"ha!"
(｀)
Anne did not accept Doric's invitation to go to the town of Leilong and the Swamp of the Dead. She returned to Neverwinter in Neverwinter at dawn and jumped back to her place.
The Queen of Neverwinter's own big, fluffy bed.
"Great, finally back!"
_(:з　∠)_
"Now I can have a good sleep again..."
(￣o￣) z Z
Then, not long after lying down, after murmuring twice comfortably, Anne's beautiful green eyes began to close slightly, and her breathing gradually became steady.
Speaking of which, she had been playing like crazy for two or three days in a row, and now she finally returned to her castle and her familiar big bed, which made her feel very comfortable.
Although, while chatting with that guy Doric last night, she also slept on Tibbers' belly for a sleep, but after all, that guy Doric woke up early in the morning and left, and
I didn't forget that the noise woke her up, so now she definitely needs to catch up on her sleep for a while.
Of course, she won't take too much, and it will probably be enough by the time she has finished her meal at night.
(…)
(●￣￣●)
(In this case, if one day passes by accidentally, it is indeed not much. Anyway, Tibbers has long been used to it. He dare not say it, and he cannot say it.)
Gala...
However, not long after Anne closed her eyes, a girl in a princess dress pushed the door open and barged in.
"ah!"
"Annie, are you back?"
Then, when she saw Annie lying on the bed without even changing into pajamas, she rushed in cheering.
"Very good!"
"It's been three days, and you're finally back!"
The person who came was none other than Edkin's daughter Kira, who was under fourteen years old.
Before Fudge's downfall, she had already lived in this castle, and was enjoying life and treatment like a princess.
But now, Fudge has fallen, and her father Edkin has taken over Fudge's position, becoming the prime minister of Neverwinter and doing the work of the city lord, so she can naturally continue to live in this castle.
Here, and continue to enjoy the same high-standard life and treatment as the Princess of Neverwinter, she is a real winner in life.
The key is that there is not much difference in age between her and Anne. In addition, during this period of time, in addition to helping her father Edkin, she also gradually developed a good relationship with Anne. Therefore, she is the leader of this castle.
There are only a few people here who can break in without warning.
Anyway, her reputation with Anne is quite high, and she will definitely not be punished for trespassing.
"ah?"
_
"It's you, Sister Kira...it's so early in the morning, why did you get up so early?"
(っ-)
Annie, who was about to fall asleep but was awakened again, had to open her eyes. When she saw it was Kira, she flattened her lips and rubbed her eyes, and then muttered unhappily.
"It's getting late!"
"It's you instead!"
"Anne, as the queen, you haven't come back for two full days!"
"Do you know how worried we are?"
"Father, he asked me to come and check on you every day. I caught you today."
Kira answered with a smile, and walked forward without noticing anything, walked directly to Annie's big bed, sat on the edge of Annie's bed and began to condemn.
"Uncle Edkin?"
(°ー°〃)
"What is he looking for? Isn't it because something messy happened again?"
()
Being teased by the other party, Anne lost her sleepiness, so she no longer struggled, but slowly sat up again and asked some questions.
"I do not know then."
"There must be some urgent or important government affairs, right?"
"You haven't asked me for a long time!"
As she said that, Kira couldn't help but glared at Annie with some dissatisfaction.
During this period of time, she helped with various government affairs. Even though she had only been doing the work of organizing documents and serving tea and water, she was already very different from the ignorant little girl before who was easily deceived by Fudge.
Both his vision and certain temperaments have undergone earth-shaking changes, and he has gained some vague understanding of how to manage a city well.
Of course, what she knew more about was this: The terrible little girl in front of her was clearly the Queen of Neverwinter, but she had not really taken care of things since the first day she took office, and directly destroyed all the affairs.
Everything was left to her father and Uncle Henk. Even a while ago when those two were away, the other party also gave up his job and stopped working. He only knew how to play wildly by himself, and he was often away from home. You don't know.
People might even think that Neverwinter City belongs to their family!
"Ask me?"
(゜-゜)
"Isn't this good? What's there to ask about?"
(ˉ▽￣~)Cut~~
Annie curled her lips with disdain.
After all, she took a look when she came back. The city of Neverwinter has become more lively now, with more people. Another part of the city that was destroyed during Lord Neverember's period has also begun to be repaired. This is all
It's good, she doesn't think there is any need for her to intervene.
Besides, no matter if something happens or not, it's best not to come to her, she doesn't like to bother with those trivial matters!
