Anne quickly ran to the dining room of the super-large manor house, and saw that Claire and others had indeed arranged and prepared a sumptuous dinner, so she did not hesitate or be polite.
, rushed over, and washed randomly in the basin brought by a giant sword warrior, then eagerly sat down on the main seat and started eating.
However……
Not long after eating, Anne discovered that it was true that those cunning guys like Elena and Miria sent people to call her back for dinner. However, they wanted to take the opportunity to have a meeting and do that boring thing.
The work report is also true!
Isn’t this?
Not long after she started eating, they, wearing casual clothes and no armor, took a few bites of pretentiousness, then they all put down their tableware and began to report seriously?
Although, the appetite of these guys who have just upgraded from the 'Great Sword' to the 'Great Sword' has not increased much. It may be the sequelae of being transformed by the organization using demon flesh and blood and having a lot of organs and intestines cut off.
It wasn't for a good reason, but no matter what, Annie could see that they didn't really want to eat seriously, they just deliberately used eating as an excuse, and then tricked her into coming back to do work reports and meetings. That was absolutely not true.
There will be mistakes!
"..."
"..."
It's a pity that Elena and Miria didn't care what she thought. They just talked about some important situations in the past two days, such as which nobles and officials visited today and the information that Elena had set up before.
The network began to be established in the city, which hotel they bought as the headquarters of the intelligence station, and other trivial information were summarized and told.
"..."
(~)
"..."
()
But unfortunately, Anne, who had seen through them long ago, did not make any comments until the end. She just acted like that: they just talked about theirs, and she just had her own attitude.
finally……
"..."
"..."
I don’t know how long it took, but when the report was finished, after everything had been said, when they saw that a troubled little girl did not give them the feedback they expected, Elena and Miria couldn’t help but look at each other.
Time became a bit overwhelming.
They thought they had come up with a brilliant idea and forced Anne to come back to listen to their work report, but who would have thought that the other party's reaction would be like this?
"besides……"
"With Priest Vincent's persuasion, the archbishop has agreed to abdicate in favor of someone else."
"This means that in another week at most, Priest Vincent can successfully complete the handover of church power. At that time, our plan to formally establish the Judgment Knights based on the church will also be implemented at the same time, and related formation and deployment work will be carried out.
."
"That way, our influence in the city will be greatly enhanced by then!"
Although a certain troubled little girl didn't want to hear it, Elena didn't care so much and just continued:
"correct!"
"One more thing."
"Kleia has been in contact with the two acquaintance captains of the city guard in the past two days, and the two men named Gek and Siddur."
"After learning that we have received the support of the church, they have also expressed their position, saying that if the time is right, they will obey our command if necessary and fight against the demon together?"
"In this way, I believe that the work we have to do in the future will be much smoother?"
At this point, seeing that a certain troubled little girl still didn't respond, Elena had to stop angrily and look at Miria, wanting to see if the other party had anything to add.
"Yes!"
"Now we have a foothold in the city, and our voice has been improved to a certain extent."
"Next..."
"We just need to slowly divide, win over and suppress those who do not obey our orders."
"With the full support of our powerful warriors and Priest Vincent, we can completely control this holy capital and control this city of Labona in a peaceful way. I estimate that it will only take less than half a year at most."
Following Elena's words, Miria said firmly and somewhat happily.
Although they still feel that Anne must have used some kind of magic to control or change the Vincent priest's mind and make him become very radical, but now she can't control that much.
After all, it was a great situation that she had finally opened up, and she did not want to go back to the state of being unable to start and unable to do anything during the first two days after arriving.
"..."
(￣～￣)Chew!
However, Annie just lowered her head and ate her own food without making any comments.
"..."
"..."
At this time, both Elena and Miria were at a loss.
Then, seeing that Anne still didn't say anything or respond, the two of them had no choice but to continue sitting in their seats silently, just staring blankly at Anne eating.
for a long time……
"..."
Elena finally couldn't bear it anymore, so she spoke carefully and asked anxiously:
"that……"
"Lady Anne!"
"What do you think?"
"In less than half a month, we will have enough power and power to try to slowly control and influence this city. Do you have any other ideas or plans about this?"
