Alien world

Chapter 131. 130. Olmedo Banquet
"If I don't come back tonight, tell the Mage Tower and the Scavenger immediately that Augusta Olmedo is in collusion with the Ratmen."

"You still want to go if it's so dangerous?" Francois said with a frown.

"Because that's the way to get answers."

Augusta Olmedo didn't know that Annan knew he was behind the murders - which was to Annan's advantage.The Skaven's plot in Windy Breeze was busted, just in time to watch Augusta Olmedo's reaction.

"Do you need us to be with you?" Michael asked, but Annan refused.

After meeting the mage Tata master Agarwal, Annan had a clear and intuitive understanding of power-he had no means to counter an epic mage.

In the evening, Annan arrived at the Olmedo family mansion.

Standing outside the gate and looking out, the meticulously pruned shrubs and branches seemed to show the old-fashioned and law-abiding owner of the manor, which made Annan have new doubts—why would a law-abiding, rigid, and old nobleman turn to Chaos?

A carriage with the emblem of the Olmedo family drove up to Annan, but it was not Olmedo who got off.

"Cousin!"

Martin, who was carrying a jeweled sword, jumped out of the carriage and embraced Annan enthusiastically, with the buttons on his chest struggling to support him.

"You are fat."

"You should honor me!"

"What title?"

"You should call me... uh... call me..."

Annan's eyes shifted from the drooling Martin to the butler who opened the door.

"Your Excellency Annan, Master Martin, Master and Master Jeffrey are waiting for you in the restaurant."

Annan and Martin followed the butler into the mansion and came to the dining room lit by dozens of candle lamps.

Augusta was sitting in the main seat, and Olmedo was sitting next to him. It was hard to relax in the serious atmosphere of the parliament hall.

Annan felt tired before dinner started.

Even though the servants did not disturb the silence of the restaurant, it was Martin who tried to put a whole chicken leg in his mouth and made a humming sound to break the deadlock.

Annan kept quiet, not stupid enough to ask Augusta Olmedo what he thought of what happened last night.

"Father, Annan saved the Mage Tower and Breeze City yesterday."

Olmedo spoke instead of Annan.

The old Augusta was neither happy nor hated, as if it had nothing to do with him:

"Son, everything in this world is entwined with threads, and everything we do pulls on those threads..."

"Do you think I shouldn't have caught the Ratmen in Breeze?"

"If Colani hadn't bought the pearl, the kingdom would not have been destroyed." Augusta Olmedo said such a sentence.

This allusion comes from the fact that a prince, Kolani, who was preparing to support the capital, passed by a caravan station when he was marching. He stopped there to buy a pearl. As a result, he was delayed, the capital fell, and the country was destroyed. A pearl became the culprit, and the story went on.

Annan happened to have read this story, and he had a different opinion: "Prince Colani rushed to the capital, and the possible ending is to be buried with the capital. At this time, the smart way should be to establish a new territory."

"What about you? Annan, do you want to have your own territory?"

"……I do not understand what you mean."

The old man on the main seat said: "I can apply for noble status from the capital and allocate territories for you."

"When you didn't come, my father told me that you had the potential to become a lord." Olmedo said with a smile: "You have both the thick skin and the head of a lord."

He was expressing goodwill, or forcing himself to leave Breeze City.

"Because only if you become the lord, you will not take the position of the city lord." Augusta Olmedo seemed to guess Annan's thoughts.

Olmedo's expression became complicated.

"What's so hard about this?"

At this moment, Martin raised his head from the dinner plate, and said with a greasy mouth: "Cousin, you can marry him."

Annan fell silent, Olmedo was stiff, and Augusta silently wiped the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief.

"I want to find the murderer first."

Annan really wanted to have his own territory, but how could Augusta Olmedo, who had destroyed the plot by himself, sincerely gift the territory?
Regardless, Martin's gags lightened the mood of the dinner.

If Augusta Olmedo's invitation was the first scare tonight, back at the manor, the news that the Yrilanzer mentor had come was the second.

"The gift that the elf told you is in the room," said the head maid.

Annan hoped that it would not be a gift box that could hold a person...

Coming to the bedroom anxiously, Annan didn't find any suspicious gift box, nor did he see the quilt bulging strangely.

After checking the balcony, the bottom of the bed and the closet, Annan picked up a piece of paper on the dressing table that was pressed casually, not like a love letter.

[I am Della.Annan, I have to confess, I lied to you... In fact, I am a rat man.The Ratman lurking in the Winchet family, becoming your bodyguard was an accident, the priest told me to continue lurking after he knew about it]

[Your behavior last night angered the priest, that guy asked me to kill you, I don't want to do that, but I can't disobey the order, so... I stole the leaf that the elf left you, it can let me get rid of The dirty blood of the Ratmen.These names are the ratmen that I know sneaked into the city, I know that this is not enough to pay off, I owe you]

[Goodbye little guy, maybe one day in the future, I will appear in front of you as an elf]

Quietly scanning these words, Annan didn't feel much of being betrayed, only the sadness of a friend's departure—maybe for a boy, the temptation of eternal life is not as good as that of the girl next door.

It's just that Della stole the gift of the wizard teacher.The "leaves" that can turn ratmen into elves... Could it be the leaves of the world tree?

Annan couldn't think of anything that could be compensated to the elf teacher.The only things of value he owned were the Omledo Ray, and the Countess' necklace of gems.

"Della?"

There was no response to Annan's call, and Della had indeed left...

……

In the early morning of the next day, Annan told Michael and them about Della's identity and the news of her departure.

"how is this possible?!"

Michael couldn't believe it: "Isn't she also killing the Ratman..."

"So she chose to help me instead of the Ratman."

The elf teacher was not there, so Annan took the opportunity to pass the gemstone necklace to Evelyn as a prop to be used later.

"Thank you, Jack." Evelyn held up the gemstone necklace in surprise.

A moment later, the warm and ambiguous room was lit with candlelight.

Red Ghost and Betty stood in the corner, and Evelyn was lying on the sofa in a gauze dress that outlined her youthful figure, looking shyly but firmly at Annan in front of the drawing board.

Annan, who was holding a paintbrush and pretending to be painting, suddenly noticed that there were crimson patterns flashing on Evelyn's lower abdomen.He stared suspiciously, moved the oil lamp beside the sofa, and looked again.

The lines reflected on Evelyn's lower abdomen disappeared accordingly.

(End of this chapter)