Chapter 53 Heart Fire (Part 2)
The day after Anna woke up, Nightingale bid farewell to Roland.
"Although I don't know the reason, she is probably the first witch to survive the Awakening Day safely," Nightingale said excitedly before leaving. After following Roland for a long time, she has also become accustomed to using the word awakening to describe the transformation of a witch, "I will bring the sisters from the Mutual Aid Society, and I hope you can accept them at that time, just like you accepted Anna."
Roland couldn't wait for this. An Anna stepped over the hot forging process, making the town see the dawn of the industrial age. What does a bunch of witches mean? Of course, considering the safety issue, he still kept him, hoping that the other party would go to the Impassable Mountain Range after the end of the Demon Moon.
But Nightingale was obviously impatient, "This winter, there are still many people who will face this difficulty. If we can tell them the news earlier, maybe a few fewer people will leave us. Don't worry, ordinary evil beasts are Can't find my whereabouts."
"What about your awakening day? When is it?" Roland finally asked.
Nightingale got on the horse, "At the end of winter and the beginning of spring," she waved her hand, leaving the prince with a back view, "Don't worry about me, the pain has become less and less in recent years."
This answer made Roland think about it.
He has also been thinking about the reason why Anna was able to pass the awakening day so smoothly. After all, Anna said afterwards that she did not feel any pain at all, which completely subverted Nightingale's concept - "The witch's power comes from the devil, the evil unclean It is precisely because of this that sayings such as this arise, and the tragic scene of the blood evaporated and the skin scorched at the time of death has become an unshakable evidence of the power of corruption.
However, Roland didn't think about it in the first place.
He searched through the memories of the fourth prince, but he couldn't find any proof that there is a real god or devil in this world. Since strength is not given by God, it should not be regarded as the criterion for distinguishing good from evil. In fact, even in those worlds where the gods frequently interfere with the mortal world, it is the believers who first choose their own camp before being endowed with divine power, not the other way around.
According to Nightingale's description, the witch is a collection of magic power. Could it be that the container itself is damaged because the magic power can't be released? Roland felt that this possibility was very high. The witch was hostile and suppressed by most people, so she would inevitably choose to hide her abilities, pretend to be a normal person, and live cautiously. This results in them having little opportunity to perform magical powers until they reach adulthood.
Of course, Roland would not think that his castle happened to be a geomantic treasure. He asked Anna and learned that she had experienced unbearable pain before that. If there is any difference this year, it is that since she came to the castle, she has been using this power almost every day.
And Nightingale's final answer vaguely confirmed his guess—even if the invisibility ability is used frequently, it will not attract attention. In addition, she was forced to train this ability before, and now she uses it even more unscrupulously. It will have little effect on her.
After Roland returned to the castle, he immediately strengthened the training for Nana. If there were no wounded on the defense line, he had to treat all kinds of small animals. If this conjecture can be confirmed through Nana, the significance to witches can be described as earth-shaking, and the curse of the devil will become a gift from heaven. As long as he can ensure that his territory is open to witches, witches will come here in an endless stream.
In any case, after the turmoil, everything is back on track.
Roland began to step up the production of the steam machine No. 2, which was also the process of familiarizing Anna with the new ability.
Sheds were set up again in the backyard of the castle, only this time for shelter from the wind and snow. As an experimental base, he feels that it is safer to build it on his own site.
According to Nightingale, after a witch reaches adulthood, her abilities will stabilize and may produce new branch abilities. He hasn't seen Anna show her new abilities yet, but the use of flames is completely different from before.
No, it's still a question of whether it can be called a flame... Roland thought, if the previous flames were within the scope of common sense understanding, the current dark green flame is no longer common sense.
He named it "Heartfire".
Because it can exist alone without Anna, and at the same time, it can change form under the influence of Anna's will. Just like she's doing now—
A small flame stood on an iron plate two meters away from her, swinging back and forth slightly, as if greeting her. But Roland knew that it was Anna who was manipulating it. Normally, it can maintain a temperature close to body temperature, and only when Anna wants to heat up, it will instantly increase the temperature to a higher point, and the color will also change from emerald green to dark green. Likewise, it can turn from a single flame into a large cluster of flames, and it can also move slowly at a slower speed.
Unfortunately, it can't be too far away from Anna. After repeated tests, as long as it is more than five meters away, the anger will disappear.
Another feature of Heartfire is that Anna can summon multiple flames—but she can barely operate two at the same time.
The nearest border can be described as calm. Evil beasts are still appearing outside the city wall one after another, but there are no hybrid species, and it is difficult for ordinary evil beasts to break through the defense line. As Roland said, the stronger ones are stronger, and the faster ones are faster, but they are still nothing but beasts. The huge section of the wall was led to the middle section one after another, so that the militia with only a hundred people could handle it.
So in addition to daily inspections, Roland has a lot of time to spend on construction.
He has already marked out a piece of land on the south side of the castle, planning to use it as the residence of the witch after her arrival. As an investor in the project, he appointed Karl as the person in charge to build a batch of double-storey brick houses here. At the same time, issues such as beautiful and reasonable layout, convenient access, and fast drainage should be considered, and strive to build it into a template community.
He also considered whether to disperse the witches to the old and new urban areas, and live with the townspeople, but after thinking about it, he gave up this plan. Although doing so would help to speed up the people's understanding of witches, but before the misunderstanding is completely resolved, once something goes wrong, the consequences may be irreparable. After all, witches only have a certain influence in the militia now.
Moreover, Roland can't guarantee that the witches brought by Nightingale are all pure and harmless people - most of them have experienced the pain and suffering in the world, and I'm afraid they can no longer be summed up in simple words. Witches like Anna and Nana are only a handful of them.
Therefore, centralized living is also convenient for centralized management. Relevant regulations and rules must be drawn up before their arrival. On this point, Roland has no experience to refer to. After all, he is neither a relevant person in the Superpower Office of the National Security Bureau, nor the founder of the Vengeance Alliance. Who would know how to manage a group of people with supernatural powers! He had no choice but to tentatively establish a basic system according to the personnel management methods of general enterprises, and then slowly cross the river by feeling the stones.
Of course Roland knew that this plan was full of loopholes, but as a pioneer, if he didn't do it, who else could do it? It may take decades to huddle in this border town with his tail between his legs, and he can touch the threshold of industrialization, but he is not a Taoist priest, how many decades can he have?
If you want to lead the times and stand at the forefront of reform, you must have an adventurous spirit.
Just as he was recording these thoughts on the parchment one by one, Barov opened the door and walked in.
He shook the snowflakes off his body, saluted the prince and said, "Your Highness, the messenger from Longsong Fortress has arrived."
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