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"All that awaits her is the bullying and cold mockery of her brothers and sisters, and she might even be killed one day. This is the war between nobles."
After Chelsea finished speaking, he smiled and looked at Luo Xiu:
"Do you like war, Rosh?"
Chapter 33 This Is Not a War (Long Chapter) (Explosive Content) (Please Read On)
When asked by Chelsea, Rosicky did not answer.
Instead, he smiled, took off his hat, and bowed, saying:
"Long time no see, Mrs. Chelsea."
"haven't seen you for a long time."
Chelsea smiled, constantly wiping the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief, which was now completely soaked.
Luo Xiu took a new handkerchief from his magic pocket and handed it over.
"Thank you, Luo Xiu, you're still such a gentleman."
Mrs. Chelsea took the handkerchief and joked:
"I really thought you only had goblin pockets in your pockets, Luo Xiu."
Luo Xiu laughed:
"It seems Mrs. Chelsea, you've been watching from the sidelines for quite some time."
Chelsea, upon hearing Rodriguez's words, showed no embarrassment whatsoever; instead, they laughed heartily and replied:
"I'm sorry, Luo Xiu, you know my husband is just a baron. He can only add fuel to the fire, not burn himself out."
Luo Xiu, of course, didn't mind and said:
"I am already very grateful that you, Madam, stood up for me. You must have something to discuss with me this time, right?"
"Yes."
Chelsea nodded.
Would you like to come inside and sit for a while?
Luo Xiu extended an invitation.
"No, Luo Xiu, my husband is still waiting for me at home."
Chelsea answered naturally, with a regretful expression.
Luo Xiu was stunned.
Immediately he said:
"That's a shame."
Chelsea glanced at Mrs. Oles and Leila beside her, looking as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.
The old lady snorted and pulled Leila toward a house on the right:
"Come on, let me see if your cooking skills have gotten rusty lately."
Before entering the house, the old lady stopped, turned to Luo Xiu, and called out in a trembling voice in a lukewarm tone:
"Come to my house for dinner today."
"my pleasure."
Luo Xiu smiled and nodded.
Oles and Leila went inside.
Chelsea seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and spoke to Luo Xiu:
"Luo Xiu, I've been having the guards at the town gate keep an eye out for you. As soon as I heard you were back, I came to find you. I came to ask you if you want to come with me?"
"Leave? Mrs. Chelsea, where are you going?"
Luo Xiu asked in confusion.
“My husband, Baron Toller, is about to be promoted to viscount. He will be the lord of a town closer to Bandanda, and the entire baron’s manor will move there.”
Chelsea spoke up.
"Congratulations, Mrs. Chelsea. Who will be the next lord of Wheel Town?"
Luo Xiu asked.
Chelsea slowly shook their head:
There will be no next lord.
"What does it mean that there is no next lord?"
Luo Xiu opened his eyes wide.
Chelsea shook their heads:
“That’s what my husband told me, and he wouldn’t say anything more.”
She looked at Luo Xiu, her eyes softening:
"So, Luo Xiu, are you willing to come with me?"
Luo Xiu shook his head:
“I’m sorry, Mrs. Chelsea, but I might still prefer to stay in Wheel Town.”
Chelsea, upon hearing Rodriguez's answer, showed no disappointment, but rather appeared to have already anticipated it, smiling as he said:
"I guessed this outcome when I saw you dueling. With your current abilities, Luo Xiu, you can thrive anywhere."
Chelsea's portly hand laboriously reached into his waistband, pulled a handkerchief from a hidden pocket, and handed it to Luo Xiu:
“Rossi, if you change your mind in the next few days, you can come to me anytime. Just hand this handkerchief to Charles at the door, and he'll know what to do.”
Seeing Luo Xiu take the handkerchief, Chelsea smiled, waved, and jogged away into the distance.
Luo Xiu watched Mrs. Chelsea's struggling figure as she ran away, then put the handkerchief into the magic pouch at his waist.
……
Tonight's dinner was almost entirely cooked by Grandma Oles herself; Leila only made one dish, spicy roasted pork, under Oles's guidance.
Looking at the table laden with everything from cold dishes to main courses to desserts to fine wines, Luo Xiu smiled and said:
"Mrs. Oles, thank you for your hospitality."
Aurelia seemed unmoved by Luo Xiu's praise, and gave a cold snort:
"I don't remember signing any rental agreement with you."
"That's natural. You saw that I was almost freezing to death outside, so you let me stay for free for a month. After that, you let me pay the rent as I saw fit, so there was no contract."
Luo Xiu laughed:
"That was just a war notice about an impending war; they didn't seem to see it clearly."
Oles snorted, stretched out her old, withered hand, and pointed to the fish soup in the middle of the table:
"Drink a few more bowls of fish from Luowangpu, look how thin you are."
She turned to look at Leila:
"Is it because your slave didn't cook for you on time?"
Reprimanded by Oles, Leila dared not move.
She looked at Luo Xiu's slightly bulging muscles and blinked in confusion.
Master... isn't that thin, is he?
Luo Xiu laughed:
"I've been eating too little. With such a sumptuous meal today, I should eat more."
Orles' expression softened slightly upon hearing this:
"Let's eat."
Tonight's dinner was indeed delicious and plentiful, and Luo Xiu drank several large bowls of fish soup in succession.
The people at the dinner table were chatting happily.
Even the usually stern-faced Oles became talkative after Luo Xiu praised the badge left by her husband.
"You haven't seen him. He was a brave and handsome man, but he died at the hands of those damned greens while protecting this town."
"Green skin" is another name for goblins among the locals, and some older people like to call them that.
When goblins were mentioned, Oles showed a rare hint of anger, gripping her wine glass tightly, her bony hands straining with effort.
She turned to look at Luo Xiu:
"Luo Xiu, everyone in town is saying you're a greenskin killer. How many greenskins have you killed?"
Luo Xiu smiled and said:
"Twenty or thirty? I don't remember."
He actually remembered very clearly that he personally killed 78 first-tier goblins, 2 second-tier goblins, and 1 third-tier goblin.
But he knew Oles's personality, so he deliberately lowered the price a bit, not wanting to spoil her mood.
Sure enough, upon hearing this, Aurelia's eyes lit up with excitement as she spoke:
"He killed even more than you back then! A full 37! People called him the Green-skinned Killer back then, it's just a pity..."
The old lady's eyes dimmed again.
"Condolences."
Luo Xiu pursed his lips and comforted her:
"I don't know where your husband is buried. Maybe I can accompany you to see him someday."
The old woman's eyes dimmed further, and she shook her head.
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