I lean back on my chair, now really thinking seriously, pa.s.sing my fingers between my eyebrows."You are really serious about this?" I ask Leo, who with an intense gaze, says:
"Never been so serious in my entire life." I lick my dry lips, his eyes accompanying the movement, making me once more very aware of his presence, of his muscular body in a tied sitting position, making him even taller and bigger than before.
"Uhm, ok, so, this place that you said you have to make this city… is outside the main continent I presume…"
"Yes, no map has its location."
Then how does he know that is there at all? Another question for another day, as always.
"Ok, so first things first, we need your money back to establish the bases of the city, and we will need more people to help in it, as well some population to live in it in the future. For now I think we should separate in two, no, three types of groups; the defenders, to keep the order inside the city as well as defend it against attackers, the builders, which would be those who to stay building the city up literally, but not only the wall and buildings but the commerce, health care, wood source, economics, politics and law, and so on and on." I say, gesturing with my hands in the air.
"Continue." Says Leonel, the table having a first in staying silence and serious, attentive to the conversation at hand.
"The third one would be the attack one. It may have more hierarchy, of course, and more than one group, but anyway they would be those who secretly act in the main continent, gathering people to live in our city. They would be the ones to free slaves and save magical creatures, the ones who would gather new citizens."
"But for now… we need the money." Says the girl.
I nod. "Yes, for the s.h.i.+ps, tools, clothes, complicated things that, in the beginning, won"t be produced there yet. We should aim that the city doesn"t need products from other places as not to compromise its secrecy in the future."
"Secrecy? I don"t think we should be so radical, after all, if the city is well known a lot of citizens will come on their own."
"And we would lose control over it, even more, how can you be so sure that they would respect the others creatures? We aim to make a different type of city, of civilization, a place for all, so we should be very careful on who can live there and which rules to make them follow."
"Even more, the other nations are… greedy. If they know there is a place where no one conquered yet, with only an emerging city, wars are bound to happen, and we can"t afford that, especially in the beginning."
She frowns, deep in thought, as other conversations start at the table, her with the knight, and my brother chitchatting with Ragnur.
"You said it."
I turn to Leo who has a kind warm expression in place, which stuns me a little for the admiration I can see in his gaze.
"Said what?"
"We, you said we will."
Did I? Maybe someplace in my brain my mind had already accepted the crazy task of building a heaven place?
Sigh. "I think the worst is not building it up though."
"How so?"
"The worst is maintain the order, the idea we want to build… is a matter that putting a demon and a human side by side will end in a battle. We cannot simply change the way people think, so how can we make and maintain a place with those ideas in mind?"
"You will think of something." I snort at that.
"Of course, of course I will think of something, right?"
"Wow, my little hound is so smart." He says with a smug on his face, making a vein pop on my forehead and a sigh to escape my lips.
"Yeah yeah, and our elf is very cunning."
He just smiles at that, holding his chin up with his hand, leaning forward.
"Yes, your elf can be very cunning…" He says, dragging the words with a mischievous glint in his golden eyes.
Images of him laying down with his body stretched out on the bed upstairs, the torso exposed without a s.h.i.+rt, his abs and chest in plain sight, having that same look came to mind very vivid, making me swallow dry and try to hold in a blush. Freaking elf, why do you have such an effect on me?
Sigh, I"m starting to think that coming here was a big mistake…
Lost in thought; as usual; I just realize what was happening once it went for a few seconds straight.
L-Leo was brus.h.i.+ng his legs on mine from underneath the table!
None seemed too realized beyond us, all having their own conversations.
I look at him, fuming, but all my anger escapes me once I"m see myself been stared down my a pair of golden eyes, the playful smile gone from his lips subst.i.tuted by something… more intense, an hungry desire...
He maintain my gaze, going up with his leg and taking my cape out of the way, brus.h.i.+ng, firstly, my calf with his feet, then going up and touching slightly my thighs, making a warm sensation build up in my lower abdomen.
d.a.m.n this small table and his long legs, he could almost…
I blush at the thought, earning a chuckle from him, which makes me pound in anger for been so easily affected, and once his legs comes back I stomp on his feet, holding it down on the ground, giving him a cheeky smile once he flinches in pain, holding off his reaction.
I held my wish to show him my tongue like my brother would.
I let go once he raises his hands in defeat, leaning back down on his chair as I do the same. Sneaky b.a.s.t.a.r.d, I"m watching ya!
Getting back to business, from my shadows a notebook appears midair, quickly been caught by my skillful hands. If I"m going to be surrounded by incompetents, might as well start working, sigh.
Why do I feel like this will be a pain in my a.s.s?
I start scribbling with unkempt handwriting, tapping the pen on the paper, thinking, finally setting to three sets of words while Leo tries to have a sneak peak on what I"m writing:
Economy - Law/Govern - Culture/Religious
I think is a good start for a country… right? The economy is obvious, we need money, food, wood, resources in general to keep functioning, though I don"t know about commerce since we will stay hidden from plain sight hum…
Law is basic, though which ones was the hard part, keeping police, prisons, a system to keep them in order, even worst the govern.
"Say, any of you thought which govern we would use?"
"Like what?" The girl asks as if I"m crazy or something.
"Like, will it be a monarchy, democracy, will we have a royal family or…"
"No royal family, they just feast on the money of the poor, no n.o.bility either." She quickly says, fuming.
"Geez, come down little girl, if you keep that up no one will want to marry you."
"You little-!" She said, red, but I just ignore her, cutting her tantrum before even starting; though this time I provoke her, hehe.
Anyway, what type of governing… uhm, that would be a problem, they are not used to democracy, and if it leaks out that that we are using it the other royal families will feel threatened by it and may attack.
And socialism… would work even less.
Let just go to culture then, that one will build itself up, though we need to keep the idea of all equal in all of it, that"s why a new religion would be good, or some who fits our new city.
Ahhhh, so many things, why did I agree on doing this?...
Wait… I didn"t agree at all, did I?! Leo! We need to talk about your cunning manners! How the h.e.l.l I ended up in situation?!
I"m just sure of one thing; is Leo"s fault!
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Heheh, Leo starting to get really impatient isn"t him?
ML: … Impatient? I waited for how many chapters already and I didn"t even-
Alright, alright, this is my place to blabber, so get lost!
*cough cough*
Anywayy~~~My cousin is travelling these days, so I"m taking care of his dog for him – a Siberian husky – the only problem is that my dog – a Yorks.h.i.+re terrier – doesn"t know his size and tries to fight it all the time.
Reminds me of someone… *coughThilgoncough*
MC: *sneezes* someone is talking badly of me…
See ya next week! U^ｴ^U
Btw I draw Thilgon! map is there as well~~