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Borg Clooney's death happened suddenly, and Adam Smith's concerns were not unfounded. Once Pacino's people knew about it, the other party might try to keep Terrence in the imperial capital under the pretext of investigating.

So Terrence decided to set off for Aldret that evening, accompanied by the Queen's bodyguard and appointed officials.

After a light dinner, the group planned to leave.

Angus watched Terrence's figure, without saying a word.He leisurely finished his share of food and got up to go upstairs—he promised the old man Borg to find a way to save his family, but he didn't say that he would do it for him.

Now that he is holding such an interesting thing, wouldn't it be worth the loss if it made Terrence suspicious?

Angus was humming a country tune in a good mood, but Adam, who brought someone to clear the table, stopped him: "Master Angus, the master gave you an order before he left - you studied hard at school, and you rarely come back Stay at home for a few days before leaving."

"I'm really happy that my brother cares about me so much." Angus turned his head and lowered the corners of his eyes, full of joy.He sensed Terrence's intentions among the fire and light stones: don't mention him, I'm afraid everyone in this mansion has been ordered not to go out—in order to cover up Borg's death.

Adam bent slightly and said politely: "I also think that you have lost a lot of weight recently, Master Angus. The kitchen will serve you nutritious meals. You can rest in peace in the house."

Angus nodded with a half-smile and didn't talk to Adam again.But he hates all the guys who are loyal to Terrence.

The number of people who can move the teleportation array at one time is limited, so Terrence and his party had to leave in batches.

In consideration of Terrence's safety, the guards leading the team suggested that they go there first so that they could observe the development of the situation.Terrence thought for a while and agreed, and asked Lancer and the guards leading the team to go first, while he and Special Officer Wesley waited until the end.

When only he and Wesley were left in the room, Terrence finally smiled and greeted the tense Queen Hawkdog: "When we arrive in Aldelete, I will trouble you to help me with all your heart." .”

A not-so-obvious smile appeared on Wesley's stiff face: "Isn't this exactly my duty? Please don't worry, Your Excellency the Duke."

Although Wesley's family has always been loyal to the queen, it does not mean that the younger generation has no ideas of its own.And Wesley happens to be a smart person who can think about his future and way out.Now the conflict between the queen and Pacino has reached the point of irreconcilability. As a pro-queen faction, their family will inevitably be purged after Pacino takes the throne. The reason for going to Terrence.

Terrence and Wesley have been in contact for a long time, but because he has not been in touch with politics, he has not been suspected by the Queen.This time the Queen assigned him to Terrence as proof.

Terrence didn't intend to ask Wesley to do something for him, but wouldn't it be more reassuring to have a teammate who wouldn't hold back?

The situation in Aldelete was not as bad as what the queen read in the letter. Compared with the chaos imagined by the guards, the city still looked orderly.

Night had already enveloped this weather-beaten border city, and there were elements of restlessness floating in the sultry air, but everything still seemed calm—a kind of calm that was trying to suppress.

Although thin civilians can be seen on all the streets of Alderete, although their looks are tired, their eyes are not occupied by despair.In the corner, several children squatted together to share a loaf of bread, and the older little girl even wiped the corners of the mouths of the others, in exchange for a pure smile on the other side.

Terrence, who insisted on leaving the City Lord's Mansion, saw such a lifeless but still alive scene on the street.

Lancer knew that Terrence was depressed, so he put his arms around the young master's shoulder and said softly, "Everything will be fine."

Terrence looked back at him, nodded and said, "Of course."

He looked at the city again, with many complicated emotions surging in his chest.

Feeling sad and remorseful for the suffering of so many civilians, this is an emotion that I, who only saw revenge in the eyes of the previous life, could not understand at all.

Over the past few years, he has tried his best to win over civilians, promote alchemy, and guard against the Church of Light. The starting point behind these actions is more for himself.He is too far away from the lives of ordinary people. Even though he says he is for the country, he still lacks a little bit of thorough awareness.

But at this moment, Terrence finally realized the meaning of his bloodline and the responsibility of his identity - the life and death of many people are all dependent on his words and thoughts.

And this, in fact, is the meaning of his birth as a royal family.

Terrence and his party did not stay in the City Lord's Mansion.With the disapproving expressions of the guards, he led everyone through the oppressive urban area to the Goshawk Legion's station.

