After more than ten days, we finally arrived at Austin. As expected of the capital city of the Oss Empire, one of the five great empires. Just by looking at its thick city walls that were 200 feet tall and its moat that was hundreds of feet wide, it was enough to make enemies who wanted to attack it sigh in despair.
Seeing the people lining up to enter the city, I was about to drive the carriage to pay the city gate tax, but Nick stopped me. He pulled the reins of his horse and ran toward the city gate. The soldiers guarding the city wanted to stop him, but the veteran beside him had already pulled him away. He respectfully said to Nick and Rank behind him,"Young Master Nick, Young Master Rank, Young Master Vesa, you're back!”
Nick nodded at the veteran and said,""There are our guests in the carriage. We're going into the city now!”
The guards at the city gate immediately opened the city gate. As I entered the city, I asked curiously,"I didn't expect you to have such prestige here that even the guards don't dare to stop you.”
Kelly poked her head out from the carriage and said with a smile,""Of course. They are the sons of the Empire's Great General, and Vilsa is the young master of the Empire's Prime Minister. Of course the guards wouldn't dare to stop them.”
"If they knew you were in the carriage, they would have saluted you. You are the princess of our empire." Ranke replied with a smile.”
"Really? It turned out that Sister Kelly was a princess!”I didn't find their identities strange. After all, I had already felt that they were either rich or noble. Moreover, the person who was tailing and protecting them was definitely not inferior to a Sword Saint in terms of strength. If they could afford to hire such an expert to protect them in secret, it wasn't too surprising that Kelly was a princess. On the other hand, Alice was extremely curious about Kelly, the princess, and kept asking her questions.
Under Brother Nick's repeated invitation, Qinsi and I decided to visit the General's Estate. Veressa naturally returned to his Prime Minister's Mansion, while Kylie had already been picked up by the Imperial Guards not long after she entered the city. The General's Mansion was located in the east of Austin, close to the Imperial Palace. Surrounding the General's Mansion were the residences of the high-ranking officials and nobles. It was the most luxurious residential area in Austin.
The General's Mansion occupied dozens of acres of land. It was not as magnificent as the Prime Minister's Mansion and Prince's Mansion. The entire General's Mansion appeared majestic and magnificent. There weren't many pavilions, but there were many rockery and boulders. In the simplicity, it revealed an imposing manner. Just by looking at this imposing manner, one could tell that the designer of the entire General's Estate was definitely a genius. Just by looking at this General's Estate, one could tell that the architectural standards here had already reached an extremely high level.
As soon as they entered the general's manor, Nick shouted,""Big Brother, we're back. I even brought a good friend over. Come out quickly!”With his loud voice, I have no doubt that the entire General Manor can hear him.
" What?" Felia asked curiously." Do you brothers have an elder brother?"”
"Yeah!" Rank said proudly. Not only do we have a big brother, but we also have a big sister and a little sister. Big brother and big sister are both students of Laurel's school. Big brother is also one of the school's top ten experts. Although Big Sis was not in school often, she was not only one of the top ten experts, but also one of the four beauties in the school. It was difficult for many people to get to know her!”
As they were talking, an old man in his sixties ran out from the general. He was very happy to see Nick and Rank and said,"Second Young Master, Third Young Master is back! The Eldest Young Master was not in the manor at the moment. He had brought the Second Young Lady out early this morning. Isn't this Miss Qinsi? Miss Qinsi had not been here for a long time. Are these the friends of the two young masters? Please take a seat in the room. I'll send someone to arrange a room right away. I wonder how the two young masters have been on this trip? Ah! The second young master had already broken through to become a swordmaster! What a joyous occasion! Old Master will definitely be very happy when he comes back!”As the old man led everyone inside, he kept talking, making Nick and his brother smile bitterly. They only looked at us helplessly, making Alice and Qinsi laugh secretly.
Nick helplessly introduced them to us,""This is the housekeeper of our General Manor, Kesha. When my father was young, he was already the housekeeper of the General Manor.”
I nodded to myself. This old man was able to tell Nick's level with just a glance. I knew that he was definitely not an ordinary butler. He was at least an expert swordsman. It seemed that this General's Estate was not simple at all.
