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Creating something new - day 51, Moving in (part 4 - the rest)

Creating something new - day 51, Moving in (part 4 - the rest)

Its time to show the main building, so we leave through the basement door to the outside, up the stairs and back to the main entrance.

The front doors open up to a wide and large entrance hall where we will hang outdoor clothes and avoid dragging in dirt, mud and snow. I will demand that shoes be removed in the main building to avoid dirt and mud, perhaps with separate indoor shoes considering socks doesn't seem to exist here, as they use foot wraps. This isn't a stamped earth floor, stone floor or simple plank floor. Or well, the entrance hall and the wing have stone floors, but just like the wing its finer gray slate stone here in the entrance hall, and the wood floor is fine oak. Right now its dry outside so everyone can walk inside with their shoes, and since we're moving in, today it will be more practical with shoes inside. The courtyard is mostly stone and gravel, which helps, and we have brought simple doormats for the entrances. At larger feasts, shoes may have to be allowed as our guests won't be used to removing their shoes, and it is a status thing to wear shoes, and wear pretty shoes. Maybe we can have shoes, sandals or something to lend to guests.

There isn't any door in to the rest of the building, but the idea is to separate the entrance hall with at least drapers in the future, but I will probably order a wide double door. A couple of nice draperies with a pretty pattern on them would be impressive, but a double door is a better heat barrier and more impressive, especially if they inlay some stained glass or similar. Maybe a diamond shaped window on each door?

I realize my company isn't really interested in the entrance hall or care how it is built. Their focus is on the main hall. Even if most of the windows arn't in place, it is a powerful sight and feeling to walk into the main hall and look up over the mezzanine and the windows. The large hall opens up, 5.5 meters up to the ceiling with a balcony above the entrance hall and with corridors on each side on both floors. The room isn't 'big' like the middle of most longhouses and feast halls that are big open spaces, but 6.5-7m wide is enough, and it is still more than 10m to the windows on the other side of the mezzanine, and I havn't seen any house here with large windows like that. I actually didn't plan any of this to be impressive, but with five stairs up and the 2.7m tall windows in place it will be.

Its damn satisfying to see everyone's faces and looks. Even Jane whistles. But she has spent the last few months in longhouses and the last few days on the farm, and this room and house is very different from the standards here. More like a modern western Midgard home, which is the idea. The large fireplace in the northeast corner doesn't feel out of place and should be able to keep this place quite warm if the centralized steam heater system doesn't work. If necessary to use them, the maids or guards will take care of all the fireplaces so that the guests don't. Kari and Ciara seem really happy to live here, and they have lived in castles and fortresses. Iselin happily hugs me and gives me a kiss. I know that Iselin have been looking forward to moving in, not least as I think Iselin wants to be my wife in the future, and then this is her home to rule.

"To be honest, this was not designed to be impressive to step into from the entrance hall. I wanted an extension with large south facing windows and open space to let in a lot of daylight, so the windows start level with the floor, and for most of the day as the sun moves. It was easy and practical with a balcony to connect the corridors on the second floor. I had to break the stairs with a platform so the stairs could double back to avoid being too steep, and I chose to extend the mezzanine over to the other side and make a larger area for a couch instead of a double stairway. I didn't want to block the light from the windows."

Jane is puzzled what the rest finds so funny, so I translate for her and she accompanies them.

"Most design to impress, you just 'oops' it by being practical! You should put your throne there! Straight up, in the middle of the mezzanine, between the big windows. Anyone walking in here will be impressed and feel insignificant, and in the winter with the sun low it will be dazzling. You should absolutely schedule their audience for maximum effect." I have to agree with that, except about the throne. I don't want a throne.

The alcove under the stairs looks normal with its small shelf wall, and I can't see that its a hidden door down to the secret basement, and Pedr knows better than to say something if I don't ask. With a curtain in front of the alcove and its small mosaic window to the main hall in place, it will be an even more discreet route down. I still have no idea what I'm going to use the space down there in the secret basement - some rooms are too dark for anything other than storage or a prison dungeon, which I don't want, and it would also be idiotic to have prisoners in the main building. A mancave is difficult when there is no home theater, pinball machines, video games, etc. Even a dart board will be a hassle to make. But secret rooms are cool.

The northwest corner has an opening into a room and I show what will be the day room for the guards, with a window to the north overlooking the veranda patio, courtyard, and the road in to the courtyard.

