Guild Boss's Ambition

At this time, the white-haired girl who had been very confident earlier became cautious.

“Being too optimistic isn’t a good thing,” she reminded me tepidly.

I picked up a letter and showed it to her. "This is the completion confirmation of the war mission. Look, Berlane, after delivering 1,200 elf ears, we got a one-and-a-half-month window in one go. And if you add the four elf ears that Count Sophie sold us later, that's a total of two months of window!"

Seeing my silly grin, the white-haired girl mercilessly stretched both sides of my face.

"I told you, being too optimistic is not good."

"My dear Berlane, although we should always prepare for the worst, we should also prepare for the best situation. Even though we won a great victory last time, it was a fluke of luck and good timing. If possible, I really don't want to let the adventurers of the Stone House fight against the high elves again - they are not suitable for the cruel battlefield."

Berlane asked back, "Will there be anyone suitable for the battlefield?"

"I didn't think there would be any before, but now..."

Thinking about my calmness on the battlefield and the sense of honor that comes from being able to protect my companions, I have a new idea about this question: "Now I gradually begin to have a different view of the battlefield. Although it is very terrifying, it is also a stage. Its existence reflects the reason why we knights work hard to train."

"Sister—"

At this moment, Berlani's tone suddenly became urgent: "You are wrong."

I understand where the mistake is in what she said.

But is that really wrong?

The value of a soldier lies in peace, and the reason why peace exists is because of war. These three are inextricably linked. Without any one of them, the endless cycle from peace to war cannot be formed. If a country is at peace for too long, the vigilance of the people will gradually be numbed by comfort, which will indirectly lead to a decline in treatment on the battlefield...

Only when war comes, people will look at the brave warriors with admiration.

Unlike the adventurers, I saw smiles on the faces of the warriors in Luluga Village.

Even though only 20% of their troops were left, they still showed the smile of a victor. It was not a laugh of joy, nor was it a mean smile of relief that they were still alive. It was a smile of confidence, a smile of finding honor on the battlefield, and a smile that proved with blood that their past efforts were not in vain.

but……

"Maybe, it doesn't matter whether it's right or wrong. Sister, I'm no longer a warrior."

"Sister is my sister."

"Now, I am just President Ehard of the Stone House."

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57. The Annoying Lizard (White Night)

(white night)

Since leaving the stone house, I parted ways with Ehad and the others.

In order to complete the bait operation against Lila as quickly as possible, I need to go somewhere first.

However, for some reason, there was a follower around me for no reason.

"Excuse me, Mr. Xuanxun, why are you here looking for me instead of going to play house with our Wulu?"

That's right, the one following me was none other than that stupid Xuanxun with blue dragon horns. I originally thought that with Ulu staying in the stone house, he shouldn't have the leisure to cause trouble for me, but things didn't develop as I imagined. It seemed that every time my soul was damaged, this guy would come out to cause trouble for me.

And his reasons for following me were still the same old, boring ones.

"As Miss Lan Nong's protector, after careful analysis, I deeply believe that you are the culprit who poses a threat to Miss Lan Nong, and the facts are just as I imagined. The culprit who wants to attack Miss Lan Nong is exactly your clone, Bai Ye. In this case, shouldn't you be included in the monitoring list?"

Xuanxun's words are not without reason, but──

"Did Master Jacob ask you to monitor me?" I asked him.

"For this level of detective work, there's no need for a master to give advice!" he said proudly.

"In other words, this surveillance behavior is just your wishful thinking?"

"What's wrong? Are you feeling guilty, Bai Ye? You just said you were going to prepare bait, but in fact you wanted to tip off your evil clone, right? Come to think of it, once we have the help of the Tree of Life, even if your weak clone has any conspiracy, it will only fail in the end."

Looking at this half-dragon with overflowing self-confidence in front of me, my heart is filled with the desire to legally dissect him.

Fortunately, what I was going to do on this trip was not something shady. I just had to go to the newspaper to publish a press release and deliver a letter to Lila who was hiding somewhere.

After thinking about it, I sighed, spread my hands, and compromised, saying, "Although you are annoying just standing there, it's not impossible for you to follow me. But! Before that, you must agree to one condition of mine."

