Lord Chronicle

Chapter 270 What Are You Doing Behind My Back?

"Marlene, what are you doing running around?"

Since the war was over, everything in the territory was on the right track. After Jessica took care of all the work for him, after returning to the territory for a few days, Sol finally found his original leisure.

This afternoon, Sol was sitting in the study basking in the sun leisurely, but found that Marlene would rush past the door every once in a while, and couldn't help asking strangely.

"Ah, it's nothing, young master, you don't need to worry about me." Marlene hurriedly waved to him, and then ran away without a trace.

"What, it's weird." Although he was a little curious, Sol was very comfortable under the lazy sun, so he ignored it.

After a while like this, suddenly there was a loud noise in the yard, waking up Sol, who was almost drowsy.

Strangely, he finally got up and walked over there.

The place where the voice came from was the backyard near the kitchen. As soon as Sol approached, he heard Marlene's voice: "Mira, put it down quickly. This is prepared for tonight. You can't eat it now."

tonight?This little girl is really doing something without telling me. Sol became curious and looked quietly.

At the door of the kitchen, Mila was biting a long sausage, while Marlene was holding the other end. The two girls were trying to tug of war.

However, Marlene is obviously not the opponent of this big stomach monster. Every time Mira moved her mouth, a piece of sausage disappeared in her mouth. Marlene had no choice but to approach her step by step.

I couldn't stand it any longer, and Saul walked over: "Marlene, what are you doing..."

Unexpectedly, as soon as she saw him, she heard Marlene exclaim, let go of the sausage in her hand, turned around, entered the room, and closed the door with a bang, all actions were done in one go.

When Sol came back to his senses, the kitchen door was closed, and only he and Mira were left looking at each other.

A drop of cold sweat slowly slid down his cheek.

"Mira, what's going on here?" In desperation, he had no choice but to cast his gaze on Mira.

However, facing Sol's gaze, Mira snorted and swallowed the remaining half of the sausage.Then he yawned as if no one else was there, jumped onto the branch next to him, lay down and fell asleep soundly, treating him like air from beginning to end.

"This damn girl... Since she was brought back from Bahrain, she has become more and more defiant." Thor trembled with anger.

In desperation, he shouted Marlene's name a few more times, but there was no response from the kitchen. Obviously for some reason, the always obedient little Marlene was determined to ignore him this time.

"There is a problem, there must be something wrong." Saul couldn't help pondering.

There was no answer here, so Saul naturally walked towards the door.Only then did he remember that he hadn't been to the territory for a while because he had been too leisurely after returning.

Well, let's see if we can find any clues from the town.

After leaving the lord's mansion, Sol walked into the town, and everyone he met along the way bowed to him from the bottom of his heart.Since the surprise attack on the Balinland, his popularity has reached an unprecedented height.

But Sol soon discovered something was wrong. Almost everyone in the town had a strange smile on their faces, as if they were hiding something.

However, there was no mystery in their smiles, instead it seemed to be for some kind of extremely happy event.How should I put it, it's as if a child has done something proud, but tries hard not to tell others.

"Sure enough, it's weird. What are they doing?" Sol's doubts became more and more serious.

Just when he was looking for someone to ask, he suddenly saw Julie and Maisie, mother and daughter, carrying a large basket full of food, walking across the street with difficulty.

Remembering that Marlene was also busy in the kitchen, the mother and daughter would probably know something about her, so Sol raised his voice, "Julie, where are you going to send so much food?"

Unexpectedly, the two mothers and daughters reacted the same as Marlene when they saw him. They were startled at first, then turned around and wanted to leave.

"Hey, why did you run away when you saw me?" Sol was taken aback, and hurried to catch up.

Because they were carrying heavy baskets, the mother and daughter walked slowly, and they were about to be overtaken by Sol.At this moment, Kress rushed out from nowhere and took the basket.

"Let's go now, now."

"Hey, hey...what are you guys hiding from?" Saul could only helplessly watch the three of them run away without a trace.

Suddenly, he noticed that the nearby residents were looking at this scene with strange eyes. Sol was about to ask, but everyone seemed to react abruptly, and immediately avoided his gaze unnaturally, and started to do things on their own. own business.