"You must have some place to spend your time apart from your bedroom, and here you are a bit separated and private, while as centrally located as it is possible, with quick access to the entrance hall and wing, have a window to see the courtyard, and your own fireplace." All the guards just stare at me when I explain the rooms purpose, and their faces makes it so worth it.

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We start the tour by going east and I show the study or guest room to the north, followed by the future library to the south. I'm glad I can't see the hidden shelf door. But I can't look closer and test that it opens now that everyone is here. Right now the locking should be in the form of simple weight from a rope that keeps the secret door closed, but in the future I will make my own locking solutions with hooks both above and below, with a hidden release. I don't want the workers and Pedr to know how to open the secret doors - it's bad enough that they know it exists. I have deliberately avoided talking about the rooms as secret, because I think that will draw unnecessary attention to them, more than its just another basement. Of course Pedr knows, and it should be obvious to the carpenter who built the shelves with the hidden doors, and he have been paid a bonus to keep quiet about it.

The combined meeting and dining room, is the rest of the east side on this floor. Windows in three directions, with a view over the courtyard via one, a nice view of the treetops to the east through three windows and also south over the cliffs via the last window. I should probably have specified for the window maker what I wanted for every mosaics, for the three eastern windows have mosaic arches at the top, and again with my housemark in the mosaic, even though this is framed by green plants and leaves and looks quite good. It just feels so egotistical.

The north side towards the courtyard will have a large dining room table in a more modern style. Not several tables with benches on the sides thats common, but a 3.8m long table with room for 12 but usually it will only have 10 seats, as we're not that many. I had planned to have everyone eat here, but I quickly realized that I have to accept that the 'masters' and the staff are separated except at special meals. We have Jane as a permanent guest, and we also got to let Caecilia eat here due to her special status and she is a type of guest for the time being. So we will be six eating here, with room for other guests. The room is large enough that it should be okay to use two such tables side by side, and long enough for two in length, but I hope it will never be needed. Maybe at future weddings or some similar big feast if the weather sucks. For just the possibility, we've got two matching tables with chairs made. And its ergonomic chairs, with cushioned leather seats and high cushioned backs. The tables and chairs are in nicely carved wood and match each other. Kari and Ciara consider the chairs fit to be a Jarls throne, and they are nice.

On the south side, there will be a small sofa group with two three-person sofas with a small table in between, as a more relaxed place to hang out and have informal meetings. A TV would have fit on the wall to the library secret passage, but thats not gonna happen.

There is a large fireplace for warmth on the southside by the door into the room. It looks quite nice with the inlaid gray slate infront of the fireplace, to act as a fire guard. All fireplaces have that sensible precaution.

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We go back to the main hall and continue right across into the western corridor and I show the other rooms on the ground floor. There is a small fireplace in the corridor to provide heat here in the middle of the corridor that can spread, and it will also warm up the south facing rooms on both floors. They like that there is another small light tunnel above the security door to the wing on this side, but they've already realized that I prefer a lot of light. It isn't beautiful now, but that light tunnel will also be hidden by a small stained glass mosaic, which is among the cargo in ships hull. I open the security door to the wing, as it no longer needs to be closed.

I show the largest guest room to the south, and the two half as large rooms to the north. The smallest room in the corner towards the wing, is very dark as it only has a north facing light tunnel from above the wings roof, but that will only be a storage room or something. I show the last room facing south which is Janes if she wants it. I would have liked to use it as a better guest room, but there are limited suitable rooms for Jane and this with two large south windows should be bright enough to be able to paint in if she wants too, and it also has a much nicer view than the slightly smaller vacant room on the second floor facing the courtyard. Jane really seems to like the room and the view, and even if the room isn't large at 11m², its her own room, and thats no small thing here, especially not with that view and the windows. Jane's smile and small bounce into a couple of dance steps with a spin say a lot, and I understand that she appreciates having her own room and privacy again. There might be some noise from my workshop on the other side of the wall, but Jane says she will live with it. After looking at the view a bit, Jane and the others quickly follow me as we move on, curious about the rest of the mansion.

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We go back to the main hall, and after a short while looking at the view from the mezzanine's window and out over the main hall, we continue up to the second floor. I should check to see if grinding and polish some glass plates against each other would lessen their distorsion. It works on lenses, but it will be a hell of a lot of work to do on all the important windows. However, just 9 panes in the middle of each window could be enough.