"What conditions?"

"I want you to promise me that until you are absolutely sure that I am a criminal, you will not tell anyone else where I have been or what I have done in the following period of time."

After hearing my conditions, the stupid Xuanxun immediately asked a stupid question: "Why do you want me to keep silent and not report your itinerary to others? Is there really some unspeakable secret in your evil mind?"

"It's decided..."

"No matter what, I will not let Uru marry a reptile with a dull mind..."

I silently marked several blood-red crosses on the marriage calendar of the stupid Xuanxun, put on a peaceful smile, stopped in the vast crowd, turned around and asked the half-dragon with a smile: "So, I'm about to get rid of you, have you prepared a way to track me? Also, please don't install tracking ice crystals on me, okay? It's useless."

With a crisp snap of my fingers, the ice crystal dust clinging to my body was blown into the crowd by the winter wind.

Seeing this situation, the stupid Xuanxun immediately looked panicked.

"Slow... wait!" he shouted anxiously.

"What's wrong? Are you changing your mind?" I asked him.

He twisted his mouth and said unhappily, "Okay, okay, I can reluctantly agree to your conditions. I swear that I will not reveal your next itinerary to others before I am completely sure that you are a criminal. But in return, you must let me decide the scope of the monitoring myself, instead of letting you decide what I should and should not see. Do you understand?"

Understand?

This didactic tone is really unpleasant.

However, it is not a bad thing to have him following behind me as a witness. Although the power of the soul contract can convince Ehad and the others to trust me to a large extent, my past actions have indeed made them wary. If Xuanxun serves as the supervisor, everyone will feel more at ease.

Having come to this point, I was too lazy to bother with the young half-dragon anymore, so I turned around and left.

"Hey! Why are you just walking away without saying anything? How rude of you."

Ignoring Xuan Xun's constant complaints, I rushed to the Naraku Newspaper before the curfew. This is the largest news media in Mopolis City. Through this information circulation point, I can not only issue a public statement in this newspaper, but also entrust them to help publish the same statement in other major newspapers.

In order to lure out Lila who is hiding in the dark, I must let her see the statement I made.

As my other half, if she still has a little bit of common sense, she will definitely buy some newspapers to collect information.

At the entrance counter of the newspaper office, the dog lady in charge of reception stopped us with a friendly smile.

"Hello, this is Naraku Newspaper Company, how can I help you?"

"I want a public statement published in every newspaper in Mopolis."

"What about a public statement?" she asked.

I didn't answer directly, but handed her the pre-written letter and the remuneration: "The content of the public statement is this letter. I have written the time and relevant details of the publication in the letter. I believe that as long as your newspaper editor reads it, he will naturally understand how to deal with it. Finally, the extra money published here will be regarded as a tip for you."

After placing the letter on the table, I turned around and walked towards the door without waiting for the receptionist to respond.

Next to me, Xuan Xun, after seeing me preparing to leave, no longer cared about the contents of the letter and just quickly followed me.

"White Night Demoness, what were you publishing in the newspaper office just now?"

"Everyone has their privacy, right?"

"But it is obvious that what you just did was related to Miss Lannon."

"You are right. The letter is indeed related to Uru, but it has nothing to do with you. Even if you knew the contents of the letter, it would not change the outcome of the matter. You would just know one more secret that you should not know. Besides, didn't I just say that I would publish the contents of the letter in every newspaper, and you can check it yourself."

Having said that, even though I did publish the contents of the letter in various newspapers, if the readers do not have the correct decryption method, even if they successfully find the original copy of the letter, they will only find a bunch of meaningless text symbols, and they will have wasted their precious lives.

For example, on the first day in Naraku newspaper, I published the following content.

"Dear Lily Ruth: I am very sorry to hear the news of your death from your daughter. My wife and I are very sad about this. I have returned the ring you left with us to her. I heard that she will put the ring in your grave and bury it together with you next Sunday night. I hope the white sacred flame can purify all sins and you will not go to hell."

Among them, "Lily Rose" and "White Sacred Flame" are words that only Lila herself can understand.

Similarly, I have published similar content in other newspapers.

