"Okay." Lu Ming, who was being pressured to have a child, immediately grabbed Yorshka and Sham and ran away as if fleeing when he saw Sham.
Seeing this, Sham's mother shook her head helplessly, then went to wash her hands with Muka and prepared to go to the restaurant for dinner.
Meanwhile, in the city of Krimhild, the territory of Viscount Siegfried, the Tree Viper Sweckas family welcomed two guests and their three thousand knights.
This person was none other than Count Brookkakaro, the lord of the Earldom of Muspelheim, and Count Lothric, advisor to Grand Duke Rael.
The Sweckas family panicked the moment they saw the two arrive, for these were no ordinary people; their visit to Krimhild was unlikely to be for anything trivial. Therefore, from the moment they received the two men until they were introduced to their patriarch, Colmont, the Sweckas family proceeded with extreme caution, daring not to make the slightest mistake. Those who had secretly joined Evanes's camp were even more so.
Sitting on a chair beside Colmont's hospital bed, Brooke peeled an orange and said to Colmont, "You old codger, you're so sick, and I haven't seen anyone here to take care of you. Looks like you're having a pretty rough time!"
“My lord, please don’t tease me. I’m just sick, and we’re afraid of catching it…” Colmont said, defending the people who had already joined Eveness’s side out of fear.
"Alright, alright, look at you, so weak and listless. They poisoned you and you're still defending them." Before Colmont could finish speaking, Brooke impatiently shoved the whole orange into Colmont's mouth, silencing him.
However, Brooke's words startled Colmont, but the next moment, screams suddenly came from outside the room, which terrified him.
“We’re here to help you deal with those in your family who have sided with Evanes,” Lothric said, eating an apple nearby. “You must be wondering why we know there are Evanes’s remnants in your family.”
"Ugh! Ugh! Ugh~!!" Because his mouth was stuffed with an orange, Colmont didn't ask or answer.
However, Lothric did not need his answer.
“We know you originally sought help from Lu Ming, but unfortunately, the Hatu family in Niflheim has encountered a similar situation to yours, forcing him to deal with that side. So, the two of us came instead. However, you don't need to worry about anything. We have detailed investigation reports on every member of your family, so we definitely won't kill the wrong person!”
"Uuuuuuu..."
"Oh right, didn't you say before that your people didn't take care of you because they were afraid of being infected by you? Then, let's use that as an excuse to announce to the outside world that they were infected by you and that's why they died!" Ignoring Colmont's shock, Lothric made a terrifying suggestion.
Upon hearing Lothric's suggestion, Colmont was gripped by fear. If Lothric and Brooke were to use this excuse to cover up the truth about the deaths of the Sweckas family members, what would happen to him, the first one to fall ill?
The answer is obvious: death!
Muspelheim doesn't need a sickly man as a viscount, especially with the Aifa Empire about to invade. So he has to die, otherwise the entire Muspelheim will be dragged down by him, and even Earl Brookkakaro will be reviled by Grand Duke Rael!
Because of this, Brooke decided to go all the way and just kill him.
So Brooke stood up from the chair, placed his hand on the hilt of his sword, slowly drew the longsword, and slowly cast his cold gaze at Colmont on the hospital bed.
"Don't worry, your title will be inherited by your family, not taken by someone else. However, your four sons are really hopeless. Even though they know that you were poisoned by those Evanes people, they still spend their days eating, drinking and having fun, without any intention of coming to me to save you. Therefore, I have decided to let your brother's branch inherit your title."
With his longsword pressed against Colmont's neck, Brooke laughed and said, "Now, you'd better eat this orange!"
Knowing he was doomed, he figured it was better to obey than to provoke Brook and get his child involved. So he reluctantly ate the orange, juice dripping everywhere...
"You're a decent dog, but too stupid!" Brooke smiled slightly as he looked at Colmont, who had already closed his eyes, and then chopped off one of Colmont's hands with his longsword!
Immediately, Colmont screamed in agony, completely losing his previous listlessness.
"Old man, you're still pretending in front of me? You really aren't afraid of death!" Brook sneered as he used his sword to pry open the hand of Colmont that he had just cut off, and saw that it was holding a teleportation magic device.
"My Lord Earl... have... have... have... have mercy..." The excruciating pain from his severed arm caused Colmont to break out in a cold sweat and stutter as he spoke.
However, Count Brooke Caro was not an easy person to get along with, and he wouldn't listen to Colmont's ideas.
“I know you’re known for your deception, so I’ve been on guard against this move. Besides, Count Lothric has already learned from that bastard Lu Ming that you’re faking illness. Therefore, this sword is my punishment for daring to deceive me, the Count!” He looked calmly at Colmont and once again placed his longsword against Colmont’s neck.
"My lord... I... I... I won't dare again..."
"You don't dare? This isn't a question of whether you dare or not, but whether you did it at all! Since you dared to deceive me, you should accept my punishment!" Brooke said slowly with a sneer.
