After the slave owners went bankrupt, they all wanted to keep me as a mistress.

The nobles would offer 30,000, 50,000, or even 100,000 gold coins, a reward that would make it worthwhile for the mercenaries to risk their lives to carry out the mission.

That's what Sophie said.

I heard that before the Empire issued the arrest warrant, Sophie's personal bounty had already reached 300,000 gold coins.

But this time the bounty is even more than Sophie's!

Lina thought to herself, "Then I'll use her to exchange for this bounty."

Five hundred thousand gold coins, that must be a trap.

However, even if we could only take out one-tenth, or even just one percent, of the gold coins, we could exchange them for food, water, and medicine to help Sister Sophie recover from her illness.

To Lina's surprise, this nobleman would be the kind older brother she had met that day.

The older brother was a good person; he allowed her to use the 500,000 gold coins freely, and even had the dragon woman buy her new clothes. He also didn't take her to the temple.

Although I will probably be sent to the temple in seven days, I can at least have the happiest week of my life, right?

Lina specially bought a lot of medicine to distribute as supplies.

She was worried that Sophie's witch identity would be exposed, so she sent the supplies to Sophie in this way.

But she never expected that her older sister Sophie would pose in such a lewd manner towards her older brother!

Did Sophie think she was forced?

Thinking of this, Lina suddenly stepped forward and tugged at Mu Qiu's sleeve.

"Ok?"

Mu Qiu was slightly taken aback. He turned his head and saw Lina stretching out her hands towards him, as if she wanted a hug. He also reached out and picked Lina up from the ground.

Baji——!

Everyone present was taken aback.

Lina gently kissed Mu Qiu's cheek, then buried her head in Mu Qiu's chest, her face beaming with happiness.

"Big brother is a good person! Lina likes big brother!"

Lina thought to herself.

This should make Sophie understand that she did it voluntarily, right?

This should let Sophie know that her older brother is a good person, right?

Vera's beautiful eyes flickered slightly as she noticed Sophie's gaze fixed on Lina. She nodded thoughtfully.

Mu Qiu was also taken aback. He put Lina down and touched her long, white hair.

Lina obediently rubbed against his palm.

Sophie fell silent.

Has Lina... completely fallen into depravity?

Her hair had turned completely white, and her life force had been completely drained. It was unimaginable what kind of perverse methods this nobleman had used to squeeze a girl's life force to this extent...

Corina... however, revealed a smile that seemed to come from the heart.

Did she... have no idea what this noble boy had done to her?

Sophie clenched her fists and took a deep breath.

Just as she was about to speak, Fiona's voice suddenly rang out.

"Master, she doesn't seem to be feeling well?"

Fiona was completely oblivious to the eye contact between Lina and Sophie.

In her opinion, although Sophie's actions were somewhat deliberate, she probably wanted to use her body to ask her master for more supplies.

Fiona felt sorry for the other person, so giving her a few more supplies wouldn't hurt.

However, this matter also depends on the owner's opinion.

Mu Qiu glanced at Sophie.

Ok……

Could this purple-haired woman be the real witch?

Mu Qiu had already guessed that there was a real witch behind Lina.

He just didn't expect the other party to jump out so quickly.

Are you worried about Lina's condition?

Fiona's words conveniently gave him an excuse to keep her there.

"Luckily, there are still some potions left in the inn."

Mu Qiu looked at Sophie.

"Madam, would you like to come back with us?"

Eh?

Fiona blinked her big eyes, a hint of confusion in her red pupils.

Why would the host suddenly bring a woman he doesn't know back to the hotel?

Although she is somewhat attractive, she is still far inferior to that shameless elf lady, isn't she?

Vera remained silent.

She could also see that a naive girl like Lina must have been protected by someone in the slums, and since she happened to have a book of Abyss magic, the person behind her was probably a real witch.

But... I never expected this real witch to look so frail.

Hearing this, Sophie was overjoyed.

Did it still work?

As expected, a lowly nobleman is still a lowly nobleman!

These vulgar nobles were completely powerless against beautiful women!

"Well... thank you very much, sir."

Sophie spoke softly, a hint of joy appearing on her slightly pale face.

Lina tugged at Mu Qiu's sleeve nervously.

Why did the older brother suddenly decide to keep Sophie here?

Has Sophie's identity been exposed?

Then...should she be more honest?

Her older brother had already helped her a lot, but she had kept this from him...

"Ok?"

Mu Qiu looked at Lina beside him and saw that the little girl's expression was slightly conflicted and uneasy. He smiled and patted her head.

"Don't worry."