Sol became more and more sure that they must have something to hide from him. Although judging from the current situation, it shouldn't be a bad thing, but it still makes people uncomfortable.

"Damn it, what exactly is it?" Thor couldn't just arrest someone and ask him forcibly, so he had to temporarily suppress his doubts.

After wandering around boringly for a while, when he was almost outside the town, Sol suddenly heard a familiar quarrel in front of him.

"Damn it, why would I, a talented alchemist, do such a thing?"

"Okay, this is also part of your job. But I still have to say, if you put less spar powder, the effect will be poor."

"Nonsense, it's very expensive, and no one is paying me this time, why should I be so generous... Anyway, old man, why are you pointing fingers at my work?"

"You... Do you think I think so? It's not because my magic fireworks are too explosive, and Jessica rejected them. Damn, it's such a good thing."

"That's none of my business, stop pestering me."

He walked over quickly and saw that in the middle of the road in front of him, Hitches and Mary, the father and daughter of enemies, were arguing as they walked.

Mary was holding a large cardboard box in her hand, and there were many round spherical objects in the box, and she didn't know what they were.

At this time, Hitches was leaning towards her with a deadpan face: "Hey, don't say that, my good girl, as the former chief alchemist, you should be happy to get my advice."

And Mary kicked it unceremoniously: "You are taller, get the hell out of here..."

"Woooooooooo... Jessica threatened me that if I can't do anything this time, I will reduce my magic research funds, my dear daughter, you must save my father." Hitches began to play the family card.

"So you want to get ideas from your daughter? Just dream!" It's a pity that this is the last thing Mary dislikes.

Saul has long been used to this kind of situation between father and daughter.What he was interested in at the moment was that, from the conversation between the two, they seemed to have received some kind of commission, and it was related to Jessica.

With the lessons learned from the previous two times, this time Sol did not speak rashly, but walked over quietly, until he came behind the father and daughter, he suddenly said: "Mary, what are you holding?"

Unexpectedly, a person would appear from behind, and the father and daughter were startled.When she turned around and saw him, Mary flew into a rage: "Well, you're still ashamed to say, if it wasn't for you this time..."

Unexpectedly, before she finished speaking, Hitches covered her mouth.

"For me? What does it have to do with me?" Sol was stunned.

Mary struggled for a while, and seemed to want to continue asking questions, Hitches hurriedly said: "Calm down, don't forget that we still have something in her hands, so don't annoy her this time."

"What? I knew it was related to Jessica. What exactly does she want you to do?" Sol asked hurriedly.

Mary snorted: "You can ask her yourself, goodbye!"

"Wait, what the hell are you doing..."

Sol still wanted to ask more questions, but he saw Mary take out a small black ball the size of a finger from her arms, and threw it hard on the ground.There was a bang, and suddenly a large puff of white smoke rose, covering the figures of the two of them.

"Cough, cough, cough..." When Sol came out of the thick smoke coughing, how could there be any figures of the father and daughter?
"Damn it, when did the alchemist become a ninja?" Sol was speechless.

Although the two were lost, Sol got some clues. Jessica seemed to be planning something behind her back, and it was related to herself.

"Damn... the more I think about it, the more I feel unwilling. I must investigate clearly." With such determination, Sol continued his journey of exploration.

After walking for a while, Sol suddenly saw a group of dwarves and barbarians walking out of the opposite woods, carrying thick logs, holding various tools, and singing songs. It seemed that they had just returned from logging, and it was Manson who took the lead.

Saul couldn't help being very happy to see them.The dwarf brothers were simple-hearted, and the barbarians had great respect for themselves, and if they knew anything, they would tell him.

While rejoicing that he finally met the right person, Sol raised his hands and ran towards them: "Hey, Manson, the people in this town are weird today, do you know what's going on?"

Unexpectedly, as soon as they saw him, the crowd who were singing in unison just now fell silent.Both the dwarves and the barbarians looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Lord...Lord Lord, haven't you been staying in the Lord's Mansion for a while? Why did you suddenly come out?" Facing his question, Manson answered inappropriately.

"Leave this alone, do you know something?" Saul asked.

"Uh, what about this..." Dwarves are not good at lying, and Manson was at a loss for words.

"Okay, I knew it, tell me, what is Jessica doing without telling me?" Sol said quickly.

