Atlas Battle Song

One of the great advantages of working in the Knights Order was that Trand could grasp all kinds of news about the rebellion in the first place.

The knights were all discussing that the rebel army headed by the Gorgon family was powerful, and they had already captured the nearby Earl Dunn's fief, and the flames of war continued to spread to the imperial capital.Several forces that had opposed the empress for a long time also took advantage of the opportunity, and the situation intensified. Presumably, the palace was also anxious.The princes loyal to the emperor fought back vigorously, and the Royal Knights also sent troops to suppress the rebellions in the east and south.

The nobles were terrified.

"Have you heard?" People whispered, "Your Majesty was furious at the imperial meeting today, saying that the Gorgon family is a 'low-spirited poisonous snake'. Once the rebels are caught, they will be executed."

Those who have been under the shadow of the Gorgon family are walking on eggshells.Even the prominent Swades family was implicated. The old owner swore loyalty to the emperor and immediately sent troops to conquer his son-in-law, Earl Gorgon.

The flames of war raged where the boys could not see.Every time the chess pieces on the sand table are pushed forward, countless bones will pave the way.

The princes split into several factions, the father-in-law attacked the son-in-law, the husband rewarded his wife, and the boy hanged his grandfather.There are bloody battle reports coming from the front every day.Mourning clothes and military uniforms are ready at the same time.The instruments of torture and the luxurious coffins come from the same giant tree.How the ancient veins have sprung up in the past, cut and bleed now.Fatted up crows and wild dogs.

The count throws himself into a frenzied war and completely abandons his son.

Trander could roughly guess the mentality: even if Egg was kidnapped or executed, the earl could still remarry and give birth to a new heir.

The two boys never talked about the rebellion.

But Trand thought about these things day and night.Whenever he was so anxious that he couldn't fall asleep, he would observe Master Egg in his arms...

The boy hugged the lion puppet and breathed slowly, as if sleeping peacefully in a transparent egg.

"It's okay, I will protect you."

He kissed Egg.

The child hidden in the clouds, the moon in the storybook, has nothing to do with the world.

The boys lived their normal lives.After arranging the little house, the little lion began to worry about whether Master Egg would be lonely.

"What does Egg do at home every day when I go to work?"

"With friends."

Egg pointed to the little puppets on the bed.

This can't work, I have to find a way to relieve the young master, Trander thought to himself.Master Yi Ge has never lived in such a small house... What's more, he can only stay at home every day, like a small animal locked up, and he will definitely lose his energy in the long run.

"I see."

The next day, the little lion brought back a large stack of books.

"Ego, I've bought a lot of storybooks! The big cities are amazing, there are books for sale..."

"Are books expensive too?"

"It should be very expensive, but the cooperation between the Empire and the Academy is very close. Do you know that the Academy will sell some technologies to different countries? For example, the design of drainage systems, such as street lighting...The Academy does these projects to support itself The mages. The empire bought the printing technology of the academy. At first it was for military use, such as printing maps and the like. Some small vendors secretly imitated and printed some popular stories and scripts for sale, and it turned out to be very popular. products!"

"The little lion is good for business."

"Hey, if you buy a book in the empire, you will have to pay dozens of times the price in the Pope's territory to the east. Over there, books are still the collections of the rich, not for everyone's entertainment."

Egg was a little confused when he heard this: "Really? I don't remember any storybooks at home before, they were all history books and classics of Ibagne. Maybe my parents think I shouldn't read such stories..."

"You'll like it! I've got books of different kinds. Master Egg can read them during the day when I'm away."

The little lion happily put the books on the table one by one.Egg was attracted by the painted cover, and carried all the puppets over and put them on the table for everyone to watch together.But looking carefully at the title and brief introduction, Yi Ge frowned again.

"..."

"Hell Journey with Master", "I beat my Boss of Tianshen", "Windmill Giant", "White Sea Monster", "Miserable People", "Summer Night Beauty Demon Party", "History of Sea God Temple", "War and Roasting chicken".

