Chapter 437 Silent Farewell

After Otto Losi left the office, Nightingale's voice came from beside him, "Not everything he told was the truth, especially his experiences before coming to Border Town."

"It's not surprising. He must have arrived in the royal capital first and negotiated with Tifeike before moving to the west." Roland smiled, "If he had gone straight to me from the beginning, he would have been a ghost. Hedging your bets is a diplomat's favorite thing to do, and if it were me, I wouldn't put my eggs in one basket easily."

"You mean... they won't necessarily be on our side?"

"At least we won't make a decision right away." He took a pot of hot water and refilled the tea cup. "How much do you think the Lord of the Dawn will believe after receiving this news?"

Nightingale was stuck for a long time, "I... don't know."

"I don't know either," Roland was pinched on the shoulder as soon as he finished speaking, "...but one thing is obvious. These news sound terrible, but they all happened so many years later that we can't even give an exact answer. Date. And the threat of the church is right in front of us, and maybe we will take action after the spring. Therefore, the Lord of the Morning will not turn to us because of this information. In all likelihood, he will continue to sit on the sidelines until Tifeko and I Decide the winner. If he has the energy to spare, he may also provide benefits to both parties in order to obtain future rewards."

This is also a common method used by politicians. They are unwilling to take too many risks and like to obtain benefits steadily, especially investment projects with huge returns such as war. If there was no threat from the devil, Roland would not object to having in-depth contact with them, laying traps for the other party to jump into, and then recovering more debts with interest. But now he is no longer in the mood to play this kind of diplomatic game with the other party. In the next year, Border Town must take the initiative to stabilize the situation quickly. A storm is about to sweep through, and they are still competing for fish in the pond. There is only a dead end.

"Then...can you tell this news?" Nightingale asked confused.

"At least the Kingdom of Dawn is not our real enemy. I don't know how much those nobles can believe the devil's news, but they will definitely spare no effort to publicize the ambitions of the church. This is also equivalent to weakening the foundation of the church's rule," Roland explained. Said, “Once it loses popular support, it will not be so easy for the church to quickly utilize the Kingdom’s resources.”

Although he told the other party all the information he had, in fact he only revealed to Otto the existence of the devil, and did not tell the news about the Witch Empire and the first two battles of divine will.

The former is more unbelievable than the existence of the devil, and may even be counterproductive because most areas of the folk are hostile to witches. With a little guidance, this kind of thing may turn into a "witch conspiracy" .

The latter can easily undermine human confidence in fighting against the devil. If the first two times are failures, what are the chances of winning the third time?

In short, the seeds of joining hands to fight against the enemy have been planted. As for whether they can reap the fruits, it depends on the next reaction of the Kingdom of Dawn.

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Three days later, Roland met Otto Losi again.

The answer to the meeting can be guessed from the lost look in his eyes.

"I am more inclined to conclude an alliance with you, but rather than discussing the details of the alliance, the most important thing now is to send the news back to Chenxi as soon as possible," he said, stroking his chest and saluting, "so I would like to bid you farewell here."

"I hope I can hear good news from you later," Roland nodded.

"In addition... Your Highness," Otto hesitated for a moment, "I have another unkind request."

"What?"

"Please take good care of Andrea Quinn for me."

Andrea is the witch of Sleeping Island. Instead of asking me, you should ask Tilly Wimbledon. Despite this thought, Roland still sighed and agreed.

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Standing on the top of the castle, Andrea faced the howling cold wind and looked to the south where the Chishui River flows.

"No, don't you want to go to the pier?" Shawei hid behind the invisible barrier, shivering from the cold, "I heard that he will leave by boat soon. As a playmate since childhood, it is also a good idea to see him off. It should be."

"It's the same as seeing her off here," she breathed out.

"Listen, listen to Ashes, he will never forget you."

"Only one out of ten of her words can be believed," Andrea said angrily. "She actually praised that guy in front of Lady Tilly for his consistency. It's like a dog can't spit out ivory."

"Uh, is that so?" Sa Wei said with chattering teeth.

"That's right," she snorted, and then looked at the latter who was huddled up, "If you feel cold, just go down first. You can come up to pick me up later."

"No, it doesn't matter. I'll just wait for you here." Savi shook her head, "Anyway, I'm infected with the cold and will be treated by Miss Lily. I can still take two or two days off and play more cards."

This seemed to make sense. Andrea gave her a thumbs up, and then moved her gaze to the Chishui River area. Among the floating snowflakes, she vaguely saw the rising sail, and a little red on the top of the mast. Shake.

That was the signal to set sail.

That's good, she thought, time will dilute everything, and forgetting is a better result for everyone.

Andrea was not completely blind to Otto's intentions, but she still chose to avoid him or Oro Tokat. With her status in the family, she could marry a more suitable woman instead of marrying him. Time wasted on a witch. As one of the three most prominent noble families in Glow City, such a relationship would be fruitless, and she was unwilling to return to the place that abandoned her.

Not seeing him is the best option.

Farewell, my friend, Andrea thought.

The looming sail quickly disappeared from the end of the field of vision.

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After the envoy incident came to an end, Roland immediately devoted himself to the construction of Border Town.

Now the three-way project for water supply, heating, and power supply in the town has been officially launched. All three pipelines are buried in underground passages and lead directly to each community. Since the reserved openings are considered at the beginning of the design of residential buildings, the entry part is very simple. The key lies in the location of the boiler and water tower.

In order to save materials and reduce transportation losses as much as possible, Roland gave up the plan of drawing all water from the Chishui River, and instead drew water underground. The groundwater resources in Bian border town are very rich, and the depth of the water layer is shallow, making it very easy to drill wells. In this era, there was no need to consider water pollution, and with Sylvie's clairvoyant observation, Roland quickly identified four water intakes located in the town. Centered on these four well points, the clean water extracted can not only meet daily needs such as cleaning and drinking, but can also be used for heating and gas boilers. (To be continued.)