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"What Your Excellency is doing outside is very distressing to me as a local lord. ”

Under the service of the servants, Count Van Domhain, the largest lord of the Eastern Province of the Draguma Empire, looked at Estes who was sitting opposite him drinking tea and leisurely drinking tea with the eyes of that demon very unkindly.

The attitude is very arrogant and cold.

Listening to the shouts of killing outside the window and the sound of smashing shops robbing and smashing goods, the feeling of fresh life passing away and death made this sense of displeasure in the great lord's heart even better.

"If this continues, I believe that it will not be long before the Raldian people in my territory will be driven away or killed by the rebellious Vastoks, is this the result you want?"

"Of course~"

Putting down the cup, Estes always wore that somewhat cruel smile of unknown significance.

"It's just 'one' lesson I taught to the Draguma Empire for not keeping its promises."

Deliberately emphasizing one meaning is that there is still a back hand waiting for it.

"I'm not interested in political and diplomatic matters, I don't want to care about things outside the Eastern Territory, and I have nothing to do with other provinces and empires."

Looking at the lovely maid's fair face in front of him, the red light of the demon in the earl's eyes became even more vivid. The slender little hand grabbed the maid's hand to serve her dress, and then strangled the maid's neck and bit her neck.

Who would have thought that the power contained in the earl's small body was so great, and the maid who was strangled couldn't resist at all, and after being bitten by the earl's neck, she fell to the ground and lost her breath as if her soul had been drained.

"Isn't it okay to dine in front of the guests so uncultivated?"

Looking at the horrific scene in front of him, Estes didn't have any obvious reaction, just asked lightly.

"There is no need for me, the shepherd, to pay any attention to etiquette for the beast that has spoiled the lambs in my sheepfold."

Untying some of the somewhat strangulating bow ties that had been tied by the maid, the Count sat down in his seat.

"A general of an enemy country who kills people without blinking, does not stay in the city with his own troops, but leads his troops to burn, kill and loot, but runs to the mansion of a demon lord, obviously not for a cup of tea, right? Please tell me quickly, I still have a lot of work to attend to in my territory. ”

For the young enemy officer himself had lost a tenth of his lords in a week's time, and a quarter of the manor had been burned to the ground by the rebellious Vastoks.

So he couldn't have a good impression of the young officer named Estes in front of him.

"Black Lily...... What is your relationship? ”

Estes is not an idle person, today she came here to find this person who exudes an inhuman aura from beginning to end, in order to find out about the family situation of her new subordinate Black Lily.

After capturing Black Lily, Estes made a deal with Black Lily, whom he liked very much.

The lives of nearly 10,000 Vastoks in the Eastern Legion were exchanged for the allegiance of Black Lily.

Although Black Lily was a half-breed and was always considered an outlier among the Vastockians, since he liked it, Estes agreed.

Originally, she didn't plan to kill the entire legion, what she wanted to do was to leave an opportunity for civil strife and division in the Draguma Empire, and this opportunity was naturally the rebellion of the Vastoks in the East.

After being conquered by the Empire, for hundreds of years, the Vastoks, a brave and intelligent people who were treated as inferior nationals by the Lardes in the West and used as cannon fodder and slaves, were naturally angry at the rule of the Empire.

For hundreds of years, the aristocratic rulers of the western part of the empire had perverted in the eastern provinces, causing the once beautiful and rich eastern provinces to complain and make the people miserable.

Even if Meinian took a large amount of taxes, the empire still did not meet them, and in addition to the taxes, a large number of military service and conscription were drawn from Vastock.

As a result, the Vastok people, who originally had a numerical advantage in the eastern region for hundreds of years, have become a minority in just one hundred years.

The proportion of the population has changed from 80 percent a hundred years ago to 40 percent now.

These were all intentional by the Draguma Empire.

"Lord Earl, there are ordinary mobs outside who want to storm our manor, and they are being beaten away by the guards."

The butler who walked in from outside the door reported to Count Van Doheim

"Got it."

Compared to this white-haired and somewhat nervous old man's butler, the earl was much calmer, what kind of formation he had not seen in hundreds of years since he came to this world? This kind of rebellion has been repeated several times in his long life.

"Your Excellency is a relative of Black Lily, it is his family, Estes has the obligation to protect this place, I will send troops to help you disperse these mobs when I go back."

Black Lily has decided to join her own army and is her own person, and she is always very interesting to her own people, Estes.

"Thank you for your kindness, but I don't need to."

But the Count rejected Estes' offer

Just kidding, if the empire comes back from the counterattack in the future and knows that Estes is like taking care of the house, then those evil ghosts who came from the imperial capital still haven't eaten all their territory?

And for so many years, he has already raised a group of excellent thugs, enough for him to take care of the family and nursing home.

"Back to the topic just now, what is the relationship between Black Lily and you?"

Since the other party has no intention of being protected, Estes does not force it

"Literally and officially, I was his older brother, and our father died shortly after he was born."

"And what about the real situation?"

Looking at the count's face, which was seven points similar to the black lily, the fire of gossip in Estes's heart had burned to the sky.

