Forced to become a delicate companion of a paranoid lord

The city of Gutt distributed most of its winter food reserves to the attacked tribes, and the entire castle reduced meals from top to bottom, including Thrall himself.

But Shevi's table was still very rich, and the ingredients in the small kitchen had not decreased. Just as Sal said that night, as long as Shevi wanted to eat, he would prepare it for him.

The days after returning from the valley were no different from before. Xie Wei stood on the terrace looking at the brightly colored magic plants in the flower bed, with Gesang following not far behind him.

"Can you help me clear out some flower beds? I want to plant some things." Xie Wei was a little bored. He looked at the seeds in his backpack and decided to give them a try.

The description of the seeds states that they can be planted in any season, environment, and conditions. Natural growth takes two months to mature, while magic growth can mature in as little as one day.

If this is true, Xie Wei plans to find a way to give these seeds to Sal.

Only a small amount of crops can be harvested in the Far North Territory in spring. Most of the food reserves for the winter are dried meat made from hunted monsters or ordinary animals, as well as some dairy products, plus livestock raised by the Parasau people themselves.

Under normal circumstances, these things are enough for the residents of the territory to survive the winter, but there is no surplus. There have been incidents like this time when they were attacked by monsters and lost their food reserves, but this time it was more serious.

If this happens, the territory's winter reserves will be stretched.

In this situation, even Sal himself would reduce his food intake, but he would still ensure Shevi's quality of life.

Xie Wei always felt a little guilty, and he also wanted to help Sal.

Hearing Xie Wei's words, Gesang subconsciously reminded him: "Your Highness, you can't grow anything in this season. You can only ask the magician to help you grow it."

"It's okay, I'm just planting some to pass the time." Xie Wei turned and went back to his room. Sal stipulated that he could not stay outside for too long, so it was time for him to go back.

After hearing what Xie Wei said, Gesang stopped talking and followed Xie Wei silently.

After returning to the room, Xie Wei walked around the rooms, trying to find something to do.

He was alone most of the time in his previous life, so he had long since learned to get along with himself and was very good at finding things to do for himself.

During the years he was locked up in the tower after coming to this world, he had a hard time after the old maid left before he was six years old, but to be honest, there was nothing he could do at the time. He could only try his best to protect and enlighten himself.

At that time, Xie Wei was somewhat glad that he was once an adult. If he was a real child in that situation, it would probably be difficult for him to persevere.

Human beings have a very strong ability to adapt. As long as they want to live, they can survive in any situation.

But people are also very greedy. Once they get something, they will want more.

During the time he spent with Sal, Xie Wei felt that the balance in his heart began to waver.

He knew that he was craving for the happiness and warmth that Sal brought him.

Sal liked his appearance and body very much, but how long would this liking last? Xie Wei was not sure.

Any emotion related to love seemed to have nothing to do with him. Xie Wei was very unfamiliar with this kind of feeling. He didn't know what liking and loving were, but in this relationship with Sal, he got happiness and satisfaction.

But these happiness and satisfaction could not support him to become Thrall's appendage.

He couldn't live on Thrall. If one day Thrall no longer liked his appearance and body, then everything he had now would come to nothing.

Living freely and without constraints is the belief that has supported him since he came into this world and has kept him alive until now.

During the time he was lying on the hospital bed in his previous life, he thought about many things, and finally he came to terms with it. He thought that nothing was more important than being alive, and only by being alive could there be infinite possibilities, so he wanted to live, and live freely.

Seeing the pieces of grass on the desk, Xie Wei remembered his previous attempt to make paper.

The paper that Thrall usually uses for letters and writing is either animal skin paper or straw paper. As the name suggests, animal skin paper is made of animal skin, while straw paper is made of muslin. In the spring, muslin can be cut everywhere in the Far North.

So the writing paper and daily paper here are both straw paper, but the writing paper is thicker and harder than the daily paper.

