The matter of the election of the lord of the castle has come to an end for the time being, and it is now Lydia who is the acting lord of the castle. She believed that the demons would not stop there, so she hurriedly commanded the people to rebuild the city wall in front of Heitan Town.

That night, Daniel finally woke up, in fact, the reason why he fainted was not just because he fell and injured, but because he didn't want to accept the fact that Lydia died.

Now that he had woken up and seen through the barracks window the sight of Lydia directing the construction in front of the city gates, he couldn't help but suspect that he had seen it wrong.

But Margaret, who was in charge of his care, immediately explained the situation and told him that it was the emir who saved Lydia.

“…… Is it the emir? ”

Daniel was a little surprised, he didn't expect that a blacksmith apprentice actually had the wisdom and ability to defeat that kind of monster, and also save his most important person.

"That's right, this boy is really impressive." Margaret sighed heartily.

"No, I have to thank him."

Daniel hurriedly got out of bed, but after only a few steps he was weak, and Margaret quickly supported him.

"Lord Daniel, get some rest, I can go and call the Emir."

"No, no, no, he is my benefactor, my reborn parents, I must show the greatest sincerity, how can I trouble him?"

However, as soon as he finished speaking, a figure entered the tent, and it was none other than the emir.

Of course, he didn't come to see Daniel, but wanted to talk to Margaret, because he had something important to confirm.

Seeing this, Daniel immediately rushed over and grabbed Emir's hand.

"Thank you so much, Émile, I don't know if I would have survived without you...... By the way, if you have any requests in the future, just mention them, as long as I can do it, I will definitely help, you see......"

"No, you calm down first."

The emir was taken aback by this battle and hastened to stop him.

But Daniel was still in a mood, and Emile had to ask Margaret for help, only to find her standing aside with a helpless expression.

"What's wrong? Don't you want to accept my thanks? ”

"No, of course not," said the emir, waving his hand hurriedly, "these are extraordinary times, so let's put aside the thanksgiving." ”

Daniel couldn't help but feel ashamed to see that he was still concerned about the situation ahead, and that he was only concerned about expressing his gratitude and not considering whether it was appropriate now.

"Since you say so, okay, I'll write it down for you first."

"Uh, that, can you let go of my hand?"

"Oh, I'm sorry," Daniel smiled awkwardly before changing the subject, "By the way, Emir, what's going on in town?" Also, what the hell is Lydia doing out there? ”

"Well," said the emir, scratching his head, "rather than listen to me, you better go outside and see, ah, by the way, can you get out of bed and walk?" Why don't I help you? ”

"Hehe, thank you for your concern," Daniel smiled, rejecting his kindness, "It's not a big problem, I'd better go by myself." ”

Daniel shuffled out, and Margaret tried to help him, but he politely refused.

The emir was a little puzzled when he saw him like this, so he asked Margaret.

"Then again, didn't you heal his injuries? Why is he still like this? ”

Margaret also had to smile wryly about this.

"Well, I guess it's a heart disease, because he's always lived for Lord Lydia, and after that kind of thing, he was hit hard, which in turn affected his body functions, and my magic can only heal external injuries, but not heart disease."

"I see."

"By the way, judging by your appearance, there should be something to ask me." Margaret said suddenly.

Emile couldn't help but wonder if this witch lady should have the ability to read minds, how could she see through his thoughts at once.

"Haha, it seems that I really can't hide it," he said with a smile, "That's right, I saw that you used up your magic power when you destroyed monsters, I want to make sure, what should you do next?" If the demons attack again, I'm afraid that just a few knights won't be able to resist it. ”

“……”

When Margaret heard this, she couldn't help but admire the young man in front of her even more, because he would care about such a trivial matter.

However, she thought about it again, Lydia said that she would test him before, could it be that he really wanted to be the city lord, so he was so concerned?

Of course, she would not have any objections, but she was quite supportive, so that Lord Lydia, whom she admired the most, would not have to bear so much responsibility.

"Well, thank you for your concern, I still have extra gems in my hand, even if I fight with the demons ten more times."

"Oh, that's good, then I'll leave it to you next."

"Well, don't worry."

After asking about this, the emir left the tent.

Margaret looked at his back and couldn't help but sigh, if it weren't for this young man, the previous war would probably have been lost.

……

Late at night, outside the city gates of the town of Heitan.

In order to deal with the likely ensuing attack of the demons, Lydia has no time to rest, but continues to accompany the people who are also unwilling to rest and are willing to build the city wall for free.

For a long time, the people admired their city lord Kresty the most, but they didn't expect Kresty to betray them in the end.

There is no doubt that the people are the hardest hit, but most of them are sensible people, and they still choose to accept the reality and angrily denounce Kresty's irresponsible behavior.

During the day today, Lydia became the acting city lord, and many people had a wait-and-see attitude, and if Lydia couldn't do the real thing, they decided to leave Blackpool early tomorrow morning and flee.

But now it seems that Lydia is definitely not the kind of incompetent aristocrat who is pampered and only knows how to call the shots, so most people approve of her.

As a result, more and more people chose to build the city wall free of charge, and they even bought building materials at their own expense.

This move moved even the few remaining knights of the Order, and they decided to keep vigil with Lydia.

After Lydia finished planning the city walls, she was paying close attention to the movements on the battlefield outside the city, and the remaining six knights stood in a row behind her, silently guarding.

After a while, a figure approached Lydia, and the knights became nervous, thinking that a monster had arrived.

It wasn't until they saw who was coming that they were relieved that it was the witch lady who had helped protect the town.

"Lord Lydia, go and rest first." Margaret said with concern.

