A strange world

Chapter 318 Chapter 171. Lady Maria

Will the so-called "banquet nemesis" be like the "succubus curse", and be imposed on me by someone?

Annan lay on the cold altar, falling into deep self-doubt. How else could he explain that the banquet never went smoothly?

"Do you miss me? Do you miss a 'rat'?" Maria woke up from a daze and shook her long bald tail, "Or are you still worried about me running away? Rat-man nemesis..."

"How can you say that about me?" Annan's black eyes showed a trace of disappointment, "I don't want to hurt you..."

"What about the McKeon Ratmen?" Maria asked: "The warning from the Royal Capital caused them heavy losses."

"You compare them to you? How can the McKeon Ratman compare with the Stun Ratman!"

McCann rat? Just uncivilized rats. Stun rat? Look at the countess in front of you, and Dai La in Xingyue Bay.

There was a slight silence, and Maria's tone seemed to be less hostile: "Are you saying this because you want me to miss you and let you go?"

"No, I just want to say that there is a misunderstanding between us..."

Annan's gentle and longing eyes reminded Maria of the short and happy time a year ago, and her cheeks became softer and softer.

"What's going on, Maria?" The rat priest holding a spine staff appeared in the dark hall, "You..."

"I think there must be some misunderstanding." Annan on the altar looked at it sincerely, "I have no ill intentions towards Maria."

"But you do to us."

"I just want to stop you from being hostile to humans."

"Maria, did he deceive you with this hypocritical face?" the rat priest asked the silent Maria.

"No, there are many alien races in my Xingyue Bay, and there is also a rat-man resident... The rat-people of Stun are good at gathering information, so these should not be hidden from you." Annan's voice became much louder, "I have no knowledge of the rat-men. bias."

"Really?" Maria asked.

"You should not trust humans, Maria," the rat priest warned.

"Shut up..." Maria whispered, looking at Annan on the altar: "Are you telling the truth?"

Annan smiled weakly: "Of course, I welcome you to become residents of Xingyue Bay."

"Just residents?"

"Do you still want status?" Annan pondered, "The alien race with the highest status in Xingyue Bay is the dwarves. Those elves and orcs don't like status... It's okay for the rat people to want status, but you have to know that because of what the rat people have done Because of this, no one here likes you."

"Annan, we rat people just want a place to live."

"But that's not why you are hostile to humans."

"You are so naive, Annan. This is a war between races and races and that has never changed."

"I think negotiation can help us find a balance. Can you let me go first?"

"Before that, I want you to do one thing." Maria held his cheek: "I believe you, but the saints behind me can't believe it. You have to make them agree to you."

"How? Becoming a Rat Man?"

"Will you agree?"

Annan shook his head, and then Maria held his cheek, her bright eyes like bright moonlight: "Do you dare to marry a rat man?"

"Why don't you dare."

"I trust you……"

Maria smiled gently and helped Annan up. Annan thought to herself why she was so angry with Olmedori...

"Don't be fooled by him!" the rat priest shouted, and Maria's eyes turned cold, "I have the final say here."

When looking at Annan, he regained his softness: "Would you lie to me..."

"I never lie."

Annan needed the rat people's trust. On the third day after returning to Xingyue Bay, Annan announced that he would marry Maria from the Stun clan.

The decision caused an uproar.

"Annan, I hate you!" Ilimoyas flew out of the dragon's nest and shed a drop of dragon tears.

"Do you know what you are doing?" Mrs. Winter said disappointedly, "I also want to invite you to open the secret treasure with me..."

"I thought you were different from other people in the royal capital..." Princess Sails regretted.

"I can do what the rat man can do!" said the elf mentor, transforming into a tail and rat ears.

"That mouse attracts you more than me and my niece?" asked the Wine Lady.

"Is it all worth it?" Olmedo expressed sadness, "The rat people have a blood feud with us..."

"The elves are with us, and the dwarves are with us. The orcs have never stopped robbing our lands, and even we ourselves are hurting each other..." Annan thought Olmedo should understand him. "We can't kill all the Ratmen. We have to use other methods and... we have to pay something."

The price is Annan and Xingyue Bay.

Annan and the rat people made a three-part agreement: first, the rat people are allowed to be in Xingyue Bay, and second, they must abide by the laws of Xingyue Bay when in Xingyue Bay. Third, as a territorial citizen, you must listen to your lord.

This rule applies to elves, dwarves, orcs, and other races, but not ratmen. Because there were only 100 ratmen in the first batch of Xingyue Bay. But now, a month later, there are 653.

The children just accepted that their playmates had a group of mouse people, but a few days later they discovered that their little friends had turned into adults——

Annan had to add another one: All adult female ratmen must obtain Maria's permission to give birth, and ratmen who violate this will be expelled.

"Why?" When Maria asked, Annan said: "After the winter, Xingyue Bay will become the paradise of the rat people. Soon, Xingyue Bay will be a new nest city, no different from any rat people clan. …Do you want to see this?”

That night, Maria lay... Annan lay in Maria's arms.

"Do you really want to reject Mrs. Winter, Princess Seles, Elf Mentor, and Ilimoyas for me?" Maria gently stroked Annan's black hair, "Their status and beauty are no less than mine... …”

"But you are special." Annan played with Maria's slender tail. "My countess..."

"You should call me Maria or Lady Maria."

"It'll be a little more exciting."

"Naughty little Annan~" Mrs. Maria lifted Annan's chin, getting closer and closer, and the shadow enveloped Annan——

…

Annan slowly woke up amid the cold touch, turbid air, and strange whispers.

That was really a strange dream... Annan, thinking so, recalled what happened: he lost his intuition after entering the room, was carried into the crypt and passed out, and then woke up in...

The familiar dark hall, and a beautiful figure standing in front of the altar. The fragments of the dream that remained in his mind made Annan blurt out: "Maria?"

"I'm here to take revenge on you." Before Maria could say anything, Annan's whisper made her stunned.

"I miss you……"

"I miss you too..." Maria said hoarsely as she approached Annan, "In the boundless pain of punishment, I thought of the failure you brought to me countless times..."

The cold and slippery tip of his tongue traced Annan's cheek.

"Now it is your turn."