Chapter 283 136. Omen
“I want to celebrate in advance your success in getting a knight of the Order to side with you?”
On the way back, Ingrid said happily.
"You should say, 'Their transformation has initially achieved results'." Annan corrected her statement.
“Do you really want to recruit them?”
"They didn't harm my subjects—" Annan walked on the path among the flower fields. The seeds of this batch of sunflowers were not very good, and the resulting flower disks were only as big as a palm. It's fine for viewing, but don't be tempted to eat it. Use it to fill your stomach and you won't get hungry quickly. "I mean the people. People here don't hate them. It's a waste to let the elites work as hard labor."
Those who should be hated have already atoneed for their sins with their lives.
“But they are members of the Knights, and they have a complicated network of relationships behind them.”
“Then let their families redeem them. They work for us, and they have to pay Our money."
Abby, who was waiting inside, opened the door and let Annan and Ingrid in: "Let them continue the "reform through labor" for a few months... There are four people in Xingyue Bay every day. With five thousand workers at work, there can never be too many defenses.”
There are twenty-four counties in the Ruikaner Kingdom. A few days ago, the New Initials observed that the rat plague has spread to the extreme northern counties. There are less than three counties left before the royal capital... In less than three weeks, the people of the royal capital will see overwhelming rats. The tide appears on the horizon.
What brings some hope is that New Initial discovered the migratory people in front of the rat plague. Their existence is the same as Annan, trying to wake up the sleeping drunk.
The Diatra family and the Lawrencet family agreed to join one after another with the solicitation of Annan and Olmedo. Now, only the "mascot" who is far away in the royal capital, the Barros family, is left.
The shops on the street closed one after another, and the two pubs became noisy, and then fell into silence as the night approached.
Crunch——Crunch——
In the empty and dead square, the sound of swaying hemp ropes floated.
In the quiet bedroom, Annan woke up from his deep sleep and followed the sound to the window.
A silhouette of a man with slumped 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 turned off? The sleepy Annan rubbed his eyes and looked again. There was no one on the gallows.
Crunch——Crunch——
The sound of shaking hemp ropes sounded close at hand. An afterimage suddenly fell outside the window, and it was strangled by a rope and hung in front of the window. Its neck was stretched into a twisted and narrow shape, and its body was covered with rat-man cilia. Its scarlet pupils stared at Annan resentfully——
“Ah!!!”
Annan stood up from the bed. I woke up with a start, my soul gripped by fear, and I was breathing rapidly. When he glanced stiffly at the window with his peripheral vision, the haze of magic lamps filled the corners of the window.
But Annan still hasn’t escaped from the nightmare...
It’s not good to run to Layla’s room at this time... Lilith’s room is not good either... Abby’s room is even worse. good.
This dream really scared Annan. He helplessly hugged the pillow and slipped out of the lord's mansion, running to the blue dragon's lair. Being around Ilimoyas creates a sense of barren security.
Elimayas graciously allowed Annan to sleep on the gold coin mountain, charging only five gold coins for accommodation, and then invited him to lie on the gold coin pile.
"How do you feel?"
On a midsummer night, the cold but not wet gold coins are unexpectedly comfortable.
“…not bad.”
...
When there was a faint light in the east, Annan, who woke up, slipped back to the Lord's Mansion as quietly as he slipped out. Not long after, the maid Abby woke up, took back the fresh newspapers, and prepared breakfast. Everything went well, Annan thought. No one knew that they had a nightmare last night and sneaked out.
Tearing the corner of the newspaper, Evelin's clear voice made Annan relax a lot.
The first page of news is still reserved for the McKean clan heading north, and Annan appears in the second edition: King of the North Annan Reeves unites the Janna family, the Diatra family, and the Lawrencet family, The Barros family, the fifth of the Twelve Kings of the North, attempts to awaken the royal family of the Kingdom of Rekaner, which is still deceived by the ratmen.
"...It ended with the defeat of the Loyal Knights and the death of the head of the regiment, Galt. Annan, Lord of Star Moon Bay, awarded honors to the guards, people and mercenaries who participated in the war——"
Leila and Lilith came to the restaurant , sitting in front of their breakfast.
“No one would believe this magic newspaper when it was sent out.” Annan said, pointing to the image of himself putting on a gold medal for the people in his territory.
"I have a hunch that I can catch a 50-pound fish today." Leila hurriedly finished her breakfast and ran out.
Lilith is a quiet girl. Annan picked up the coffee and listened to the news while sorting out the horrible dream...
Ingrid came to the restaurant holding a stack of government affairs:
“I heard that you spent the night at Blue Dragon’s last night?”
“Pfft——” Annan spurted out warmth. of coffee, "Sorry...Abby! Get a towel for Miss Lilith! Don't talk nonsense, I just...just have something to ask Elimoyas."
"I still need to ask something. Do you want to bring a pillow? "
Annan looked at Lilith calmly wiping the coffee stains on her cheeks, hair, and clothes: "I had a nightmare and didn't want to disturb my sister, so I had to go to the Blue Dragon's Lair... …”
Ingrid sighed: "I can promise not to talk nonsense."
Annan gradually stiffened: "Does anyone else know?"
"Good news and bad news." This sentence pattern that has been circulating for some time is spreading in Xingyue Bay: "From women to guards, from shipyards to industrial areas, from old orcs on the beach to prisoners in dungeons, you sneak into the blue dragon's lair late at night with your pillow in your arms. Everyone knows the secret."
"...Where's the good news?" Annan asked Abby to bring another towel for him to wipe his sweat with.
“Your reputation is not very good, so this rumor is not painful to you.”
Annan tried hard to defend: "But that's true. I dreamed...I went to Ilimoyas's place after I woke up. She also invited me to lie on the mountain of gold coins and feel it."
Ingrid Narrowing his eyes: "A dragon lets you touch his treasure?"
Annan suddenly realized that for a dragon, not even the dragon mother and her relatives can touch its treasure.
"Well..."
Lilith made a noise at this time. After Annan looked at it, she said seriously: "It is said that people who bathe in the blood of dragons will improve their physique, awaken their dragon veins, Have you changed anything since you gained talent? ”
"Haha..." Annan let out a desperate smile.
Just when he wanted to give up trying to save his image, the teleportation pendant worn by Annan on his wrist suddenly activated——
This teleportation pendant was sent to the Barros family in the royal capital. That one.
Has the Fire Crow succeeded? Annan thought, and was about to cast the elementary summoning spell, when a terrifying nightmare suddenly appeared in his mind: the corpse of the Knights' scout turned into a rat man, shaking outside the window...
The teleportation pendant was still flashing ominously, as if A hurried knock on the door late at night urged Annan to open the door...
(End of this chapter)