Chapter 167: Rand may not be a seasoned prodigy

Now, there has been some friction between the Frost Moon Kingdom's counter-attack corps and the Southern Kingdom's counter-attack corps.

Since the Southern Kingdom wants to continue the gold mine war, and it is autumn now, the autumn harvest also requires manpower. The coalition army led by Lensa, which is composed of several southern countries that have suffered from the plunder of the Frost Moon Kingdom, is actually very small in number, even less than the current counter-attack corps of the Frost Moon Kingdom.

The Frost Moon Kingdom's counterattack troops were divided into three routes, one of which was led by the Second Prince, who took over the Crescent Moon Territory's defense line.

Originally, the Black and Brown Marquis planned to arrange for Earl Stag Shelan to go to the Crescent Territory's defense line. The Black and Brown Marquis knew very well what Rand's defense line was like. Although the army along this route had to face the Snow Fox Countess, it would be much more comfortable with a solid defense line.

But unfortunately, the second prince took the initiative to apply and chose this route.

There was nothing that could be done. Although he really wanted to arrange the easiest route for his good brother's heir, the Black and Brown Marquis could not directly reject it now, so as not to hurt the face of the Second Prince and the King.

Although the Marquis of Black and Brown had gained a lot of benefits in the civil war and he was also the king's brother-in-law, he was now somewhat fed up with the king. At least, much of his annoyance with the capitulationists and the current troubles would be transferred to the king.

Maybe one day in the future, he will no longer be willing to save the king's face.

However, this time, he agreed to the second prince's application with a warm face and arranged several of his own children to be with the second prince.

Yes, he also sent his children to come and gild himself, but it was not like the other nobles involved in this local conflict that he thought the chances of winning this time were great.

But he had to do it.

His heirs were not very good. The eldest son was deposed by him, the second son was still in prison, and the later ones were not well educated and did not have much ability, but they had learned all the arrogance of the nobility. They looked down on Rand very much and thought that Rand had taken advantage of them in some way.

During the civil war, if it was them who followed the Black and Brown Marquis instead of that Rand who appeared out of nowhere, then this achievement that was enough to promote a savage who was not even a noble to the rank of viscount would have been theirs, right?

As for ability, these children of the Black and Brown Marquis felt that as nobles, their ability could not be weaker than that of a commoner who came out of nowhere.

The Black and Tan Marquis had tried to educate them many times, to try to get them to not be so stupid, but it seemed to be in vain.

The thought that his title would have to be inherited by them in the future made the Black and Brown Marquis feel a little depressed.

Therefore, even though he could not see the situation of this military friction clearly, he still captured several of his children and gilded them. In fact, he still had some thoughts that the flames of battle could be used to forge them, but now they were too useless.

When he was in the Black and Brown City, he almost always found them in a casino or a brothel.

Now he arranged them to be with the Second Prince, and go to the Crescent Territory defense line with the Second Prince, hoping that the generals under Rand could teach them something.

Although the Black and Brown Marquis knew very well that the probability of these useless children growing up was very low.

Although the arrangement made by the Marquis of Black and Brown this time was full of helplessness and compromise, he still took into account the feelings of his temporary ally, Viscount Rand. He knew very well what Rand hated, so he ordered the troops along the way: "Never plunder the villages of Crescent Territory."

This kind of thing does require special orders and is likely to cause dissatisfaction among the troops under his command.

They were not allowed to plunder when they went out to fight. What did they eat? It was a little ridiculous to say it, but it was true that if it was not said, the army would allow plunder by default, even if it was against their own side. Many nobles who were robbed could only accept that they were unlucky. But in fact, as long as they did not rob the nobles' castles or completely plunder the villages, the impact would not be particularly great.

The prestige of the Marquis of Black and Brown is very high, and he may be on par with the Grand Duke of Thorns or even the King on the military level. No one dares to object to the military orders of the Marquis of Black and Brown.

The same goes for the Second Prince. His main mission this time was to increase the influence of the royal family in the domestic army, not to plunder. Besides, what was there to rob in a viscount's fiefdom? There was not much profit to be made from it. Since the Marquis of Black and Brown agreed to his proposal, his goal had been achieved.

He didn't know why his father, now the king, admired Rand so much and asked him to choose Rand's defense line as the route, but since this was his father's wish, he did it.

…

It was another morning, and today's personal guard shift came to Elsa.

Rand himself didn't know how his personal guards took turns. It was basically arranged by Olenna. Sometimes it was Ellie, sometimes it was Lysa, and sometimes, like now, it was Elsa.

