A strange world

Chapter 173 Section 27. New Territories

Francois, wrapped in a warm deerskin coat, came to the carriage blocked by knights outside the new town.

"You are not welcome here."

Francois prepares the knight to drive away the uninvited guests: Lorna Gilman and her deformed brother.

The Gilman family is notorious in Breeze City, putting even Francois to shame. At least people from Breeze City don't scare their children by saying, "If you cry again, the shameless Baron will tear your face off."

Lorna Gilman stepped out of the carriage with the emblem on it, and the cold sea breeze lifted her black hair: "Francois, I thought you could understand us who are in the same situation."

"What do you want to say?" Francois frowned slightly.

"The rumors about cannibalism, incest, and belief in evil gods...'Brother' and I are ready to end the continuation of the bad bloodline. Belief in evil gods has also stayed with our parents."

"So cannibalism is real?"

"...The King in the North can accept ogres, why can't he accept us?"

Francois glanced at the carriage: "You want to join Xingyue Bay? Why."

"Why are you doing this?"

The answer is no burden. These new citizens don't know about "Shameless Baron" and don't care. The busyness of Xingyue Bay keeps Francois busy and fulfilled.

Do the Gilman siblings also want to get rid of their stigma and start over like themselves?

A nobleman who defected to the King of the North... Francois chose to bring Lorna Gilman to Annan and leave it to the lord to decide.

…

Annan, Ingrid and the squat craftsman gathered around the mold. The sharp hammer wielded by the squat craftsman only carved a white mark and chips into the solidified cement. The squat craftsman knocked dozens more times, but only dug out a shallow pit, confirming that it had a hardness similar to stone.

"It flows like water when stirred, and is as hard as stone when solidified... This is what I call the foundation of Xingyue Bay."

"Are you sure you want to pave the road with something so expensive?"

These days, the squat craftsman has witnessed Annan's generosity - no matter how responsible the lord is, he will only keep his people in a state where they can still work without starving to death and freezing to death. But in Xingyue Bay, although there is endless work, no one endures the cold and hunger.

Ingrid also had the same expression - nothing stained with alchemy is cheap.

"Cement is not that expensive and can even be produced in large quantities... If you are willing to join Xingyue Bay, I will tell you the formula."

Now Annan only has the ratio of cement and sand. The real recipe lies with Michael.

And Annan has been coveting Ingrid and artistic craftsmen for a long time——

The squat craftsman became interested, but Ingrid was not interested enough.

"Are you sure you want me to join your territory?"

"Any questions?"

The short and fat craftsman's answer was to use a short blade to shave off the thick beard that the dwarves treasured. His body was as rough as a wine barrel but had an elf-like appearance.

The beard is actually the protective cloak of the squat craftsman.

"Are you an elf?"

Whether it's an elf mother or a dwarf mother... they are both true love.

"My father is an elf and my mother is a dwarf."

Therefore, houses designed by half-elves or half-dwarves will have the clever style of elven architecture.

But Annan didn't understand what this had to do with joining Xingyue Bay.

Ingrid knew that the King of the North was different from normal nobles and even normal people: "We humans are biased against all races and mixed bloodlines."

"Just this?"

But Annan didn't care, and was even happy. Elves can live to be two or three thousand years old, dwarves can live to be three to four hundred years old, and squat craftsmen can live to at least eight or nine hundred years old - working for Xingyue Bay for hundreds of years.

It's just that the pudgy craftsman didn't easily believe that Annan would accept him. Annan was about to prove this when Francois led Lorna Gilman outside the big house.

Her black hair startled Annan, thinking that it was Leila who had come back.

"Jack."

Lorna Gilman showed a sweet smile to Annan, who looked like "another one", skillfully took out the magic stone from the drawer, signed his name and handed it to her.

"Annan, Lorna wants to join Xingyue Bay." Francois reminded in a low voice.

However, the black-haired girl took out a gemstone in exchange for the magic stone, and her fingertips brushed across the back of Annan's hand.

This black gemstone of good quality would not be less than 100 gold coins, but Annan did not change his mind - he still remembered the chaotic evil of the Gilman family.

"This is my 'brother'."

The black-haired girl opened the carriage door outside the big house, and a pale girl with long orange hair, who seemed to have no bones, slumped on the carriage.

"A girl?"

“The Gilman family’s legacy of ugliness will end in my generation,” she said. "We will no longer believe in evil gods."

"What about cannibalism?"

Lorna Gilman did not shy away from this: "Only cannibalism can alleviate our suffering..."

Annan also mentioned that she once wanted to eat herself at the banquet in Breeze City, and Lorna explained that she smelled the sour smell of the Countess that did not belong to humans——

It turns out she was right, the Countess was a rat.

"I need time to think about it."

Annan temporarily placed the Gilman sisters who had taken refuge in him in an empty house in the camp, and guarded the knights around them.

To resolve this episode, Annan released the portal and asked the ogre to contact Olmedo to investigate the Gilman family, and then to find Michael and Bronzebeard:

Inviting Bronzebeard to choose the location of the blacksmith shop, Annan told the half-dwarf that the real dwarves would also stay in the town.

"My name is Eli Rubble," the half-dwarf said.

Annan got the formula from Michael and gave it to the grateful Eli Gravel, reminding him not to use sea sand.

Next is the matter of the Gilman family. The person Olmedo sent to investigate told Annan that the Gilman family indeed no longer believes in evil gods. Francois was still a little hesitant:

"The identities of the Gilman sisters are not simple..."

"This is not important."

Annan is self-aware and looks around him:

Olmedo, her father Augusta is the originator of the rat plague in Breeze City and Levi's attack; Della, who appears to be the Wine Lady, is actually a rat spy; the Wine Lady, her family has thousands of connections with the devil. Inextricably linked; Catalina, a fanatic believer in the evil god. Klein, whose identity is mysterious and whose origin is unknown; Fast, Andrew Luna, and Bronzebeard, all come from secret societies.

Even Francois's past is full of stories - there is nothing special about having another family of cannibals.

After confirming that the disappearance of people in Breeze City had nothing to do with the Gilman family, Annan called Lorna and finally asked about the details of "cannibalism".

Lorna said she would wander the streets and lure bad guys to remote places... Annan's incident was an accident - she couldn't stand the delicious fragrance Annan exuded.

Annan reluctantly took it as a compliment: "If you get rid of your cannibalism, I will allow you to join Xingyue Bay."

"The ogre stopped eating humans a long time ago. It now has a special liking for sweets. I suggest you give it a try."