On the Ark.

"Master is sick?" Green was even more confused. "When did Master get sick? I didn't know that."

Upon hearing this, the expressions of Horn Peak, First Snow, and Cliff Heart all changed considerably.

Horn Peak immediately said, "Didn't you send us the letter saying that the master was ill and asked me to bring the young lady back to reorganize the situation?"

“When did I send you a letter?” Green asked.

“Just a week ago, with your Greyhawk Jugg,” Horn Peak said. “I recognize it, that’s your Greyhawk Jugg.”

Green bowed, appearing even more humble: "But my Jag was stolen half a year ago, and the master knows about it."

"Stolen?" Horn Peak exclaimed incredulously. "But what I saw before was clearly..."

"Did you bring Jag back?" Green asked.

“No, I replied and let it go.” Horn Peak shook his head, his expression becoming serious. “So it’s not that the master is seriously ill, but that someone used the master’s serious illness as an excuse to make me bring the eldest and second young ladies back to Sherag from Rhodes Island.”

Lin Ye, who was listening from the side, twitched at the corner of his mouth.

Well, this was definitely not a simple mission.

The expressions of Chuxue and Yaxin also changed.

"Using...using my brother's name to trick us into coming back?" Cliffheart looked at Horn Peak. "Who did this, and why?"

Horn Peak shook his head again and said in a deep voice, "I've been following the young ladies the whole time, so I'm not entirely clear on the current situation in Sherag. But in any case, we still need to inform the master as soon as possible. The fact that they specifically called the two young ladies back means it's definitely not just a simple prank."

Green nodded repeatedly: "I'll use the newly raised eagle to inform the master right away."

"Okay, go ahead." Horn Peak nodded, then, as if remembering something, turned to look at Lin Ye with a face full of apology, "I'm sorry, Dr. Lin, it seems I've dragged you into a troublesome matter."

Lin Ye smiled wryly and said, "It's okay, I'm used to it, it's not the first time anyway."

Lappland leaned closer: "First time? What first time? Have you finished talking? Can I go out for a walk now?"

Lin Ye turned and glared at Lappland: "What are you looking at? Didn't you hear me..."

“It’s alright.” Horn Peak waved his hand. “After a day’s journey, it’s good to go out for a walk. Even if there are thieves targeting the master, they would never do it here. This is the master’s territory.”

……

……

Author's BB: I slept for four or five hours last night. This morning, I took two durian pastries from the fridge and ate them. I don't know if they were expired, but my stomach hurts so much now… I feel so unlucky. Ah, enough rambling. I just glanced at the list, and I seem to be thirteenth on the monthly ticket ranking. It seems like there's still a chance to break into the top ten on the last day. So, I hope those of you who still have monthly tickets will cast them! I will try my best today… five chapters!

Chapter 226 Wolf or Dog? (Second Update)

Lin Ye originally didn't want to go out.

After all, he'd been on the road all day, and because Lappland was sleeping next to him, he hadn't been able to rest in the car. So, he wanted to get some proper rest after getting off. Of course, that wasn't the main reason. The main reason was that Cliffheart had set another flag for him. In his previous life, Lin Ye didn't believe in flags, but in this life, he had no choice but to. The first time he went to Lungmen, he thought to himself, "This is Rhodes Island's territory, it's safe here."

Then the building was bombed.

The second time he went to Lungmen, he was accompanied by Miss Swire, the senior superintendent of Lungmen. At that time, he thought, how could something unexpected happen when he went out with the police? How could that be?

Then the theater was bombed.

When he left Lungmen for the third time, he thought that his previous bad luck must be because Lungmen was incompatible with him. As long as he left Lungmen, everything would be fine. Moreover, he had ACE and his ace team by his side, so it was impossible for anything to happen again.

Then it was bombed halfway there.

Therefore, before he came to Kerrig, Amiya, Kal'tsit, and Ansel repeatedly told him that Kerrig was different from Lungmen, a very safe place with no natural disasters and only a very small minority of infected people. The president of Kerrigan Trading had even sent his two younger sisters to Rhodes Island, so there was no reason for him to harm the Rhodes Island delegation. Therefore, he could treat this trip as a vacation and relax.

Having learned from his previous experience, Lin Ye naturally didn't quite believe it, especially since Ansel had given him a huge FLAG before he left home.

"Do you have a 100% chance of being attacked when you go out? That's impossible."

This one sentence gave Lin Ye a vague feeling that this trip to Sherag wouldn't be so simple, but he didn't expect that this would be confirmed as soon as he arrived. Horn Peak, First Snow, Cliffheart, and Sussuro weren't summoned back by the president of Karan Trading at all. This was clearly a trap. If that was the case, why did they even go out? Why didn't they just stay in the villa and wait for the president to return?

