Although it did save your life, it is too exaggerated to say that you are a goddess, and what is the matter with the other people's nodding approval.

Fia had a hunch that if she said something that looked like a goddess would say, the group of people might kneel down and worship her.

Complaining in her heart, Fiya continued to speak coldly.

"Who is the person in charge here? Tell me the cause of the incident, the others will go back to their own homes to count the losses, and find a few other men to tie up the robbers."

"I'm!"

A dark-skinned but neatly dressed man stood up. From the way he bent down again and again, not daring to look directly at Fia, it could be seen that he put himself in a very humble position.

Introduced by the overly enthusiastic man who claimed to be the village head, Fiya quickly grasped the situation.

This is an ordinary village on the northern border of the Alfred Kingdom, and the robbers appeared about 5 minutes to a quarter of an hour ago.The whole process was no different from ordinary robbery. The robbers first used violence to drive the villagers to the square, and then asked the villagers one by one where they hid their valuables.

As for the elf knight, she was not a villager in the village, but was brought into the team by the robbers before they attacked the village, and she appeared in the square just incidentally.

Since the people in the village hardly resisted and cooperated with the robbers very well, no one was killed. The houses and furniture that were destroyed by fire were the most damaged. People only suffered sprains and skin trauma. Surgery" will be cured.At this time, the woman cried secretly because of her narrow escape and the destruction of her home, while the man vented his anger on the bandits who were tied up, punched and kicked the bandits, or picked up stones and threw them at the bandits.

It is worth mentioning that when Fia expressed that she was not a goddess, the villagers stopped their violence against the robbers. The reason was that according to the laws of the Kingdom of Alfred, whoever subdued the robbers would automatically become legally After waiting for the city, Fia can take the robber to the slave trader to register him as a slave.Leaving aside the nobles, if the villagers hurt the robbers, they would damage other people's property and need to pay for it.

Of course, if Fia finds it troublesome and doesn't want the robber to become her slave, she can directly hand the robber over to the authorities, and she can also receive a bounty.It’s just that the northern border of the Alfred Kingdom is extremely chaotic. Even if the robbers are handed over to the authorities, more than half of the bounty they receive will be deducted. Go to the monster forest as walking bait to seduce monsters.

Regarding this, Fiya thought it was troublesome and wanted to hand over the robbers to the villagers, and let the villagers take the robbers to the city to collect the bounty, but the villagers hurriedly rejected Feiya's proposal because they were afraid that the robbers would rebel and retaliate against them after breaking free from their shackles.Not only that, they also asked Fia, if Fia passed through the nearby cities, they hoped that Fia could inform the city administrator that the robbers on the nearby hills had been subdued, and the city lord could send someone to wipe out the remnants and defeated generals in the robbers' lair.

Since the Alfred Kingdom still has the law of "Whoever destroys the robber, the robber's treasure will belong to him", so it is a good job to empty out the robber's lair, and the villagers hinted that Fia can search the robber's lair by herself.

Although I'm not interested in the robber's treasure, after all, this group of robbers were subdued when they attacked the village. In order to prevent the villagers from being retaliated by others, it is better to go to the robber's lair at night-maybe you can take some valuable items and hand them over to Villagers, let them repair the destroyed houses.

When Fia met up with Anastasia who came after her and saw no one else around, the elf knight who was rescued by Fia came to Fia.

Interestingly, although the elf knight came to thank Fia, his expression was not so willing.Because of her extreme weakness, the elf knight felt like she was limping when she walked. She knelt on one knee, lowered her head and said in a deep voice.

"Thank you, Your Royal Highness, for your rescue... Renee is very grateful."

Your Royal Highness?This elf knight knows me?

Fia was startled.

However, the first person to answer was not Fia, but Anastasia who was behind Fia. She frowned and asked with a bad expression.

"Renee? Why are you here?"

"I... am ordered by His Majesty to investigate the situation in the northern border of the Alfred Kingdom."

"Huh."

Anastasia made a voice full of frivolity and doubt, but Renee just lowered her head soaked in blood and mud, and didn't answer any more.

"Renee is the vice-captain of the fifth team of the Imperial Guard. She is from Prince Xia Yin's side. She has always been at odds with Sister Anna." Liti whispered in Fia's ear, "It's my sister who is from the opposite faction. .”

