Volume II, Chapter 15

"Philine, we're friends!" The official who walked past them heard His Royal Highness Fichette be careful with Madame Firin, "Then can you consider forgetting a certain sentence I just said, so as not to mention it to anyone?"

"But I haven't slept well because I've been worried about someone these days...... "said Madame Flynn," said Madame Flynn, "and what do you mean?"

"That's amazing, worthy of the Governor's wife, it looks like His Highness Fischette will be blackmailed......" the officials slowed down, thinking to themselves.

"It's the one with the bastard...... I'm unintentional...... You know he's in a bad mood......"

"Oh, well, but my birthday is coming!

"Ah...... How can you be sloppy on your birthday?" His Royal Highness Fichette said in a solemn and awe-struck manner: "The Lady of the Governor of the Dark Province, how can you not wear the royal tailor's dress of the Holy Capital on your birthday? You must know that only in that way can you bring out your noble temperament! No! As a friend of Cohen and a friend of yours Firin, I must immediately order them to make a set for Madame at once!"

"That's it......" Fei Lin said with a smile, "Okay, I'll forget what you just said for a while!"

"Thank you!" said someone, not without heartache.

And so it was...... The officials thought about their salaries, and then compared their salaries with the cost of a royal dress, and they all made up their minds that they would never say a word to the Governor in front of people!

Because that would mean bankruptcy...... Otherwise, it will be bleaker than bankruptcy, and he will be flattened by the Governor!

The two discussed the details with other officials, and it was already night. Back to the Big Tent. Saw Winsley waiting outside. By Winsley's side. There were also three elves that the two of them had never seen before. Judging from the clothing, the status will not be low.

"Fischette, Sister Filin, you're back!" Winsley stepped forward and grabbed Firin's hand, "Mother is here!"

"So fast?" Fichette asked, surprised.

"Mother came with several elders, and they all worked together on a magic that was extremely magical. Winsley explained as she walked, "Mother is checking on Cohen!"

"You go in first, and I'll be right there. Fischette said, "I'll arrange the garrison here!"

When Fischette arranged for a qiē to enter the tent, His Excellency Elf, who had just finished checking on Cohen, was resting.

This was the first time Prince Fichette had seen His Excellency Elf, and he walked over and made a deep senior courtesy: "Your Excellency, Elf." Cohenta...... How is he?"

"It's a difficult thing to do, I don't even know how to explain it to you......" The Elven glanced worriedly at Cohen lying on the bed, sorting out his thoughts, while the others were trembling with fear from the Elven's words.

"If Cohen is dead now, then from the moment he was injured, it has been a day and a night, and in such a long time, if he is really dead, there will be a series of changes in his body...... Not to mention being hit to death by a high-level lightning magic. Often, people who die like this can't leave even a speck of ashes. ”

"Yes......" said Fichette with difficulty, "and then?"

"Come and see. The elf walked up to Cohen's side and gently brushed off a layer of necrotic skin from Cohen's body with his fingers: "It's been so long, though. But Cohen's current physical condition is no different from that of a healthy person! Except for a layer of skin on the surface, Cohen has no internal or external injuries at all!"

As he spoke, Lord Elf took out a small silver knife and pierced Cohen's skin, staining it with blood.

"Look. Pointing to the blood, Lord Elf said, "Although Cohen has no heartbeat or breath now, and the blood does not flow...... But his blood is still so bright red and healthy, and there is no sign of clotting at all!"

"That said," Winsley looked at her mother expectantly, "Cohen, he'......."

"Poor boys, this shows that Cohen is not dead. Before everyone could say anything, the elf said, "But if Cohen doesn't breathe and heart like that...... Eventually, he will die. ”

"Then what should we do!" Winsley threw herself into her mother's arms, her shoulders twitching: "Mommy......"

"I'll try to heal it with magic first. The elf stroked his daughter's hair: "If it doesn't work, there are other ways." In addition, Governor Visu's side will also find a way...... In short, let's work together! We must make Cohen better!"