(…)
(●￣￣●)
"you!"
"Forget it, I knew you would be like this."
Fortunately, Kira and Annie were already familiar with each other and knew Annie's temperament, so they were not offended by those irresponsible words.
"You're not going to sleep just after you come back, are you?"
"I haven't seen you for many days, let's talk about something else!"
"how?"
Then, Kira thought about it for a while, and planned to change the topic and ask Annie to talk about something else, something that would not make her angry so much.
"Oh, what do you want to talk about?"
く(＾_)ゝ
Of course Anne didn't care. Anyway, she didn't have much sleepiness now, so she could just say something casually.
"Um……"
"Then tell me about you!"
"Explain quickly, where have you been these days?"
Kira thought for a while and asked directly.
"Did you have fun?"
"You're not going to the dungeon to burn lichs and gods again, are you?"
Speaking of which, Kira is actually very, very envious of Annie, because Annie can go wherever she wants to play, whether it is day or night, and she is not afraid of any enemy?
And she herself would not be allowed to do that at all. She could only wander around Neverwinter during the day, and she would be followed by two or three soldiers at any time.
If you want to go out of town or run out to play at night, don’t even think about it!
"How can anyone burn liches and gods every day?"
!(;o)o
"I don't go to the dungeon anymore. I just wander around Neverwinter City recently."
(*｀▽*)
"However, the day before yesterday, I met an evil orc shaman in a forest. Then the guy actually wanted to kidnap him, cook him and eat him. Then he let Tibbers play with him for a while."
(`)
"But who would have thought that Tibbers would crush him accidentally."
(゜▽＾*)
I remember how funny it was that the guy who didn't know me and had bad intentions was so frightened when she released the bear that he wanted to use witchcraft to resist, but was ignored by Tibbers and stepped on the ground and buried him directly.
Seeing the scene, Anne couldn't help but reveal a proud smile.
"Then……"
(`)
"Yesterday, they caught a swift, a dolphin and a tuna, and spanked them. It was so fun!"
(^o^)
Then, thinking of Doric's despair when she was teased and his prank succeeded, Anne couldn't help but feel even more proud.
Fortunately, she was just playing around with him and making a little joke at the time. If it had been Tibbers, he would have bitten it and eaten it without hesitation, right?
(…)
(●￣￣●)
(However, Tibbers said: He completely disagrees with that point of view, because, the female Tiefling Doric has eaten it many times, and she can still tell the difference between a full meal and a full meal.
Of course, the little Kira next to her has thin skin and tender flesh. If he could, Uncle Bear would definitely not mind swallowing it up in one bite.)
"ah?"
“Swifts, dolphins and tuna?”
"What's so fun about that?"
Kira was a little confused, and she didn't understand the humor of that kind of thing at all.
"It's fun anyway!"
o(*^*)o
"When Doric comes back, you can ask her yourself and you will know!"
(-)
Annie didn't want to explain, she just winked at Kira playfully.
"Why are you involved with Sister Doric again?"
"Didn't she just leave for the south to perform some investigation mission yesterday?"
Kira was a little surprised by this.
Because Kira was also present when the matter was discussed, she certainly knew the purpose and whereabouts of Doric's departure from Neverwinter yesterday. Therefore, she naturally did not understand why the things that Anne just said about catching birds and fishes would be
What does it have to do with the Doric Druid sister?
"You'll know then!"
(^▽^)
Unfortunately, Anne just started playing riddles and didn't want to say more.
"All right!"
"But Annie..."
"I think you still need to think carefully about how to be a good lord, instead of just playing around all day long!"
"It wouldn't be good if he were like the tyrannical Lord Neverember and that bad guy Uncle Fudge."
As they talked, the two chatted for a while, and then Kira started to persuade them carefully.
Although, Kira herself doesn't know what to do to be a good and qualified lord, but anyway, she only knows that it is definitely wrong to be like Annie who only knows how to play by herself all day long, and then leaves things to others.
and shouldn't be.
After all, Anne is the Queen of Neverwinter and the lord here, so she should take care of herself.
"What's wrong with people going to play?"
(ω`)
"Besides, this Neverwinter City is not what I wanted, it was lost to them by those idiots!"
()
"Anyway!"
()
"It's definitely impossible to get people to work!"
o(^｀)o
Yes, the reason why Anne accidentally won the Neverwinter City was really just a small accident. At that time, all she wanted to do was play and play in this small Neverwinter City.
