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Chapter 152 Finding Missing Children

It was already long into the night and the gates of Quellis were completely closed.

At the city gate, several members of the Sword Corps on duty were leaning against a table gambling to pass the night.

After all, it is early winter now.

Thanks to the Wild Hunt initiated by the Wood Elves, the entire Principality of Quellith is now completely free of Beastmen and Greenskins.

And when winter comes, wood elves will stay in the forest and will not go out.

During this period, night duty is a rare and lucrative job.

You can pass the time by playing dice all night, but of course, you also have to pay more attention to guarding the door.

The swordsman, who had lost all his wages for today, picked up a torch, leaned against the city wall, and looked into the distance boredly.

Just when he didn't know how to spend the rest of the time and looked outside, he saw a group of people slowly approaching the city wall.

With the help of the fire under the city gate, we can see clearly who is coming.

There was a man, two women, and a horse. The most important thing was the two children on the horse! They were obviously the lord's children.

"Who?"

The swordsman asked this question. Although he already had the answer in his heart, he was just waiting for others to answer.

"Imperial merchants, but we found the lord's children!"

"Stop playing around! Open the door!"

Upon hearing this, the swordsman immediately looked at the gambling table behind him and asked everyone to stop their entertainment as work had begun.

More than a dozen people immediately prepared all their equipment, put on helmets on their heads, and held their shields and daggers tightly.

The city gate was slowly opened from the inside, and more than a dozen Bretonnian swordsmen inside had already formed a formation. The one who looked like a squad leader took three steps forward and immediately discovered that the situation was true.

"Quick! Quick! Inform the lord! His children have been found."

As a squad leader, he had of course met the lord’s children, so he was naturally excited.

The lord of Quellis was already on the brink of collapse.

As the children returned one after another during the day, he had already prepared for the worst as he had not found his children yet.

Now I have actually found it.

Several sword soldiers immediately formed a formation and held torches to light a passage for Windlow and his group.

He ran towards the castle where the lord was at almost the fastest speed.

In case of emergency, the door can be opened directly. It happened that the lord was still awake because his children were lost.

Although his eyes were bloodshot, he still recognized his children at a glance.

Even though he was wearing heavy armor, he was still able to move very fast. He ran over in the blink of an eye and picked up his children.

After checking for a long time and finding that there were no injuries, he breathed a sigh of relief and his tense spirit finally relaxed a little.

The lord's wife also came over and hugged her two children, then left the hall.

Then came the time that Windlow had been looking forward to.

The lord raised his hand, and several servants who were working the night shift lit the candles on the banquet table.

Then the lord made an inviting gesture, and the meaning was very clear: the reward and other matters would be discussed at the table.

"Thank you for risking your life to enter the Athel Loren Forest and rescue my children. If it weren't for you, I can't imagine how terrible things would have happened to them."

Oh, there are actually people who talk like this, which proves that Windlow made the right bet.

The lord values ​​his children very much, so he will definitely pay a high price as his reward.

“It’s not dangerous.”

Leslie's words suddenly brought the atmosphere of the conversation to a freezing point.

"It doesn't matter if the two of them enter the Athel Loren Forest completely. The girl has a talent for magic and will be taught to become a saint and then released back to Bretonnia."

"The boy also has strength. He will be trained as a wild cavalryman to help the Wood Elves fight against the Beastmen and Greenskins."

"These two have talent and strength, and will not be killed by the wood elves."

As a wood elf, Leslie certainly knew why the wood elves kidnapped the children of Bretonnia.

Due to their small population, the Wood Elves have a strong interest in kidnapping Bretonnian children.

Most children are cast under a spell that prevents them from growing up, becoming servants of the wood elves and serving their elven masters for their entire lives.

For most of the children kidnapped from rural areas, this situation is actually not too bad.

Some children are treated as toys by wood elves to vent their desires and are played with to death, or are directly sacrificed to forest spirits.

As for those who are particularly talented, just as Leslie said, they will be trained to become powerful fighters.

"You mean, my children are all particularly capable and talented."

The expression on the lord's face suddenly turned into relief, and all his initial worries disappeared.

"Haha, you are worthy of being my children."

It may be difficult for the Imperials to understand, but the love that the Bretonnian nobles have for their children is different.

For all Bretonnian nobles, it is an honor to die and a shame to live.

Even if one dies in battle, as long as it is a glorious death, it is an honor for the family.

Without any ability or skill, every moment of your life is a desecration of your family's glory.

Since they have been recognized by the wood elves in the Athel Loren Forest, it means that his children will never bring disgrace to the family in the future.

The lord immediately took out a bottle of good wine and drank it all by himself.

At the same time, he took out a bag filled with some precious metals.

At a glance, Windlow saw that there was silver and gold inside.

The bag was handed to Leslie by the lord.

When the wood elf saw this situation, even though she had never dealt with humans before, her delicate mind immediately analyzed the current situation.

Accept this bag of "gifts" and continue to praise it. This human just wants to hear praises, so just say it to him.

"Yes, I also overheard something from the elves in the forest, saying that these two children are not only talented, but also have excellent education."

As soon as these words were spoken, the lord actually stood up and waved his hand to indicate that Windlo and his team had made a great contribution in saving people, and they could rest in his castle tonight.

He also noticed that Windlow was dressed as an imperial merchant, and with a wave of his hand he indicated that he would buy all his goods at the market price.

Mousse on the side certainly didn't like this situation very much. Leslie was an elf just like herself.

Although there are huge differences between the wood elf Asrai and the dark elf Druchi, they are all elves, so why would they speak well of humans?

However, after returning to the rest room provided by the lord, Windlow stood in front of Mousse to stop her from saying anything else.

"We really need a smart and fast scout in our caravan, Leslie, are you interested in joining our caravan?"