The railing along the balcony is nice, and they have absolutely gone with triangles as a general motif throughout the house, unless its diamond shapes. We look at the larger open space above the entrance hall. A sofa etc will be up here just like on the mezzanine, but I will definitely appreciate Janes input on decorations and furniture, as Alfheimr is very limited in options, and they go for big common rooms, not purpose built smaller rooms, and filling every free space with a sofa feels stupid. And there isn't any Ikea here. To make this space even prettier and give it more light, there are a stained glass window on each side and they look much better than my quick and dirty sketch. The sides and top are green tendrils with flowers while the middle is clear glass.

We go west through the open security door into the corridor, and I show what for the time being is a small guest room to the north, and also Jane's alternative. But Jane definitely prefers the slightly larger room below with much more light and much nicer views, and we fully understand her. This room isn't bad, but hers is better.

I show the two larger rooms to the south, both with double windows, and I let Iselin choose which one she wants, and she quickly chooses the room straight ahead, the elongated and slightly larger corner room with a fireplace, and Kari gets the other above the large guestroom below. The rooms undoubtedly confirms Iselin's, but also Kari's status as she gets an almost as big and impressive room as Iselin and right next door. Through their kisses and hugs, I repeat that much of the floor plan, the room sizes and location are determined by the room below and the load-bearing walls as well as windows, chimneys etc, so most rooms have the size they have.

I show the guards bedroom in the northeast corner which is between Kari's and Iselin's in size due to the same problem, again with a window facing the courtyard. When they see the steep stairs up, I just smile and climb up to show them the almost same size room in the attic. There will be two high and openable stained glass windows to the wings roof and the work platform outside. They are speechless until Alith and Gunhild regain their composure. All this space just for them, and such large beautiful windows. They're just guards!

I inform that in the future there will be more guards, and therefore there is room for two to four more, because I want guards up here with us on the second floor of the main building, and why not give them more space when it doesn't encroach much on any other space. The door and openable windows still need to be where they are, and there can only be stairs in a few places. I didn't want to make Iselin and Karis bedrooms smaller. The guards get to choose how they want to place the furniture; sleep up here or down there, or split up. My plan that I got furniture for is two bunk beds down there, and make this space more like a common room with a bunk bed, wardrobe and a sofa with a table, but it's up to them. Even with two bunk beds there will be two larger wardrobes, and a small table with a chair down there by the window, and of course two chests under each bunk bed for personal belongings.

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Iselin have opened the door and she leads them out to the attic. I tell them that they must expect that maids and craftsmen will use the guard room to reach the attic when needed. The door at the other end goes to the space above my bedroom, but it will normally be locked from the other direction, and isn't for general use. Most of the attic is unused space, about 60m², which is four times more space than the guards attic. There is more space, but as they can see, it gets lower the further out towards the edges you get, and about 60m² will have more than 2m ceiling height, even with proper insulation above. The entire north side already has a wall with a couple of doors in it to reach the food storage space there. It is 27m² is divided into three parts due to the main trusses and it has two attic windows towards the courtyard, and one on the short side over the roof of the wing. There is another space to the east above my bedroom, which is a further 18m², but the chimney from the main hall goes up there, so if used it will be warmer in that space so probably less suitable for food in the winter, and that is why it is shielded. I couldn't design so that it became practical to use as food storage, and it is a dumb space to use as storage for other things. Just like one of the wings attic windows, one of the storage windows here can be used to hoist up food from the veranda patio.

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This large attic space can be quite cool in the winter and warm in the summer, but in the future it is possible to insulate more, just like the end spaces have been. The first year will tell us how the temperature and humidity will be, especially the comming winter. The inner roof looks good and I can only hope it works as condensation protection and that there is sufficient ventilation under the copper roof to avoid mold. The biggest reasons for the copper roof is to be waterproof, maintenance-free and last, so if the wooden beams rot due to condensation, it hasn't fulfilled its function. At the same time, I want to keep down the heat loss via the roof, so the indoor roof is extra thick. But the same applies to all rooms and floors, so the space between the beams between the floors, is filled with wood shavings, and it will hopefully attenuate sound much better than just a single layer of oak planks. As they see, that there is a fireplace in the most centrally located chimney for heating here if it is really needed. Its the same chimney that the fireplace in the guards day room uses, but of course separate flues. All fireplaces have several flues, and some chimneys have three.

