Although they stayed in Ziguo Village, their daughter Irene followed the team to Shanlin Town.

Although the two places are not far away from each other and they can visit each other often, this is the first time that Irene has traveled far away from her parents.

No matter in which world, the feelings of parents for their children are universal, and they are no exception.

Jenny quietly wiped her eyes, wiping away the tears that fell at parting, "I don't know if it's a good idea to let Irene follow the Baron."

Horn sighed and wiped the tears from his wife's face. "But we don't have any other choice, do we?"

Even though they were treated with courtesy by Roning and did not start from a "probationary period" like Wharton and Dandy from Qingzhu Village, and even though Jenny offered advice and strategies to successfully conquer the Gray Earth Tribe, they were still surrendered generals in the final analysis.

In addition, their previous identities were remnants and savages, so it was impossible for them to gain the lord's 100% trust in such a short time.

So when Roning asked to take Irene away, they had no reason to refuse.

Horn comforted him, "Although the Baron has performed very well, he is only a 17-year-old boy. It is obvious that he likes Irene very much. When I was with him these days, he was always very kind and merciful. I think he should treat Irene well."

Jenny shook her head. "Even if they slept together, they would have a foundation of affection. But Ronin is still the heir of the Wushan family. His marriage partner is either the daughter of a noble or the daughter of a wealthy consortium. Without exception, they are all people who can consolidate his status. But what do we have?"

She sighed, "We are just ordinary second-level extraordinary people."

In her opinion, his daughter would definitely be abandoned and would probably end up becoming Roning's lover and raising several illegitimate children.

After all, many nobles are like this.

"But our daughter is a thirteen-year-old magician. As long as she doesn't give up her training, she will become a wizard sooner or later!"

Horn's words were full of confidence. "No one can underestimate a wizard. What's more, we still have the opportunity to become advanced, or even go further. Don't be so pessimistic, Jenny!"

"The Baron also attaches great importance to sericulture. As long as we do what he asks us to do, the future will be good."

Jenny hesitated, but nodded slowly.

Horn is right. Instead of being depressed and pessimistic, we should do what we should do.

In fact, they really wronged Roning.

On the one hand, he took Irene away in order to stop Jenny and Horn from thinking nonsense and running around, and to do their job properly;

On the other hand, given Irene's great talent for magic, he really wanted to take her out for a walk, broaden her horizons, and train her well.

Things like sleeping in the same bed, abandoning each other, even lovers and illegitimate children, were all caused by Jenny and Horn treating Roning as an ordinary noble and imagining too many things.

Is Luo Ning an ordinary noble? No, he is not. He is a noble with great principles!

On the way back, Irene held Roning's hand tightly, because among this group of strangers, the one next to her was the one she was most familiar with.

She looked at him pitifully with her slightly red eyes, "Brother Luo Ning, you won't bully me, will you?"

"Of course not!" he said righteously.

"Then you won't sell me to someone else, will you? My father said that young female magicians are very popular among slave owners."

Roning rolled his eyes. Why would Horn say such a thing? Did he regard him as a human trafficker?

"Don't worry, I won't."

"Then will you sleep with me?" Irene asked.

These words immediately attracted the attention of the guards and soldiers nearby, but they only glanced at him, then turned their eyes to his nose and pretended that they heard nothing.

Luo Ning felt a little embarrassed and pretended to cough, "No, I'm not interested in little girls. You will sleep alone when we get to Shanlin Town."

Irene's eyes flickered, and she thought to herself that it was her mother who was scaring her. In the past, when she asked her to be obedient, study hard, and practice hard, she would always scare her by saying there were monsters on the mountain.

But when she thought about sleeping alone, she hesitated: "But I'm a little scared to sleep alone, what should I do?"

"I'll let Bella stay with you."

"No, Bella is my maid."

…

Luo Ning understood very well how a little girl would feel when she left her parents for the first time, so he answered Irene's questions as best he could, just to kill time.

The journey back to Shanlin Town was not fast, and since they did not set out early, it was not until around three in the afternoon that everyone came out of the woods and arrived at the northern border of the town.

"This is Shanlin Town. Look, over there are orchards and vegetable fields, and over there is pasture for grazing."

Roning pointed to several areas ahead and introduced them to the girl in his arms, but got no response.

He couldn't help but look down, only to find that Irene had fallen asleep with her head tilted.

The road from Ziguo Village back to Shanlin Town is quite long, and many places are difficult to travel on horseback, so we have to walk.

This journey was indeed very unfriendly to Irene, a magician with a weak physique, and it was natural for her to feel tired.

He looked back at the team and saw that not everyone who had gone out came back this time.

Apart from the extraordinary people, only seven of the twenty-seven guards returned, and the rest were left to Ridar to help him train the new recruits recruited from the three villages.

All the eighty militiamen in Shanlin Town were brought back without missing a single one. After all, they had families and land here, and it would not be appropriate for them to stay there.

After returning this time, Roning had instructed McKen and David to select thirty men with good performance from these militiamen and train them as new guards.

At the same time, during the slack season, militia training should be organized regularly to strengthen their coordination and combat capabilities and prepare for future expansion.

"Let's go, everyone. If we don't hurry up, there won't be enough time for Chahar to prepare dinner for everyone."

The team marched towards the Mountain Forest Castle in a mighty manner, and naturally attracted the attention of many working people along the way.

With Wilson's intentional or unintentional revelations, the people in the territory all knew that the lord launched the cleansing operation against the savage tribe for their safety, which made Ronin's image even more majestic.

In addition, Wilson boasted about his return to Shanlin Town two days ago, and the people knew that the lord had defeated three savage tribes in a row and achieved an unprecedented victory, so they respected the lord even more.

Seeing the triumphant Ronin, the people cheered loudly and ran around to tell others the news.

When Roning returned to the castle, the butler Chahar was standing outside the castle gate with all the servants.

"Master, your loyal servants congratulate you on your triumph!"

Led by Chahar, Galen and Bella all bowed deeply to Roning.

Irene, who had woken up a long time ago, was stunned by this scene and felt that Brother Roning looked so impressive.

"Hahaha, I haven't seen Chahar for a while, how is the castle doing?"

Ronin walked into the castle with a smile, and the people behind him followed him one by one through the drawbridge and the gate.

"Master, don't worry, everything is normal in the territory. The barley harvested this autumn has been dried almost completely, and most of it has been stored in the warehouse."

"very good!"

Luo Ning smiled and said, "To celebrate our victorious return, I will hold a dinner party in the castle tonight. Go and inform Mrs. Bandler and ask her to bring people to prepare."

"Yes, sir!"

Chahar followed closely, "But a few people have come to Shanlin Town for two days. They said they want to see you. When are you going to meet them?"

"oh?"

Luo Ning stopped and asked, "Who's here?"

(End of this chapter)