121: Chapter 117: Unexpected 121: Chapter 117: Unexpected Their dinner was brought in by a maid, and Princess lia hasn’t seen them since she entered the court.
After dinner, Luo’er finally decided to pay a visit to the girls’ room next door.
He invited Hu Daoke and Cheng Ziang, who were frolicking around, to join him.
The three left the room and arrived at the door of the girls’ room.
The brazier in the hallway was burning brightly, casting their shadows on the door.
Soon after Luo’er knocked on the door, Tangmo arrived running to open it.
As soon as she saw Luo’er outside, she was so excited she almost jumped on him.
Once inside their room, it was clear that the two girls had been having fun.
Baiyue was dishevelled, her hair ssy, and the fluffy bunny ears on her head were all sticking up.
Seeing Luo’er and the others coming in, she suddenly blushed, got scared and hid under her blanket.
“Wow, they seem to be having more fun than us!” Hu Daoke said, looking at Cheng Ziang.
“Get lost, I’m not going to play this with you!” Cheng Ziang coldly refused.
After a while, Baiyue carefully poked her head out from under the blanket, looking like a frightened little rabbit, very lovely.
“What on earth have you two been doing in this room?” Seeing Baiyue’s appearance, Luo’er couldn’t help covering his face and asking.
Ignoring them, the three sat on the bed by the window.
After making sure that everything around was safe and no one was eavesdropping, Luo’er began to discuss their plans for tomorrow in a low voice.
“Tomorrow we will et the King, and now lia owes us a favor.
What do you plan to do?” Luo’er asked.
“Of course, reward us with a thousand taels of gold, and make us dukes!” Hu Daoke said boldly.
“We’re discussing the mission here, don’t ntion irrelevant things.” Luo’er furrowed his brow.
Cheng Ziang took a more straightforward approach.
He sent an elbow jab to Hu Daoke’s stomach.
Hu Daoke lay on the bed, rolling around in pain.
He didn’t recover until their eting was over.
“What do you plan to do?” Cheng Ziang asked.
“I intend to apply to join the frontline units of the Masaya Kingdom’s army, to see if we could find the whereabouts of the Aud magician’s army from there.
However…” he frowned, “We don’t currently know in which frontline unit the magician’s army is in, so it’s not practical to search one by one.”
“Are we going to the frontline?” Tangmo pointed at herself and asked.
“Yes,” Luo’er nodded, and then said, “The magician’s army sent by Aud could not possibly be stationed at the rear.
The frontline is in desperate need of their support, so they should be sent to the frontline as soon as they arrive in Masya.”
“Masya’s army’s front line against the rebels is so long, how do you know which line the magician’s army is in?” Cheng Ziang asked.
“I think, the lines that are most likely to encounter large-scale conflicts or those about to fall are most likely to have the magician’s army deployed.
If I were the commander, I would send these troops to these places to fill the gap.” Luo’er analyzed.
“In that case, we’re really going to the battlefield.” Cheng Ziang said, with a smile on his face.
“That’s also what I’m worried about.
I’m really afraid that this decision will lead to soone’s sacrifice in our team.” Luo’er sighed.
“Moreover, we can’t be sure of finding the magician’s army, and thus can’t complete the mission.” Cheng Ziang added coldly.
“Yeah,” Luo’er drew a deep sigh, paused, and then said, “Let’s just leave it to fate.
I’ll let the king assign wherever he wants, and see if we can find the magician’s army.
If we can’t, then so be it.
If we do, it would be like a blind cat catching a dead rat.”
“Luo’er…” Seeing Luo’er’s worried expression, Tangmo couldn’t help but grab his hand and move it to Baiyue’s head, which had just moved closer.
“What are you doing?” Luo’er asked, looking at her.
“Relax, feel her, she’s nice and warm.” Tangmo said with a grin.
“Sister Moumou…” Baiyue blushed, her head diped, the blush almost reached her ears.
“You two really are sothing.” Luo’er gave a bitter smile, unsure of what to say.
After so discussions, Luo’er did not arrive at any results.
Thinking about the prospect of going to the battlefield, he instinctively chose to back out.
He was indeed afraid of death, because his goal was to find his mother in this otherworld.
Before finding his mother, he didn’t want anything to happen to him, or his teammates.
Cheng Ziang dragged a haggard Hu Daoke out of the girls’ room.
As soon as the door closed, the two girls resud their frolicking, totally disregarding the serious decision they were supposed to make about their lives.
The next morning, Luo’er, who was sleeping in his kitten-like bed, was woken up by a maid.
After having breakfast delivered by the maid, they were about to et the highest ruler of Masya.
Before they entered the Consultation Hall, the Knight Captain stepped forward to confiscate all the weapons they had on them.
Luo’er knew there was no room for them to make any decisions at this point, so he had no choice but to let them proceed with the weapons search.
