He lay on the soft and dry big bed, recalling the blue sky and the boundless sea in his dream last night, and was somewhat unwilling to wake up completely from his dream.
He turned his head and saw Selena lying next to her in a thin silk suspender nightgown, sleeping against the quilt. The hem of the nightgown was slightly turned up, her long and round legs were pressed against the white velvet blanket, and her toes were painted with shiny black nails.
Oil.
It's rare to see her sleepy like this, maybe she's been too busy recently.
She is extremely busy with the military camp merit exchange list. She is also supervising market prices in Dodan Town, and organizing and developing followers of the Dark Goddess. These things may make her a little busy. Surdak plans to start from the town hall.
Two secretaries were transferred there to help her establish the logistics system of the cavalry battalion.
Selina feels that Suldak should form a team of her own, and she recently selected young assistants from among the indigenous people.
Originally Nika was a good candidate, but Suldak wanted to set up a medical team in the cavalry battalion, and this matter fell on Nika's head.
She looked very beautiful when she was sleeping soundly, her eyes were slightly closed, her golden eyelashes were slightly curled upwards like hair brushes, and both sides of her thick lips were curled up. Suldak leaned forward and took a sip against her lips.
Selina put her round arms on his waist, closed her eyes and rubbed her head into his arms, like a lazy cat.
Surdak got out of bed quietly, walked out of the bedroom holding the leather armor, and then put the tight armor on his body.
Walking downstairs, I found Nika making breakfast in the kitchen. She was making the most common burrito in the morning in Dodan Town. She cut the thin wheat pancake in the middle and stuffed it with some vegetables and red ant meat.
Sprinkle some pepper and lemon zest on top, spread some chili sauce, it's very delicious.
Nika prepared a portion for Suldak, and Signa was never absent at this time.
The little girl didn't seem to get up either.
Suldak took a piece of burrito and was about to take a bite before putting it down and said to Nika: "Isn't Signa up yet?"
"Well, when I called her in the morning, she said she would sleep for a while."
Nika wears an apron and her hair is combed into a ponytail. She learned a little bit of cooking skills while working as a maid at the Manor of Baron Goss in Kilan Town.
Suldak put down the burrito in his hand and said doubtfully: "Doesn't she like to eat this kind of meat-wrapped crispbread the most? I'll go upstairs to see her..."
After saying that, he walked up to the attic in three steps and knocked on the door lightly, but didn't hear any response from inside.
Suldak didn't even exert much force, and the door of the room was pushed open by him.
Xigna was lying on the bed with a blanket wrapped around her body.
The sleeping position looks like running, with the head raised and the little mouth slightly opened, the plump little mouth looks very cute.
"Xigna, why don't you get up and have some breakfast before going to bed?" Suldak reached out and touched Xigna's forehead. He found that her forehead was not hot and it seemed that she was not sick, so he asked softly.
Xigna opened her eyes sleepily, like a kitten lying in bed, and whispered:
"Dak, I'm a little sleepy, let me sleep for a while..."
Suldak could only nod his head, stretched out his hand to tuck the blanket for him, and then said:
"Okay, but don't miss breakfast."
Xigna adjusted her sleeping position and said drowsily:
"knew."
After saying that, he closed his eyes again.
Suldak turned around and walked to the door of the attic bedroom. Signa asked in an almost inaudible voice:
"Dak, is your fiancée coming to Dodan Town?"
Surdak stopped, looked back at Signa who was curled up on the bed like a kitten, and said:
"Well, they came from Bena City to see me..."
Xigna rolled around on the bed, opened her big eyes, and asked with an anxious expression:
"I heard from people in the military camp that they are the princesses of the Luther family. If they come...will they drive us away?"
Suldak touched his nose and said to Xigna: "They are all well-educated noble ladies. They will not drive people away for no reason, let alone drive you away. Don't think so wildly."
"oh……"
Signa blinked her eyes, turned over on the bed and closed her eyes again.
Surdak walked out of the attic bedroom, had breakfast in the dining room, walked to the backyard and saddled the horse, and then led it to the front yard.
Surdak found some messy footprints on the lawn in the yard, which seemed to have overwhelmed the flowers. Surdak thought it might be the work of the naughty and naughty children in the town. There are always some boys who like to sneak in.
Pick the flowers from the flower pond and give them to the girl.
He followed the footsteps and looked at both sides of the small building, but couldn't see any clues.