"Hello, uncle. I am Long Gutian, you can call me Long or Little Tian. This is my wife, Felia, and my daughter, Alice.”I introduced with a faint smile.
"You're very powerful, young man!" Kesha said enthusiastically. You're much stronger than when I was young. It's our young master's blessing to have a friend like you. Madame Long was very beautiful, and her little sister was very cute.”This sentence made Alice happy, but Felia only smiled gently.
I smiled and said,"Uncle, you're the one who's amazing!" Brat, how can I compare to you?"
"You're really amazing, young man. You immediately discovered that I'm an expert," Kesha said happily. However, you don't have to call me uncle. You can just call me Kesha or Uncle Kesha. " Back then, I was an incredible expert. I dealt with a group of Golden Fur Magical Boars alone. That time, it was dangerous…" The Golden Fur Magical Boar was a fifth-grade magical beast. Older people obviously had a nagging problem. Kesha was like that. As soon as he started talking, he began to ramble on about his glorious past achievements. Nick and Qinsi had obviously heard of it many times, so they were not interested. Felia and Alice had already witnessed my strength, so they were naturally not interested in his battle records. Xiao Yu was even more bored listening to it.
When Rank finally could not hold it in and interrupted him, Kesha realized that he had been chatting alone and had forgotten that everyone had just returned from outside and needed to rest. He quickly instructed the servants to arrange the rooms with a red face.
After washing up and resting, it was already dinner time. When Felia and I brought Alice to the hall again, we found that there were already a few more people. When everyone saw us enter, they all came up to welcome us. The person in the lead was a lady with long silver hair. She had a kind face and looked very kind. She should be Nick's mother, Mrs. Sants. A young man and woman followed closely behind the noble lady. The man looked about the same height as Nick, but he did not look as rude as Nick. Instead, he looked a little reserved, like a leopard. His lines were beautiful and powerful. Clearly, his cultivation was higher than Nick's. The girl was only 16 or 17 years old. Her long green hair was tied into a twist and hung down in front of her chest. She looked pretty and charming in a light blue dress. Her light blue eyes, delicate nose, red cherry lips, and snow-white skin gave her an elegant feeling. If it wasn't for the sword at her waist, people might have thought that she was a quiet young lady from a noble family!
Nick stepped forward and introduced," This is my mother, my eldest brother, Turk, and my younger sister, Lanya. My father is not at home because he went to the border. As for her elder sister, Nia, she had formed a mercenary group outside, so she was rarely at home.”
I quickly introduced myself and Feliya. After getting to know each other, there was still some time before dinner. Mrs. Santes had a good impression of the gentle and virtuous Felia and the innocent and cute Alice, so she pulled the mother and daughter to chat in a low voice. Lan Ya pulled on Qin Si and could not help but complain about why she did not bring her along when she went out to train. As for the Turk brothers, they directly came to me and said,"I'll call you Big Brother Long like Nick and the others, okay?”
I smiled." Of course you can, but my actual age is not as old as yours. I'm afraid you'll be at a disadvantage if you call me big brother."”
"Isn't Alice your daughter?" Turk asked in surprise. I thought you looked young because of your high cultivation.”
"Although Alice is my daughter, she's not my biological daughter." Actually, I'm not even twenty years old.”
"How could this be?!" Nick exclaimed. Then aren't you younger than me? I've always called you Big Brother Long.”
Ranke said calmly," There is no order in learning. The one who has reached the top is the master. Brother Long is so much stronger than us. It's not a big deal to call him teacher. Moreover, we only call him big brother. We should be the ones who benefit."”
" Yes." Turk nodded and said," With Big Brother Long's ability to kill the Demon Wolf King, a magical beast of the sixth rank in one move, even I am not his match. So, it is only natural for you to call him Big Brother Long." I wonder when Brother Long can spar with me?”
"Then I won't stand on ceremony." They could spar at any time, but it was a little late today. Let's talk about it tomorrow!”
After some small talk, Mrs. Santes informed everyone to prepare dinner. However, to her surprise, Nick and his brother, who thought they would be happy to finally be able to eat the delicious dishes at home again, sighed in unison as soon as she said that they were going to eat. When they were eating, the two of them looked lazy and had no appetite. Are the brothers sick?
