137 – Changing Little Dragons and Territory Problems
-hehehe, will the lord run too?
Eldest daughter Zmazeviti asked with a sinister smile. She plays a fake mercenary and is a Zmajebiti who is used to dealing with people. Evan didn’t like this.
“Yes, we will run together. But don’t mind me. “I came to see you running.”
-I understand! Take it easy~
Zmazeviti bows and bows. Her multi-colored hair falls down. Evan knew this was her way of showing her favor.
Should we go for a walk or participate in a morning jog?
Evan thought about it and asked her second child, Anne, and her fourth child, May, how they were doing.
“Are you experiencing any inconveniences these days?”
-…… No.
Her second child, Ann, looked at Evan and said, She seems to have something to say but is hiding it. Anne has a sense of responsibility towards her younger sisters, but has a passive personality.
-My lord.
A voice boldly interjects between Anne and Evan. She was the fourth May with short hair. Evan answered, locking eyes with her May. May’s eyes show courage.
“Yes.”
-Are you thinking of selling us? What if we become stronger as just one soldier?
The question May wanted to ask the most.
Will it be sold to someone else for a high price later? Will the silver-haired lord abandon the baby dragons?
Evan blinked at her. It looks like she doesn’t yet have the trust of the baby dragons. The baby dragons are feeling anxious. Evan shook her head and placed her hand on May’s head.
“You will become soldiers of my territory from now on. I have no intention of selling you. If I was planning on selling you out, I wouldn’t have gone all the way to the border wall. “Consider this place your home.”
Evan said to May what she had said to Helen.
‘Home.’
What Evan wanted for Ninar Estate was to have a strong and beautiful house. A place for Maya, Michael, and Evan himself to return to.
This is where Evan comes after graduating from her academy.
May’s face turned a little red. Evan removed her hand from May’s hair. Because her May was so small, she put her hands on her head like she did with Maya. It’s scary that this habit is like this.
May lowered her head and stroked her hair with both hands. That was where Evan had placed her hand.
-…… All right.
May answered with a slightly trembling voice. Among the five sisters, she is Mai, who has a bold personality. She doesn’t get embarrassed about anything.
I was embarrassed when the silver-haired lord placed his hand on May’s head. The experience of his warm, large hands gently stroking his head… May felt hot in her body.
Because it is something she has never experienced in her life. Although she had a bold personality, Mei was an inexperienced baby dragon.
“Start morning exercises before cantering!”
Sias faced the baby dragons and vigorously performed gymnastics. The baby dragons look at Sias and follow him. Evan followed them from behind, squinting at the entrance to the watchtower.
At the entrance to the watchtower, Third Helen is staring at Evan with her hand on the wall. Her youngest, Fanny, was stuck between Helen’s legs, whining.
-Unni… Aren’t we running? Fanny wants to run.
-Stay still… Are you going to abandon your sister?
-Chii!
Fanny was shaking her head between Helen’s legs and pouting. Helen closed her legs tightly. Don’t let Fanny escape. When Fanny goes away, Helen is alone. She said Helen said she hated being alone.
Because it reminds me of a nightmare in the slums.
Tap, step, step, a figure is approaching. Helen, who looked down at her Fanny for a moment, quickly raised her head. A silver-haired lord, slightly taller than Helen, is looking down on her. Youngju, wearing only a white shirt, ready to run.
“Don’t you run?”
A low-pitched voice, gradually breaking away from boyhood, comes to my heart. Helen was pricked by her conscience. Since she lives here, she has to train as a soldier.
-…… Huh.
Helen looked down at her and said with difficulty. Her experiences in the slums haunt her. Don’t trust humans! Memories from the past are screaming, but I am not sure because the silver-haired lord is nearby. Can’t we just do nothing like this?
At that time, her Evan held Helen’s hand. Helen felt a thrill, as if she had been electrocuted. The man’s hands are so big and warm. The lord’s calluses are rough, probably because he has been sharpening his sword for a long time. Helen looked at her Evan again. Evan was lightly glaring in her direction.
“Let’s run together. “If you’re not used to running, I’ll teach you the ropes.”
This is an easy proposal from the lord.
-Fanny wants to run!
Fanny, who was between Helen’s legs, slipped out and clung to Evan.
Helen escaped from her watchtower, held by the lord’s hand as if led. She got over the watchtower entrance, which seemed so difficult to her, very easily.
Helen felt like she was floating on her cloud.
On this day, all five baby dragon sisters participated in training for the first time. Except for her eldest daughter, Zmazeviti, everyone else was disorganized, and Helen in particular was often dazed, but she found it meaningful that everyone participated.
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Watchtower accommodation this night.
The baby dragons were lying on the bed and talking. The topic is Evan. Since it is a place where only the baby dragons are together, their true feelings come out easily.
The atmosphere that day was somewhat strange.
It was the fourth child, May, who got lucky first. May released her mouth, feeling hot.
-I don’t think the lord is trying to sell us.
Evan’s title changed from ‘human’ to ‘lord.’ Anne, the second child, was startled and lifted her upper body. She then looked at May and cautioned her.
-May…… ! You can’t let down your guard yet. They tell us that they don’t sell with words, but who knows, they might change their minds later.
-…… You can think about it then.
Anne’s words didn’t really resonate with May. Of course, I still have some anxiety, but this is something that only time will solve. Actually, I’m worried about something other than this anxiety.
May felt like the part of her head that was in contact with Evan’s hand was still hot. Her heart is pounding. She works as an inn worker in the Empire, and she has never been like this when she was living in hiding.