Lydia turned her head, smiled at her, and said.

"Then what's the matter, I'm the acting city lord now, I have to set an example, the people are looking at me at any time, I can't let them down."

Margaret looked back at the newly laid city wall, and saw that many people on it looked this way from time to time.

"But you have to combine work and rest, otherwise when the demons attack again, you won't be able to support it." Margaret continued to persuade.

"Thank you for your concern, Margaret," Lydia patted her on the shoulder, then changed her words to the point, "then again, how do you seem like a different person?" Or was your initial cringe personality played? ”

"This ...... Haha, I'm smiling," Margaret scratched her head, embarrassed, "yes, it's all a disguise to get close to you." ”

"Approaching me? Why? Lydia was a little surprised when she was confirmed.

"Well, it's a long story, and I can only tell you that I want to go into your home library and look up some materials."

"Oh? What information? ”

"Hmm......" Margaret mused, as if thinking about the words, before she said, "I wonder if you've heard of a witch organization called Pandora's Box?" ”

"No," Lydia shook her head, "you should know, people like me aren't interested in magic. ”

Of course, Margaret knew that not only was Lydia not interested in magic, but even the knightly and magical worlds of the entire empire were incompatible.

"In this way, I won't tell you, I'm a member of this witch organization, our purpose is to secretly maintain the balance of the entire continent, it belongs to a public welfare organization, among which there are seven witches, all of whom have high magical attainments, and the rise of the demon race is the event we are most concerned about at present, in order to have a better understanding of the demon race, we collect relevant materials everywhere, and one of the very important documents is collected in your family's library."

"Uh, then you just tell me directly, why do you deliberately act?" Lydia was puzzled.

"Well, listening to you say this, you don't seem to understand the situation of witches in the empire, because the people lack a correct understanding of magic, so people like us are very unwelcome, especially those knights who claim to be bright and righteous, and they are even more disdainful of us, but knights also have advantages, such as never letting people in danger ......"

When Lydia heard this, it dawned on her.

"Oh, I see, that's why you're trying to trick me into the manor by tricking me into trust."

"Well, yes, I got my information in the end," Margaret nodded, and then added, "but I have a bigger discovery, and I'm sure even you will be surprised." ”

Margaret's expression became nervous when she said this, and the reason why she had come to Lydia so late was not just to persuade her to rest, but to explain this important matter.

"Then I'll listen to you." Lydia was immediately interested.

"Well,Anyway, I didn't come to the manor for a long time.,I took advantage of everyone's inattention to get into the library.,And then smoothly transcribed the required information.,That's all books that record the information of the demons.,You should have learned about the history of the demons in the book.,More than five hundred years ago,Human beings defeated the demons for the first time.,And established the Elnos Empire.,At that time, the people who survived the battlefield compiled these books.,It provides a lot of reference for future generations to study the demons.,However,Not all books are allowed to read.,I don't know why, A lot of it was hidden by the Empire, so I had to collect it in an unconventional way, and in order to prevent missing it, I searched the entire library, and in the process, I actually found the library's dark room. ”

"What? I didn't know there was a dark room there," Lydia's eyes widened, and she immediately took her hand, "Let's go and have a look." ”

"Wait a minute, Lord Lydia, didn't you say you had to set an example? How did you forget it all at once. Margaret hurriedly reminded her.

"Oh, that's right, I lost my temper."

"Out of curiosity, I entered the dark room and found that it was a large space, and in the center there was a half-human-high shelf, on which was placed a huge glass bottle, which seemed to be the body tissue of some kind of creature, similar in shape to an octopus tentacle, but even thicker, I don't know what kind of creature it was."

"Could it be the primordial species of the demons?" Lydia blurted out.

"Well, it seems that it is true now,"

Margaret nodded, and after the day's fighting, she finally understood.

"But why is there a monster's body tissue in the library?" Lydia wondered.

As far as she knew, the fief and the manor belonged to a former nobleman, who had received a greater reward and went to the royal capital of the empire, where it was rightfully given to Moswood, a new nobleman.

"I don't know, but I have a guess," Margaret said thoughtfully, "Think about it, why did the demons attack this remote town first?" ”

“…… Listening to you say this, it really doesn't make sense, since the demons are so powerful, even Chrysti has to give in and choose to take refuge in them, but they still spend months trying to consume the vitality of the town, is it really just to show their sense of existence? ”

"I don't know about that, but anyway, this town definitely has what they need, and it can't be taken by violence, so they have to be patient, and even try to get it by wooing Krestie."

Lydia also remembered that all the things that were wrong on the battlefield today, those monsters did not have a strong sense of attack, as if they were deliberately depleting their combat effectiveness, or they were just cooperating with Chrysti.

It's a pity that the demons didn't expect that Kresty would be defeated, so they had to use that powerful monster, as for whether it is the commander of the demons, it is still uncertain.

"So you're guessing that the purpose of the demons is to seize that part of the library's body tissue?"

"Well, it's very likely, I've surveyed the entire town with my magic perception, and I've only found that one magic reaction, and it's not weak at all."

"In that case, I should take a look." Lydia heard this and realized the gravity of the matter.

"But you can't leave now." Margaret was worried.

Lydia understood her concerns, and if she left at this time, she might be gossiped about by some of the people, and even suspected that she had put aside the construction of the walls and went to rest herself.

However, she couldn't let such crucial information go unchecked, so she decided to have someone accompany Margaret to the library.

At the same time, the emir was staying in the tent and was about to go to bed, when he suddenly sneezed for no apparent reason.

"What's going on, is the cold wind blowing too much?"