"Lord?"

Leo, who hurried back early in the morning, rubbed the corners of his mouth on both sides of his mouth after hearing the priest's complaint, stifled a smile, and confirmed to him, "Lizanka?"

"It's me. ”

Lizanka walked in from outside the cold church.

Leo, who had already sensed Lizanka, immediately snorted, "We fully support your decision, right, Priest?"

"Of course, I also support this young lady's decision. The priest smiled wryly, and after seeing the enthusiasm of the townspeople, he had no illusions about reversing the result, and the townspeople were willing to play with Lizanka, and what had a say in the priest who was a small dark creature that could not deal with a few?

"I have to warn you, Lizanka... Queen. Zmin cleared his throat. "In last night's battle, at least a third of the houses of the inhabitants of your territory were destroyed, about a dozen townspeople died, and the cost of the loss of the houses and the funeral expenses of the townspeople was, as is customary, paid by the church. Today, the church has more than 200 gold coins on its books, but the town needs at least 700 gold coins to renovate it, not counting the cost of repairing the attic of the church. ”

"So?"

"So I don't really have that much money to pay for the party. Father Zmin said honestly.

"I know you're unreliable. Lizanka fumbled in her pocket. "I've got it here, uh. ”

Lizanka suddenly reacted that since she joined the adventure group, she had not received a share of the spoils, that is, her property on the surface was only a dozen gold coins.

Fortunately, the legendary head reacted very quickly, and Lizanka immediately changed her words: "I still have a generous supporter here. Leo?"

Leo smiled and said, "The adventure group will not be stingy with this little money to help the first lord of the team win the hearts of the people. ”

Father Zmin's eyes widened and he looked at Leo expectantly, "Your regiment intends to pay the town... Oh, I mean, donate, donate how many gold coins?"

Leo shrugged: "I think there are still a thousand gold coins." ”

Suckers!

The impoverished priest was instantly overwhelmed with great joy.

Lizanka angrily drove the priest out of his church, and said to Leo, "Thank you so much. ”

"Even if you don't mention it, the party will take the initiative to help restore the town to its original state. ”

Lizanka looked at Leo's serious face and muttered.

"Abuse good people. ”

"What?"

"I said give money. Lizanka held out her hand. "At this time, the lord took the initiative to buy supplies from the people, which greatly enhanced the confidence of the people. ”

"Straightforward enough. This time it was Leo's turn to mutter.

He held out his hand to Nana again.

A good wife is strict.

Lizanka looked at Leo sympathetically and took the money from him.

Isenas watched as Lizanka walked out of the church with her money bag in her hand, and suddenly shouted, "Well done, High Lord." ”

"Of course. Rizanka gave Esenus a strange look.

Isenas pun intended, "It's done in a good way." ”

Lizanka's pores suddenly exploded, and she paused a little stiffly for a moment, and then said casually, "It's really not easy to get your compliments. ”

Isenus smiled meaningfully.

As soon as Lizanka walked out of the church, her heart beating violently.

Is it done? Is it done? What is it? Is it fighting off dark creatures, or is it a feast?

Izenus's last sentence was completely out of the ordinary, and if he had scolded himself for being arrogant, Rizanka would have been more reassured.

Did he see any flaws?

Lizanka repeatedly recalled the words she had given Leo about them.

"Ente gave me the task of keeping out the dark creatures, but I wasn't as good as him, so I had to use this tricky method. Fortunately, Ente didn't leave any moving monsters before he left, so I had time to deal with these guys one by one, otherwise I would have been miserable. ”

No matter how you look at it, there is nothing wrong with this set of rhetoric.

She first subjectively reduced the threat level of these dark creatures, and then created favorable conditions for her defense, and the seven or eight dark creatures that fell in front of the square did not exceed the limit of her response, which was already the most advantageous and explainable defensive situation she could simulate.

Rizanka pondered as she recruited people for the evening's event.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Hey, anyone, hey, your lord has come to inspect it. ”

"Squeak. ”

The door opened, and the man rubbed his sleepy eyes.

Everyone in the town didn't have a good rest last night, and the loud noises and sudden weather changes from time to time, as well as the huge seal in the forbidden land, all made the townspeople worry all night, not to mention sitting in the square in the middle of the night, watching Lizanka deal with one monster after another.

"Hello, Lizanka, oh, it's the lord. ”

Ryzanka's face softened slightly, and she counted out three large silver coins from her money bag: "Go and wait in the square, and help me set up the evening party later, and then these thirty silver coins will be yours." ”

Looking at these silver coins, the man's face instantly lit up.

In this invasion of dark creatures, his house also suffered a lot of damage, and the raw materials for the repair of the house plus the craftsmanship fees of the hired workers could not get a few gold coins, which was almost all the savings of the man's family. And these thirty silver coins can just cover their family's food expenses for a month.