The leader of the Lawrence Legion had already waited there with his people.The muscular man was not at all attentive when he saw Terrence. Instead, he sneered and said to Terrence: "I think you look good, Your Excellency, you must be very comfortable in the imperial capital."

This legion commander has always had a very personal style-to put it bluntly, he has no scruples.It was not the first time that Terrence had experienced his unreasonableness, so when the guards behind him drew their swords to face each other, Terrence could still smile in a good-tempered manner, then ignored him and walked in directly.

Lawrence could only jump angrily behind.

Wesley followed Terrence and walked into the residence of one of the three major armies of the empire. He thought he would see a huge building with five posts and ten sentries, but he was surprised by the food piled up in the training ground. Eyes widened.

"Your Excellency, is this...?"

He frowned slightly, seeing these things, he couldn't judge why Terrence brought him here.

Although Wesley's voice was soft, it did not escape the ears of Lawrence, who was a warrior.

Lawrence came over and snorted, and said, "You really have to ask His Excellency the Duke, he is too good at finding me something!"

After hearing what Lawrence said, Wesley's gaze at Terrence became more subtle.Terrence saw through his thoughts at a glance—probably seeing so much food, he thought that Terrence and the Goshawk Legion were taking the opportunity to hoard food in order to drive up prices in the future.

Although a smart person at his age is not lacking in scheming, he still has passion. Such speculation made Wesley's face look a little ugly.What he wants is a follower who is smart enough, but if the opponent is smart and vicious, it will make him retreat a little bit.

Terrence explained to him in a low voice: "Did you see so many people on the street? They need to eat, but the officials in the city lord's mansion can't be counted on. Only the legion is delivering food to them every day."

Wesley heard another meaning from Terrence's explanation - all the officials acting on behalf of the duke in handling territorial affairs were related to the famine.I'm afraid this is also the reason why Terrence is unwilling to rest in the Santo's Mansion.

For a moment, he couldn't help but feel sympathy for the little duke who had been betrayed by his subordinates one after another.

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Terrence's apparent alienation made the tax officials in the Duke's mansion feel uneasy.

Until Terrence's arrival in Aldelete, the bold and relaxed attitude of these bold officials remained.This is not because they are stupid, but in this border city where private interests have always been colluded, they have long learned the rules of how to survive in the mud.

The old Duke of Aldret was very talented in war, but unfortunately he didn't care much about the management of the territory.His attitude has formed a behemoth full of greed/desire secretly in the city of Alderete.

The ancient country gentry who lived on this land for generations and the dispatched officials colluded with each other, and they constituted the most critical gear for the normal operation of the city.

If Terrence wanted to take this opportunity to uproot them, it would be an almost impossible task.

Because too many people were implicated, the final result would be the paralysis of the entire city.

Of course, this group of shrewd guys did not intend to challenge His Excellency the Duke's authority.They have already prepared a scapegoat, as long as the little duke is smart enough, the two will naturally shake hands and make peace happily - they thought so at first, but Terrence's unreasonable attitude overwhelmed them That burning heart.

"What should we do now?" A small official asked eagerly, impatiently.

The short and fat tax officer glared at him, and said, "What's the rush? I don't believe that young master is really determined to arrest us all - so many sinners have been caught on the territory, it's too ugly , won't Her Majesty doubt his ability because of this?"

"But why did he go to the legion's garrison?" the chief of security also frowned and asked.This ignorant brute is not like the official just now, who is worried about his own future. He is simply angry because he wants to compete with the legion.

The tax officer saw that his face was even worse. This stupid pig has never come up with good ideas other than causing trouble. He curled his lips and said, "Maybe Your Excellency the Duke is just pretending to be reserved in order to negotiate a good price with us!"

"You mean he probably doesn't want to have anything to do with us?" A businessman covered in jewels lit up his eyes, "Ah, that makes sense too. Maybe the duke wants to be a bit more noble, no wonder he I will go to the legion—this group of warriors has a good reputation among the common people recently! Look, how about we send some food to those common people tomorrow? There must be a chance to talk to the Duke!"

This night, the greedy wolves who think they are smart finally figured out how to deal with the owner of the territory, and went back to rest contentedly.

Unfortunately, the first step of their plan did not go smoothly.

The next day, at the gate of the city lord's mansion where the food was presented, piles of bread filled with the smell of wheat attracted nothing but birds.

No matter how low the status is, people still have a backbone.Who is going to ask a murderer for alms?