"Good news, bad news."

It didn't take long for Annan to deliver the message to Olmedo as it was.

"Good news."

At this time, Olmedo was still signing the decree at the Lord's Palace.

Annan opened his mouth, and found that he could not start with the good news: "You have to hear the bad news first." ”

Olmedo paused and smiled helplessly: "Then let's talk about the bad news first." ”

"The New Initial approached the Obiris Strait after two months of sailing, and they spotted the nezumi trail."

Olmedo put down his quill and said to the corner of the room, "Tina, I'm going to Starmoon Bay." ”

Stepping through the portal, she appeared in Annan's study. It's not the first time Olmedo has been here, but it's the first time I've come at night. The sea, the breeze and the quiet of the town make for a peaceful night.

"Let's go out and talk."

Annan nodded, leaving Abby to look after the house, and Olmedo went out into the street and headed for the bay.

"Tell me what's going on."

"The Clan McKenn's Hallows Plague has appeared there......" Annan later recounted to Olmedo on the new Primordial.

"That's really bad news......" Olmedo sighed. She had been pessimistic that the nezumi would make a comeback, but it was too fast and menacing.

"And the good news?"

"We got the news months in advance, and it will take a long time for the McKenn clan to come over and break through the barriers, and their target may not be Starmoon Bay."

"It seems that there are three pieces of good news."

Annan and Olmedo came to the coastal streets, which were a little more lively, and the taverns in the distance and the chattering on the beach were carried by the wind.

"We have to be ready...... A nezumi clan will not go north for no reason. Olmedo said.

"Maybe it has something to do with their loss of contact with the rat god?"

"Who knows......"

If a scholar were to write history in the future, perhaps the Saint Laurent calendar would be the beginning of a turbulent year in which the gods were lost, humanity was lost its protection, and the nezumi were ready to move......

The vastness of the bay didn't make Olmedo's mood better: "I've tried more than a dozen ways to make Breezy as prosperous and strong as the southern city-state, and without exception, all of them have failed......"

"You didn't fail, but confirmed a dozen ways that didn't work."

At this time, a figure squeezed over: "You never said that to me. ”

Annan expressed disgust: "Because you swallowed me a thousand gold coins to get an oil!" ”

"What is oil?" Olmedo asked curiously.

"A fierce oil that can't even be extinguished by water."

"Wouldn't that be nice?"

"A pound and a kinnar."

"I retract it."

Annan continued to stare at Michael Kell: "You still don't go to alchemy gunpowder?" ”

"Damn, I didn't even squeeze those mage apprentices like that!" Michael who ran out complained, and then was stunned by Annan's sentence "The rat man is coming": "What? ”

"One good news, one bad news...... Never mind. "Annan will tell Michael what he said to Olmedo.

"We're just going to watch them come over?"

"That's why I'm urging you to make gunpowder...... When the Frost Giants attacked, we wouldn't have been so troublesome if we had gunpowder. Annan said seriously.

“…… I'll go and recruit me some more mage apprentices!" ”

Michael hurried back to his alchemy room.

"Are we the Rikaners?" Annan withdrew his gaze.

"Of course."

"Then can we ask the royal capital for help?"

As a funnel-shaped kingdom of Rikaner, the McCain rat people who go north must pass through half of the Rikanr kingdom, and maybe the royal capital is also on their way...... They cannot remain indifferent.

"The kings may not pay attention to this, they are fighting to the death to support the new king, and the nobles who once shook Rickan every time they died, are now dying every day......"

"How did I not know?"

Evelyn is still racking her brains for each issue of the Starmoon Bay News.

Olmedo looked around the Crescent Bay and didn't speak. Annan understood what she meant—he didn't even know what had happened in Breeze City recently.

"They're not going to be fighting for power when the nezumi invade."

"You still don't know enough about the nobility...... If the nobles can't survive, they will only do everything they can to drag the enemy into the water......" Olmedo was pessimistic, but took the proposal anyway: "Just try as you say, a letter doesn't cost much." ”

The recipient will be the second prince. It was he who signed Annan's pioneering order, and he had some advantage in the struggle for the throne.

As Olmedo was about to go back, a fiery red arrow landed on the fence.

Annan took out the letter paper and money bag from the fire crow's ankle and went to the magic street lamp.

[My orphan brother:]

[Oh, you must have forgotten that you still have two older sisters. While you're trying to figure out if they're called Jesse or Nana, your forgotten sister has prepared a birthday present for you.

[Congratulations on getting one step closer to adulthood tomorrow.] But remember for me little Annan, before I become an adult, stay away from women outside! 】

Aunt Susan's little Annan is spoiled, the elven mentor's little Annan is greedy, and Raella's little Annan is threatening.

The time I chose at random happened to be Levi's birthday......

Annan opened his purse and pulled out a pair of woolen socks, which he guessed were gifts from Rela, as the names of Etilia and Rela were written underneath them...... The eldest sister is not so stupid.

And it's silly to send wool socks in the summer.

"I'll get your gift ready." Olmedo said from the side.

Annan did not advertise his birthday, only his friends knew. However, I received many gifts the next day. Annan's most anticipated gift was Tasia's, but she still hasn't returned from the front. Hopefully there are no surprises......

……

Whoa-whoa-whoa

The sound of clash of armor echoed through the dreary, oppressive castle.

Stepping past the croaning wounded, slicing through the glittering windows, stepping into the hallways covered with viscous blood, the armoured figure burst into the hall and reported to his lord:

"Lord Mogaro, there's a ship outside......"

In the dark morning, the mage who had applied the levitation spell landed on the deck.

He keenly noticed that the water element on this ship was unusually rich, and he looked at the two figures surrounded by the crew, raised his head and said to them: "In the name of Lord Mogaro Shide, I send you a summons, immediately-"

"I'm sorry, we're from the North, just to investigate the Nezumi Clan." Francois refused.

"You ......" The elite mage suddenly saw a large group of water elementals gushing out of the cabin, and the tough threat turned into a pleading: "...... Please be sure to help us. ”

Francois admired the castle that had stayed all night in the rat tide, and promised: "I will ask you the king of the north." ”

(End of chapter)