Duke of Herrington

Chapter 21 Poor Moon Elf.
Five days later, the moon elves elected a temporary representative, and under the escort of the lord's guards, she came to the lord's mansion.

"My lord, I will take these documents away. In addition, this is the list of refugees we have counted these days." Chris took out a delicate notebook from his satchel, handed it to Ted, and then turned and left the office continue working.

At the same time, a thin female moon elf was led into the office by the guards.

The skinny body can hardly imprison her unique temperament, like a quietly blooming rose in the dark night.

The dusty appearance showed another kind of desolate beauty, and the heavy dust did not cover her perfect face, and her shy face made Ted's heart tremble slightly.
It's just that at this moment, she is like a frightened cat, terrified, insecure, and needs someone to comfort her.

In order to show his closeness to the people, Ted stretched out his right hand, smiled and motioned the frightened girl to sit down: "You should be the representative, don't be restrained, please sit down."

"Thank you, sir!" The girl didn't sit down in a hurry, but planned to kneel on the ground and kowtow.

Anticipating this move, Ted quickly walked out of the office area, stretched out his hands in time to stop the thin moon elf, and motioned for her to sit down: ".No need to do that. In our empire, slavery has been abolished for nearly ten thousand years. You don’t have to kneel down when you see anyone in the future! You are not slaves.”

The Moon Elf was flattered, and sat on the chair uneasy, afraid that he would dirty such a clean chair, so he just leaned on the corner of the chair with his strength, clasped his hands together to protect his chest, and did not really sit down.

Before Ted could continue to speak, the girl opened her mouth and began to recite the lines taught to her by the clansmen: "My lord, thank you for taking us in, please let us work."

Ted did not respond to the request of the Moon Elf, but introduced himself with a smile: "I am Ted Herrington, the lord of Valentine, what is your name?"

The sudden gentleness calmed down a little flustered emotion, the girl put down her hands on her chest and put them on her lap: "My lord, my name is Alice, I am 19 years old, and the clansman chose me because I am beautiful." .can serve"

"Okay, wait for me first, I'll look at your specific information first." Ted returned to his seat in embarrassment, opened the list book, and flipped through the pages.
He didn't intend to interrupt the girl in front of him, nor did he want to make her nervous.
He probably guessed what this group of people meant. The person named Alice in front of him was obviously a 'gift' prepared by these moon elves to please him.

Ted was really depressed. Why did the same thing happen if he changed his race?
The first thing to do when we meet, regardless of the final result, is to send a beautiful woman over?

Does he really look like rhodium, cesium and beryllium?Could it be?Need a beard?Does that make it look serious?
Even if he plans to find a moon elf girl as his wife, he still has to wait!

Ted complained in his heart while flipping through the .
A few minutes later, he closed the notebook, frowned slightly and looked at the soft girl in front of him.

After briefly reading the information, Ted was dumbfounded. There are not too many refugees, but most of them are women!This made Ted very puzzled: "Well, you have a total of 5200 people here, but only 200 men. Why?"

Valentine's male-female ratio is indeed unbalanced, with far more males than females.
It's just that the moon elves and humans have no connection other than being humanoid creatures that can talk, and there is reproductive isolation. This population can't alleviate the "bachelor crisis" in the city

These questions were somewhat beyond Alice's expectations. According to the script guessed by the moon elves, Lord Ted should now entangle himself with himself instead of asking questions
Things didn't go according to the people's ideas, but they could only force it: "My lord, the males of our moon elves will be taken away by the high elves since birth and become the food of the high elves."

Hearing 'Food' Ted's eyes widened, his pupils filled with disbelief: "Huh? You eat your own kind?"

"No big deal, the high elves will imprison them, tie up a magic power extractor, and use the excellent magic power of the male moon elves to increase their magic level"

Ted almost dropped his jaw in fright. After adjusting his emotions, he asked, "So, you guys know magic?"

"Yes, my lord, but we have been locked by the magic circle, and we cannot use it." After speaking, Alice pointed to the locks on her chest, and continued in a low voice: "These locks were when we were slaves. , the high elves handcuffed us."

