feel a little envious of Aji? No, no, Van’er shook his head and expelled these stupid ideas. He didn’t want to die but he was cheaper…And it is likely to be someone else’s wife.

    After the money was paid, it was His Highness’s speech, which was short, but Van’er listened. In particular, the phrase “to protect the loved ones and the innocents, we will always remember”, let him feel that there is a surge in the flow of hearts. It turned out to be the case, he thought, it is not difficult to say that in addition to bread and silver royal, I always feel that there are more pursuits – at least this winter, they can survive, relying on their own both hands, not Longsong Stronghold Give alms.

    The last link is to bury. Aji’s coffin was placed in the dug pit, and Chief Knight let everyone line up. Every militia player, whether formal or substitute, took turns to fill a bauxite with a shovel. For the queuing, everyone is familiar with it, but more than two hundred people immediately lined up in four columns. When it was Van’er’s turn, he suddenly felt that the shovel had become slightly heavier, and the attention of the surrounding players slowed him down every movement.

    When he stood aside, his eyes passed on the feeling to the next surrender.

    Aji’s tombstone is a pure white rectangular stone. The word Van’er is not known, and he is not the first person to live in this wasteland. Next to Aji, there is a block of identical stone with the top covered with snow. As everyone left, Van’er saw the new Captain Brian of the second militia team, pouring a pot of ale on the tombstone.

    If this is his last destination, it doesn’t look bad, he can’t help thinking.

    “His Royal Highness,” Carter said on his way back to the castle. “You do this…”

    “inappropriate?”

    “No,” he thought, and he finally shook his head. “I can’t say it. I just think that no one has ever treated the citizen of the recruitment. They have neither a title nor a family, even their surnames and names.” ”

    “But you still feel good, right?”

    “Ewww.”

    Roland smiled, and of course he knew how strong this set would be for Carter, who also had the responsibility of fighting and protecting. When people start thinking about who to fight for, why the team will have unimaginable changes in wartime. The meaning of Carter is that when honor is no longer the privilege of noble, and the civilians who have nothing to do can gain honor by defending their homeland through his training and teaching, this doubled sense of accomplishment is simply indescribable.

    Of course, the public funeral is just the beginning. Roland thinks that he has many means to promote the sense of collective honor, such as the development of military flags, military songs, the establishment of Hero role models and so on.

    No spirit is born out of nothing. Only by adhering to this practice day after day, and instilling ideas all the time, will it gradually achieve results. In order to ensure the reliable operation of the aftermath system, he even arranged a aftercare team from himself, City Hall, and Militia to complete the follow-up of food and charcoal.

    The more you go down, the more Roland feels his shoulders. The Border Town lacks too much. It seems that the mining industry and people’s livelihood are on the right track, the food reserves are sufficient, and the situation has not been starved or frozen to date. This seems to be a miracle in other towns. Even Greycastle Kingdom Capital has many refugees or orphans eliminated every winter.

    But he wants more than that, and City Hall’s operational load has reached its limit. Relying on the Assistant Minister Barov and the dozen apprentices he brought, he upheld all the financial and administrative management of Border Town’s. If you want to further expand the department, it will not work without recruiting some management personnel. He also asked Barov about whether he was a protégist or a colleague who still stayed at Kingdom Capital. The answer was a cold water: “Even if they are, they will not be willing to come.” Your Highness, do you really know that your reputation at Kingdom Capital is so bad? ”

    Ok, it sounds really reasonable. He thought depressed.

    Back in the backyard of the castle, Nightingale emerged from the fog and gave Wendy a warm hug waiting outside the wooden shed. Lightning wraps around the unfinished steam boring machine. When she sees Roland, she immediately squats to assemble the machine that is rumored to be able to move.

    Looking at all of this, he suddenly felt that his efforts were worthwhile.