593 The city of Ichor

It's been around a month since Reima had set up the magic farm and tensions were brewing between Nilfgaard and Skellige, most had no doubt about Hjalmar's letter and knew that they would be called on to help their allies soon.

However, it was not all doom and gloom, the city was getting on fantastically with the majority of housing built for Monsters, Prospects, and Chaos Servants alike. With the help of the Monsters the construction had sped up tremendously, helping with housing and even creating new businesses. The city now had bakers, traders, restaurants, bars and other essential establishments for a happy and prosperous city.

This wave of progress was mostly due to the Monsters still having fresh memories of their old businesses and the knowledge to create them. With that they wasted no time in creating new opportunities for themselves and their families.

Another thing to note were the relatively large farms being erected west of Kaer Morhen, most were created by Monsters with the ability to boost plant growth without affecting the soil's fertility, but a few were made by the peasants Solaire had freed from the Eternal Fire. Either way, due to the Monsters abilities the city now had a stable influx of food, and with Ciaran and Sif patrolling the outskirts along with Iorveth's troops, there wasn't any chance of that changing anytime soon.

Asgore had been an incredible help in starting essential services aswell, while there didn't need to be a hospital due to the "Church of Two" already functioning as one, education was something he wished to get started immediately. And so, he made it happen. A single large school opened next to the library, one big enough to teach half of the city's population if needed, teachers weren't lacking either as the Monsters had plenty capable of doing the job. However, the syllabus would need to be designed eventually to incorporate the knowledge in the library.

The goat king also had the Monsters help the House Elves with designing an effective sewage system in all of the homes, Reima designed a few rune clusters to cleanse the waste as it was dumped into the river, it wasn't too hard though with him only needing to incorporate a modified Scougify into it.

Another thing Asgore felt was dire to have done was to instate a currency, as they were really just trading and giving away commodities to those needing them. This could not continue if the city was to function independently without surplus supplies from Reima. Asgore had spoken to Reima about it during their weekly tea meeting and Reima had simply dumped an incredible amount of Lordran gold coins on the table, causing it to collapse under the weight.

Unbeknownst to Reima, Solaire, Rhea, and the House Elves were unhappy with the coins, Gwyn's head being prominently displayed on one side while the deaths of dragons was on the other... With the help of the House Elves they managed to chisel down Gwyn's large beard and replace it with Solaire's face... The other side of the coins were replaced with the sunlight medallion mark, then, the slightly larger coins replaced Gwyn's face with Reima's, a moon with a small carving of the symbol of Izalith was stamped onto those as well.

With that done the coins were distributed through the city along with a few rules. The coins were not to be melted down, this needed to be emphasized due to them being almost pure gold with a tiny amount of copper added to increase strength. Destroying the coins would be seen as a crime and would be punished accordingly.

Another rule was that the coins were not allowed to leave the city, eventually, when the city would begin trading its commodities with the outside world, it would be through trading goods and not money. This was due to no other societies coins matching the worth of theirs...

One thing Reima hadn't found out until it was too late was the names the new currency were being given... Sola and Remi... One hundred Sola equaled one Remi, which functioned as his old countries pence and pounds did.

Through this "Month" of prosperity, the town actually gained a name by the residents... No one knew who started it but word of mouth quickly spread it and made it "Official", the city was now known as Ichor.

Despite Asgore's presence, the month had been rather exhausting for Reima... Due to the rapid growth of the city he'd been run around ragged, and with the introductions of the new currency he grimaced anytime someone used it.

Additionally the church had become a hotspot of activity with most of the city occasionally using it to prey or pay "Tithe" to their gods. This in itself wasn't a problem, but Reima had been closely observing the effects of the Axii fueled bonfire, with its effect translating to the ambient magic around the whole city and more, he was afraid it would have adverse effects on the population... However, he found that it wasn't harmful in the least, and was actually slightly beneficial to anyone within its vicinity. Perhaps it was due to Anastacia's faith or something similar because people's wounds healed slightly faster, and he suspected they were all slightly stronger.

The biggest effect it had though was obviously on their minds, the Axii place of power working to push people into following the "Two Gods" religion. He didn't know whether this was a good or a bad thing, but only those with strong wills or magical abilities could resist this for a prolonged period of time. This would certainly make it hard for spies to infiltrate the city without being "Corrupted" by it. One last thing he spotted was Rhea and Anastacia's miracles gaining incredible strength around the city, and primarily around the bonfire. This allowed them to easily heal anyone who came in, even those that are half dead would be healed with the weakest Miracle spell.

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