Poverty Alleviation Princess

"Father, what are you struggling with? We won't see His Royal Highness the City Lord tomorrow." Shan Shan scratched the back of her head, looking helplessly at the middle-aged man who was tugging at the hem of his clothes and at the same time tugging at his armor. "You've pulled the clothes five or six...no, eight times, it's just like this, no matter how much you pull it, it won't change."

I don't know what he is busy with.

"I told you to call me patriarch outside!" The resolute and angular man first reprimanded him, and then touched his chin uncomfortably, for fear that there would be sparse beard growing on it, which would make him look unofficial.

"What do you know!" He replied angrily, "This is etiquette!"

If it was just an ordinary task, then of course he wouldn't care so much. For the exorcist, as long as he can complete the task of the employer well, that's enough.

As for their attire, the equipment of the exorcist is very good, and it looks like it can prove their strength, but this time it is different.

Leaving aside the fact that this might involve moving the village, let’s just talk about the remuneration brought back by Coral, His Royal Highness’s care for his useless sons and daughters, and the work of the clansmen who came here from the village... just It can't be too much for him to take it seriously.

He touched his chin uncomfortably.

"Sure enough, should I still have a beard? If I have a beard, I will look more stable..."

But an accident earlier made his beard unruly, thinking he couldn't be so impolite, so he simply shaved it off.But now I feel that without a beard will make people feel unreliable.

Oh, it's really confusing.

"Compared with a beard, of course it's more important to visit early."

Coral sighed.

As a woman who can't grow up, she really can't understand where her father's entanglements lie.

It is false whether there is a beard or not, and it is definitely more important to meet people first - my father has been struggling before leaving the village, and he is struggling again when he is outside the city.

Why didn't she think that her father cared so much about appearance?

But no matter how entangled he was, he couldn't drag him anywhere with such a short distance, and it would be even more impolite to visit at night, so before the sun set, they still came to the city lord's mansion.

Unlike when Coral came last time, the current City Lord's Mansion is much more popular.

From time to time, there are maids who come to report work or run errands in the corridor, and there are more patrolling soldiers on the outer corridor.There are also recruits in training on the playground below.They trained very hard and were very tired, but everyone looked very energetic.

"The people here... have a really good life."

The patriarch of the exorcist looked at the people passing by.Because of the need to eliminate demons, he traveled to many places.

He has been to big cities, small cities, and even corner villages.

But apart from the children, most of the adults looked sad.

Worry about natural disasters, worry about man-made disasters, worry about ghosts and ghosts, worry about this year's harvest.

There are too many things in life that need them to worry about.

Even he himself is the same, it's not that there are no happy moments, it's just that there are too many sorrows, and it is difficult for these happiness to last for a long time.Before coming here, although he had heard coral talk about hype, but he only thought that coral was still young, and when he saw something good, he exaggerated it a hundred times.

But judging from the present, maybe he is also narrow-minded.

Regarding what Shan Hu said before, the matter of establishing a school for eliminating demon masters is also a little more serious.If what His Highness the City Lord said is serious, then this new attempt is not a bad idea.

Even if the whole clan is not moved here, it is still possible to let the older and experienced veterans in the clan pass on their experience.

——This is also A Yuan's plan.

Although the best result is of course to have the entire village of exorcising demons migrate, but she also understands that it is not right for a clan that already has its own life pattern to abandon the existing pattern that it has adapted to and get used to, and resolutely relocate the whole clan. too likely thing.

The best result is to send some people to try, confirm, and compare before deciding, just like the ninjas in the past.Older people in the demon master village who are inconvenient to take out tasks can have new income, and the young children here can also learn experience in dealing with monsters.Win-win is very stable.

If it was Ah Yuan herself, she would do the same.

I don't refuse to change, but I don't want to put everything on a blueprint that I said in a few words.

So under such a tense and expectant situation, the patriarch of the exorcist completed his first meeting with the new city lord.

When we met, he was dignified and serious, maintaining the dignified appearance that the patriarch of the exorcist clan should have.

However, when he turned around and walked into the room assigned to him, he couldn't help but grabbed his daughter's arms and shook her hard like shaking a dice: "Why didn't you tell me! Your Highness the City Lord is A young princess!?"

Earlier, I only heard her talk for a long time about what kind of a good person the young city lord is, how he led people to build cities and reclaim wasteland, and how he led his powerful companions to loot the lairs and treasures of monsters.

But she just didn't say that His Royal Highness is Ji Jun!Still such a young Ji Jun!

"...Didn't I say that?"

Coral also covered a bit.

Ah, it seems to be true.

Because her father was too stubborn, at first she was worried that directly saying that His Royal Highness is the young Ji Jun would make her father feel unreliable, so she didn't mention it for now, and she simply forgot about it when she talked about other things later. up.

Anyway, compared to other things, gender... is actually not that important!

"Hey, anyway, now you know it—hey, it hurts!"

Faced with the daughter who stuck out her tongue and wanted to fool this matter away, the patriarch finally couldn't control his hand, and gave her a hot and fresh blow, making her squat down covering her head.

"You - unfilial daughter!"

This kind of important thing should be said first!At this time, do you still want to get away with it?How can it be!

"...the touching father-daughter relationship."

