Daily News: Insect Girls' Heavy Dependence

[Daily Intelligence System: The August family has dispatched a new blond-haired delegation, which is about to arrive in Stormwind.]

[Daily Intelligence System: The Duke of the North's funeral is about to be held in the Inner World...]

The journey back to Stormwind was unusually peaceful.

Because the route we took had already been explored, and all the dangerous areas had been marked.

The Trail Blazers also benefited from the superhuman stamina bestowed upon them by the giant insects...

In just two days, Richard led his team to see Stormwind City on the island in the middle of the lake.

Such a large force of a thousand men naturally attracted the attention of the city's defense forces... After a brief handover, Richard's troops were led into the city.

Yekaterin was already at the fountain square to welcome Richard's triumphant return. She had naturally learned of the team's situation five kilometers in advance through the telepathic conch shell.

Today she was wearing a long red coat, a departure from the dark black outfits she wore a few days ago.

When she saw Richard return unharmed, she didn't immediately rush up to him and offer any words of comfort. That wasn't in the Duchess's character.

On the contrary, Govi ​​couldn't wait to go to Gloria's side. She couldn't wait to share the shocking news about Richard and Asdale with her sister.

Asdale has disappeared from the group, and Richard doesn't know if his mysterious sister is hiding in the shadows or busy with something else.

Yekaterin was already walking slowly towards them. This time, Sally was smarter and didn't show any overly intimate behavior with the young master in front of her.

The Duchess, of course, wouldn't initiate any provocation. She wouldn't stoop so low as to deliberately suppress a mere maid.

"Oh, right!"

Richard slapped his forehead, realizing there was something he hadn't done yet!

"What's wrong?" Yekaterin maintained the standard aristocratic fake smile in public.

"I still need to go kick those blondies out for you! I've been so busy, I completely forgot."

Richard was about to call the captain of the guard to take him to the dungeons in Stormwind where prisoners were held.

Yekaterin, on the contrary, showed a genuine smile and directly interrupted his childish behavior:

"Don't kick them now, they're still useful. The second wave of blondies is coming to Stormwind."

Richard wasn't particularly surprised by the news. The daily intelligence system had already given them a heads-up.

It was clear that Richard was plotting something bad again.

Although Yekaterin also enjoyed watching Richard stroke his chin or tug at his hair in deep thought.

But in the cold, windy fountain square, it was clearly not a suitable place for thinking and planning.

The duchess interrupted his thoughts abruptly.

"Ahem! Don't ignore the girl who's been longing for you just because of that blond guy. Where's your gentlemanly behavior?"

"Alright, let's go to the usual spot. This time you make the tea... and bring Sally along."

"good!"

When Richard wanted to bring his little maid, Yekalin showed no displeasure and readily agreed.

He also made arrangements for the administrative staff around him, including the administrators, finance officers, tax collectors, and the head of the guard. He then addressed the aftermath for the pioneer team members…

She then led Richard to the reception hall of the Duke's mansion.

Inside the reception hall, the purple blood sandalwood had already been lit, and even the green tea with insects had just been prepared and was still steaming.

Richard plopped down on the sofa and joked:

"You timed it perfectly, knowing I'd be back at this hour."

Yekalin nodded without replying.

Instead, the head maid, who hadn't yet left the reception hall, covered her mouth to stifle a laugh:

Little did young Master Richard know, Miss had been eagerly awaiting his return. The wood in the fireplace had long been burning, and the tea on the table had been reheated several times. She was just waiting for him…

The head maid naturally wouldn't say these things aloud. She wasn't foolish enough to interfere in her master's affairs.

Seeing that Yekaterin didn't respond to his teasing, Richard stared at the four backpacks on the long table with the worm teeth and began to talk about the essence worm liquid.

"We collected over 600 vials this time, which is 300 liters of essence insect fluid. Because I guessed your life stage based on the late stage of the third-order mature form, I shared 100 liters with Govi ​​in ​​advance, but I've prepared 200 liters for you, that should be enough..."

"That's enough. You didn't need to go into so much detail. I'm not that petty, am I?"

That's not necessarily true!

Richard certainly remembered who had traded insects to prevent Govy from participating in the distribution of the essence insect fluid... and he also remembered who had flirted with Sally in front of so many people...

However, he could only think these words in his mind. He dared not say them to Yekaterin's face.

With the distribution of the essence insect fluid now settled, Richard breathed a sigh of relief.

His biggest fear was that there wouldn't be enough essence insect fluid, and then a whole chaotic scene would unfold.

Seeing that this guy seemed to have nothing more to say.

Yekaterin began to steer the conversation:

"Don't you have anything to say?"

"What did you say?" Richard was certain that Yekaterin didn't know about her sister Astelle.

Yekalin bit her lower lip and asked again, "You really don't want to ask?"

"What do you want to ask?"

Richard still looked completely bewildered.

Yekaterin finally calmed down.

But then she seemed to have made up her mind:

"Do you know how many Dior Coins the Essence of Insect Liquid is worth?"

"I know."

Yekaterin: ! !

Seeing that the Duchess seemed frightened, Richard told her about the little story of how a bottle of essence insect liquid was worth one hundred million Dior coins…

Suppressing her anger, Yekaterin listened to Richard finish speaking, then playfully scolded him:

"Are you an idiot?!"

Richard was completely bewildered by the scolding. Why were she and his sister talking about him like that?

Yekaterin blew on it... and handed Richard a cup of tea:

"You don't blame us for plotting against you? Govi ​​is right... Compared to so much essence insect fluid, the Fourteen-Winged Devouring Knight Insect is indeed nothing..."

"Govie's my buddy, and you're my... uh, according to you, I'm your puppet husband. Why should I blame you?"

After Richard finished speaking, he drank the tea in one gulp.

This guy drank so rudely, and Yekalin didn't even flinch or frown.

Yekalin handed him another cup of tea, puffing out her cheeks:

"Even if you say that, I still think you're stupid. If you poured those two hundred liters on King Kiel's head, he'd definitely grant you a dukedom and send you several princesses..."

"You actually make jokes like that?" Richard had never seen Yekaterin so out of character before, saying something like that.

The duchess was somewhat embarrassed and annoyed:

"This is no joke! I'm telling the truth. Don't you feel any remorse?"

"I don't feel bad about it," Richard said nonchalantly.

Yekalin still didn't believe it: "Then why is your expression so strange?"

"When I first saw Miss Yekaterin in this posture, I just found it a little funny."

"You're not allowed to laugh! Because you're my... um... we're on the same side! That's why I'm doing this."