Chapter 488: The White King's Reply (5000!)

Fengling took the juice handed to her by Vanilla, squinted her eyes and took a sip.

Feng Ling feels that she is moving towards the identity of a professional performer.

The job content stated in the original employment contract was teaching assistant.

Fengling's current job was not unpleasant, and she did find the play they were rehearsing quite interesting.

After being modified by His Majesty the King of the Frost Moon Kingdom, it has indeed become more attractive.

Is it that the King of Frost Moon Kingdom has such a good relationship with Lord Rand? He actually came all the way from the Royal City to help Rand revise the script?

Anyway, Feng Ling didn't see His Majesty Marcus do anything else. He came, changed the script, and then left.

Forget it, these things have nothing to do with her.

She still had to think about whether she should go to a restaurant for a big meal after get off work.

Feng Ling sighed. Since her salary increased, her appetite also increased. She wasn't fat, but when she was under a lot of pressure, she wanted to eat and drink something.

But a salary increase is always a good thing. She has been redeemed by Rand, and now she gets extra subsidies for being the lead actress in a drama. It won't take too long for her to pay off the redemption money she owes to Rand.

Then she was free.

Although she didn't know what to do after she was free.

It’s probably impossible to go back to the Elf Forest, and it’s a pity that many personal belongings are left there.

There was the sound of gongs and drums again.

It's time for the next play rehearsal.

Feng Ling stood up.

Feng Ling has a very good appearance, and as a senior professional, she has a strong body.

Feng Ling has a good height and figure, and her appearance is flawless.

Previous band performances, coupled with current drama rehearsals, have already earned Feng Ling a lot of fans.

Of course, there is no such concept as a star in this world, but it is normal to have admiration, and Feng Ling does not care about it.

…

Vanilla didn't look at it any more and returned to the church school.

Her own work was not yet finished.

In church school.

The elf elder Nidhogg was deep in thought over a book.

The rift between elves and humans is very serious.

Humans and elves had been at war for many years, and their relationship did not improve much after the peace talks.

The two tribes would capture each other's people as slaves, not trade with each other, and there would be a lot of secret espionage operations.

Anyway, if you tell Nidhogg that there is a human territory that is recruiting elf teachers, he will definitely think it is a lie, fake, and a trap.

This was basically what Nidhogg thought before he was forced to stay here.

Now Nidhogg may not have much change in his opinion of this place, but Duke Rand of the Moon Phase should be trustworthy.

Anyway, during this period of time, Nidhogg has investigated various places within the range of his allowed activities. Since Grand Duke Rand of the Moon Phase ruled this land, there has never been a case where Rand did not release anyone who had reached the labor reform period.

In exchange for the elves' non-resistance, Rand let go some of the elves who hated Rand and were unwilling to stay here, and Rand did as promised.

There is a possibility that Rand sent people to kill the elves who were released, but Nidhogg thought the probability of this was very small. In fact, he secretly instructed several elves who were released to come back after a while to report whether Rand really released them.

If no elf returns within the scheduled time, Nidhogg will have to consider using his trump card and escaping from here with Vanilla.

As for now, this period of relaxing time while waiting for news, Nidhogg decided to make the best of it and get familiar with his current life first.

"Then my teacher, Ms. Vanilla, could you please help me solve this puzzle?" Nidhogg pointed to the contents of the book, "These words... I have never seen such words before."

Vanilla was a little embarrassed. Nidhogg was her teacher, and now he was forced to stay here in order to "save" her. Now she had nominally become the mentor of these elves stranded in the Dukedom of the Moon.

"Don't be like that." Vanilla said awkwardly, "These words were invented by Lord Rand. Don't worry about them. Lord Rand always likes to make some inexplicable things and say some inexplicable words."

Vanilla felt that it was not a good idea to make up the owner of this land, so she explained: "Of course, Lord Rand is very normal and serious most of the time. If he says something inexplicable, just ignore him. The pronunciation of these words is - 'Shangshan Ruoshui'. As for the meaning, it means a person with perfect morals, just like the nature of water, benefiting all things without competing for fame and fortune."

"Don't worry about this kind of thing. Why don't you try to adapt to the classes here during this period? Because of your strength, your course schedule also includes explanations of world culture, common sense for druids, and basic mage courses." Vanilla's eyelashes blinked as she did. "Lord Rand has no intention of forcing you to reveal the secrets of the Elven Forest. If you feel that something is not suitable for class content, just refuse to mention it."

"It's okay." Nidhogg didn't care about it. As an elf elder, he certainly knew what to say and what not to say. In normal classes, there would be no need to introduce some secrets.

As Vanilla's teacher, Nidhogg's knowledge accumulated over more than a hundred years is enough for him to easily do the job of a teacher.

"Then Lord Nidhogg, I will go and check on the others first." Vanilla bowed and left.

Nidhogg continued to flip through the book in his hand, which was the basic textbook.

It was really a very basic textbook, but Nidhogg was very interested in it.

This is the complete opposite of the Elf Forest.