"I am here to thank my lord for his kindness. ”

"Good job. Lizanka patted the townsfolk who were a head taller than herself. "Follow me, you are indispensable for eating meat and drinking. ”

Under the kind eyes of the townspeople, Lizanka summoned cooks, porters, lumberjacks, and tables and chairs from the bar, and bought all the meat from the butcher's shop.

Finally, she stuck a dagger on a table in the tavern and looked at the guests sitting at the table with murderous intent.

"Dürer, go back with your troops, don't get in my way here. ”

At the other end of the table, a neatly draped knight smiled bitterly.

"Lord Duke, you didn't even hear me say what I meant. ”

Lizanka glanced at the shirt that was exposed on the knight's chest, the shirt was sky blue, and the pattern outlined by white lines half a finger width was the base of the Blue Steel Knights of the Cowin family.

"This is the territory of the kingdom of faith, don't leave a trace of your family on your body. ”

"This is a matter of urgency, Your Excellency. ”

"What's urgent, the Duke of the Clover family has just died, the Duke of Sand Fox wants to guard the frontier, Grand Duke Frederick has just come out of the mountain, and there are still a bunch of rags to tidy up in the family, who has the ability to do it to us without half a year?"

"It's not about the family, Your Excellency, it's about your safety. ”

"Me?"

"Yes, you. ”

Lizanka laughed. "It's funny, what danger can I encounter as a legend?"

"It's Grand Duke Frederick's dragon slaying team. ”

Seeing the knight say this sentence with a serious face, the smile on Rizanka's face disappeared without a trace.

"Black hand?"

"It's him. The knight nodded. "It is said that Grand Duke Frederick has sent a black hand to track down the whereabouts of you and Frederick the Younger. ”

Lizanka frowned, although she had expected Archduke Frederick's pursuit, but the Archduke's appointment was still beyond her expectations.

This black hand followed the Grand Duke from birth to death in his early years, and hovered on the edge of the legend for many years, perhaps only one chance away from advancing to the legend on the spot, which is also the last enemy Rizanka wants to encounter.

In addition to the strangeness of the candidate, the source of this news is even more strange, it stands to reason that when such a person carries out secret operations, he will do everything possible to protect his whereabouts, why is it only a few days ago, even his own family knows this information?

"Who sent you?"

"It was the Great Elder who inadvertently slipped his mouth, and I came here without permission. ”

Great Elder?

Lizanka's position in the family is not secure, and this great elder is the first thorn in the head, at first glance, it seems reasonable for Dure, who is completely loyal to her, to accidentally spy on this information and rush to warn her overnight, but Lizanka is still thinking about a problem.

"Where did the Great Elder's information come from?"

A hypothesis came to Rizanka's mind, but it had yet to be verified.

She suddenly pulled over a chair, sat down on it, took a glowing ring from her finger, and threw it on the table.

"Come out, Third Elder, or I'll kill this team of Blue Steel Knights, and then throw away this family master ring. If you do come this far, be prepared to face the Fredericks and me at the same time. ”

Dürer's expression changed suddenly.

The air suddenly fell silent, and Rizanka had no intention of breaking the peace.

Finally, it was the Third Elder who couldn't help it.

Dürer watched dumbfounded as a figure slowly emerged from the air and sat down on the table.

The third elder sighed and said, "Your Excellency, your indiscriminate killing is indeed very deterrent, I am really worried that you will act rashly and leave after killing all the main forces of the family. ”

"If you're not crazy, how can you deter these poisonous snakes?"

Lizanka sneered twice and said, "Archduke Frederick is really a good plan. ”

"Your Excellency the Duke really knows a little. The third elder said with regret.

"It's hard to guess, this old thing Ostfederick, who can't find his son or me, has set his mind on you, and he deliberately sends you the news that I'm going to be hunted down, and of course you can't ask for it, but the only person in the family who knows my whereabouts is the henchman Dürer. If you blatantly told Dürer that I was being hunted down, Dürer would not have come to me because he was a little naïve, but he was not stupid, and he would not have come to me, but you did the opposite and deliberately made a look of concealing information, which made Dürer come to me in a hurry. ”

Lizanka looked at the horizon and sneered again: "I'm afraid that if Dürer sets off on the front foot, you will report to the black hand, right?"

"As you expected, Your Excellency, Duke. ”

Only then did Dürer realize that he had done something stupid, and he said with some panic: "Lord Duke, I." ”

Lizanka raised a hand, and Dürer immediately closed his mouth.

"Now, get back to me right now, don't do me any trouble here. And you, Third Elder, after playing your tricks later, go back and tell the Great Elder that he has gone too far, and let him be ready to go back and be liquidated by me. ”

"Yes, Lord Duke, if you come back alive. ”

Watching the three elders disappear into thin air, Lizanka glanced at Dureer coldly. This Hanhan, although he is not a traitor, unexpectedly has the potential to be a traitor.

