CH 262

Xi Ning wanted to chase after him, but someone in the mercenary group came over and took a look, “This…… Your Highness? Are you okay? That kid didn’t even wear a mask today, I’ll teach him a lesson……”

“Don’t go, I’m fine.” Xi Ning stopped him, and when he turned his head to look over, he couldn’t find him anymore.

The man next to him seemed to be a high-ranking member of the mercenary group. Xi Ning asked, “Is he in your group? What’s his name?”

“Yeah, the new slave,” the man replied, “His Majesty Ferro hired most of our mercenary group members. The mercenary group commander was worried that there would not be enough people to do chores on the road, so he hired some temporary slaves. His name…… seems to be Lin An?”

He went on and say, “He wouldn’t have passed with his appearance, but he was accepted by the mercenary group commander…… By the way, my name is Rob, and I’m a fifth-rank fire magician in the mercenary group……”

Xi Ning belongs to the wood type and is also a forest elf. He has an instinctive repulsion to fire-type people and things. He took a step back without letting the person notice, “Thank you.”

He recited the words “Lin An” silently, and returned back to his table.

Dinner had already been served, and the vegetarian food specially prepared for Xi Ning was placed on his side. Ferro did not eat with everyone, and went to the carriage alone.

Only Xi NIng and the dwarf are sitting at that table. The dwarf said in a low voice, “His Majesty must be talking to the queen through a communicator while eating again. It’s such a touching love.”

Xi Ning was thinking about Lin An and answered absentmindedly.

Lin An is just an ordinary slave. It shouldn’t matter if he wanted to transfer him to his side, but he is not familiar with the mercenary group, so he still had to trouble Ferro.

The dwarf pouted, lowered his head and took a few mouthfuls of food, he couldn’t restrain his mouth and started to speak again, “Why did you suddenly leave before eating? I haven’t finished the story of that evil magician……”

Xi Ning finally had a reaction, and smiled apologetically to him, “It was my fault just now, what happened to that magician that you speak of?”

The dwarves immediately cheered up and continued his story about the magician that was called Locke, and the ghost forest they were going to was Locke’s former lair. It is said that he had done many evil things in the past and robbed a lot of treasures, all of which were hidden in his tower.

Later, Locke disappeared, no one knew where he was, but there were still people who remembered the treasure in his tower. However, it was too dangerous in the ghost forest, there are all kinds of ferocious beasts in the forest, as well as the many traps set by Locke.

The tall tower can be seen from afar, but unfortunately no one seems to have successfully entered it.

“The red frost flower I saw grew on the grass field beside a lake,” the dwarf recalled the scene at that time, and he continued to explain by making gestures, “I was observing whether the root of the flower was also dead, but suddenly there is a huge third-rank giant crocodile rushing out of the lake, and it’s mouth was so big that it can swallow ten of me! I was so scared that I hurried and ran away.”

He also talked about the boiling swamp that spits out bubbles all year round, the third-rank long warbler that only eats eyeballs, and the jagged monster that picks up human bones and wraps around its body, as he speaks the scarier the monster is than the previous one.

The dwarf picked up the cup and drank the sweet wine inside, sighing, “It’s not that I’m afraid of death, but it’s too dangerous inside. If it wasn’t for His Majesty Ferro begging me for a long time, I wouldn’t want to go to that ghost place again.”

Of course, remuneration and prepared troops are also important.

At the end of the dwarf’s speech, there were already many people gathered around him, all listening to his story, and some people were asking him questions. Xi Ning finished the meal in silence, and left the dining shed when the dwarf was not paying attention.

The two servants who were in charge of serving him led him to the carriage, and Xi Ning asked on the way, “Where’s Your Majesty Ferro? I want to discuss something with him.”

The servant took out his pocket watch and looked at the time, and replied respectfully, “His Majesty should still be eating, why don’t you go back to the carriage to rest first, I will go inform His Majesty.”

Xi Ning replied, “Okay.”

No wonder Ferro couldn’t find Lin An by his portrait, his face……

After Xi Ning saw Lin An, his happy mood faded a lot. Whether Lin An’s face was like this at birth or because of some past incident, he must have suffered a lot, and now he even became a slave of the mercenary group.

The servant had already gone to find Ferro, and Xi Ning didn’t want to go back to the carriage. He stood under the tree in a daze under the dim sky. His emotions affected the surrounding plants, the tree next to him only had a bit of consciousness and it wanted to do something to comfort Xi Ning but it couldn’t move.

It dropped a leaf and slowly floated in front of Xi Ning. Xi Ning seemed to feel something, he raised his hand to catch the leaf and held it in his palm.

Xi Ning touched its trunk with the other hand, raised his head and whispered, “Thank you.”

But he was not at all happy. He had been in this world for several days. The influence of the illness made him always depressed. In order not to worry other elves, he had to behave as normal as possible when he was outside.

It wasn’t until he saw Lin An that Xi Ning truly felt joy. The flowers and mission were not important anymore. He seemed to be here for Lin An.

Ferro received the message from his servant, thinking that Xi Ning had something important to discuss with him, so he came over in person.

Xi Ning walked up to him and said to him, “Your Majesty, I wanted to ask you to do a favor for me.”

“You can just tell me your request, I will immediately instruct someone to do it.”

Xi Ning mentioned that before dinner, he saw a slave in the mercenary group whose half of his face on the right was covered with marks for some reason, which was easy to recognize.

Ferro raised his eyebrows, “Did this man offended His Highness? I’ll instruct the mercenary group commander to drive him out……”

“No, no……” Xi Ning hurriedly stopped him and said straightforwardly, “I want…… you to help me to transfer him from the mercenary group to be my personal bodyguard.”

Ferro was very surprised and asked Xi Ning tentatively, “DId Your Highness know him?”

Xi Ning said vaguely, “Sort of, I’m not familiar with the mercenary group, so I can only trouble you. You can just deduct his ransom from my reward.”

He was obviously reluctant to say more, so Ferro didn’t ask any more, and waved his hand with a smile, “Your highness, there’s no need for that.”

Ferro turned his head and said to the head guard behind him, “Did you hear that? Go to find the mercenary group commander and bring this person to His Highness.”

“Yes.” The head guard responded and walked to the back of the convoy. Xi Ning said gratefully, “Thank you.”