If the Elf Forest is a long historical heritage, everything continues the tradition and heritage.

This is a place that is constantly changing and new things are constantly appearing.

In the past ten days since the surrender of the elves, Nidhogg has seen several new dishes and drinks being created. Nidhogg has also heard from the propagandists that there have been some breakthroughs in metallurgical technology, and the official blacksmith shop in the Sanctuary will provide better quality weapons in the future.

Turning to the front of the book, the title page also shows how many times the book has been revised.

Presumably the current content is completely different from the original one.

Innovation and change are not necessarily good. They may bring wealth and power, but they may also bring danger.

Anyway, Nidhogg had seen many countries that betrayed their oaths and traditions and perished because of this kind of "innovation".

This is why, although Nidhogg felt that the upper elves in the Elf Forest were too stubborn, he did not object too much.

As for the Dukedom of the Moon, whether Duke Rand of the Moon would perish because of his changed pursuits, Nidhogg didn't know, but these repeatedly revised textbooks were indeed very interesting and made him quite interested.

The most basic courses include writing, arithmetic, and doctrinal analysis.

The more advanced ones are divided into more detailed categories, including agriculture, engineering, medicine, warfare, alchemy, and even combat and spells.

The most systematic part is the agricultural part, while the others are more inclined to empirical summary. I believe that the person who wrote the textbook must have a good understanding of agriculture.

And Vanilla has seen other elves in other areas.

Not all elves can accept the life here as easily as Elder Nidhogg. Some elves even secretly curse Vanilla as a traitor to the elves.

Vanilla can sometimes hear it "coincidentally", but she doesn't care too much about it.

As long as these elves do not violate the laws of the Dukedom of the Moon and work normally, they can leave after one year. Those elves who don't like this place will never come back.

Then she will be at peace.

Vanilla does not deny that she is indeed a "betrayer of the Elf Forest", but Vanilla also needs to emphasize one point, that is, she will never admit that the Elf Forest, which is like a solidified tomb and never changes, is the rightful habitat of the elves.

She had no power to change the elven forest, so she ran away.

Maybe one day, she will have a chance to change that place? Vanilla doesn't think so much.

She just warned her compatriots in front of her: "I know many of you hate me, but what I want to say is that as long as you work hard for a year, Lord Rand will let you go. If you want to resist now..."

Vanilla didn't say anything else. She felt that her tone was indeed a bit like that of a servant who helped the tyrant to commit evil.

This made Vanilla a little embarrassed.

If you change the scenario.

Rand is an evil lord, these elves are the newly captured elves, and Vanilla is the slave girl who was captured before but submitted to the evil lord. Now, is she teaching the newcomers a lesson?

Vanilla held her forehead with her hand, she felt the scene was indeed a little strange.

Vanilla said no more, clapped her hands and said, "Remember the work arrangements I gave you. If you make any mistakes, your salary will be deducted."

At this time, Vanilla saw an elf raising his hand and asked, "One of our people is missing."

Vanilla knew who the elf was referring to: "He is not in prison, but in the hospital. He was seriously injured because of his fierce resistance during the escape. Everyone should take this as a warning."

Vanilla felt like she was being an accomplice again, so she sighed and prepared to leave: "Anyway, if there's nothing else, just leave it at that. Remember to go to work on time tomorrow."

…

The Kingdom of Lunsa at this time.

Count Dandelion stood up with the help of his eldest son.

He was indeed seriously injured, but after a period of rest, he was able to get up barely.

Now is a very critical period. If the Dandelion Family cannot make a contribution in the fight against vampires, then when the territory is recovered later, the land that originally belonged to the Dandelion Family will probably not be given too much. At that time, it will be good enough to retain a core viscountship.

Count Dandelion stood up and picked up the document to look at it.

After looking through several documents over and over again, Earl Dandelion frowned.

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“Progress is slow.”

"Father, what do you think?" The eldest son of Count Dandelion looked at his father with great concern.

Count Dandelion is a far-sighted earl. When he embezzled Rand's credit, Count Dandelion had already made preparations for the follow-up response - such as how to quarrel with Duke Rand of the Moon.

But later Rand kept silent about the fact that the credit was embezzled.

Realizing that there was a problem, Count Dandelion immediately took precautions, otherwise the Dandelion family might have been doomed by the first vampire invasion.

After subsequent communication with Rand, Earl Dandelion further realized the seriousness of the problem, further strengthened his defenses, and prepared an escape route in advance.

Although Count Dandelion has the greed of a nobleman, he is actually quite sober.

And now, Dandelion feels that the anti-vampire investigation is progressing too slowly.

Generally speaking, the slowest process in this kind of thing is probably the formulation of the bill.

The quarrels in the House of Lords may last for ten days or half a month, and some issues may not have any results for a year or two.

But once everyone agrees, the progress will be relatively fast.

Her Majesty the Queen will take charge of affairs most of the time, and the great nobles will not be too uncooperative after the House of Lords reaches a result.

Then the smaller noble vassals of the great nobles would no longer be an obstacle to affairs.