After a hasty dinner, everyone went back to their own rooms. Mrs. Santes asked Nick and his brother to stay behind and asked with concern,""Nick, Rank, are you feeling unwell? Are you tired? Otherwise, why do you all seem to have no appetite for so many of your favorite dishes?”
"There's nothing wrong with our bodies, but our appetites seem to have been spoiled!" Nick said with a bitter smile.”Ranke smiled bitterly and nodded his head.
Lan Ya, who was beside him, immediately became interested and said,"Second Brother, Third Brother, what good food did you eat that made your appetite so picky that you don't even like the delicacies at home? Did you eat dragon meat?"
" You won't believe it even if I tell you," Rank said with a bitter smile." What we ate was just simple roasted meat. It was the meat of some ordinary magic beasts and some common vegetables.”
Mrs. Santes was curious.""Could it be that the roasted meat is better than the ones made at home? Was it because you were especially hungry at that time that you thought the barbecue was especially delicious?”
"No!" Nick said gloomily. Those roasted meat! It felt like it melted in our mouths. It was so fragrant and soft that we wanted to swallow our tongues. Unfortunately, it's very rare for us to eat it. We've only eaten it twice so far.”As he spoke, he felt like his saliva was about to drip down.
"Oh! Was there really such delicious roasted meat? Who made it?" Lanya was already salivating from hearing this and quickly asked.
"It's Brother Long's doing!" Ranke replied. Unfortunately, Big Brother Long rarely cooked. Most of the time, it was Big Sister-in-law Long who cooked. However, Mrs. Long's cooking was also very delicious. It was only a little worse than Brother Long's cooking. According to Alice, Mrs. Long's cooking level was taught by Brother Long!”
"No way!" "Big Brother Long can cook?" Turk exclaimed. And it's so delicious? It's really unimaginable."
Mrs. Santes was also surprised.""In that case, let's see if you can ask him to teach me and the chefs tomorrow. Otherwise, it won't be good if you keep losing your appetite. Alright, you've worked hard all day. Go and rest early!”
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After more than ten days, we finally arrived at Austin. As expected of the capital city of the Oss Empire, one of the five great empires. Just by looking at its thick city walls that were 200 feet tall and its moat that was hundreds of feet wide, it was enough to make enemies who wanted to attack it sigh in despair.
Seeing the people lining up to enter the city, I was about to drive the carriage to pay the city gate tax, but Nick stopped me. He pulled the reins of his horse and ran toward the city gate. The soldiers guarding the city wanted to stop him, but the veteran beside him had already pulled him away. He respectfully said to Nick and Rank behind him,"Young Master Nick, Young Master Rank, Young Master Vesa, you're back!”
Nick nodded at the veteran and said,""There are our guests in the carriage. We're going into the city now!”
The guards at the city gate immediately opened the city gate. As I entered the city, I asked curiously,"I didn't expect you to have such prestige here that even the guards don't dare to stop you.”
Kelly poked her head out from the carriage and said with a smile,""Of course. They are the sons of the Empire's Great General, and Vilsa is the young master of the Empire's Prime Minister. Of course the guards wouldn't dare to stop them.”
"If they knew you were in the carriage, they would have saluted you. You are the princess of our empire." Ranke replied with a smile.”
"Really? It turned out that Sister Kelly was a princess!”I didn't find their identities strange. After all, I had already felt that they were either rich or noble. Moreover, the person who was tailing and protecting them was definitely not inferior to a Sword Saint in terms of strength. If they could afford to hire such an expert to protect them in secret, it wasn't too surprising that Kelly was a princess. On the other hand, Alice was extremely curious about Kelly, the princess, and kept asking her questions.
Under Brother Nick's repeated invitation, Qinsi and I decided to visit the General's Estate. Veressa naturally returned to his Prime Minister's Mansion, while Kylie had already been picked up by the Imperial Guards not long after she entered the city. The General's Mansion was located in the east of Austin, close to the Imperial Palace. Surrounding the General's Mansion were the residences of the high-ranking officials and nobles. It was the most luxurious residential area in Austin.