Lucky enough, last night, they had hidden their magic wands in the spare barrel of Hu Daoke’s light machine gun and sealed them tight, ensuring these people wouldn’t find them.
Once they arrived in the vast Consultation Hall, it was only filled with the King, his ministers, and a few knights serving as guards, making the entire space seem even more spacious.
Huge fire pits were arranged around the place, illuminating the hall warmly, making Luo’er hardly believe that it was snowing outside.
An old man, about sixty or seventy years old, imposing, with his hair graying on both sides, sat on the throne in the middle of the hall.
He was dressed in splendid and exquisite clothes, sporting a diterranean hairstyle.
Likely from years of pampered living, he appeared quite obese and seed to be languishing in his throne.
In contrast, it was hard to place him side by side with the young and pretty Princess lia.
The man standing next to the king was a tall, thin old man adorned in lavish, complicated clothing, with his hair slicked back and sharp, eagle-like eyes observing Luo’er and his team.
Luo’er glanced around and noticed that Princess lia was not present.
He wondered what the princess had been up to since they hadn’t seen her since yesterday.
“Are you Captain Luo’er?” King Varen asked lightly with a faint smile on his face.
“I am Luo’er, Captain of the adventure team, leading my team mbers to greet Your Majesty!” Luo’er took a few steps forward, half-kneeled, and perford a Masya salute; the rest of his team quickly followed suit.
“You’re a half-elf?” Varen’s attention was imdiately drawn to his dark green eyes and elf-like ears.
“Yes, Your Majesty,” Luo’er replied.
“It must have been quite challenging for a half-elf to beco the captain of an adventure team!” Varen said, smiling broadly.
Luo’er understood what he ant.
According to the class traditions of the Aud people, as a half-elf, Luo’er would certainly be deed unfit to lead a whole team, especially a team including an Aud person like Cheng Ziang.
“You flatter , we all grew up together since we were young!” Luo’er clarified, and he was not lying.
After all, all the students from Haiya Academy had grown up together.
“I see.” Varen gave a leisurely chuckle.
“As a half-elf, I am fully aware of my humble status.
Please forgive if I offend you in any way,” Luo’er said, bowing his head.
“I heard that you saved Princess lia?” Varen asked, casually.
“I happened to be in the right place at the right ti and managed to lend a helping hand to the princess, it’s an overstatent to say I saved her,” Luo’er said modestly.
“lia promised to reward you when you made it to the Kingdom.
I don’t want to go against her wishes as her father.
So tell , what do you want?” Varen asked.
“Your Majesty,” Luo’er turned his head and glanced around before he spoke loudly, “I wish to serve Your Majesty.
I implore you to let us join Masya’s army as rcenaries and earn rits on the frontline.”
“Interesting, I didn’t expect you to have such ambition,” Varen said, laughing upon hearing Luo’er’s request.
“Given the current rise of the rebels, it could be very dangerous for you at the frontline.
Are you willing to go?” asked Fergus, the King’s consultant, as Varen made no indication of his decision.
“The greater the danger, the greater the opportunity.
The more critical the situation, the more our value can be exhibited,” said Luo’er confidently, wearing a self-assured smile.
Varen exchanged glances with Fergus before he continued, “Not everyone can join Masya’s army as they please, especially if you’re planning on joining as rcenaries.
You should know that Masya has never hired rcenaries, even in dire circumstances.”
“Then does Your Majesty an…?” Luo’er gritted his teeth, surprised that Varen has rejected his proposal, obviously not intending to let Luo’er and his team infiltrate Masya’s army.
“You are still…” Just as Varen was about to dismiss them rudely, Princess lia, the hem of her dress fluttering, arrived.
She softly brushed off the snowflakes from her head, glanced at Luo’er and his team, and spoke up, cutting off Varen’s sentence.
“Father, I promised them that I would reward them with whatever they asked for.
You’re not planning to make my promise aningless, are you?” Without fear, lia held Varen’s gaze as she asked.
“lia, they want to join the Kingdom’s army as rcenaries.
That’s simply not acceptab…” Varen was caught off guard by his daughter’s sudden arrival.
“Why isn’t it acceptable?
We’ve already reached the point where I need to be sacrificed to Aud people for reinforcent, what’s wrong with just a few rcenaries?” lia continued to face him unwaveringly.
“lia,” Varen raised his voice, trying to reason with her tenderly.
“How could it be a sacrifice?
Marrying into Aud is a good thing for both you and our country.
Why can’t you understand your father’s dilemma?”
“I know this is my destiny.
I only hope that your promises won’t turn out to be empty words, Father,” lia murmured, looking down and biting her lip.
“Ah,” Varen sighed heavily and finally relented, “Fine then, but this will not beco a precedent.”
“Thank you for your indulgence, Father!” lia finally lifted her head to look at Varen.
There was no trace of emotion on her face, it was impossible to tell what was going on in her mind.
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