He lowered his voice, speaking in a whisper so Sophie couldn't hear him, "I won't do anything to your sister Sophie. You sent me here to distribute supplies, right? It's just for her alone, isn't it?"

Lina was stunned.

So... did my older brother already know all along?

Lina lowered her head, fidgeting with the hem of her clothes, looking somewhat lost. Her lips moved slightly, and she said in a low voice, "I'm...I'm sorry..."

She was apologizing to Mu Qiu for hiding the truth from herself.

"It's ok."

Mu Qiu shook his head.

He could tell that Lina and Sophie cared about each other a lot.

He went to great lengths to deliver the supplies to Sophie without revealing her identity. She was willing to give him everything, even though she wasn't ready to face death. She bravely offered herself in exchange for the reward, yet she remained reserved about Sophie's affairs.

She is a very smart and courageous young girl.

Coincidentally, he's been worrying about something these past few days.

That is... what if Fiona doesn't leave after breaking through to Legendary status?

Mu Qiu remembered that Fiona had said that the princess she met in the Kingdom of Dolaken was a close friend of hers, as close as sisters.

Coincidentally, the Orion Empire is currently at war with the Kingdom of Dolaken.

It was only a matter of time before the Kingdom of Dorakon was defeated.

If someone could go to the Kingdom of Doraken at this time and deliver a message so that the princess could write a letter to Fiona pleading for help...

Given Fiona's personality, there's no way she would stay by his side any longer.

She'll definitely choose to run away, right?

"Moreover, this way we can specifically set aside some gold coins for Fiona."

Mu Qiu thought to himself.

What if the princess didn't receive Fiona's rescue? What if the legendary status of the Council of Stars, as Fiona imagined, wasn't so effective against the army of the Orion Empire...

According to the tradition of the Orion Empire, princesses and queens of fallen kingdoms are auctioned off!

Even the general who conquered the Kingdom of Dorakon and the army that occupied the capital of Dorakon had no right to deal with these prisoners of war from the royal family.

Because 70% of the gold coins obtained from the auction must be turned over to the national treasury.

If these prisoners of war are not auctioned off according to regulations, but instead beheaded, then the emperor will require the general who conquered the empire to hand over 70% of the highest historical price in prisoner auctions.

Normally, the auction price of these princesses and queens would not exceed one million gold coins.

The empire made this stipulation partly because of the centralism of the Aurian Empire, and partly because the empire was short of money and could not allow the generals who went to war to take all the benefits.

These prisoners of war can be used to motivate other nobles and also make a lot of money.

Moreover, the empire's military strength mainly relies on those powerful legendary professionals, the empire's mage legions, and other legions of all sizes, rather than a duke leading troops or an empire general!

Those legionary soldiers were trained and trained by the empire at great expense, not by any general!

You won the war with the Empire's army, do you still want to keep the fruits of victory all to yourself?

Even if you are a general, you don't have the authority to dispose of these prisoners of war privately!

If you take a fancy to a princess or a queen and want to possess her, or if you dislike a prisoner of war and want to behead him, then of course you can.

But if your actions cause losses to the empire, then you must compensate the empire!

The compensation amount is 70% of the highest historical price for prisoners of war of the same rank in past prisoner-of-war auctions.

In previous years, this amount was between 500,000 and 1 million.

However, due to a very special auction that took place three hundred years ago, and the prisoners of war's status was quite unique, no one dared to touch them.

She was a princess of a fallen kingdom, a saintess of the sun, and a direct descendant of a famous hero... This drew in all sides, even saints appeared at the auction house, and a fierce bidding war ensued.

That auction broke records, with the price reaching one million purple gold coins, which is a full one hundred million gold coins!

This means that anyone who disposes of prisoners of war privately after the war, causing the Empire to lose an additional princess-level prisoner of war according to the Empire's regulations, must compensate the Empire with 70 million gold coins!

This led to the fact that for the next three hundred years, all the princesses of defeated and fallen kingdoms were eventually auctioned off. No general or duke dared to take them privately; at the very least, they had to go through the auction process.

If you don't follow the proper procedures, then when the emperor of the empire confiscates your property, he won't follow the proper procedures either!

It was also thanks to the Emperor of the Orion Empire who held absolute power and firmly controlled 70% of the spoils from the prisoners of war!

Even if the Kingdom of Dorakon were defeated, no one would dare to touch the princess of the Kingdom of Dorakon; an auction would inevitably be held.

If anyone makes a move and something happens to the princess, the compensation of 70 million gold coins will fall on their own shoulders!

of course.

An ordinary princess of a fallen kingdom would typically fetch no more than two million gold coins at an auction.

but……