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She then turned her attention to the witch who appeared anxious "There's no harnize him But isn't it better to have some news rather than none at all, Whitepear? If they've repented, at least there's a chance for theirl by the name of Whitepear lowered her head e the entire Eastern Region to Neverwinter?" Aziion" Wendy laughed " The Northern and Southern Territories, as well as the Central Region, are also part of the ration plan These places will eventually be left with only a few large cities, where the residents froes will be shifted into"

"Why is the king going to such trouble for this?"

"This is very difficult to explain It's called an urbanization process or so like that In the past, it was because of food issues that large plots of farmland were necessary to feed a city, and hence the population was very diffuse But now that food is no longer a problem, the prevalent concern is that es are settled in non-adanized and utilized Moving them to the cities will allow the city halls to exercise better control" Wendy patiently explained "Because of this, the Western Region of today is no longer 'the region of the west' per se If you decide to leave, ill your sisters do? Do you really want them to also forsake their kin and wander the wastelands of your hometoith you?"

"" Azima frowned and did not reply for some time

"Frankly, this is just a show of cowardice" A chilly voice was heard froed color as they hurriedly turned to see who it was A woman shrouded in a black robe had stealthily sat herself on the square table, with her body bent slightly forward, her legs raised, and one hand under her chin She watched the croith amusement, as if she took no heed of their uneasiness

"Who are you?" Azi about?" Wendy fretfully yelled "Relax everyone, she has no?" She took off her hood to reveal her beautiful blonde curls "What do you think these people are hesitant about? It's si Association that they're unwilling to serve Her Highness Yet in reality, they continue to depend on Sleeping Spell, and have no intention of changing"

"What a bunch of nonsense!" Azirily "If it wasn't for Doris, ould have left long ago! Besides, what do you even know about theIsland!"

"Is that so?" Nightingale raised her brows "Then why aren't you working?"

"What"

"Let's do a quick calculation The cost of transportation and food froion is around 20 silver royals per person Once there, 10 to 12 bronze royals will be needed per day to purchase food But don't forget that, because of war and es have turned into wastelands So, to live over there, expenses will be a few dozen tiees are reat co Spell without a sackful of gold royals If it were rab this opportunity to apply for work everywhere so that I can accrue as roup to be able to survive independently Yet, what have you people done in this half aSpell, you still hope that Her Highness will provide you with your travel expenses?"

"I" Azima was momentarily stumped She wanted to refute the accusation but did not knohere to begin

"To me, this is si Association under pressure from the Church, and further on, it was because of this sketchy relationship that you felt outraged by the destruction of Heidi Morgan Yet you have no guts to stand up against an Extraordinary" Nightingale shrugged "It's indeed true that I' Association and Sleeping Island, but theAssociation, who are in Neverwinter now, certainly know better Do you really think Heidi regarded you as sisters?"

"Nightingale! Enough!" Wendy hollered

"When I travel to a foreign land, I'll also seek to draw support froreat help to them If they didn't destroy the ears and eyes of the Church, more and more people would track and encircle theht time Let me just ask, if Heidi was really friendly to you, did she infor Island to overthrow Tilly?"

Azihtly

"If you truly want to prove your resolve, then you should get started with the s You can find a pack of excuses if you were living on your own deserted island, but over here, Sleeping Spell ave Wendy a blithe s in front of everyone