William Smith
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10th march 1574 Rather than kicking Helga's sides, one could tell that I only tickled it with my heel. In an instant, my trusty horse kicked the ground with its legs, jumping forward with only the minimal tilt upwards required to not twist its ankle. With the familiar feeling of momentum filling my mind, I stopped caring about all my previous worries, how I would appear, whether I would manage to make the right impression. Right now, my entire mind was focused on the tip of my spear, while my eyes…-
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10th march 1574 "Come on, now. You know that I'm not that great with the lance, so I will have to count on you to score nicely." Holding Helga's massive head between my hands, I rested my forehead against her soft skin covering her thick skull. In this tranquil moment of connection between a human and his companion, a rider and his horse, I could bet some sort of mystical bond once again connected the two of us, allowing me to transfer my thoughts to the brain of this smart animal. After a long while…
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10th march 1574 After dressing up in my common attire, I left the tent first, leaving Elia to her own morning ritual. Just like women in the future, if given the chance, females of the current age would still do everything to retain their lovely appearance as long and as accented as possible, stretching the time necessary to actually properly wake up for way more than I could afford. With the military tradition kicking the camp awake like city guard would do to a drunkard after the last daily holy mess,…
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10th march 1574 As soon as I woke up, the freezing cold of the morning almost instantly made a short work of my drowsiness, with only a thin layer of cloth in form of a tent shielding a bundle made out my body, Elia and some thick furs that we used to cover ourself from the coldness of the still wintery weather. "Good mo…" Before I even managed to finish my greeting, I realised that Elia was still sleeping, tightly hugging to my bare body, latching to every hint of warmth that it presented. Enveloped…
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9th march 1574 "I never expected for this spice to have such great effects." Lying down on the mattress organised by a single layer of cloth placed above a small pile of hay, Elia snuggled to my arm. With how close we managed to get to the governor, organising three sets of tens wouldn't pose any problem, but she still opted for sleeping in the same one as me, so who I was to refuse her request? "I told you, rather than spice, it's a powder that increases the taste. Just like you add salt to bring out…
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9th march 1574 "I'm sorry sir, but revealing it would deprive me of all the trade opportunities I have right now in the entire province. But I can promise, that as soon as I will deal with the problems plaguing my territories, I could open up a trade route to Sandomir, and sell it at the price similar to what I need to pay to obtain it… As long as I sir Governor will be the sole buyer, and I will be granted a monopoly for it in the Sandomir and Rhuthernia provinces!" Instead of using the spice to ask…
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9th march 1574 "All of you, sirs gentlemen, must be wondering why someone like me, with more wealth than enough to comfortably get by, bothered to look into the topic of food." After all the preparation was done for both the group that I was controlling directly and the one that I left to their own devices, all that was left for them to bring what we all made to the great table assembled by a completely separate unit of servants. But there was no way I would just let all my effort of managing everyone…
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9th march 1574 "Bring one more pot! Go get some turnip! Where do you think you are bringing this water? Boil it first!" Standing in the middle of the open field, I watched as numerous crowd of cooks and servants was rushing about with their tasks. Since I was in control over the cooking process thanks to the Governor permission, I decided to separate this part of the camp in two. The first one, located just beyond the illusionary fence made out of just a few sticks smashed into the ground, was following…
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9th march 1574 "Your Governorship! I wouldn't dare do something like that! While it's true that I have some problems on my hands right now, it's nothing that I can't solve myself. But to be perfectly honest, there was a single matter I wanted to consult, or rather, to put on your hands." Smiling nicely, I looked straight into Jan's Bone eyes and pointed with my entire hand to my side. "My dear fiance and I… We are going to get married soon, and hoped that Governor himself could attend our…
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9th march 1574 "It seems that today's hunt went well." Looking at the long line of mounted nobles and their servants marching right beside their horses, I instantly saw the thing that made my new friend come to such a conclusion. Somewhere in the middle of the entire group, three pairs of servants were carrying a long stick with dead boars hanging from it, while even greater group followed them with all sorts of rabbits, partridges and other small game. "That's great. The governor should be in good mood…
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