before he was crowned king

In the middle of the night, Cross Castle was two hundred miles away from Nexco Village.

The pair of white animal ears on the top of the slender girl's head was trembling in extreme fear. Amid the elegant sound of the violin, her hands gently kneaded the man's leg in accordance with the rhythm of the melody. The pale fat on the man's leg shook like a A piece of dead pork that has been sitting for a long time.

The mellow wine was gently shaking in the silver cup. The man with a swollen face was lying on a soft fur recliner. His body was soothed and his face was happy. He raised his head and put a pint of fine wine worth a hundred gold coins into his throat, squinting his eyes He smacked his tongue exaggeratedly, his actions were not like tasting wine, but more like indulging in the intoxication behind money and power.

The door of the room opened, and someone walked in pushing a golden dining cart.

"Baron Tolland, here comes your steak."

"Hmm... cut it for me, each piece should be as thick as her finger." The man opened his eyes slightly, looking at the girl kneeling at his feet with a hungry wolf-like gaze.

"Yes." The tall waiter replied softly.

"Oh, cute and beautiful kitten, my kitten, what's your name?" Baron Toland leaned forward, and his hands fell on the girl's fluffy and soft long hair, stroking back and forth.

"..." The girl trembled, her pupils filled with fear.

"Say it! I don't raise a cat that can't meow!" Baron Tolland tightened his hands suddenly, pulling the girl's hair tightly, with a horrifying expression, "Quickly answer me! You cat in human clothes hides of livestock."

The girl let out a "woo-woo-woo" wailing, and her body twisted crazily, trying to escape Baron Tolan's control, but what she didn't know was that her panicked and fearful reaction was exactly what Baron Toland wanted to see.

"Your voice is wrong! Baby, you are a cat, cats don't bark like that." Baron Tolland clamped the girl's chin with his other hand, forcing her to look directly at him, "Do you know? I I like your eyes the most, one is blue and the other is yellow, wild cats are not like this, only the eyes of noble cats in the capital have this color, they are noble and beautiful, as beautiful as a crystal ball..."

A sour metallic sound interrupted Baron Toland's fond memories. He frowned and turned around, only to see the waiter standing beside him rubbing two table knives against each other.

"What are you doing?" Baron Toland let go of the girl, staring at the noise maker in front of him, "Stop."

"As you can see, I'm sharpening my knife."

"This is the tenderloin, the tenderest and top part of the whole cow. There is no need to sharpen the knife at all." Baron Tolland stood up and approached the waiter, "You idiot, ignorant countryman,"

The waiter's movements stopped, he raised his head, and the coldness in his eyes shocked Baron Tolan.

"This knife is not for steak." Thin lips opened and closed silently, "You fat pig."

"What?" Baron Tolan's pupils shrank suddenly, and before he could react, a brutal force hit his abdomen directly, forcing him to fall back on the couch again.

The girl hugged her head in horror, and she mustered up the courage to open her eyes. The lowly waiter stepped on Baron Tolland's chest with one foot, looking down at Baron Tolland's liver-colored face condescendingly.

"You, you... who the hell are you?" Baron Tolland opened his eyes wide, holding the man's trousers tightly with both hands.

The waiter pressed the corner of his mouth slightly, took off the wig on his head and threw it aside, he scratched his short hair, revealing two gray animal ears.

"Ya, Ya Beast...you are..." Halfway through speaking, Baron Tolan's throat was cut open by the silver blade.

"Smelly noble maggots, waste that takes pleasure in eating other people's lives." The man's voice was as decisive as cutting iron, "I will send you to hell with my own hands."

The man withdrew the knife in his hand, his movements were smooth and crisp, and the lines drawn by his arms were pleasing to the eye.

"Kason, the outside is finished." Two men walked in, they were twins, they looked exactly the same, "The baron..."

"Dead." Kaisen took off the waiter's coat.

"Ah, there is a beautiful girl with different eyes." One of the twins walked out, "Don't be afraid, we are good people and we are here to save you."

The girl curled up slightly, staring blankly at the corpse lying on the ground.

"What's your name?"

"Ling... Lan."

"Lily of the valley? Isn't that a small white flower? Haha, do you know the Orc Alliance? We are their branch—"

"Warner, I said not to mention the organization casually." Kaisen interrupted the conversation directly.

"Sorry." Warner quickly covered his mouth.

"We should go, Kayson," said Warner's twin brother Ward.

Kaisen nodded, and threw the waiter's coat into the girl's arms, "You are free now, take the valuable things here and go."

"Please... please take me away!" The girl suddenly said, "I want to join you!"

The footsteps of the three people stopped.

"Kayson" Warner looked at the leading man, "We are all men in our organization, or—"

"Are you kidding me?" Kaysen growled at Warner, "Don't you know how dangerous what we're doing is?"

