Although it has been almost a year and a half since he came to Lionheart, Thomas is still not very used to life here.

Nearly 400,000 people live in the largest city on the continent of Brattis, not counting the merchants who come to do business, the travelers who come to do business, and the mercenaries and outcasts who come to beg for a living.

This also makes the composition of the Lionheart Castle very complicated, and in addition to the fact that it has experienced several wars before, the security situation here is not optimistic when Ilea first enters the city.

Vicious cases such as theft, robbery and even homicide occur frequently. Thomas was then appointed sheriff, and after his vigorous remediation, the city was soon restored to order.

In particular, with Ilea's recovery of the new continent, those merchants from outside the continent can reach Lionheart Fort again to trade, and the city is lively again.

But crime has not disappeared under this prosperity and peace, whether it is the private dirty deeds of the nobles or the hidden evils in the intricate labyrinth of slums, which are a headache for Thomas.

Although the queen has decided to rectify the city's three slums, it is estimated that it will be two years before they are fully completed.

In addition, with the arrival of the Shuangxiu Sect, the nobles in the city have also converged a lot, but they have not become completely honest, but some small actions have become more hidden.

Last week, for example, Thomas received information and led a garrison to destroy a high-class academy that specialized in private services for nobles.

It is said that there have been many deaths there, because the hobbies of the rich are often very peculiar.

Thomas also caught a few nobles along the way, and what made him even more angry was that there was also a Lord of the West who had fought alongside him.

In addition to the troubles at work, Thomas is even more uncomfortable with the communication and entertainment of the royal capital.

Going to the dinner party of those nobles was more uncomfortable for him than going to war. Fortunately, this is almost over, and Ireya has already found his successor a while ago.

Thomas was finally able to leave the city, but not back to the West, but to the East.

As one of the longest-serving vassals with Ilea, Thomas and the maiden have been through almost all the wars, large and small, and have always been loyal to Ilea's side.

Miss Rabbit naturally did not treat such a confidant and old minister badly, and after recovering Xinlu, she canonized him as the Duke of Xinlu, and handed over this small area, but many ports, extremely prosperous maritime trade, and almost all golden land to him to rule.

In another half a month, when Thomas has handed over all the work at hand, he will leave Lionheart.

In fact, Thomas had now transferred command of the garrison to Silverpine.

And he had come to the market today mainly to buy something, but Thomas was alert after a while.

He always felt that someone was following him, but every time he turned his head, he didn't see anything suspicious.

Thomas frowned, he had arrested and offended many people since he became sheriff, especially the nobles, and it would not be surprising if any of them wanted to take revenge on him.

Thomas didn't panic, he pretended not to notice anything, turned around and walked into a shoe store on the corner.

After a while, a petite figure in a cloak also came to the outside of the shoe shop, but he didn't go inside, just glanced inside, and then prepared to hide behind a stall selling smoked fish.

But before he could take a step, something cold hit his lower back.

"Who hired you," said Thomas, who came back through the back door, "tell me the name of my employer, and I may consider letting you go." ”

"Nobody hired me," the man chuckled, "I just heard that the sheriff appeared in the bazaar, and wanted to come and see his heroism, oh, maybe now I should call you Duke Shinriku." ”

Thomas recognized the person from the voice, put away the dueling pistol, and said helplessly, "Why are you, why are you coming to me?" ”

"What do you say?" Selena took off her hood, looked at Thomas, and said quietly, "I was miserable to you in the Golden Valley before. ”

"You provoked us first." Thomas said, "You and your companions have poisoned us with wine. ”

"I saved you, sneaking into your tent at great risk to stop you from drinking that drink."

"Even if I drink it, it's nothing, Prophet Merlin will remove the curse for me, just as he did with the others." Thomas said disapprovingly.

Selena put her hand on her forehead, "Why didn't I find you so old-fashioned and boring before, of course I know the strength of the Merlin Prophet, have you ever thought that the point of my words is just to emphasize that I have taken a big risk for you." ”

Thomas finally nodded this time, "I do want to thank you." ”

"That's right." Selena's two small pointed ears on her head were erected, and her eyes were sparkling as she looked at Thomas.

Unexpectedly, the latter went on to himself, "If you hadn't exposed it, I don't know when I would have found out about your curse." ”

“…………”

"It's not fair!" Selena protested, "Every time I sacrifice for love, you will never think about me." ”

"Is that why you've been hiding from me for more than a year and won't see me?" Thomas asked.

"Yes, I want to know how much weight I hold in your heart." Selena was a little sad, "It turned out that you don't care about me at all, and you haven't come to me for a year and a half." ”

"If you want to deliberately hide from someone with your concealment skills, that person will not be able to find you."

"I didn't say that I wouldn't let you find it, you look for it, it makes me happy, and I'll come out to see you." The more Selena talked, the more sad she became, and she looked like she was about to cry.

"I'm sorry, but I did have a lot of work to do at that time, and I couldn't find it." Thomas said apologetically, "But I haven't forgotten you." ”

"How do you prove it?"

Thomas thought for a moment, "If you want, we can find a Hugh to do our wedding now." ”

"Really, really?" This time, Selena was stunned, "But aren't you going to Xinlu, at this time, according to the tradition of the empire, shouldn't you marry a woman from a local noble family as a wife, so that you can rule that land?" ”

"Queen Victoria did arrange a marriage for me, with a lady of the Wettin family, but I politely refused, and I told her that I already had a sweetheart." Thomas Road.

"Yikes!" Selena didn't expect that the wood in front of her would be able to open up one day, and she said such sweet words, which made her a little overwhelmed for a while.

Thomas, however, seemed not to be thrilled enough, and added, "Would you like to be my wife and travel with me to the new continent?" ”

"Huh?! You're serious! ”

"Of course." Thomas looked serious.

"That, that, that......" Selena didn't expect that one day she would become a stammer, and she used all her strength to say the next half of the sentence.

"That's okay, since the goddess of life is also a double incarnation of Saturday, and the priests of Cornelia have become Hughes of the Double Rest Sect, it seems that it is not impossible for us to be together."

Selena's voice became quieter the more she spoke, and after saying the last word, she simply turned her head, covered her face and plunged into the crowd, using her stealth technique, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

(End of chapter)