Chapter Twenty-Five: An Unexpected Visitor
Since the second dragon hunting team was also wiped out, the existence of dragons in the swamp has been no secret in Greenfield.
Almost overnight, rumors spread in the territory of the Arias family, and then panic began.
Miss Rabbit doesn't know if there is anyone behind this, and she can't care about it so much now, during this time, the girl is either running around for reinforcements, or calming the people with a group of officials in the territory.
However, there are still people who choose to flee the green fields, and among those who flee are mainly homesteaders, and there are also some artisans and small producers, these people are very valuable to every lord, especially those craftsmen, basically every village is inseparable.
What made Yin Leiya even more angry was that there were also nearby lords who took the opportunity to offer preferential conditions to attract homeless people from the green fields to join.
When these guys asked them to send troops, they found all kinds of excuses to delay as much as they could, but when they dug up the corners of the Arias family, they were more vigorous than the other.
In just one month, Green Field lost hundreds of civilians, and because the coalition forces have not arrived for a long time, more and more people choose to leave their homes for the sake of their own lives and those of their families.
Yin Leia had spent a lot of effort before, taking over the Wettin family who had been exiled to the West, and trying to settle the patients who had come to Green Field for treatment, and finally made up for the population loss caused by the ravages of the lizardmen, but in the blink of an eye, her efforts were all in vain.
Not only that, but the number of people in her territory continues to dwindle.
Miss Rabbit couldn't do anything about it.
Monsters that had disappeared for more than three thousand years reappeared in the green fields, and they were able to soar through the air, spitting terrifying flames from their mouths.
Just thinking about it is chilling enough, and ordinary people simply cannot give birth to the courage to confront it.
In addition to the need to rent land to grow food, the reason why these freedmen became dependent on a lord was that they valued the protection that those lords could provide.
Now, as long as they are sober-minded, they can see that the Arias family has no way to take the dragon, so these people naturally don't want to stay for the Arias family's burial.
The remaining serfs, who were unable to run because they had been sold to the Arias family, were also living in fear.
For fear that those noble lords would force them to fight the dragon, in short, the whole green field was now shrouded in fear, and a cloud of gloom was present.
However, there were also some people, who, after hearing the news, instead of staying away from the green fields, rushed here, and the representatives of them were naturally Ferdinand and the three hundred warriors he had brought.
According to the young baron, he had come to fulfill the vow made by the ancestors of House Bathory and House Arias, and even the flames that erupted from the dragon's mouth could not invalidate the sacred pact.
In addition to Ferdinand, who was in the snow, there was also an uninvited guest who also appeared outside the teacup castle.
"Do you need me to get her away?" Steward Yago asked.
"What, drive away? Of course not, Adele is my friend. "I will never drive her out of my territory." ”
"The Point Guard Is Here"
"I can understand your friendship with Miss Adele, but she has now been banished from the Silvermoon Church and has a bad reputation, and if it is known that you are close to her, it may affect your reputation and that of the Arias family......," Yago tactfully reminded.
"I don't care!" Miss Rabbit sneered, "I don't care at all, I've seen through it, the Arias family has the best reputation among the nobles in the West, but it's not bad, whether it's my grandfather or father, they are all very upright people......
"As for me, I know that some people call me stupid behind my back, but I haven't done anything hurtful since becoming the head of the Arias family, but now you see who else will come to our aid besides the Bathory family, who has been friends with us for generations?"
"But ...... church side"
"Anyway, the church is not dissatisfied with me for a day or two, and the last thing was originally a moth made by the church itself, they can't get used to the vigorous development of the Shuangxiu Church, and want to find trouble with Merlin, hehe, but I don't have that ability, I was hung up by Merlin and beaten, lost the competition, and finally dared to do it but didn't dare to admit it, and pushed all the faults on Adele's head."
Yin Leia stood up from her chair and pouted, "Whatever they think, I'm going to pick up my friend now anyway!" ”
After saying that, the girl walked out of the room where she was dealing with government affairs, and walked quickly downstairs to the gate of the castle, where she saw her friend waiting there.
Adele is a lot thinner than before, she is already very small, her head can only reach Yin Leiya's chest, if she was petite when they met last time, then now she looks thin, and her eyes are also cringe.
After the two met, the former priest's lips moved, as if he wanted to say something, but then he saw the female lord pounce on her directly and give her a strong bear hug.
Adele's triangular ears twitched a little at the top of her head, and then her nose was sore.
Since her expulsion from the church, she has gone from being a highly respected priestess to a liar that everyone shouts at, and everywhere she goes, she is greeted with invective and white eyes.
Even her own family had drawn a line with her, and all her former friends and relatives had closed themselves to her, and after she moved out of the temple, she couldn't even find a place to live for a while, so she had to stay in an inn.
And the boss also asked the guy to throw all her luggage out after knowing her identity, and asked her to leave immediately.
It's been a long time since Adele has felt such a warm hug.
However, this emotion only lasted for less than a moment, and she heard a certain dead rabbit bark again, "Eh, why did the feeling change?!" ”
The former priest looked down only to find that one of someone's hands had been wrapped around her body for some unknown time.
Adele hurriedly reached out and slapped the strange hand away, but soon her shoulders were grabbed by someone again, "You see that you are thin now, and you don't feel any more at all, quick, come in, I'll ask the cook to stew some meat for you to make up for it." ”
However, the former priest broke free from the arms of the female lord, shook his head, and said, "I, I won't go in, being seen will not affect you well, in fact, I came because I heard about the dragon, and I want to see if there is anything I can do to help." ”
"Is that so, but how can you help if you don't come in?"
"You can find me a place to live outside, and when the big war begins, I can heal the wounded for you." Adele had apparently thought everything through before she came.