Chapter 3.1 - Princess Saras’s Special Gift and Remuneration Part 1 (1/2)

Although the Owles Kingdom’s capital city had temporarily escaped the crisis, the shadow of war still shrouded this small city located in the southern part of the Ximengsi Continent. Everyone but the most naive optimists knew that Augusta Empire had not let them off; they had merely concentrated their entire strength to completely defeat Adrian Empire first. Afterward, they would have enough time and energy to deal with Owles Kingdom, this small fish.

Clyde and Lucifer stayed in the plain and simple imperial palace of Oran City. The current situation of Owles Kingdom was still unfavorable unless Adrian Empire somehow defeated Augusta Empire; otherwise, their Owles Kingdom would be destroyed for sure. Adrian Empire had already been defeated by Augusta Empire before, all while suffering heavy casualties even though their number had been ten times greater than the “Extremely Dark Empire.” Clyde estimated that the Augusta Empire would be defeated unless a miracle occurred.1

“Big Brother Clyde, my cuties brought back information. Dimwit Adrian Empire was defeated again. This time, their entire army was wiped out. It looks like we’ll have to work again.”

“Stupid Adrian Empire lost too quickly. Couldn’t they stall for even a few more days? They didn’t even last three.”

A small bat rested on Lucifer’s shoulder, and its alert red eyes, full of intelligence, looked straight at the bloodkin Lolita Lucifer. Speaking in rapid clicks, they used a bloodkin language which Clyde couldn’t understand to communicate. Not long ago, Adrian Empire’s Michelson Fortress had been breached by Augusta Empire. There, Princess Ophelia had used less than 20,000 soldiers to wipe out over 50,000 defending troops of Adrian Empire.

In this war, all the deployable troops of Adrian Empire had been completely defeated. Adrian Empire had no choice but to concentrate its entire remaining troops in the capital region after this disastrous loss. Thus, they had given up a large number of small and mid-sized cities, which had been Augusta Empire’s ripe targets for plundering. Fortunately, the expeditionary army of “Pure White Empire” Winifred Empire had already arrived at the border region, so Augusta Empire couldn’t capture Adrian Empire’s capital city and take advantage of this favorable situation without risking themselves. Their offense could only stop at this point.

However, all this had nothing to do with Owles Kingdom. They were still in imminent danger of perishing. As long as Augusta Empire attacked Oran City in passing while withdrawing their troops, their kingdom would perish. It seemed that this place was not suitable to stay at over the long term. Thinking about this, Clyde had a headache. He had only just settled in during the past few days, but now, he had to rejoin the vagrant life. He had seen Princess Ophelia before. According to his observation, this princess was a militant person. It was very unlikely that she would let Owles Kingdom off.

“Eh, how come there’s a box? Strange. There was nothing before.”

“Big Brother Clyde, I suddenly have an urgent matter that I have to handle. You should rest first!”

“Lucifer, it’s late. Where are you going?”

When Clyde returned to the repaired imperial bedroom, he noticed a black wooden box beside the bed. The box was unlocked and half-covered by a white sign. On the sign, the word “gift” was written. It was already night now, so who had sent the gift in the middle of the night? In this imperial palace, there was no one else other than Princess Saras, himself, and Lucifer.

Lucifer took a glance at the wooden box and sniffed the air before immediately discovering what was inside. However, Lucifer didn’t intend to tell Clyde. After flashing Clyde a mysterious smile, she turned around and left. As she left, she intentionally closed the bedroom door, leaving behind a confused Clyde. Although Clyde was one of the Great Old Ones, he was not omnipotent: he couldn’t guess what was in this Lolita’s mind.