Sword Sorcery

Chapter 24 Scanning
Inside the castle canteen

Groups of soldiers sat scattered on the long table, gulping down the bread in their hands and the milk in the glass. Among them, Aaron sat on his seat and asked Bruce, "How is it? Is there any news from other villages?"

Bruce nodded and said, "Yes, I heard that some of the troops stationed in Duolong Town have fled back."

Aaron paused with the bread in his hand, silently beckoning Bruce to continue.

Bruce took a deep breath, seeming to shudder: "I heard that the Sixth and Fourth Battalions stationed in the village, of which the Sixth Battalion, including the captain, was almost completely wiped out, while the captain of the Fourth Battalion was injured. More than a dozen soldiers fled back desperately."

"As for the other villages, it's frightening that there is no news, and they may have been completely wiped out. In this way, almost half of the eight brigades of the City Guard Army were completely wiped out."

Bruce approached Aaron and said in a low voice: "Besides us, there are only a few people left in the fourth team. I'm afraid we will be assigned to the fourth team to reorganize the team."

Before he finished speaking, a man with a bandage on his body and some vulture facial features came over, unceremoniously sat down next to Aaron, picked up the white bread in front of Aaron, stuffed it into his mouth and began to chew— —

"Well, the taste of this bread is really good. It's much better than the black bread in those villages. Of course, it still can't compare with the honey and white bread in Doron Town, right?"

The vulture man said with a half-smile that he was the captain of the fourth brigade——Mai Zesi.

Aaron frowned, but under Bruce's slightly surprised gaze, he responded, "Well~, the black bread in the village is naturally not as good as the honey white bread in Duolong Town, please take care of it in the future, captain."

Mai Zesi showed a smug smile, and immediately responded with a smile: "Don't worry, since you are my subordinate, you will naturally take good care of me."

He deliberately put the emphasis on the word 'subordinate'. After seeing that Aaron didn't respond to this, his smile became stronger immediately, and he seemed to be more kind to Aaron.

Then, Maizes looked at Bruce again, Bruce didn't have any resistance, and quickly gave a similar answer to Aaron, and the atmosphere at the table became more relaxed.

In such an atmosphere, the three quickly finished their breakfast and left separately.

Aaron turned and walked out of the cafeteria, with a sneer on his originally calm face:
"What time is this? It's ridiculous that Mai Zesi still has the time to worry about the position of captain! When the enemy comes, if the city is destroyed and the army is defeated, nothing will be left!"

"Moreover, as captain-level city guard leaders, they will definitely be taken care of by the enemy—in order to disintegrate our defense system as soon as possible, these captains must be the primary targets of being besieged and killed when attacking the city wall!"

"What I have to do now is to hide my strength and bide my time. I must not reveal too much strength, so as not to be regarded as the primary target of killing—"

Thinking of this, Aaron's eyes became darker and deeper, and he said softly: "Besides, I don't know if there are any spies lurking inside the city guards in the castle? No, there must be!"

"It must be the same as in the village. There are spies hidden inside. Under the connection of the 'central', wait until the critical moment of the siege to attack!"

"The most damning thing is that we don't know who the spies are at all. Except for Bruce, I can't be sure whether the other people in the city guard are loyal to the Viscount. It means that I am always 'surrounded' by the enemy!"

"This castle will never be defended!"

Aaron affirmed this idea again, and became more and more anxious in his heart——

Must be stronger!We must prepare for the city break as soon as possible!A safe escape must be found! ! !
Only in this way can I survive this chaos!
Just survive! ! !

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Aaron walked out of his room with a slightly hurried pace, and took the "Round Knight's Breathing Method Part [-]" to the Viscount's study on the third floor, obviously intending to 'return the book'.

After explaining his purpose to the guards and fellow soldiers, Aaron was let go and pushed open the door of the study——

Squeak~!

As soon as he opened the door, Aaron saw a stunning girl sitting in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, under the sunlight, quietly flipping through the books in her hand—Angelie Leo.

Today, she is wearing a black Lolita dress with black stockings and long gloves, which contrasts sharply with her exposed snow-white skin. Her blonde hair with a spiral tail looks extraordinarily elegant in the sun.

However, all this changed because of Aaron's actions.

An Geli was very dissatisfied with the sound of the door opening that disturbed her, so she suddenly raised her head, and gave Aaron a fierce look in her eyes. Strong warning meaning——

"You'd better get out of this clean study for me, and don't make it dirty, you dirty servant."

Although An Geli didn't say it clearly, her eyes have already fully demonstrated all of this. At least, Aaron at this moment can clearly understand this meaning.

After warning Aaron, An Geli was not interested in continuing to look at him. Instead, she lowered her head and continued to read the book, as if this was everything in her eyes—the most important thing.

Aaron frowned, feeling a little upset in his heart, but he didn't say much. He closed the door gently with his backhand, tried not to make a sound, and walked to the only two rows of bookshelves in the room——

At this time, Aaron did not immediately put the book in his hand on the shelf, as if he was looking for the original location of the book.

An Geli raised her head as if feeling something, and when she saw Aaron's eyes constantly scanning the bookshelf, she couldn't help but look even more contemptuous, and said coldly: "The bookshelf on the left, the third row, the second The location is where the book in your hand should be.”

Hearing this, Aaron was in a hurry again, looking stupid, he swayed in front of the bookshelf for a few times before finding the place, and stuffed the "Round Knight's Breathing Method Part [-]" in his hand.

Then, according to the daily etiquette, Aaron turned around and bowed to Angelie, and left the room quickly.

An Geli looked at Aaron's back, snorted coldly, and said to herself with disdain: "This kind of uneducated soldier, even if you point him to the place, you have to search for a long time, heh~, how stupid."

After finishing speaking, An Geli looked at the two rows of bookshelves in the room, with a smug expression on her pretty face: "Only the nobles are qualified to read so many books, and those stupid soldiers are not qualified at all except for the breathing method." Go touch other books."

An Geli put away the books, and leaned her head on the back chair behind her——

The sun was hitting her body, making her feel warm, and gradually dissipating the unhappiness of being disturbed.

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Aaron walked out of the study calmly, and closed the door behind his back, but a smile suddenly appeared on his face, and he whispered:
"No. Zero, have you scanned and recorded all the books on the shelf just now?"

"Drip~, the books have been scanned and sorted, and are being included in the memory area."

(End of this chapter)