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Chapter 139 Homesteading in a fantasy world
🕑 Added 2023-01-05 19:24:46 +0000 UTCIt took me quite some time to calm myself down but, in the end, I figured there was nothing I could do about this package. I wish it could disappear so it can never bother me again but that is not realistic but so is not opening it, that seemed also like a bad idea. So, with quite a lot of trepidation, I opened the package. Inside was a letter, a small book and a ring.
The ring itself looked quite intricate made from some metallic wood that was inlaid with gold. It didn't have any gemstones, but it did have a symbol carved into the wood. The same symbol was on the letters wax sealing and on the leather cover of the book. I had to thank my eyes which allowed me to read even during the night. Opening the letter, I try to prepare for the worse.
Honoured Rich Dirt
We The Court of The Young are joyous to inform you that you have been made a member of our society. We are an exclusive society, and our members can only be people that have achieved the rank one in one-year achievement.
You have achieved something great that only the talented and the powerful can achieve, be proud of your accomplishment.
In the package that you have received is a book that will introduce you to the rules and reasons for this society.
The ring signifies your membership and must be with your person always. The ring grants privileges and is a ticket to the wider world.
To fully activate your membership, you must report to the nearest mage guild, adventurer guild or assassin guild's regional headquarters.
Failing to do so will result in an investigation and if found that you have intentionally not reported in you will be marked for death.
While this might seem like a harsh punishment everything is explained in the book. This society is a necessary evil, but it can also be a great resource.
Please do consider your options carefully Rich Dirt
Sincerely recruiter Calvin Weldron
That's a lot to absorb but this news might not be as bad as I first expected. But this world's ability to track anyone that falls out of normal expectations is quite scary. I looked up and saw the goblins coming out of the tree line and started to move towards the middle camp that does seem a bit ruined because of the snow. While doing so I quickly skimmed the book.
The book requires a thorough read possibly even a few times but I got the general points from just skimming it. The society was basically just made so they could evaluate anyone who got this achievement. I can understand why as someone who gets to the first tier in under a year can be an extremely dangerous person so they need to know if this person might be crazy.
It seems that all the benefit that the society can offer is meant to offset the main tasks it was created to solve. There are only two requirements for members one is to go and register as the letter said. This is where they will make the first examination and then later on you were also required to go to the headquarters for a more comprehensive examination. After that, there really weren’t any more requirements and you get to enjoy the benefits, they offer.
In the book, they wrote about some of their history and the full rules set every member must follow. While I would need a better readthrough nothing jumped out at me that I was doing anything wrong. Although the recognition still wasn't to my liking going under the radar is always better but I guess there’s no going back now and halting my advancement just because other people might find out seems kind of stupid to me.
The Goblins looked healthy and well fed which I was glad about. Most of them seemed quite happy but not the goblins that I knew I was going to have to talk with. It seems that this day might not give me a break although the package from the society didn't seem to be that big of a deal. “Greetings to you all, it is nice to see you again.” After I said that I smiled and nodded at them.
“It is good to see you as well Rich Dirt and it seems that you have survived the winter with a full stomach.” Said the tallest goblin that was here to communicate with me. I didn’t remember his name but I knew that we had interacted before.
“Unfortunately, Rich Dirt we do not come with good news. While the village is doing great, and we have survived the winter without running out of food we have however failed you.” He said this with full seriousness and with no waiver in his voice.
At first, I started cursing inside my mind because I really didn't have time to deal with any more big problems. I was however glad to hear that they had survived the winter without any trouble. But in the end, I was just confused about how they failed me.
“I’m glad to hear that you have survived the winter with full stomachs. But why do you think you have failed me?” I asked while trying to not show my anxiety.
“Well, we have managed to collect some more seeds for you, but we have failed to collect any reasonable amount of copper or tin. We were simply unable to get our mines into a state where we could keep them open in the winter.”
“Ha ha ha,” I couldn’t hold back my laughter and actually cut off his speech. He looked quite puzzled, and I focused on getting myself back under control so I could explain myself.
“You have no idea how bad of a day I’ve been having. Surprises were coming around every corner. So, I fully expected something like a huge hoard of goblins or some other monsters coming to attack you or something like that.” I could see the confusion and then the slow realization as I continued.
“So, in comparison you not being able to bring the copper and tin any time soon is not really a big inconvenience to me and besides that, your leader did tell me that if you get your mines working the first shipment might come in the spring, so I wasn’t expecting one for certain.” By the end, I was in quite a happy mood, and it seems that the goblins relaxed even more and the serious expressions from some of them disappeared.
We set up a fire and talked for a few hours catching up on everything. It seems that the goblins were doing quite well. There didn’t seem to be any other tribe or horde that might be of any trouble. They did tell me that there are more monsters and evolved animals but thanks to their skill increases they have been able to keep up with the increase quite easily.
Just before midnight, it seemed that this day didn’t want to end without another surprise. My ability owners land notified me almost at the same time when I heard George yell for me. It seems that the other cow has gone into labor as well.
By that time, we were already done with all the important discussions with the goblins and were just exchanging stories, so it was quite simple to end our conversation and leave them there. It seems that they wanted to stay there for the night and then set out in the morning again which I had no trouble with.
This time the cow birth was a bit more difficult, and we did have to help a bit because it seems this cow was delivering twins. Although the mother had a lot of problems the calves certainly didn’t as they got onto their feet almost immediately.
One of them was a male and the other was female and they both looks strong. When the last one got up, I looked outside to see the sun rising. It had taken almost the entire night for us to finish up and we were all quite tired.
We were all still happy as we now had two new members. While yesterday was a bit problematic in the middle parts overall it turned out to be quite a pleasant day and most definitely not the worst birthday I’ve had.
While letting the first sun rays hit me so I can feel their warmth my mind was busy going over everything that needed to be done and planning the best way to tackle all the new problems. It was time to get my mind skill to level up so I can finally level up my adventurer class.
