Working Prophet

Ilea has spent most of her time in the green fields since she was a child. Occasionally she would go to Blackstone City with her family's food transport team after the carrot harvest. Other than that, she has almost never been to other places. .

Until later, her father sent her to study in a temple. It was her first trip away from home, and the girl will never forget the mood she felt when she left.

Ignoring the dissuasion of her grandmother, she stuck her head out of the carriage several times, constantly looking back at the castle where she had lived for more than ten years, and the figure standing in front of the city gate.

At that time, her heart was full of anxiety and confusion, and she was vaguely looking forward to the new life that was about to come.

She just didn't expect that would be the last time she would see that person.

Now she is on a journey again, and this time she is going to a more distant place.

——Lionheart Castle, the royal capital of the Red Lion Empire, the first male city in the entire Bratis continent, and the center of power.

There are prominent aristocratic families and wealthy families everywhere. The history behind any small noble is probably longer than that of the Arias family, let alone the twelve great nobles who are like behemoths at the top of the empire.

Well, there are only eleven left now.

But this is not the point. It is said that the banquets in that city will never stop. People party all night long and drink fine wine. The market is filled with rare treasures brought by foreign merchants...

Ilea almost grew up listening to various stories about Lionheart Castle.

Although the Western Region is far away from the Imperial King, this does not prevent the people here from fantasizing about the city and the people living in it.

In other words, it is precisely because we are far away that we can let our imagination run wild.

The young Ilea has always dreamed of visiting this magnificent city one day, and now this wish is about to come true.

But the carefree little girl she once was has grown into the lord of a territory, taking on the responsibility of a family, and there are more things to consider.

Ilea found it difficult to have the simple and pure happiness she had in the past.

Moreover, during this trip to the royal capital, she had to explain to His Majesty the Emperor why she could not participate in the tournament and eliminate the latter's misunderstanding of her.

Ilea was thinking about whether to write a draft first and organize the wording so that she could just memorize it and make mistakes less easily. Thomas's voice came from the front.

"Lady Ilea, we are here."

The female lord looked up and saw a large lake. In the center of the lake was a city. The city had tall walls and was only connected to the land on the other side of the lake by a bridge.

Ilea knew that it was the Lake City, which was famous in the Western Region.

Teacup Castle is already a famous fortified city in the Western Region. It is built entirely of stones and is easy to defend and difficult to attack. However, compared with the city in front of you, it pales in comparison.

In order to build this floating city, the Marier family built two dikes at its north and south ends to cut off the Ambergris River flowing through it, and eventually built an artificial lake around the city.

With the high wall protecting the city in the lake, anyone who wants to enter the city can only pass through the bridge outside the city.

In other words, once an enemy invades, the guards of the Malir family only need to guard the bridge to maintain the safety of the city. If necessary, they can also raise the last section of the suspension bridge to completely cut off the connection with the land.

Thomas sighed after seeing it, "As long as you give me a thousand people, no, seven hundred people, I can use this city to block an army of tens of thousands."

Jude on the side was also looking up at the city completely surrounded by the lake in front of him, with a somewhat complicated look on his face.

Before Miss Rabbit set out, she asked Fausto to learn about the history of the empire, and then she thought of something.

"If I remember correctly, like the Emmanuel family, the Malir family was also a vassal of the Enriquez family. After the Battle of the Blood Dragon's Wailing, they held on for a while and became the last one in the West to surrender. aristocratic family.

"Because the city in the lake was too difficult to attack, the Raging Lion Alexander later reached an agreement with the Malir family to deprive them of their land in other places, leaving only this floating city to them in exchange for their allegiance."

"These are all old memories," Jude said lightly. "No one in the West still remembers the Enriquez family, and the Marier family is no exception."

"It's true," the female lord nodded, "Everyone is used to the current life. Let's go. I seem to have seen the Bathory family."

Ilea heard that Ferdinand also planned to bring people to participate in this competition, so she agreed with the latter to set off together, and the two parties chose to meet at the Lake City.

Ferdinand arrived first because he walked faster, and waited here for the female lord for a whole day.

Knowing that Ilea had also arrived, the head of the Bathory family went out of the city to greet her in person.

The young baron has changed a lot from before. He is taller and stronger, and he can even be called burly.

The fuzz under his nose has also become denser. The only thing that remains unchanged is the serious expression on his face and his lips that always like to purse.

"Ferdinand!" Miss Rabbit got off the carriage and immediately gave the head of the Bathory family a bear hug, saying happily, "We meet again! You look more and more like your father."

The smile on the female lord's face was genuine, not forced out of her previous efforts to deal with those boring nobles.

The families on both sides have been allies and have watched each other for hundreds of years. When Teacup Castle was surrounded by the group of lizardmen, Ferdinand was the only one who came to the rescue at the risk of delaying the autumn harvest.

Later, Miss Rabbit dealt with the black dragon, and the head of the Bathory family came with three hundred people to help.

Marquis Cullen once said of Ferdinand, he said that in this young man I saw the most precious qualities of a nobleman, those virtues that once shone in our ancestors but are now gradually declining, loyalty, courage and justice.

"You have lost weight too." The head of the Bathory family replied.

"Uh...I've been exercising as Prophet Merlin told me recently, but then again, I wasn't very fat before." The female lord looked embarrassed.

"Do you want a compliment or the truth?"

"Try a compliment first."

"You're not fat at all, you have just the right figure." Ferdinand said seriously.

"What about the truth?"

"To be honest, I can't tell at all." The head of the Bathory family paused and added, "My advisor suggested that I try not to be so serious when I go to the royal capital to communicate with people this time, and I can add some sense of humor. , do you think that’s effective?”

"Haha," Ilea laughed dryly, "It's quite funny, but I strongly suggest that you don't do it again next time, especially when you are in the royal capital."