Lord: Marry the villain's daughter at the beginning?

Chapter 243 People of the Eternal Frozen Land

"Hey, Robert, your work is over for today, you can go home."

The green-skinned demon standing at the palace gate glanced at the burning candles not far away and urged the people working in the Demon King's palace to leave.

These candles have time scales on them, which can help the demons estimate time in the eternal frozen land where there is no sunlight all year round, and they also serve as a warming tool.

Although pocket watches are still available nowadays, candle clocks are more popular in the eternal frozen land.

The middle-aged man was already a little impatient when he heard the guard at the door calling his name, and immediately said in a flattering manner: "Okay, sir, I'll leave now."

Robert was the middle-aged man who led the children to mine the remains of the Demon God, but the mining of the remains has been suspended recently.

Because of the strong wind and snow, only two of the children Robert had brought with him had died. It was impossible to work outdoors in such weather. The Demon King could not bear to see humans die in vain, so he showed mercy and arranged accommodation for these people to rest in this cold winter.

But the so-called residence was nothing more than a slightly larger cave. There was not even a fire inside. People were thrown into the cave like objects, huddled together to keep warm.

Every day, people from the demon tribe would come to check on the situation and bring food, but there was only one meal a day, which was enough to keep people from starving to death. If someone got sick, they would be thrown out without mercy and left to fend for themselves in the snow.

But at least some people can still survive. Humans are such creatures. When they are weak, a small wound can take their lives. When they are strong, they can survive with just a little resources and willpower.

The real reason why Antipas stopped working was not that he really couldn't bear to see humans die in vain, but because of the failure of the invasion war in the north, the newly brought in labor force would begin to decrease sharply, and he had to find a way to keep these humans alive. Antipas had already sensed that it might not be feasible to capture and plunder at the northern border as he had done in the past.

Robert is an honorary demon, so naturally he doesn't have to squeeze in the cave with those lowly humans and wait for a meal given by the demons every day. Otherwise, wouldn't it be a waste of time to be an honorary demon?

So Robert and other honorary demons were gloriously tasked with adding firewood to the fireplaces in the Demon King's palace every day during this coldest winter.

Although there are special magic circles and human professionals to heat buildings or rooms, Antipas still prefers the special charcoal shipped from the East. In order to ensure that he will not feel cold no matter which room he walks into, even in the corridor, all the fireplaces in the castle work around the clock.

The Honorary Demons naturally did not think it was a waste, and even believed that it was the kindness of His Majesty the Demon King, who specially found a job for them that would not freeze in the winter, and they were all grateful for it.

"What are you taking so long for? Get out of here!"

After searching Robert and confirming that these honorary demons had not taken advantage of His Majesty the Demon King, the guard at the door kicked Robert out and then closed the door tightly.

Although he was an honorary demon, even a guard at the gate could speak ill of Robert, but no one thought there was anything wrong.

There were other honorary demons huddled together in front of the gate. They seemed to be waiting for Robert, but they were not really on good terms with Robert. When several of them saw Robert finally coming out slowly, they hurriedly took off their cloaks, and then they crowded together, with the rag cloaks connected together like a mobile tent to protect everyone's warmth.

Everyone focused on Robert, setting up mobile tents and moving slowly in the wind and snow. Although the north wind had stopped howling and the white ocean seemed calm at this moment, the weather in the eternal frozen land was as unpredictable as the wind and waves on the sea, and no one knew what would happen next.

Although this movement is slow, it is very safe.

Robert didn't know what the war situation between demons and humans was like now. Although the Demon King said that the demons had won, the atmosphere in the palace was a little different from what was advertised outside. It was too depressing and didn't look like a victory. Robert even saw a lord walking out of the Demon King's palace with a big bump on his head.

But Robert didn't care about this. Robert knew that the more he cared about such things, the faster he would die. It would be best if he didn't hear anything.

And thanks to the publicity of the demons' victory, Robert finally had time to briefly reunite with his wife and children.

Nowadays, humans no longer live separately from demons, but every human must serve the demons. Most humans now live in the homes of demons as servants. This is no different from before, except that humans have been changed from public slaves to private slaves.

Antipas promoted this as his own political achievement and planned to start promoting it vigorously in the areas ruled by the demons.

Why is it called a political achievement? Because the benefit of doing so is that people no longer have to worry about losing their jobs, and they will never starve to death.

But the downside is that they won't starve to death, which is not necessarily the case. After all, to the demons, humans are just tools, so who really cares if a tool lives or dies? The best case scenario is that they won't starve to death.

However, this policy was not proposed by Antipas, or it was not Antipas's original intention. After all, the original humans were managed by Antipas. But in this way, these humans had the premise of being the private property of a certain demon clan. Antipas could no longer dispose of them at will as before. This was equivalent to dividing part of Antipas' power.

This was also a helpless move. After the defeat, in order to maintain internal unity, Antipas always had to pay a little price, which had nothing to do with the amount of power.

Robert is different from those ordinary people. Robert is an honorary demon. So although Robert's wife and children are servants of the demons, their treatment is better, and even the status of the demons they serve is much higher.

When Robert returned home, he saw his mute wife sewing clothes. Robert had to say that he always felt that he had married the right wife. Not only was his mute wife clever and skillful, she also used the old clothes of the demon lord that Robert picked up to make two sets of clothes for her son, and she also had the extra fabric to knit a scarf for Robert.

When the mute girl saw Robert coming back, she happily dropped the work in her hands, went forward and hugged Robert, feeling his wife's body temperature. Robert covered his wife with the still warm cloak, and the two of them shared the precious heat in the house.

"Is everything okay at home?"

The mute girl nodded, but looked at her son who was sitting on the haystack and eating a piece of bread with some worry.

This son was indeed not very smart. The pancake hanging around his neck had been frozen, but he was still holding the pancake and eating it stupidly.

At this age, he could have gone to the school run by the demon adults. After all, Robert was an honorary demon, so his son could naturally be given priority in admission. However, this silly son did not live up to his expectations.

Originally his son was quite smart, but he has become dumber since coming to the eternal frozen land. Maybe he was frozen stupid, or maybe it was just Robert's wishful thinking. After all, how can a child who is not even of school age be smart?

Robert thought about it and decided to have another child with the mute girl.

But giving birth in permafrost is a high-risk affair.