"Yes, the top priority is to stabilize the situation in the entire Dark Province. Fichette's face was a little bloody: "The Dark Province has been built by Cohen with great effort! During his absence, we must hold on and not let the people below see the flaws." Otherwise, Cohen's busy time and the victory of defeating the enemy with great difficulty would have been ...... will all disappear with the collapse of the people's hearts......"

"yes, kids, I'm glad you noticed that. His Excellency nodded approvingly: "You must unite as one to survive these few days!"

"But what about in a few days?" asked Kelly, "what shall we do then?"

"How many days later?" the elf comforted Kelly with a warm hand, "At that time, everyone who should have come will come, and everything that should have happened will happen......"

"But what are we going to do to survive these few days?" Filine sighed, "There are too many scenes for Cohen to appear!"

"Cohen left one thing that was very helpful to us. The corners of Fichette's mouth curled, as if he remembered something interesting, although the expression was a little inappropriate in such a situation: "That's Cohen, the character and temper of the Governor!"

In such a grim situation, when everyone heard this, the corners of their mouths involuntarily turned upward!

That night, the Governor ordered that the Dark Province be lifted from combat readiness, and that the construction sites and ethnic stations scattered around the Dark City should immediately resume construction and production, and at the same time convey the news of the victory over a group of bandits.

This order also passed through the hands of the Wingman Scouts, and was immediately passed on to dozens of construction sites and alien gathering places scattered across the territory of the Dark Province.

Suddenly. Darkness up and down. Countless migrant workers and countless residents of different races rushed to tell each other...... These people who are struggling to survive in difficult situations, these people who have gathered under the indifferent reputation of the Dark Governor...... I need such news so much to cheer myself up!

I was not mistaken!, although the reputation of the governor was not very good. But it looks quite powerful, with such a small army, he defeated the bandits who came to attack, after all, he is a member of the Kaida family, and he can protect himself...... Countless people sleep with such thoughts in mind.

Early the next morning, a large number of soldiers and craftsmen were working the construction site of the Dark City under the leadership of officials at all levels.

"To welcome the army of the heroes of our dark provinces! To celebrate the first victory of our dear sons! To the triumph of our invincible army! We must decorate the construction site with a variety of colors......" The officials of all sizes said to their subordinates with spit on their lips, as if their army had won numerous victories.

They stood on the half-built walls, on the gravel piles of the quarries, on the rotten stakes on the roadside, and shouted: "Make them feel at home, make them comfortable, let them ...... Hey, what are you looking at? It's you! What are you hanging up to?"

"It's a bunting. Sir!"

"Stupid! Do the buntings have white?"

"But there's no red cloth anymore......"

"Gone, where did the red cloth go?"

"Didn't you just take it all, sir, and said you were going to make a new pair of underwear for every soldier in the army?"

"It seems like this...... You're stupid, you can't paint with paint?"

"But the red paint is not enough......"

"Where did the paint go?!"

"I took it and painted the walls of the newly repaired army toilets......"

“......”

"Sir, do we still want to hang up?"

"Forget it, you can just use some red paint to draw a colored frame here......

The whole construction site was in chaos, and officials at all levels were racking their brains to find a way to solve the tasks assigned to them, and the Governor's celebration plan was really a bit excessive......

But what can be done? Your Excellency the Governor has such a temper, and it will be miserable if he can't finish it when the time comes! The flowering of the ass is a trivial matter, and I am afraid that the Governor will not know what method he will use to clean himself up.

But then again, why is it so difficult to do something that usually seems so simple? There are too many people on the other side and the roads are blocked, there are no materials here, and the materials that have just arrived there do not know where they have gone......

How can there be such chaos on the construction site in normal times? Are you overexcited by the news of the victory?

Although the progress of the work is slow. But no one dared to run to the Doge to complain, for ...... The Governor got up early this morning and began to lose his temper, and now it's almost noon, and it's not over yet!

"You know, the Governor is in a bad mood because of his injury, and he started scolding his guards this morning......" The officials exchanged the latest news about the Governor: "There is also a guy from the town hall who accidentally caught the Governor and was shaved off his hair......"