Xie Wei had never used straw paper, but he had used animal skin paper. It was said that animal skin paper was softer than thin straw paper, but even so, it was hard to describe.

Now taking the straw paper in his hand and observing it for a while, he found that this was a kind of paper made by crisscrossing plant fibers, squeezing and drying them.

It is basically made by overlapping and weaving processed yarn grass together, then pressing it with heavy objects, and then cutting it after drying.

After searching for information in the system library for a long time, Xie Wei decided to try the ancient papermaking method.

Xie Wei and Gesan asked for some yarn grass and described some tools for her to bring along. Gesan quickly had people gather all the things. Because they needed to be processed, dried, soaked and boiled, Xie Wei asked them to put the things in the small kitchen.

Afterwards, Xie Wei took Gesang and the others to the kitchen to process the yarn grass. The existing yarn grass had already been dried, so they could just remove the skin and soak it, eliminating the need for the drying process.

When processing the yarn grass, Xie Wei was only responsible for giving instructions from the side. Gesang and the others stopped him from doing it because the yarn grass could easily cut the skin after being dried.

Xie Wei did not insist. He did not want to embarrass Gesan and the others, and he also knew that if he got cut, Sal would definitely cause trouble for the maids.

One thing that made Xie Wei very satisfied with Gesan and the others was that they would not ask him what he wanted to do. As long as it was not stipulated by Sal, Xie Wei could do whatever he wanted on the top floor and Gesan and the others would execute it immediately and do it very well.

After processing the yarn grass and soaking it in a water tank, Xie Wei returned to the room and saw that several empty flower beds had been cleared on the terrace outside.

He stood in front of the French window, touched the glass and sighed.

Apart from the lack of freedom, life now can be said to be very comfortable.

With his fingertips pressed against the glass, a touch of green magic element gathered on Xie Wei's fingertips, but soon it disappeared again.

Staring at his fingertips, Xie Wei weakly pressed his forehead against the glass. With two points of magic power, he could do nothing.

Everyone with magical talent on the continent will have a magical element that is most familiar to him or her. The basic ones are the five natural elements of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, and there are also some magical elements with other attributes.

Xie Wei has two affinity elements, one is the wood magic element, and the other is the light magic element that appeared on the day his talent awakened.

The magic element of light is a rare element. Magicians who are friendly with this magic element can practice goddess magic.

According to the magical history records of the Lar continent, there are four ancient goddesses. Magicians who practice the goddess' magic need to go through the temple trial and obtain the book of inheritance in the temple.

A magician without a book of inheritance has no way to practice Goddess magic, and among the existing basic magic and some master magic, the only ones suitable for practicing light magic elements are basically healing magic and purification magic.

However, without a high enough talent, healing magic can only heal skin injuries, and purification magic can only remove general toxins. So for magicians who fail to obtain the Book of Inheritance, the light magic element is actually a bit useless.

When Xie Wei first started learning, the magician who taught him told him that there had not been a magician who passed the temple trial in the Lar continent for hundreds of years.

So for Xie Wei at that time, wood magic was the main course of study, and other elemental magic was a secondary course. He only learned a simple healing spell in light magic, and there were no more courses in this area after that.

After standing by the French window for a while, Xie Wei walked towards the bed with pillars. He almost forgot something.

The magic sound transmission prop was still on the bedside cabinet. After Xie Wei took it, he first looked at Gesang who was standing in the corner with his head down, and then input a little almost zero magic power to try to show the magic circle on it.

Xie Wei still had the magic crystal marble in his hand, which he could use to replenish his magic at any time. He only had two points of magic power now, so he could only replenish two points of magic power.

If he hadn't been holding the magic crystal stone to replenish his magic power all the time, he wouldn't have dared to mobilize his magic power. If he overdrew his magic power at this time, he would be discovered.

Xie Wei was very afraid that Thrall would discover that he had magic power. Even though it was only a little bit now, he was also afraid that Thrall would put him in magic chains after finding out.