In addition to five attic windows, three to the north that we don't see, and two to the south, there are a window in each corners, small in the east to just get some light in there, and the west side has the narrower normal high with arched top to match the guards attic windows. It is possible that the guards attic will be expanded to an extra room in one of the corners, if we really need many guards, so the spaces are prepared for that, and it is also possible to use the space north of their attic as extra storage. Everyone seems to think that I have oversized food stores, but no one complains about that.

What attracts attention, however, are the three windows in the extension in the middle on the long side with a view south over the bay, and we open the windows to avoid the glass distortion. We see Lysesund over the cliffs and the southern part of the second island to the southwest, with Tosra on the other side of the water straight south. Everyone is impressed by the view, and that includes me. I explain that in the future there may be a staircase up from the balcony in the middle of the house, because there is a better alternative where it can be built. It is prepared for that, and it will probably be done in the future to make it easier to access the food storage rooms up here.

When they understand that the best view in the mansion will be a place no one visits, they get a bit annoyed that I designed it that way. But the windows are for here to let light in, not for the view to be enjoyed. It also looked good combined with the mezzanine extension. The window glass is not very good anyway and distorts the view.

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I chase them back down through the guards room to the second floor, and I show where the staircase up to the attic will be, on the east side of the main halls balcony. Everyone agree that it should be built, so it will be here. Between the fireplace and the corridor, just before the part of the balcony that can rotate, but I don't mention that detail. Alith seem to have forgotten that part too, so I discreetly whisper, and she just looks at her feet. It isn't visible, and it is not noticeable when we all walk on it. It feels as stable as the rest, but it certainly helps that the balcony and everything is firmly anchored in both the load-bearing wall and the chimney right next to it, and the load-bearing wall and chimney on the other side of the main hall.

The security door to the corridor is open, and I lead them in and show my study to the south, which is located above the library and has double windows. Its slight larger than Jane's bedroom, but I sure as hell don't want her here. This room has also always been planned as my study from the beginning. There is a small window facing the main hall that will have an openable stained glass window for easier cleaning. Alith already knows that that window is partly to get a shooting hole towards the stairs and the main hall, and Gunhild has apparently realized it, because she is among the last out, and makes a quick bow gesture. She smiles when I quickly nod.

We go straight across the corridor to what I say is Ciara's bedroom to the north, and next to my own bedroom. Ciara is so exuberantly happy that she doesn't really know what to do, but I receive several kisses and an intense hug that lasts. I explain that Ciara needs the room next to mine to be able to sleep well, and I feel her hug getting stronger. Iselin's and Kari's room is at the other end of the floor, but I point out that the room is smaller than Iselin's and Kari's, but a little bigger than the vacant room over there, and as big as Janes, and Ciaras has a fireplace. Karis and Iselin's rooms have double south facing windows, and they have the guards right outside their doors. While Ciara continues to hug me, I also say that Iselin or Kari will spend many nights in my bed, which everyone smiles and agrees with. I would have preferred to have Iselin in the room next to me, but I don't want Iselin or Kari to have to listen when I have sex with someone else. Ciara only seems to be content if she hears that the others 'do their duty', and I know she wishes that I had snored. I even expect her to place her bed against the wall of my bedroom, to be as close as she can and more easily be able to hear through the wall that everything is fine.

Then I open the door and show my own bedroom. Yep, it's the largest room on the second floor, double Karis and three times larger than Jane's. Its the entire eastside just like the meeting room below. Again, the load-bearing walls go from the bottom up through the house and the ground floor affect the second floor, and I consider myself justified selfish with room size and design. I'm still a Furst and this is my 'Castle'. The room is open up to the inner roof with three stained glass windows on the gable, which are not in place, and the attic space above is reached via a staircase that turns ninety-degree over the large fireplace. I smile at Jane's low whistle and "It's good to be the King...", while I explain that a large bed will be on the north side, with a curtain that shields the whole part, which together with window blinds will shut the unpleasant sun light on early summer mornings which makes them laugh. Everyone knows I'm not a morning person. There will be the same solution as in the meeting room below, with a sofa group in the south end towards the outer balcony. It will look quite good.

