Sir, this is not how bad women are used.

Chief Phoenix, in the form of a virgin, spoke of the changes in her heart.

Talking about how uneasy she was when there was internal strife in the Longyan family.

Now that the Dragonborn Family has come to these dilapidated towns, it is what she has been most worried about. It is as if the family has suddenly declined and cannot even keep its own territory.

He had lived a good life for the first ten years, but suddenly he had fallen into a miserable situation living in this small, shabby town.

Fortunately, the Dragonborn Family appears here now only because of a temporary transition and has nothing to do with any decline.

Weilin and the others felt a little embarrassed when they heard this. They said nothing, but just smiled apologetically and echoed the old man's words.

I didn’t feel anything in the past, but now I realize for the first time that once any living being enters old age, the topic of reminiscing about the past is really the most attractive to them.

He kept talking and it was difficult for others to interrupt him.

Chu Yan really is like that. Can’t he just change the topic when talking to Chief Phoenix?

It is not appropriate for them to leave now. They can only listen to the clan leader expressing his feelings patiently in helplessness.

This scene is quite funny.

At a large wooden table in the open-air square, several adults sat together, with subtle serious expressions, listening to Long Luoli, whose head was slightly higher than the table, speaking at length about her reflections on life. From time to time, the adults nodded, expressing their agreement with Long Luoli's profound views.

At about three o'clock, the distant sound of the clock tower drifted from the direction of the city, and the meeting ended.

Chu Yan suggested that Chief Phoenix also move into the city, and Eve booked several houses in advance.

But the old man refused. The short chief of the Phoenix clan shook his head and sighed:

"Never mind. I'll just stay here, maybe for a year or a few months. If I stay here, it can also reassure the tribesmen. You need to keep in touch with other places frequently, so you don't need to live there.

Especially Xiao Chuyan, how come he can even hook up with the Empire?"

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*

Deep inside the Tower of Babel,

After the adventurers evacuated, the imperial army started the second-stage exploration mission, slowly exploring along both sides of the route originally opened up by the adventurers.

It is equivalent to widening the route.

The imperial soldiers were actually all curious, and they all felt that their superiors were working closely with the adventurers.

Before they set out on this journey, they had heard about the Imperial blockade and thought that the biggest enemy of this expedition would be the adventurers. However, before a conflict even occurred, the two blood descendants of the emperor started killing each other first, and then they themselves began to cooperate with the adventurers intentionally or unintentionally.

Very strange!

But the imperial soldiers would not question anything. Their duty was to obey orders. And after the incident of the mysterious city-state, it was proved that Princess Ye Na was a qualified commander. She reduced the casualties of the team.

The Imperial Army has received support from headquarters in its current exploration orders.

King Yama sent a new troop to reinforce, which was equivalent to giving the original soldiers a chance to rotate and rest.

On this day, Princess Ye Na and Aunt Organ discussed their plans to leave the tower.

"Aunt, you've been in the tower for a long time. Go out and get some fresh air. According to the plan my brother mentioned, the next month will be a stable preparation and rest period. You should also go out and relax!"

Although it is true that there should be a chief in the tower who is always ready to deal with special situations reported by subordinates, Princess Ye Na has a point.

Now the adventurers are no longer enemies of the Imperial Army (in fact, if Chu Yan hadn't brought the forbidden ones to sabotage in secret, the adventurers alone might not be able to defeat the Imperial Army). The Imperial Army no longer has enemies to guard against in the tower, and as long as the orders are deployed, the army can handle daily tasks on its own.

And now is not the time when the situation suddenly arises. The army only needs to explore. There is no need for Feng Organ to be on edge and keep watching here.

"Yana, did you come into the tower specifically to tell me about this? Well, I've been a little tired lately. I witnessed the eldest prince turn into that kind of thing in the mysterious city-state, and I haven't rested and have been staying in the tower all this time."

The narrow-eyed black-haired woman smiled faintly, accepting the concern offered by her junior.

