Traveling through time, I'm making pancakes in Warhammer

"What exactly do you want to see me about?" Adrien asked.

Howard glanced at Lucy, then stood up and said to Adrian, "Let's talk over there."

The place Howard was talking about was in front of the fireplace. Adrian glanced at Lucy and understood that it was best to avoid talking about children with such topics, so he agreed to Howard's request.

"Mr. Adrian, what kind of orders did you receive when you went to the Middle Nest to capture me?" Because time was urgent, Howard went straight to the point.

"They just asked me to go to the Middle Nest and capture a cook who can make pancakes, that's you. They told me to bring you to the Upper Nest safely and intact at all costs," said Adrien.

"I guess after receiving this order, you also received a separate order from a big shot, which was to kill me if you couldn't bring me back." Howard asked.

Adrien's pupils shrank slightly, and then he replied: "As a soldier, I can't tell you this."

Howard nodded slightly, and thus, a guess had been confirmed.

"Do you know what's happening in Middle Nest?" Howard asked.

Adrian was obviously a little guilty when asked this question. He avoided Howard's gaze and said, "I...I don't know."

Howard took out Arabelle's CNC tablet and pushed it in front of Adrien.

The screen played a tragic scene recorded in the Middle Nest: In the quarantine area for those with mild infection, an infected person lay on the ground, vomiting incessantly. At the end of his vomiting, he vomited up his entire stomach. Then his body began to deform, pustules appeared on his skin, his arms began to grow, and his fingers were engulfed by the growths, eventually becoming a tentacle covered in tumors. Then, this fully transformed plague zombie pounced on other mildly infected people. To control the situation, the guards in this area had to use flamethrowers to burn all those showing signs of infection in the quarantine area. The video ended with a flaming figure throwing himself at the camera, and the rest of the screen was covered with snowflakes.

"This is what's happening in Middle Nest. People are dying every moment," Howard said. "You should know in your heart that this is caused by the noble masters you serve."

Adrien watched the video in silence.

"Look at what they've done," Howard continued, "They've betrayed the Empire. Are you loyal to the Empire, or to these corrupt nobles who betrayed the Empire and its people?"

Seeing that Adrien was still hesitating, Howard didn't have time to wait for him to make up his mind, so he continued: "Even if it's not for the empire, think about Lucy!"

"Lucy?!" Howard's words hit Adrian's soft spot. He suddenly panicked and asked quickly, "What does this have to do with Lucy?"

"You still don't understand, Mr. Adrian?" Howard slammed his hands on the table, leaned forward, and stared into his eyes. "A terrible plague is breaking out in the Middle Nest. I know those nobles may have assured you that the plague wouldn't spread to the Upper Nest, but how could they guarantee that? My companions and I were able to enter your house after the plague broke out. Do you really believe what they said, that the plague would only spread in the Middle and Lower Nests?"

"The ultimate goal of the person who truly unleashed the plague is definitely to infect all of Kalimdor and Nate. The so-called plague's spread only in a specific area is just a lie he spread to sway people like you who are weak-willed. And you, as expected, believed his lies. Do you want Lucy to end up like in the video?" Howard sat back down and said in a more relaxed tone, "But there's still hope. That's why I came to you for help. I'll give you ten seconds to make a decision."

"I...you want me to do this?" Adrien said.

"First, send Char back to Middle Nest," Howard said. "My Jianbing Guozi can cure this plague, at least in its early stages. Have Char take me and make some Jianbing Guozi for the night. They might not be many, but what Middle Nest needs most right now is hope."

The reason why Howard made this request to Adrian was that the passage between the middle nest and the upper nest was now blocked. Through the surveillance broadcast by Om Messiah, Howard saw that the bridge he had walked on had been lifted up. Many people who fled to the upper nest found that the road was blocked at the end, but were pushed forward by people behind them who did not know the truth, and then fell into the abyss.

There is a large army stationed in the direction of Shangchao. This army is the second line of defense, because occasionally there will be some people using flying tools trying to fly across this gap, but these people will be shot down by the army's firepower.

"Second, introduce me to the highest-ranking noble you know... If that noble is the one who ordered my death, then introduce me to the next highest-ranking noble."

"I really want to help you... but I don't know how to send your friends back to the Middle Nest. Now all the passages are either blocked or heavily guarded. I'm just a mid-level officer, not a general or marshal. Even if I want to let you go, they won't listen to my orders." Adrian explained to Howard.

"I don't need you to send Char directly to the Central Nest. You just need to use your identity to get Char to the border," Howard said. "I'll figure out the rest."

Seeing that Adrian was still hesitant, Howard said something that even he himself did not expect: "Mr. Adrian, you seem to have fallen out of favor..."

Adrien's eyes suddenly widened, and he said in shock: "No! I didn't! No...how did you know?"

"Your rank," Howard said, straightening Adrian's shoulders. "Although you have an extra bar, the insignia has changed since the last time I saw you. I guess you've been transferred to another department. That's not how you get promoted... And you know, the most important military operation in the Upper Nest right now is defending the refugees from the Middle Nest. If they really still trust you, why didn't you participate in this important mission? How can you still return home at night?"

"After you kidnapped me, I didn't make pancakes for almost a month. Everyone else in the Middle Nest thought I was dead, and the person who ordered you to get rid of me had no reason to believe I was still alive." Howard continued to sow discord. "In other words, after that operation, although you didn't complete the mission of capturing me alive, you at least completed the mission of killing me. But did the person who ordered my death lend a hand to you when you were ostracized..."

When saying this, Howard somehow felt like a scheming bitch in some romance dramas.

Howard wanted to continue, but Adrian interrupted him, "Don't say anymore, I will help you, but the reason I help you is not because I'm being ignored or excluded, but because the evidence you provided proves to me that they have betrayed the Empire!"

"Dad!" Lucy ran up and hugged Adrien and said, "Are you going to be a hero?"

"Don't!" Adrian was about to speak, but Howard stopped him.

Adrian, who was interrupted, as well as Lucy and everyone present looked at Howard in confusion.

"Ahem!" Howard coughed to hide his embarrassment, then said, "In my hometown, it's best for soldiers not to say sentimental words before going to war, like 'I'll go back home and get married after the war'... It's unlucky..."

After hearing this suggestion, Adrian squatted down and said to Lucy: “Lucy, Dad is going to take care of some work and wait for Dad to come back.”

Well, actually this answer is not much auspicious.