William Smith
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As soon as I received the ceramic cup - a sign of the wealth of this magistrate - I asked the secretary for a favour. I was in this world for only about two, three weeks, for now, so my desire for a coffee wasn't strong enough yet to make me lose my mind over it! "Sure, give me a moment, sir!" Waiting for her to finishing serving the drinks to everyone and leave the room, I observed the surroundings in search for something that could serve as a good example for one of the incentives I was going to offer…-
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"It's a pleasure to meet you in person, I'm Vlad, mayor of this magistrate. Please, have a seat." The city could be privately owned by a noble like it was a case for Pilzno or even Tarnow, but all cities and towns like that were required to house a magistrate and royal mayor. Strictly according to the law, mayor of private cities wasn't in charge of the city, but of the magistrate located within its borders, and tasked with maintaining the status quo between the citizens and nobility. At least, that's…
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Walking through the streets of Pilzno never felt so easy, now that the serious weight got lifted from my belt. Since no place was free from poachers, I held the small box tightly in my fist as I walked towards the town's magistrate. Without any surprise, both Elia and the rest of my people were already waiting at one of the benches set around the entire plaza, under the shade thrown by the sizeable, gothic-looking building. "It took you a while, what happened?" Stepping forward, Al asked only to be…
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"I came here with quite a… peculiar request." Like most of the craftsmen shop around this time and place, instead of coming in to buy something, potential customers were supposed to visit those places for the sake of ORDERING something to be made. Just from the fact that the owner of this place greeted me without even raising his eyes from the complicated machinery that I was unable to even name, spoke wonders about how busy this kind of people was. With all the guilds setting various rules,…
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Despite how crucial this day would be, I felt absolutely no pressure as we rode through the open gates of the city of Pilzno. Separating my entire group into two units, with Kalen and Jan following with the majority of my troops and carriage, and only me, Elia and my trusted retainers entering the city just like that. Common sense dictated that any major group had to be checked, and if the news of lord from Tarnow approaching with a huge group would reach the ears of Elia's family, they would obviously…
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"That was… a strange situation, to say the least." With how many various nobles were in the tavern thanks to the proximity of the bustling trading town like Pilzno, there was simply no humanly chance to get two, separate chambers for me and Eila, forcing us to share both the room and the bed. Considering the fact that we were officially supposed to marry, there shouldn't be anything wrong with this, but with the alcohol that prompted our previous forwardness diluted to the point where it no longer…
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Raising from my seat, I took one of the empty mugs standing abandoned of the table, filled it with the beer we brough to the tavern to have something nice to drink instead of saving on the local liquors, and approached the monk-like guy. "Thanks for stepping in. While I didn't see your attack, being able to get rid of this guy in a single move… That was amazing!" Passing the mug with the beer directly to the monk's hand, I continued smiling at him, yet I didn't receive even a single sign that he even…
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"Drink! Drink! Drink!" Sitting at the table in a roadside Tavern, I slowly enjoyed my cheap meal while observing the drinking game taking part just beside me. With all of the commoner militia, we took with us setting a camp in the field, as there was only a limited space in stables for sergeants and it would be improper for them to live in the Inn chambers like nobles, out of the entire party of almost fifty men, only seven of us in total could enjoy the warmth inside the building. "Chug it…
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Step by step, my silly relationship with Elia was turning into something even if not serious yet, then at least real. With how there was no hurry for us to get to the Pilzno, instead of riding in the uncomfortable saddle, we were simply relaxing at the back of the carriage, with two barrels of my beer used as the wall on which two bags of already prepared cement served as a pillow. "I really can't believe you did this…" With her head resting on my arm, Elia snuggled a bit closer to me, making sure that…
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There was a lot of differences between commonly used mortar of the current times and a proper, enriched cement. While just by looking at the fact that in the future, medieval palaces, castles and cathedrals were still standing as compared to the modern buildings requiring renovations every fifteen years or so, one might get the wrong idea that the mortar was, in the end, a better connecting material, but why would modern people with all the power of scientific research still invest heavily into creating a…
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