BXBX NOVEL Chapter 30 - Incomming Trouble
"My lord, I came back with the information" Said Deferio.
Deferio and the soldiers took 3 to 5 hours to do the census, quite fast indeed. Well, the main reason was that there weren\'t a lot of families in wasteland valley, in fact, they could have finished in two hours the problem was to organize the information, only two of the fifteen can write. Alfonso received the 6 pages of information, however, the information wasn\'t organized, well , at least, not as he wanted to be organized.
"Well, I can\'t ask them too much, the fact that two of them can write already surpassed my expectations" Thought Alfonso.
After he sent Deferio back, he organized the information, when he realized, it was already night, Artemis and Demeter, were already back.
"What are you doing Alfonso?" Asked Artemis.
"Well, I asked Deferio and the soldiers to bring me some information about the people" Answer Alfonso.
"My~ My~ , I know about that~, two soldiers came to Camel\'s house and asked some questions~ so this was why~" Said Demeter.
"Speaking about Camel, how is it going? What are you teaching them?" Asked Alfonso.
"Well~ I must say that I am quite impressed about that method you taught them~ it\'s good in this kind of lands with cold weather, however, I made a few adjustments but, in general, the idea is good~ , the earth is also happy~ , they told me that Camel and the others treat them well, despite they were infertile, so they promised me to grew healthy and delicious vegetables~" Said Demeter with a happy smile.
"? The earth talked to you?" Asked Alfonso.
"Well~ I am not so good at speaking with it as grandma but yes, I can~"
Alfonso was quite surprised about this, however, after thinking about it , he remembered that Demeter had a skill that he hadn\'t read, so he open the system.
[Earth Language (level 1)
Description: Demeter can receive the emotions of the earth in her surroundings and interpret its emotions, remember, this is just an interpretation, she can\'t "talk" to earth m just "interpret" its feelings. The only one who can talk to earth is Gaia.
Range: 500 meters]
"So that\'s how is it" Though Alfonso.
"How about you Artemis? How is it going with the wolves?" Asked Alfonso.
"Is going well, is being a long time since I felt so close to home, hunting is in my blood after all, this time, we manage to hunt 6 deer, one, two, three , four and five are slowly learning the pleasure of hunting, of course, they are becoming better, they resemble me a little about my nymphs that father give me." Say Artemis with her usual cold face.
Alfonso was already used to it, he knew that she was only cold on the outside, inside, she was quite happy.
"That\'s great, I told you that I will send some soldiers to assist you but I needed them today, sorry about that, tomorrow, Deferio will send to men for you, so don\'t worry about it" Said Alfonso.
"Don\'t worry about it, anyway, why did you want to do that... census thing" Asked Artemis.
"Well , it has a lot of uses, first, I will tell me how much food I need, what people can and can\'t do, and most importantly, how many people I have under me, in the future, I plan to make Wasteland Valley a big town, so I want to know how many were first and how many it will have later, I will compare and extract some key information , also, these people will receive….mmm…. Lets called citizen privileges" Said Alfonso.
Artemis and Demeter didn\'t fully understand what Alfonso mean however, they knew that he did it for an important reason.
"However.... We may have a huge problem now." Said Alfonso with a bitter smile.
"What is it" Asked Artemis.
"Look here, I recollect the information and did a careful study of it, all in all, a few remarkable points; first, there are 250 people in Wasteland Valley, fifty more than what I originally though, despite how dead this land is, there is a lot of young people, so we have to accelerate the process of the distribution of food, this is a must; Second, of the 250 people, 240 believe that food is the most important problem that I need to solve, 9 believe that is the thieves that steal food from others, and one believe that is the hunting grounds from his, that is being stolen from a young man with five wolves" Said Alfonso while looking at Artemis.
"Hmph! , that bastard, I know him, he can\'t even hunt a deer, and he dares to complain!" Said Artemis.
"Well~ but this doesn\'t look so serious, does it~?" Asked Demeter.
"No…. The problem comes here, of all the 250 people, only 151 knows math, basic math, 100 knows how to read and only one knows who write" Said Alfonso, feeling an incoming headache.
"? Wait….. The numbers don\'t seem right..." Said Artemis.
"That\'s the problem here, it would be surprising it someone knew more than one subject, at least, it would here, I mean, the people in this town are farmers and hunters. However, if someone actually knew math and could read that would be a great notice for us, what we need more is this kind of people.... However, the person who knows this, doesn\'t only know math and how to read, he is also the only one who knows how to write! Of course, this is without counting the two soldiers of Deferio" Say Alfonso.
Artemis and Demeter were surprised.
"But…. This is good, isn\'t it? Someone who can do this must be an elder that stayed in another town for some time and somehow learned, he will be a huge help!" Say Artemis.
Alfonso\'s face became even more bitter.
"THAT IS THE PROBLEM! This person... is just a 4 year -old child!" Say Alfonso.
"" WHAT!?"" Say Demeter and Artemis at the same time.
Both of them were very surprised, they, as goddess, have seemed "geniuses" before, however… this child, in this kind of environment, can do all of this? , how is it possible!?
"This is impossible! Even if he is a genius, he wouldn\'t be able to...… unless!!" Suddenly Artemis froze on the spot.
"Yes…. I think is just as you say, this kid.....
Is a champion!"