"Why don't you get out of here?"

"But Lord Duke, your safety..."

"I'm really dangerous with you. Lizanka pulled out the dagger on the table and broke open the soundproof energy circle she had just planted. "There will be activities later, don't you want to eat and drink here. ”

"Got it, Lord Duke. Dürer beckoned dejectedly, and six or seven well-dressed knights followed him.

Suddenly hearing such bad news, Lizanka's rare beautiful mood became gloomy again.

Now, she's faced with another multiple-choice question.

Since the knights of the family can chase here, presumably the black hand will not be too far away.

If she insists on holding tonight's celebration banquet, the black hand is likely to catch up with their whereabouts, whether she can beat them or not is secondary, the key is that her identity will definitely be exposed.

If you want to leave, with the image she usually creates, it's not difficult to find an excuse casually, but.

Lizanka looked at the bustling tavern, most of them discussing the upcoming celebration tonight.

"Did that girl really tell you that?" a small man looked at a tall, thin man, coveting a large handful of silver coins in his hand.

"Call her lord, or she'll be upset. The tall and thin man said righteously.

"Alright, my lord. The little man muttered. "If she can send me dozens of silver coins, no, a dozen silver coins, I am willing to make her my lord. ”

The tall and thin man laughed twice, and reached out to flick the freckles on the little man's face: "Come on, your house is good, I'd rather not have this money, and I want to see my house in good condition." This money is said to be an employment fee, but it is actually a compensation given to us by the lord. ”

"That's just as well. There were no regrets on the little man's face.

"If only she were really our lord, what does it matter if the other nobles don't admit it? ”

This is the umpteenth time Rizanka has heard such words today.

This town, for some reason, no lord is willing to take over this town where adventurers come and go, even if the townspeople can't invite them. You know, Xinshui Town benefits from the frequent comings and goings of adventurers, and the tavern tax alone can cover all the income of a town of the same size.

Not only were the nobles reluctant to take over, but even the Church had only one lesser-known god of fraternity.

As a result, although the town's income is completely at its own disposal, it does not have a garrison to protect the town's safety, and the townspeople are often the ones who suffer in the face of accidents and unreasonable adventurers. If it weren't for the fact that Father Zmin still had some deterrent power, it would have become a city of chaos and evil, a stronghold for thieves and some other sewer profession.

So when the townsfolk learned that a girl who had helped them escape the attack of the dark creatures and rebuilt their home had a whimsical desire to become their lord, they did not say anything against it, and even had a vague expectation in their hearts.

Lizanka sighed, stood up from the corner, and shouted, "Oh no, why is your tavern still selling wine? Didn't I buy enough today? Let these people put me down!

In the face of this rare trust, Rizanka, who was fed up with the intrigues in the family - and even recently revealed a conspiracy with her own hands - made up her mind that she would have to attend this banquet no matter what. Without the lord's celebration feast, it would be too incomplete.

As she worries about the celebration and the team sent by Archduke Frederick, she is unaware that a third party has joined the plot.

In a col, Blandwisson untied the cylinder from the pigeon's leg and read it carefully.

"The black hand leads the team. ”

There was only a short line on the little thumb-sized letterhead, but it got Brandwieson thinking.

Since he accepted the temporary appointment of the Pope, he rushed to Far Eastern City non-stop, but it was too late, the aura of divine crystallization had already disappeared, even if he was carrying the two attributes of holy light and dark energy in the ability of the holy realm, he could not feel the traces of energy half a month ago.

Fortunately, his efforts in Far Eastern City were not in vain, and he found out that a secret unit of the Frederick family was out, which was unusual news.

In the archives of the Church, Archduke Oster Frederick marked the relationship as a mortal enemy, but even with his position, it is impossible to find the reason for the labeling as a mortal enemy. Archduke Frederick has suddenly been in the Duke's castle since more than ten years ago, and the Frederick family, which has lost the support of a powerful legend, naturally retreats everywhere, and the manpower to defend the family territory is stretched, but this year is unusual, not only Archduke Frederick came out of the Duke's castle, but even has the spare strength to send a team to carry out secret missions.

Brandwison smelled something unusual.

The Divine Crystallization was lost in the Battle of Far Eastern City, and in less than half a month, Archduke Frederick, who was marked as a mortal enemy, sent troops, and anyone with a little intelligence could guess what was going on.

So Brandwieson made a quick decision and followed the secret squad.

However, this team was unusually slippery, and Blandwison could only hang far behind them with the help of divine power, but he could never touch the face of this team, which also made Brandwison vigilant.

At this time, the church did not know where to get the news, which finally helped him to make a judgment.

Brandwison waved his hand and ordered the reorganized squad behind him, "All of them, target, Frederick's secret squad, assault at full speed!"