"It's really hard to say, because..." Manson rubbed his head in embarrassment.

Sol said impatiently: "What are you afraid to say? As a local lord, I will bear all the responsibility for what happens."

After hesitating for a while, Manson heaved a sigh of relief. Just when Saul thought he had finally compromised, Manson said: "My lord, I'm sorry, I really can't tell you."

Then, before Saul could speak, he suddenly found himself rising slowly.

"Wow, Igna, what are you doing?"

Sol looked back, but he was caught by the leader of the barbarians, Igna.

"I'm sorry, my lord, since I was seen by you, I have no choice but to..." Igna gritted his teeth.

"Just... so what?" Sol was startled, could it be that this guy wanted to put me...

"I personally sent you back." Igna said, striding towards the Lord's Mansion.

"Hey, what the hell are you doing? Let go of me, how decent is it to be seen like this?" Sol couldn't help struggling, but how could he break free from the barbarian's hand?
Watching Igna grab Sol and gradually go away, Manson said in a deep voice: "Since the lord has seen it, we have to move faster. We must finish the work tonight, let's work hard!"

"Oh!" Everyone agreed in unison.

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"What, the lord has gone out? Didn't I ask you to keep an eye on him?"

At this time, in the lord's mansion, Jessica was talking to Marlene.

"I'm sorry, sister Jessica, I was too nervous when the young master found me, so I just..." Marlene apologized.

"Damn it, it's going to be successful tonight, why did something go wrong at this time, if he finds out..." Jessica said unwillingly.

At this moment, Sol's voice suddenly came from outside the house: "Okay, I'm back again, are you satisfied now?"

"Huh, Lord Lord?" Jessica and Marlene glanced at each other and ran out quickly.

At the door of the lord's mansion, Igna had just put Sol down, and the latter was yelling at him angrily.

"My lord, where have you gone? Marlene and I are looking for you." Jessica hurried up to meet you.

Seeing her, Saul was furious: "Okay, so you are here. Tell me, what are you doing behind my back?"

"What, did you find out?" Jessica stopped in her tracks.

"Find what?" Saul couldn't help but startled.

At this time, Igna said to Jessica: "Miss Jessica, the lord met us, and I brought him back. Don't worry, everything is going well, and it will be completed tonight."

"Hey, what's done? Don't go around in circles, what are you hiding?" Thor turned his head to look at him again.

"Huh, it's dangerous..." Jessica breathed a sigh of relief, then nodded to Igna: "You did a good job."

"Then, I'll take my leave first." Ignoring Sol's almost mad roar, Igna bowed to him apologetically, turned and left.

"Hey, you bastard, come back to me..."

"Okay, young master, don't be angry, let's go back quickly." Marlene walked over and took his arm.

"Hmph, Marlene, even you kept me in the dark, how could I not be angry." Saul patted her on the head lightly as punishment.

Then, he looked at Jessica: "What about you, are you going to continue to hide it from me?"

Unexpectedly, Jessica came to hold his hand just like Marlene, and the two girls pushed him into the room without any explanation.

"Okay, as the lord, I don't want my mother-in-law to ask so many questions."

"What? This matter seems to be related to me. How could I not ask. Hey, talk..." Sol couldn't help yelling, but unfortunately, with the concerted efforts of the two women, he had to go back into the house involuntarily.

"All right, all right, anyway, you'll understand by tonight, so be patient now."

Push Sol into the study room, push him to sit in the chair, then pour him a cup of black tea, and stuff Sol's favorite "The Heroes of Magina" into his arms, Jessica said.

So far, Sol has completely lost his temper, so he has to let the two women at the mercy of him.

"Then...wouldn't it be okay if I let you know in advance?"

"No."

"Then...whether it's a good thing or a bad thing, you have to tell me."

"Neither."

"Then...forget it, I admit defeat, you can do whatever you want." In the end, Sol could only admit this reality with a wry smile.

Picking up the black tea and just drinking it, he suddenly noticed that Jessica was also sitting opposite him, with her hands resting on her chin, and she was looking at him with a smile.

"You, what are you doing here?"

"Look at you, or what if you run away again?" Jessica's eyes almost narrowed into crescents.

"God, please forgive me!"

(End of this chapter)