Chapter 40: The Red Dragon Falls into a Dream
As the closest allies of the Celtic Doge, the three Vam brothers were instrumental in the counterattack against the Highlands, and were nominally the Monster Legion. To a certain extent, rewarding is also a science, and you need to do what you like, otherwise you will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.
In addition to a bunch of honorary titles, Yalei specially ordered food for the foodie Wayi on a large scale across the country, and airlifted it to its lair every day, which lasted until half a year later.
Wa Er has a dream of justice, and his ideological realm is relatively high, so it is easier to deal with.
The black-haired knight went through the official channels, gave it the official title of Hero Dragonborn, and arranged for a bunch of newspapers to publish and drum about the deeds of Waji, and this guy walked happily.
Wasan, who loved gold and precious stones as much as his ancestors, was more difficult, so Yalei could only endure the pain and bleed, and gave him a three-hundred-pound gold version of Wasan's full-body statue, which finally made the wealth addict go back to the lair with satisfaction.
As for their grandfather Lao Wa, because there had been a private transaction before, the black-haired knight did not waste the already small amount of funds, and the honorary title was completed.
If the first credit among the monsters belongs to Vam, then the miner goblins who have been working hard and skilled are at least second. As a result, they were listed as permanent engineering partners by the Governor's Palace, and half of the orders for the construction of Dunlun and Edinburgh were given to them, and the mineral deposits they sold were disposed of duty-free.
With the exception of the most favored Vam and the Miner Goblins, the rest of the Demon Legion was pacified to a considerable extent.
The Harpys were granted an independent territory and legal status, and the Rock Monsters were granted permanent rights to two mines in Southern Celtic. The Megalizard, on the other hand, was designated as a "Dragonborn" by the Governor in Celtic (limited to all of Celtic territory).
The Frog God was allowed to serve in the Highlands, the four lords of Glamorgan were given a few more weeks of maintenance leave each year (the mercenaries were beating their chests and feet), and the Guardian Monsters led by Bagh were each given a piece of the Domain.
The newly joined hunk stitching monster is temporarily arranged at the foot of the Yin Wind Mountains. Receiving an oversized villa from the miner Goblin, and his daughter was buried at the expense of a conscientious Yare (Carla was a cameo priest, Bruno attended the funeral), and the stitch monster was greatly moved.
All in all, the first distribution of the monster branch of the Celtic Governor's Mansion Group ended perfectly, and the monsters who got the benefits are all looking forward to the next war.
After tossing the reward ceremony, return to the big tent. Yalei rubbed his smiling face, and suddenly felt relieved and relieved. He sat back in his chair and pulled out a list of guards from a familiar spot in the drawer.
Taste the sweetness, even in the face of demons. It should also be able to show considerable combat effectiveness, but the real core is still its own guard and the new army. During this time, the Governor's Palace's pensions and awards for the guards and the new army have not stopped, so the morale training has been maintained very well, but some soldiers have retired due to injuries. A larger expansion is also needed.
There is also a large amount of idle arable land in the southern Celts. By purging the old nobles of the Highland Kingdom, they obtained a lot of land that could be used to expand the garrison. The proceeds from arms sales will be used to subsidize the new army, and after half a year...... At least be able to pull out a legion of 50,000 men!
As the black-haired knight pondered the list, there was a rush of footsteps outside the tent.
"Your Excellency, you have been seen. ”
"Come in. ”
Aret put down the list in his hand, and then cast his gaze out of the tent. His own soldier walked in with a black-robed warrior, who was Kenneth's closest servant.
"What's the matter?" the black-haired knight stared. asked in a low voice.
The black-robed warrior's face was a little strange, and he saluted according to Rosevia's etiquette, and then whispered a word.
"What? I dreamed that the red dragon was in my womb and I got pregnant!?"
Yalei frowned tightly, and then asked:
"Where is Kenneth now?"
"Your Highness is still on his way here, because the carriage is too slow, and the matter is too urgent, so let me explain to you first, he will be there in a moment. ”
"You can take me to him now!" he put the list in his hand back into the distance, and immediately stood up and walked in front of the black-robed warrior.
