"I'm going to celebrate in advance that you've managed to get a knight of the Order on your side?"

On the way back, Ingrid said happily.

"You should say, 'They're starting to see results.'" Annan corrected her statement.

"Do you really want to take them in?"

"They didn't hurt my subjects—" Annan walked along the path among the flower fields. The seeds of this batch of sunflowers are not very good, and the flower plate is only the size of a palm. It's okay to watch, but don't think about eating it anymore, it's not as fast as you are hungry. "I mean the people. The people here don't hate them either, it's too wasteful to let the elite do hard labor. ”

He who deserves to be hated has atoned for his sins with his life.

"But they are members of the Knights, and they have a complex network of relationships behind them."

Then let their family redeem him. They work for us, and they give us money. ”

Abby, who was waiting at the door, opened the door and let Annan and Ingrid in: "Let's let them continue the "labor reform" for a few months...... There are four or five thousand workers working every day in Xingyue Bay, and there is never too much defense. ”

There are twenty-four counties in the kingdom of Rikaner, and a few days ago, the new initials observed that the rat plague spread to the extreme northern counties, and there are less than three counties left from the royal capital...... In less than three weeks, the people of the royal capital will see an overwhelming rat tide appear on the horizon.

With a little hope, the new Primal discovered the migrants before the rat plague. Their existence, like Annan's, was trying to wake up a sleeping drunk.

The Diatra family and the Lawrence family agreed to join one after another, under the influence of Annan and Olmedo. Now, only the "mascot" who is far away in the royal capital, the Barros family.

The shops on the street closed one after another, and the two taverns became noisy, dormant as the night approached.

Crunch – crunch –

In the empty and dead square, the squeak of hemp rope swaying.

In the silence of the bedroom, Annan woke up from a deep sleep and followed the sound to the window.

The silhouette of a human figure hanging from his shoulders hangs from the gallows in the square, swaying in the breeze.

Why is the gallows still here? Why are all the street lights on the street going out? A sleepy Annan rubbed his eyes and looked again, and the gallows was empty.

Crunch – crunch –

The sound of the hemp rope shaking was close at hand. An afterimage suddenly fell from the window, and he was strangled by a rope and hung in front of the window. Its neck was stretched into a twisted narrow, its body covered in nezumi cilia, and its scarlet pupils stared at Annan resentfully—

"Ah!!h

Annan woke up from his bed, his heart gripped by fear, and he breathed rapidly. When he stiffened his peripheral vision at the window, the mist of magic lamps spread across the corners of the window.

But Annan still didn't come out of the nightmare......

It's not good to run to Rela's room at this time...... Lilith's room wasn't good either...... Abby's room was even worse.

This dream really scared Annan. Helplessly, he slipped out of the lord's mansion with a pillow and ran to the blue dragon's lair. Staying by Elimoas' side creates a sense of barren security.

Elias graciously allowed Annan to sleep on the mountain of gold coins, charged only for the lodging of the hardware, and then invited him to lie down on the pile of gold coins.

"How does it feel?"

On a midsummer night, the cold but not damp gold coin is unexpectedly comfortable.

“…… Not bad. ”

……

When the east was faintly bright, Annan, who woke up, slipped back to the lord's mansion as if he had slipped out quietly. Not long after, the maid Abby woke up, retrieved the freshly baked newspaper, and prepared breakfast.

Everything went well, Annan thought. No one knew they had a nightmare last night and snuck out.

Tearing open the corners of the newspaper, Evelyn's crisp voice made Annan relax a lot.

The first edition of the news is still reserved for the McKenn clan in the north, and the second edition of Annan appears: Annan Reeves, the king of the north, unites the Garna family, the Diatra family, the Lawrenster family, the Barros family, and the fifth of the twelve kings of the north to try to awaken the royal family of the Rikanr kingdom that is still blinded by the nezumi.

“…… It ended in the defeat of the Loyal Knights and the death of the chief commander Galth. Annan, Lord of Starmoon Bay, bestows medals on the guards, civilians, and mercenaries who participated in the battle—"

Lella and Lilith arrive at the dining room and sit down at their breakfast.

"No one would dare to believe this magical newspaper when it was sent out." Annan said, pointing to the image of himself wearing a gold medal for his lords.

"I had a hunch that I could catch a big 50-pound fish today." Lela hurriedly finished her breakfast and ran out.

Lilith was a quiet girl, and Annan was picking up her coffee while listening to the news to sort out that horrible dream......

Ingrid came to the restaurant with a stack of government affairs:

"I heard that you spent the night at the Blue Dragon's place last night?"

"Poof-" Annan spewed warm coffee, "sorry...... Abby! Get a towel for Miss Lilith! Don't talk nonsense, I'm just ...... It's just that there are some things to ask Elimoas. ”

"Do you still need to bring a pillow for things?"

Annan looked embarrassedly as Lilith calmly wiped the coffee stains on her cheeks, hair, and clothes: "I had a nightmare, and I didn't want to disturb my sister, so I could only go to the Blue Dragon's Lair......"

Ingrid sighed, "I can guarantee that I don't talk nonsense." ”

Annan gradually stiffened: "Is there anyone else who knows?" ”

"Good news and bad news." This kind of phrase that has been circulating for some time is spreading in Xingyue Bay: "From the women to the guards, from the shipyard to the industrial area, from the old orcs on the beach to the captives of the dungeon, everyone knows the secret of sneaking into the blue dragon's lair with your pillow in your hand in the middle of the night." ”

“…… The good news? Annan asked Abby to bring another towel that he was going to use to wipe his sweat.

"You don't have a good reputation, so this kind of rumor doesn't hurt you anymore."

Annan tried to argue: "But it's true, I dreamed of it...... When he woke up, he went to Elias, and he invited me to lie down on the mountain of gold coins and feel it. ”

Ingrid narrowed her eyes, "A dragon lets you touch his treasure?" ”

Annan suddenly realized that for a dragon, even the mother dragon and her relatives could not touch its treasure.

"Hmm......"

Lilith made a noise at this time, and after Annan looked at it, she said seriously: "Legend has it that people who bathe in the blood of the dragon clan will improve their physique, awaken the dragon vein, and gain talent, have you changed anything?" ”

"Haha......" Annan let out a desperate laugh.

Just when he wanted to break the can and give up saving his image, the teleportation pendant that Annan was wearing on his wrist suddenly activated-

This teleportation pendant was the one sent to the royal capital of the Barros family.

Fire Raven succeeded? Annan thought that he was about to cast a primary summoning spell when a terrifying nightmare suddenly came to his mind: the corpse of the Knights' scout turned into a nezumi, shaking outside the window......

The teleportation pendant was still flickering ominously, as if a knock on the door in the middle of the night was urging Annan to open the door......

(End of chapter)