Chapter 25 The Second Prince is so considerate.
About dozens of kilometers away from Anka City, there is an endless wet and dark swamp area.
Thick vines and tall trees intertwined into a lush jungle above the swampy water, and mist spread over the low ground, making the sight blurry. This is a place that humans may never want to set foot in.
But for the lizard people here, this environment happens to be their most suitable territory. The eerie cries of them lurking here are intertwined with the sound of foam on the water, creating a dangerous atmosphere.
Most of these lizardmen are tall. In comparison, they are a whole person taller than the humans in this world. In a pure one-on-one confrontation, ordinary soldiers cannot survive for a minute in their hands.
Not to mention that the skin is covered with hard scales and their skin color ranges from dark green to muddy brown, which not only gives them the unpretentious thick blood skin, but also allows them to hide themselves in the dark. Capital.
At this moment, as a low horn sounded, the calm in the swamp was broken. Many lizardmen began to gather towards the center. They moved towards the assembly point from all directions, moving quickly and firmly. As more and more lizardmen gathered towards the center, a huge army gradually formed.
Although the horn sound was not very loud, the roar of the leader lizard still made the Anka outpost not far outside the swamp feel something bad.
"Boss, those lizardmen seem to be getting ready to leave."
"Let me take a look."
The senior soldier who took the telescope from the former looked in the direction pointed by the other party. As expected, he saw the group of lizardmen in the camera holding the telescope in their hands. Simple weapons, heading towards Anka City.
Because the outpost is to observe intelligence from hostile areas, their location is not a must-pass on the route between these two points, so they now have enough time to use the magicians in Anka City to provide them with The short-range communication magic device reports information.
But after doing this, everyone had a solemn look on their faces.
Because they knew that this battle would be a tough one.
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“Get up.”
Drowsily, Sirius felt as if someone was calling him.
"Get up, don't let me say it a third time."
No...
This familiar cold voice immediately made Sirius, who was still sleeping in bed, tremble. His slightly opened eyes also suddenly discovered that he was wearing a training suit at this moment. Nalia.
The originally white and silky long hair was now tied into a neat ponytail. Coupled with the sword on the waist that the opponent's right hand had been holding down, he immediately understood what this woman wanted to do with him.
Revenge, definitely revenge.
Just because he talked too much in the military camp yesterday and stole her limelight, is he still holding a grudge to this day?
Or is it simply that sentence, it’s better to mess with anyone but not women?
"Get up, you asked me to tell you for the third time, and your training will be doubled later."
"Your Highness..."
"Go to the courtyard behind to find me."
Nalia did not give Sirius a good look, as if she was worried about him. She said that the man in front of her who looked no different from her own brother was no different from a dog.
But Sirius didn't care about this, at least now he was still the second prince on the surface. Even if his sister already treated him as a fake and a pariah, she wouldn't directly make any obvious insult.
A restricted plot like trampling and humiliating someone with feet wearing black stockings is simply impossible to happen. "S... His Highness the Second Prince, let me help you."
After Nalia left, a little maid followed immediately. She was still a little nervous when she spoke. She almost forgot about Sirius's identity change at this moment and called back to before. He was called the noble young master when he was just recruited.
But Sirius knew this little maid, because he had asked her to "look after" Liz in the slums before.
"Hetty, I haven't had time to ask you alone in the past two days, how is Liz doing now? Is her relationship with her father okay?"
Hearing Sirius's words, Hetty's eyes flashed. There is a hint that this is indeed the case.
However, she was still very respectful on the surface. While helping Sirius change into training clothes that were convenient for sports, she explained:
"Don't worry, Your Highness, Second Prince. I go to Sister Liz's place every day. I don't see how she is doing." Okay, I also gave her some of my own salary..."
"What?!"
Sirius' voice immediately raised an octave when he heard this, and this posture also startled the maid Hetty on the side.
"Didn't I tell you not to give her money? With her character, even if she accepts it, she will feel that she is being looked down upon." She would
not feel looked down upon, Sirius would only feel that the scheming and unscrupulous woman would stand aside. He followed up gratefully, then scolded Hetty behind his back for being taken advantage of.
The reason why he said this was simply to persuade this somewhat disobedient maid to stop her unhelpful behavior.
Are you kidding me? Giving funds to such dangerous people is not helping others to do evil.
"If you think she is having a hard time, you should advise her well. As a friend, persuade her to continue to come back to the manor. I can buy her father a house alone at the foot of the mountain for him to live in. In this way,
she can take care of her if she wants. She doesn't have to walk too far, and when she comes to work here, I give her a salary every month. This is called labor income. A person with her personality won't feel uncomfortable picking up this money." "
I'm sorry, His Highness the Second Prince... He Hetty did something wrong."
Hetty, who helped Sirius button the last button, stepped aside in shame, then lowered her head as if she had done something wrong.
At this moment, she really felt that she was doing things too mindlessly.
What's more, she didn't expect that the second prince of the empire would be such a considerate and respectful person.
If it were herself, she would never think about whether she would feel uncomfortable if she directly offered financial help from the other person's perspective.
After thinking about it, Hetty truly believed that only Sirius's approach was the most reasonable and the best way for everyone.
"Forget it, I won't blame you this time, you have good intentions."
Sirius shook his head, smiled helplessly and said, "But if you do something wrong, you still need to be punished, so I will punish you for this period of time. The work doubled, from just going over to see her, to trying my best to persuade her to come back to the manor."
"Yes, His Highness the Second Prince!"
Looking at Sirius's back as he opened the door and left, Hetty clenched her fists, thinking in her heart Thinking that this time the task must be completed.
But she didn't know how miserable Sirius looked on his face as he held the unedged sword with his back to her.
(End of chapter)