It turned out to be the case.

Fia immediately understood why the other party refused to thank her, and why Anastasia showed such a rare attitude of disgust.

"Investigate the situation in the northern border of the Alfred Kingdom? What's the reason?"

Facing Anastasia's questioning, the elf knight who knelt on one knee spoke calmly.

"This matter is top secret, Captain Anastasia has no right to know."

"Standing in front of you is Princess Dophelia, pay attention to your attitude, Renee."

When Fia was mentioned, Renee froze for a moment, and she changed her words.

"...As far as I know, Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess is supposed to be fighting in the Holy Kingdom of Milkandis further north. Why did she appear in the Kingdom of Alfredg with Her Royal Highness the Third Princess by her side? Where are the other guards?"

"Are you questioning our identities?"

"Just a reasonable question."

"Is this enough?"

With a cold snort, Anastasia waved a crimson badge tied with a rope in front of Renee's eyes, which was the identity symbol of the captain of the second team of Anastasia's Imperial Guard.

"That's enough, but I can only tell Her Royal Highness, the crown prince, about His Majesty's orders."

"After sister knows, sister Anna will know too."

Liti added from the side.

But Renee still insisted.

"Her Royal Highness told Captain Anastasia that it was Her Royal Highness's business. The order I received was that the matter was classified as top secret, and only His Majesty, the Crown Prince, and the Prime Minister were qualified to know about it."

What a tough bone.

Fiya couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Anastasia, as a quasi-fifth powerful person, even if she is branded as a sinner, once she shows a serious expression, it will still make people feel extremely stressed, but Renee can handle it freely, and she is not afraid of Anastasia at all. .

It's a pity that it's someone from a hostile faction.

Of course, even if it is a hostile faction, the superficial work that should be done still has to be done.Fia took out her own clothes from the storage backpack and put them on Renee.The armor on Renee's body was damaged in many places, and her back, shoulders, and waist were barely covered. For a woman, there was too much exposed skin.

"Renee washes off the stains on her body first, you are top secret, and then tell me."

"Uh……?"

Renee, who had kept her head down, raised her head for the first time, her embarrassed face was full of astonishment.

Liti on the side urged.

"What are you doing in a daze, don't you accept my sister's favor?"

"No...it's just Her Royal Highness's performance... I understand, I'm going to change the laundry now."

Her movements were a little stiff, Renee held onto the clothes that Fia had draped in front of her, stood up and saluted Fia and Liti respectively, then turned and walked towards the well in the center of the square.

Chapter 7 A Subtle Dinner

Since most of the houses in the village were burnt out and there were no facilities like public bathhouses, Renee could only fetch enough water from the well and take it to a place outside the village where no one was around to wash her body. For magic cleansing such as "cleaning" and "torrent", the answer is that Renee's magic power is exhausted and she cannot use magic.

Furthermore, it should be noted that Fia's "cleaning" and "torrent" are magics optimized through "super calculation".Under normal circumstances, the magic power consumed by "cleaning" will increase with the increase of stains, while "torrent" is magic that is as thick as an arm and lasts only a few seconds.Only high-level magic casters can control the size of the water flow at will and output the water flow continuously.

During Renee's cleaning time, the people in the village finally recovered from their panic. This is not the first time they have been robbed by robbers. Due to the chaotic situation in the northern part of Alfred Kingdom, they are even used to being robbed by robbers In this matter, the robbers in the past would leave after taking some money and food, and even protect the safety of the village like local snakes. They are more reliable than the official soldiers of Afleg—according to the villagers, Afleg Corruption is serious in the kingdom's army, and soldiers will even commit scandals such as rape and robbery.

That's why the villagers didn't resist after meeting the robbers in the afternoon. However, when everyone was tied up in the square, they realized that these robbers were different from the previous ones.If Feiya hadn't appeared, the group of them would have been taken away by robbers and taken as slaves.

Although the villagers are saddened by the destruction of their homes, as long as people are still alive, they can start all over again.Under the arrangement of the village chief, the villagers quickly retrieved their belongings from the square, and then they returned to their homes as it got late. The village chief invited Fei Ya and her party to live in a relatively well-preserved spacious houses, and at the same time called the young women in the village to prepare a dinner for Fia and the others.

