CHAPTER XXVII
Madame Celine would not let Baroque follow her and be her own escort just because she was strong, and Baroque did not naively think that she would be able to gain the trust of Madame Celine immediately. When Sera left to prepare for the luggage that the king needed to carry, the two men had an open and honest conversation.
Before talking, Baroque suddenly took out a fiery red beast from his arms, faced Celine's surprised pretty face, and said with a smile: "I'm very lucky, when I left the Terium Forest, I realized this little guy, I think, you will like it." ”
Oh my God! Lady Celine carefully took the little squirrel and hugged the orc boy excitedly to show her gratitude. Claire...... You won't have any regrets!
"Lady Celine, although I have given you this Green Arrow Squirrel, I hope that you will treat it kindly, and do not tell anyone where you found it. Baroque tactfully demanded, he feared that if the mercenary human merchants knew that there were Green Dart Squirrels in the Terium Forest, it would bring ruin to the people there...... The destruction of his own tribe and the bloody lesson made him unforgettable!
"Baroque, don't you know the preciousness of this little squirrel?" Celine glanced at Baroque with some disgust: "In the royal capital, people think that the Green Arrow Squirrel is extinct, even if someone pays a sky-high price of five hundred gold coins, they can't buy it." Do you think anyone is going to abuse this cute little guy? and...... Claire owns the Green Arrow Squirrel...... It won't be long before ......!" her expression darkened, and she looked very sad: "I'm leaving this time, and no one knows what I'm going to do except old Zachary in the academy library. Wait...... When that day comes, I'll send this little guy back to Trem Forest. ”
The atmosphere was a little heavy, and Baroque changed the subject: "You must have some confusion about me, I think we should have a good talk, I'm waiting for your questions." ”
"Well, you may have many secrets, but I have no intention of delving into them. I'm just wondering, what are you trying to do after me? Orcs of the Frostwolf Clan aren't very common in Paddington, and I don't think you'll enter Padya without a purpose. Although she was still teasing the little squirrel, Lady Celine had become calm and wise at the moment. This topic involves two races, and although the orcs are weak and almost breathless by the suppression of humans, it does not mean that humans will let their guard down against them.
"I don't have any ill will. Baroque said very bluntly (he didn't believe it himself), "And I'm not from the Frostwolf Clan in the northern tundra, you've been here for a while, you should have heard about what happened in the Gravel Wasteland, right?"
"Are you from the destroyed orc tribe in the Gravel Wasteland?" said Lady Celine in surprise, "but...... With the strength you show, it's impossible for those slave hunters composed of mercenaries and adventurers to pose much of a threat......?"
"I'm sorry, I don't want to explain the details of that tragedy, I'm gradually healing from the trauma. Baroque's voice was low, and every time he remembered the tragic scene, he needed to suppress his emotions: "I want to tell you that I have received some news that some of my last remaining people may have been sold to the gladiatorial arena of the royal capital of Padeya, and I am going to rescue them. And an orc without a background can't come and go freely in the human city, so I need your identity to cover up. ”
"Do you believe me, knowing that I'm also human, why do you think I'm going to help you?" asked Madame Celine suddenly, staring into Baroque's eyes.
"Because ......," Baroque said indifferently: "I am an orc shaman, even if your human magicians are incomparably powerful, but in terms of understanding the soul and the cognition of nature, the orc shamanic sacrifice is unparalleled, even the elf druid, who is known as the friend of nature, cannot be compared." Princess Claire's illness, I think, I can help some!"
Lady Celine stood up suddenly, her white face flushed with excitement, and she looked so out of shape for the first time: "Are you an orc shaman? This is impossible, you are too ...... ...... young!" She knew exactly what an orc shaman meant to Claire!
"If it wasn't for the shamanic sacrifice, why do you think I was able to ride on the back of the Frost Giant Wolf instead of being swallowed by it in one gulp?" Baroque asked rhetorically, when he went to the Terium Forest, he had heard Celine and Serra chatting, and he already knew the importance of the orc shaman to Princess Claire, but at that time he had not been able to break through the critical point, and he didn't know that his own people were likely to be in the royal capital of Padya, so he didn't say anything, but now it's different,
That's a lot of chips!
Celine still felt incredible, although she already somewhat agreed with Baroque's words. But she didn't dare to be careless about this kind of thing, Claire's strange illness of mental failure was incurable, but for the orc shaman, who claimed to have a deep understanding of soul power, it could indeed play an unexpected role, which was proved by the ancestors of the royal family of Paddington with practice. -- A certain member of the royal family of Paddington also contracted this strange disease hundreds of years ago, when an orc shaman was captured by humans during the war and sold as slaves to the kingdom of Paddington. After a coincidence, the orc slave met the sick Paddington royal family, and although his shamanic secret skills failed to cure the prince's illness, he pulled him back from the brink of death. Later, the orc sacrifice remained with the Prince of Paddington, who lived peacefully to be over eighty years old. Perhaps because of this experience, the Kingdom of Paddington is one of the few human kingdoms that is slightly kind to orcs.
