Roland momentarily wondered if he had misheard, "What?"

The scroll bit his lip and repeated again.

This time he was sure that it wasn't his hearing that was wrong, that the witch would be so concerned about his marriage?" "Are you sure the witch can't have children......?" For some reason, which led to a misunderstanding? ”

"I hope so," she sighed, "but unfortunately there are many examples of this, whether they are normal with ordinary people or forced to do so, there are no examples of witches giving birth - not in the Mutual Aid Society, and no other witch organization has heard of it." ”

"Reproductive isolation" ...... Roland had such a word in his head. Could it be that witches have completely surpassed ordinary people and become new humans, so that they are unable to conceive offspring with old humans? Or is it because of the magic that gathers in the body?

But now is not the time to get to the bottom of it, he thought, and the key lies in its impact. Does this get in the way of wanting to marry a witch?

Roland's first thought was Anna.

Although it is a bit regrettable that he can't raise offspring with Anna, the premise that he will like children is based on his love for Anna, and not having children will not diminish this love. And for a person with a modern soul, the relationship between the descendants and him is far less important than the bloodline inheritance emphasized by the ancients. As a separate being, he does not see the child as a continuation of himself - the latter can neither inherit ideas nor memories, but as an independent person.

So emotionally, he could accept that witches couldn't have children.

Then only the obstacle of reality remains - the question of heirs. However, this is still not a tricky thing for Roland, who has been looking at the long history, just build an empire that does not need an heir, and there are many options for this implementation, which he can slowly consider later.

Overall, Roland was surprised to find that this was actually a major piece of good news.

How to construct a social framework in which new human witches and ordinary people can live in peace and progress together is a question he has been thinking about since his night talk with Nightingale. But he found that even with the Divine Punishment Stone, witches and their offspring would always form a stronger group if they were long enough - even if technology advanced enough to allow ordinary people to use magical powers, it still couldn't make up for the witches' overall lead in intelligence, memory, and speed of thought.

And now he is told that witches are infertile. This greatly avoided the formation of a family group, weakened the gap between the witch community and ordinary people, and gave him hope that the two would go hand in hand.

Perhaps it was because he had been thinking for too long, and the nightingale couldn't help but grab his arm.

Roland came back to his senses, patted the back of his hand comfortingly, cleared his throat and said, "I thought so before, and I still think so. ”

"......" Shujuan was stunned for a moment, "What?"

The hand on his arm instantly clenched.

Roland couldn't help but laugh out loud, before he wondered if he had heard it wrong, now was it the other party's turn?, he coughed twice, and said again, "I still think so—I would marry a witch." ”

......

The scroll left with a strange expression, as if contented, and a little sad, and Roland was confused.

He had no choice but to ask the nightingale beside him, "Is she okay?"

The latter did not answer, but looked at Roland with a smile, and the sunlight outside the window reflected on her fair face and silky hair, which was heartwarmingly bright.

"Well," Roland looked away, "just assume you're in a good mood." ”

At this moment, there was a knock on the door of the office, "Your Highness, a knight has come to the Changge Fortress, and he said that he has information to give you. ”

"Take him to the parlour, I'll be there later. ”

As soon as the prince entered the hall, the knight stepped over and knelt down on one knee, saying, "Master Pero asked me to tell you that a delegation of emissaries has arrived at the fortress of Changge. ”

"Emissaries?" Roland mused, "how many of them came?"

"There were about fifty people in total. ”

It seemed that he was persuaded to quit the team, he thought, if it was just a diplomatic means, he would not feel any pain to himself at all, "When did they arrive?"

"Yesterday morning," the knight said in a deep voice, "Lord Pero told me to hurry up and get the news to you as soon as possible. ”

It only took one day, and I'm afraid I'm going to be hurrying with torches at night, "I've worked hard for you, let's rest for a day and then come back." Roland looked at the guard and explained, "Give him a golden dragon and take him to the hotel." ”

After the knight left, Roland wanted to put this matter aside, after all, the team of fifty people was no threat to the town, and if it was just for negotiation, the leader could just let the team in. However, thinking that since Pei Luo treated him so cautiously, it was better for him to keep track of the whereabouts of the envoy group at any time.

Thinking of this, he summoned Lightning and Maisie and asked them to fly to the fortress one after the other to check the situation.

An hour later, the two witches had completed their reconnaissance and returned to the castle.

"Nothing was found," Lightning reported, "and there was not a contingent of fifty knights on the road, not even a lone knight." ”

"Didn't see a goo!" Maisie confirmed.

It seems that after arriving in the big city after a long journey, they need to find some fun for themselves and relieve their tired bodies. Roland relieved himself, "Before the envoys arrived, you would reconnoiter along the road once a day. He paused, "By the way, how did you finish the map you drew earlier?"

"Probably hundreds of them, almost all of Zoroya's room can be filled," Lightning said, "She's moved the map to the backyard now, do you want to check it out?"

"Very well," Roland laughed.

The castle's backyard has been turned into a botanical garden, and since Sean brought back the seeds of the crops in the Clear Water Harbor, the things grown here have become even more bizarre. And in order to save land and flower beds, the leaves erected wooden shelves above them, allowing many plants to grow around the shelves like grapevines, and even climbed up half of the castle walls. Now the walls behind the castle are covered with grapes, apples, wheat and sugar cane, and the witches gather in the backyard to break some fruit and sugar cane from the wall to eat. Unfortunately, these crops must be under the magic of the leaves to grow, and can only be regarded as incomplete successful experiments.

The map was placed in the middle of the courtyard, five or six square meters, made up of pieces of parchment.

"We're right here," Lightning wrapped his arm around Roland's waist and slowly floated him up and over the map, "Do you see that palm-sized tawny square? ”

"Blue place to the east and south...... Is it the sea?"

"Yes, but you have to climb a mountain to get there. ”

Roland's heart sank slightly, if it was normal to say that the Wild Land was dozens of times wider than the Gray Castle, but he didn't expect that when the complete large map was completely presented in front of him, the Western Realm would actually seem so small. With a desperate mountain range in front and the sea in the back, it's like a stretch of edge caught in the middle of a natural hazard. No...... Not only the Western Realm, but he made up the undrawn parts in his mind, if he looked at the Desperate Mountains that divided the continent as a wall, the Gray Castle, and even the entire "continent", were just a small piece of land behind the wall.

...... (To be continued.) )