The idea of ​​coming to the Holy City of Labona was proposed by Anne, and the situation in the previous two days was also opened by Anne. At the same time, Anne was also the master served by the 'Giant Sword' warriors, so on such a major matter, Ai
Lena still hopes to hear Anne's opinion.
Although, most of the time those opinions sound a bit too absurd and naive to them, and may even be a bit nonsensical, and they may not really adopt or understand them, but it is still necessary to listen to them.
.
"idea?"
()
Annie raised her head, glanced at Elena, and then said lightly:
"No! I don't have any special ideas or plans!"
()
"You are doing very well now, keep working hard, people will look after you..."
(-)
How strange!
From Annie's point of view, there is obviously a simpler, cruder and faster way, and they can definitely get everything done in a few days, but these idiots insist on choosing the stupidest and slowest one, and then
You have to work hard for more than half a year, and now you still want her, Queen Anne, to continue to help with ideas?
That kind of thing is obviously something you shouldn’t even think about!
(…)
(●￣￣●)
"..."
"..."
Hearing this, Elena and Miria looked at each other.
Because they heard that the little girl in front of them... was probably just perfunctory with them?
But they didn't care about that much. After a pause, Miria continued to report:
"At present, although it is still early days, we can almost say that we have the power and resources of the church."
"With our support, there shouldn't be much problem for Priest Vincent to successfully take over the entire church."
"In the next few days, we will also fully cooperate with Priest Vincent to control all the power of the Archbishop and consolidate his position!"
"Then……"
"The next thing is what I just said. We can use the means of differentiation, co-optation and suppression to slowly marginalize those priests who don't listen to us or oppose Vincent?"
"In the end, when we truly and completely control the church, the next step of completely controlling this holy city will become much easier."
"After all, this city of Labona is the Holy City, and the influence and power of the church here are very powerful!"
Speaking of this, Miliya couldn't help but feel a little excited.
Although Anne's methods against the Vincent priest were a bit disgraceful at first, in order to fight against the organization and demons, especially those powerful awakeners, and bring light back to this land, they could not care about it for the time being.
So many.
"yes!"
"I didn't expect things to go so smoothly at first..."
"I thought it might take years!"
At this time, the gentle Flora sitting on the other side also smiled with some emotion and said.
"Success will definitely come. After all, with our current strength, no one in this city can be our opponent."
"only……"
"We don't want to cause too much chaos and bloodshed, so patience and careful operation are inevitable."
"yes."
"But overall, the situation is better and smoother than expected. This is all the credit of Lady Anne."
"That's right!"
"If Lady Anne hadn't 'persuaded' Priest Vincent, we would still be helpless now, right?"
“…”
"..."
In this way, at the dinner table, Elena, Miria and Flora, who had finished their dinner long ago, began to chat about the things they had just reported, and they did not forget to make timely remarks.
Slap up to a bad little girl, and then occasionally choose some nice things to say.
Anyway!
So far, although they all know that the road ahead is still full of unknowns and challenges, they have gradually become convinced that everything will go smoothly.
And this is also the first time that they are full of expectations and hope for the future!
How is it like the pain, despair, sinking, indifference, self-abasement and inability to see life and the dawn when you were a warrior of the organization and a 'big sword'?
"..."
At this time, when her companions were chatting and laughing about work matters, Claire, who was also sitting at the dining table and had been pretending to listen carefully, seemed to finally be unable to bear it any longer.
"!!"
then!
She first took a deep breath, raised her head and glanced at a troubled little girl who had eaten at least four of their portions of food and was still not satisfied and wanted to stop. Then she looked at the person who was chatting.
Na San and his companions finally hesitated for a moment, then bit the bullet and began to ask tentatively:
"Everyone?"
"I've heard..."
"There are some rumors in the city recently, saying that..."
"Has anyone seen demons appearing and attacking living people around Labona?"
At this point, when she saw that everyone at the table was looking at her, even a certain troubled little girl, Claire continued in her slightly uneasy tone.
Got up.
"People are talking about this. They say that those demons may be coming to the Holy City?"
