Princess, I am really a good person

Chapter 16 The Old Earl

The off-road vehicle stopped at a hidden place outside Mufeng City. Zhou Mingyi said to the two girls in the back seat: "I will go to the city to check the situation first. You stay in the car."

He pulled up his cloak and was about to open the door and get out of the car. He thought of something and took out his pistol and handed it to Alyssa.

"You don't have a seal, so you have to have a way to save your life."

Alyssa nodded slightly and took the pistol.

"Zana, protect the princess." Zhou Mingyi reminded Zana.

"Yes, I understand, Master." Zana said quickly.

Zhou Mingyi got out of the car and walked towards the city.

Zana looked nervously out of the car window, alert to threats that might arise.

"Zana, do you think your ears are elves?" Alyssa looked at her and asked.

"Ah? Yes, Your Highness, Princess." Zana immediately sat upright and replied.

Alyssa laughed: "You don't have to be so nervous, just call me Alyssa."

"It's Her Royal Highness Princess Alyssa."

"..., why are you in Mortan? Isn't the territory of elves in Khachipar?" Alyssa asked. She had wanted to ask this from the beginning. It is indeed rare for elves to appear here. They have strong cohesion. Even if a race suffers from alienation disease, they will not expel their own people casually.

Moreover, this girl also called Zhou Mingyi master. This affiliation made her doubt Zhou Mingyi's character.

"I was caught here." Zana replied.

"Grasp?"

Shana nodded, "They are the mercenaries here. They attacked our village and captured us here. I was rescued by my master about a month ago when I was about to be sold."

"Is that so?" Alyssa lowered her head thoughtfully.

"Well, if the master hadn't saved me, I might have died by now, or it might have been a little worse." At this time, Zana thought of her sister who was made into a spine sword again, and her heart throbbed unconsciously. .

"Has he done anything excessive to you?" Alyssa asked.

"Huh? Well, no, Master, you can say that he has always treated me as a friend and treated me very well. This makes me feel very sorry. He is obviously my savior and has helped me so much, but I just If you can help him with housework and other things, it can be regarded as helping him when I save you, the princess."

In fact, Zhou Mingyi used to draw a tube of her blood every week, but she didn't feel that it helped him. For the elf's recovery ability, losing that little blood was no different.

"Is that so?" Alyssa fell silent. It seems that Zhou Mingyi is indeed a good person, but for some reason, she always feels that he is hiding some intention from her.

Zhou Mingyi walked around the city and noticed that there were more guards on the street than usual. Moreover, the black phoenix rarely appeared in public view in the past, but now there are many more of them on the street.

"There is a high probability that Karans will also join the hunt."

He found a sparsely traveled road leading to Mattis's residence, where he could avoid contact with searchers.

Returned to the car and took Alyssa and Zana into the city.

The control was always turned on, always paying attention to the surrounding situation, stopping in circles along the way, and finally stopped in front of a sewer.

Although Mattis worked for the warlord, he still provoked a lot of people. For safety reasons, he had been living in the sewers with complex terrain and ran away immediately if there was danger.

He turned left and right in the dank sewer, and finally stopped in front of a narrow iron gate.

Zhou Mingyi knocked on the door.

A camera next to the door lit up and turned towards him. "Mr. Matisse, long time no see." Zhou Mingyi took off his cloak and greeted the camera.

The camera just looked at him for two or three seconds, and then there was the sound of taking off the chain.

The door was knocked open with a bang, and a little old man with gray hair and a thick beard rushed out and pounced on Zhou Mingyi.

"You bastard! I'll kill you!"

Zhou Mingyi quickly dodged, letting him jump away. Then he turned around and rushed forward again. Alyssa was surprised that a short old man could be so flexible.

"Old man, why are you crazy!" Zhou Mingyi held down Matisse.

"You still have the nerve to come here! Do you know how much trouble you have caused me!" There was a big size difference between Matisse and Zhou Mingyi. They were held down by the other party, but they still waved their fists and kicks at him and yelled:

"The news that Bart's mercenary group was completely wiped out spread. It was I who sold their information to you! I said I would not participate in the dispute! Do you know that you almost ruined my reputation, you bastard! You clearly said you just wanted to buy an elf slave!"

"Calm down! Old man! I'm so angry that I won't collect the body for you!" Zhou Mingyi shouted.

"Stop talking nonsense! I tell you, today you can either give me enough gold to compensate, or you can keep your head!" Matisse shouted.

"Gold? What I brought today is a hundred times more surprising than gold!"

"What?" When Matisse heard this, he immediately became quiet.

Zhou Mingyi chuckled, pushed Alyssa forward, and then pulled off her cloak.

When Matisse saw that beautiful face, his expression suddenly became stiff and he was stunned.

He rubbed his eyes and looked at Alyssa in disbelief.

"Princess"

"Hello, His Excellency Count Matisse"

Alyssa was about to say something when Matisse suddenly jumped in front of her. Alyssa was so frightened that she quickly ducked, causing him to fall to the ground and crawl towards Alyssa howling.

"Princess! I have been waiting here for ten years! I have been waiting for this day!"

"Your Excellency, Count, please calm down first." Alyssa took several steps back, looking at Matisse's old face full of tears, and the corners of her mouth twitched unconsciously.

"Okay, old guy, get up!" Zhou Mingyi lifted him up from behind.

"But why, princess, are you here? You..." Matisse looked at Zhou Mingyi in disbelief.

"Huh? Even Mattis' intelligence network doesn't know about it. They block information very tightly."

Zhou Mingyi thought to himself.

"Let's go in and talk."

They entered Matisse's residence. The interior of his house was not as dark as the sewers outside. Instead, it was very elegantly decorated. The traditional interiors of the Ossian nobles can be seen here, although they are very old. , but wanting to get these furniture in Mortain, Matisse estimated that most of the money he earned from working for the warlords over the years was spent on this. Anyone can see what the former count is missing.

Matisse was busy beside Alyssa, pulling out a chair for her and making the best black tea, like an old butler.

"Your Highness, you know, I have been atoning for my sins all the time in the past ten years. I write to the House of Representatives every year, hoping that one day they will let me go. You have to believe me, and I was wrongly accused ten years ago. "What's the temperature of the black tea? If you don't like me, there's also scented tea. Do you want some snacks?" He chattered beside Alyssa.

"Uh, that's enough. Let's talk about business." Alyssa looked at Zhou Mingyi.

(End of this chapter)