Spring turned to summer, and summer began to fade before long as well. Over these months, Vetrúlfr chose to rule his kingdom rather than focus on raiding the coasts.
If there was one thing he had learned in Byzantium, it was that people had short memories. If an attack were to occur once or twice a year, people learned to grow accustomed to it.
And before long, it became a normality; a seasonal event to prepare for.
But do it every day, and now that is an invasion that demands to be taken seriously, with all the might the victims could muster.
Besides, there were more soldiers to train. More fortifications to build. More armor and weapons to forge. More fields to sew.
Crops flourished under the agricultural reforms that Vetrúlfr had introduced, and granaries were constructed across the realm.
Any excess was given freely to other Jarldoms, Thanedoms, and villages that bore his sigil.
While Vetrúlfr saw to these changes, Róisín studied the path of a druidess.
