Forced to become a delicate companion of a paranoid lord

"Yriel, why didn't Shevi come over today?"

The winter in the Far North Territory had little effect on Raymond, as he was still wearing his spring clothes. The black-haired magician sitting at the desk was not only wearing a thick fur winter coat, but also a thick white cloak.

Raymond had never seen Yrel wearing clothes other than black. He thought it looked very good and wanted Yrel to wear more of this color in the future, or other colors would be fine. However, he didn't dare to tell Yrel. He planned to instigate Xie Wei to tell him, but he waited from morning to afternoon and no one came.

Xie Wei is the companion of the Lord of Snowfield, His Highness Shiyavi, the Imperial Rose. Ever since Yriel moved into Naya Castle, he no longer likes calling Xie Wei the companion of the Lord of Snowfield. Yriel also doesn't like the name Shiyavi, but fortunately Shiyavi has another name called "Xie Wei".

The black-haired magician seemed not to hear what Raymond said and was still concentrating on writing something. But if someone stood beside the table, they would find that his handwriting was becoming more and more sloppy, to the point where it was unrecognizable.

Raymond was leaning on the sofa, holding a cloth bag in his arms. From time to time, he would reach into it, take out something and put it into his mouth, chewing it with a crunching sound.

Frost said that Xie Wei was in poor health, so he took Frost to the Misty Forest to get a lot of nourishing things. To thank him, Frost gave him his usual snacks for teeth grinding, which were fried meat bones sprinkled with salt and spices.

Raymond chewed the bone and waited for a long time for Iriel to reply, so he changed the subject.

"When are we going to look for things in the ruins again?"

He accompanied Yrel to many ruins, but he didn't know what Yrel was looking for because Yrel didn't tell him. Raymond only knew that what Yrel was looking for was very important to him.

"Next month, Sal Pukas will take Shevi to inspect the various tribes. We will go with them. There are several ruins on their inspection route." After the black-haired magician finished speaking, he crumpled up the writing paper in front of him and threw it into the wicker basket in the corner, then stood up and walked out the door.

When Raymond saw Yrel go out, he quickly got up and followed him, still holding the cloth bag in his hand. Only the bottom of the meat and bones were left in the bag. While following Yrel towards the restaurant, he sent a message to Frost in Dragon Language, asking him to bring two more bags when he came out at night.

Dragons can communicate with each other within a certain range using a sound that humans cannot hear. Frost is a dragon and does not have this ability, but he can receive Raymond's information.

That makes it a bit annoying.

Sitting in his luxurious nest, Frost glanced at the only remaining bucket of crispy snacks, curled himself up with his tail, and then stuffed his head under the crystals and gems in the nest, pretending not to hear Raymond's request.

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Xie Wei accompanied Sal to deal with territory affairs for an entire afternoon. Most of the time, he sat at his own table and was busy with his magic circle design, but occasionally he would stop his work, listen to the reports from his retainers and Sal, and then put forward his own opinions. He was busy like this until dinner time.

"It has been snowing for the past few days. The dwarves can still adapt, but the slaves can't stand the cold. How about letting them work indoors? I just happen to have some new things to make. Is that okay? Thrall."

Dinner was delivered to the office. Sal was still keen on feeding Shewei, but Shewei was not very comfortable in places other than the bedroom, so he could not hold him on his lap and feed him spoonful by spoonful like before. Instead, he sat close to Shewei at the small round table and fed her a piece of meat from time to time.

As soon as Xie Wei finished speaking, Sal stuffed a piece of meat into his mouth. He puffed up his snow-white cheeks to chew the food in his mouth, then looked at the man next to him and asked.

Sal was listening to what Xie Wei said, but when he looked at his chubby cheeks and those beautiful eyes that made him want to kiss them countless times, there was nothing else left in his mind.

"..." He reached out his hand in time to stop Sal's face from getting closer and closer. After Xie Wei quickly swallowed the food in his mouth, he took two sips of water from the table. When he felt less choked, he put on a stern face and pretended to be serious.

"Listen to me carefully, Sal."

"As you command, my Lord." Sal sat up straight and recalled what Xie Wei had said before.

In fact, Thrall doesn't care about the life or death of slaves. On the continent of Lar, slaves are human-shaped animals. No matter what their previous identities were, once they are signed with a slave contract, they no longer have all the rights and dignity that a human being should have.

The slaves in the Far North Territory were all bought from the black market. As long as they were obedient and completed their work on time and in full, the Parasau people would not deliberately punish or abuse them. They would ensure that they were well fed in the spring, and would try their best not to let them starve to death in the winter when food was scarce.

Thrall felt that they were not harsh on the slaves, but to Little Rose, that didn't seem to be the case.

Because Xie Wei had mentioned it to him several times, asking him if he could prepare separate houses for the slaves to live in. Now all the slaves, regardless of gender and age, lived in several wooden houses, sleeping on the ground with hay and covered with some old animal skins.

Little Rose was not satisfied with this living environment. He thought that they could live more comfortably and even asked how to terminate their slave contracts.

Sal didn't quite understand Xie Wei's idea, but as long as it was just to improve the living environment of the slaves, he could still agree to it.

But it is not possible to terminate the slave contract, because slaves are the common property of the Parasauans and it cannot be terminated with the consent of just one person.