"That was just now, and now the number of people who have had their hair shaved off has increased to five!"

"No! I passed by the Governor's tent in the morning, and I heard the Governor curse, but it was loud! The three ladies could not persuade me!"

"Oh my God, please, don't let the Governor out of the tent!" the officials cried out in their hearts, "If the Governor sees the progress of my work now...... I'm afraid I won't have a single hair left from head to toe!"

When Martin Luther's army arrived in the Dark City, everyone could barely believe their eyes.

It's a boiling dark city!

Every path was filled with cheering crowds, Terrans, Orcs, Winged Men, Dwarves, and people who didn't know who they were...... There are adults and children, they hold blooming flowers, shout enthusiastic slogans, their eyes are constantly burning, and their mouths are still blooming with spit from time to time......

There was a banner in the sky to welcome the triumph of the army, because the composition of the dark army was complex, and because there were not many idle materials on the dark construction site, so a dozen or twenty words were often written on a banner that was no more than a foot down.

Although they express the same meaning, some words are long and some words are short...... It looks like a few caterpillars are stuck in your mouth.

Fortunately, there are few literate soldiers in the dark army, and even those who are literate don't have time to look at this now. The soldiers were surrounded by a crowd.

Soldiers who have never been treated like this. When there was no order to come down, they still marched slowly in a neat queue. With a simple smile on his face, he answered the greetings of his fathers and elders with a shy expression, and his eyes looked around for the figure of his family......

At that moment, Martin Luther believed in a miracle, and Cohen woke up! It was Cohen's handwriting, the pattern that was slanted on the wall, the bunting and the banner that were stuck here and there...... Cohen's sprawling spirit and weird style are revealed everywhere.

He let out a long breath and let go of his thoughts. Ask the officials who came to greet you, "Where is Governor Cohen?"

"Your Excellency the Governor is in his tent!" the official smiled bitterly, "I have lost my temper all morning, and I can hear it from afar...... Go and persuade it, otherwise, I don't know how many people will be unlucky. ”

"Really?" said Martin Luther, smiling indifferently, and after giving a few orders to the troops, he headed for the governor's tent.

After all, it's a young man! When you lose your temper when you are frustrated.

The officer was right, Martin was far away when he heard Governor Cohen's shouting from the tent, and it sounded so neutral.

"Probably because Cohen now thinks that he is black and ugly!" There was even a smile on the corner of Martin's mouth: "Hehe!"

It seems that Cohen is very concerned about his carelessness, and outside the governor's tent, the guards are not usually tight!

"Sir Martin!" one of the guards ran up and said, "Please stop." Let me report on it!"

"Go ahead!" Martin, who had been fighting for almost his entire life, of course understood: "Why are the guards so tight today?"

"You don't know. The guard complained: "This morning, the chief of Wadi did not listen to the dissuasion of our captain, and insisted on breaking in without being informed...... As a result, he was spanked by the Governor. It also caused our captain to have his head shaved!"

Martin shook his head helplessly, thinking that Cohen was a little too much this time, and even spanked Wadi's ass, Wadi was his good brother!

"It's Grandpa Martin's back!" Cohen's voice was full of surprise, "Come in!"

Martin went in, and saw a small soldier standing in a tent, and he was pinching his throat in pain to learn from the governor. And his two granddaughters were looking at him with a worried face as he and a few other people as he could.

Martin's body shook and he immediately stood still.

"Huh...... Cohen. He said loudly with a wooden face: "It's good to see that you're okay!"

At noon on the seventh day of the army's return to the Dark City, the inhabitants were surprised to find that the Governor of Darkmoon, the father of the Dark Governor, Lord Visu Kaida, had arrived in the company of Chief Moya.

Every two days, several fast horses came from the direction of the Holy Capital. The people on the horse were in a hurry, but several magicians already recognized one of them as the Great Magician Wilbur!

