"I didn't have a job, so I walked around the slum and didn't see anyone, so I went in, and I couldn't see the princess and her messengers."
"ah!"
With Earl speechless, Gott called Chris.
After a while, Chris entered the office, and Goth immediately asked:
"Marshal! When will the ghetto be empty?"
Chris was annoyed at the question, but he struggled to control himself as the Count watched.
"What do you mean?"
"I had something to see this morning, so I went around the slums and there was no one there!"
"No, they've been there since last night, haven't they?"
"Then it means they left last night, because they all left this morning. Why didn't you report it? Didn't I tell you to keep an eye on them!"
"Ah, that ghetto epidemic"
"Popularity?"
"Yes, that's why I'm pulling out soldiers and moving some residents elsewhere."
The best way to avoid an epidemic is to stay away from it.
However, Goth had other ideas in his mind.
He looked at the Count with an urgent expression.
"The princess seems to have run away."
"Huh? The princess ran away?"
Chris asked suspiciously.
"You idiot, you can't even give simple instructions! Shut up!"
The Marshal, who still didn't understand the situation, was being scolded, and interrupted at the time.
"Accommodating all refugees is a difficult decision. They must have received help from outside... Anyway, we have to send troops to hunt them down!"
Cook! I didn't let it go until now!
It occurred to him that the princess would run away.
However, she didn't run away, and she took the refugees who were being held hostage!
The monarch was very angry with the princess, he jumped up from his seat and ordered.
"Get ready to ride the scorpion now!"
"Scorpion Rider?"
The Scorpion Cavalry is the earl's elite cavalry, consisting of two thousand veterans and knights.
"Wherever they are, they'll catch them, kill the refugees, and bring the princess back!"
The Count did not hesitate to issue his brutal order. He also ordered the princess to be trampled on.
Princess! It's because of her own actions.
hush!
North of Lamer City.
When the Scorpion Riders arrived, they sounded their horns to announce their arrival.
Fully armed, fully armed, rushed out of the camp and rushed out of the city.
"Everyone, cheer up!"
"A little further and we'll come to the Neil River. All we have to do is get some soldiers out of the way!"
After more than a day, the refugees began to move.
The health status of the refugees who have lived in poverty for a long time is far worse than Reina imagined.
No matter how close they were to them, no matter how much they encouraged them, it was not enough to restore their weary strength.
"Princess, just take a rest."
Lin Peng, who was watching the team, said firmly.
However, Papa objected.
"No! Let's move for another half day!"
"I don't think they can last half a day!"
"What if the Count's army catches up?"
"I think they fall faster than they catch them."
Reina made a decision when the two retainers were still at odds.
"We rest for an hour, and in the meantime, fill our stomachs and get a good night's sleep."
When her order fell, the procession stopped.
The tired fell to the ground and sat down, and the hungry began to fill their empty bellies with the food they could get.
"Princess, eat this."
Reina hasn't eaten since last night.
This is because they have been trying to encourage people to exercise instead of spending time eating.
So when she saw the warm bowl of soup that Papa brought, she felt a little hungry.
However...
"Don't use me, leave it to others."
"The princess is the power of the people. Others are important, but if the princess falls, it will be a big deal."
"Thanks."
Finally, Reina who was handed the bowl was about to pick up a spoonful of soup when the ground began to tremble.
beep!
"This! The army sent by the count!"
"Stand up everyone! We must leave now!"
Lin Peng and other servants yelled at the refugees violently.
Refugees who stood up began to flee. However, they don't have enough energy to move quickly.
Eventually, they were surrounded by Scorpion Riders.
"Damn it! Just a little more and we'll get to the river..."
"If only we had the power to stop them!"
Desperation and anger appeared on the faces of the princess' attendants.
After the siege was over, a man wearing a colorful helmet stepped forward.
...asking for flowers...
The head of the Scorpion Cavalry, Viper.
"Princess, how dare you evade the count's favor, shame on you!"
"Earl's Grace? What are you talking about? What did the Earl even do for us"
Lin Peng shouted instead of Leina.
"When we take in refugees with nowhere to go, nowhere to sleep, nowhere to eat, that's what I call grace!"
"Shut up! Do we live for free? We pay you twice as much tax, and if something happens, we're sent to labor.
That's enough for refugees.
However, no one thought that the Volga exiles were compatriots of the empire, ranging from nobles to ordinary citizens.
Treating them as pickpockets and making them work without pay, they always look coldly on refugees.
When Lin Peng talked about the discrimination they had suffered over the years, the poisonous snake sneered at Lin Peng.
"Hmph, that's none of my business, listen to Princess Lena, if you follow us, we will let the refugees leave, but if you choose to reject our proposal, it will become a bloody massacre."
The count ordered the poisonous snake to bring back the princess without hurting her hair.
They wanted to do as they were told, but the princess was in danger of harming herself, so they decided to speak out first.
Soldiers threatened with knives and the terrified refugees retreated.
"What means?"
Looking at the sky, Reina asked.
If that was God's will, she decided not to despair, but to accept it.
If she has any regrets, it is only one, that is, she cannot see the majestic and stern young master Lin Ji.
"Please don't, princess!"
"We will open the way for you, the princess can come..."
Reina wanted to go forward, but was opposed by the old servants.
However, Reina's attitude was firm.
"I am the last member of the royal family of the Volga Kingdom, how can I leave my people and escape?"
The Volga royal family once abandoned their people.
Although she is still young, this mistake will not go away.
Rather than abandoning her own people, Reina might as well be the earl's concubine.
"Whooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo"
"Princess Mama! You can't go!
The old woman and others burst into tears and advised her to stop.
Until then, they had lived in the country in disgust, yet they had never been as resilient as they were then.
