The Release That Witch
Chapters 24's

The next morning, when Roland woke up, he was not served by his maid, Tyre. Instead, it was an old servant.

When he stepped out of the bedroom, his main knight, Carter was already waiting for him.

"Your Majesty, I want to deliver some bad news," Carter spoke in a low voice, "Your helper, Tyre, died last night."

"What?" Roland's eyelids surged, even though he already knew the result beforehand, in his heart, he still felt a little uncomfortable. He died on his orders.

"He fell from the balcony in his own room. We could not find any signs of a fight or the guards saw any outsiders near the crash site. So ... It looks like he fell off the balcony alone, it was an accident."

The knight reported the results of his investigation, and at the same time, he looked for a strange fluctuation in Roland's eyes. Roland must know what Carter was looking for. When they were in Graycastle, everyone knew that the 4th Prince wanted to take Tyre by force. In this day and age, it was common business for a prince and a servant to have a relationship, this kind of thing was least attractive to others. After all, there was almost no nightlife, so there was nothing to do but eat to the full and do things between men and women. And not only with their own women, the princes and other upper nobles would exchange their women, sometimes they even made an open feast, he said, so the affair between the prince and his maid was nothing more than a simple laugh.

The former 4th Prince was already known to be more moderate in this kind of matter, and then he was even replaced with Cheng Yang, who had never touched a woman after he became Roland - with the exception of Tyre, who was not a female, all the other servants could be described as shabby. Moreover, after crossing over he directly had to face the Moon Demon, so his mind was almost only filled with development plans, and he had no chance to enjoy the romantic life of a noble.

"That's very regrettable," Roland put on a mourning expression, "In the future the senior servant who served me this morning should take over Tyre's position. He's the new butler."

Carter nodded and left after saluting.

When Roland walked into his office, he once again saw that Nightingale was sitting on his mahogany (red wood) table.

"What was the result of your interrogation?"

"It's okay, he immediately killed himself when he saw me," his frustration clearly sounded, "He acted too fast, there's not even the slightest bit of hesitation."

"You didn't actually make it fall?" Roland walked around her and sat on the armchair.

"I tied him up," Nightingale placed her body closer to him, "but who knew that he was hiding poison in his teeth. So I had to pretend I fell by accident."

"I think you're experienced. So, do you think you've done enough to get paid?"

"Hey, don't talk like that! Even though I can't get anything straight out of his mouth, that doesn't mean I don't get anything." Chuckling, Nightingale placed a folded sheet of paper in front of Roland, "I found this hidden in her room."

Roland spread out the paper and saw that it was a letter. In the letter, Tyre referred to the recipient as a sister, but the content was just plain gossip. However, he noted that others repeatedly mentioned the sea, such as 'the scenery is beautiful to behold', 'his favorite pastime is to stay on the beach and watch the sunset', and other things like this.

Finally, Tyre asked when he could see his older sister again because he missed her so much. When Roland thought of the territory his brother and sister controlled, he was sure he knew who the conspirators were, "It should be my older sister Garcia, right?"

"Maybe that's the case, because your two brothers can't see the sea. I think Garcia Wimbledon's 3rd daughter took Tyre's sister hostage and hid her. Judging from his decisive suicidal style, it couldn't have happened randomly. My point is, before he was stationed as your servant, he had at least two to three years of sufficient training. "

Roland sighed softly. Indeed as expected of the usurpation of the throne, it would not end without bloodshed. Even if he did not fight, it did not mean that his brothers would not drag him into it. In order to gain the throne, his brother and sister would not stop. He was afraid that something similar would happen again in the future.

Nightingale spoke in a seductive tone and blew hot air towards Roland, and then she suddenly disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Although this was not the first time she had seen him do this, but seeing him disappear in broad daylight, made Roland feel shocked. He hesitated for a moment, and then he extended his finger towards the empty table, half his finger halted by a very gentle touch, "Your Majesty, you can't do this, you can't do this, You're gonna make Anna very sad."

Well, it looks like his ability is see-through and not teleportation, Roland thought, otherwise, it would be too powerful.

Immediately a knock was heard from the door, "Your Majesty, this is me Barov."

Roland pulled his finger and hid whatever expression was on his face, "Get in."

When the Assistant Minister walked into the office, he held a stack of files. Even before he sat down, he began his government report last week. Roland also turned his mind around, listening to Barov's report attentively. After living for a month in this world, he found himself able to keep up with Barov's rhythm, unlike the beginning where he was confused and disoriented, feeling completely out of place.

In general, the finances of Border Town had increased to a certain degree. The main point was the sale of ore and coarse stone to Willow Town. As payment, they had received nearly 200 gold royals. After they used the money to buy food and pay the salary, there were still ninety gold royals left.

The mood of Barov is good, with the rest of the money, getting through this winter will not be too difficult.

But Roland was destined not to let her go in a good mood, "I want to choose a group of townspeople to help fight the demonic beasts and from now on they just need to concentrate on training. Their instructor will be my main knight, and I will give him special instructions on how to train them. You need to make a list of equipment or supplies. These people would need leather armor and spears. They also need to have two sets of winter clothes, so that they can change clothes . "

"Your Majesty, this ... according to the convention, is not temporary recruitment only allowed as a last resort?"

"If you send them to the battlefield without further training, they will only become a chaotic horde. Do you think it is possible to scare demonic monsters by mere numbers? Once the order collapses, we'll just get in more trouble."

"Your Majesty, do you really insist on staying in Border Town?" asked Barov hesitated.

"If we can't resist the demonic beasts, of course, I will retreat, but I don't think that we can't even handle some mutation variations? From a normal animal."

"According to your future plans, we'll need more money."

Hearing that the other party was really stingy, Roland laughed, "This is a necessary expenditure, go and do it."

Within his own treasury were more than 300 gold royals that were mostly used to pay for the construction of the wall. The required steam engine materials and components ordered from the blacksmith shop were also paid from his own pockets. For the first steam engine, he would have to spend nearly twenty gold royals, and he would need at least three machines.

The invention of the steam engine was a key component of the industrial revolution, this is true, but it does not mean that the steam engine was on par with the industrial revolution. Historically, Britain was looking for the possibility to replace the humans and livestock involved in order to increase productivity in mining operations. When Watt upgraded the steam engine, he immediately received a large order. This new power also spread to various industries in a very short time.

At this moment, there was no basis for the industrial revolution in the small Border Town. It could even be said that the industry did not exist. So Roland did not expect to be able to make a pot of gold by selling his steam engine, he only wanted to put this machine in the northern mining area to attract ore and gravel. And when mining production is increased, he will expand the scale of the use of steam engines. This would be equivalent to the promotion of industrial development from top to bottom.