A strange world

Annan didn't know what would happen to Teacher Yirulanze, but the punishment would not be too severe and it should be related to the grounding.

So in the next period of time, this elf mentor will not bother him again.

That's such a shame... Annan thought.

Annan couldn't resist the enthusiasm of the elf mentor, and that kind of enthusiasm made him feel insecure - as if he would be eaten at any time.

"Dara?"

Annan, who was alone on the street, first called Della, but there was no response.

Wasn't it Dela who brought the elves?

"I'm here."

A soft female voice suddenly came from under the umbrella on the street. An aristocratic woman wearing a fluffy pleated skirt and long curly hair tied with a ribbon sat under an umbrella.

Annan could vaguely see the shadow of the shameless baron on that fair face painted with pearl powder.

"Why do you want to……"

Annan came under the umbrella canopy and hesitated to speak. Francois's dress turned out to be extremely sweet, causing guests to come and go frequently.

"My uncle told me that appearance is the most deceptive. He said that people will think that fat people are generous and approachable, while thin people are mean and cunning. Men keep people on guard, and women make people put their guard down, so he always maintains a weight of 300 pounds to do deceitful things. ." Francois' calves wrapped in silk gauze were intertwined under the table, and the hand holding the spoon raised his little finger, "Who would doubt a lady wearing perfume and sitting on the street enjoying coffee? Humph~"

There is only a wrong name, not a wrong nickname - this sentence also seems to be the truth.

"You can talk a little more normally."

Annan sat at Francois' table and looked at the guards passing by not far away. Will the elf guards take away the elf who wants a boy? Will the human guards take away the pervert who clings to the boy?

"Does this make you uncomfortable?" Francois said softly, the long eyelashes on his delicate cheeks trembling slightly.

Annan wanted to say that it was nothing. The shameless baron dressed as a woman was much more pleasing to the eye than Francois, but Irelanze's experience was clear to his mind - resolute is not absolute, but absolutely not resolute.

"Yes, we are having important conversations."

Annan's handsome face showed seriousness, which made Francois calm down a bit. He moved from delicate and feminine to neutral, and his voice returned to a normal male voice: "Okay."

"puff--"

A man sitting next to him squirted out his coffee and explained to the waiter who rushed over: "It's hot, it's very hot..."

Annan looked back helplessly: "Let's talk in another place."

Francois took out his handkerchief and wiped the corners of his mouth, leaving a silver coin on the table.

"How much does coffee cost in Breeze City?" Annan asked casually as he stood up.

"50 copper coins."

Annan stopped suddenly, picked up the silver coins on the table, called the waiter, and took back 50 copper coins.

"Your Excellency, the King of the North, is really diligent and thrifty..."

Francois praised sincerely and reached out to hold Annan in his arms.

The unusually soft and hot hand reaches into the palm, as if connected to the heart, making the blood throb.

Just as he was about to break away, Annan found a tall cloaked figure squeezed between him and Francois.

"Dara?"

"I'm following from a distance," the female elf said.

After experiencing the weirdness of Irelanze and Francois, Della's presence made Annan feel extremely at ease.

Francois wisely stayed away.

Annan did not find the carriage nearby, but it was not far from the manor.

"We'll talk as we walk."

…

"You mean, the wine lady's men are always watching me?"

In the study room of the manor, Annan's gaze returned from the snow-capped mountains outside the window to Francois, who was still wearing women's clothing.

"That's not quite accurate..." Francois corrected, "Strictly speaking, they are workers of the Winchet family's industry."

These two statements have different meanings. The former means that this matter has the shadow of the wine lady, and the latter... Annan can find anyone to arrange to join the Winchet family, and he is also a worker in the Winchet family industry.

"What else was found?"

"I followed them for a while..." Francois stopped here and looked towards the corner of the study room - Della was leaning in the shadow in front of the bookshelf.

"Dara will not betray me."

Francois wanted to say that Annan shouldn't trust others so much, but it was precisely because of this trust that he bowed before the young King of the North.

"They didn't show anything strange except staring at you. After leaving, just go to work normally, go home, rest..."

Francois describes this situation as indescribably unsettling—as if the friendly neighbor who greets you every day, feeds wild cats, and is actually a notorious murderer.

"So I'm going to go to the place where you were attacked."

"Dwarf giant's lair?"

"I have already been there. It was the place where you were first attacked..."

Knock knock knock——

The head maid knocked on the study door and said that the Lord of Breeze City was outside the manor.

Olmedo?

Annan and Francois looked at each other and asked the head maid to lead him in to the living room downstairs.

"There's a letter for you."

The same smile when the young city lord and the mage tower turned a little dazzling.

Is this a demonstration? Or a warning?

Annan lowered his eyes slightly and saw that the letter was not signed by Osu Lund, but by Tasia.

He raised his head unexpectedly: "Is this letter from the Snow Mountain Fortress?"

"The soldiers brought them back from above after transporting supplies." Olmedo smiled gently.

Annan opened the envelope. In the letter, Tasia said that everything was fine. She participated in a defensive battle and killed a demon with her own hands.

Then Annan poured out a piece of devil's iron from the letter - after the devil burns it, it will condense into regular crystals that resemble snowflakes and are called devil's iron.

"The next delivery of supplies to the fortress will be before the autumn harvest. If you have a letter you want to send to a friend, send it directly to the city lord's mansion."

"Thank you." Annan thanked her sincerely, but then asked, "Are you here just to deliver this letter?"

Olmedo looked at Francois and said, "That badge will be useful."

"You were the scavenger who gave me the badge...?"

"I have been investigating, and I can confirm that it was not me, nor my father, who attacked the convoy." Olmedo told the true purpose of coming, "The Twelve Kings of the North are the foundation of the entire North. Their existence for one day means that they mean everything south of the snow-capped mountains." The northern border will be stable for one day. The Olmedo family will not disrupt this order. So since you were attacked by the hyena, I suspected that the rat people were responsible."

"Did you find anything?"

"Prang'enci County is plagued by rats everywhere, and the frequency is dozens of times higher than before..."

"Where did those rat men come from?" Annan asked in confusion.

Olmedo said that every rat can be blessed by the Rat God to become a Rat Man, which will consume a lot of the Rat God's power - for this reason, frequent rat infestations mean the Rat Man's conspiracy.

The bitter cold land has become a barrier to the north. Here, the rat people do not have the terrible and continuous disasters in the south. As soon as winter comes, the Skaven will die in droves.

So their conspiracy will definitely be revealed before winter comes.