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Ron was happy to be right about Lucien. Although Angela is a very stubborn person and even rude sometimes, Lucien not only helped them, but he is also very respectful to her and the princesses.

”Well, as I said, thanks to the girls, we managed to defeat the bandits. The fight was not easy, but they retreat, and we also managed to capture two of them.”

”After that, we went to other villages and left most of my spies and soldiers there to defend them. From the last reports I received, the situation only worsens, and almost half of the men who stayed have already died.”

Lucien needed an army to conquer Portgreen, but he could not train soldiers for that war if they couldn't even protect Bluewind first.

”What information did you get from the bandits?” Lucien knew that unlike wild beasts, men did not act alone, so if he could find out where these bandits gather, it would be easier to solve the problem.

Ron is by nature a gentleman, but he is also a loyal servant of Angela and the people of Bluewind. He used all methods to interrogate the bandits who were doing so much harm to his homeland.

”We got some locations, approximate numbers, and two names. Enzo and Neola. They seem to be leaders of two groups that, despite not being united, help each other in attacks on our people.”

Then Angela showed Lucien some of the maps that Ron's spies made with the information they got from the bandits.

Although the situation looked bad for the people of Bluewind, Lucien thought the solution would be simple. Since there seemed to be no people above the S-rank among the bandits, Lucien and his girls could easily deal with them.

The only apparent difficulty was to find them in the vast forest that was a no man's land. ”I think dealing with these bandits is going to be good training for the girls. Tomorrow we will be going to look for these two leaders.”

Angela knew how Lucien worked things out, but she doesn't feel sorry for the bandits who attack her people without mercy. ”Are you going to kill everyone?”

”I don't know. It depends on whether they'll want to cooperate or not.” Lucien did not know the situation of the bandits. Apparently, they have no home and raid the people of Bluewind for food.

Of course, Lucien thought of his women and goals before and other people. Still, he wouldn't kill everyone if there was another solution for both sides.

Cassidy couldn't help but smile. Lucien was always willing to solve problems himself and not leave it to others.

”Then the problem with the bandits will be resolved quickly. Soon we will be able to focus on training more soldiers as they won't be dying every day.”

Angela could only agree with Cassidy. She also had high confidence in Lucien and knew that nothing could stop him.

”Yes, the bandits won't be a problem anymore, but the question of beasts remains. Ron, explain what you guys found out.”

Ron quickly picked a big map and started showing Lucien some areas. ”There are always beast attacks in these areas closest to the border. Mainly wolves, and tigers, killing farm animals such as cattle and goats.”

”But a few weeks ago the number of attacks increased more than five times. Now, various types of mystical beasts attack not only animals but also people. Also, in many other areas, even far from the border.”

It didn't take a genius to understand that something happened in the vast forest, which made the animals start to act like that.

Lucien could only think of his sisters coming to this world a few weeks ago, but he didn't know if that could be connected to the beasts issue.

He could investigate what was going on in the forest when he went there to look for the bandits. But to resolve the beasts' attacks, he now has a solution.

Lucien approached the table, took a quill and paper. Then he started drawing symbols on the sheet. It only took him less than a minute to finish and show it to Angela. ”Do you know what this is?”

Angela took the sheet with various circles and symbols. She knew almost half of the symbols, but the others were totally new, even for an experienced wizard as her.

”That sounds like an enchantment... But I've never seen anything like this before. What is it for?”

Lucien learned this enchantment from Cornelius's books, as well as other great knowledge, which could be useful at various times even though he could not do it himself always.

”This is an enchantment to create stone golems. They will be strong and will last for decades, defending the position they are assigned to. As they are very resistant, they will be able to keep the beasts away from the villages.”

Everyone in the room, except Lust, were surprised. That spell seemed very valuable and extremely useful to them in that situation.

Angela took another look at the enchantment while thinking aloud. ”I think that with a few hours, I can cast it. I also believe that Marie and Lena, as well as other wizards, can cast it with time and mana potions.”

Lucien was satisfied with that, after all, he could not use magic to make the golems and also could not leave everything to his women as they would need to make several of those golems to protect the entire western border.

”So we have a plan. Tomorrow we are all going west to start making the golems and meeting the bandit leaders.”

Angela's eyes sparkled when she looked at Lucien. He continued to surprise her, not only with his strength and loving actions but also with his capacity to lead and solve problems.

”That sounds like a great plan, Lucien. Thank you for helping us so much.”

Lucien couldn't help himself this time and started patting Angela on the head.

Although she found it totally inappropriate, she also couldn't resist while he is doing so much for her family and Kingdom.

”You don't have to thank me, mother-in-law. After all, we are family now.”