"I'm not afraid of danger! I'm not afraid at all! I can do anything and I will never be a burden to you." The girl looked at Kaisen with pleading eyes.

Kaisen turned his head, "Have you ever killed someone?"

"..." The girl was stunned.

"This is the most basic bottom line. We don't have time to teach you how to hold a knife." Kaisen's voice was indifferent. He was about to look away and leave when the girl suddenly picked up the table knife and stood up unsteadily from the ground.

She ran towards Baron Tolland's body with bare feet, and stabbed the knife in the baron's heart with precision. Blood sprayed out from the blade, and she raised her hand and inserted the knife into the same place again.

"This..." Hua De looked a little shocked.

"What are you doing?" Kaisen stepped forward, frowning, and grabbed the slender wrist. The silver table knife fell back to the ground, and the girl's eyes were full of tears.

"I... my dad works in a slaughterhouse... I have helped. I can treat people like piglets, I can kill them. Please, please let me join, I will avenge my parents ...please...I want revenge."

Kaisen's body was slightly startled, he let go of his hand, and the girl fell to the ground and cried bitterly.

"Knowing how to kill is not enough." Kaisen looked out of the dark window, "We don't lack a knife to kill here, what we lack is a person who wields the knife."

Ling Lan's eyes gradually despaired.

"Can you cook?" Kaisen asked suddenly.

"Yes, yes."

"Warner's cooking is too bad. You will be responsible for cooking in the future."

The girl's expression was a little dull, and it wasn't until Warner helped her up that he realized that Kaisen had agreed to take him in.

"It's really unexpected that you agreed." Hua De followed behind Kaisen, "Are you going to polish that girl into a knife as sharp as ours?"

"It depends on which piece of material she is," Kaysen said. "Weak people have their own words."

"I was once played around by a person. This incident made me understand that you don't have to know how to kill with a knife."

"I remember you saying that man might be a student!" Ward recalled.

"Yes, until now I think about it every night, and then I am more and more sure, that person is him, it must be him, I was deceived by his acting appearance." Kaisen clenched his hands tightly, sharp His fangs were exposed, "But it doesn't matter, as long as he stays with that prince, I believe I will see him again sooner or later."

"Xion, I heard from Lambert that your judgment is very accurate." Mars lowered his head, and printed the red seal representing his identity on the parchment, "I can rest assured only if I entrust the matter to you .”

"Your Highness is awesome." Sean leaned over slightly, and as soon as he rushed back to the capital, he was summoned into this study room. In the previous half hour, he reported to Mars what they had done in Nexco Village in the past few days. all through.

"I've already sent someone to secretly investigate the low-level citizens being trafficked into slave farms." Mars' voice paused, "It's a pity that the matter of Baron Tolland cannot be further investigated."

"Did something happen?" Sean asked looking up.

"Just the night before, that is, the night you left, Cross Castle was invaded by rebel sub-orcs, and Baron Toland was brutally assassinated." Mars shook his head, "This morning, the queen was still chasing after her in the palace. After conferring on him an Iron Medal for Bravery, we can no longer make fuss about dead people."

"That can only be done slowly." Sean's eyes drooped slightly, "Exposing Baron Toland's evil deeds will only make the Queen unhappy."

"That's the truth. There have been too many things that upset my mother recently in the capital." Mars leaned on the sofa and scratched his short silver hair wearily. "A good vacation has also become a mess."

"It seems that His Highness hasn't had a good rest these days." Sean walked over, holding a soft pillow behind Mars' waist.

"Yes." Mars chuckled, "I'm not used to you being away these days."

"You can rest assured about this, Vice President Lambert will come back to serve you tomorrow." Sean said.

"You don't want to follow me?" Mars suddenly raised his head, looking at the young man standing behind him without warning.

"You misunderstood, there is no such thing at this moment." Sean lowered his head and said calmly, "But Your Highness, this is the job of the vice president, and I am only temporarily replacing it."

"Lambert is the son of Earl Shelter. He will soon be in the third grade, so he should be on his own." Mars looked back, "I will arrange other jobs for him."

"Then do I want to continue to play the role of your attendant?" Sean asked softly.

"What? Are you willing?" Mars said casually, holding the official document in his hand.

"Of course, I'm extremely happy." Sean said lightly.

"Why am I so reluctant to hear the voice?" Mars smiled, "Is it because I treat you badly? Knowing that you and Alex were buried underground, I was so worried that I couldn't even sleep well. "

"I think you should have received the letter this morning." Sean said helplessly.

"Yeah, I didn't sleep well in the afternoon, what's the problem?" Mars shrugged, his tone relaxed, "You know, a fifteen-hour nap is essential for me, and it is related to my efficiency in the afternoon. Sean, it's all because of you."

"Yes." Sean sighed, with a gentle voice, "Then how do you want me to make up for this mistake?"