And now, the result of the House of Lords meeting in which Earl Dandelion participated while lying down has been discussed.

An anti-vampire special operations force is formed to investigate.

Her Majesty the Queen immediately took charge of the matter and launched an anti-vampire investigation.

As the nobleman with the greatest hatred for vampires, Count Dandelion has naturally been following up on the investigation.

But progress is slow.

You can also often hear rumors that there was no vampire attack at all, and that everything was made up by Count Dandelion to escape responsibility.

As for the vampire corpses, Count Dandelion found them from somewhere unknown.

In fact, it was just a group of bandits who drove Earl Dandelion out of his territory.

The story about Count Dandelion destroying the last army of the undead was also false.

In short, the topics of conversation and rumors among the nobles recently have all been about belittling Count Dandelion and denying and belittling the threat of vampires.

The investigation was somewhat difficult to advance. It was not because any of the nobles refused to cooperate, but there were always some unexpected events during the investigation, and many times the clues were inexplicably interrupted.

Everything seemed normal, but to Count Dandelion it was very abnormal.

"Something is not going well." Count Dandelion whispered, "There are nobles in the country who are obstructing the investigation of vampires."

"Has anyone among the nobles been bribed by vampires?" asked the eldest son of Count Dandelion.

"That may not be the case. Maybe someone simply has their eyes on our land and wants to belittle us and then take it over. Or maybe many of the noble knights in the kingdom are vampires?" Count Dandelion sneered.

"This is not a solution. If the progress is too slow, the vampires may come back at any time. And if the vampires really have any plans, the kingdom may be affected." Count Dandelion's old butler said worriedly.

Count Dandelion is not too worried about national disasters. If the sky falls, there are tall people to support it. The Kingdom of Lunsa also has people like the Snow Fox Countess to support it.

But for now, Count Dandelion has to consider the possibility of being visited by vampires.

The royal city of the Kingdom of Lensa is indeed impregnable, and it is obviously impossible for vampires to break through it by means of siege.

But the royal city is too big, so it is very possible that some vampires could sneak into the city and then come to our door.

"We must first resolve the issue of public opinion, and then have the family join the anti-vampire investigation." Count Dandelion said, "We need the support of Duke Rand of the Moon Phase."

If Rand, who had defeated the Snow Fox Countess, could also show his support, then Count Dandelion's situation in the Kingdom of Lensa would be much better.

Duke Rand of the Moon Phase does not need to support the Dandelion family. He only needs to explain his discoveries and publicize the dangers of vampires.

The last time I sent the old butler to the Duke of Moon Phase, I learned that Rand also wanted to use drama to mobilize civilian power.

Earl Dandelion is not optimistic about this. Theoretically, it will not have much effect, but it feels that at least it will not have a negative effect.

Now Count Dandelion hopes that Rand can really create some better dramas to strengthen the anti-vampire momentum in the Kingdom of Lensa.

"We have done what we can." Earl Dandelion sighed, "Now we can only take it one step at a time. Let's write a letter to Rand."

…

At this time, Rand was still unaware of Count Dandelion's predicament.

He didn't mind supporting Count Dandelion, but his original plan was to wait until the drama was better prepared and more clues about vampires were obtained before pushing for a bill to oppose and investigate vampires at one time.

Of course, Rand will try his best to ensure that nothing happens to the Dandelion family.

As long as Count Dandelion does not fall into the hands of the vampire, the vampire will always have to consider whether that thing is in the hands of the Dandelion family, not in Rand.

Due to the two failed attacks on the Dandelion family, the vampires have lost the advantage of hiding in the dark to a certain extent.

Once vampires, a species that is inherently evil, are brought to the fore, many things will become very troublesome.

Now Rand is in the bedroom, reading the reply from the White King with Ellie.

Most of the content of the replies was normal, including discussions on papermaking, as well as normal military, economic and political discussions.

At the end there is a paragraph that seems to be a complaint.

What I mean is that you can show off occasionally, but don't show off all the time, otherwise she, a lonely woman, will be jealous.

Ellie and Rand looked at each other.

Ellie said, "My sister didn't seem to get the hint."

Rand thought: "But what you wrote should be very clear, almost as clear as an explicit statement, right? Are you pretending not to understand?"

"That's not necessarily true," Ellie sighed. "I feel like my sister probably hasn't even thought about it. I think I should correct her thinking."

"So what do you want to do?" Rand asked.

"Look here." Ellie pointed at the words on the letter with her slender and beautiful fingers. "Sister calls herself a loner and says she's 'jealous'. I think she definitely needs company. We can explain it more clearly. If not, I'll make some arrangements the next time you visit me."

Ellie shook her fist. Apparently, one failure did not discourage her. She looked determined to win.

Rand was a little helpless. Of course, Rand liked the White King very much, but in fact, the two of them had not spent much time together. Rand was not sure whether his liking for the White King was emotional or not just lust.

But if Ellie didn't object, Rand wouldn't mind trying.

(End of this chapter)