After listening to Sharon explain the structure of the empire's military power, Xiang En looked at Simon again and said, "Okay, then tell me whether there is any food in Lutana, how the residents there live, and how many extraordinary-level giants there are. Mage?"
"Eh... Okay, okay!"
There was sweat on Simon's forehead, and his expression was bitter and a little cowardly. His waist that was already bent was now even more bent, and he felt extremely uneasy.
He just seemed to hear the man next to him say "We, the First Legion", so... what they broke into was not a simple place, but the stronghold of the Austin Empire's First Legion
I'll be a good boy!
The First Legion is the foundation for the empire to achieve "nuclear" peace and stability. How can I meet the people of the First Legion? If they are performing some secret mission, wouldn't they like me have to be silenced
Thinking of this, Simon's expression became even more humble, "In the city... there doesn't seem to be much food now. Everyone can only get one piece of food a day, which is only enough for two meals. Originally, we could still eat a little every once in a while. Jerky, but the jerky was gone a few months ago.”
After listening for a while, Xiang En frowned and interrupted: "How do ordinary people live?"
He didn't want to hear the stories of professionals. No matter how bad every professional was, they were still cannon fodder who could withstand thunder. They would definitely survive.
Those who can best reflect the status of a place should be its lower-class residents.
"Ordinary people..." Simon suddenly frowned when he saw Xiang En, and cold sweat broke out on his back.
Everyone around him seems to listen to him. Isn't Xiang En just a small cadre in the First Legion? If he is unhappy, he won't kill himself, right
Even though I was afraid, I still had to keep talking.
"Ordinary people also have one piece of food every day, but it's only bread. If they want to eat, they have to go to the management center to find a job. Many jobs that no one else does will be given to them..."
Simon said in detail that most ordinary people who have skills are under-maintained. Those without skills go to the management center of Luta City to find jobs, serving nobles or powerful professionals and doing odd jobs.
Although Simon's description can be heard to be embellished, at least ordinary people can survive, which means that Luta City still maintains order, and it also means that Luta City and the upper-class people of the Austin Empire are really well prepared.
As for the last question, how many extraordinary mages there are in Luta City, neither Simon nor the other two people can give an accurate number, and they probably really don’t know.
After asking what they wanted to know, out of the principle of fair trade, the three Simons provided information, and then Xiang En provided some food to the three of them and left them to spend the night in the bullpen.
He planned to let these three people continue their mission tomorrow, give them a handy weapon, and add five days of rations.
After hearing the story, Xiang En left everyone alone and went back to the newly built stone house to amuse his daughter.
After Andrea finished a few more bowls of meat, she returned home with a satisfied expression.
Compared to the large villa she once had, she liked the small single-family house that was compact and full of warmth. The main reason was that the sound insulation effect of the single-family house designed by Xiang En was very good, only slightly worse than the special soundproofing magic.
Hausnauer and the others were left to Markey's arrangement. There were six people, four men and two women. Only Jin was assigned to a vacant staff dormitory under Xiang En's instructions. The others had to live in the basement.
Even so, they were already very satisfied.
In the cave that was filled with the smell of earth and excrement, their spirits were like the fishermen who were always sitting on the old fishing boat in the center of the storm. They didn't know when they would be turned upside down and submerged in the dark deep sea.
Silent night.
In the three-story single-family house in the manor, Xiang En and Andrea walked out of the second bedroom, washed themselves in the bathroom and then returned to the master bedroom.
The newborn baby was sleeping soundly on a small bed made of vines, and the quality of his sleep was enviable.
The baby’s skin is wrinkled but still adorable.
Andrea squatted half-crouched on the edge of the crib, looking longingly at the sleeping baby. In addition to the afterglow after exercise, her eyes also contained love for the baby, because this little life was the fruit of their love.
"I feel so unreal..."
"What's wrong?" When Xiang En, who was lying on the bed, heard this, he raised his upper body and looked at Andrea weakly.
Didn't you just keep shouting happily? Why did you suddenly say something untrue
His current weakness is real and not mixed with any water.
Andrea continued to caress the baby with her green-white fingers, showing a moving smile, and said: "I just remembered what happened in the pub a few years ago. At that time, I was drinking alone, and then you suddenly appeared! And then... Then suddenly the baby was born, hum!"
Xiang En smiled dumbly and lay back on the bed with a peaceful expression.
If it's not true, he still has the right to speak!
But those are all in the past tense, and the memory of some small things is no longer clear. The things in the academy and the things that I was thinking about how to survive after leaving the academy are remembered more clearly.
He is really happy now...
Although there are no electronic entertainment products, you will never be bored every day as there are various things to do.
Farming is very happy, scolding Ma Ji and others are also very happy, and being with the person you like is even happier!
Xiang En couldn't help but reveal a haggard smile on his face. He cleared his mind, put himself into a meditative state, recovered the fatigue accumulated throughout the day, and planned to reward himself tomorrow.
Beside the crib, Andrea was still teasing the baby quietly, touching here and poking there, having a great time.
There was only an oil lamp that provided weak lighting in the room, and the only sounds were Andrea's chuckle and the weak breathing of the three people. It was dark and quiet.
But this tranquility was interrupted the next moment by the baby's cry.
"Wow wow wow!" The baby who was teased by Andrea suddenly opened his mouth and let out a harsh cry.
The crying was annoying, and the sound even spread through the house and outside.
Fortunately, the walls of the manor have been raised, and the sound is blocked by the walls and can't easily reach outside the manor, otherwise it might attract zombie beasts.
"Hey..."
After a moment of embarrassment, Andrea stretched out her hand and used Professor Xiang En's technique to hold the baby in her arms and comfort her.
After trying to comfort her for a while to no avail, Andrea sat on the bed, lifted her clothes and breastfed.
The baby stopped after a few sips and continued to cry.
"Eh? What should I do if the baby doesn't drink milk?"
Andrea was helpless and turned her eyes for help to Xiang En, who was half-dead on the bed.
Xiang En glanced at the clothes that were not pulled up, and then at the baby wrapped in fur, "See if Hela wet the bed?"
Andrea understood, put the baby on the bed, lifted the fur and reached out to touch it, showing a puzzled expression, "No, then why is Hela crying?"
Now Xiang En could only get up and get closer to observe the baby's condition.
Boom, boom, boom…
The two stood on the wooden floor and suddenly felt a slight vibration coming from all around.
One update for now, I'll get back to my current state.
The outline of the next large plot has been written, and I am quite satisfied with it, but the writing is not in the right state.
I was able to update twice yesterday because most of the content was forced to be written when I had a cold.
After taking a long break, when I start writing again, I always feel that I can't grasp the measure and my grasp of the words has declined.
(End of chapter)