William Smith
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*I really need to learn about the layout of this place…* Thinking to myself as I once again followed the faint markings appearing right on my real sight, as if the system created an overlay on the reality in order to help me reach the place I wanted. But that problem was just the tip of the real iceberg, being the entire capability of the system! Reading as many novels as I did in my life, I knew that either the origin of the system or the reason why I was transported to this era, would remain…-
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With Elia face-covering in a blush, she swiftly pulled her skirt up on her shoulders and covered her cleavage with her hands. Being the good gentleman - or rather noble - I was, I tactfully turned my eyes away, giving her the chance to fix the buttons of her shirt. "He is most likely my brother or a friend of his, a haughty noble owning the town of Ropian. (IRL Ropczyce) While my brother is the main reason for my troubles, he is rather a calm man, even if he likes to revel in his schemes, but if it's…
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"And how did you came to such realisation?" While it was obvious that I brought the problematic person with me since it wasn't common for a noble to escort a random damsel to his lands without any greater intention behind such visit! But that didn't change the fact I was quite curious what kind of route Matsu's thoughts took to arrive at this conclusion. "My lord… Your carriage carries signs of blood on it, and outside of losing someone on the travel that should be free from any casualties, I don't see…
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Only after seeing the city walls and recognising some of the landmarks around them, I was finally able to imagine where we would be if that were a modern version of the city instead of its current, primitive form. While I already got a taste of it back in the Krakow, with how its entire magnificent self was limited to the area that would be fully used for services and shops just five hundred years later. The problem lied in fact, that even though this capital city would grow way more than my hometown,…
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"Welcome to the Tarnow." After departing from Wieliczka, the next city that was incorporated in the royal slat company was Bochnia. Located a bit less than thirty stais (about 25km/17m) away, we had to travel for most of the day before reaching the city walls. With the great fire devouring it whole along with an immense amount of salt deposits, the city was only a shadow of its former glory, having only ten years to rebuild after this catastrophe. Only the amount of money that royalty continued to…
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As soon as I woke up, I realised that something was wrong. Outside of the obvious effects of sleeping in a damned carriage instead of a proper bed like back pain and sore muscles, the fact that I could feel a soft warmth on my chest was definitely extraordinary, not to speak about soft breath that continuously moved the hair of my beard! Reluctantly opening my eyes, I saw the sight I was worried I could see. Under the influence of the drinks from the yesterday and her request, we actually ended up…
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"It all started when my father remarried." Sitting on top of a small pile of hay that I brought from the stable, we actually had to cover ourselves with an additional layer of the clothes in order to fight the cold. While the booze could warm us up and the shack where the carriage was held could only shield us from elements like wind or potentially rain since no one was dumb enough to put a fireplace in an unguarded, wooden building filled with wooden vehicles, so we had to take care to keep the warmth…
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"That will be ducat and forty groshes" After covering the remaining distance that separated our newly expanded group, the first thing I did after reaching the gates and bribing the gate guardian to let us in, was to go to the local stronghold and pass them the heads of the bandits. While only two of them had a price for their lives, it still allowed me to reimburse the costs of the bribe, leaving an entire ducat for the family of the deceased from my group. Even if most of the nobles would be considered…
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As soon as Al finished introducing my full name, the girl's cheeks covered in blush as she realised what sort of mistake did she make. But it all was nothing when compared by the force of the faceslap to the cheek of her haughty companion! Claiming to put my nobility into doubt, only to learn that not only he had no right of doing so, but my administrative title as the governor of the entire province was also actually higher than his own employer who only owed a single city! While I had to admit that a…
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"Forgive me, young miss, but I'm a superstitious man. Meeting a beautiful woman right after being assaulted by a band of brigands seems like a bad omen for the future, doesn't it?" In fact, this statement couldn't be further from the truth. How could someone born in the damned twenty-first century by superstitious as per late medieval standards? If I were to say those words in Western Europe, the lady in front of me would most likely start fearing if I wouldn't put her on the stake, but with the holy…
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