A Yuan also heard the other party's out-of-control roar, and smiled relaxedly while approving the funds and foundation for the school's establishment.

The most critical thing about the school of exorcising demon masters has also had a good start, and the next thing is to see how to maintain the operation.

A Yuan is confident that the various benefits and benefits here can impress the patriarch, and they are also useless to the exorcists. Of course, it is more stable to 'eat public food' .

The next step is to divide the priestesses and monks into logistics (medical, rune instruments) support groups and combat groups according to their respective expertise.

This can not only prevent those who are not good at fighting from being killed or injured in the battle, but also prevent people with specialties in herbalism or runes from being tired of fighting and unable to make better use of their specialties.

Even if there are not so many materials for them to make rune artifacts, some people can be assigned to do basic literacy for the children.

Although the main job is to slay demons and eliminate demons, what Ah Yuan values ​​more is their more profound knowledge reserves than others. Whether it is literacy, or understanding of herbs, weather and even monsters, it is impossible in this era. A lot of 'treasures'.Although it is not necessary to use it every day, if you know a little more at critical moments, you will have a better chance of surviving.

"Your Highness, Your Highness..."

At this moment, the maid on duty today walked to the door with a thin, dark girl with a few teeth missing from her mouth.

"what's up?"

A Yuan looked at the girl.

He vaguely remembered that she was one of the group of people that Mantian brought back from the monster's lair.

Could it be that he was bullied?

No, in order for them to reply as soon as possible, she should have arranged these girls in an area where only women work.

Could it be that he was afraid of colliding with monsters?

"This, this... is dedicated to you."

Because of the lack of teeth, the little girl's words were vague, but when A Yuan looked over, she still showed a big smile, and then handed the jar tightly in her hand to the maid next to her.

"Your Highness, it's honey."

The maid put the jar of honey on A Yuan's table.

"She brought it back today when she went to pick herbs."

Seeing A Yuan's surprised face, the maid explained a few more words in a low voice.

"Why didn't she keep herself..."

She hadn't turned the corner for a moment.

It is not easy for ordinary people to find something in the mountains and forests. Rare items like honey are good for eating by themselves, selling for money, or exchanging for more nutritious meat.

It can even improve the nutritional status of a family for a short time.

"...Your Highness."

The older maid moved closer.

"Excuse me for being rude, but this is her wish... Please don't refuse, she will be happy only if you accept it."

For little girls.Compared to eating it herself, offering it to His Highness the City Lord who saved her made her happier.

This is the only thing she can repay, who has nothing.

Just as the maid said, seeing His Highness the City Lord took her honey, the little girl grinned happily.Then he saluted vigorously, and ran away with a rattling sound.

After a while, she could vaguely hear her talking to someone as if showing off.

A Yuan froze for a moment, followed by a long silence.

To be honest, whether it is taking over the city impulsively or making drastic reforms, they are all done because 'she wants to do it'.She never thought of asking these people to be grateful to Dade - it's like playing an infrastructure game, seeing the fields she opened up, the majestic city she built, and the countless 9999 stocks in the warehouse, a sense of satisfaction will arise spontaneously.

Even compared to the ninja world that carried everything in the beginning, she was busier.Not even a third of the effort put into it.Not to mention enthusiasm or something.

She felt ashamed of herself.

However, what concerned her the most was not 'guilty' or 'moved' but a faint sense of calm that 'it seems natural to accept offerings like this'.

——Obviously it shouldn't be like this.

Obviously it should be more...

more……

"Your Highness?"

Seeing that His Highness the City Lord hadn't given instructions for a long time, the maid who was serving beside her couldn't help but make a sound of worry.

"Are you uncomfortable?"

"...No, no." A Yuan shook his head, and his eyes fell on the small jar of honey again.

"Help me make a pot of honey water, and then divide the rest in half, send half to the relief point, and send the other half to women and children."

Honey is a good thing, let's give it to people who need nutritional supplements.

"What happened today?"

In the dead of night, Madara Uchiha spoke suddenly.

He has been hunting in the mountains recently - in addition to driving away ferocious beasts for the nearby villages and towns, he also wants to prepare some fur for A Yuan.

I don't know how long I will stay, and the fur for winter must be prepared in advance.

So I don't know what happened during the day - just seeing her in a daze from time to time, it should be something that I am very concerned about.

"No...no." At first, A Yuan didn't want to tell Madara and herself this strange feeling of confusion, but when the words came to his lips, he changed his mind.

——In this world, they are the closest people, so what can't be said?

Rather than regretting someday in the future, "It would be great if I said it that day", "It would be great if I asked for help at that time", etc., it is better to say it first.

"I just suddenly felt... Madara, you said that if one day, I am no longer me, what will happen?"

"It's not you anymore?" Uchiha Madara raised his eyebrows, and sat next to Yuan.

"Yes, it's just that I've changed... well, I've changed into something else, my personality, my appearance, everything has changed."

A Yuan spoke incoherently.

"Or, I did something that I didn't think I would do, or became another... posture? Form? In short, it is no longer what I am."

In fact, she herself didn't know exactly what she wanted to express, she just wanted to say it.

"...Sorry, maybe it's just my imagination."

She let out a long sigh, dropped the pen and stretched long.However, the man next to her held her arm, looked at her intently and said, "If there really is such a day."

"I'll go get you back."