Nika hurried out wearing a beige dress.
Surdak mounted the horse, holding the horse's reins with one hand, and asked Nika who was standing at the door:
"Would you like me to give you a ride?"
Nika held the cloth bag with both hands, saluted to Surdak and said:
"I have made an appointment with Guidorai and Mejia to go to the military camp to change dressings for the wounded soldiers..."
"Okay, see you at the military camp then!"
Surdak rode the ancient Bolai horse and took the first step.
…
Standing at the door, Nika watched Baron Suldak leave on horseback, feeling that he did not behave like a noble lord at all.
A noble lord who owns a cavalry battalion, even if he does not have a group of attendants when traveling, should at least have a smart little follower, but Baron Suldak actually has to equip his own saddle even for riding a horse...
What a low-key noble lord!
…
Of course Suldak didn't know Nika's inner curse.
When I passed the intersection, I happened to see a large group of people gathered here.
As he rode over, he heard someone saying in the distance:
'It was discovered by the night watchman. When I rushed over, he was already cold. He was lying here without any scars on his body. The expression on his face was like a nightmare. I don't know what he saw to scare him into such a miserable state.
.'
'I heard that some important people lived nearby. The town hall specially arranged personnel to patrol the area, but they didn't find any...'
"Could it be the ghost-striped red ants that sneaked into the town... Maybe that guy met a red ant."
"It's impossible. If you encounter red ants, can the body be left behind?"
Surdak's ears are very sensitive and he can hear clearly from a long distance.
When these civilians saw the knights coming, they immediately dispersed and stopped talking about the matter.
Suldak only heard a few words, which seemed to be saying that someone died here. He wanted to ask what was going on. After all, Xigna and Selina lived here, but he didn't expect that he had just walked over.
, these people dispersed in a hurry.
Suldak decided to ask Mrs. Luna about the security situation in the town when he had time. If necessary, the cavalry battalion could send some cavalry to patrol the town.
Passing by the square in the center of the town, there are many small vendors gathering in the square at this time, and the square has become a free market.
Selena didn't come out to set prices today, so the vendors could only use yesterday's prices.
There are many seasonal vegetables and fruits in the market, as well as some daily groceries, etc.
Dodan Town is the best border town in the northern region, so many businessmen from Wilkes City choose to do business here.
Recently, many adventure groups have even appeared near Dodan Town, and the president of the town's Adventure Guild is also trying to make connections, trying to ask Suldak to release the ban on "restricting adventure groups from passing the northern city wall."
It's in the town hall compound next to the free market.
The acting mayor, Mrs. Luna, is organizing manpower to maintain some of the alleys and narrow streets in the town that are in disrepair.
Since the caravans who came to Dodan Town to do business have paid taxes in full recently, the financial situation of Dodan Town has finally improved.
Mrs. Luna took out the money and began to renovate the town. Surdak also saw the rectification plan submitted.
This time, the maintenance and repair of the slums on the Aboriginal side are also included in the town planning.
Due to some cooperation between Surdak's cavalry battalion and the local aboriginal people in Dodan Town during this period, the status of the aboriginal people in the town has also been slowly improved.
Various conflicts have arisen between the imperial settlers and the local aborigines, and the town's sheriffs are no longer one-sided in favor of the settlers. They will also think about it for a while, and mainly use intimidation to both parties and calm down the troubles.
After all, the beast tide has not ended yet. If there is a fight for points at this time, no one will be able to reap the benefits - except for the nobles.
…
The cavalry battalion is also organizing a transport team, preparing to enter the hills and mountains to pick up the cavalry who are going hunting.
This time, the Thunder Rhino caravan was still responsible for transporting supplies. According to the cavalry messenger, there were a large number of ghost-patterned soldier ants in the hills and mountains that needed to be transported back.
Surdak inspected the northern city wall and returned to the military camp.
I saw Nica's treatment team lining up neatly and filing into the wounded soldiers' dormitory. I saw that their expressions were no longer as nervous as before, and sometimes they even whispered and smiled.
Surdak is still in a separate wooden house next to the stables in the military camp, continuing to transform Gubo's war horses.
This time I was unable to go hunting for the Ghost-striped Male Ants with the cavalry battalion. The project to transform the Thunder Rhinoceros will still be delayed for some time.
…
Hathaway and Beatrice did not keep Suldak waiting in Dodan for too long.