The General's Mansion occupied dozens of acres of land. It was not as magnificent as the Prime Minister's Mansion and Prince's Mansion. The entire General's Mansion appeared majestic and magnificent. There weren't many pavilions, but there were many rockery and boulders. In the simplicity, it revealed an imposing manner. Just by looking at this imposing manner, one could tell that the designer of the entire General's Estate was definitely a genius. Just by looking at this General's Estate, one could tell that the architectural standards here had already reached an extremely high level.
As soon as they entered the general's manor, Nick shouted,""Big Brother, we're back. I even brought a good friend over. Come out quickly!”With his loud voice, I have no doubt that the entire General Manor can hear him.
" What?" Felia asked curiously." Do you brothers have an elder brother?"”
"Yeah!" Rank said proudly. Not only do we have a big brother, but we also have a big sister and a little sister. Big brother and big sister are both students of Laurel's school. Big brother is also one of the school's top ten experts. Although Big Sis was not in school often, she was not only one of the top ten experts, but also one of the four beauties in the school. It was difficult for many people to get to know her!”
As they were talking, an old man in his sixties ran out from the general. He was very happy to see Nick and Rank and said,"Second Young Master, Third Young Master is back! The Eldest Young Master was not in the manor at the moment. He had brought the Second Young Lady out early this morning. Isn't this Miss Qinsi? Miss Qinsi had not been here for a long time. Are these the friends of the two young masters? Please take a seat in the room. I'll send someone to arrange a room right away. I wonder how the two young masters have been on this trip? Ah! The second young master had already broken through to become a swordmaster! What a joyous occasion! Old Master will definitely be very happy when he comes back!”As the old man led everyone inside, he kept talking, making Nick and his brother smile bitterly. They only looked at us helplessly, making Alice and Qinsi laugh secretly.
Nick helplessly introduced them to us,""This is the housekeeper of our General Manor, Kesha. When my father was young, he was already the housekeeper of the General Manor.”
I nodded to myself. This old man was able to tell Nick's level with just a glance. I knew that he was definitely not an ordinary butler. He was at least an expert swordsman. It seemed that this General's Estate was not simple at all.
"Hello, uncle. I am Long Gutian, you can call me Long or Little Tian. This is my wife, Felia, and my daughter, Alice.”I introduced with a faint smile.
"You're very powerful, young man!" Kesha said enthusiastically. You're much stronger than when I was young. It's our young master's blessing to have a friend like you. Madame Long was very beautiful, and her little sister was very cute.”This sentence made Alice happy, but Felia only smiled gently.
I smiled and said,"Uncle, you're the one who's amazing!" Brat, how can I compare to you?"
"You're really amazing, young man. You immediately discovered that I'm an expert," Kesha said happily. However, you don't have to call me uncle. You can just call me Kesha or Uncle Kesha. " Back then, I was an incredible expert. I dealt with a group of Golden Fur Magical Boars alone. That time, it was dangerous…" The Golden Fur Magical Boar was a fifth-grade magical beast. Older people obviously had a nagging problem. Kesha was like that. As soon as he started talking, he began to ramble on about his glorious past achievements. Nick and Qinsi had obviously heard of it many times, so they were not interested. Felia and Alice had already witnessed my strength, so they were naturally not interested in his battle records. Xiao Yu was even more bored listening to it.
When Rank finally could not hold it in and interrupted him, Kesha realized that he had been chatting alone and had forgotten that everyone had just returned from outside and needed to rest. He quickly instructed the servants to arrange the rooms with a red face.
After washing up and resting, it was already dinner time. When Felia and I brought Alice to the hall again, we found that there were already a few more people. When everyone saw us enter, they all came up to welcome us. The person in the lead was a lady with long silver hair. She had a kind face and looked very kind. She should be Nick's mother, Mrs. Sants. A young man and woman followed closely behind the noble lady. The man looked about the same height as Nick, but he did not look as rude as Nick. Instead, he looked a little reserved, like a leopard. His lines were beautiful and powerful. Clearly, his cultivation was higher than Nick's. The girl was only 16 or 17 years old. Her long green hair was tied into a twist and hung down in front of her chest. She looked pretty and charming in a light blue dress. Her light blue eyes, delicate nose, red cherry lips, and snow-white skin gave her an elegant feeling. If it wasn't for the sword at her waist, people might have thought that she was a quiet young lady from a noble family!
