Daily News: Insect Girls' Heavy Dependence

The blond-haired man wasn't intimidated.

"Sir, you've misunderstood. The August family would never do such a thing. It's just that the private room you're in has been rented by that young lady..."

"Huh? You're charging guests for your private rooms? That's incredibly stingy for a ducal family!"

Richard was now completely unable to sleep. No one had mentioned charging him beforehand.

The doors to the private rooms were all open; I just found one that wasn't occupied and went in. I never expected to encounter something like this.

"Sir, it's like this. The private rooms are naturally free to use when not in use. It's just that we've had so many guests visiting New Rome these past few days... that's why we have to start charging..."

I can't be bothered with this guy anymore; he's clearly profiting off the dead Duke of the North, or maybe he's just making a hasty adjustment to his own rules!

Richard didn't believe the private rooms were full; there were plenty of empty ones just now!

He grabbed his coat, kicked open the sofa and the door, and was about to leave.

The blond-haired man followed behind, saying, "Sir, about the damage to the door and sofa earlier..."

Richard was impatient, but he was in the wrong: "I didn't take the chips from the insect fight. Do with them as you please."

Richard arrived on the first floor, unconcerned about the stares of the crowd, and leaned against the bar counter, closing his eyes to rest...

He didn't believe that anyone could disturb him while he was sleeping standing there.

"..." The blond-haired man really had no idea what this guy's background was.

Is there really such a...casual? royal member? And aren't royal members supposed to like gathering together? I've never heard of such a person.

Could he be some kind of withdrawn, unsociable prince in the royal family...?

However, Huang Mao still wanted to make one last attempt:

"Sir, are you really not going to meet that lady? She sold her horse farm in New Rome. She said she wanted to give you one of her prized eight-legged Shadow Aurora horses..."

"???" Richard initially thought it was some ordinary horse farm.

They even have the Eight-Legged Shadow Aurora, and they want to give it to me? That's a vehicle of the same caliber as Buck the Elder!

Even though Richard loathed that old codger Buck, he had to admit that Buck had real taste... Had he met a real tycoon?

Noticing that Richard's lips twitched slightly, the blond-haired man assumed he was interested.

"How about it, sir? If you're interested, I can take you to the horse farm to have a look."

"Not interested, I'm not going!"

Even though the Shadow Aurora was incredibly alluring, Richard had no intention of going there.

Dior knew perfectly well that if he accepted that noblewoman's gift, he wouldn't be able to control when he got out of bed.

Besides, Yekaterin had promised to buy it for her, so it wasn't really that appealing.

Between letting the Duchess spend money and getting jealous, I'd rather let her spend money than get jealous.

Seeing that Richard was clearly interested but still so firmly rejected him, the blond-haired man knew for certain that he couldn't persuade this strange man.

"I understand, sir. The August family will respect your choice..."

The blond-haired man could only leave sheepishly.

"Wait a moment!"

"Is there anything else, sir?"

"Take me to the horse farm!"

"Clam?"

There's no ridiculous reason behind it.

Richard had just locked himself in his room and talked to the telepathic conch shell, but Yekalin didn't reply.

The autistic child initially thought it was because the sound transmission distance exceeded the five-kilometer limit...

Just now, Yekalin finally found a chance to reply to him:

"What are you doing? I didn't hear what you said earlier. I just finished. Did you cause any trouble? I'm at the horse farm, there's a surprise here."

In just a few words, how could Richard not understand what Yekaterin meant? This arrogant girl clearly wanted to go find her herself!

But he couldn't find the horse farm, so having the blond guy lead the way was a good idea!

……

The horse farm would certainly not be located in a skyscraper or platform in the upper city.

In such a place where every inch of land is precious, unless it's King Kiel, probably no one could be so extravagant.

Richard followed the excited blond-haired man into an elevator!

Of course, it's essentially still the same kind of manually operated hoisted basket as in Umbria...

It's not shaped like a hanging basket, but rather like a glass room reinforced with metal.

A completely transparent glass elevator rapidly descended, carrying the two people.

Until it descends below the cloud layer.

Richard then witnessed once again the bustling activity of the lower city of New Rome.

It's called the lower city area, but it's really just the lower part of the city geographically. It has absolutely nothing to do with dirty, chaotic, and impoverished slums!

The various regional plans are arranged around eight super avenues in a "米" (rice) shape. The Central Castle complex is located in the very center of this area.

Aside from the Eiffel Tower and the semi-nude statue of Christina Aguilera, Richard showed no interest in other large buildings.

He was looking for a location for a horse farm, and that wasn't difficult.

After all, Yekaterin was at the horse farm, while the third-order sound-transmitting conch was only 5 kilometers away. This already limited Richard's range.

Soon they found a building that looked like a stadium, next to which was a large expanse of fertile grass.

Pointing with his finger, he asked the blond-haired man, "Is that the horse farm we're going to?"

"Yes, sir."

"Alright, let's find the nearest floor to stop. I need to use the restroom."

Huang Mao immediately used the second-order telepathic conch to stop the elevator.

Richard walked out and never intended to return.

As soon as he stepped out of the elevator, under the watchful eye of the blond-haired man, he found a window and flew away...

The blond-haired man was left standing there dumbfounded, utterly speechless. Are members of the royal family really this casual...?

Richard certainly didn't want to bring along a spoilsport like a blond guy when it came to visiting Yekaterin.

Although this blond guy wasn't that annoying, he was just not someone I could bring myself to be malicious towards.

Feeling the cold wind high in the sky.

Even though New Rome is located south of Stormwind, geographically it is still considered part of the northern border of the Kingdom of Kiel.

Richard flew to the horse farm and could still see some gray snow he had stirred up drifting in the air.

This suddenly made him think:

Grey Snow...? How come it's so similar to my sister's hair color...?

Forget it, I won't overthink it...

Richard had been having too much fun in the inner world, and he felt like he wasn't himself anymore.

I need to finish things here quickly, and then return to Stormwind to collect all the Essence Insect Liquid.

I'll reach the second-tier growth stage in three days. At that time, the consumption of essence insect fluid will increase dramatically.

However, with it, I can reach the third-tier mature form within two months. Once I reach the third tier, I will return to the Charlemagne family…

Once I reach the fourth-order complete form, I'll go find King Gil...

For the first time in a long time, Richard meticulously organized his plans in his mind.

They didn't notice at all.

A blade of wind shot towards him from afar!

[Shoot him down!] Luckily, the malevolent cocoon alerted us!

The forced warning from the fourth-order cocoon left him somewhat dazed and with a splitting headache...

However, the price was well worth it!

Richard endured the discomfort and used his malevolent thoughts to force his body to dodge the cocoon!

The wind blades grazed his face.

It only left a bloody gash, with blood splattering everywhere.

The attackers were a group of Storm Knights!