For a moment, the men who were still devouring their food froze in an instant. They all looked up at Lance, their expressions as if seeing the XX president suddenly started to admit his mistakes and reflect on himself.
"Why do you show this expression?" Lance looked at them strangely: "I wasn't joking with you when I said I wanted to leave here."
Seeing Lance's serious look, Anna was confused what this third prince in front of her was going to do. She was originally thinking about what evil purpose this guy was going to use her and others to achieve, or what experiment he was going to do. She even thought about whether the third prince was interested in her.
But judging from this short encounter, it seemed that she was wrong. From the moment this guy ran out disheveled to see her and others, she had actually made some guesses in her mind. He was really anxious and didn't even care about his own image.
So she didn't have to think about it if he fancies her. If he was interested in her, he should dress himself up first, right?
A ridiculous idea appeared in Anna's mind: this third prince... he is serious about running away!
Lance probably didn't even know that one of his unintentional actions had the same effect as a certain minister (a story of Cao Cao).
"Look at your disbelief!" Lance thought that these people still didn't believe him. In order to show his sincerity, he shouted loudly: "Dana!"
The maid pushed open the door and entered: "Your Highness."
He had to say that this maid who has been following him is quite reliable. "Go to the library and find a map of Corsas." Lance ordered: "I remember it was in...the military area."
Lance's mansion has its own study room, which contains all kinds of books. But it turns out that the third prince has not even read a single book except for the erotic books about dark elf and mainland fantasy novels he collected.
The original one was useless and didn't work hard, so he deserved to be looked down upon. Lance thought so.
"Yes." Maps are naturally a common thing for the prince. Dana replied and then retreated, while Lance waved his hand: "Eat first."
After a while, she came over holding a parchment scroll that was taller than him: "Your Highness, this is the map you want."
Lance originally wanted to get it by himself, but as soon as he raised his butt a little, something suddenly occurred to him.
He sat down again and said nonchalantly: "Um...Gru, right? Don't be stunned, go help her pick it up! I don't know how to express my disappointment when I see a grown man doesn't help initiatively when he saw a girl coming in with something in her arms."
Gru was still confused. Hearing Lance's words, he instinctively wanted to refute why should he listen to him, but then he thought that it was the map of Second Demon Capital. The words that came to his lips were forced back by him. After all, this is what they need now.
Gru stood up and reached out to take the scroll from Dana's hand.
"You go down first." Lance said to Dana: "I'll call you if something happens. By the way, don't tell anyone what happened just now."
"Yes, Your Highness." She withdrew and closed the door when she went out.
Lance stood up and said, "Have you eaten enough? Let's open the map and take a look."
Several people on Anna's side looked at the huge parchment roll and mentally estimated the size of the table. Then they took their plates in unison in front of them, put the bread slices on it, and had with the milk.
"Look at how rude you are!" Lance didn't hide his contempt at all.
Anna smiled in embarrassment on the other side: "They... are all starving."
The few people didn't refute but just stuffed pieces of bread into their mouths and watched Gru open the map.
This map looked like it hadn't been opened for a long time, and when he shook it open, it was filled with dust.
Lance watched pieces of dust and quietly pushed his plate to the side. He saw that the people seemed to be unable to see the dirt even if it fell on the bread.
"Hey, hey, it's almost enough." He couldn't stand it any longer: "Is it possible that I'm going to abuse you after rescuing you? Don't be like someone who haven't seen the food. Look, your leader's faces is so akward."
Emm? Anna looked confused. How did this topic get involved with me?
But these men stopped for a moment. They glanced at Anna, and then swallowed hard what was in their mouths.
Anna had a wry smile on her face, and Lance's image unconsciously became strange in her mind. At first, his whole body seemed to be wrapped in conspiracy, but now it looked a little more... unreliable! In other words, it's not that difficult to get along with him.
No matter how you say it, Anna's hostility is indeed a little less.
Fortunately, Gru laid out the map at this time. But Lance's next words made the group of people shocked.
"This city turns out to be like this."
Are you really a demon prince? This is your home! Don't you know what your home look like?
Gru looked at Anna, his eyes full of doubt. But this doubt is no longer the initial vigilance against Lance, but doubts about his IQ. Anna comforted him with her eyes and walked forward to observe the map.
The six men who followed her also observed the map and began to record the map in their hearts. This is a skill that every warrior should master.
Everyone just looked at the map in silence. Lance also looked at it, but he couldn't understand it.
Lance used to be somewhat autistic, so he visited very few places in this demon city and knew very little about it. In addition, he was used to seeing those satellite images in his previous life, on which the locations, road names, and scales were clearly distinguishable by human eyes and color blocks.
This map seemed very detailed, but in his opinion, it was just a bunch of squares and lines with no clear distinction between priorities. For him, understanding this was as difficult as looking for a treasure with a treasure map drawn by a kindergartener.
So after watching for a long time, Lance could only found the huge palace and that this city was roughly divided into three large areas, which are aristocratic area, merchant area, and civilian area respectively. Other than these, Lance didn't find anything.
Seeing Anna and the others watching with great interest, he asked tentatively: "Do you understand this map?"
Anna nodded: "I already have a general understanding of this city, but it's just so that we won't get lost when we go out. I... still need time."
Anna is actually humble. As a magician with strong spiritual power, she has memorized the map in just a moment! But she didn't say so.
"Better than me." Lance sighed sincerely. Then he asked her: "So... have you figured out any escape route?"
Anna, who was thinking about whether she had deceived Lance, was stunned: "Huh? What did you say?" She felt that she must have heard wrong! Is this person so direct?
Lance repeated: "I ask, have you figured out any escape route?"
Anna was shocked. She blinked her big eyes and said, "Your Highness, don't you have any ideas in your mind?"
"Isn't this nonsense! If I knew how to run away, why would I have rescued you?"
"….." Anna thought what he said makes sense.
This prince is sick in his head! This was Anna's evaluation of Lance after getting in touch with him! When she first met him, she still thought this person was unfathomable. After just such a brief contact, her impression of him completely changed!
At this time she also figured out something! Why did I just react at this time? It's unreliable enough that a demon wants to escape from the demon city and seeks help from some captured humans, right? At that time, I felt that this guy was unfathomable because my IQ was banned by the magic-forbidden chain, right?
Seeing Lance looking at her expectantly, Anna gritted her teeth and answered, "This... still needs to be studied!"
"Study." Lance nodded: "Well, you have to study it carefully. After all, this is the Second Demon Capital."
Do I need you to tell me this? Anna despised crazily in her heart. She didn't realize that the vigilance against demons in her heart had faded a lot.
The big man Gru over there spoke: "Is this an building layout map on the ground?"