"The castle is almost finished."

At the dinner table, Li Aili watched as Arthur finished his daily serving of fruit and vegetable juice.

Seeing her boyfriend's face become 'very interesting', Li Aili said expressionlessly, "Why haven't I seen you eat vegetables so uncomfortably before?"

Arthur paused for a moment, "Darling, next time..."

The Duke took a deep breath. "Could we delegate the task of juicing the vegetables to the chef?"

When the topic of 'cooking skills' came up, Li Aili's sensitive nerves were touched, and she narrowed her eyes slightly.

"how?"

"Do you feel there's something wrong with it?"

At the dinner table, the two stared at each other silently for three seconds. Then, the Duke said slowly, "I just think you're too tired. It's better to leave these small things to the chef."

Li Aili relaxed. "It's okay, it's just crushing the vegetables together~ I can do it~"

Arthur: "..."

Ignoring Arthur's hesitant expression, Li Aili said, "Let's get down to business."

"Why would Cardinal Joshua suddenly make this trip?"

Arthur used a knife and fork to cut the fried pork cutlet on the plate.

I don't know if it's because of the fruit and vegetable juice that Li Aili made herself, but the fried pork chops tasted especially good today.

“I don’t think he’s the kind of person who makes baseless accusations,” Li Aili said, frowning slightly.

Arthur raised an eyebrow slightly. "You think? You know him very well?"

Li Aili: "..."

She stared speechlessly at the vinegar vat in her house.

Arthur smiled. "It's alright. Speaking of which, how many days until the winter month?"

Arthur leaned back in his high-backed chair, watching Ellie raise her glass in the distance.

He smiled enigmatically. "Darling, shouldn't we start planning our wedding?"

Li Aili: "…………"

That being said, after dinner, Arthur wiped his sword and said, "They said some monsters have come out of the forest."

"I'll go take care of it."

The silver longsword went into its sheath with a 'whoosh'.

"Going tonight?" Li Aili looked at the sky outside the window and asked with a frown.

Arthur took off his cloak, walked to Li Aili's side, leaned down and kissed her forehead. "Many carnivorous magical beasts come out at night."

Knock knock knock.

"Please come in," Li Aili said.

Joanna walked in carrying this month's bill for the territory.

The Duke put on his cloak and strode outside.

Li Aili glanced at Joanna, who was smiling ingratiatingly at her, and then at the calendar on the table.

ah!

End-of-month billing date!

Just looking at that huge pile of bills, Li Aili already felt a pang of heartache.

That was the pain of countless gold coins about to leave her bank account.

Arthur mounted his horse. "Go investigate."

"I need to know what tricks the Holy Light Court will pull by tomorrow."

Soon, the Duke rode away from Emerald City on his Nightmare Horse.

"Isn't this His Highness Arthur? What are you doing out of the city so late?" asked a city guard on night duty.

"I heard that a monster horde has suddenly broken out in the Tankar Forest."

"Hey~ That's amazing, taking care of the monster horde all by yourself."

"With such a powerful knight protecting us, hehehe~ Emerald City is truly a wonderful place!"

"yes!"

...

Li Aili and Joanna checked the bills and didn't finish until 1:30 a.m.

"Alright, tomorrow morning, call a squad of knights to go to the goblin bank to withdraw the money."

"Then let's distribute the money according to the bill~" Li Aili stretched and yawned sleepily.

"You can sleep in the guest room tonight and leave tomorrow morning."

Joanna nodded.

"You're familiar with this place, I'm going to rest now, you should go to sleep early too."

After saying that, Li Aili walked out of the study.

She had originally thought Arthur would return later.

When she returned to the bedroom, Arthur, his black hair dripping wet, was sitting on the sofa in front of the fireplace, wearing only a bathrobe.

Li Aili's face instantly turned bright red.

"Ah, no, I mean... I mean waiting..."

Before he could finish speaking, Arthur said seriously, "My dear, we may be going to war."

Li Aili felt that her sleepiness had been scared away.

"On Albert's side?"

"No, it's Emerald City."

Li Aili: "..."

She immediately said, "Wait for me!"

Li Aili took out a demon summoning circle.

After summoning the demon, Li Aili couldn't wait to hear the demon's advertisement and quickly said, "Help me wake up all the officials in this city."

"Have them come to my office for a meeting immediately."

The devil: "Thank you for your patronage."

After the demon went into the summoning circle to run errands, Li Aili turned to Arthur and asked:

"Who wants to fight us?"

Li Aili thought of Joshua, "...Could it be the Holy See of Light?"

"It's not them, but we're inextricably linked to them."

"Are you familiar with the 'Dragon Championship' held by the six great empires?"

Arthur briefly explained the Dragon Tournament and the 'Dragon Society' that arose from it.

"So, it's the Dragon Society that's attacking Emerald City?"

Arthur looked at the flickering flames in the fireplace and nodded.

A flurry of footsteps came from outside the door. "Your Highness, what has happened?"

"The officials have arrived."

Li Aili stood up. "Let's go to the study to talk. Change your clothes before you come back."

Li Aili opened the bedroom door, and Joanna, draped in a large shawl, asked, "Your Highness, what happened?"

"A war is about to break out." Li Aili walked quickly towards the study.

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