Atlas Battle Song

Coming out of the governor's mansion, Yi Ge has been in a bad mood.

He always thought of the Baron's white hair and the old look on his face.Half-Sybyls have an unstable lifespan. Some can live for 300 years, while others can only live for a few decades like ordinary humans.

"How long will Trande live?"

Egg felt uneasy whenever he thought of that question.And he has already seen today that the half-Sybyl baron is already a little old.So what if Trander also died of old age like this?Egg stopped, fingers restlessly tugging at the tassel on the sword belt, and almost bald the tassel.

There was nothing in the vast dark blue night sky, and Egg looked up at the full moon, only some cold stars, like gravel, remained unchanged and emotionless, existing in the sky forever.

"Trand will think the stars are beautiful."

Come to think of it, I seem to have felt similar feelings once.Egg sighed.Perhaps the time he spent with Trande as a child was the closest he was to a "human being"... Lying with that guy by the river to watch the stars, climbing the mountain to catch rabbits, and watching the puppets of the entertainers in the city during festivals Play, practice swords, ride horses, and study together.In the past, he would still think that it would be great if it could be like this forever.

But it's all gone, and the dead part of me won't come back.Now he is not the person in Trand's memory.

It doesn't matter.

"Forget it, if Trander is going to die of old age, then I'll just kill him."

Wanting to have fun surpassed depression, and Yi Ge looked down at the desert city shrouded in night with great interest.The nobles of the empire have always loved the Golden City, and when Igo was a child, Igo would often listen to adults talking about the night scenes and interesting stories of the Western Highlands.

"It's all here, what should we go to play first?"

He remembered that the Duke had said before that there was a long-haired cat with strange-colored pupils in the western plateau, which was loved by everyone.

Yi Ge liked to keep cats since he was a child. At most, there were 4 forest cats in his family. Unfortunately, since he raised Trand, he didn't have the energy to raise more cats.

"Go, play with cats."

Don't worry, anyway, those people will kill Trand tomorrow.

The city has not yet fallen asleep, and games at night are far more secretive and exciting than during the day.

Egg walked on the high terrace all the way, looking for cats everywhere, and found an orange cat lying on the roof after a while.

"Hi, Kitty."

Egg picked the fat cat up expertly and scratched behind the ears.The orange cat was very nervous at first, and when it was happy to be scratched, it called out softly.There was a vicious whining from downstairs, and it sounded like an old man.

"Dead cat, what's it called!! I'll skin you and throw you away tomorrow!"

"..."

Egg was expressionless, holding the orange cat's fluffy front paws, letting the cat's paws push the small clay pots off the edge of the terrace one by one—there was a crackling sound, and the smell of wine overflowed.

"My bubble wine! Damn it!!"

Before the old man came out, Egg had already fled with the cat smiling.The orange cat, completely unaware, still rubbed against his hand, purring and acting coquettishly.

"..."

Egg looked at the orange cat, then stroked its small head.

"Meow."

He passed the terraces of several houses and saw a window open, the lights were out and the room smelled of milk and honey.Egg just jumped in through the window without making a sound.

There are toys and beautiful tapestries in the room, and a little girl is sleeping peacefully.Egg looked around, there were children's drawings and a bowl of unfinished milk on the table.He took a closer look and found that the little girl was sleeping soundly with the cat puppet in her arms.

"Okay," thought Egg.

The orange cat jumped out of his arms, sniffed around the house, and then found a cool place to lie down.

The child's pen and paper were on the table, and Ego took it and wrote a note "Please adopt me!", and pressed it under the orange cat's paw.Hope it finds a good owner.

He was in a good mood when he came out of someone else's house.

Egg looked around, the night wind blew the gauze curtains of thousands of households, and the balconies fluttered like colorful flags.The full moon was high, and the cats of the West Highlands were active in the shadows, like some kind of secret festival.

"What are you going to play next?"

The young man is expressionless, like a portrait surrounded by emptiness and flowers in an old castle.However, that tone contained the joy that the prank was about to succeed.

Egg started the game.

In the history of the West Plateau, this night was recorded in an almost absurd and fearful way.

At first, Egg was walking between the houses and saw two men fighting, cursing loudly and bleeding their heads.The surrounding residents were afraid and curious, peeking behind the curtains.

"Eh?"

Egg was amused, took out the gold box given by the crown prince, and sprinkled gold coins down from the balcony.

"What? This—a gold coin?!"

The two men with bruised noses and swollen faces stopped beating in an instant and were busy collecting money.The onlookers screamed and ran down to pick up the money, but the two fighting men refused.The alley became chaotic in an instant, and more people fought.

"Hahaha."

Egg is gone.

Going east, Egg saw a very rich mansion, and there was a rare white cat in the yard.

"It's beautiful and beautiful!"

