"What's wrong with you?"

It seems that since Annan's return, Deira has become a little strange...... For example, always be close to yourself.

On more than one occasion, Annan had turned around and seen Deella behind his back, or when he woke up in the middle of the night to see her standing in front of his bed.

Although Deira was Annan's nominal bodyguard, the distance was still too close.

While bathing, Annan secretly asked the elf mentor what time the elve's estrus period was.

“…… Elves do not have estrus. ”

Annan seemed to hear Elimoas say that he didn't like money, Martin didn't like apple pie, and Lella didn't like fishing: "Then you...... How do you find a partner? ”

"Feel it with your soul."

"Wow."

"We're going back to the Elven Court, are you going to talk to your Elven Mentor?"

"I think it's good to be like this......" Annan said at first, but felt timid, the elven mentor couldn't climb out of the leaves of the World Tree and eat himself, "What you become doesn't affect our friendship. ”

"I'm glad you can say that......"

After finishing the conversation with the elven mentor, Annan put on his mage robe and let Deella outside the door in.

Della, misunderstanding something, came in and began to take off her leather armor.

"That's not what I meant!" Annan was open and honest before Deella stripped naked: "Dela, you've been weird lately. ”

“…… The leaf of the World Tree draws me in. ”

"This? I can't give it to you......" Annan took out the leaves of the World Tree with hindsight, saw Dela's eyes nailed to it, and asked tentatively, "But can I let you hold it?" ”

"Thank you for your trust, but it's useless to hold the leaves of the World Tree."

"What about soaking in water?"

Dela's head, which didn't contain much, froze: "I don't know ......"

Annan asked the elven mentor again how he could divide the power of the leaves of the World Tree.

"The forces of nature exist only in the leaves of the World Tree itself, and the water that has been soaked in the leaves of the World Tree is useless...... Right? The elven mentor's hesitation lasted only a moment, "But I don't recommend you do this, the wrong use of it will allow the power of nature to leak out." ”

"What will happen then?"

“…… Your realm will be turned into a forest. ”

"That doesn't seem like much?" Annan was wondering what to do with the greenery of Gem City.

“…… You will be nourished. ”

The image of the sapling growing from their flesh and blood came to Annan's mind, and the leaf of the World Tree instantly became hot. This is much more dangerous than what explosion......

Putting away the leaves of the World Tree, Annan raised his head: "You heard it all. ”

Annan came to the second floor, where Ingrid was giving advice to Itilia.

In addition to Annan, who served as the lord of the city, and Etilia, the deputy lord of the city, Ingrid was the assistant to the lord and also served as the Ministry of the Interior, handling internal affairs with Francois. Erie Gravel Buildings, Soruman Copperbeard Armament, Losey as the Captain of the Guard, and Fermi as the Hellfire.

The structure of Starmoon Bay is basically maintained, and Olmedo's cronies are populated in these departments.

But Ingrid sees an important position as missing: "We still lack a messenger. ”

"What are the messengers going to do?"

"Receiving and visiting the monarchs and lords of other countries, keeping in touch with them, carrying out news and conducting war and trade negotiations when necessary."

"Sounds like something I've been doing."

Ingrid let out an "um" sound: "So you didn't look like a city lord before." ”

Annan thought for a moment: "I have a suitable candidate, but he hasn't come back yet." ”

It's the bard.

Thanks to The Redemption of Beta, the Bard was only one step away from the elite when they evacuated the North, and he should have been an elite after the flowering of Middle-earth.

Having an elite bard as an emissary for the Gem City isn't much of a problem, it's just that his unreliability is in the same vein as Mr. Fast - who knows where he's traveled?

"I'll ask Francois." Annan walked outside.

Itilia was about to ask the guards to call Francois over, but Ingrid stopped her: "If you don't let Annan-sama go out, he really has nothing to do." ”

To the north of Gem City, large swaths of wasteland here are being loosened by the earth elemental pulling ploughs. Annan found Francois in a wooden shed built by the roadside, and the necromancers were there, learning the art of farming.

Annan asked him, "Didn't you meet the bard outside?" ”

"No, but I think the bard is coming back soon."

"Why?"

"Remember when we were mistaken for Andy? That guy was quickly welcomed as a 'big celebrity' and then rushed over when he learned what we were doing here. ”

"Or maybe you're addicted to it?"

The necromancers reminded Annan of one thing: "Did you meet bandits when you came?" ”

"I was terrified by them...... "The black-lipped female necromancer said aggrievedly.

Ignoring the fact that the necromancer who was in the company of the dead was afraid of the living, Annan asked for details.

Francois listened and suddenly said, "They are not necessarily bandits. ”

"Why do you say that?"

"Those bandits have nothing, how dare they run to the vicinity of Jewel Bay? I flipped through the Gem City's exploration records and found that we had a bit of a conflict with the Mad Dog Grand Duke...... Don't you know? ”

"Hmm...... Of course I do. Annan skipped the awkward topic, "So you suspect that they are the eyes of the Mad Dog Grand Duke?" ”

"I can't think of any other reason."

"Then let the musketeers test it first."

After all, the opponent of the musketeers has always been rats, and they have not yet fought against human forces.

Annan had wanted to let Rossi pass, and he and Fermi happened to be fighting the nezumi in the Violet Old Lands, and the other fighting the enemy in Gem Bay, but they didn't pass the Ingrid level.

"I'm going too!" When Rossi shouted this, Ingrid was expressionless: "You are now Lord Annan's guard." ”

Rosie had to shrink back like a quail.

Fermi took most of the main force of the musketeers, leaving only a few recruits, which was the right opportunity to train them. The captain was replaced by a young man named Jack - one of the thirty-four Jacks of Starmoon Bay.

Now there are only eleven left.

Annan still didn't feel at ease and let the ten earth elements quietly follow them, but in the evening, Annan got the news that this group of recruits had solved a group of "bandits" and arrested the bandit leader.

When Annan arrived at the camp, the faces of the recruits were beaming with the joy of victory.

"You're still taking risks."

"We don't, sir. We were just watching from a distance, and they saw that we didn't even have a professional and rushed over......"

Jack proudly dragged the captive out from behind.

"We managed to find one that didn't make it into a sieve."

(End of chapter)