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The second Barov stepped into the roo term recruitment drive, and the details are on this paper here"
Barov received the draft and took a cursory glance, "Your Majesty you old royal each?"
"That's right," Roland nodded, "This is also the Witches Union's standard salary" A old royal in this era was for only the e salary and standard of living were already well beyond those of other cities, with the highest paid being the workers in the acidplant at 20 silver royals Yet, this new decree set the witches' wage at five ti their position in society
"Since you want to recruit more witches, why not send people to search for them?" asked Barov, "the same way you had the citizens report spies After all, their eyes see more truth than anyone else's"
“Even ht [The Peoples' War]” Roland ht in his heart, "And should I offer a reward for finding them? What difference will there be betweenthis to recruit the them"
"Even if we say so, the witches forcibly exposed this way h neitches in Border Town may have not experienced the persecution of the populace, the same cannot be said for those who have co Barov's proposal "My hope is for them to stand forward of their own volition, for the sake oftheir own contribution to Border Town"
In addition to the witches' own inhibitions, Roland was also worried about the effect declaring a reould have on the populace, possibly creating a neave of "witch hunters", orwitches out to be valuable "co birth to a witch would becoh in the short ter term could easily hurt Border Town's "American Dreaht after Barov left, Wendy iation on his desk
"Your Highness, we've confirmed her identity There are no problems as her answers line up hat the Honeysuckle's eldest said"
"See," s too careful"
"Nevertheless this level of caution is necessary," Wendy persevered, "Your Highness' personal safety will always be our first and fore a little touched, as he took a deep breath and said, "bring her here then"
The girl seemed around 15 years old, her dirtied hair a ht panic It seemed to be the first time she'd ever stepped foot into a carpeted roo as she tried to deter to the information on the report, she called herself Paper and was born just outside of Longsong Stronghold She becaround shared by ion These orphans' fates were usually to either die scrounging for food, or join the underground street rats, becooat
"You" Roland paused, unable to decide what to say The girl was neither like Agatha, resilient and adaptable, nor like Anna, determined and firm of heart Even Mystery Moon and Lily, whose situations most resembled hers, had the sisterhood and coirl in a completely new place, she was probably in a state of constant panic, and thy period to acclimate to her new environment From Petrov's report, her ability to melt snoas most likely related to the control of temperature
“Anyway, there's no rush to test her ability, we can slowly learn about it as she becoht, Roland turned to Wendy and said, "Shejourney, why don't you take her for a bath first and let her rest awhile Arrange for her to stay in the witches' building As for any instructions she requires with respect to ht?"
"Of course," she smiled coyly, "As you wish"