"so……"
"I thought, if that's true, shouldn't we do something?"
"Should we take the initiative to attack, kill those demons, and then establish prestige in the city?"
"After all, most people in the city still know nothing about the existence of our 'Great Sword'. If we can eliminate the demons around us, we should be able to gain a foothold in the Holy City faster."
Right?"
"and!"
"When people know that we really have the power to destroy those monsters and protect them, then we will definitely gain more support from people?"
"Would that be beneficial to our next actions?"
As she spoke, Claire's tone gradually became more confident and firm. It seemed that even she thought her proposal was a very good idea?
"this……"
“That’s indeed a good idea!”
"Then Claire, what do you mean..."
"You will lead the team out by yourself?"
Hearing this, Elena was startled at first, and then she glanced at Annie, and found that their nominal and de facto owner still looked uninterested, and seemed to still not want to make any remarks. After that, she looked towards
Claire asked tentatively.
"No need to lead the team!"
"I can do it alone."
"Wearing this Judgment Armor, my strength and speed are greatly improved. I can release my demonic power without limit and don't have to worry about awakening. Even if I encounter that kind of powerful awakened person, I will be sure to kill him directly with a high-speed sword."
!”
"So, I alone am enough!"
Hearing that Elena wanted to let her lead the team, Claire quickly refused and said confidently.
"That's it..."
Seeing Claire's determination and eagerness to give it a try, Elena thought for a moment and felt that there was no problem with her, and then she wanted to agree.
"no!"
However, before Elena could speak, Miria, who was sitting next to her, spoke up on the spot and decisively rejected Claire's proposal.
"!!"
"Why?!"
Hearing Miria's refusal, of course Claire exclaimed and stood up and asked loudly.
"Miriya?"
"??"
The same goes for Elena and Flora, who both looked at Miria with questioning eyes and motioned for the other party to explain their reasons.
"the reason is simple!"
"I think the organization will naturally send soldiers to deal with those demons. Even though the organization has lost a large number of warriors, including us, the new generation of warriors have probably been put into actual combat by them.
"
"Moreover..."
"We must not attract the attention of others, especially the attention of organizations, before we have a firm foothold. That will be very detrimental to us!"
"Besides, this period of time is very critical!"
"Until we take complete control of the church and then take initial control of the city, we must keep a low profile. This will last for at least a month."
Having said this, Miria paused, and after seeing the astonishment on the faces of Elena and Flora, who obviously supported her idea, she continued to look at Claire and shook her head to persuade:
"Besides!"
"Claire, I guess..."
"It's a lie that you go out to hunt monsters, but it's only true if you want to hunt for people, right?"
And this is the clear reason why Miria really opposes Claire's proposal.
"!!"
Hearing this, Claire's eyes instantly widened and she looked at Miria in surprise.
Even she was a little surprised. After all, it was a selfish idea, but she finally found an excuse and put it forward, but she didn't expect that the other party saw through it.
"..."
However, she didn't want to give up. She just acquiesced and looked at Miliya steadily with a firm gaze, hoping that the other party would change her mind.
"Can't!"
"Because you have killed demons here before, many people in the church know your existence, and some people even have a good impression of you. So, Claire, during this time, I hope you can stay in the city.
inside!"
"You and I must do our best to cooperate with Priest Vincent to complete our layout of the church, which is related to our future plans!"
"One month!"
"It will be limited to one month at most. After that, we can consider giving you a holiday?"
Miria had already heard about what Claire wanted to do, but in view of the priority of the matter, her silver eyes stared at Claire sternly, her voice was firm and serious, and she spoke directly with that strong
To persuade with a gesture.
"It's because of Lucky, right?"
"I understand how you feel, but Claire..."
Seeing that the two were in a stalemate, and Claire vaguely wanted to have a fight with Miria, Elena quickly stood up and spoke and slowly persuaded:
"to be honest!"
"It's not that easy to find someone in the northern border area..."
"Currently our intelligence network is being rolled out, and now Santa Labona is even more crucial. Once the plan here is successful, our chess game will be in full swing. No matter what you want to do, everyone will help you.
of!"