......
Soon, Yare arrived at the carriage that was still running outside Edinburgh.
Kenneth was sitting on one side of the carriage, his face gloomy and contemplative, not realizing the arrival of the black-haired knight. And Yalei, who landed behind the coachman from the sky, could only see half of the other party's side face.
But that's enough.
Under the flickering sunlight that rose and fell with the curtains, the black-haired knight found that his face was very heavy, and the calm and calm that usually hung on his face was completely gone, leaving only a gloom so thick that it could almost rain.
But Yalei can understand his current mood very well, any man who is about to get married, after learning that his wife-to-be is pregnant because of "dreaming of a red dragon in the womb", is estimated to be this dead face.
"I already know the stuff and I need to understand the ins and outs. The black-haired knight greeted calmly.
Yare's greeting woke Kenneth from his contemplation, and he turned his head to look at the black-haired knight, and opened his mouth a little to speak.
"Is the child yours?" the black-haired knight didn't mean to poke his wounds, but wanted to establish a fact.
"The first time I touched her was in the last few weeks, and I didn't know anything before that. Kenneth's voice was as gloomy as his face was at the moment.
"Is the child human?" asked Yare, who was very worried that Lilith was pregnant with a freak in her belly in light of the news of the resurrection of the Black Goat Mother Goddess.
"I tested by all the methods I could and Lilith and her baby looked fine, the problem was that she was only a few weeks pregnant, and I couldn't imagine a baby that could have made her appear pregnant in such a short period of time. ”
Kenneth spoke quickly, clenching his only hand that could move, his expression becoming more and more serious: "The most terrifying thing is. That monster could really be my child!"
"Calm down and explain what happened first. ”
“......”
Kenneth closed his eyes and took a deep breath, barely regaining his usual expression. The trembling voice narrated:
"Early this morning, Lilith told me that she had a strange dream last night about a red dragon hovering over the dome, barking at herself a few times, and then carrying her wings into the sky. Circling along the border of Celtic Island, it shrunk into her abdomen at once......"
Speaking of this, he glanced at Yalei, who had a strange expression. Annoyed and embarrassed:
"I know you're laughing, but it's really not an excuse to make sure Lilith is pregnant with the offspring of the Fannon family. I've done a lot of work to make sure she doesn't have time to cheat on another man!"
"Yes, yes. ”
The black-haired knight's expression was very serious at the moment, and he continued to ask, "You mean to say that Lilith had a dream. Find out you're pregnant the next day?"
His words are like an accelerant. Ignited each other all at once.
"I found out, because Lilith was very pregnant, which doesn't make sense!"
Kenneth put his hand to his face at once, and roared in a broken voice:
"Then I examined her, and found that the fetus in her womb had actually taken a little rudiment, what kind of freak is this, is it because of the union of the descendants of the Fannon family and the Pandoragon family, the curse of the ancestors' wrath?"
"Calm down!"
The black-haired knight stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder: "If it's a curse, then there must be a way to crack it." Now, what we need to do is determine if that child is human or not. It just so happens that I have a super expert in anthropology here. ”
......
Governor's Palace, temporary laboratory.
Soros helped Lilith up from the chaise longue, then put down the duckbill pliers and endoscope in his hand, lifted a white curtain, and walked in front of the black-haired knight and Kenneth:
"The condition of the fetus is normal. ”
"Are you sure?" asked Areh and Kenneth in unison.
"I, Soros, am an expert in human body, a senior expert!"
He seemed to be very dissatisfied with the skeptical expressions of the two, pointed to the row of qualifications on the clothes on his chest, emphasized it very seriously, and then continued:
"What a strong little guy, it looks like it's only been about three months, and his vitality is so strong, it's almost like a dragon. ”
"Three-month ......"
Kenneth's spirit and expression collapsed suddenly, and he nervously rubbed his hair: "This kid is a freak, must be a freak!"
"What, isn't it good for a child to be strong?" said senior expert Soros looked confused.
