Forced to become a delicate companion of a paranoid lord

Nico took a look at the small barrier in the reception room. This barrier, released using magic items, only served to block sound and did not need to be removed specifically, so he walked to the corner and stood still.

Thrall walked straight into the barrier, walked past Damian and picked up Shevi from the couch. Without untying the shackles on Shevi's ankles, he held Shevi in ​​his arms with one hand, and held the heavy golden ball lightly in the other hand.

After being hugged, Xie Wei naturally put his arms around Sal's neck, which seemed to Damian like he was eager to please the Lord of the Snowfield.

The Parasau people were too tall, and it was uncomfortable to get close to them. Damian couldn't help but take a few steps back.

Damian is the second prince of the Hasedon Empire after all, and this situation will not make him lose his composure.

Glancing around at the Palasso warriors standing not far away, seemingly waiting for the Lord of the Snowfield's orders, he smiled gently and said, "It's been less than half an hour, Lord Pucas, what are you doing?"

"Sir Damian, I only agreed to your meeting with my partner. I never said you could be so close to him. In addition, you used the soundproofing barrier without permission. I am not interested in what you said to Shiavi, but your private meeting ended early."

The tone of the Snow Lord was heavy and cold, and his silver-gray eyes were full of impatience. He stood there holding Shevi without moving, while the Paraso warrior he brought took a few steps towards Damian.

"Your Highness, please move to the conference room." The tall Paraso warrior said expressionlessly in the common language. His words were respectful, but his actions were not polite.

Damian's face turned a little ugly. This was the first time he was driven away like this. They were just a group of northern barbarians, but now they dared to disrespect the empire again and again.

Although the Empire was defeated in the Battle of Mount Kulis, it was because Sal Pucas was too cunning. Unlike the previous lord Gib, he did not like to fight head-on. Instead, he dispersed the Parasos and constantly provoked the Imperial Legion, and then pretended to be defeated and retreated to the snowfield.

The berserkers of the Parasaus are powerful, but their population is small and their land is quite barren, so they cannot sustain a long campaign.

If the commander of the imperial army at that time had not been his arrogant brother, he would have only had to seize Mount Kulis and wait for the rear troops to move in. The Parasauans would have had no choice but to engage in a long tug-of-war with the empire if they wanted to retake Mount Kulis.

The Parasau people could not afford to waste time, so they had to give up Mount Kulis.

But there is no if, the eldest prince of the empire and his elite legion fell into the trap of the Parasos.

The Parassians did capture all the noble officers and knights in the legion, but they were not worth the huge indemnity the empire had to pay to redeem them.

What the empire really wanted to redeem was actually the eldest son of the empire who had been captured and imprisoned alone. Sal Pukas knew very well how important honor was to the imperial family.

On the surface, he sent people to negotiate with the empire on the exchange of prisoners, but privately he detained the eldest son of the empire and forced the empire to continuously increase the bargaining chips for the compensation.

Once such a shameful matter as the capture of the eldest prince was made public, the empire's loss would not only be some compensation that could be recovered through taxation, but also the royal glory of the Hesedon Empire for thousands of years. The empire could only make a choice.

Sal Pukas obtained a large amount of supplies in the Battle of Mount Kulis and also got the empire to send a prince. This to a large extent made some countries that still had evil intentions towards the Snowfield thieves fall silent again.

Perhaps it was because the victory in the Battle of Mount Kulis gave the Parasauans a certain confidence, giving them the illusion that they could compete with the empire.

Now, not only does he refuse to trade Hutt Island with the Empire, he also restricts the entry of Imperial people. He may even send people to assassinate the Imperial Foreign Minister Brett, and he does not give him, the prince, any face at all.

Damian was not as afraid of the Lord of the Snowfield as Brett was. He stood still because he knew that no matter how arrogant Sal Pucas was, he would never touch him unless the Parasos wanted to go to war with the Empire.

Conrad's team and Damian's personal guards were stopped outside the reception room. They hadn't figured out what was going on, but on the Parasos' territory, they didn't dare to act rashly without Damian's orders.

The atmosphere inside and outside the reception room was very tense. Shevi, who was lying on Sal's shoulder, looked at Damian quietly through the veil for a while, then scratched Sal's neck with his fingers, and then said softly: "Lord Pucas... His Highness Damian gave me a lot of books. I want to talk to him again. Can you accompany me?"

In the Heisedon Empire, same-sex marriages are allowed, but a prince like Xie Wei, if he marries a man, will lose his inheritance rights and royal status. Without the title granted by the emperor, he will be just an ordinary civilian after marriage. Although Xie Wei is not in a free marriage, he also needs to follow this rule and respectfully call his nominal brother "Your Highness" after marriage.

Damian didn't think anything of it when Xie Wei called him that before, but now when he heard Xie Wei calling his husband "Sir" and calling his "brother" "Your Highness" in front of his husband, he inexplicably developed a strange sense of sympathy.

But it was only a moment, and he began to think again whether this beautiful and fresh rose given by the Empire to the Lord of the Snowfield was still of any use.

Originally, Thrall didn't like Shevi calling him "Lord Pucas", as it would make them seem unclose, but in this situation, he felt a secret interest when he heard Shevi call him that.

After waving away the Paraso warriors surrounding Damian, Sal held Shevi and sat back on the couch, speaking in a light tone.

"If Lord Damian is willing."

In the reception room, after Nico and the other Paraso warriors left, Damian closed the soundproof barrier, sat back on the sofa far away from the couch, and continued talking with Shevi.

Sal held Shevi in ​​his arms and made him kneel on his long and strong thighs. One hand was around Shevi's slender waist wrapped in a corset, and the other hand was on the armrest of the couch. His posture was very relaxed.

Damian picked some random topics to chat with Xie Wei perfunctorily, and then began to guide Xie Wei to ask more questions about Hutt Island.

Xie Wei was very cooperative, and Damian just thought that he had remembered what he said and wanted the Lord of Snowfield to take over Hutt Island and then return to the empire with him.

He had never considered that Xie Wei didn't want to return to the empire at all, which seemed impossible to him.

But their conversation never aroused the interest of Sal Pukas until the meeting time was about to end. Xie Wei, who seemed to be completely moved by him, timidly approached the Lord of the Snowfield and asked obediently.

"Lord Pucas, Hutt Island is really interesting. Don't you like it? The winter in the Far North Territory is too cold. After we buy Hutt Island, we can go there for vacation in the winter. Would you consider it again?"

Although these were innocent and soft words, Sal could tell that the little rose under the veil must have said these words with an expressionless face.

Just thinking about it can tell how cute it is. If Damian wasn't there, he would have agreed without hesitation.

It’s just an island. What’s wrong with buying it for Little Rose to play with?

However, his little rose didn't want the empire to take advantage, and he was happy to play this little game of deceiving people with her.

The Empire wanted to use Little Rose to transfer Hutt Island to the Far North Territory, so his Little Rose worked hard to persuade them.

And the attitude he needs to express is: not interested, don't want to buy, don't have that many crystals.

Little Rose said that the people of the Empire knew very well how much Hutt Island was worth now, and the price he offered was definitely in line with their bottom line.

As long as they are anxious enough, they will definitely sell.

After all, the empire's goal, in addition to wanting to exchange a large number of magic crystals, is actually to get rid of the so-called disaster.