It's a dinner party, but it's actually more of a family dinner, with bean stew, sliced ​​bacon sprinkled with spices and nut bread as a main course.It is worth mentioning that the meat in the stew is like a sandworm, long and thin as a thumb, and the frightening scene of the frothy white body rolling up and down in the soup made Fia feel quite delicate.

"Thanks to the nobleman for saving his life. Without the nobleman, the village would be finished."

The village head who said this brought the young women who were preparing for the dinner together to salute Fia and the others, his plain face full of gratitude.

Fiya, who was sitting on the long table, wanted to smile wryly, but when she thought of the character design of the Elf Princess Sanwu, she immediately returned to her expressionless expression.

"It's a little effort, don't take it to heart, you can sit down too."

Fei Ya doesn't dislike crowded places, and the lively atmosphere always makes people more appetizing, not to mention the girls in their early twenties behind the village chief are almost drooling.The food on the table appeared to them to be quite a substantial and delicious dinner.Fia would have a bad conscience to be stared at by someone with eyes full of hunger.

Hearing Fei Ya's words, several young girls were overjoyed and took a step forward to sit at the table, but the village chief immediately winked at them, stopped them, and at the same time did not forget to explain with a smile.

"The nobleman is too good at joking. How can we commoners sit at the same table with the nobleman? These dishes are all prepared for you, the nobleman. If you need anything, just ask us."

It turned out to be the case.

Fiya instantly understood why the village head and several young women were standing instead of sitting at the table.

When she was in Aurora City and Oro City before, due to her identity as an elf and the destruction of Oro City, Fia did not deeply feel the privileges enjoyed by nobles.Only after the village chief reminded Fia did she realize that in the World Tree Continent, the nobles control the life and death of the common people, and the common people are not qualified to have dinner at the same table with the nobles.

In addition, if it is a noble with a savage personality, if the commoner steps on the shadow of the noble, the noble will directly hack the commoner to death in the street, because they think that if their shadow is stepped on by the commoner, the noble soul will be stained.

Especially in chaotic places like the northern border of the Alfred Kingdom, the class gap will only become more obvious.

No wonder the villagers have always been respectful to her and her party, and they always stand one meter away even when they speak. Apart from the grace of saving their lives, the rest is probably the deterrent force brought by the noble status. posture, but Renee is next to her, so she is still acting a little indifferent now.

Fia waved her hand lightly.

"You can be more casual, I allow it."

"Even if you say so, we can't go beyond the rules."

"My sister has to say 'I allow you to sit down and have dinner with us' at this time. You must speak clearly to dispel their worries."

Seeing what Fia was thinking, Liti reminded Fia in a low voice.

To say so much.

The other world is too harsh on people of common origin.

As a last resort, Feiya had no choice but to repeat Liti's words in a serious tone, and only then did she dispel the village chief's worries.Several girls in simple clothes sat excitedly at the dining table, looking at Fia with respectful eyes.

"The last time I ate stewed sandworms was several years ago!"

"Thanks to the noble lord, the delicious meat...it's amazing!"

The chattering girls picked up the bread, and scooped the sandworms in the stew pot onto the bread in front of them—it should be said that the bread brought by the village chief was about the size of a face plate, and it was mixed with chestnuts, Nuts like acorns.Since the bread is hard and large enough, it is directly cut into discs about two or three centimeters thick to serve as dinner plates.

The specific eating method is to scoop the stewed worms on the bread, eat the worms first, and then the soup of the stew will soften the bread in the previous time, and then you can start eating the bread.This is what Fia observed.

Although the sandworms in Feiya's impression should grow on the beach rather than in the desert, they are not in the same world after all, so they will lose if they confuse it.

In contrast to the girls who were devouring the bread, Liti and Renee looked bitterly at the bread on the table, and only Anastasia picked up the knife and fork to enjoy it calmly.Most countries in the World Tree Continent adopt a meal-sharing system. Before Fei Ya and the others sat at the table, the girls in the village had already poured stewed sandworms and sliced ​​bacon on the bread of Fei Ya and the others.