"Well" Ted frowned, staring at the strange lock
Unlike traditional locks, this one doesn't have a keyhole, and not only that, but Ted could see bursts of blue light spilling out of it, as did the bracelets and anklets.

Although I don't know the principle, but I can guess it with my brain, either by a curse or by a magic circle!In short, I know nothing about this stuff!
It's just that these things don't look as strong as imagined, and they should be easily broken, so why don't they do this?
"Why don't you remove these shackles? Don't tell me that you have crossed the snowy mountains with these things and come here?"

Alice took a deep breath, as if to clear some of her thoughts. Five seconds later, she pursed her rough lips and explained slowly: "My lord, let's talk about the second question first. We are from the cave. Passing through, there is an ancient tunnel in the north, connecting the east and west of the mainland, but when we came over, the tunnel collapsed. Fortunately, everyone escaped safely."

"We can't take off the chains you mentioned, because we have special constitutions. As long as we have a little thought of getting rid of our own or other people's shackles, we will"

Zi.Zi..Zi.
"what!!!"

The next moment, Alice's body was covered by the arc from the collar, no matter how she tried to stop it, it was useless, so she had to let the electric shock pierce her fragile skin, causing shocking scars one after another.

She lay on the ground in pain, howling helplessly, her eyes were full of fear, like a nightmare that had been lingering for many years, or like a ghost ravaging her broken heart.
"Help!" Tears spilled on the ground, his eyes turned red in just a few seconds, and his muscles hardened. It seemed that the magic power of rampage would swallow up the fragile girl in front of him at any time!
"Alice!" Ted tried to reach out his hand to save her, but this strange magic tool was not a decoration, and the moment it touched it, it bounced him aside!
Nourish! ! !Nourish! !Nourish!

The current gradually weakened, and her body gradually regained consciousness. She hugged her body tightly, curled up on the ground and cried, pressing the bloodstains to try to relieve the pain.
Apparently, this is not the first time she has been tortured.
The strong electric current released just now made her completely incontinent, foaming at the mouth, unable to breathe, convulsing her frail body and struggling desperately.
And this torture lasted for a whole minute
Now, Ted's office was in a mess, but he didn't have time to deal with it, so he immediately knocked on his head: "System! Give me a solution!"

"Ding!"

[The magic chain is detected, do you want to unlock it? 】

"Yes!"

[This magic power chain is invalid for humans, because humans do not possess 'magic power', you only need to cut it with human tools when the 'punishment' is not activated]

"Is that so?" Ted took off his robe, covered Alice's body, reached out and took out a can of Cole and put it on the table, placed her on the chair, and whispered softly in her ear: " You stay here, don't go anywhere, I'll be back in a while~"

This kind of curse shackles is like a Windows virus, which can do a lot of damage to Windows systems, but it is meaningless to put it in Linux systems~
Now!Ted is that Linux~
During this period, the students who held the vise a few days ago came to mind. As long as they hold the vise with a little force, this thing will be scrapped.

"It seems that having no magic power is indeed a good thing. If someone else had used such a thing for decades, I would have collapsed long ago!"

Coming to the workshop, Ted took two vises from among the many tools.

"I'll take two vises!"

"No problem, my lord, take whatever you want!" The mechanical man raised his head, glanced at Ted, then lowered his head to continue studying.

In the distance, the open space of the workshop is already full of building materials used as greenhouses. Hearing the noise from upstairs, it seems that the new lathe is also in use.
Just about to leave, the familiar voice came again: "My lord!"

"What's with you?"

"Do you still have the car? I want to dismantle it to practice!"

"." Ted was stunned, then turned back to the mechanical man and asked, "What's your name?"

"My name is Thomas, my lord."

"Well, okay, Thomas, I don't have a car right now, but I have a task for you to do!"

"Yes! Your Excellency!" Thomas put down the book in his hand, stood up and waited for Ted's order.

Ted put down the vise in his hand, turned the book Thomas was reading to the next page, and pointed to the pattern on it: "I need a slightly larger truck, can you build it?"