"..."

"How so? Which one do you like best!" The little lion shook his ears excitedly.

"I guess Tland likes 'Summer Night at the Fairy Leprechaun Party.'"

"how do you know?!"

"Because of this illustration... the fairy queen is basically not wearing any clothes, only covered with gauze and lilies. The other fairies don't wear much clothes, and their breasts are still big."

"How can you say that," Trander hurriedly defended, "No clothes or something... This is art! It's art!"

Egg had no expression on his face, turned around and rummaged in the jam cabinet.The little lion panicked and ran to stop it, howling.

"Wait, don't...!"

Moving away the large and small jam jars, Egg found a pile of picture books hidden in the cabinet.The little lion's expression changed, and he threw himself forward to cover the album: "Ah! These papers are heavy, come here, I'll help you carry them back!"

Yi Ge smiled: "It's only been a while since we moved here, and the silly lion has already hidden so many pornographic albums."

"no!"

The person who secretly hid the yellow book was discovered by the person he likes. The little lion blushed and covered the album with his belly.

"Oh, I see, this is also art." The young master smiled.

"Look, these are all mermaid storybooks. They are mermaids, and they don't wear clothes when they live in the sea. Your thoughts are not pure, so you think it's yellow after reading it!"

"Then why did the human prince take off his clothes when he saw the mermaid?"

"This... the prince is hot, you can swim in the water, can't you take off your clothes?"

The young master was amused by the silly lion's embarrassment, and asked after him, "Do I need to hold someone while swimming?"

"He...he doesn't know how to swim yet, this mermaid sister is just teaching the prince how to swim."

"When you were learning to swim, did you put your hands on other people's chests?"

"Ah, that's enough!"

Trander picked up the album and ran away.With sharp eyes and quick hands, Egg threw him to the ground at once, started rubbing Trand's chest indiscriminately, and said with a smile, "Hahaha, then I also want to learn to swim~"

"Hey, don't touch me!"

The little lion was noisy and struggling desperately.Yi Ge took the opportunity to pull out another picture album, and asked with a smile:

"Then is this picture book also 'art'? The prince was hunting in the forest and was captured by the dragon. When the dragon returned to the lair, the first thing it did was to tear off the prince's clothes, and then rode the prince all night. "

The little lion is hot enough to melt, and will do whatever it takes to save his dignity:

"The dragon is a tailor! It just wanted to order a better fit for the prince! They were just... taking measurements!"

"Naked for measurements?"

"That's right... measure it naked, so the data is more accurate!"

"What about the later story? The king sent a knight to rescue the prince. The knight went to the dragon's lair and found the prince happy. The knight put down his sword and went to the prince with the dragon... It's really strange, Trand I didn’t buy yellow picture books between boys before.”

I really can't make it up.

The little lion immediately changed his tactics, trying to get rid of the relationship:

"No!!! How could I read such...filthy stories! Someone must have framed me and deliberately put this kind of book in my house! Master, you have to believe me, I am an upright and reliable man, I will never Will watch this kind of... this kind of... indecent..."

"Don't quibble, I've read all the picture books that Trand has hidden."

Egg raised his chin proudly.Just like a little leopard winning a game, triumphantly pressing its prey under its paws.

"No, it's just..."

Last struggle.

The young master smiled, and then made up the knife:

"Oh, by the way, I have also read the pornographic picture books drawn by Trande himself. I respect your sexual fantasies, and there is only one question: why did you draw both of us as mermaids? It is obvious that we took risks together Fairy tales, but after defeating the devil in the sea, the sex/intercourse started."

"grumble……"

The little lion petrified instantly, and his soul was about to fly away from his mouth.

The stove was beeping and beeping, and the room was awkwardly quiet.Egg's eyes were wide open, content to enjoy the little lion's embarrassment.