Princess Ye Na was free and easy but not willful. She stretched her neck as if she was warming up before a battle and said:

"Then what else do you need to deal with now? I'll help you finish it, and we'll go out together!"

"My work is always cleared up on the same day, and never piled up. Now you can't help even if you want to."

"Are you so stingy that you don't even leave me a job? Auntie is trying to sideline me and take power herself~"

This was just a simple joke, but it caused Aunt Organ to sigh with emotion:

"Now that you've been hanging out with that little dragonborn brother more, you've actually learned how to be funny and playful. That's good!"

"There's no need to bring this up. I don't know whether I should be happy or embarrassed."

When the two were about to leave the tower, a soldier suddenly reported that a strange organization was found active in the deep area.

"A strange organization? Are they special monsters?"

Aunt Organ confirmed that she didn't think there could be any special organization at present that the soldiers could not identify its origin and could only describe it with vague words like "strange".

"That shouldn't be the case. Those members of the organization walked past the front of the army without showing any hostility. They would take an attitude of extermination towards monsters. But when we tried to talk to them, they ignored us."

The more I listen, the weirder it gets...

Princess Ye Na was a little tired. Just as she was about to leave the tower, a new situation arose. This was not a good sign. She felt that it would slow down the pace of her and Aunt Organ, forcing them to stay here.

"There's so much to say, why not go and see it yourself and lead the way!"

Princess Ye Na made a prompt decision and asked the soldiers to take them to confirm.

Soon, Princess Ye Na and Aunt Organ saw the "strange organization" that the soldiers had mentioned.

They were a group of people wearing cloaks with hoods on their heads. The cloaks even covered their feet, like wanted criminals avoiding attention in the black market.

They moved in groups of two or three. At first glance, their movements seemed aimless, but one could sense that they came with some purpose.

"What organization are you from?" Princess Ye Na asked, but was ignored.

After watching these guys for a while, she understood what the soldiers meant by "strange organization".

Strange indeed!

Although it is said that less trouble is worse than more trouble, if the other party has no intention of attacking, it is best to ignore it and pretend that you didn't see it.

But now, any strange situation deep inside the Tower of Babel deserves our attention!

Princess Ye Na exchanged glances with Aunt Organ...Oh, Aunt Organ's eyes were not open, so she was just looking at something lonely.

Holding Dusk in her hand, she secretly prepared for battle and walked straight towards one of the cloaked men.

Without further ado, the swordsman princess with long silver hair pulled off her hood - but there was nothing inside.

The cloaked man who was walking just now was now left with only a pair of shoes and a cloak. It seemed that there had never been anything inside, and there was not even a trace of body temperature left.

The rest of the cloaked men disappeared from their original locations in a flash, then reappeared in the distance, continuing their actions.

It seems that this

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He was avoiding Princess Ye Na and the witch weapon in her hand.

The soldiers and guards who came with them were all dumbfounded.

This group of mysterious cloaked people who appeared out of nowhere, is there nothing inside? !

Princess Ye Na thought of the information Chu Yan had mentioned, and murmured, "Could this be the witch association that gave me the sword?"

Since we can't find out, we can only ignore it.

She ordered the soldiers not to pay attention to these mysterious cloaked men who had just "refreshed", and then left with Aunt Organ.

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In the city, Chu Yan returned to the mansion with a group of mothers, including Mother Losta.

He helped this cold and indifferent mommy clean up the room, and when they were alone, he asked tentatively:

"Mummy Losta, I want to discuss something with you... Can I ask you for Eve?"

Chapter 291 Mother-Son Negotiations

in the room,

Losta was wearing a smart butler-style dress. For someone as strict and old-fashioned as her, her dress might become wrinkled during long missions, making her look indecent and difficult to take care of. Pants would be a more appropriate choice.

She sat on a chair by the window, her long, slender legs stretched naturally. Under her tight formal trousers, a section of her fair ankles was exposed at the trouser legs. She wore noble and cold high-heeled shoes on her jade feet, and the sharp heels emitted a cold glow.