Egg jumped into someone's yard, picked up the white cat and rubbed it. "Mi..." The white cat was very reluctant, but it didn't stretch out its paws, it just swayed its big tail delicately and twisted.

"Yes, let's hold a cat beauty pageant, you can do No.3 first."

Egg took out the jewel necklace given by the crown prince, put it on the cat's neck, and stuck a note with "Third" on the necklace.

"This is the No.3 prize of the beauty pageant. Congratulations."

Egg applauded.

The guard guarding the house was alarmed, "Who is there! There are thieves!" Egg reluctantly picked up the white cat, kissed it, and ran away.The owner of the house was awakened, and ran out to see that his cat was wearing a very expensive ruby ​​necklace.

"Third? The third is... what does it mean? Guards, this, is this the order of assassination or something...!"

No matter how anxious or frightened people are, Egg doesn't care, he just wants to do important things now.

"Your paws are not all pink. It's a pity that you can only make No.5...but don't worry, there will be prizes for the top five." Yi Ge put down the black cat, and put the "fifth" note and sticker on the cat. Thin omega gold necklace.The black cat panicked and jumped into the window, knocking down the jug, and the whole family woke up. The little boy who stole the owner of the black cat was very nervous.

so fun.

The messy and noisy night market is full of fragrance and alcohol.

This place is different from Emperor, where desire and disorder grow vigorously like weeds.There is a circus in the square, and dark-skinned beauties wearing peacock tail feathers perform fire dances.And thieves, Egg could see clearly, those boys passing the rich merchant as if nothing had happened, taking the embroidered money bags like picking apples.After nightfall, the flower-selling street is quiet, and other streets naturally become lively.The flowers that are sold in baskets and jugs by day adorn the fronts of brothels and the perfumed skirts of dandies by night.The happiness and misfortune of the world are all staged here.

Egg sat in the shadow of the roof, looking down.

He was counting the cats on the street when he suddenly noticed three mercenaries who had just returned from a good time, smelled of alcohol, and walked like bulls.Egg curled his lips.

The three mercenaries made a noise and kicked the stray dog ​​as they passed by. The poor puppy ran away with its tail between its legs, whimpering.

Egg was not happy.

The trio greasyly molests a young street girl.The girl was unwilling, but they forcibly pulled her into the alley.

The mercenaries were about to commit violence when they were suddenly stopped.

"Apologize to it."

Egg held the stray dog ​​and stood at the entrance of the alley.

"Huh? What the hell?"

The bearded mercenaries sniffed and stared, looking like they were about to bite at any time.The poor girl dared not speak a word, and her clothes were all torn.The mercenaries smirked: "Don't meddle in your own business, little beauty, do you want to serve us for her?"

Egg patted the puppy's head, and said to it: "Look, this is the way the world is... When someone kicks you, you just get back the same."

"You're actually talking to a dog? There's something wrong with your brain... ah!"

Before he could finish speaking, the mercenary was kicked out by a huge force.It was unimaginable power and speed for ordinary humans. The girl standing aside didn't even see anything clearly, only felt a strong wind blowing by, and then the three mercenaries flew fiercely into the wall, their front teeth and spittle flying landed.

"Ugh... monster..."

The men lay on the ground, passed out.

"what……?"

The girl was at a loss.Seeing the handsome black-haired young man walking over, wiping the blood from the toe of the mercenary's shoes, he held the whimpering puppy curled up in his arms.

"Look, you'll just kick them like that next time, remember?" Egg taught the puppy.

"Thank you! I..."

Just as the girl was about to be grateful, the black-haired young man walked past her without seeing her.The girl's heart suddenly turned cold, and she could only close the torn skirt with a wry smile, planning to try her luck elsewhere.

"Well, it's really beautiful embroidery, where can I buy it?"

When the girl looked up, she found that the black-haired young man was already standing in front of her, staring intently at the torn blue lily embroidery on her skirt.

"I'm going to order it too, where can I buy it?"

Egg liked the embroidery work very much.Although this blue lily looks rough and cannot compare to the exquisite craftsmanship of the tailors in the imperial capital, it is very vivid and lively.This kind of handwork should be very cute if it is used to sew the pattern of the little lion.

"Thank you, sir, but... I embroidered this myself."

"Oh."

Yi Ge nodded, casually grabbed a few gold coins and precious stones from the golden box given by the crown prince, and stuffed them into the frightened girl's hands.

"Then you can order me a long table runner, the one made in the empire... the color is up to you, and the story of the cute little lion playing with animal friends should be embroidered on it. "Emerald and Little Furball", this Have you read the picture book?"

"Eh eh?"

With her maroon eyes widened, the girl looked at the heavy gems and gold coins in her hands, and then at the wayward noble youth.

"That...that's too much money, sir."