"My Lord...I..." Colmont tried to beg for mercy, but Brooke had no patience to waste any more words with him, so without saying a word, he directly chopped off Colmont's head with his sword!
At that moment, a knight entered and respectfully reported to Brook and Lothric, "My lords, all those on the list from the Swicace family have been killed. Those who are not suspects have been placed in inns in the city and are awaiting your orders!"
"Go and spread the word that I've decided to let Colmont's brother inherit the title, and that the rest of you should assist him properly and get the army in Siegfried's territory trained as soon as possible!"
"Yes, Your Excellency!"
Chapter 3 - Magical Puppet Soldiers
After spending a few days in Hector, Lu Ming and the others returned to Odysseus's territory.
However, only Sham and a few others returned to Odyssey City, while Lu Ming and Ramanlas went directly to the Prometheus Magic School.
Since the start of the next semester, Principal Lu Ming has not returned to the school, which seems rather unreasonable. Therefore, he wants to go back to the school before Aifa begins its invasion to see the students and Miral.
When Lu Ming and his companion returned to the magic school, it was already past four in the afternoon. Very few people were there to greet them. This was partly because the war had caused some professors to resign and join the army in preparation for the impending conflict. Also, classes were in session, and school rules stipulated that no one could disturb the students' lessons. Therefore, only a handful of professors came to greet Lu Ming and his companion.
"How's school lately? Have the children's studies been affected?" As he walked into the academy, Lu Ming asked the professor who had come to greet him.
"Everything at the school is as usual, and the children have not been negatively affected by the war. However, some students who are close to the students from Yaru are worried that their friends will be tortured and killed by the evil cult."
"Those children will be back soon. Our week of instruction was very effective. Relying on their intelligence, they all managed to avoid the persecution of the evil cult and successfully survived with their families." Hearing the professor's words, Lu Ming couldn't help but smile.
"That's good. We teachers are also very worried about those children!"
Lu Ming smiled slightly and said, "They are our students, so it's normal for us to worry about them. But there's no need to worry now; they'll be back in class in a few days."
"Yes."
Weiwei chatted briefly with the professors who were waiting for them at the school gate. Then, Lu Ming and Ramanlas went into the teaching building and returned to their respective offices to prepare for the classes and other things that needed to be prepared in advance.
On his way back to the principal's office, Lu Ming paused briefly outside a classroom, because the person attending class inside was his wife, Miral.
However, Mirall's class was so bad that many students were dozing off, which made Lu Ming smile helplessly.
After listening for about five minutes, Lu Ming smiled and left, returning to the principal's office.
"Looks like I not only have to prepare those things, but also teaching materials for Miral? Kanina and Amelia don't even know how to help her, they just want me to do it... Oh well, what can I do, he's her husband..." Standing in front of his office door, Lu Ming pushed it open to himself, and then he saw a shocking scene reflected in the mirror.
His office looked like it had been ransacked. Notebooks, books, and other belongings were all gone, and piles of unidentified items lay scattered on the floor. His small bed was also piled high with a huge heap of dirty clothes...
"Does that guy think this place is a workshop?" Helplessly rubbing his forehead, Lu Ming sighed with a headache. He then casually took a wooden basin from a cabinet in the room, piled the clothes and smelly sheets from the small bed into the basin, and took it out to wash them.
"He's a viscount, yet he has to do his wife's laundry. What kind of nonsense is this!" Carrying the pile of smelly clothes, Lu Ming went to the private bathroom in his principal's office, washed the clothes and his bed sheets, dried them with magic, folded and put them away, and then couldn't help but complain.
However, while the dirty clothes and sheets were dealt with, other things hadn't been tidied up yet. With no other option, Lu Ming had to sort the pile of unidentified magical materials on the floor into several large boxes, then move those boxes to a corner. This was to prevent them from continuing to pile up there and get in the way.
After tidying everything up, Lu Ming collapsed into his office chair, exhausted...
"Do you have to lock the office door when you leave school from now on? Seriously!" Slumped in his chair, Lu Ming held the crystal amber eye and stared into the eyeball inside, complaining about Miral.
Just then, the door to his office was pushed open.
Looking over there, you can see Miral, who is so tired that she can barely keep her eyes open, carrying a few textbooks and staggering towards her small bed with newly changed sheets.
Seeing that Miral looked completely different from when she was teaching in the classroom, almost collapsing from exhaustion, Lu Ming stood up, walked over, picked her up, and gently placed her on the small bed.
Although Miral had a slight odor, this wasn't the time to worry about that, especially since she was already exhausted.
He helped Miral take off her coat and covered her with a blanket. Then, Lu Ming picked up Miral's textbooks and glanced at them. Seeing that she had another class to teach, he couldn't help but smile wryly. He took the textbooks and left the principal's office to take over Miral's last class of the day.