"To the President of the Donadieu Chamber of Commerce: In response to your request, I, Wilfrid Simon, solemnly admit my mistakes. I should not have coveted your property and committed those despicable acts. To prove my regret, I hereby publicly apologize to you and your chamber of commerce, and will return the dirty things to your chamber in the near future."

In this letter of apology, Donadieu and Wilfried are the most profound names in my life. It is impossible for me to forget them. Even if I happen to hear similar pronunciations occasionally, my nerves will involuntarily tense up. As long as Lila is still the Lila I saw that day, she will definitely follow the clues I left to find us.

We are all moths. We yearn for light, and we fly into the fire and burn ourselves.

As for the half-dragon Xuanxun?

Neither he nor his companions were smart enough to decipher the code I left behind.

To solve these riddles without any knowledge of my past, I can't think of anyone other than Corvina from the Snake House. No! Actually, it's not that there is no second person, but the other person may not just use wisdom to solve the problem. Ms. Fama from the Tree of Life has an unreasonably powerful Eye of Truth!

I have a hypothesis about Ms. Fama.

That is, she already knew the mystery of Uru and her race.

Although she claimed to us at that time that she had not successfully identified Uru's bloodline, my intuition told me that she must have obtained some special information. Even though she had tried her best to conceal and suppress it, I could still sense the ecstasy from her.

The magic beans she gave us are a treasure that can add a hundred years to our lifespan.

"Why did she give such a precious holy medicine to us who had only met it once?"

"Why does she ask us all those questions one by one?"

My heart was filled with doubts, but I knew very little about Ms. Farmer.

I don't know her personality, her background, or her intelligence level. In this situation where I don't know anything, it is really difficult for me to judge the intentions behind her every action.

"Or should I spend more time getting in touch with this little human after my soul recovers naturally?"

"But, excessive contact with the other party may also have the opposite effect..."

"While I am testing others, they are also testing me..."

Woo──

Woohoo──

Just as I was deep in thought, walking Xuanxun like a dog on the dusky street, a heavy and long brass sound suddenly came from the sky. The rhythm of the brass sound was very monotonous, but it could bring the most chaotic and wonderful dance to the city of Mopolis. The few pedestrians on the street all ran -

"The siege has begun! The siege has begun!"

"Everyone, get back to a safe place! Everyone, get back to a safe place!"

In addition to Butoh, there is also singing.

Ironically, the half-dragon, who only had the emotional intelligence of a twelve-year-old, was as calm as I was.

He raised his head and looked into the distance, like a dragon, guarding his own sky.

Although he is a fool, he is also a manly warrior.

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58. Chatting with elders (Little Blue)

(Ulu-Lannon)

Without warning, the siege signal was sounded in the evening sky.

This means that outside this huge city there are dense armies of high elves. Under siege, most of the material supplies to our city of Mopolis will be cut off.

"What should I do? What should I do? What should I do?"

"How could this happen! Can anyone save me?"

In fact, although the siege signal from the sky was a huge piece of bad news, the pressure that made me, a little poster girl, anxious at this time had another source. Since I came back from the Tree of Life, the president and the others changed the guard arrangements for me and re-arranged the guard time so that each of Xuanxun and the others was only responsible for protecting me for about four hours a day.

What is incomprehensible is that at the dinner time in the twilight, the person sitting opposite me would be Master Jacob.

In my opinion, among the three people of the Tree of Life, the most difficult one to deal with is not Xuanxun, nor Kappa, but this Druid Master. The reason is nothing more than that he is an elder who is extremely serious. As a responsible elder, he will have a preconceived idea that I, a junior, am looking forward to his guidance.

Since taking over as Raftan's guard, he has made all kinds of explicit and implicit statements about my shortcomings.

When he went to the kitchen to order food, he told Strom in a nutritionist's tone, "I think your Miss Lannon is too weak. She needs to eat more meat or beans. The sugar content in the drink is not in line with the normal intake level of a human being. In addition, hot drinks are more suitable in winter. Drinking too much cold drinks will hurt the stomach and increase the risk of stomach problems."

At that time, Stallone and I, who were being scolded, both showed expressions of acute gastroenteritis.

But, after all, he was a druid master, so Stallone eventually adjusted the menu for me.