Alien world

Chapter 994 225. Martin's Daily Life

The Minister of Military Affairs lowered himself very low, humbly almost kissing Annan's boots.

Annan smiled and said, "You don't have to be like this... You have made an invaluable contribution to the development of the Free Blade in the New King's City. We will remember your contribution."

"You really didn't make me wrong..." The military minister was moved and said with emotion: "The Reeves family... The last time I came into contact with them was more than 20 years ago."

In the past, Annan would just avoid it, but now he was curious: "Do you know my...father?"

"I only saw him once from afar when I was young..." The Military Minister nodded and shook his head.

At that time, he was just a nobody and thought that the King in the North was a great man...but now it seems that they have long been a mess.

But the military minister would not say that. He bowed his head and said, "You came at the right time. The new king has just finished the investigation and arrested a group of people."

"Our people?" Annan frowned.

The military minister shook his head. "I intervened and most of those arrested were people loyal to the kingdom."

From the perspective of the kingdom, the military minister is an absolute sinner, but from the perspective of the Free City, he is just right.

"be careful."

"Please rest assured. By the way, I have already arranged for the special envoy you brought to join the army."

"The special envoy I brought...Oh, you mean Maria?" Annan looked at Maria next to him.

The military minister looked up in confusion: "Maria? Isn't that Mr. Martin?"

"Who"

The military minister was slightly stunned: "Didn't you let the special envoy Martin serve in the army...?"

"Martin what?"

Annan and the military minister looked at each other.

Annan hesitated and said, "I don't quite understand... Is the Martin you mentioned the same person as the Martin I mentioned?"

"If you mean the guy you came with..."

The military minister was thinking, what did he misunderstand? Annan was thinking, what the hell, Martin sneaked out again? !

How could this guy... Oh, it's okay, Martin has been trying to sneak out.

Annan thought that Martin would be more mature after having a "son", but he didn't expect that he was still the same as before.

"What a nonsense..."

Annan, who was not alarmed when he knew that the Kingdom was searching for the Free Blade, now became uneasy.

The war with the Kingdom is no joke. Even though Annan filmed the magic video and came here in person, he was just trying his best to attack the Kingdom from all angles. It does not mean that the Kingdom is not in danger...

"Where is he? Take me there..."

Annan sighed helplessly.

His first meeting with the most senior official he had corrupted... and co-opted so far was ruined by Martin.

The blond Annan could avoid being recognized, but the disguised military minister needed an excuse.

He returned to his official residence, and soon came to the city guard camp in the name of inspection, while Annan disguised himself as one of his guards.

They walked around the barracks and found Martin at the guard post.

The city guard who arranged for him to come was a member of the Free Blade. He did not recognize Annan, let alone who Martin was, and answered in a businesslike manner: "Sir, he said he would guard the front line, so we arranged for him to be a sentry."

"I know, please step back first."

"Yes!"

After the city guard left, Annan looked up at Martin on the sentry tower and said, "Come down!"

"I won't!" Martin, holding a bow and arrow, refused.

"You go back to Liberty City." "I won't!"

Annan was about to summon Lemon to pull him down from the sentry tower, when Martin poked his head out and said, "Cousin, I also want to defend Liberty City. You don't want your family to be protected in the city, and you won't do anything, right?"

"Who taught you this?"

"Evelyn," Martin answered honestly, "She also said she would threaten you if you didn't agree."

The freckled girl who used to blush and get shy easily has now become a bad girl.

"What about your wife and son?"

"I'll leave it to Aunt Susan to take care of!"

"Aunt Susan agreed?"

"no!"

"All right……"

Not many people know Martin's identity, and with his intelligence... even if the truth is revealed, people will only think that he got this position by bribing his superiors instead of knowing Annan.

"Don't worry, I will send someone to protect him." said the Military Minister.

"That's not it... Never mind, I'll think about how to explain it to Aunt Susan."

Originally, Annan's going alone to the new king was a heroic and commendable act... But because Martin followed him secretly, it became like a family dispute...

They returned to the barracks, and the military minister called the city guards and said, "Martin is my nephew who has come to me. Protect him."

"Yes, sir," the city guard replied, and then added, "No wonder you look so much like him."

Annan looked at the military minister and suppressed his laughter.

Following the military minister back to the official residence, Renato humbly asked, "Lord Annan, do you want to hold a banquet?"

“Is this too ostentatious?”

"Letting them know that you are here will help boost morale," the military minister said, "and the more noise we make, the less likely the palace will suspect us."

"They would never imagine that one-fifth of the parliament is our people."

"Then do as you say."

"Okay, one more thing. When I won over those nobles, I promised..."

The military minister told Annan about his forged letter of recommendation.

He could hide this from the messenger, but not from Annan. Honesty is the best way to avoid misunderstandings.

"So you don't have to pay special attention to them, just use them."

"That would do great damage to your reputation..." Annan shook his head.

Annan was touched by the military minister's thoughts, but he felt that someone had to do the dirty work, so why couldn't it be him? He could also wash away his guilt and stains at the same time.

"No, I can fulfill your promise. As long as they stand on our side, I promise to keep their wealth and status after everything is over." Annan insisted.

The military minister was touched by Annan, stared at him deeply, and lowered his head: "Your kindness is unmatched in the Alan Continent."

……

While the Minister of Military Affairs convened a banquet for the nobles of the new royal city, somewhere in the inner city of the royal capital, members of the "Purification Court" prepared to carry out a special operation.

No matter how the new king advertised that the times were peaceful, it was an indisputable fact that the Free Blade and the main force of Liberty City, which were surrounding them from three directions, were getting closer and closer to them.

Undercurrents surged in the new capital, and many nobles thought of selling their property and fleeing the capital, or seeking refuge in the Free City. Therefore, the royal palace secretly established the Purification Court to deal with traitors.

They have received news that Tai, the quartermaster in the city guard, is an important backbone of the Free Blade and has a lot of intelligence on other Free Blade members.

In order not to alert the enemy, they prepared a password and planned to raid the city guard camp tonight to capture Quartermaster Tai and his minions.

(End of this chapter)