Such words were sonorous and powerful, and it was obvious that the voices around them that were still whispering were intimidated.

Round Cheese is now also round with her eyes open, looking at Ariel in front of her with a puzzled expression, her mouth open, unable to speak.

At this time, Ariel pretended to reach out and gently push away the cream in front of her, and said with a little complaint: "Why are you talking so exaggerated? You're scaring everyone. ”

Then, she walked over to the round cheese with a smile and a gentle expression again, and said with a smile: "Don't listen to his bragging, you also know that our guild's cream likes to brag about it the most." ”

Round cheese was slightly stunned: "Bragging? That...... So...... Is everything he said false? ”

Ariel pouted, "Hmm...... A small part is fake. That is, the section of the marginal province. ”

Round Cheese continued to open his mouth: "So...... So...... You...... No, you ...... Are you really ...... ...... the mistress of His Royal Highness the Second Prince? It's really ...... A baron? ”

Ariel scratched her cheek a little and nodded with a smile.

With a plop, round cheese immediately knelt down in front of Ariel.

As soon as he knelt, the other citizens around him also knelt down, all with expressions of sincere fear on their faces.

Seeing this, Ariel hurriedly reached out to help the mayor up, and said with a smile: "Oops! Boss, don't be so inhibited. Although my identity has changed, I am still me, and Arrow is Ariel, and Ariel is Ariel! Let's all get up, don't get so nervous, it's okay, I'm still the president of the Mermaid Song Guild, and it makes no difference at all. Get up, ah, get up. ”

Under Ariel's greeting, the surrounding citizens got up one after another.

At this time, the mermaid song's luggage was also relocated, and Ariel led the guild members into the guild hall, and after beckoning the hired workers to help clean the guild for the time being, she pulled the round cheese and sat down on the seat in the rest area.

"That...... Her Excellency the Baroness......"

"Call me Ariel. If you like, you can continue to call me Arrow. ”

Ariel waved her hand, allowing herself to show an absolutely pro-people image. She didn't wait for the round cheese to think about the difference, and continued—

"I've been gone for five months, and Pelican Town has changed a lot! Now this scale should no longer be called a small town, but a city, right? ”

Round Kasboard looked at the girl in front of her carefully, looking at her bright eyes. After repeatedly confirming that these eyes were indeed the President Arrow he was very familiar with, the mayor couldn't help but exhale, and said with a wry smile helplessly-

"Ariel...... President Ariel, you've been so miserable about us...... Actually, you don't have to hide it from us so tightly, if you tell us from the beginning that you are following the orders of the royal family, we will be very cooperative with the royal family. ”

Ariel stretched out her finger and drew a circle on the table, smiling silently.

After sighing, Round Cheese stretched out his hand and patted his thigh, turned his head to look at the guild hall, nodded, and said slowly-

"It's true that you've been gone for almost half a year, and the changes here are indeed very big."

"In the past six months, we have relied on the five thousand gold coins left by Mr. Sugar-Coated Wine to start working hard to develop our town. We built a lot of houses and then built a dock. The streets are no longer dirt roads, but paved with stone slabs. ”

"Pelican Town is a small city by the specs. Viscount Richie had visited our town once before heading to the capital, and thought it could already become a city, so let's find a way to build a wall to prevent the invasion of demonic beasts. However, this aspect is still in the plan, and I am a little tired from starting in winter, and I want to act after the beginning of spring this year. ”

"Me...... Go on to be the mayor of Pelican City. However, the city needs a lord, and I, the mayor, am only in charge of it. Viscount Ruichi said that he would have to find a way to apply for the qualification of a Pelican City Lord when he went to the capital this time, but His Excellency the Viscount has not yet had time to return. ”

Ariel nodded and said with a smile, "How's it going?" After becoming the mayor of a city, do you feel much better in spirit? ”

For Ariel's jokes, round cheese gradually let go. He waved his hand and smiled, "Where is it so simple?" It's not good or bad at all! ”

"President Ariel, did you know that after you left, we got into a bit of a panic. Although Viscount Richie said that he wanted to become the lord here, he could not give any specific administrative advice, so we should go about business as usual. ”