On the way, Lu Ming met a professor and after exchanging a few words with her, he learned that Mirall had not rested for many days.
These days, she has to teach students during the day and conduct puppet soldier experiments in the principal's office at night, which makes many professors worry that she might overwork herself to death and let Henes take over the position of vice principal.
Lu Ming didn't say anything about this, but he thought of a certain bastard who could stay away from home for more than a month just to teach his students.
"Principal, if possible, you'd better let the vice-principal go home and get some rest, just in case something happens," the professor said to Lu Ming as they parted.
For a moment, Lu Ming fell silent, but he still smiled and replied, "I understand!"
Then he went to teach his students.
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Forty-five minutes later, after putting all the luggage in her and Miral's room, Ramanlas came to Principal Lu Ming's office.
As soon as she pushed open the door to the principal's office, Ramanlas saw Miral getting up from Lu Ming's small bed and looking around for her clothes.
Seeing this, Ramanlas ran over, pressed her down onto the bed, and said, "Mirael, you need to rest now!"
"Ramanlas? When did you get back?" Exhausted, Miral struggled for a moment before giving up, unable to break free from Ramanlas's control. However, it was only after giving up that she recognized Ramanlas.
Instantly, Ramanlas knew that Miral was so tired that her brain wasn't working properly, so she immediately pressed Miral down onto the bed and said, "Now you go to sleep!"
“…” After a slight silence, Miral said, “Then remember to wake me up tonight. I need to further improve my puppet soldiers.”
"Okay, okay, now you'd better get some sleep!" Ramanlas said to Miral, hoping she would fall asleep quickly.
But then, Miral suddenly remembered something, sat up abruptly, looked towards the center of the principal's office, and saw that all the things she had piled up there were gone. She couldn't help but scream, and hurriedly grabbed Ramanlas, asking, "Did you see the things I used for my experiments?"
“No!” Ramanras shook her head slightly, then pressed Miral back onto the bed and said, “Lu Ming is back too, and he should have put your things away. So in order for you to still be able to get those things, you’d better go to sleep now, lest he get angry and throw away everything he gave you.”
However, Miral completely ignored Ramanlas and forcibly broke free from Ramanlas's control using magic. She ran barefoot to the two cabinets in the room and began rummaging through the experimental materials.
Watching Miral turn over Lu Ming's clothes and belongings one by one and throw them on the ground, Ramanlas couldn't help but angrily say, "What are you doing! These are all Lu Ming's things!"
Miral retorted, "What do you know! If my research succeeds, it can save countless soldiers! Lu Ming won't blame me at all!"
"But do you really think Lu Ming would hide those things here?" Ramanlas picked up the clothes Miral had thrown out one by one and then asked Miral like a fool.
Miral immediately stopped what she was doing, glanced stiffly at the doorway, and then slammed back onto the small bed, instantly appearing to fall asleep without moving.
Before Ramanlas could react, the door to the principal's office was opened.
Lu Ming walked in carrying his textbooks and saw that his clothes and belongings were scattered everywhere. Ramanlas was also holding his clothes and looking at him with an expression that said, "I didn't have time to run away." He couldn't help but feel a little annoyed.
"The things are in the box in the corner, please don't rummage through my cabinet anymore. Also, if you're afraid I'll be angry, then don't do this!" Lu Ming said somewhat angrily as he put the textbooks on the sofa for guests and picked up his things.
Upon hearing this, Miral, who had been pretending to be asleep, sat up and said somewhat dejectedly, "I'm sorry."
"Now go to sleep!" Turning around, Lu Ming glanced at Miral and commanded.
Upon hearing the order, Miral immediately lay down obediently and soon fell asleep.
Seeing this, Ramanlas, who was helping Lu Ming put his things back in the cabinet, couldn't help but say, "Mirael is really something. I tried to persuade her for a long time, but she wouldn't go to rest. You just said one word, and she obediently went to rest."
"What's wrong? Are you angry?" Lu Ming asked with a smile as he pulled Ramanlas into his arms.
"No, it's just that I envy..."
Before Ramanlas could finish speaking, Lu Ming suddenly kissed her on the lips, interrupting her.
After a long while, Lu Ming finally released Ramanlas and said with a smile, "I'm in a bad mood, so you'll stay with me tonight."
"But judging from Mirall's posture, she'll probably be conducting puppet soldier experiments tonight. Won't what we're doing disturb her?"
"We're going to bother her and prevent her from completing this experiment that's making me so upset. Besides, I refuse to believe she can stand it and continue doing the experiment..."
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"You bastard, you can actually hold back?!"
At night, Lu Ming stood behind Miral, who was conducting an experiment, looking at her with a frustrated expression.
"Hmph! You think you can make me give up my great experiment with just a little bit of 'xiao chuan'? You underestimate me!" Miral said arrogantly as he controlled the two puppet soldiers to fight.
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