Alien world

Chapter 1170 92. Irilanze attacks Lilith at night

"You are also very young." The mathematics professor said quickly.

"makes sense……"

After spending so much time with the elves, Annan also developed some bad habits of the immortals.

Annan asked some more questions about the professor's college and suggestions for reform, then took Cathy back to the orphanage.

Cathy could have lived in the City Lord's Mansion a long time ago, but she preferred to stay with the children. According to her own words, the people of Free City were all Annan's people, and the orphanage was all her people.

After playing with the children in the orphanage for a while, Annan returned to the city lord's mansion in the evening.

Abby and the maids put down the food and exited the restaurant.

Annan glanced at the people sitting in front of the long table: his eldest sister, Olmedo, Irilanze, and Laila, who used to fish until late at night, also came back a few hours early.

Ok……

He ate quietly, not daring to say a word. The women spoke softly, occasionally with Laila's loud voice.

"Annan, I think Cathy is cute," said the eldest sister.

Annan raised his head from the rice bowl, licked the residue from the corner of his mouth, thought for a moment and said, "Lily definitely doesn't think so."

In addition to Lily, many people do like this quirky little girl.

"I plan to officially give her the Reeves family name."

Annan was a little surprised: "Is this appropriate?"

“Blood is the bond that maintains the family, but it is not the only bond.”

It's good that Idilia is not bound by blood constraints.

"I have no opinion."

Annan and Cathy get along very well. Although she is naughty, she rarely makes people angry, and the truth behind it makes people feel distressed - this is a skill she had to learn in the bottom nest.

On weekdays, it is mainly her eldest sister and second sister who take care of her.

Cathy likes her elder sister's tenderness and goodnight stories, and she also likes Laila to take her out to sea to go fishing.

"Neither do I." Laila said.

Then, her luck improved with Cathy, and she no longer had to go to the market to buy a few fish and pretend that she had caught them herself.

The internal meeting of the Reeves family, with only two...three people left, quickly made a decision.

"I have something to say as well." Olmedo put down his knife and fork gracefully and picked up a document. "This is the briefing on your business for the month you're away."

Idilia said helplessly: "Don't work during your rest time."

"It's okay." Annan took out a handkerchief to wipe the corner of his mouth, then stretched out his hand to take over the official business.

"Let me see what changes have taken place in Liberty City during my absence... Personnel changes: Kirlian becomes the deputy commander of the Hellfire Legion... Roland leads the Great Wall workers... Who is Roland?"

"The former Lord of the Watch."

"So it was him..." Annan suddenly realized, skipped a bunch of familiar and unfamiliar names, and looked at the bill part.

When Annan was away, almost no new laws were enacted in the city. Two of the three bills were submitted after Annan returned - to put it nicely, Olmedo was a steady city lord.

According to her own account, Annan was running wild and needed someone to hold the reins to keep her steady.

Annan agreed. Let’s look at the first one first:
"Whose bad idea was it to impose an elf-removal law in Liberty City? Oh, Kyrian...did he freeze his brain in the North?"

Let’s look at the second clause: “Allow people in Liberty City to purchase land in Gem Bay for cultivation.”

"No, absolutely not."

The bill, which Olmedo considered a win-win situation, was strongly rejected by Annan.

"Why? We reclaimed new land and got paid. Isn't that a good thing?"

“What kind of person do you think would buy land with kinnars?”

"Noble and rich..."

Olmedo stopped talking, realizing the problem. "Yes, they will buy most of the land, and only a small amount of land will flow into the hands of commoners with some surplus wealth. And the nobles who get the land will not farm it. They will either sell it to others or hire commoners to farm it for them, just like those lords who collect rent from tenants."

"At least we can accept it up to this point. After all, the rich are also our subjects, and we are biased against them. But what will happen when they get a taste of the sweetness? The answer is that they will buy and annex land more wantonly. They will enjoy the low tax policy of Liberty City and make a lot of money, but they will not even be willing to give some to the civilians. By then, there will be farmland everywhere in Gem Bay, but it will only enrich those people's pockets, and we will be the ones to bear the blame in the end."

There was no more chewing sounds at the table; they were all listening attentively.

"What should we do then?" Olmedo asked.

"Let's change it to... leasing land. All the land in Gem Bay belongs to Free City, but we allow everyone to lease farmland at a low price, with a limit on the amount per person. This way, the land is under our control, but nominally still belongs to the farmers."

“But it still sounds terrible.”

The price for leasing a house for a hundred years is 1 gold coin, and the price for selling it is 2 gold coins. Most people will flock to the latter.

"It doesn't matter if it sounds bad, it's better than our children holding a grudge against us hundreds of years later..."

squeak--

The harsh noise of silver and porcelain rubbing against each other suddenly interrupted Annan's words.

Annan looked at Irilanze who made the noise, returned the official business to Olmedo, and continued to eat.

The heavy topic ended and the atmosphere in the restaurant became relaxed again.

Dinner time was over, and Laila pushed her elder sister back to the bedroom to rest. Olmedo still had to work overtime, and Annan also had to go back to the bedroom to meditate diligently.

After putting Lily next to the bed and making sure the window was slightly open, Annan began to meditate.

When Annan closed his eyes, a pair of eyes quietly opened in the darkness.

Rustling——

There was a rubbing sound in the darkness, and the moonlight vaguely revealed the outline of a person taking off a robe and putting on a long skirt.

She quietly opened the door a crack, and the light that shone into the room revealed a graceful figure, which disappeared as the door closed.

Irilanze quietly walked along the empty corridor to "Annan's" bedroom, used a small spell to open the locked door, and slipped in sideways.

At this moment, Lilith, who was far away in the Mage Tower, suddenly sensed something and disappeared suddenly.

A magic circle suddenly appeared in the bedroom, and then Lilith appeared in the room.

"who are you?"

"who are you?"

Irelanzer and Lilith asked at the same time.

……

“Ugh…ah…!”

Early in the morning, Annan finished his meditation and walked out of the room, stretching.

"It's still more comfortable at home." He said to Abby, the head maid who was wiping the vases in the corridor.

"Better than the Elf Royal Court?" Abby narrowed her eyes and smiled.

"It's different. No matter how good it is outside, it's not as good as home."

click-

As he was talking, another door opened in the corridor.

"Good morning, Irilan." Annan greeted the elf mentor who appeared in the corridor.

"morning……"

The elf mentor agreed absentmindedly, staring at the room as Annan walked out.

"Uh...I'm going to have breakfast!"

Annan walked out guiltily.

(End of this chapter)