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In the palace, the young emperor only attended the welcome meeting for Esdeath with his ministers.

"General Esdeath, the suppression in the north is really wonderful!"

The little emperor expressed unabashed admiration, even though these words were taught to him by the minister.

"As a reward, I have prepared ten thousand gold and decided to give it to you."

"Many thanks,"

Esdeath knelt down on one knee and took off her hat in greeting. Although the little emperor was just a puppet of the minister, she was still polite.

"I will distribute them to the soldiers stationed in the north to defend against the enemy. I believe they will also be very happy."

The two of them were not surprised by Esdeath's decision, because Esdeath had always been like this and they were used to it.

Ernest knew that Esdeath never cared about worldly things such as power and money. What she pursued was to gallop on the battlefield and ravage the enemy. Because of this, they were able to reach a solid cooperative relationship.

"Now that I have returned to the Imperial Capital, I will definitely annihilate those [night attacks] that disturb His Majesty's sleep."

Esdeath promised with a smile. This was the beginning of a new game for her, which was really exciting.

"Thanks a lot."

"In addition to gold, I also want to reward the general with other things. Is there anything the general wants?"

the little emperor asked.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, but at present I am very satisfied with everything around me and there is nothing in particular that I want."

"But if I have to say... no, forget it, it's really nothing."

Esdeath ultimately did not ask for additional rewards.

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After dealing with the little emperor, Ernest and Esdeath strolled in the garden, and then it was time to talk about business.

but

"What does that so-called 'something you have to say' mean?"

Ernest asked curiously.

Esdeath raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this: "I didn't know that the minister would be so gossipy."

"Hahaha, after all, this is the first time I've seen something that makes you hesitate, Esdeath. Of course, if it's really inconvenient, I won't ask."

"It's not really a hesitation, it's just a trivial thing... I had the idea of ​​'wanting to fall in love' before."

"...Eh? Is there something wrong with my ears?"

"Minister, do you want to die?"

"Ah ha ha ha! Well, this is human nature, very normal."

Ernest immediately sneered, but the surprise in his eyes could not dissipate for a long time.

It wasn't that he was making a fuss, but the words Esdeath and 'love' really couldn't be connected together.

"Heh. It was just a whim anyway. Now I have other things to be busy with."

Esdeath said indifferently.

And the so-called 'other things' are naturally to train hard, improve one's strength, and completely defeat that guy Noel.

Although she won the battle with Noel by relying on the special skills she learned temporarily, this does not mean that she can forget the fact that she was completely suppressed before that.

What's more, she vaguely felt that Noel still had reservations about that battle.

In addition, after Noel and the three left, she specially asked people to collect information about the three of them, but the more she learned, the more confused she became. Noel's words, deeds, and a series of deeds were incompatible with other people and forces, making people unpredictable. through.

The more she couldn't figure it out, the more it made her care, so that for some reason, she had been thinking about things related to Noel recently, and she really didn't have any thoughts about love.

Thinking of this, Esdeath suddenly remembered something and said to Ernest:

"Speaking of which, have my subordinates come to see you?"

"You mean the [Death Wanderers]. Of course, it really shocked me at the time. You should know that they killed many of my subordinates and relatives."

When Noel was mentioned, the smile on Ernest's face became even brighter, but his tone sounded gritty.

"And I have to say that Noel was the only one who came to me at that time, but that guy was really rude. He killed three of my capable subordinates as soon as we met, which made me extremely sad."

At this point, Ernest covered his face and burst into tears.

But Esdeath was indifferent to these accusations, and instead chuckled:

"Either your men were too stupid and provoked him, or you wanted to take the opportunity to retaliate but failed. In short, you probably brought it upon yourself, and I won't come to comfort you."

"Tsk, she is really a cold and heartless woman."

Ernest had no choice but to put away his acting skills and returned to his original state, as if nothing had happened.

Then, he asked 'accidentally':

"Then what would you do if I said that that guy has been killed by me?"

"Pfft, hehehe..."

Esdeath finally couldn't hold back her laughter and praised Ernest happily:

"What a joke! I didn't expect you to have such a talent, minister. I really underestimate you."

"No kidding, if that's the case, where are they now?"

I'm not telling you a joke.

Feeling defeated, Ernest cursed in his heart, but when he heard Esdeath's next question, he immediately cheered up and pretended to be helpless:

"I'm sorry, I don't know about this question."

Sure enough, this answer immediately caught Esdeath's attention: "I don't know?"

"It's really strange. That guy Noel had a very pleasant conversation with one of my subordinates. He also said that he would visit me again. I think he should still be in the imperial capital."

"But these days have passed, but no trace of them has been found in the imperial capital. It seems that they were deliberately hidden. It is really puzzling."

After Noel came to visit, he made up his mind to kill Noel. To this end, he asked his men to launch a comprehensive investigation. Surprisingly, Noel seemed to have disappeared from the world, and there was no trace of him in the imperial capital.

Esdeath also fell into thinking. Noel promised to meet her in the imperial capital, and she believed that with his character, he would not break his promise.

If so, why?

"Understood, let's leave it like that for now. Also, regarding [Night Raid]..."

Esdeath will keep this in mind for now and talk about it later.

On the other side, Ernest sneered secretly.

Although the investigation of Noel's whereabouts yielded no results, he had some interesting ideas.

Esdeath was indeed a protective person, but if her men betrayed her on their own initiative, she would not mind destroying them with her own hands.

For example, Noel and his group are actually undercover agents sent by the Revolutionary Army?

He had to thank them for this. No matter what they were doing, the suspicious whereabouts during this period did give him a lot of room for manipulation. It was easy for him to make things out of thin air and make fake things real.

Haha, Noel, just wait and enjoy Esdeath's superb interrogation methods, and then be tortured to death!

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On the other side, Noel and Brand are sparring and training. Among all the people who have been sparring with Noel during this period, Brand has gained the most.

The reason why is because under Noel's high-intensity pressure training, his Teigu actually evolved!