chapter 1098
38. Roar! Not only unafraid, but is she even walking towards me, the DIO?
The territory of Northern Ireland is not complex in its structure: a town, with residents living peacefully for various reasons, that’s all there is.
In the jurisdiction of the town, Northern Ireland has always been divided into two categories: one governed by Arthur, the commander of the Great Empire’s knightly order, as the “lord,” while the members of the knightly order do not participate in the ” public order” and other events within the city. These matters have always been the responsibility of the longest-standing local noble.
His name is Warren Dio. Although he is still considered a “young man,” having taken over the family legacy from his ancestors, Dio is already a significant figure in Northern Ireland, capable of “covering the sky with one hand,” aside from Lord Arthur. Dio possesses the unique “handsome” appearance typical of Northern Ireland—blonde hair and blue eyes, with a strong physique, a rarity in Northern Ireland, making him the “prince charming” in the eyes of all the young women.
Today is a very important day for Dio: he got up early to stand in front of the mirror, asking the maid at home to help him dress up, aiming to appear a bit more “dominant.”
At this moment.
While admiring the handsome figure in the full-length mirror, Dio asked the few maids beside him, who had come to work for him even without pay.
“Have you found out anything about the newcomers? The one who took over the city directly with the Great Empire’s knightly order.”
Recently, Northern Ireland has been unsettled, which has been Dio’s feeling these days. Because: the lord stationed here, Arthur of the knightly order, had gone out to the snowy plains with her team a few days ago and never returned!
Out of a slight concern for this beautiful young commander, who had generally gotten along well with his family, Dio had made an effort to inquire. Little did he know, Arthur had disappeared, and in her place… the Great Empire sent another team of knights, who resolutely took over the arrangements he had made and forcibly seized control of the entire Northern Ireland city.
This made Dio a bit displeased: he had never intended to do anything to this Northern Ireland city, as everyone knew: without the protection of the Great Empire’s knightly order, how could the few guards he had recruited maintain the operation of a city? Just dealing with the beasts outside the city was already overwhelming!
But this newcomer had directly shattered his plans to elevate his prestige! This made Dio unable to contain his frustration: moreover, today, this person even hoped to meet him! Therefore, Dio wanted to take this opportunity to give this precious newcomer from the Great Empire a warning, letting him know that he was not to be trifled with, and then make some concessions for a peaceful coexistence.
As the maid handed him his clothes, a response quickly came.
“Lord, I found an opportunity to ask a maid who was following the other party. The person leading the knightly order in the city is named Reed, and he comes from the royal family of the Great Empire.”
“Hmph…”
Dio snorted. What does the royal family matter? Here, the sky is high and the emperor is far away; even if the queen came, it would be useless!
This was just the initial thought, and when Dio heard that the other party was also a young man, an inexplicable feeling of displeasure surged in his heart. Perhaps this was jealousy as a fellow man; Dio planned to give that Reed a warning no matter what.
Taking the clothes from the maid, Dio waved his hand, intending to dismiss these somewhat annoying maids as usual.
“Alright, you can go out now.”
However, the next moment, the command that had been given countless times before was not followed by any of the maids today? On the contrary, the two young women beside him suddenly fell silent.
Dio barely heard their murmurs.
“Lord, did you know that I have liked you for a long time?”
“Me too…”
Hmph, is that even necessary to say? If I had no charm, could I make you ugly ducklings willingly work for free here?
Dio sneered coldly in his heart: it would be easy to deal with these maids; just drag one into the room, and that would be it. They definitely wouldn’t resist. But Dio believed he shouldn’t casually touch these ordinary women with no status; that would be “losing face.”
These maids, it was just fine to have them serve as maids.
Just a second ago, Dio was thinking this way. However, the next moment, these maids, who usually only dared to meekly obey his orders, suddenly seemed to have taken some strange medicine, and after mumbling that phrase, they charged directly at him !
“Sir! We want to give you a baby!”
This truly started Dio! Had these women gone mad!?
“Baby your head!”
Fortunately, Dio quickly reacted; after all, he was the number one noble in Northern Ireland, with a strength around the fifth or sixth rank!
After unceremoniously slapping each of the two maids, they finally stood there dumbfounded, covering half of their faces and not daring to move!
“Stop acting crazy in front of me! Don’t you see what time it is now! If you dare to lay a hand on me again, just get the hell out of here! Do you understand!?”
Gasping for breath, Dio shouted angrily. Of course, he was also puzzled: these two maids were the kind who were relatively “understanding” and willingly acted as “servants,” otherwise he wouldn’t have allowed them to serve him closely.
But what was wrong with these two today? Had they taken some kind of drug?
Shaking his head and not thinking too much, he still had to meet that person named Li De.
Ah, isn’t it just the knight group that came with the Great Ying Empire? They took over as soon as they entered the city, acting like they were so capable, clearly looking down on local nobles like himself.
And he was a man, hmph, at first glance, he was the kind of idiot who would boss people around as soon as he grasped a bit of power! How could he let someone like that manage Northern Ireland?
Hiss… right, after Arthur’s group was gone, when it came to who could “succeed the lord,” wasn’t it obviously himself first in line? Now suddenly a Cheng Yaojin had appeared, and this Li De was clearly here to compete with him!
Damn it, this matter cannot be left as is! If that kid dares to be smug later, he will definitely…
“Hey! Stop covering your faces! Hurry up and call all the guards in the house! Quickly!”
The next moment, Dio shouted at the two maids.
Then I looked at the two of them, their expressions filled with confusion.
“But, my lord, didn’t you ask us to prepare a lavish lunch to entertain…”
“Entertain!?”
What a ridiculous notion!
“Ah, yes, entertain! Isn’t it my duty to properly ‘entertain’ that arrogant young man from the Great Ying Empire?”
Dio revealed a sinister smile.
Want to snatch Northern Ireland from me? No way! I am the next lord!
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The color illustration is ready; I will post it after the next update.
Hooray! Still, hand over the monthly ticket so I can recover my health.