Chapter 91 (1/2)

Translator: Wawaa

Editor: WilsonWilson

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As usual, Konny tried to say something to Lara with a bright face, but when she saw the four warriors standing like stone statues in the middle of the drawing-room, she quickly shut up. Then, nimble on her feet, she headed to the table, a place that was as far away as possible from them.

There were drinks, fruit, hot tea in expensive crystal glasses, and six delicious cookies on the tray Konny was holding.

No one said anything. Lara hesitated, not knowing what to say. The three Barbarians just stared intently at the little maid who suddenly appeared.

Konny thought that she would need to serve a whole cow to feed those people, not tea and cookies. The teacup was the size of their nostrils and the cookie was the size of their fingers. She figured that she should ask how hungry they were now. However, the atmosphere seemed serious for some reason. So Konny approached and talked to Demian, whom she was at least familiar with.

“Master Demian.”

“Yeah.”

“Should I just tell the kitchen to prepare a meal?”

“Thanks, Konny.”

“Hehehe.”

The simple maid rejoiced, thinking that her guess that they were terribly hungry was correct. Then, she swiftly walked away from them and went out of the drawing-room. Seeing her acting like a small animal that was avoiding a wild beast roaming from afar, Lara just smiled.

“I haven’t heard the words ‘I love you’ from Demian yet.”

She never thought that she had to hear those three words. Demian was not a talkative man, but at the same time, he was not stingy with his expressions. On the contrary, he would convey his feelings so directly that he would strongly shake Lara’s self-control and blow her away.

However, Demian’s comrades did not seem to think so. Domino, Lampion, and Oscar said to Demian in turn.

“Is that true? You punk… You made a swear even before confessing?”

“Do it now. Do it here. Say that you love her!”

“Did we just confess to her for you? And on our first meeting?”

Demian had a confused look on his face, it was as if he was asking them what was wrong with that. When he nodded with excessive confidence, the three Barbarians put their big hands on their heads.

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The three Barbarians were able to receive a generous meal thanks to the clever maid, Konny. They did not get one cow each, but they did finish one duck each. It was also due to hunger that they could eat so much, as they haven’t eaten a proper meal after moving such a long way.

Lara headed to their lodgings with Oscar, who had finished eating first.

“Is this really okay?”

“What?”

“I mean, not only have you fed us, you’ve even provided a place for us to sleep…”

Oscar was awkward with Lara and he felt troubled with her goodwill. He was a man with a slightly different personality from the Barbarians that Acerus and his assistant had told her.

“Oscar, I think it would have been fine if you lived in Dandelion.”

“How did you know? My comrades are so eccentric so I have always been in charge of communicating with the Imperial Army.”

“You must have worked hard for that.”

“Don’t get me started. Lampion is famous even among Barbarians for not being able to communicate. So there were times when I told him to just keep his mouth shut and to just use hand signals. For Domino, now that he is in his middle age, he has a lot of worries and patience… But it was no joke when he was young.”

Lara remembered well the characteristics of the comrades he spoke of. It was a good thing. The first Barbarians she met were pleasant and nice people. Moreover, she was lucky enough to meet someone she can communicate with like Oscar.

She needed to build a good relationship with them first. She could declare that she would accept Demian’s love and convey her intention through him, but as Lara wanted to build a relationship directly with them, she was going to ask if they needed anything. But, as Oscar was impatient, he talked to her first again this time.

“Back in Hautean, did Demian act carelessly? Did he act that way to just anyone? When he left, I heard that he saw a slave hunter and that he let himself get caught on purpose. Did he keep pretending to be a slave there because he was too lazy to explain?”

Lara nodded.

“Yes.”

Oscar was restless, he felt as if he had committed a crime.

“That crazy guy! I’m sorry.”

“It’s okay.”

“We’re not slaves.”

“I know that, too.”

“Tarragon took the liberty to make the slave documents. So that they could use us on the battlefield. The language and writing were different in the past so I heard our fathers signed it without knowing what it was.”

“Oh no…”

“We’re not even Tarragon’s people.”

“Yes. I know what you mean.”

“Crown Prince Acerus seems to think of us as his subjects because we fought for Tarragon. But Barbarians have no nationality, we are not interested in status or power.”