Faced with her son's request, Losta's expression did not change. She refused without hesitation:

"No, Eve has handled various affairs for me for many years. She is intelligent and does her job perfectly. I asked her to assist you because I was worried that you would have difficulty dealing with many foreign affairs since you were new here.

Now that you have demonstrated your independence, you no longer need her help. Why do you want to keep her?"

Being rejected directly was something Chu Yan had never thought of. Before coming to find Losta, he thought the real difficulty was "how to confess his relationship with Eve."

Eve is a trustworthy and capable retainer. Keeping her with the children is usually a good thing, but Losta may have a different opinion.

Eve's core mission on this trip was to assist, and she came to a region far away from the family's heartland, not the stable environment of the Dragonborn family. But she ended up having an affair with her own young master. Losta might regard it as a dereliction of duty and distraction at work!

Unexpectedly, Mommy Losta rejected him in the first round before she even got to the next question...

She even gave Chu Yan the strategically valuable teleportation tablet without hesitation, just to help him deal with Ai Fa, who was a problem that he couldn't deal with at the time, but now she refused so ruthlessly...

This made Chu Yan a little dazed, as if all the kindness towards him before was just an illusion.

Chu Yan's expectations were broken. He could only refocus his thoughts and try to talk to this cold mommy according to her thinking style:

“It’s like this. Although the Ashes Society is just a shell organization in name only and doesn’t need to worry about activity funding, job arrangements, etc., it still involves work arrangements.

It’s hard for me to take care of so many aspects, and sometimes I feel exhausted, so I just want someone to help share the burden.”

This reason should be able to meet the "legitimate and necessary reasons" of Losta Mommy...

The woman with a face as cold as ice stared at her son intently, and then said:

"Okay, then Eve can continue to stay with you. I will let her come back after the Ashes Conference is over."

"..."

Chu Yan was silent for a moment. He couldn't tell whether this mommy was easy to talk to or not.

It’s not generous, but if Chu Yan says that he has a need, she will indeed agree after listening to his explanation.

Although she was generous, she insisted on taking Eve back, and there seemed to be no room for negotiation.

Just as firm as Weilin’s mommy’s bottom line, if she says she won’t let you touch it, then she won’t let you touch it!

Although Losta gave people a cold feeling, it didn't mean that she couldn't read people's expressions. She saw her son's subtle entanglement and asked:

"If you have anything else to say, or if you seem to want to discuss something, you can just say it once you have prepared your reasons."

After Chu Yan entered the room, he had been standing in front of Losta, and the momentum between the two was unbalanced.

Chu Yan seemed like a student who had made a mistake and was called to the office, while Losta was the stern female teacher who sat in her seat, holding a blackboard stick and interrogating the students.

He moved a stool over and sat down in front of Losta, then asked tentatively:

"I mean, if I want Eve to stay with me forever, what should I do to get your approval, Mommy Losta?"

The woman paused, and the eyes of mother and son met, becoming the only communication in the silent moment. She said:

"You left something out of my mind."

what?

Did I miss something? How come I don’t know?

Chu Yan quickly reviewed the conversation after he came in, and soon an idea came to him - explain the reason.

Mommy Losta should be the kind of person who doesn't like to repeat meaningless words. If Chu Yan wants to make a request to her, he should naturally explain the reason clearly instead of waiting for her to ask frequently.

She hopes that once the topic starts, the other party will talk about all the basics of the conversation.

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The basic points are prepared to keep the conversation going in an efficient manner.

Chu Yan thought about how considerate and worry-free Eve was when she helped him deal with various matters. He guessed that she learned that from Mommy Losta. Mommy Losta was obviously not very satisfied with her temporary assistant during this period.

He had said before that he wanted Eve in order to deal with this temporary Ash Society, but now he changed his mind and wanted to keep Eve forever, so naturally he had to come up with a new reason.

The good thing about Mommy Losta is that even if his demands are excessive at first, as long as the "cause" in the cause and effect relationship can convince her, there is room for negotiation, instead of just refusing directly.