The Demon King's Paladin

Chapter 136. Zack

I greeted Zack and noticed that he had a stack of letters sitting on the table. I recognized the handwriting immediately and cracked a smile. Before I could think of the memories associated with the handwriting, I was snapped out of my thoughts by Sarah.

" My Love, Zack isn't a stranger. Why don't we give him a tour as we talk?"

" That sounds like a great idea to me."

With my response to Sarah's request, we all stood up and walked out of the room. First, we stopped by the house so we could release Zack from carrying the letters. We separated them by person. Sarah had gotten 8 letters, Anna had 6 and I had 4. We each placed them in the office space as that's become us married couple's place to handle anything business-like. Reading and writing out letters seemed to fit the bill. Also, something just seemed so right about reading these new letters in a place where we can overlook the town that we're working so hard to rebuild. 

" What a nice office. It lets a good Lord remember why he works. Granted, the previous Lords most likely just viewed it as a reminder that they believed they owned this piece of land."

" That and the golden furniture are dead giveaways for that."

Zack marveled at the view for a moment. I was taken aback by the view as well when I first saw it. However, the view was different for me at that time. A town that was so barren and empty you could mistake it for a ghost town. Now, the town was bustling with life. Adults working and going shopping, children playing games with each other, waiting for the sun to set to go home and have a warm dinner with their parents. It's been a short time since I've been here, but it feels longer. After admiring my work for a second, I turned to Sarah, Anna and Zack and began to speak. 

" Shall we do the tour?"

All 3 nodded. I asked Paula to come and open a portal and she was more than happy to.

" Oh! Zack! Long time no see!"

" Little Paula, you've grown since I've last seen you. your skill with portals has grown in the time since I last seen you!"

" Of course, Matthew and I diligently practice after all!"

Zack and Paula greeted each other. Zack knows about Paula and Lily since I practiced with them when I could during my time under Warrick's tutelage. We stepped through the portal and reached the first place I wanted to show Zack. which made sense since it was the furthest away from Paradise.

" What a field! The vegetables and fruit look so large! Did you find it like this Lord Drake?"

" No, it's thanks to Lily's hard work that it's like this. Do you know about the food situation here?"

" Yes, I've read the reports. Last I checked, Paradise survived on rations from the government and some charity from its neighbors."

Zack was surprised by the field, I then asked what he knew about the food situation. Seems explaining should be easy.

" Well, to have a successful town, you need to be able to produce your own food. We've been hunting and farming pretty much since we got here. There's another farm just like this. Our hunting has brought good results as well. We currently have enough surplus to survive for about 6 months without any extra food coming in. But we have hunting parties and farmers continuing to gather more food. I plan on putting in around 12 to 15 more fields like this one all around Paradise. With different vegetables and fruits of course. Variety is important after all."

" You've certainly been busy. Also, I couldn't help but notice how the terrain has become less... Swampy past a certain point. How did you manage that?"