"My lord, it will take some time." Thomas looked embarrassed.
"Is half a year enough?"

Hearing "half a year" Thomas was very happy, picked up a wrench and spun it in the air, and said with a smile: "My lord, three months is enough! My friends and I have already built a diesel engine, that is still a little problem
When it is turned on, the cylinder will burst every now and then, often leaking oil and then disintegrating freely. If it is not used properly, it will explode. But please don't worry!We are improving.! "

This answer made Ted sigh in his heart: "Sure enough, people who could read and write in ancient times were all gods with IQ! It's only a few days. A sample that can be used!"

"That's up to you!" Ted smiled and left with the vise in hand. After all, there is still someone waiting for him to rescue!

The 'College' doesn't need to come in person, and Ted doesn't need to pretend to be a big-tailed wolf. How can a layman question a professional?

Ted doesn't care about this construction period, after all, when he was young, everyone said, 'I will go to Harvard in the future'

It's just that the results are very sad, so there is no need to criticize them for bragging about 'the engine can be built in 3 months', it is already very powerful to create a frame that can be used now!

Twenty minutes later, Ted returned to his office, opened the door quietly, poked half his head out to confirm that Alice was in place, and said with a smile: "Alice, close your eyes first, and then no matter what happens Don’t open your eyes, let your mind go empty~ Can you do it?”

If it is said that just a single thought will cause torture, then the best way~ is not to let her know!
At this moment, Alice was more nervous than before. The office was messed up by her, but the lord did not punish her for it, which made her feel even more scared!
In a panic, she squeezed out a tear: "Good sir! Please be gentle, I'm still a @#"

Ted: "."

Before he could complain, Ted took out a vise, walked quietly to Alice's side, stretched out his hand and gently pulled the lock on her neck, and clamped it with the vise.
"Ah" Alice opened her mouth, waiting to meet her own punishment.
She has never been punished, she has always been a submissive slave, never disobeyed the slave master's orders but she has seen punishment with her own eyes
Ted was speechless, sad and angry, angry at what happened to these lovely creatures!
Adjusting his tone, he used up all his gentleness today, and softly comforted him: "Don't be afraid, I won't punish you, close your mouth and let your mind go empty."

"Okay. My lord." Alice still couldn't let go of her thoughts. Her mind kept thinking about messy things: "Did I not satisfy my lord? My lord is going to behead me with a knife? It's all my fault for staining my lord's carpet. woo woo."

The next moment, Ted's waist and horse became one, and all the strength of his body was concentrated on the two arms!
"Hey!"

There was a crisp 'click' sound, and the chain was cut!Lose the magic loop!Immediately invalid!not working
After the chains on the neck failed, the rings on the limbs also shattered and fell to the ground with a crisp metallic sound
"Ok?"

At this moment, Alice only felt that she could feel the natural breath of her childhood again.
In the past, she ran freely in the sun and played with the sister next door by the pond. Now, even the feeling of soaking her feet in the cool spring water and being kissed by passing fish has come back one after another.
The corners of Alice's eyes were moist. She thought she had come to heaven.

"Alice, are you all right?"

"This feeling" Hearing the sound, Alice opened her eyes suddenly, only to find the broken chain that had fallen to the ground.
She is still alive!

Ted put down the vise, stretched out his big hand with a smile, and gently wiped away her tears with the remaining warmth of his palm: "Alice, you are free."

"I'm free?" Alice was stunned. She could clearly feel that the magic power filled her body again, and her skin turned lavender!Under the refraction of light, the brilliance of crystal shines!
The shriveled pupils were moistened by magic, and the dull eyes returned to their former colors
"This"

With a "wow", Alice lost all her strength and collapsed into Ted's arms, crying loudly.
Ted didn't care about the girl's unwashed and somewhat dirty body. Instead of pushing away, he opened his chest and gave the poor girl a safe hug.

The girl in his arms aroused his desire to protect. At this moment, Ted couldn't help but swear secretly: "Hey, such a poor young lady, be my daughter-in-law and I will treat you well in the future!"

This voice also attracted Mia and the housekeeper who were eating melons!

(End of this chapter)