Chapter 181 - Tour

The Unit arrived at Pameres Kingdom nearly at dusk. So after they ate Dinner, they all went to bed without wasting much time. The road sure has been tiring and no one had the energy to stay past 9pm, Isabel fell asleep last. Why? Well it is because the Castle can't nearly provide a room for every individual of the Unit, especially with so many homeless people already occupying rooms.

There were only 3 rooms to spare, so the Unit had to share them. This can be very tricky, especially considering that there are only two women in the Unit, one of which isn't comfortable sharing a room especially with men. Isabel, she got very uncomfortable even though she didn't express it by words. Commander Alia was first to notice it and King Zar was the second when he saw how she is looking at Isabel.

Noticing the huge gap in the male/female ratio, King Zar immediately suggested for the two ladies to have a separate room they both can share for the night. He has been very strict with the male/female ratio ever since he started taking Homeless people in the Castle in order to avoid conflict as much as possible. Isabel didn't understand what King Zar meant until she gave Commander Alia a fourth pinch to translate.

After understanding what the topic is about, surprisingly Isabel strongly refused to get a seperate room with Commander Alia only. Not because she hates her, it isn't because she fancies any of these men either. She just shared a form of sympathy with the entire Unit. This Unit has been sleeping through the Blistering night cold for 10 nights, she knew how hard it can become especially for people out of her race, the tents didn't provide enough warmth even though they were in fairly good shape.

She can sleep on rocks for all she cares, but these Ignites require more comfortability. "No no!" Repeated Isabel in her own language as she nodded her head from left to right. "If we share a room, it means that 22 men will have to fit in two rooms! I can't allow that, they deserve to be comfortable, we all shared the same road after all."

"Are you sure Isabel? I know that you don't prefer men..." Reminded Commander Alia, not because she wants a private room. But because she wants the Unit's Guardian angel to fare peacefully at least for one night. Commander Alia was able to notice how paranoid she has been throughout the days.

"I don't like anyone come to think of it. But I trust this Unit." Although she didn't express her thoughts entirely, she felt a lot of trust towards them. So many men took shifts at night while she and Commander Alia slept. If anyone could have tried something, it was then. They could have greatly used the situation for filthy intends, but they didn't. She is for sure that they didn't even approach her and Commander Alia either, she is a very light sleeper.

She woke up at least 5 times a night because of footsteeps 10 meters away, basically from the Guards in Patrol. None of them had such intends, she confirmed. It's why she was paranoid the first few nights, she had to be sure. With Eric and Mogranius taking part in the Unit, no one would be crazy enough to try something filthy. But a lot can happen until they wake up!

So after clearing out that she doesn't mind sleeping in a bundle, She shared the bed with Commander Alia. While the six men (Including Mogranius, Eric and four other Guards (Two of which were Ignites and the other two were ill.u.s.tratios)). I mean if they are going to share a room, the least they can do is share it with the two absolutely trusted Fire Blasters. Two genders and 4 races in one room. If this isn't equality and acceptance, I don't know what is!

The next morning, Seer personally gave the Unit a little tour of the Kingdom. First he had the urge to show them the Wagons under Construction, four were ready! That's rather fast considering that the Construction Workers are spread wide throughout various tasks and are crafting something they aren't supposed too (According to their signed for craft and responsibilities.). There are only 15 Construction Workers gifted with this responsibility. It's all the Employees King Zar could spare even if he wanted to put more Employees through this task.

The differences between these people however, tended to cause some discomfortability, for Isabel mostly though! These people are used to seeing Ignites because a lot of them migrated from Gaster Kingdom, 6/10 of the Homeless were Ignites. But what about an 8 foot tall Woman?

They kept staring at her, acceptance all of a sudden is hard no doubt. The illas influences are banned since a few months ago, but there are still many people who don't favour Ignites, Imagine a Calidum Lutum. The fact that these two races shared the same position in various Crafts, inevitably led to a better connection between the two races, an understanding to be more exact. They want better lives for their families!

Ice has melted between these two races, which is Ironic because the ill.u.s.tratios used to call Ignites "Demons coming from the depths of hell." They are closer towards each other in this Domain than they have ever been for the past 201 years, those who worked with Ignites on a daily basis see them less as Demons and are understanding the illas' propaganda more and more by the day.

Some ill.u.s.tratios are slower with understanding this propaganda and still believe it, but they are coming to their senses, they will understand eventually. Some others however, didn't leave Pameres Kingdom yet because they can't afford it. They clarify that they don't like the Ignites but fear King Zar to do anything too stupid. Maybe they will change in time? Miracles happen!

But seeing an 8 foot tall Woman covered in wide Fur clothing as if she was dressed by an overprotective mother (Woldemir), it was hard for her not to stand from the crowd. Especially considering her unique skin tone.

However Commander Alia forced away prying eyes by looking at them back, without removing her gaze from them at all! Girl for Girl I suppose. She even walked up to some people close enough to only be a foot apart from them, and stared them down. Which is easy because she is over 6 feet tall. When those people lost the stare off, and walked away. She murmured under her breath (But loud enough for them to hear.). "I doesn't feel nice to get continuously stared at ha?" I think they got the message!

They passed a mass of houses to reach the Wagon Construction all the way to the Outer Lands. The stable wasn't under the first (And currently only.) wall's protection. It's the best choice since the Stable takes a lot of space.

Seer managed to break the awkward silence by apologizing. For what would he apologize for though? "I'm sorry you have to wait for the Wagons, but it isn't easy to stumble upon a bundle of them." And he is quite right, because with the entire Iron Sword order fitting in one Wagon, they don't need more(For business reasons at least.).

"It doesn't matter. It's understandable, Pameres Kingdom is trying to contribute all around. For such cases we are willing to wait, there is no time limit after all." Asserted Commanded Alia. It's not like she wants to sleep in a tent as soon as possible. The more they stay here, it will be more likely for the snow to melt and the weather becomes a bit warmer. It's a win win.

"Thank you for your under..." Tried to express Seer but was immediately stopped by Commander Alia who has already moved to a new topic. A Question to be more exact.

"I meant to ask since I saw them last night, why are there so many Construction Workers? Do you really need this Many houses?" The rate of employees here is astounding considering the economy. They are all working for more than they are getting paid. But with this strong rate of work, they will soon earn more than they work for. King Zar is one to give rewards lightly. When he will see the chance, he will.

Seer wasn't focusing on the Kingdom's economy at the moment, but was just focusing on the asked question of course. "Oh they will be busy for a long while. We didn't even manage to provide all of the homeless people with a house yet. It is why you had to share a room with 7 other people of your Unit. Not to mention the Construction Workers didn't even start with a couple of other Projects yet!"

"King Zar sure has a lot of ideas. He is literally using the overpopulation to his advantage."