It must be said that with an assistant who could help him handle affairs, Lynd felt much more relaxed, especially since this assistant was also pleasing to the eye, which made Lynd feel even more comfortable.
At this moment, Little Rose had changed into a female hunting suit, which made her look more astute and capable. She even wore a sword and a hand crossbow, as if telling those with ill intentions that she, this rose, had thorns.
When she was in Highgarden, she had also assisted her father and brother in handling some less important government affairs, and offered some opinions on certain matters, so she quickly got the hang of her current work and was fully accustomed to it within two days.
During these two days, she also met her neighbor, Sansa Stark. Although in her opinion her neighbor was still a bit naive, she was a suitable female companion, especially since all her companions had remained in Highgarden. Sansa filled this void very well, and with her deliberate efforts to make friends, she quickly became a close companion with Sansa. They even slept in the same bed last night and talked until very late. Of course, most of the time she was just a listener and a comforter.
"Did Jon have you send these over? Why are there so many?" In a private study specially arranged by Lynd, Margaery stood up and took over a dozen documents from Jon Farwell's aide, then asked with a hint of confusion.
The aide wiped the sweat from his forehead and explained, "Today happens to be Council Day. Not only will documents from within Summerhall's territory that cannot be decided upon be sent over, but also documents from the Stepstones, the Disputed Lands, and Valyria that require the Prince's attention will be sent. These documents need to be processed as quickly as possible. If the Prince finishes approving them, Miss Margaery, please send someone to notify me to come and collect them immediately."
Margaery shook her head and said, "No need. When the Prince finishes approving them, I'll deliver them myself! I also want to see the situation with Summerhall's Executive Cabinet and the Council."
The aide did not refuse and turned to leave the study. As he left, he once again reminded Margaery to urge Lynd to process these documents as quickly as possible.
After the aide left, Margaery also picked up the topmost document and began to read it.
Although she had only been an assistant for two days, Margaery had already gained a preliminary understanding of how Summerhall's government affairs operated. In fact, there weren't many matters that Lynd needed to handle personally. Most affairs had already been dealt with by the City Hall, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Executive Cabinet, and the Council. Only those particularly important matters, when a decision couldn't be made, required Lynd's attention.
However, Lynd often needed to be out and about, sometimes for a few days, and sometimes even for ten days or half a month, which caused various government affairs to accumulate, just like the pile of documents from the past two days.
Before she came into contact with Summerhall's government affairs, Margaery always believed that House Tyrell, as Warden of the South and Duke of Highgarden, was very powerful, with its ancient family heritage, noble bloodline, fertile land, and so on. Even though she often heard the name Summerhall, she still didn't think Lynd was very powerful, at most just the strongest of her family's vassals, like the powerful lord families such as House Hightower of Oldtown.
However, after coming into contact with Summerhall's government affairs, she realized that the vassal in her eyes had become powerful beyond imagination. Leaving aside other things, the territory he controlled alone could already rival the entire South and West, and this didn't even include Lorath. If Lorath were included, then he controlled almost half of the western Essos continent. Such a large territory was enough to establish an empire, just like the Valyrian Freehold in the past.
Moreover, unlike the Wardens of the Seven Kingdoms, Lynd truly held those territories in his hands. His subordinate officials and generals rarely bestowed noble titles, and even less often granted land. Yet, even so, the official structure under his rule was exceptionally stable, showing no signs of collapse.
If such a thing were to happen elsewhere, the knights and nobles under the lord would probably rebel, after all, they served the lord precisely to gain noble status and a piece of land that could be inherited.
Therefore, Summerhall's various counter-intuitive systems also aroused Margaery's curiosity, making her want to explore further.
Originally, she wanted to become Lynd's assistant mainly to pass the time, but now she genuinely wanted to understand what secrets were contained within the system Lynd had established, and whether it could be used in the South.
The first document was quickly read. The content of the document was very simple: the construction of Calamity City was nearing completion, and the High Priest of the Temple of the Lord of Calamity hoped that Lynd could go to the temple to receive the worship of his followers.
After reading this document, Margaery couldn't help but sigh with emotion. It was also her first time feeling that Lynd had become no different from a deity in the eyes of some believers. While sighing, she also quickly wrote down her suggestions at the end of the document.
Subsequently, Margaery successively finished reading the subsequent documents, until she reached the last document, when she discovered that it was actually related to the famous Black Hollow.
Black Hollow could be said to be the most mysterious place in all of Summerhall. Almost everyone knew that Summerhall had such an organization, and also knew that this organization was located at the northeastern end of the Red Mountains, but they did not know what this organization actually did. The only thing that could be confirmed was that this organization was very important to Lynd, so much so that Lynd sent elite troops to blockade the entire northeastern end of the Red Mountains. Anyone who trespassed never came out of the forest again.
Many who had heard the name Black Hollow speculated that Black Hollow might be related to Lynd's ability to possess god-like magic. Some even thought that Lynd had found an entrance to the Seven Hells there. In short, there were all sorts of strange conjectures, but none could clearly explain what Black Hollow was.
Margaery was naturally also incredibly curious about Black Hollow, so when she discovered this document came from Black Hollow, she eagerly opened it and read it carefully. However, after reading it, her face showed expressions of confusion and panic, because she found that this document was actually related to her.
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