They arrived in Wilkes in the Bailin plane, and just in time to catch up with the great swordsman Chester who stabilized the situation in Plantos Town, they returned to the Wilkes City Military Headquarters to make a series of adjustments to the deployment of the garrison in the northern region.
It is very different from Hathaway's last experience on the eve of graduation. The main army of the Luther family is currently stationed in the Bailin plane.
When Marquis Luther's beloved daughter, Miss Hathaway of the Luther family, came to the Bailin plane, even the Marquis Florian, the consul of Wilkes City, had to personally host a banquet to entertain her.
Swordsman Chester was prepared to accompany Miss Hathaway throughout the whole journey. After all, the northern region was experiencing a once-in-a-decade animal tide, and there were still some red ants sneaking across the border on the grasslands. When the convoy passed through the northern grasslands, there were still
Somewhat dangerous.
Originally, Hathaway was supposed to arrive in Dodan Town yesterday.
But when they came out of Wilkes City, they met the material transport team leaving the city at the city gate, so they were delayed for half a day, and they overslept in the hotel in the hot spring town of Nunoda. Who dared to wake them up!
So it was delayed for another half day.
The convoy encountered frequent problems along the way, and when it arrived at Duodan Town, it was actually a full day and a half later than originally planned.
You can see the majestic Thorny Mountains from a distance, with the snowy peaks on the top of the mountains thrust into the clouds. This convoy consists of fifteen magic caravans in total, of which only five magic caravans have passengers in their carriages, and the rest of the magic caravans serve as
The purpose of the wagon.
A cavalry squadron of sixty men opened the way in front of the convoy. The great swordsman Chester sat in a magic covered carriage at the end, and his mount was tied behind the carriage.
The mountains in the field of vision gradually became clearer, and a canyon divided the Thorny Mountains into two.
Duodan Town is located in the southernmost part of this canyon, and many buildings are built at the foot of the mountain.
The motorcade slowly approached the town of Dodan. Hathaway and Beatrice approached the carriage window and curiously looked at the town of Dodan between the canyons under the mountains.
From a distance, you can see some densely packed red leather drying on the grassy slope. Almost the entire grassland is red.
In the carriage of Hathaway and Beatrice, their close friend Lily Cecil was also sitting.
Lily is the daughter of Count Cecil.
She once attended the Bernard Advanced Swordsman Academy with Hathaway and Beatrice, but she was one year older than Hathaway.
Now she has been married to the Bailin plane for more than two years. Her husband is a viscount who owns a large ranch. She gave birth to two children for the viscount and stayed at home all day long.
When he heard that Hathaway and Beatrice had come to the Bailin plane, he offered to entertain the two close friends throughout their journey.
Lily, who became a mother of two children, had become extra plump and fair-skinned. She pointed to a large piece of red grass in the distance with her scallion-white fingers and introduced to Hathaway and Beatrice:
"Those are the hard armor of the ghost-patterned soldier ants, which is a specialty of the northern region of the Bailin plane. The ghost-patterned soldier ants are first-level peak-stage monsters, and they are not very powerful. However, this kind of monster is a gregarious monster, and its hard armor is also
It's hard enough to be exposed to so many ghost-striped soldier ants..."
Beatrice squinted her eyes and looked at the leather in the distance, thinking of the scene half a month ago when a total of forty carriages filled with hard leather arrived at the leather trading house.
He replied somewhat absentmindedly: "Yes!"
Hathaway held Beatrice's hand to calm her down.
Beatrice smiled at her and whispered: "It looks pretty good here, the scenery is also very good, but it's a little remote."
"It's really nice here. The land is rich in water and grass, very suitable for herding horses..." Lily Cecil said casually, looking at the white snow on the peak.
Lily asked a little heartlessly: "Hathaway, I heard that your fiancé was not following Count Goss on the battlefield in Warsaw, so why did he suddenly join the Luther Army again?"
Hathaway's face turned red. She had nothing to do with her outspoken and careless best friend. She could only tell the truth:
"Baron Sidney, who joined the Earl of Goss's Heavy Infantry Regiment, died in battle two years ago. Now my fiancé is called Baron Suldak. You must not make a mistake..."
Lily covered her mouth, widened her eyes, and showed a look of surprise. Her expression clearly meant: '...Why did you die?'
Surdak led a small cavalry team and waited outside the town early. When he saw the convoy, he immediately rushed up to meet it.