When Malone opened his eyes from his sleep, he saw a blinding white light - unlike the oppressive and gloomy environment of Night Town, Yuexi Town was a sunny place.

But the sun was a little too bright, and Malone realized that he must have overslept; He rolled over and sat up from the bed/, and found his bloodstained plate armor stacked on the floor at his feet.

"Uh......"

Malone cupped his forehead and felt a slight ache - he had drunk a little last night and seemed to be still not fully awake.

The sound of even breathing came from across from Malone, who shook his head to refocus his somewhat dazed eyes, and then saw Tiffany sleeping on the bed opposite him.

Long golden hair escaped on the pillow, centered on the girl's delicate face, like a tulip in full bloom; The thin quilt sewn on silk was not filled with cotton, and it was gently placed on Tiffany's body, completely unable to hide her delicate curves.

The girl's hands were on the outside of the quilt, clutching the upper edge of the quilt tightly; On the quiet sleeping face, the pink mouth pursed slightly, and the delicate eyebrows frowned slightly, I don't know if I thought of something unhappy in my sleep.

As soon as he woke up and saw such a sleeping beauty, Malone felt that a certain part of his body seemed to be a little out of control; He flicked his finger at his crotch in flick in frustration, grinning in pain, and then smiling wryly and picking up his armor stacked on the floor.

Sneaking out of Tiffany's bedroom, Marlon closed the door and put on his armor at the top of the stairs - even though it still made a tinkling sound, it was better than waking Tiffany from inside.

Gently descending the stairs, the living room was empty; There were rolls of bedding stacked in the corner, and Malone knew that old Jim and the other Tiffany's guards should be using them to beat the floor.

Two of Tiffany's guards stood guard at the door of the room, and when they saw Malone, their faces showed friendly smiles.

"Good morning, Sir Lothar."

One of the guards nodded to Marlon and said.

"It's already morning? By the way, what about Uncle Jim? ”

Malone asked in surprise.

"Captain Jim is practicing his sword with the others."

The guard replied, then gestured out of the gate.

……

Walking out of the house, Malone happened to see Old Jim standing on the street in front of the house, fighting with two other Tiffany's guards with their swords.

Malone had intended to see Old Jim's skills, but the captain of the Ellaran family's guard sensed his presence, jumped out of the circle, put away his sword, and walked over to him.

"Sir Lothar, you are awake...... Miss Tiffany, she ......"

Old Jim walked up to Malone and asked with a smile.

"Tiffany, she's still resting, we slept a little late last night."

Malone replied honestly.

"Hey, hey...... I understand, well, I understand. ”

Old Jim let out a strange laugh, and the look on his face made him look less like a valiant warrior and more like a lewd/trivial uncle.

"Ahem...... It's not what you think, we're just ...... The chat was late. ”

Marlon knew from Old Jim's expression that he must have misunderstood what happened between himself and Tiffany, and quickly explained.

"Uh-huh, okay...... Chat, I know. ”

Old Jim snorted, but from his expression, Malone didn't think his explanation had any effect.

"Anyway...... Forget it, Uncle Jim, I'm going to City Hall, and Tiffany's safety is in your hands. ”

Malone knew that he would only get darker and darker, and he gave up his plan to communicate with old Jim normally, and just said so.

"Rest assured, that's what we're supposed to do. As for the rest...... Sir Lothar, if there is anything you need help with, come to us, my brothers are good at fighting alone, and they can always come in handy on the battlefield or anywhere else - don't be polite to us, Sir Lothar is not an outsider to the Elalan family. ”

Old Jim laughed and said to Malone - he really regarded Malone as his own, and he used the honorific title to Malone last night, and now he has replaced it with the usual "you".

But it's not wrong to say that Marlon and old Jim are "their own people" - in old Jim's opinion, his own young lady has been living with this Sir Lothar for a night, can they not be "their own people"?

……

Malone hurriedly said goodbye to old Jim, who was full of unhealthy thoughts, and on the way to the city hall of Mooncreek Town, he met Paul, who was limping.

"Ahh Sir Lothar! Morning! ”

Paul greeted Malone from a distance.

"Earlier...... I ask you, what about Robin and De Jong? ”

Malone said to Paul angrily, but he still took two quick steps and took Paul's arm to help him towards the town hall.

"Robin set out early in the morning, saying that he was on a secret mission that you had assigned to him, Chief Lothar...... What the hell is it? The mysterious ...... of the gods De Jong was going to get some food for Rubes and the gnoll, they were dying of hunger. ”

Paul answered Malone's question, and did not forget to complain about Robin's "slamming the door" in front of his superiors.

"Starvation? How so? Didn't Rubos go in search of food himself? ”

Malone asked, surprised, and then dragged Paul and quickened his pace—he still cared about his pet wolf.

……

It wasn't until he met Rubes and Hogg the Gnoll that Malone roughly understood what was going on - as was customary in Nighttown, Rubeus would have looked for something to eat when he was hungry.

However, the giant wolf felt that he had the task of watching over Hogg the Gnoll, so he endured his hungry belly and did not leave the stable that he and Hogg the Gnoll had carried with him.

As for Hogg, the gnoll, being stared at by such a fierce giant wolf and not understanding the language, of course he didn't dare to go to Yuexi Town to look for food.

So when De Jong woke up from sleep and found Rubes and Hogg the Gnoll, they were almost starved to death.

……

"Good! Eat! ”

Hogg the Jackal gulped down the food De Jong had brought him, and said vaguely.

"What does this guy say?"

De Jong asked, confused.

"He said it was delicious, what else could he say...... Do these gnolls eat without salt? Why don't I think these pieces of dry bread are delicious? ”

Malone replied with a wry smile - unlike the delicious dinner that Sir Elgardine had specially prepared for Tiffany, De Jong could only get some rusks and hard bacon from the homes of the residents of Mooncreek, which were hard to chew and did not taste very good.