Especially with Horn Peak setting a flag that nothing could possibly go wrong, Lin Ye became even more reluctant to go out. However, Lappland was eager to try, and Snowfall and Cliffheart didn't seem too worried either. After a day's journey, they both seemed eager to go out and see the streets. This made it difficult for Lin Ye, a grown man, to back down, so he could only accompany the four girls (he wasn't sure if Lappland should be included) out. Horn Peak had something to discuss with Green, so he stayed at the mansion, but he also sent a few guards to accompany the four of them, which reassured Lin Ye a little.

"It's been so long since you've been back, sister." Ya Xin whispered in Chu Xue's ear, holding her hand.

Chu Xue nodded slightly, sometimes replying and sometimes not, it was clear that Chu Xue was not in a good mood.

But Lin Ye didn't have the energy to comfort Chu Xue, because he was walking with Lappland, and at that moment he felt like he was leading a crazy dog ​​on a leash.

"Oh, oh, oh, quack doctor, quack doctor! Look at that, look at that."

Lin Ye was furious: "Don't call me a quack!"

“Good quack.” Lappland nodded repeatedly. “No problem, quack.”

Lin Ye: "..."

Lappland's ancestors must have lived in the snowy lands, but they later migrated. By Lappland's generation, no one knew where her ancestors had ever lived. However, being in this environment, her bloodline made her feel as if she had returned to the place where her ancestors had lived, which excited her greatly. Especially since she had slept for a whole day in the car, she could freely vent her emotions.

At first, she managed to maintain some semblance of restraint, and Lin Ye managed to stay close to her, but later she completely let loose. She looked here and sniffed there, then took off running. Lin Ye tried to keep up with her pace for a few steps, but then realized it was utterly agonizing. He wasn't Lappland's guardian, so why should he keep watching her? He slowed down and stopped chasing after her.

Then Susuluo said, "Is it really okay to leave her like this? What if she gets lost?"

"It's alright, even if she gets lost, she'll definitely find her way back with her nose." Lin Ye sighed. "I was really stupid to think I was following a husky that wasn't on a leash."

"A husky?"

"Dog, doesn't a husky know that?"

“…But Lappland isn’t a dog.” Sussuro’s expression was strange. “The Lupo race should correspond to wolves.”

"Look at her, is she a wolf? Calling her a wolf is an insult to wolves, isn't it?"

“Dr. Lin Ye,” Su Suluo said seriously, “talking badly about people behind their backs is not a good habit.”

Being lectured by a "little girl" like Susuluo made Lin Ye feel a bit embarrassed. But he had indeed said bad things about Lappland, so in order to maintain his image, he chose to apologize. After apologizing, he thought of a joke about a wolfhound, and then couldn't help but look at Lappland's back, mainly to see its tail.

"The Vice Minister is a dog, the Minister is a dog," Lin Ye muttered. "They eat meat when they see meat, and they eat shit when they see censors."

Su Suluo raised her head slightly in confusion, looking at Lin Ye: "Dr. Lin, what are you talking about?"

“No, I’ve heard that the way to tell a wolfhound apart is by looking at its tail.” Lin Ye coughed twice. “A tail held upright is a dog, and a tail drooping down is a wolf. So by that standard… well, Lappland is definitely not a dog.”

It was clearly a very reasonable statement, but for some reason, Su Su Luo felt that it took on a different meaning when it came out of Lin Ye's mouth, as if there was a hidden meaning behind it.

After discussing Lappland, Lin Ye began observing the Sherag people on the street.

He had originally thought that the Kjerag people were either "big cats" like Snowfall and Cliffheart, or "minotaurs" like Horn Peak. But when he arrived here, he discovered that the Kjerag were far more than just those two races; they were a hodgepodge, with most of them being people Lin Ye couldn't recognize, but they all basically had conspicuous animal ears or horns.

He then discovered that the Sherag people seemed to really like using spice pouches, and they would almost always have one hanging from their waist.

He didn't know what was inside, but he could smell a strong odor when he walked by, a smell he didn't really like.

"Hmm?" Suddenly he thought of something, and then led Susuluo to a shop and bought an empty spice bag from the owner.

Susuru looked at him with some confusion: "You're buying a souvenir? But why do you want to buy an empty one?"

"You wouldn't understand," Lin Ye said, pouring the entire small bottle of catnip he carried into the empty spice bag, then tying it around his waist. He added with a touch of pride, "This is my special spice bag."