Trander trembled, and suddenly jumped up and shouted:

"No, my boss called me to work overtime temporarily—! I won't be coming back tonight! Good night, take care, rest early, dream and see you tomorrow—!"

The little lion that caught fire ran away quickly.

The door slammed shut.

"Ah...?" The young master was taken aback for a moment, then lowered his head and smiled at the little puppet in his arms: "Hey, what a shy lion."

During that time, Yi Ge was at home alone during the day and read many strange books.Although each book made him frown, at least he understood Silly Lion better in some ways.The imperial capital is indeed a strange place, where all kinds of weird goods can be bought, and there are all kinds of people.Every evening, Egg waited by the window for Trand to come home, observing all kinds of strange passers-by by the way.

On this day, a circus passed by, and the clowns were wearing gaudy and tacky bright yellow costumes, holding monkeys in their hands.

"Wow……"

Egg leaned over the glass to watch.In the past, his father would not allow him to go to the circus.

The blond girl with feathered wings looked up, accidentally saw Egg by the window, and waved to him with a smile.The children on the road gathered around to watch the performance of the piper and the little monkey.Funny and cheerful music played, and the streets were full of excitement.A clown took out his marionettes and performed a puppet show for the children.

Egg watched carefully.

"I'm back~"

When Trand entered the door, he found the young master lying on the glass, looking at the outside world with shining eyes.He froze for a moment, thinking that Egg had been alone in the house for a long time, as if he had been locked in a cage for a long time...Trander stomped his feet cruelly.

"Master, let's go out!"

"Ah, when did the silly lion come back?"

"Come on, I'll take you out for a stroll, you won't be found!"

In order to go out, Trende made full preparations.He took out a small snow-white dress, and put a girl's wide-brimmed lace hat on Ego, with slightly curly long black hair hanging over his shoulders.This cute hat is good, as long as you bow your head slightly, the translucent lace can cover your face and is not easy to be seen.The high-heeled carved leather boots that I ordered before came in handy now.Trander knelt down halfway and fastened the bootlaces for the young master. The size of the boots was just right, and the shape of the boots could also show Egg's slender calves.

After some dressing up, a frail and cute little black-haired girl appeared in front of her eyes.

Trander admired the beautiful young master from all angles, and stretched out his arms: "Okay, it's no problem to go out like this! How safe, others will think you are my wife, and no one will doubt it!"

"The silly lion's interests are really strange..."

Egg sighed, took Trent's arm, and lifted the skirt slightly.

The two went out together.

It's the severe winter in the north.The upcoming winter solstice festival is still exciting.The streets are bustling with activity, pedestrians come and go, exhaled heat is everywhere, and laughter is everywhere.Occasionally, there will be a few bunches of red fruits inserted in the snow or in front of the window, which are offerings to the north wind elves.

The two children walked through the crowd, low-key and excited.

Trander was vigilantly observing whether there were patrol soldiers all the way, and at the same time explained everything in the market to the young master.

"what is that?"

Egg saw a lot of peddlers selling large chunks of salt crystals and sea buckthorn.

"Ah, those are the salt and red fruits used in the wedding ceremony. They are the things that the groom will hand over to the bride. Do you remember? In the past... no, in the hometown, we went to see the farmers get married together, and there were Such a ceremony. Now that the winter solstice is approaching, there are a lot of people getting married."

"Oh."

Egg pointed to the crab seller again.

Trander quickly shook his head: "No, no, that's for food, we can't buy crabs and take them back as pets..."

"I can feed it green leaves."

"But crabs are easy to die. If they die, they can't be eaten. It's a waste. It's not bad if you buy them directly and cook them. Does Egg want to eat steamed crabs today?"

"Oh."

After only two steps, the young master pointed at the rabbit seller again.

"Raise rabbits."

Trande smiled wryly: "Although the rabbit is cute, it is very troublesome to raise. If you don't pay attention to it, it will die. And if you touch it often, it will think that it is pregnant... It is very hard."

"Trand has a lot of knowledge about pregnancy."