I peek into the small walk-in wardrobe, which will have shelves and a wardrobe. The hidden door to the space under the stairs platform is barely visible, and considering that this is a boring wardrobe, few will go inside and fewer will look at the lower part of that wall. I don't even need anything in front, but I might hang a simple curtain or something. Jane complains a bit to the women that I - who don't really care about clothes - have a small 'walk in wardrobe', but I explain there was a wall against the stairs and I might as well add a wall and put a door in it. It may be a sink in here in the future, and its prepared under the floor for a drain right down to the outside, because the meeting room will probably get a sink too in the future as most people eat with their fingers, and I will try to make the sink fit in stylistically. It would be practical with a sink in my bedroom instead of at the other end of the house. I suspect it will be handy for toothbrushing, and dealing with sticky stuff. Kari tries to avoid being embarrassed, which honestly wasn't my idea, so to draw attention away from her, I show the handles along the outer wall.

The handles poke up from the floor next to the door to the outer balcony and someone has put a simple wooden guard that prevents them from being maneuvered. I quickly explain that they should only pull those handles on my or Aliths specific orders to do so. They're part of the hidden security features in the mansion and those who need to know, will be told. No one should touch them. This applies to all such handles, and if anyone is wondering what something strange does, come to me before they touch it. Alith walk out in the corridor and shows that, as expected, there is a handle behind the security door in the corridor to the balcony in the main hall. There will be simple protections that hide the handles but nothing they should touch or tell people. The guards look curiously at Alith who only has a really satisfied smugface, which seems to irritate Hillevi more than anyone else.

I explain and show how the window lock works, including the hidden lock, which honestly is a reason for curtains in some rooms. I also show the difference that some windows facing the courtyard cannot be fully opened, while those to the south can. I don't mention the guards extra central locking, just that should any window jam, don't force it, tell the guards or me. I also point out the ventilation slot at the top that many windows have. They have, of course, noticed the iron bar grid inside the glass, and I add the middle and frame is iron too, but they don't get more details than that. The windows will be annoying as hell to clean, but two or three times a year is enough.

Then I show and explain how the security doors work. It's also something everyone needs to know right away because the doors to the ouside will be locked every night, but they shouldn't draw attention to the windows or doors, or tell people and show it. They're all forbidden to talk about anything that has to do with this mansions security, so outsiders can find out. That is putting all our lives in danger and I will be harsh on the consequences. A secret that is revealed cannot be made secret again. My sambos and guards completely agree.

Gunhild and Bodil try to tackle the security doors to my bedroom after I easily closed and locked them. We just hear a thud, and the doors barely move, and once we have opened the doors again, everyone looks extra carefully, especially Gunhild who massage her shoulder. She put a lot of effort in it, and it was like hitting a wall. All the sturdy doors they have seen so far are similar and to both corridors upstairs. When the exterior doors and the wing door are closed and locked for the night, I want them to sleep safely, and they should know that this locking mechanism can only be opened from the inside as an additional security. The keyholes and the handle are for normal everyday locking and can be made from both sides. Jane looks at the steel frame, pokes at the holes in them for the locking pistons and seems to get it:

"Every important door is a camouflaged vault door with a hidden extra locking mechanism? Brilliant! Jane approved! I thought the sneaky security windows were badass and impressive enough. No wonder the windows must have cost a bloody fortune! There must be a ton of iron in just the windows. Even with armed guards around the clock you really don't want burglars getting in, and everyone to sleep safe. I know I will. I'm not going to ask about the handles; I do not need to see your smugface again, and I guess they'll be an unpleasant surprise for some arsehole. Considering all your plans for water, food and heat, there must be even more in this building for security than just those handles. You got electricity, so building an alarm system too?"

I just answer with a smug face. Jane rolls her eyes and gesture that she won't ask, but she is curious. I'm not going to get their hopes up, but it's a fun idea that electricity is magic for all but the two of us, so hopefully this mansion will have 'magical' security in the near future. What nerd wouldn't like that?

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Most of the day will be spent moving in and transporting everything here from the harbor. It is easy to lift most of it ashore with the crane, it just takes time, and thankfully my own carriages are with us to make it easier even if the horses and 20 slaves help to carry everything, but it is about 700m due to the road going around the cliff, and it just takes time.

Rikvi the cook, isn't the only one who is incredibly impressed and surprised by the kitchen, and both me and Pedr's maid and the woman who cried that she would never be allowed to use it again, show everyone how the fireplaces with chimneys work because even they are new. Most of the stands and hangers for food and cooking, is close enough of what they already know, so most of the time is otherwise for them the unusual design of the modern stove, the bread oven, and how they heat the cooking plates and oven, and adjust temperature.