"The truth? …… Who knows? ”

The Count was not about to answer the question

"Then let's change the question, is Black Lily's mother the concubine of the previous head of the family, is she the Black Witch?"

"The so-called Black Witch is between demons and humans, the only link that can unite demons and human flesh and blood, I don't know if Your Excellency is satisfied?"

"Satisfied, very satisfied."

Although he didn't say it, Estes got up and prepared to leave after getting the answer he wanted.

"Your Excellency has asked me so many questions, should you answer my questions as well?"

But the Count also seems to have developed some special interest in the girl in front of him. Of course, it's something other than soul devouring.

"Please, if I want to answer."

Probably because the gain from this trip was not small, which made Estes feel good, so she didn't mind answering some questions

"Are you from somewhere else?"

Feeling the strangeness of Estes's soul, the Demon Count made a bold guess

"Huh? Somewhere else? Where? Amestories? ”

This time Estes didn't understand what the count meant

"The taste of your soul is different from that of the people of this world, and it has the breath of another world."

For demons who devour souls all day long, recognizing the taste of food is their specialty.

"Sorry, I don't understand what you're saying."

What other world is not another world? Estes didn't understand

"Really? It seems that it was paid as a fare. ”

It is also possible that memories as part of the soul can be paid as travel expenses.

"What fare? What the hell are you talking about? ”

Estes really didn't understand the words of this self-talking teenager demon

"If you get something, you need to throw away something, and if you do something, you need to pay some price, this is the rule and basic law of this world, and it is a principle that everyone needs to abide by."

Thinking that the price he had to pay when he came to this world was actually his own contract servant, the earl felt that the laws of this world were sometimes too just and cruel.

"But if you smell carefully, your soul that should have been damaged when paying for the passage has been well repaired, not only has it been repaired, but it has also been infused with quite powerful soul power, making your soul extremely powerful...... Although these soul powers are a bit too hot for 'a person'. ”

Just by smelling the smell, the Count had already guessed the truth.

It's nothing more than someone who used some means to inject soul fragments into the girl's soul to make her stronger, and the emotional color of these souls is too monotonous, obviously not a person, and the human soul born under this rough combination can still be relatively normal, which has already surprised the Demon Count a little.

I should say that he is really human. It's all possible. ’

"I've already said it, I don't understand what you're saying! Please, tell me something I can understand! ”

There is a huge difference between the feeling of Estes talking to his own people and the enemies of outsiders, since the Count and Black Lily have such a relationship, then Estes naturally treats him as his own.

That is, it is with his own person Estes that will show this somewhat cute side.

"In the eastern region there is a stronghold of the rebel army, where there are some good talents."

And the Count was about to end the conversation for the day

"You're not just here to kill people, you're also here to gather your own men and team, right?"

The old elf count had long since understood Estes's purpose of co-opting and conniving at the Vastoks against the Lards.

Is it nothing more than wanting the Vastoks to trust themselves and then take refuge in themselves, and after being defeated by the Imperial Army in the end, they will be cornered and join their own troops?

"Haha~ Even these have been seen by the earl~ It seems that my calculations still can't work~"

Estes Jue believed that as soon as the news of the withdrawal of troops in the country arrived, it would not be long before the counter-offensive forces of the Imperial Army arrived, and the Vastoks, who lacked a large number of industrial factories and enough people to rebel and were prepared in haste, would certainly not be the opponent of the Draguma Imperial Army, which concentrated all its efforts to suppress the rebellion.

And then everyone knows what the Imperial Army is doing in the Eastern Provincial Capital.

"In the name of the nobles of the East, I can contact the rebels for you and gather some good Vastok men. The Empire's blows to the Vastoks over the past hundred years have instead created the characteristics of the Vastoks who are now brave and good at war. Making good use of these troops will also be beneficial for your path back home. ”

"Thank you for your kindness, so what can I do for you?"

In exchange for equal value, Estes did not think that he could get these benefits from the other party for nothing.

"Stir up panic and pressure to drive as many of the freedmen of Lal who did not flee the province as they could have been. My territory needs a lot of labor. ”

Moreover, after the rebellion was put down, the empire would definitely restore the special status of the Fùrald people in the eastern provinces, and the count was preparing for that time.

"I'm afraid it's not just labor, right? ~Isn't Your Excellency still in contact with the rebels? ~”

"It's not a connection, it's the main sponsor, although it's looking for an agent to do it, and I can't be found on the surface."

"While waiting for the return of the Empire, he co-opted the rebels...... Your Excellency is really stepping on two boats. ”

"It's left and right, what I need Your Excellency to do, in addition to restricting the Vastok rebels from attacking my people and territories during the chaos, I also need Your Excellency's people and my people to have some conflict and unpleasantness in some public places."

"Is it the back hand again? I know, I'll arrange it when I get back. ”

"Your Excellency's troops and talents will be sent to you next week by the rebels. Please don't worry. ”

"Then we have a good cooperation~"

"It's a pleasure to work with."

the collusion of the big landowners and the old warlords...... That's probably what it means, right?

Although this one landlord is a demon, a warlord...... Or maybe it's not a warlord, it's just a girl who is an officer.