The Release That Witch
Chapters 13's

Before long, cement production was on the right track, to give Anna enough rest, kilns were only used two to three times per day. In order to get the most out of each liming process, they have to gather more raw materials. For this, Roland once again issued an order to recruit more workers, until their current numbers doubled.

But he also knew that he could not only rely on Anna to do all the shooting. People who work for long periods in dusty environments, will eventually get sick; furthermore, once the scale of future production increases, Anna herself will not be enough to meet demand.

Witches should not be used as consumables. Instead, they should serve as machines to foster the development of civilization. Although Roland was already aware of this fact, right now, he could only invest all his energy and manpower into building the city walls. After all, if they could not stop the demonic beasts, everything else would soon become insignificant.

Digging the foundations for laying the City walls had already begun to connect the northern slope with the Chishui River. To increase the speed of production, he himself was in charge of the entire project. He dug out the first shovel of earth with his own two hands in front of the shocked crowd around him.

Roland thought after the cement problem was resolved, building the city wall would be easy and relaxing. But he soon discovered that his previous experience in engineering was not enough to understand a single word of the project. How deep and broad is that foundation? How to overcome the height of different parts? How to ensure that a wall that is more than six hundred meters long will be built in a straight line? He had previously seen the construction of roads by a group of young men. They see scale on their measuring instruments; it's called theodolite and level, right? But those two tools are not here!

As a hapless mechanical engineer, although Roland and the civil engineer next door were both referred to as two engineering dogs, the content they learned was actually different. From the mud craftsmen he employed, no one had ever been involved in the construction of any major project, it could even be said that his own understanding was better than their understanding. Therefore, the construction of the walls began very slowly, it took a whole week to dig out only half of the foundation they needed.

Once a project gets out of control, it can be hard to tell how the final product will look. For example, this difficult excavation foundation came out as a shallow groove, not as a wall foundation. More suitable called drainage gutter. Regardless of Roland's description, the width they dug out was more or less different for each person. Thus, the apparent width became shapeless, becoming increasingly narrow as time went on. When standing in the distance, the foundation could be said to resemble a snake that curved and swerved.

Even so, Roland was reluctant to stop the project. With little other than digging in his mind, as long as it wasn't the time of the shooting, which was Anna's job, he would stay on the northern slope for the rest of the day. Adjusting the direction of the extension of the hole with the naked eye, slowly move it forward. Simultaneously, he also doubled the reward to ask the stone craftsman.

Fortunately, this difficulty did not last long, as Roland was preparing for the sixth cement calcification; Barov, the Assistant Minister reported that a mason was responding to the recruitment. It is said that he was a former member of the handyman union. The people waiting for the audience were already made to wait outside the hall.

When he got this information, he almost burst into excitement, in his memory, the Graycastle mason guild was a famous organization, even the fourth prince had heard of their name. But in the end, due to construction errors, they were told to disperse.

But how can we solve this without the help of a mason?

"Bring him in," Roland put on a calm expression and nodded. She initially wanted to tell Anna that she also had to leave, but she then thought it wouldn't be a problem. Border Town had over two thousand people inside, very few had ever seen the real face of the witch. Moreover, her appearance now, with her strange new dress, and her previous appearance, from courting wholeheartedly to death, when she was not her usual self, was very different. He estimated that even if he were to be seen, he would not be recognized.

Karl van Bart felt uneasy when he was brought to the courtyard by the knight; he intended to tell His Majesty, that this time of year is not suitable for carrying out large-scale projects. After gaining His Majesty's trust, he could slowly change the prince's view of the witch. In the rumors, His Highness had always acted wildly, what should he do when it seemed that he would do something contrary to his advice?

With her mind moving in a vortex as she leaned over, when she raised her head again, she suddenly stopped and stared blankly - the girl by His Majesty's side seemed so familiar to her, she said, so familiar that he felt like he was dreaming . Karl rubbed his eyes, then looked once more, he could not help but shout, "... Anna!"

Roland's heart stopped beating. How come? He only wanted to hire a craftsman, but who knew that the craftsman was also the witch's neighbor? He knew, that the others really knew Anna, otherwise it was impossible to recognize her immediately. He looked at Carter. The head knight got a hint, he immediately pulled his hook, blocking the only way out.

Anna's reaction allowed Roland's spirit circle for a while before she returned to full consciousness, what, teacher?

"It's really you, Anna, I ... I ..." Karl only felt his eye sockets warm up, and then something started flowing from him. He knelt helplessly on the ground, constantly repeating, "Sorry, sorry ... very good, also .. good ..."

After Karl van Bart was able to calm his mood, he slowly stood up and then bowed once more to pay his respects to Roland again, "I'm sorry, Your Majesty, I forgot my manners."

"This, in the end what happened? Aren't you a mason?"

"Before," when Karl had calmed down again, his speech became very smooth. Your Majesty didn't kill Anna! The one who was hanged at the execution ground was his successor - aware of this, he already knew how he should advance further. Although it was unclear why the other party had saved a witch; but regardless, even if His Majesty wanted to take her as his concubine even it would be much better than being crucified. This suggests that the prince was not afraid that the witches were evil incarnations as described in the rumors.

He described his experience of living in this Border Town, ever since he escaped from Graycastle. Including the fact that she once opened a college here, and that she learned that Nana Pine, one of her students, had also become a witch. Finally, he pleaded with His Majesty, that he too would bring Nana to his palace, so that he would be safe from exposure.

Anna, who was standing at the side had a look of concern on her face, while listening to Nana's plea, but from beginning to end she never said a word.

Another new witch! This was really important news, and good news as well, but it seemed like he remembered the name Pine. When Roland secretly asked the assistant minister, he discovered that it was actually, a small noble family of Border Town.

"You can bring her to see me, if she's a witch, I'll make sure, that she's not hurt," Roland promised, "But I can't take her away from the Pine family, especially when she's not suffering. any threat from her mother's family. Also, saving Anna is not what you think ... "

He considered it and thought that telling the truth would be better, "I need his help. The idea that they were demonic-powers really made no sense. I believe that the power of witches, regardless of whether it is good or evil, can be controlled. So Anna, Nana or any other witch, as long as they don't break any other laws, I won't sentence them to death. "

"Next, we will turn to the affairs of the city, did you participate in the construction of the city wall of Graycastle?" The prince quickly turned the topic back to the matter of construction.

"Yes!" Karl nodded. Although, His Highness the fourth prince did not resemble his previous knowledge of the prince; he did not expect that the prince would need the help of a witch, yet his desire to protect Nana was accepted, that was enough.

"Alright, I will build a wall from the Chishui River to the foot of the northern slope. The goal was to ward off the invasion of demonic beasts. From now on, this project is your responsibility."