There were seven castles in the barrier in total. The original plan had called for twelve, because Order Followers had a deep attachment to the number twelve. Whenever a number fell somewhere around twelve, they would find ways to even it out by adding or subtracting.
Fortunately, Alfred had called a halt in time and cut the project down. The design team had been quite angry about this, believing that Alfred had desecrated their artistic creation. Had Kallen not been commanding troops at the front at the time, they might have gone to him to plead their case.
Now, according to their assigned functions, two castles served as office buildings, one as an interrogation building, one as a prison, two as dormitories for clerics, and the last temporarily served as a recreational building.
Since the York City District's Whip of Order would not be moving here, this barrier would only house the Discipline Department. In terms of space utilization, it was truly extravagant.
Had there been another five castles, they might really have used one to raise pigs just to avoid wasting it.
Kallen walked into his office, a spacious suite with six rooms in all. By the entrance were two offices. One belonged to Philomina and served as a security room. Unlike the previous open-plan arrangement, Philomina could now gnaw on the pig trotters Richard brought, personally braised by Madam Tang Li, in a completely enclosed space.
The other was for the person responsible for the Discipline Department's practical affairs, effectively an all-purpose secretary. That position awaited Kallen's specific appointment.
A passage between these two rooms led straight to Kallen's office as minister.
The minister's office borrowed its style from the Whip Bearer's Office, except that the glacial surroundings had been replaced with flowing green waters. The desk stood