"It's about rabbits, okay! I used to raise rabbits, and I even gave birth to cubs... so cute."

"Pregnancy is Trand's interest."

"what!"

Egg laughed when he saw the little lion bouncing around angrily.

"It's really right to go out today..." Trander sniffled in relief.It's been a long time since he saw the young master so relaxed.

In order to show himself well in front of the person he likes, he continued to hold his head high and talk loudly: "There are many interesting places in big cities. There are many fluffy sea otters living on the northern coast of the Golden Horn. Mother sea otters hold their babies, Together... Ouch!!"

The little lion only looked at Master Egg, not the road, and bumped into a passerby.The two were startled.Trand immediately stood firm, but the tall and thin passerby fell in the snow mixed with mud all at once.

"Wow ah ah ah-!"

"Yes, I'm sorry, sir! Are you all right?"

The two children hurriedly pulled the passer-by up.

Trander was a little nervous. As soon as he touched the man's coat, he roughly guessed how much the fur with such a touch was worth... However, the young man's coat, walking stick, black leather gloves and ruby ​​ring were all covered with muddy water .

It's over, Trander thought, it's going to be a disaster.

"Haha, it's okay, it's a slippery road..."

The young man smiled gently, without the boys' support.Just as he straightened up, his high-heeled leather boots accidentally stepped on the hem of his coat, and he fell beautifully in the dirty snow again.

"Uh..." The two boys stared blankly.

"I'm fine! I just fall down a lot, it's an old problem haha..."

A stream of blood dripped from his forehead, and the young man was still smiling, completely oblivious to the fact that his face was scratched by the fragments of his one-sided glasses.The two boys noticed that he had rare red eyes.

"Sir, you... are bleeding..."

"Eh, eh—?!"

"..."

Egg produced a white handkerchief embroidered with lion cubs and handed it to him.

The young man covered his wound in embarrassment, and quickly thanked: "I'm really sorry to make you laugh, to be honest, I'm a little...sick of blood, so..."

"It was I who caused you to fall and get injured. Why don't I call a carriage to take you back to your house? I will compensate you for this...clothes and glasses."

"No, no, no!" The red-eyed young man waved his hand, "It can be regarded as fate... It is God's will to fall, which means that I should not go on a date with that man. It is better to break up. We really are not suitable. Thank you, I think Got it, actually...

As he spoke, the young man noticed Egg, and his pigeon blood eyes lit up, as if he saw the scenery of the rose garden.

Trander blocked Egg from behind: "I'm sorry for causing you an accident, I'll call a car to take you back."

The young man clasped his hands together against his chin, his face full of joy:

"Oh oh oh, what a cute boy! It's so suitable, it's so suitable..."

Oops.

Trander hurriedly said: "You read it wrong, Elior is a girl, she is my wife."

The young man shook his index finger:

"It's okay, I understand, I understand. It's just a small interest that doesn't hurt anything~ It always keeps life alive. Oh... My glasses are broken and I can't see clearly. Take a closer look, you are also very handsome... Yeah , It’s really eye-catching, a young couple. Why don’t you come and sit at my house, I have a gift for you, it must be suitable!”

"Ha...I appreciate it...but I really don't need to..."

Egg asked, "You're a nobleman, aren't you?"

Trander nudged Egg lightly with his elbow, telling him not to speak, otherwise he would be exposed.

The red-eyed young man patted his head embarrassingly: "My name is Kaloyalo, Duke of Vulcan."

"what?"

Trand froze for a moment.Did you hear me wrong?Or maybe the man is lying.

The Duke of Vulcan is well-known and known as the "Flame of the Empire". He is not only an astonishingly powerful new nobleman, but also the favorite of the emperor.

In short, it is absolutely impossible to be the confused guy in front of him.Trander decided that the scammer was deliberately inflating his identity to extort laundry fees.He snapped his fingers and said with a smile:

"Wow... Your Excellency Duke, it's a pleasure to meet you."