Automated Carriage

8th August 1574

"Are you sure you can go? I would really prefer if you kept resting for at least a few days more!"

With the stabilising bandages and other contractions that the medics used to keep me from moving, finally gone, there was no way I could accede to Elia's request. Not with how important this next project of mine was.

"I'm sorry dear, but you know how little my health is worth when we look at the situation of the entire country. If I decide against sacrificing a bit of my comfort, how can I expect others to sacrifice their blood and life for the sake of our commonwealth?"

Picking up a cane, specially handcrafted for me by the wood factory head administrator, I finally moved up from the bed, taking a long while to get used to the standing position once again.

"If you say so… Just try to be as careful as possible, okay?"