Lord Chronicle

Chapter 281 Kress' Diary ([-])

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Being the defense team of the territory is a very hard job. Not only do you have to deal with all kinds of weird cases during the day, such as monsters stealing food, someone’s cattle are lost, who is fighting with whom, etc., but also at night. To patrol all night.

Although the lord has never treated the food of the garrison badly, and you can eat as much as you want for three meals a day, but we have to train hard and travel around the territory, so we are easy to get hungry.

Especially the patrol in the middle of the night, walking on an empty stomach under the dark night sky is really uncomfortable.

Yes, we need supper!

Because of this problem, I asked Miss Jessica many times, but she rejected them all.There is no way, most of the defense team's budget is used to replace new equipment, and it is already the limit to guarantee three meals at present.

So, I decided to figure it out myself.

Different from before, the composition of the current garrison is very complicated, not only the locals of Lowell, but also the villagers who fled from Lulin, as well as dwarves and barbarians.

So on this issue, I can't decide by myself, but I have to take everyone's opinions into account.

So one day, I called representatives from each side to formally discuss the important matter of setting up a "night patrol supper fund" for the garrison.

“…So, I think it’s important to have a mutual fund that allows the guys on patrol that night to have supper.”

After explaining my opinion, I conclude this way.

"Agreed!" The others applauded almost in unison.

Obviously everyone is deeply troubled by the pain of patrolling on an empty stomach.

Seeing that the opinions of the people are so harmonious and unified, I am very satisfied, so I continued: "So, I decided to deduct a part of everyone's salary every month to buy food for supper, so that the brothers who patrol at night can have enough food , what do you think?"

"Totally agree." Another unanimous answer.

This... This really is the brotherhood. Although I expected that as long as it is about food, everyone will be highly motivated, but I was moved by the promise so readily.

So, I started to talk about the most critical part: "So, what kind of food will be bought with this fund so that everyone can eat well and eat well, let's discuss it now."

"As long as the dish is made by Aunt Meissie, I have no problem." Boqi, the local pie, said first.

"I ask for as much food from Lulin as possible." Said Yada from Lulin Fang.

"Ale, all the money will buy the strongest ale." Eliot, the dwarf's representative, also called out.

Igna the Barbarian's voice was the loudest: "Barbecue, we want barbecue!"

I thought I would still hear harmonious opinions, but I couldn't help being surprised.However, before I opened my mouth to persuade, there was already a pot of porridge quarreling below.

"What, buy all ale? Can wine fill your stomach?"

"What do you humans know? As long as you have ale, you don't need to eat."

"That's you!"

"Hey, the savages eat the most, shouldn't you back down a bit?"

"Speaking of food intake, Captain Kress alone is enough for the three of us, so it's up to you to make concessions."

"From Lulin, you are only a minority, so you should listen to everyone's opinions."

"Minorities have no right to speak? We strongly demand to buy Lulin-style food!"

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Listening to the buzzing noise in my ears, I couldn't help but feel a big headache. Damn, I thought this matter would go well.

Afterwards, it was a long and difficult negotiation process. It took a full half a day, and I finally coordinated everyone's opinions and reached a food procurement plan that everyone agreed with.

In my impression, except for guarding the territory when the undead invaded, the entire garrison had never been so dedicated to one incident before.

And I almost collapsed in the end. After all, this kind of thing is not my specialty. I still like to pick up the black mound and fight the enemy neatly.

In any case, the first supper fund of our garrison has finally been established. From now on, when everyone patrols at night, they will no longer be afraid of being hungry.

It's beautiful to live a life full of food.

However, I was too optimistic after all. Only half a month after the establishment of the fund, a series of problems appeared.

The most serious of these is that the food in the warehouse is disappearing at a rate far faster than expected.In other words, some people were stealing supper that should have belonged to the entire defense team!
This is unforgivable behavior, because this fund is contributed by all players and belongs to the entire defense team.Therefore, we have to catch this greedy guy no matter what.

From that day on, I organized a few smart team members to secretly investigate the matter, but what was inexplicable, after a week of tracking, the records showed that the patrol team only ate the prescribed amount of food every night, and no one had any food. People steal.

But the purchased food still disappeared a lot abnormally.

Suddenly, I felt an unprecedented crisis.

If the murderer is not found again, I, the initiator, will definitely be held accountable; under pressure, the lord will definitely suspend me; if I have no job and no savings, I can only go to Julie to have a soft meal; then she will definitely Look down on me, maybe you will break up with me...

God, I can't think about it anymore.

For the sake of future happiness, I had no choice but to take out all my savings (this was originally saved for my marriage with Julie, but now I can't take care of that much anymore), and went to Mary's workshop.

The only alchemist in the territory did not disappoint me. She sold me a potion. Depending on how much I drank, marks of different colors would appear on the face from black to red. cannot be eliminated.

As long as I mix it into the food, I can find out who is stealing it based on the color of the marks on the faces of the team members.

On the first day, black marks appeared on the faces of all the team members who patrolled that night, indicating that no one among them stole food.

Same thing the next day.

Day three still...

However, the food in the warehouse is still decreasing abnormally.

This... What the hell is going on! ?
I am completely confused, did those foods run away with their long legs?

At this time, I thought of Miss Jessica, she is the smartest person in the territory, if I ask her, I will definitely find a good way.

So I came to the Lord's Mansion in a hurry.

Unexpectedly, before I entered the door, I saw little Marlene rushing into my arms with a panicked face.

"Marlene, what's going on?" I quickly hugged her. Did something happen to the lord's family?

"Mila is sick, I have to go to see Kafir's sister as soon as possible." Marlene said to me anxiously.

It turned out to be like this, that little girl would actually get sick, which really surprised me.While thinking this way, I casually asked, "What's wrong with her?"

Marlene shook her head: "I don't know, but since the day before yesterday, she has turned red, and I can't wipe it off no matter what, it looks terrible."

I stopped in my tracks, "What did you say?"

"Mira's whole body turned red..."

There was silence, and a few seconds later...

"Mira———————!"

"Wow, master, Brother Kress is going crazy!"

Afterwards, it was confirmed that the elusive food destroyer was indeed Mira.I don't know how she learned about the small warehouse we built, but in order to steal food, she actually dug a tunnel leading to the warehouse with both hands.

Looking at the dark hole in the corner of the warehouse, all of us have only one thought, in front of food, this girl is really terrible...

Afterwards, the lord compensated us for the loss, and Miss Jessica also allocated a sum of money to buy supper for the night patrol. The biggest crisis in my life was finally resolved perfectly.

By the way, is Mira really human?
(End of this chapter)