Rand was patrolling the hideout as usual today.

Now with the gradual cultivation of talents, the efficiency of the den has been significantly improved, but because the affairs of the den have also increased significantly, there is still no free time.

But that was the clerks and the higher-ups.

As the lord of the hideout, it would be easy for Rand to give himself a holiday, but at this moment he was not giving himself a holiday, but was carrying out a difficult task.

That is to investigate Elsa.

Elsa inexplicably asked to return to the family yesterday, and Rand still hasn't figured out the reason.

He used the employment contract to force his way through yesterday, but if he couldn't solve the problem fundamentally, if a top professional like Elsa really wanted to leave, he wouldn't be able to stop her.

Elsa followed Rand with her hands behind her back. Today she wore a dress, which was unusual for her. However, because of her indifferent face, people who were not familiar with her would still feel that they should stay away from her.

But Rand would definitely not be affected. At least he knew very well that Elsa's expression was naturally like that. Although her temperament was quite cold most of the time, at least she was not indifferent to Rand. It was just that perhaps due to her nature or shyness, she could not always get close to Rand.

Of course, except when kleptomania strikes.

And due to work reasons, although Elsa herself doesn't really care about the lives of other adventurers, the death of too many adventurers will definitely affect the economy of the hideout.

And there were quite a few adventurers she was familiar with.

So when she goes to the ruins to adventure after get off work or on vacation, if she encounters adventurers in trouble, she will still help.

As a result, Elsa is very popular in the adventurer group. Many adventurers, both new and old, like Elsa very much. At least in the holiday villa at the foot of the mountain, Elsa should be the most popular among the top leaders of the hideout.

When she walks on the street, people often greet her.

But today, Elsa was wearing a sky blue dress, which made many adventurers fail to recognize her.

In the eyes of these adventurers, Elsa has always been a cold and ruthless thief. Although she sometimes helps others, she mostly pursues simplicity and efficiency in her actions.

In short, there is a difference between a thief saving people and a priest saving people.

Maybe after you are hurt, the pastor sister will let you rest your head on her knees, heal your wounds with warm fire, and then comfort you with gentle words.

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But Elsa might just throw a dagger over and kill the monster, then come over to take a look. After confirming that it is not dead, she will probably throw a bottle of healing potion over and then disappear.

In comparison, they are like heaven and earth. Although everyone is grateful that Elsa sometimes helps, it does not affect everyone's perception that Elsa is a cold girl.

At least she definitely wouldn't wear a sky blue dress, but new boots made in the den, and a decorative hairpin with a flower pattern on her head, which made Elsa look more pretty for her age.

In short, many passers-by did not recognize Elsa at first, and even if they did, they thought they were seeing things.

Until it is actually confirmed.

So much so that Elsa, dressed like this, attracted a lot of attention.

Rand couldn't help but look back from time to time.

The main thing is that it is really beautiful, and Elsa's current dressing style is completely different from before. She should also be wearing perfume, which should be the one she bought from the perfume store last time.

So what is the situation now? Rand stroked his chin and thought.

His original plan was to take Elsa for a walk on the pretext of inspection, to test Elsa's thoughts and to take the opportunity to resolve any knot in her heart.

But now, it seemed to have become a date, so was it a date now? Rand had never experienced a date before, so he didn't know what a date was like, but he could confirm that this was definitely not an ordinary inspection.

So what should I do now? Go shopping, get some ice cream? Then get some popcorn and go to the movies?

This was how acting was done in previous online dramas, but Rand was really not good at it.

Rand was silent for a while, then took out the wish list he had written earlier for the top management of the hideout.

Elsa wanted to cook some delicious food together, or go steal something together.

Rand thought for a moment, then pulled Elsa aside, looked at her slightly red but still cold face, and asked, "Do you want to steal something together?"

Elsa rolled her eyes, "I don't like stealing."

Rand: “?”

Is this really Elsa?

Although Rand was a plaything in his previous life, he still has some understanding of Elsa, one of the protagonists of "Deep Moon". She has a mysterious background, a cold and arrogant personality, but in a very contrasting way, she has a kleptomaniac.

In the minds of game players in the previous life, Elsa was very popular.

At least Rand was sure that even if she didn't have kleptomania, Elsa would still like thieves' work, such as stealing.

Although if she didn't use her versatile hands, her stealing skills would be very poor, probably only at the level of an apprentice thief.

Rand was certain that Elsa was talking nonsense, but he was hesitant to expose her.

(End of this chapter)