>>5319263>>5319290>>5319302>>5319380>>5319389>>5319400They are only peasants and they have no cavalry, no honor and no élan, there is no risks ! And yes, an orchard is a good idea. I added your suggestion to the list.
>>5319450Yes, they tried to annoy Brother Louis, they need to die.
>>5320154>>5320252Well said good sir.
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It was time to be severe so you declared.
-These men acted like brigands, they deserved a brigand's treatment ! The next adventurers from Podunk that come here will be hanged if they try to complain about us.
Crumbling tried to protest.
-But, my lord, adventurers are a respected caste of travellers and they can help us against monsters.
Your answer was firm.
-I shall not depend on some vagrants do defend my holdings and my people. I am the defender of Local, you and your men are those who help me captain. We have destroyed the Ghibellines lead by the spirit of Conradin together, I have just killed witches, wolf men and Saxons, I believe we are more than capable of taking care of ourselves.
This shut him up and he nodded his head like a disciplined soldier.
After this you continued to eat and talked about other less important subjects, especially women, food and tournaments. You tried to rest. There was a lack of an apothecary or a healer in Local so Oldfossil told you that they will send a messenger to an old woman who is a bonesetter and an herbalist. This looked like a witch but he assured you that it was not and that she was respected by the locals, she lived in the far north of your lordship. She should be there tomorrow. The description of the old woman as an herbalist and a bonesetter added to the suspicions of Father François and Brother Louis, who said that she should be a witch while Oldfossil assured that she was a respectable member of society even if she lived in isolation.
But once you all saw her you understood that she was not. Instead of a wild woman with a crooked nose and all the attributes of a witch you saw a very dignified old lady in clean white robes who saluted you and presented herself.
-My lord, it is an unfortunate honor but an honor nonetheless to be of use. I may not be a true diplomed doctor my lord but I learned how to heal.
-What is your name ? And how do you learned to heal ? Not by magic I hope ?
-I am Clinique, glad to serve you my lord, and I was helper of a doctor in the Imperial Legion for 30 years, then I left after seeing to much war and to live in isolation why my husband, who was from here, he was a soldier and inherited a part of the family farm. Now he his with the gods but the house that he built on the terrain that he inherited is still here.
-Sorry for your loss, and thank you for your help. You shall be rewarded greatly.
