I'm a dragon, I only want to steal princesses

Chapter 71

Two months later, at the dining table in the Infinity Tower, Ganon sat down with Zhenna and Isbel to eat.

Stone presented Zhenna with bread, half-boiled fried eggs, and then a stew made of mutton, wild vegetables, and mushrooms. For Isbel, unleavened cakes made by elves, fried asparagus with mushrooms, radish and pea soup, and an apple.

Gannon’s breakfast is the simplest, a pig and a sheep: roasted suckling pig with a crispy skin, served with a pot of peppery mutton soup with a whole lamb, the ingredients mainly come from his pasture.

After the Temple of the Earth Mother began to operate, the animals and plants in the pastures and fields began to grow and develop at an amazing rate.

Gannon's territory has more and more exchanges with Muxia, and it has also begun to trade with the villages and towns on the western border of Muxia, which makes the dishes on the table of the Endless Tower more diverse.

"Did you hear any new developments when you went back this time?" Ganon asked Isbel about the business at the dinner table.

"The negotiation with the empire is over. How should I put it, the result is slightly better than expected." Isbel answered very briefly.

"Then this matter is finally over." Gannon nodded thoughtfully.

The ceasefire between Longji Empire and Mu Xia was a week ago.

After confirming the covenant with Mu Xia, Ganon actually only participated in two battles.

One time was to clear the Muqiu City Walled City. He easily defeated the troops of the Principality of Xihe and killed the highest commander of the army on the spot.

When he rescued another city for the second time, there was basically no fight. The imperial troops retreated quickly just as soon as he appeared. He and the elf troops pursued and eliminated thousands of people.

After the news spread that a red dragon was supporting Mu Xia in the western area of ​​Mu Xia, the empire seemed to abandon this offensive route, and the western area of ​​Mu Xia was never attacked again.

About half a month later, the reinforcements from the Elemental Federation officially entered the battlefield, and Mu Xia's side launched a counterattack.

After a period of tug-of-war, the fronts of the two sides gradually stabilized, and then under the mediation of the Elemental Federation, Mu Xia and the Empire sat at the negotiating table.

As Ganon expected, Mu Xia inevitably lost the battle. In the negotiation, the Empire exchanged the condition of withdrawing troops to go to several mineral territories on Mu Xia's border, including a precious mithril mine.

However, compared to the land currently occupied by the empire and the cost of a foreseeable counterattack, this price is actually relatively small.

Even to a certain extent, the imperial people sitting at the negotiating table spoke better than the Summer Elves expected. Originally, they thought that the imperial people would open their mouths to go to all the territories they had already occupied, and demanded an additional compensation.

The war between the Empire and Mu Xia has come to an end, but if the Empire continues to develop like this, if the relatively slow-developing Mu Xia does not have the protection of the Elemental Federation, it may continue to be invaded in the future, as the saying goes, you will be beaten if you fall behind.

The Empress of the Empire, Fred, insisted on using the technology of dwarves and alchemists to develop steam machinery to strengthen the army. Such technological progress will inevitably bring about the military rise of the Empire. When they have enough conditions to popularize new technologies to production...

Gannon couldn't help feeling a sense of crisis.

"There is another piece of news." Isbel thought of something again, "I heard that the Queen of the Empire and the general who led this war are officially married. The general is still a legendary strong man, and now he has been named commander and prince. His name seems to be..."

"Lucio?" Ganon said.

"Yes, that's him, Lucio from Rift Valley!" Ibebel replied.

"This is also one of the purposes of the emperor's war. Let Lucio take the top spot in the military, and she can use Lucio to control the empire's army more firmly."

Zhenna was tearing the bread in her hands, and interjected without changing her expression, "Although Lucio is a legendary strongman, he was born as a commoner. He only had the title of earl before. He was promoted by the emperor's sister all the way, and this time it may be the same. To win a soldier, nothing is more suitable than military exploits."

"It's a good move..." Ganon said with emotion.

The benefits obtained from Mu Xia are only one aspect. With his victory in the Mu Xia War, Fred has greatly improved his reputation in the country and his appeal to local nobles after he just sat on the throne.

At the same time, she also logically allowed her husband to formally sit at the top of the central army with the help of military exploits, and her dominance in the empire was instantly strengthened.

Ganon knew very well that sooner or later this pair of dogs would pose a fatal threat to him. With the rise of the empire, he must also improve his ability to protect himself as soon as possible.

"Speaking of which, isn't there a saying that one should return to one's hometown to get married after a war?" Isbel suddenly showed a smile with a deep meaning on her face.

Ganon felt that he guessed what Isbel was going to say next, but then Isbel pointed back and forth between him and Zhenna:
"You guys, shouldn't there be a ceremony or something?"

After living together for nearly two months, she finally discovered that the relationship between Ganon and Zhenna was actually much more normal than she imagined.

Zhenna, who was drinking soup, choked.

"Do you need to worry about this matter?" Ganon looked at Isbel suspiciously.

"I still understand the order of first come, first come. After Zhenna, it is logical that it is my turn, isn't it?" Isbel put her hands on her chest, and directly confessed her purpose, "Zhenna shouldn't have any opinions, right?"

Zhenna looked at Isbel with a complicated face for a while, and sighed: "If Ganon agrees, what can I say? I am only a human being, and Ganon has at least 2000 years of life. I don't intend to restrain him. The problem is..."

As she spoke, she cast her eyes on Ganon with sharp eyes.

"What's the matter?" Gannon read that she seemed dissatisfied, and blinked.

"Have you ever considered such a thing?" Zhenna whispered.

Gannon thought for a while, and said to Zhenna: "Then you will marry me?"

Zhenna covered her forehead with a headache, thinking that she really couldn't expect any romantic thoughts from a dragon.

She knocked on the table with her fist, and said seriously:
"Are you kidding me? Don't talk about this kind of thing while eating a pig's leg!!"

She doesn't have such a serious ritual complex, but at least she can't compromise to this point.

"Okay, I'll think about it later." Gannon replied with a smile.

He went through a few scenes in his mind in an instant, and he knew exactly where the scenery and atmosphere around here were the best. In the afternoon, let Ke En and the others help to make some arrangements in advance, and in the evening, take Zhenna there.

"Ganoon, I don't need to trouble you so much, you can be more direct with me." Isbel rubbed her hands expectantly, and cast a suggestive look at Gannon.

"To be honest, as long as you restrain your hobbies a little bit, I actually have no opinion at all, but does your family agree?" Gannon looked at Isbel suspiciously, "I remember your mother mentioned thinking about it for at least three months, right?"

"You can't be so rigid, Ganon." Isbel shook her finger at Ganon, "As long as the raw rice is cooked, there won't be any problems."

"It doesn't sound like a problem at all..." Ganon retorted calmly.

"Don't worry, they will definitely agree." Isbel smiled meaningfully.

Ganon suddenly felt something was wrong.

At this time, 【Watcher】had a reaction.

"Here's another letter, Shitou, please read it for me." He felt another falcon flying in Mu Xia's direction, and now he and Mu Xia have become very frequent in contact.

"Yes." Stone replied, and about a few minutes later, he explained the content of the letter to Ganon, "My lord, Lampard, Prince of Twilight Summer, invites you to meet at the old place at noon."

(End of this chapter)