"Isn't it delicious?" Seeing Liti's expressionless expression, Fia asked in a low voice.

"Hey...my sister didn't move either." Liti pouted at the bread in front of Fia, "This is a bug, can it really be eaten?"

"You can definitely eat..."

Fiya glanced at the girls who were scrambling to grab the sandworm. From their actions, it can be seen that the sandworm is a delicious dish, but the appearance is a bit ugly.

As a princess, it is understandable that Liti is not used to eating bugs, but even Renee on the other side has a hard-to-swallow expression, which is beyond Fia's expectations.In Anastasia's description, the Imperial Guard can adapt to any environment. Seeing Anastasia enjoying the insect cooking with a calm demeanor, this is indeed the case. Renee, as the vice-captain of the fifth team of the Imperial Guard, how can she In other words, like Anastasia, she should accept sandworm cooking.

"You actually prepared such an unbearable dinner for us..."

Although Renee had lowered her voice, the village head and several girls across the table could still hear it. The originally lively table was suddenly full of embarrassment.

"Sorry, my lord, this is already the best food we can come up with."

"Renee, you can go out if you don't like it, don't disturb His Highness's interest. Why don't you insult the person who cooked you dinner yourself."

"Tch, I just mentioned it casually, this level is nothing at all."

Faced with Anastasia's targeted words, Renee with long chestnut hair just curled her lips, then picked up the knife and fork, and began to feast on the stewed sandworm.However, in Fia's view, Renee's actions were not so much enjoying the food as she was angry with Anastasia. She seemed to swallow the food whole, swallowing the food without much chewing, and it was obvious that she really Sandworm stew is unacceptable.

Same as yourself.

Fiya couldn't help smiling wryly, it was about time for her to start eating.

She scooped up a white-boiled sandworm, and then forked a piece of brown-red bacon that seemed to have a lot of sauce, trying to cover the taste of the sandworm with the sauce of the bacon.

As long as the taste is acceptable, the digestive problems are left to the nanobots.

Like a person about to go to battle, Fia mustered up her courage and sent the trembling white worm into her mouth.

...it's not really delicious.

The bacon is too dry and hard, and the sandworm has a soft and sticky texture, which makes Fia feel like she is eating molluscs such as snails.What's terrible is that because the sauce has little taste and even very little salt is put in, the grassy flavor of the sandworm itself is completely released.If it wasn't for her strong endurance, Fia would have been like Liti at the side, her face would turn green quickly after taking a bite, and she would find an excuse to slip out and vomit.

Fia simply gave up eating sandworms and bacon, and only focused on the softened nut bread.In the world tree continent, only the poor eat whole wheat bread mixed with nuts and wheat bran.The nobles believed that fine flour bread made of white flour was a healthy and noble food, which was just the opposite of what the Human Alliance thought was healthy in ancient times.

The food on the dining table was quickly swept away by the wolfish eating of several girls. To Fia's surprise, the girls were wiping the corners of their mouths with the back of their hands while staring in front of Fia from time to time. Like a feeling of urgency.

They don't always think about the sandworm stew and cut bacon they didn't finish, do they?

Fiya had a delicate expression, she pretended to say it casually.

"Actually, I don't really like meat..."

"If the nobleman dislikes it, you can leave it to me!"

Before Fia could finish speaking, the girl sitting opposite Fia begged, her eyes glowed like stars, and at the same time, the other girls around her also nodded.

Sure enough, I was looking forward to the sandworms I didn't finish eating!

Although I feel that it is not good to give the food I have eaten to others, but since the other party has said that I can give it to her, I am more respectful than obedient.

Under the expectant eyes of several girls, Fia distributed the sandworms and bacon, while the girl on the opposite side hurriedly brought Fia new nut bread from the back kitchen, already believing the lie that Fia only ate vegetarian food.

What's subtle is that during the process of Fia distributing the sandworms and bacon, Anastasia on the side kept staring at the meat that Fiya distributed, her eyes were full of reluctance and longing. After the worms and bacon were eaten by the girls, Anastasia's reluctance instantly turned into disappointment.Because the performance was too obvious, the village chief at the side quickly explained that people could go to the desert overnight to catch sandworms, but Anastasia politely refused the village chief's kindness, as if she didn't like sandworms.

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