Chapter 196 (1/2)

Westhill City was the capital of Westwood Province, the Tulip Fa commercial city of the Empire It could also be considered the Tulip Family's main headquarters

The entire city had been waiting for the Duke's arrival with exciteiven an unprecedented elcoarded the Duke of the Tulip Family as a God and worshi+pped him The only problem was that the Duke did not appear

On the first day itself, Rody used the Duke's appearance to h At the very least he gave the iood This was also because Nicole had given him a special medicine that made his body sweat continuously When they see the Duke's pale expression, his weak voice and excessive sweating, they started to become worried for the pillar of the Empire

After the reception, Rody went to the back and drank a lot of water This is because Nicole's h he would recover in time, until then, he would sweat a lot and require a lot of water The only thing he could do was to drink more water

After he finished acting, Rody removed his mask and put on the clothes of the Imperial Guards He then quietly left the courtyard of the Duke's s and the I the Duke were arranged to live in the barracks not far away fro history

Every time the Duke visited his fief, he would take a few soldiers for security Now that the Duke had become a Supreme Commander, it would be even more essential

Rody had just returned to the barracks He siuard the Duke's o and see Nicole From that day onwards, Rody would try and stay close to Nicole using his own identity

However, the moment he went to the doors of the barracks, he saw a few I badly battered One of the was yelling as if he was gathering more men Rody frowned He stepped forward and asked, ”What happened here?”

The soldiers saw their superior officer and froze while the one that was shouting turned pale

”What happened here?” Rody stood in front of the so much noise in the barracks? What battalion are you from?”

The soldier started to sweat and loudly said, ”I ai the streets After that, we ended up entering a tavern and fought against other people And”

Rody gloomily looked at their injuries and coldly said, ”After that, you were beaten up Aht?”

Rody's face was firated to protect the Iant Soh Rody was only with the Imperial Guards for a short time, he had already felt the difference

These soldiers had been the personal guards of the Ier than the average soldier Although Rody was dissatisfied, this occurrence was quite norher thanGod's whip It was not surprising that they would be arrogant As long as they were strictly supervised and do not violate military discipline it would not be too out of the ordinary

They had already stirred up trouble the first day they arrived at West Hill Rody was displeased and wanted to take this opportunity to discipline these arrogant fellows However, the strange part was that there were people brave enough to beat up the Imperial Guards

”Patrol? You went and patrol at the pub?” Rody sneered

The soldiers iht One of the braver ones whispered hesitantly, ”We were off duty, and were normally…”

Rody nodded his head and said, ”What patrol were you talking about? Just say you were out on a stroll! What happened to your face?”

That soldier felt even more aard and hesitated He then said softly, ”We were drinking at a pub and got into a conflict … and then”

”Who was it?”

The soldiers looked at each other as if they were too afraid to speak

Rody laughed coldly and then said, ”What are you looking at? You were beaten but dared not say who did it?”

”It… It was a woman! A beautiful woman!”

”Woman?” Rody's face sank ”You stirred up trouble in the pub?”