It’s not that I don’t like her. Rather… Let’s say she’s hot and attractive.
Eldest daughter Zmazeviti, who was lying face down, laughed. She said Zmazeviti is not selling them.
-Why do you find it so difficult? Do we have magic restraints? What kind of barrier is there around us? Even now, if you want to run away, you can run away as much as you want.
What Zmazeviti said was true. Balaur slaves are filled with magic restraints to prevent them from running away. Magic restraints are literally shackles that prevent the use of magical power.
Also, the magic barrier makes it impossible to use teleportation. Evan’s permanent residence had nothing like that. Even now, if I use teleportation, I can escape.
-……….
Anne, who had been paying attention, became completely mute. Because everything her older sister said was true. She seems to sense Evan’s consideration that she had forgotten.
A quiet accommodation.
The third Helen, who usually joined in the conversation, did not say a word. Helen hid her expression as she turned towards the wall. Her heart is pounding as if it is being squeezed. Her heart breaks, as if she is about to cry.
Helen received a warmth she had never received before in the slums. Evan, who was holding her hand and running, was like a male god who saved her. God who lifts Helen out of her slums and carries her into the warm cloudy sky.
Helen folded her hands over her own heart and shrank her body. The common sense she learned in the slums, which told her not to trust humans, is shaken. Helen’s uncontrollable emotions swell to the point of bursting forth. Helen groaned, clutching her hands to her chest as if to keep her emotions contained.
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The next day, Evan’s lord’s office.
Evan fell into a deep sleep after looking at the pile of documents and letters.
“Hmm.”
A problem has occurred.
We tried to expand the market and receive a reasonable number of people to immigrate to Ninar, but the applications for relocation are piling up like crazy every day.
Michael, who was working on other documents at his assistant desk, said in an awkward manner.
“Actually, ever since Nari rescued her student, young lady, a ton of letters have been pouring in. Not only requests for marriage talks, but also recruitment proposals, business proposals, and relocation requests… There were many nobles who visited her in person and with her vassals.”
“Is it because of my reputation?”
“Yes. “The 20-year-old who defeated Elder Yong as the savior of the North had a huge impact.”
“I put you through a hard time.”
“hahahaha! “It’s no big deal.”
Michael smiles with dark circles on his face.
It doesn’t seem like a big deal at all. Evan thought he might have to hire an office assistant for Michael.
If I had the same heart, I would like to burn all the accumulated documents.
It is not easy because there are documents that need to be processed. For example, a petition. Evan held up a document.
『Refugees who have not been permitted to emigrate are living as they please around Ninar! They sprinkle trash and excrement on the streets every day, and even if you try to evict them, they won’t listen. Please, my lord, help me.』
There are many people who have come in on their own even though their immigration applications have not been fully verified yet. Evan felt embarrassed.
If you just wait, they will check your application and give you permission. You come in on your own. Isn’t this disrespectful to the lord?
“Michael, tell Sias to drive out those who came in arbitrarily. Have them hit the ground running. “Let them clean up everything that dirty the streets.”
“Umm… Since there are so many, I will also participate. “I think I need some magic.”
“There are a lot of numbers?”
I haven’t inspected the territory in the past few days, so are there that many refugees? Michael nodded his head with an embarrassed look.
“Nari’s name value is not normal.”
Evan’s head pounded at Michael’s words. I feel like it will be full of annoying things like my previous life. I can’t help it.
“…… I also participate. Call all the baby dragons too. This is what soldiers have to do. “Although I won’t let the baby dragons do it now, I will let them watch what the soldier is doing.”
“I will do as you command.”
Michael bowed his head.
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It has been said since ancient times that a stick is medicine for those who do not listen.
Evan held a club instead of a sword. The servants called out from the mansion, Sias, Maya, and Michael, also picked up clubs. The baby dragons hesitated and followed. It was the second time the baby dragons came outside since they came to Ninar Territory.
-What are you doing today? I didn’t jog in the morning.
Fanny pulled down the trousers of her eldest daughter, Zma Jeviti. Zma Je Biti grinned and ruffled her Fanny’s hair.
-Boy, today is audio-visual education day. I’m going to break the heads of those who don’t listen. It’s originally what we were supposed to do.
-Boo! Then what do we do, sister?
-Just watch and laugh! There is nothing for us to do today.
Zmazeviti kindly explains.
Zuma Jebi Tira, who pretended to be a fake mercenary and also did her own service, was familiar with the behavior of her evans.
The steps of Evan and his friends. In the distance, near the carriage road market, refugee tents can be seen mushrooming on newly cleared land. Even if you look around, you can smell the garbage thrown away arbitrarily, such as animal bones and human feces and urine. Only this way, even if customers come and go, they won’t run away.
The merchants who had lived in Ninar for a long time were fighting against these refugees.
“You guys should go far away and bury your eyes and urine in the ground! “Customers leave quickly because of the smell!”
“Oh, are you the lord? Are you the landowner? “You can throw away trash on any land, but it’s a mess!”
Merchants and refugees fighting near illegal tents.
The two camps shouted, blood rising in their necks as if this was the first time they had had an argument like this.
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It is obvious which side Evan will take between the two camps. Evan ordered with a cool expression.
“Spread out and annihilate. Sias, take care of the baby dragons and drive them out. Michael, moving with the servants. Maya, follow me.”
“I understand.”
“Leave it to me, Sir!”
-Yes!
Those who received orders move.
Evan and Maya in the center, Sias and Michael on either side. Like a crane spreading its wings, a long line of evan removal teams attacked the refugees.