84. The Contract of Aurelian

Carlos did not open the Aurelian Crop Ledger inside the hall. There were too many eyes around him now.

Every Lord who had entered the settlement had seen the system call him a Crop Keeper. If the book contained information about crops, seeds or old farming methods, he was not going to stand in the middle of a crowd and let everyone watch him read it.

He placed the ledger inside his inventory. Nora noticed that but did not complain.

"That is your reward," she said. "I would have done the same thing."

Carlos looked at her. "What did the road marker give you?"

"A route map." Nora tapped the old table. "It shows the main roads between several locations, but most of them are still blocked or broken. I can see where a road existed. But I don't know if I can use them."

Carlos still felt a little weird that he was not telling most people what he knew, but others didn't hold back with information. That was weird.