"The child is not three months old...... He's only been around for a few weeks. Lilith came out, whispering with her hands on her lower abdomen and her pale face.
The black-haired knight breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the child was a human, anyway, he had been through a hundred battles, and he had seen a lot of strange things, and the red dragon was pregnant with something, which was barely acceptable.
"Now you can all see, this is definitely a freak, you can't leave this monster behind! I'm going to kill him!" At this moment, Kenneth had developed a fear of the child in Lilith's womb, and he was inexplicably afraid that the monster would be born.
"Can't fight!"
The first one to come out to stop was Soros, a senior expert in anthropology who opened his arms in front of Lilith like a hen guarding a chicken:
"It has grown so strong in a few weeks, you can imagine how huge the growth space is in the future, and it would be a pity if such materials and seedlings were destroyed by you!
"It's not about you!"
Kenneth stared at each other and said word by word, "This is our private matter!"
"Since it's your private affair......"
Soros immediately turned to look at Lilith and asked sharply:
"Madame, tell me, do you want your child to die? Before he was born, before he opened his eyes, before he even looked at his mother, could you bear to kill him?"
“......”
Lilith didn't speak, just bit her lip lightly, as if thinking about what to say.
"I will not allow this monster to be born!" Kenneth slapped his palm on the arm of his wheelchair, his handsome face full of hideous color.
"Lord Governor!"
Seeing Kenneth's resolute attitude, and Lilith's wavering expression, Soros could only look at Yalei for help:
"Lord Governor, this is clearly a healthy and strong baby, as vigorous as a young dragon! With such an extraordinary talent, his future achievements must be limitless, do you really intend to watch him fall?"
Yalei's original attitude was very neutral, since the child is fine, then whether to beat or give birth is the matter of the parents, and he, an outsider, naturally has no need to interfere.
But this sentence hits his crux, one of the black-haired knights' usual interests is to recruit talents, and the most unbearable things like the pearl being dusty and the good horse being frustrated.
He thought for a moment and felt that Soros's words were indeed reasonable, if this kid was beaten like this, it was likely that there would be one less hero in the world in the future.
"Give birth to the child. ”
Yalei's gentle words had a decisive effect in the laboratory.
"Lord Governor!"
Lilith's eyes suddenly moistened, and her hands pressed her lower abdomen hard, and for a moment she was so excited that she couldn't talk about it - not to mention her original character, now this noble lady was just a mother who simply thought about her children.
"Your Excellency, I cannot accept this order. ”
Kenneth shook his head resolutely, his voice so cold that it could almost drop ice and snow: "Allowing this freak to be born is likely to cause a series of unpredictable consequences, you know very well that this is a sensitive time. ”
"If ......"
The black-haired knight walked up to Lilith, pointed to her lower abdomen, and turned to look at the child's biological father:
"If this child can be born safely, then I will become his godfather and teach him knighthood with my own hands. If he goes down the wrong path in the future, or if he is a monster, then I will execute him myself. ”
When the words fell, the atmosphere in the laboratory suddenly suffocated, Soros showed an expression that the overall situation was decided, and Lilith was full of gratitude.
Kenneth's pupils shrank suddenly, his icy expression gradually thawed, and after a long silence, he sighed helplessly:
"Since he has you in charge, then I have nothing to say. ”
He knew very well that Yalei was able to speak to such an extent just to appease himself, and if he didn't give face, it would be a humiliation for himself.
"Then the matter was settled, and I would do the first baptism after his birth. The black-haired knight saw that the other party finally relented, and his mood suddenly relaxed.
In fact, he did not understand the ritual of baptism at all, and the Bernsteins were far away from religion, so there was no practice of baptism. But for the sake of the unborn child in front of him, he reluctantly learned it, anyway, his protection was much more reliable than that ethereal divine blessing.
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Edinburgh Old Town, Prison.
"Ah!!h
Merlin screamed, rolled over and rolled off the bed, and after falling to the ground, he awoke from his sleep suddenly, wiped his sweaty face, and said in surprise and joy:
"The Son of the Red Dragon is born!" (To be continued.) )