"Then you go to open a shop and find a group of girls to teach them the craft. Once you learn how to embroider together. Don't do this job now, Trander thinks it's bad."

"Trander?"

Egg didn't want to continue the awkward chat with people.He sniffed the girl's cheek, there was a faint scent of toilet water.

"I will find you. When the time comes, I will send "The Emerald and the Little Fluffy Ball", and you can embroider according to the plot of the picture book, and send it to the Governor's Mansion after you embroider it. Remember, the little leopard 'Emerald' is the real one." The main character, that furball lion is a fool."

"Governor's Mansion!!! Are you..."

The girl was dumbfounded.

"After reading the picture book, you must return it to me."

Just like when a child reluctantly lends out his beloved book, Egg earnestly instructed.He didn't leave until the girl vowed to return the picture book.

The music is tinkling, and the minstrels are also taking advantage of the excitement to make money.After shopping a few streets and buying a glass of cold wine, Yi Ge suddenly realized that he had forgotten his business.

"The cat beauty pageant isn't over yet."

Due to the pickiness of the aristocrat's aesthetics, Yi Ge couldn't casually award the first and second prizes to mediocre cats.

He chooses carefully, and personally goes to other people's yards or bedrooms to observe cats up close.As a result, some cats were put on sapphires, while some wild cats were put on rubies.As for the gold chain, it was a consolation prize, given to a good-looking but lackluster cat.Even if he encountered a cat that was particularly afraid of strangers, Eggy would still be able to catch it, brush its fur a few times quickly, and then let it go.

"No. 2, congratulations."

Egg shook the fluffy white cat's paw.

"No.1, it's you."

In the end, the winner was a hairless cat owned by a wealthy businessman.Egg liked the ugly cat very much, it was weird and kind of cute.

The winning cats all received gold jewellery, all sponsored by the Crown Prince.And the signature of "New Governor" was also left on the note - this new way of playing made him very satisfied.Egg played harder and drew the head of the lion cub on each note.

"Ah, Trand is really notorious, there is no way."

He threw an emerald into the beggar's water glass and posted a note: "Be careful, drink slowly - the new governor".

Passing by the cowshed, Egg went in and put expensive scarves and belts on the cow, dressed up like a family of nobles, and pasted a note on the cow: "Is it beautiful? This is your whole family—the new governor."

Egg passed by a dyeing workshop and felt that it should not be wasted, so while a group of mercenaries were sleeping in the inn, he stole his sword, put the sword back after dyeing it into powder, and left a note: "Do you like it? Girls - the new governor".

Now that there is color paint, Egg has more ways to play.He buried the gold coins in a dandelion-growing wasteland in the slums, drew arrows on the ground pointing to the burial site, and wrote on the wall with paint: "Congratulations, you have found the treasure! - the new governor".

He passed a wooden window, and a pair of twin little girls were sleeping in the room, as quiet as dolls.Egg thought of seeing the nobleman next door planting golden lilies in the yard just now, so he wanted to pull out all the flowers and put them on the table of the little girl.

Egg jumped into someone's yard to pick flowers, picked and picked, and suddenly smelled the smell of Tland.

"Alarm! Silly lion is around here."

Egg ran away immediately.

Trand pretended to be a mercenary, and logically stayed in the other courtyard of his employer, Antuo, tonight.He went out of the room to smoke a short cigarette.

As soon as he came to the atrium, Trander felt that something was wrong, "It feels so familiar..."

But the surroundings are quiet, only the chirping of insects.Trand noticed that several of the golden lilies in the yard had been pulled out.

"Huh...? Is it a prank by the little devil?"

Egg had a great time that night.After all, neither Trander nor the Duke was here, so no one was watching him.

Do whatever you want, lawless.

The patrols couldn't spot him, the guards couldn't catch him.Young people enjoy it.Like a god of mischief that comes at night, raining down nightmares and omens on the city.

"It's fun, it's fun, I'll come back next time."

As dawn was approaching, Egg finally drew a graffiti of a little lion dancing in the center of the square, and went back to the hotel full of enthusiasm.

The new governor's "signature" notes were left all over the city.

One night passed, and the presents from the crown prince had all been used up.By the next morning, all the nobles in the city will panic because of these inexplicable notes and graffiti.That's when Trand's headache came.

"Ha, what a shame for the silly lion."

Egg went back to his room and lay down contented.

The pillow was soft, and it smelled of Trand... Egg thought of his lover lying there, looking at him with green eyes and smiling, lazily speaking sweet words.Where does this stupid lion go to lie down now?Instead, Egg took the stuffed lion cub out of his luggage, put it next to his pillow, and talked to it.

"Your Excellency the new governor, now everyone knows you~ Surprised or not?"

After rubbing against the lion puppet for a while, Egg fell asleep.