Jane is the only one who understands why I think the kitchen is primitive and we talk about how bad the technological level of the kitchens here are, and she completely agrees after her time in Hildifjoer. She too is surprised that chimneys are a new thing, and perhaps in the world, and that Hildifjoer wasn't extra primitive as it was slightly west of the middle of nowhere. Add the intended cold and hot water, separate kitchen drain with grease and sludge separation, cooled food storage, large glass windows to get good working light and future oil lamps, and there is a good chance that this kitchen is the most high-tech kitchen in the world, and a leap of about 600 years forward if compared to the equivalent in Midgard Europe. This is pretty much a kitchen from the 19th century or so. Jane snorts and says "More likely a better kitchen from the early 20th." All the elves really see it as huge, hypermodern and incredibly luxurious. There is even a 'large' glass window in the food storage, which also has a built-in cooling functions with a warm cabinet.

I wondering how they will react when I in the future hopefully introduce electric mixers and other things, not to mention my hopes for a future freezer.

Rikvi together with Jalida happily starts cooking and baking bread and tries to try everything, and all the women except Jane want to join in and try the novelties. They will make sure there is both dinner and supper, and fresh vegetables will be picked as well. The guards unfortunately have to keep an eye on people working or transporting things, and Alith is, as usual, my shadow. My very happy shadow.

The furniture carpenter who is here just to assemble all the furniture, works like hell, and gets help from a couple of the carpenters, but they won't complete everything today even if they work late. Kitchen benches, tables, chairs and beds are a priority.

The cat, which I named Krosp without asking the others, seems to accept the move, and after a lap around the mansion, Krosp was shown the way in via the boiler room, and up into the wing, around in the main building, and then his water bowl and a basket with padded cushion in the staffs commonroom. Then Krosp was released. As long as Ciara bribes him with treats, she will probably be forgiven for the leash, and I didn't want Krosp to get mad at me. Krosp seems smart enough to quickly get that Ciara wouldn't give a shit what a cat wanted, but she let him take his time. I had asked her to show him, and show him she did.

Two of the copper craftsmen and a couple of handy men begin to install the water pipes and taps, while two others install the water pump on the well up while three others lay the pipes in the prepared canal. Another builds the simple water filters.

I monitor and give advice on all water installations, because I know how I want it done, and I solder it myself because it is unknown to them. Its a couple of interesting lessons even if I don't give them all the details, and the copper craftsmen look on in amazement at how the silver solder flows out and gives a nice tight seal when the heat is right and I used the flux. I explain its water with sejd, which makes the metals like each other, but something they absolutely shouldn't even taste. We won't finish everything today, but we focus on the important parts. Tomorrow we should be able to test the water system.

I soon realize that I can use oil lamps directly in many places to solder, as long as I shield with a stone slate against the wall, or put a copper block through the flame of the oil lamp. So I quickly improvise a special soldering iron for the diameter of the pipes that improve the soldering efficiency.

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At dusk, we can sit inside the furnished meeting room at its long dining table, and we also invite Caecilia and the guards to the table, which fills the places, while Elvira and Jalida serve. We make it a little extra luxurious with wine and mead, but I stick to cider.

The discussions are quite long, but happy. I'm glad that I've finally moved into a more modern and comfortable home. I can finally start to relax and feel like home. Jane loves how modern the mansion feels and really appreciate its design, equipment and amenities, and if everything with water, heat and light works, this could be a larger farm in our world from the beginning of the 1900s, and even more luxurious than a modern large unpowered cottage in the countryside like Hadlaskard she visited during her hike.

In front of the others I give Iselin, Kari, Ciara and Alith their own key to the mansions outer doors, and from all the comments I learn that the last thing in a marriage ceremony, is that the man gives his new wife a key to his property.

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In the evening, Iselin, Kari and Ciara help me inaugurate my new and enormously wide bed, and 240cm makes it wide enough for four people. I have realized that bigger is better considering my sambos, and here there is enough room. Three won't be unusual, even though I prefer when we're two. We are all relieved that so far there doesn't seem to be any permanent problems from the overdose. I wasn't the most worried about it. I can't do anything about it, but Iselin and Kari were very worried, and admit they've sacrificed animals. We just have to learn, accept reality and move on. If I can't have children, I can use the poisoning as a valid excuse, but then I also need to demand that Radgeirrson's family is fully punished.