"And if we act rashly now, I'm afraid it will cause some unnecessary trouble?"
Elena and Claire's relationship is undoubtedly the best, and she also wants to help Claire. However, Miria is actually right. Now they should really play it safe, and in a month
It's really not that long, and since Lackey has been missing for so long, it shouldn't be less than a few days?
Besides, after their big chessboard is completed, the intelligence network will definitely get bigger and bigger in the future. When the time comes, intelligence agents in every town will be mobilized to help find people. Isn't it better than Claire aimlessly looking for a needle in a haystack?
Is it easier to find it locally?
"..."
Hearing Elena say that, even though she knew in her heart that what they said was right, Claire still bit her lip stubbornly and clenched her hands into fists, with a stubborn look on her face.
"I……"
"I just wanted to do something for Lackey."
"I can't just stay here and do nothing."
After a long time, Claire lowered her head, slowly sat down, and whispered in a very frustrated voice.
"..."
Although she heard Claire's words and saw Claire's resignation and intention to give up, Miria's eyes were still sharp.
Then, she tapped her fingers on the table, as if she was thinking about something. Then, after seeing that a certain troubled little girl was still just watching the show and still not planning to express any opinions, she looked at him again.
Claire sighed and advised:
"Claire..."
"I understand your thinking, and I also know that you have reasons why you must do it."
Miliya's voice sounded very crisp and clear, with an irresistible firmness and commanding tone in her tone.
"but!"
"Our first priority now is to ensure that Priest Vincent's plan to seize power is successful and that we can gain a firm foothold in the city of Labona!"
"If we rush to do other things at this time, it will only cause unnecessary trouble."
"and……"
"In that case, all our plans may fail!"
"do you understand?"
At this point, Miria stopped with unfulfilled interest when she saw that Claire's expression was different from the one just now, and then waited for Claire's response.
"..."
Claire, on the other hand, still lowered her head and said nothing.
She knew that neither stubbornness nor impulsiveness could solve the problem at hand. What she needed was reason and calmness.
Moreover, Miria is one of their leaders and their decision-maker, so she must respect each other's decisions and opinions.
After all, she herself understood that Miliya's worries and thoughts were reasonable. She really could not act on impulse, nor could she ruin the entire plan because of her own impulsiveness.
"I see."
"I will wait for a while and cooperate with Priest Vincent to complete his actions."
"So be it."
Finally, Claire, who knew she could not be stubborn, had to choose to compromise.
However, after saying this, she felt as if all her strength had been drained from her body, and she couldn't stay any longer, so she stood up and looked at Anne apologetically.
Then he turned around and strode out of the restaurant early.
"..."
(~)
"Who is that trash she's looking for?"
(°～°〃)
It was only then, until Claire walked away, that Anne suddenly turned her head and looked at Elena in a strange way, who didn't know what she was thinking, and asked.
"??"
And after hearing this, hearing that a troubled little girl actually asked that kind of thing, Elena's face suddenly became stiff and embarrassed, and then she stared back with her beautiful silver eyes, of course.
I don't even know what to say.
"ah!"
!(;o)o
"When you think about it, he is the nervous and energetic young man, right?"
()
Then, before Elena could answer, a certain troubled little girl suddenly slapped her thigh, finally remembering the source of the dispute between Claire and Miria, and the person she wanted to find.
Who is the 'trash'?
It’s obvious!
That 'trash' must be the guy who once took her to find delicious desert lizards. Although she had almost forgotten about him, she had to say, what kind of desert lizard he took her to catch at that time
Whether it's a ground dragon or a lizard, it's really delicious.
"??"
()
However, before Anne could continue to say anything, she saw the beautiful and gentle Flora next to her staring at her with a strange expression?
"Sister Flora, what do you want to do?"
(▽)
In this regard, Anne of course asked innocently.
"No……"
"nothing."
After opening her mouth, Flora said nothing more in the end.
She just gave that bad guy a gentle look and smile, then reached out and picked up a napkin on the table without leaving a trace, and gently wiped a greasy little paw print on her white thigh.
Just wipe it off gently.
(…)
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(((((())))))) Asking for a monthly ticket
Chapter completed!