The current King of Paddington, Craik, has been in contact with some human kingdoms in the north, where the human kingdoms are at war with the orcs in the northern tundra all year round and have a large number of orc slaves. But the orcs are now in complete decline, even in their large tribe of hundreds of thousands of people, shaman sacrifice is a very rare existence, protected by the orcs as a lifeline, it is impossible to let the shaman sacrifice go to the battlefield to adventure, let alone be captured by humans, so King Paddington's plan finally failed.
The whole kingdom was helpless, and when the poor little princess was getting weaker day by day, and everyone was already desperate, Baroque suddenly appeared in front of Lady Celine, and you can imagine what kind of expression Celine would have.
"Baroque, I can assure you that if you can cure Claire, he will grant your wish without me convincing the king. If your people are really in the Colosseum of the Royal Capital, then they will definitely be free. Madame Celine agreed to Baroque very bluntly, and even a little impatient, eager to go on the road to the royal capital immediately.
Miss Saila had finally packed her bags, and her lady-in-waiting, Liv, would follow her to the royal capital, and Baron Miró had prepared a carriage that was wide enough. The servant carried the baron out of the room, hugged his reluctant daughter, and told Liv to take good care of the young lady. Then the three women boarded the carriage and slowly set off on the road, followed by two guards.
Baron Miró gave Baroque a horse to walk on, and before Baroque got on the horse, he suddenly whispered to the baron: "Lord Miró, the people of the Spirit City...... It's likely that you'll never come back, so you can prepare a little and maybe you'll get something out of it. Then he mounted his horse and chased the carriage away, followed by a fart-sturding earth dog with a tongue stuck out and a foolish face, and the speed was amazing, and he was not thrown off.
Miró's heart trembled, his mouth full of indescribable taste, he could hear the meaning of the baroque words............ I'm afraid that Yurian and his son won't be able to come back!
Of course, it's true that Miró is a good guy, but he's not an idiot, the Julian family only has their father and son, and if Baroque's words are true, now Spirits City is ownerless. The territory of the Red River Valley is so close to the Spirit City, if you buy off the governor above, as long as you pay some gold coins, you can completely let him swallow it ......!
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The Kingdom of Paddington can only be regarded as an ordinary human kingdom, and in the territory occupied by humans, it is remote to the west, and as far as the entire Sauron continent is concerned, it is also a little remote. Even the people of Paddington themselves have to admit that they are far from the most prosperous central areas of mankind, and in the eyes of the empires or kingdoms in those central regions, they are also rustic hillbillies!
However, it is only relatively speaking, no matter how barren and backward it is, it is much richer than any orc tribe. Along the way, in addition to the deserted wilderness and dense forests, they passed through several cities, and they didn't know how much more prosperous than the town of the Red River Valley. Madame Celine was a little disappointed, she could not see the shocked look on Baroque's face, the orc boy was as indifferent as ever, or rather indifferent, as if he were accustomed to the tall and majestic walls and bustling streets.
Baroque doesn't want to explain the memories of his other soul, those steel jungles and super-gigantic cities with millions of people at every turn, there are not so many people in the entire kingdom of Paddington, why be amazed?
Of course, there are also areas of interest in the Baroque. He had a very good memory, and he remembered everything he saw along the way, whether it was the layout and defense of the city, or the distribution of troops in each castle he passed, the strength of the guards, the power of the lord or the governor of a side and the power of the family, even the size of a town's commerce or agriculture, the sewers and other drainage facilities of the castle, he always looked as closely as possible or asked Madame Celine as curiously. It's not that he wants to take it, it's just that he's planning for a rainy day. Because human cities are common, he can roughly distinguish the strength of the entire kingdom of Paddington.
Baroque wondered how he could have such strange abilities, knowing that even another soul had never learned these things in his memory. Puzzled, he could only attribute it to the fact that after the fusion of his two souls, he had a far beyond ordinary people's understanding and wisdom!
Madame Celine and Serra were eager to rush to Padea at once, and their attention was either on the cute Green Arrow Squirrel or urging the coachman to hurry, not noticing the Baroque's strangeness, not knowing that Baroque had a clear and profound map in his mind all the way from the castle in the Red River Valley.
"Hehe, even if you don't succeed in rescuing the clansmen in Padeya, then you won't have no way out with them, right?"
Finally, stepping on a vast plain, a large city appeared in the distance, and Baroque showed a smile and muttered to himself with anticipation.