……

……

The author's rant: I had diarrhea all morning, and when I picked up the packaging box, it turned out to be two days past its expiration date... Ugh!

Chapter 227 Did you see that man? **Him! (Third update)

"See that man, Eileen?" A deep male voice sounded, one hand pressing on Eileen's shoulder, the other pointing to Lin Ye and Su Su Luo not far away, "That man shopping with the little boy is the master's target."

Eileen nodded and said softly, "I saw it."

"He's not from Sherag. He's from out of town, like you, from a place called Rhodes Island. Have you heard of it?"

Eileen shook her head.

"Well, you don't need to hear about it. You just need to know that he is your target," the man said. "Go get close to him, seduce him, and extract the information the master needs from him. You are a Felin woman whom the master bought at a high price; you are the most perfect woman. You must make full use of your advantages and not disappoint the master. Your failure to seduce Ensiodes last time already displeased the master. He spent a lot of money to buy you from the slave market because he hopes you will amount to something."

Eileen's eyes dimmed slightly: "I understand."

"If Enciodes is not an ordinary person and there is no way to solve this problem in this way, it would be understandable. But you have no excuse for failing with that man from Rhodes Island." The man said coldly. "Go. It's good that the man has separated from the saintess. Don't attract the saintess's attention, and don't attract the attention of Enciodes's guards either. Play to your strengths, Eileen. No man can resist the fragrance on you."

Eileen took a deep breath and nodded solemnly: "I understand."

Then, she walked towards Lin Ye.

As the man said, Eileen wasn't a Sherag, but a member of the Felin tribe (Jessica's clan), from another region, though she belonged to the lowest-ranking Felin. Both her parents were slaves, so she was born a slave. Fortunately, she was beautiful, and before she even reached adulthood, she became the most expensive slave, quickly being bought by a nobleman from the Snowlands. She had expected her life to be as miserable as other slaves, but surprisingly, she fared quite well.

First, there was the man who bought him, a gentleman named Goldman, who preferred men.

The reason Goldman bought her was to train her as a weapon, a "weapon" to get close to the powerful and wealthy and to gather intelligence.

Having understood this, Eileen harbored little resentment, for compared to other slaves, her fate was already quite good. After all, her value lay in her ability to be near others; her appearance and body were her primary assets, but her greatest value lay in… her natural fragrance. From the moment she was born, a faint, incense-like scent enveloped her. She needed no sachets or perfume; the scent was innate. Few men could resist her aroma; simply standing near her for a short while was enough to make them utter thoughtless, unthinking remarks.

This is why Goldman was willing to pay a high price to buy her and to provide for her in a lavish manner.

She decided to repay Goldman.

Unfortunately, the process of giving back was somewhat difficult to talk about.

Because Goldman knew very well that even the most precious diamonds would lose their value if used too much, and given his already high position in Kjerag, he didn't really need to rely on Eileen for anything more. Therefore, since Eileen arrived in Kjerag, Goldman had only sent her out twice, and both times the results… were utterly disastrous.

The first person she approached was an old general. Goldman wanted to extract Sherag's military power from him, so he sent Eileen. That was Eileen's first move; she effortlessly ensnared the old general, who stared at her, practically drooling. Eileen thought she had it in the bag, believing men were so easily defeated. Then, as planned, she sat down next to the old general. Just as she was about to undress, the overly excited old general choked and died.

Eileen's first "expedition" ended in failure. That night, Goldman was furious, whipping her while yelling, "Step by step! Don't you understand what step by step is?!"

The second "battle" was against Enciodes Shivaesh, Lord Gorvin's most troublesome enemy. Eileen tried everything she could, but to no avail. He was like a block of wood, unmoved, and even became wary. With no other option, she had to retreat and was whipped by Gorvin once again.

This is the third time.

Her targets had ranged from the old general to Ensiodis Shivaesh, and now to a completely unknown nobody. Eileen felt that Lord Goldin's expectations of her were waning, so she was determined to seize this opportunity and make this man with the child fall at her feet! She was determined to make him reveal all the information!

As she walked toward him, Eileen pulled her collar open a little more, revealing her deep cleavage.

Then, she walked up to the other person and said softly, "A stranger from out of town, whom I've never met before."

The other person was picking out items with their child. After hearing what she said, they turned around, and at that moment, she felt a strange smell enter her nostrils.

Wait, what's that smell?!

Is it a spice packet?!

No, that's not the case with Sherag's spice packets.

This is... a man's body odor!

But how could that be?! How could a man's scent be so sweet?!