Chapter 40 - Call it a Day (2/2)

The childish inquiry hadn’t inally, Nisha only wanted to know about these e behaviour She was shocked by the lance corporal’s serious reply

“It’s not too surprising, actually Our Empress is not known for her kindness, and our politics aren’t very forgiving either They know they would get tortured and interrogated before getting executed if we can take theet pardoned

We are the Second Legion, these officers knohat to expect once we catch them”

The na source of honor for Hale, she basically gleamed with pride when she mentioned it to Nisha

Nisha, who only tilted her head to the side, unknowingly dealt a hard blow to Hale’s ego

“What is the Second Legion? And where’s the first one, then?”

“Did you live under a rock so far?! How have you never heard of the Terus’ Second Legion before?!”

“That’s true, how’d you know? But I also lived in a cottage in the forest recently”

Innocently reacting to Hale’s outburst without changing her position in the slightest, she responded calmly

“Sigh, I really can’t deal with you So much for the collected and stern superior ht everyone had heard of us at the very least … you’reme lose my composure here!”

Glancing accusingly at the cute offender, Hale gave up on bolstering the faed her temples

“Thankfully we are about to reach the wall, uess is that thethe defense The reion should arrive soon too, ill be able to start cleaning up this mess when they reach us What do you need Marshall Dharnas for anyway, I think I haven’t asked you yet?”

No matter how hard the corporal tried to keep a serious front, watching the attitude of the pouting girl was toothat souessed that she had not grown up in a city, Nisha had bitten one of her lips and had begun to chew on it, not paying attention to where she alking or the way she was dragging her short swords on the ground because her shoulders were lowered

This particular delinquency earned her lares from the professional soldiers, each of them desired a precious weapon like the ones she wielded; and Nisha was just treating the blades like sticks, she didn’t even carry sheaths and literally dragged theh the dirt on the road

Unable to tease the little girl any longer, the corporal spoke up again

“You see, the Second Legion is the are and a duty at the same time

I really thought you’d have heard of us, but it can’t be helped if you didn’t We are dispatched to act as the right hand of the Empress herself, no one else but her has the required authority to mobilize us

Don’t be too sad about getting caught, you are still young and you will have many more chances to learn

Noill you tellthere?”

Presenting the young girl a hand to hold, Hale displayed female qualities she didn’t even know she had, the sweet little oddity awakened herher to show her particular care, although they had only o; Nisha was simply too cute to resist

Happy to have soladly held the extended hand

It’s quite rough Is this what happens when you train a lot with the sword? Grandpa warnedwith Lydia and Annabelle, but after a few blisters h

“I guess it’s only fair forin return My na to the capital e ot in our way My …” – I don’t knohat to call Luthais It seehter, but what does thatwith the city’s defense, but he doesn’t know about the breach in the wall yet, I think That was the reason I went out, to ask hi our carriage”

Both Grandpa and Luthais warned ht? This is for Annabelle and Lydia, I need to get to Luthais fast, he can help us And she didn’t give me any candy

“The soldiers I killed attacked us and were about to report our position or ood hunter, you see?”

A happy grin on her face, Nisha’s h the blood s at all to make her look her friendly

Lance Corporal Hale was both terrified by the dragon’s gruesome expression and relieved that she had been able to coirl’s abilities as a hunter, but she nodded anyway

“Actually I had planned to sneak to my relative, but there were new soldiers in front of the inn ere staying at, and since there’s soe I had to hunt them down

Hunting is a lot easier than fighting!

But now that you are here, I can call it a day and ith you to see Luthais, thank you very much, Hale”

Throwing an especially broad smile at the lance corporal, Nisha didn’t even notice the stunning effect it had on the wolad to have someone to talk to and help her in her search for the half-elf

“I also want to thank you for being so nice to randpa where soldiers aren’t nice at all, I was really skeptical when you first arrested ood person”

In reality the dragon wasn’t as upbeat as she appeared to be, she was incrediblystressed by the fact that she didn’t kno her sisters Annabelle and Lydia were doing and it put a considerable strain on her; adding at that that she she had gotten caught by a squad of soldiers of unknown origin, the constant vibrations of the ground fro the wall, and the screae ofto Hale had alleviated a lot of that stress, therefore having answered the corporal’s interrogation and thanking her weren’t eirl

“A mood like quicksilver, it seems like it wasn’t a baseless rumor about elves at all”

It was impossible for Hale to say which soldier had lance at thevery ith her platoon, it seemed that they were unusually bothered with their latest orders that day, to the point that they disclosed their thoughts in front of outsiders

Nisha didn’tfro her education sessions with Lydia co to her mind

I wonder if he knows that dragons are said to have a changing temper too

Sensing the overall situation shi+ft, Nisha didn’t want to stick around any longer, the wall she was trying to reach now covered a large portion of the sky, which meant that the fortifications were not far from her current position anymore

“Earlier you said that you want to talk with Luthais too, right? I’ll go ahead and tell him you want to see him, he’ll probably meet you if it’s my request

I don’t know if it ith the soldiers too, but if you tell them Nisha Dharnas allowed you entry, that could also help!”

Before the veteran soldiers or even their superior had a chance to react, Nisha had let go of Hale’s hand and was rushi+ng towards the wall; most likely there wouldn’t be any more disturbances on her way to the defense forces thanks to the soldiers of the Second Legion

Waving goodbye to the baffled lance corporal, Nisha was running,a barely suppressed grin on her face, the s to Hale had succeeded perfectly

Due to this trick, the dragon’s mood had risen considerably when she crossed the last patch of land to the wall She was confident that everything would turn out alright