After three days, the horse team came from the direction of the Holy Capital again, and the horse team was a few people at a time. Some are magicians, others are messengers with packages...... Steady stream!

"What's going on now? So many important people are coming. People speculated, "Is the governor going to do new construction?" or is there a war to be fought?"

"Don't you be afraid, don't we have Governor Cohen here?"

"Yes, yes!"

It seems that Governor Cohen, who is lying in bed and is dying, his reputation is still rising during this time!

And in another place...... For example, the atmosphere of conversation in the Holy Capital Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion is not very relaxed.

"I'm sorry! Lord Zuo Xiang, it seems that we didn't succeed this time, that ruffian is still alive and well...... one guy bent down and said: "According to the spies who came back, that guy is very energetic, and he is not idle and tired every day!"

"You stupid!" Zuo Xiang, who was sitting at the table, sighed and said quietly: "I told you a long time ago, you have to know people with eyes, and you can see what kind of fools you have found to do this!"

"It's my fault!" the man fell to his knees in fright: "I'm not a human to trust, I'm damned! I'll find someone to kill him again!"

"No need. Zuo Xiang shook his head: "I have more important things to worry about...... Get out!" Zuo Xiang raised his eyes and looked at the sky after speaking, and his body did not move for a long time.

"Why can't you be my son-in-law?" he muttered to himself, "You brought it upon yourself!"

Finally, in Cohen's absence, the people around him have completed their first scam in the Dark Province perfectly.

He deceived his enemies, his own people, and all of them...... Until the day Governor Cohen woke up, the vast majority of people didn't even know that Cohen had been away for a while......

Miss Dill Merlin stood on the balcony with a lovely little mouth puffing out. The other day a rude outburst came to the store and drove her almost mad, and finally sold him three pieces of clothing for fifteen gold coins, and the outburst actually gritted his teeth and bought them, which made Miss Dill Merlin really happy for a while. Who knew that when I went home at night, I encountered a robbery again! Fortunately, I have been proficient in swordsmanship since I was a child, so I can be in danger.

I didn't want to come to this dinner today, but it's so boring to be alone at home. As soon as I arrived, I was pestered by the playboy named Joey. This guy has been like this since he saw himself a year ago, and he never tires of his meaty and boring love letters stuffing the trash can in his room.

And Mr. Prley, whose mud had already flooded his neck, didn't want to think that he was old enough to be his grandfather, and even made excessive demands on himself at a banquet!

"Am I going to be such a woman!" said Dill Merlin to himself indignantly, "you despicable pigs!"

The night stars in the sky are so beautiful, and Dill Merlin sat down on a chair on the balcony and remembered his childhood.

Since I was a child, I have been a boy with a personality and I don't want to lose to others no matter what I do. I dare to climb the tree to get the bird's eggs, and I dare to beat the aristocratic boy next door. On her eighth birthday, she had her first red pony, and the teacher who taught her riding was terrified, maybe he didn't expect to meet such a talented student, right?

Her father once touched her head and said, "Diel, if you were a boy, my Merlin family would be perfect." ”

Why am I not a boy? No, even if I were a girl, I wouldn't be worse than a boy!

My mother has a sapphire necklace, and at night, the sapphire necklace will shine blue under the light of the moon and stars.

"Dill is good...... "Mother will caress her little face, "and on the day Dill gets married, Mother will put it on for you herself." ”

Since then, Dil Merlin has longed for the day when he will be married, if not for anything else, but for his mother to wear that necklace for herself...... However, this day will not come, and my mother will be gone forever when she is fourteen years old.

When my mother was gone, my father became more and more unreasonable, more and more absurd, and he spent his time at the card table and in the brothel, not caring about his own property at all, in fact, his mother had always taken care of these things.

At the age of fourteen, he had learned how to deal with tenant farmers and tax collectors, and to use his hard-earned money to support his father, who had only known enjoyment. Oh, now that I am seventeen years old, I can find someone to marry at will, but what about my father? Thinking of this, Miss Dill Merlin could not help but feel a little powerless. (To be continued......)