Nick stepped forward and introduced," This is my mother, my eldest brother, Turk, and my younger sister, Lanya. My father is not at home because he went to the border. As for her elder sister, Nia, she had formed a mercenary group outside, so she was rarely at home.”
I quickly introduced myself and Feliya. After getting to know each other, there was still some time before dinner. Mrs. Santes had a good impression of the gentle and virtuous Felia and the innocent and cute Alice, so she pulled the mother and daughter to chat in a low voice. Lan Ya pulled on Qin Si and could not help but complain about why she did not bring her along when she went out to train. As for the Turk brothers, they directly came to me and said,"I'll call you Big Brother Long like Nick and the others, okay?”
I smiled." Of course you can, but my actual age is not as old as yours. I'm afraid you'll be at a disadvantage if you call me big brother."”
"Isn't Alice your daughter?" Turk asked in surprise. I thought you looked young because of your high cultivation.”
"Although Alice is my daughter, she's not my biological daughter." Actually, I'm not even twenty years old.”
"How could this be?!" Nick exclaimed. Then aren't you younger than me? I've always called you Big Brother Long.”
Ranke said calmly," There is no order in learning. The one who has reached the top is the master. Brother Long is so much stronger than us. It's not a big deal to call him teacher. Moreover, we only call him big brother. We should be the ones who benefit."”
" Yes." Turk nodded and said," With Big Brother Long's ability to kill the Demon Wolf King, a magical beast of the sixth rank in one move, even I am not his match. So, it is only natural for you to call him Big Brother Long." I wonder when Brother Long can spar with me?”
"Then I won't stand on ceremony." They could spar at any time, but it was a little late today. Let's talk about it tomorrow!”
After some small talk, Mrs. Santes informed everyone to prepare dinner. However, to her surprise, Nick and his brother, who thought they would be happy to finally be able to eat the delicious dishes at home again, sighed in unison as soon as she said that they were going to eat. When they were eating, the two of them looked lazy and had no appetite. Are the brothers sick?
After a hasty dinner, everyone went back to their own rooms. Mrs. Santes asked Nick and his brother to stay behind and asked with concern,""Nick, Rank, are you feeling unwell? Are you tired? Otherwise, why do you all seem to have no appetite for so many of your favorite dishes?”
"There's nothing wrong with our bodies, but our appetites seem to have been spoiled!" Nick said with a bitter smile.”Ranke smiled bitterly and nodded his head.
Lan Ya, who was beside him, immediately became interested and said,"Second Brother, Third Brother, what good food did you eat that made your appetite so picky that you don't even like the delicacies at home? Did you eat dragon meat?"
" You won't believe it even if I tell you," Rank said with a bitter smile." What we ate was just simple roasted meat. It was the meat of some ordinary magic beasts and some common vegetables.”
Mrs. Santes was curious.""Could it be that the roasted meat is better than the ones made at home? Was it because you were especially hungry at that time that you thought the barbecue was especially delicious?”
"No!" Nick said gloomily. Those roasted meat! It felt like it melted in our mouths. It was so fragrant and soft that we wanted to swallow our tongues. Unfortunately, it's very rare for us to eat it. We've only eaten it twice so far.”As he spoke, he felt like his saliva was about to drip down.
"Oh! Was there really such delicious roasted meat? Who made it?" Lanya was already salivating from hearing this and quickly asked.
"It's Brother Long's doing!" Ranke replied. Unfortunately, Big Brother Long rarely cooked. Most of the time, it was Big Sister-in-law Long who cooked. However, Mrs. Long's cooking was also very delicious. It was only a little worse than Brother Long's cooking. According to Alice, Mrs. Long's cooking level was taught by Brother Long!”
"No way!" "Big Brother Long can cook?" Turk exclaimed. And it's so delicious? It's really unimaginable."
Mrs. Santes was also surprised.""In that case, let's see if you can ask him to teach me and the chefs tomorrow. Otherwise, it won't be good if you keep losing your appetite. Alright, you've worked hard all day. Go and rest early!”
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