Who would have thought that such a territory could be discovered by accident?
That was actually not her purpose from the beginning, really not!
Furthermore, if this poor place will only become an obstacle to her eating, drinking and having fun, maybe she will ruthlessly abandon it one day in the future?
After all, she didn't care much about Neverwinter City or Lao Shizi's title of 'Queen of Neverwinter', but now she could take care of it when she was in a good mood and had free time, or hire someone to check it out.
Checking some boring things is really the limit, and I really can't ask for more from her.
"I knew it!"
"Why……"
Seeing that she couldn't be persuaded, Kira couldn't help but sigh again.
"never mind!"
"I don't care about you anymore."
"Let's talk about something else..."
Then, seeing that Annie couldn't be persuaded, Kira had no choice but to give up and considerately start talking about other things.
Just like that, when the morning light shone in from outside the open screen window, the two girls, one older and one younger, were chatting and talking to each other, until one day, their footsteps were heavy and hurried.
The guy came to the door of this big bedroom and exclaimed.
"ah!"
"My queen, are you finally back?"
Seeing that Annie was indeed there, the man exclaimed with joy.
"Ahem..."
"Kira?"
That's right, Edkin Inquiry is here.
While he quickly walked into the largest, tallest and most luxurious room in the Never Castle with several documents, he frequently gestured towards his daughter Kira with his eyes, indicating that she would stop for a while and let him put some things in his hands.
The important things have been reported.
"..."
Of course Kira didn't say much, she just jumped out of bed as if she was relieved and stood aside in a considerate, gentle and obedient manner.
"Uncle Edkin..."
⊙﹏⊙‖∣°
"here we go again!"
ε=(ο｀*)))Alas
Seeing that Edkin, and then looking at Miss Kira who instantly became well-behaved, how could Annie still not know what was going on?
Nothing said!
Uncle Edkin must have wanted to come to her to report those super troublesome things, and then he first sent Kira to find out. After finding out that he was indeed back, he quickly let her pester him, and then someone secretly reported the news.
?
And now, the other party has arrived, and she hasn't slept yet, so what follows is some kind of reporting session that she hates the most.
"Annie!"
"That's right, there are a few things that you must agree to."
"that is……"
"I suggest that in order to deal with the possible threats from Serres and Sazastan, we need to expand our army. The size of the Neverwinter Guard must be more than doubled!"
"besides!"
"We build more city walls, watchtowers and fortifications, and at least three small fortresses need to be expanded on the periphery!"
"By the way, the city's core area, peninsula area, dock area and black lake area will all be expanded."
"There are too many people in Neverwinter now. Our city is about to reach the limit of its capacity. Many travelers have no place to live. People are setting up tents in a mess outside the city walls. We must build more houses and shops.
, to meet the needs of the people?”
"besides……"
In this way, taking advantage of the rare opportunity, Edkin quickly reported all the things that needed to be done that had been accumulated during this period.
"..."
(O ^~^ O)
However, Anne only heard one thing and the other was wrong. She quickly signaled with her expression and interrupted the other party.
"Uncle Edkin..."
o(╥﹏╥)o
"You should discuss such small matters among yourselves and handle them yourself. Don't bother others next time."
ε=(ο｀*)))Alas
"Is it best never to happen again?"
(⊙o⊙*)
Anne sighed again, and then quickly raised her hands before the other party could say anything more, responding impatiently and anxiously.
"I know!"
"But……"
Although he said that, Edkin still reported to Anne respectfully, hoping to get a positive answer before executing it.
"That will cost a lot of money, are you sure?"
If it were a scoundrel like Fudge, he would have walked away with such instructions and used the chicken feathers as arrows to squander and enrich his own pockets.
But Edkin was not that kind of person, so he felt that he still had to ask Anne for her opinion on the things that needed to be done, especially those that required a large amount of gold coins.
"A lot of money?"
(▽)
"In other words, there is no money in the vault now?"
()
"This is easy to handle!"
|ω)
Anne has never had any idea about money, and she doesn't know how much there is in the treasure house of Neverwinter.
so……
"Give!"
(ψ｀▽′)o~□
With that said, she just wanted to send the other person away quickly, so she waved her hand, and instantly took out a large gold ingot with a size of two meters square in her hand, and threw it directly to Edkin who was about to say something.
On the floor in front of you.
Then……
Boom!!!
"..."
"..."
The two-meter-square gold ingot, which weighed a full 160 tons, was naturally stunned by Edkin and Kira. The moment it landed, it directly hit the floor of the castle and Anne's luxurious room.
