Reaching the deadline

7th September 1574

"How are the tests going?"

When the entire ploy aimed at buying us some time to prepare for the invasion of Ostros lands went into action, I actually dared to think that my days would become less frantic. Because who could've thought that the further we got away from the date during which the escape of the spy was arranged, the more and more matters continued to pop up, making me unable to have even a few minutes of rest outside of my sleeping time?

"The power unit and feeding system are already working, but we still need to improve the brakes handling. If everything will go according to our current schedule, the delay is estimated to decrease to only two days."

Not even bothering to look up from the stash of papers that occupied nearly his entire desk, Henry replied while scribbling some words on one of the many blueprints. Looking at the situation, I couldn't decide whether to be happy or sad.