"But we've built so many houses here, and so many houses need people to live in, right? But originally there weren't a lot of people in Pelican Town, and the previous winter was because President Ariel held a guild tournament, so the popularity was sufficient. But this winter, we don't have any money at all except for the output of the flower fairies, so not many people come. ”

Ariel was slightly stunned and said, "Aren't you enough with the resources of the flower fairy?" The things they made and the Fairy Tears were scarce. There is also a tour of the Flower Fairy Forest, which is also a road, isn't it? ”

Round Cheese sighed helplessly and said, "Originally, we thought the same way. But since you left, President Ariel, there seems to have been a slight change in the Eternal Sleep Mountains. ”

"The Changmian Mountains, which had always been barren, began to become vibrant (harmonious), with flowers and trees growing, and the forbidden place on the other side of the mountain seemed to be full of greenery at that time. In the month you've been away, we've even seen some rare magical beasts appear in the Forbidden Lands. Thankfully, those monsters didn't seem to want to cross the Eternal Sleep Mountains to attack our village. ”

But comparatively speaking, the flower fairies are not so calm. They seem to be very sensitive to danger, and since it's winter, they are, in their words, moving less in the winter. After these two reasons are combined, the flower fairies don't need to think about traveling, their output has begun to become scarce, and the number of mages and merchants who come to buy it has also decreased. So, we in Pelican City basically don't make much money right now. ”

Ariel rubbed her hands, nodded and said, "Before I left, I found out that the situation on the other side of the Sleeping Mountain was wrong. Have you sent other guilds to investigate? Or have people from the military come to check it out? ”

Round Cheese exhaled, "No, President Ariel." As you know, our area was theoretically under the care of Viscount Norris Parkus before it became a city. And in the past few months, the viscount has only been thinking about how to behave better at the wedding of the second prince. In response to our request for an investigation, the viscount simply left a 'Is it a danger to you?' Isn't it good to grow trees? This kind of talk prevaricates us. ”

Ariel frowned, thought for a moment, and continued, "What about Viscount Rich? Pelican City will be his territory in the future, doesn't he care? ”

Round Cheese laughed dryly and clapped his hands: "Viscount Ruichi is also concerned about his business all day long, and more about the competition of your Mermaid Song." In addition, he didn't set off much later than you, so he basically didn't care much about the affairs of the Eternal Sleep Mountain Range. ”

In other words, no one cares.

It's not unusual that this situation has been completely unattended for five months. Although it seems that the demonic beasts on the other side of the mountain range have not invaded Pelican City, there is no guarantee that the situation will not get worse.

"Okay...... I'll send someone to take a look at it sometime. ”

After Ariel said this, the round cheese mayor immediately smiled, glanced at the hired men who were cleaning the guild next to him, and said, "By the way, President Ariel, what do you want to do when you come back this time?" How did you bring back so many ...... Vagabond? ”

At this, Ariel laughed. She reached out and gently tapped the tabletop and said, "They are my employees." Although they are not part of the combat department of the Mermaid Song, they are generally part of the Mermaid Song. By the way, boss, speaking of these employees, I would like to be able to discuss a few things with you. ”

The round cheese didn't know and nodded: "You say?" ”

At that moment, Ariel took out a small notebook from her bosom, opened it, looked at it, and said slowly: "First of all, I need to solve the problem of the residence of these employees. Although my guild is large, it is impossible for so many people to live with me at the same time. ”

Round Cheese was slightly stunned for a moment, but then said, "President Ariel, you mean to let me provide shelter?" No, no, no, no, how is this possible?! All the residences in Pelican City belong to everyone, how can outsiders live in casually? ”

"Don't worry, let me finish my sentence." Ariel stretched out her finger and tapped it on her notebook, and smiled, "Remember when a paladin came to our town early last year and spent a lot of money to buy a lot of real estate? ”

At this time, the round cheese was half-open, and after hesitating for a long time, he said, "There is indeed such a thing......

Ariel smiled and nodded: "At that time, that paladin transferred all the purchase contracts to Viscount Ruichi's side. And Viscount Ruichi was very generous and bold in transferring these properties to the name of our Mermaid Song at a very low price. ”