The floor and the floors below were crushed and broken in an instant one after another, and caused waves of vibrations in the Everlasting Castle.
It even hit the Neverwinter Treasure House at the bottom, successfully crushed and shattered a certain 'Mark of Mordenkainen' set up by Simon that was said to never be broken, and successfully found it in the treasure house.
s position.
"this……"
(**;)
Seeing this, Anne herself was a little dumbfounded.
She obviously didn't expect that the load-bearing capacity of the castle floor would be so bad, and she also forgot that we were not on flat ground outside.
But think about it!
A piece of gold two meters square is worth many tons, and the floor of this stone castle is made of wood paved with stone slabs. Now she throws a large gold ingot two meters square on the floor. How can it withstand it?
Only then did I see the spirits of the dead.
"Well, I didn't do it on purpose!"
(o▽)o
"real!"
(︶`)
But fortunately, after peeking down and discovering that no unlucky guy seemed to have been killed, Annie quickly felt relieved and smiled a little, not thinking there was anything wrong with that.
"..."
Kira on the side also timidly stepped forward to take a look at the hole, and then looked at the terrible little girl queen, not knowing what to say.
"..."
Of course Edkin was the same. He was stunned with his mouth open and couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.
"quick!"
"Gather! Gather!"
"!!"
"what happened?"
"Is it an enemy attack?"
"No, I don't know!"
"Well……"
"look!"
"Seems to be……"
"Our treasure house was destroyed?"
"What?"
"The treasure house was destroyed?"
"How much treasure was stolen?!"
"Report!"
"Not stolen!"
"inside……"
"There seems to be another big piece of gold in it?"
While Kira and Edkin were stunned, there was also a commotion in the castle.
And countless people, especially the servants, maids, and Neverwinter guards gathered towards the breaches on each floor of the Neverwinter Castle, discussing and shouting fiercely.
"Hey!"
"Edkin!"
"What the hell are you doing?!"
At this time, Horgai, the commander of the Imperial Guard, also followed the crowd and gathered in front of the large parallel hole on the two floors below. He first looked towards the Neverwinter Treasure House below and found that except for one piece below, it was cut into countless small ones.
In addition to the large gold ingots stacked side by side and countless gold and silver treasures, there is actually another complete large gold ingot?
After knowing what happened, she turned her head and angrily yelled at Edkin and Kira above.
"..."
Looking at the gold ingots that were smashed directly from the top of the castle to the treasure house at the bottom, looking at the guards below looking at them with surprised and weird expressions, and looking at Holgai's angry face, Edkin
There is also a little embarrassment.
Well, now he needs to spend another sum of money to repair the castle floor.
However, Anne's behavior just now also let him know what he should do next.
"All right!"
"Annie, please don't worry, I know how to deal with it."
"after……"
"I won't bother you with these things."
Since money is no problem at all, it is much easier to handle. He can just spend as much as he can, build as much as he can, and expand the army as much as he can.
After all, a gold ingot is worth tens of millions of gold coins, and the annual tax revenue of Neverwinter City is only a few hundred thousand, and now that there is another big gold ingot, and since a certain troubled little girl really
He is worthy of the title of 'Owner of Endless Wealth', so what else can he, the Prime Minister of Neverwinter, ask for?
"Annie..."
"How about you go to my room and spend a few days with me first?"
Seeing her father leaving in a hurry, and looking at the noisy and bustling people below the cave, Kira thought that such a cave entrance would definitely not be repaired in a few days, so she thoughtfully suggested.
"Need not!"
()
Anne said that she dug the hole she dug and buried it herself, and that kind of thing was not a big problem to her at all!
"Recover as before!"
(*￣▽￣)o─═≡※:☆
So, the next second, under the surprised look of Kira, she repaired the big hole in her room with just a simple repair spell.
As for the ones below, she had no intention of taking care of them at all.
"alright!"
()
"Now you can sleep peacefully!"
(0`)
After saying that, after seeing that nothing happened, Annie quickly walked to the bed, and then didn't care if Kira had anything else to do, she jumped face down on the bed, just lying there,
His face was buried in the quilt and he didn't want to move at all.
(…)
(●￣￣●)
""
"Then you should have a good rest first. I'll call you again before dinner?"
After seeing Annie's look and seeing that nothing was going on here, Kira thought for a moment, then quickly slipped out, and thoughtfully helped close the door.
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Chapter completed!