Hollow Knight: Hallownest

Since the last tripartite meeting, Lu Ruien quickly started organizing a power-cutting activity with Sainz. With the former's endorsement, the activity went exceptionally smoothly. Even if there were still remnants of Goredi's subordinates who wanted to cause trouble, they were all kidnapped somewhere unknown by the collector in the dark.

After that, Sainz's name became much more famous than before. He used to be famous only among the aristocrats, but now any resident in the main city can say a few words about him. Unknowingly, Sainz has gained considerable prestige among the lower-class residents.

In addition, the vigorous beheading ceremony during the race made many residents who were oppressed after the chaos very happy. Looking at the heads rolling all over the ground, they couldn't help but applaud Sainz's behavior. The sentinels who luckily escaped the inspection were left with a deep psychological trauma and had a great change in their impression of this civil servant.

Sainz is far less indecisive than they thought.

Due to various reasons, Sainz became extremely famous for a time. It was rumored that he was the next successor to the Lord Watcher. As a result, the originally empty bottom floor of the Tower of Love was filled with many things, ranging from valuable jewels to delicious food. If Sainz had not come forward to thank him and stop him in time, he might not even be able to open the door to the bottom of the tower.

The upper floor of the Tower of Love, office.

Most of the government affairs related to the reconstruction after the chaos not long ago had already been dealt with. Logically, the number of documents on the desk should have been visibly reduced, but they were still piled up like a mountain, so much so that a large part of them tilted and fell to the ground, forming a real "small mountain".

Sainz was sitting in the middle of the pile of documents, writing furiously and switching back and forth between multiple files. The speed of reading ten lines at a glance and the corresponding speed of understanding were already commonplace for him. If it were not for his physical limitations, he could handle all the government affairs here in just three days.

Lu Ruien's parting words and his own warning about power had never disappeared from his heart, but after the event, his emotions were still uncontrollably excited.

Sainz is well aware that this is the most basic feedback brought by power and prestige, which is why he does not feel much mental fatigue even after dealing with government affairs for a long time.

"call--"

The familiar sour feeling came up again, and my eyes became swollen and painful for a moment, as if accusing some insect of being unrestrained.

Pushing the documents in his hand aside, Sainz stood up from his chair, slowly walked to the floor-to-ceiling window and looked outside.

The Tower of Love is located on the edge of the City of Tears, with inconveniences in transportation and daily needs. Not only are the nobles unwilling to live here, but even merchants rarely open shops here. Apart from bugs like him who like quietness, only bugs with few Geos on their bodies live in such places.

But the scenery of the streets at the bottom of the tower is now very different from what we imagined. Not only has the number of insect cars increased dramatically, but even small vendors are crowded on both sides of the street. The street was originally as wide as four insect cars, but now if two insect cars collide, one side has to retreat the same way.

The only area that can rival the Zerg traffic of the Tower of Love right now is the Watcher's Spire, which is located in the core of the main city.

"This is how the main city should be..."

Seeing this harmonious and lively picture, his tired body and spirit recovered a lot, and after taking a few deep breaths, he felt full of energy again.

At this moment, there was a sudden rapid knock on the door of the office behind, which sounded particularly harsh in the quiet room.

"Please come in."

Sainz turned around and looked at the waiter who pushed open the door.

Before many recent events, the Tower of Love had only sentinels guarding the tower, himself and the Collector. However, he has been too busy recently and had to recruit a few waiters to assist in the supervision and processing of government affairs. After the incident with Goredi, he found that the latter was not without merit, at least as far as the development of reserve forces was concerned, he got the inspiration from this.

"Sir... Lord Sainz, the warden... he has something important to discuss with you. He said..."

The waiter's face flushed, he was gasping for breath, and his voice was as rapid as the rhythm of his knocking on the door just now, but it was not difficult to hear the excitement and ecstasy in his words.

"Don't be anxious, speak slowly."

"Thank you, sir. The warden said that the sentries who were previously driven crazy by the plague are showing a tendency to regain their sanity!"

Hearing this, Sainz's hand that had just picked up the document trembled violently, and he quickly walked to the waiter, staring with wide eyes and said word by word:

"What did you say?!"

"Are you sure those sentries in the prison are going to be restored?"

"Um...it's the warden..."

Seeing Sainz's face almost close to him, the waiter's breath was choked and he was a little at a loss.

Upon hearing this, the former dodged him and trotted towards the bottom of the tower, stopping in front of the gate at the bottom of the tower, panting.

The warden was just across the door from him at this time. He had the same expression on his face as the waiter, and was obviously extremely excited by the news.

Since the riot, the prison has become a place of isolation. As the immediate superior, he has been under increasing pressure and has not been able to sleep well day and night, fearing that his subordinates might be careless and release the infected sentinels. If the tragedy happens again, he will not be able to get enough heads even if he has ten heads.

Not long ago, during his routine patrols of the prison, he gradually began to discover sentries who had regained consciousness. Just in case, he observed them for a long time. When he was sure that there were no sequelae or signs of infection, he was completely relieved and ran over without stopping.

After today, finally...finally I can get a good night's sleep!

Finally I don’t have to force myself to work overtime!!

Cool! ! !

The warden raised his head, clenched his fists and waved them, a drop of crystal tears flowed down his cheek, and the corners of his mouth were filled with happiness.

This strange action alerted the vendors nearby. They picked up anything they could get their hands on and stared at the warden, fearing that he was planning something bad to do to Lord Sainz who lived in the Tower of Love.

As soon as the door was opened, Sainz was stunned to see the warden raising his hands to the sky and howling.

"Cough cough."

The warden heard a cough coming from in front of him and quickly stopped his strange posture. Seeing that it was Sainz who came down to greet him personally, he couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

It seems that this adult is more excited than me.

"Don't talk, take me to jail."

The warden nodded immediately, and the two of them hurriedly disappeared into the insect swarm under the protection of the sentries.

On this day, the creatures sleeping in dreams gradually woke up.