After more than ten days, we finally arrived at Osdre.
As expected of the capital of the Osdre Empire, one of the five great empires, its 20-zhang-high thick city walls and dozens of zhang-wide moats are enough to make enemies who want to attack it sigh in despair.
Seeing the people queuing to enter the city, I just wanted to drive the carriage to pay the city gate tax, but was stopped by Nick.
He pulled the reins and ran towards the city gate first.
The soldier guarding the city just wanted to step forward to stop them, but the old soldier next to him pulled him away and said respectfully to Nick and Rank behind him: "Master Nick, Master Rank, Master Vilsa, you are back!"
Nick nodded to the old soldier and said: "There are our guests in the carriage. We are going to enter the city now!"
The guards at the city gate immediately opened the gate. As I entered the city, I said curiously: "I didn't expect you to be so prestigious here that even the guards dare not stop you."
Kelly in the carriage popped her head out and said with a smile: "Of course, he They are the sons of the great general of the empire, and Versa is the son of the prime minister of the empire, so of course the guards dare not stop them. "
Rank smiled and replied: "If they knew you were in the carriage, they would probably salute you, because you are the princess of our empire."
"Really? It turns out that Sister Kelly is a princess!" I don't find their identities strange. After all, I felt that they were either rich or noble, and the person who followed and protected them was definitely not inferior to the sword master in terms of strength. It was not surprising that Kelly was a princess if they could afford such a master to protect them secretly.
Alice was very curious about Princess Kelly and kept asking her questions.
At the repeated invitation of the Nick brothers, Qin Si and I decided to visit the general's mansion.
Versa naturally returned to her prime minister's mansion, and Kelly was picked up by the guards who heard the news shortly after entering the city.
The General's Mansion is located in the east of Osdre, close to the palace. The General's Mansion is surrounded by the residences of dignitaries and is the highest-level residential area in Osdre.
The General's Mansion covers an area of dozens of acres. Unlike the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Prince's Mansion next to it, the entire General's Mansion looks majestic.
There are not so many pavilions and towers, but there are many rockery and boulders. The simplicity reveals a powerful aura. Just looking at this aura, you can tell that the designer of the entire General's Mansion is definitely a genius.
Just looking at this General's Mansion, you can tell that the architectural level here has reached an extremely high level.
As soon as he entered the General's Mansion, Nick shouted loudly: "Brother, we are back, and I brought a good friend here, come out quickly!"
With his loud voice, I have no doubt that the whole General's Mansion can hear it.
Philiya asked curiously: "Why do you brothers have an older brother?"
Rank said proudly: "Yes! We not only have an older brother, but also an older sister and a younger sister. The older brother and the older sister are students of Laiya School. The older brother is one of the top ten masters of the school. Although the older sister is often not in school now, she is not only one of the top ten masters, but also one of the four beauties of the school. However, it is difficult for many people to meet her!"
As he was talking, a sixty-year-old man ran out from the general. He was very happy to see Nick and Rank, and said: "Second Master, Third Master is back ! The eldest young master is not in the mansion now. He took the second young lady out early this morning. Isn't this Miss Qinsi? Miss Qinsi hasn't been here for a long time. Are these friends of the two young masters? Please come in and sit down. I will send someone to arrange the room immediately. I wonder how the two young masters experienced this time? Ah! The second young master has broken through to the sword master! What a great joy! The master will be very happy when he comes back! "
The old man led everyone inside and kept talking, making the Nick brothers smile bitterly and speechless. They just cast helpless eyes at us, which made Alice and Qinsi laugh.
Nick introduced us helplessly: "This is Kesa, the housekeeper in our general's mansion. He was the housekeeper of the general's mansion when my father was young."
I nodded secretly. Just by looking at Nick's realm at a glance, the old man knew that he was definitely not an ordinary housekeeper. At least he was a master of the great swordsman level. It seems that this general's mansion is not simple at all.
"Hello, old man. I am Edmund, and this is my wife Philiya and my daughter Alice." I introduced them with a faint smile.
Kesa said enthusiastically: "You are very powerful! You are much stronger than when I was young. It is a blessing for our young master to have a friend like you. Mrs. Philiya is very beautiful, and the little sister is also very cute." Alice was happy with just one sentence, but Philiya just smiled gently.
I smiled and said: "Old man, you are powerful! How can I compare with you?"
Kesa said happily: "You are really powerful, and you found out that I am a master at once. But you don't have to call me old man, just call me Kesa or Uncle Kesa. I was a great master back then. I dealt with a group of golden-haired demon pigs alone. At that time, it was so dangerous..."
Golden-haired demon pigs are level 5 monsters. Old people obviously have a bit of nagging problem. Kesa is like this. As soon as he started talking, he began to talk about his glorious past achievements.
Nick and Qinsi had obviously heard it many times, so they were not interested. Philiya and Alice had already seen my strength, so they naturally had no interest in his record. Xiaoyu was even more bored.
When Rank finally couldn't bear to interrupt him, Kesa realized that he was just chatting alone and forgot that everyone had just come back from outside and needed to rest. He blushed and ordered the servants to arrange the rooms.
After washing and resting, it was already time for dinner. When Philiya and I took Alice to the hall again, we found that there were a few more people.
When everyone saw us coming in, they all came to greet us.
The first one was a noble lady with long silver hair, kind eyes, and looked very kind. She should be Mrs. Santes, the mother of Nick.
A young man and woman followed closely behind the noble lady. The man looked about the same height as Nick, but he didn't look as rude as Nick. Instead, he was a little restrained, like a leopard, with beautiful lines and a strong sense. Obviously, his cultivation should be better than Nick.
The girl was only sixteen or seventeen years old, with long green hair tied into a braid and hanging down in front of her chest. She looked cute and lovely in a light blue dress. Her light blue eyes, delicate nose, rosy lips and snow-white skin made her look elegant.
If it weren't for the sword on her waist, people might think she was a quiet lady!
Nick stepped forward and introduced: "This is my mother, the eldest brother Tek and the youngest sister Lan Ya. My father went to the border, so he is not at home. And the eldest sister Ni Ya formed a mercenary group outside, so she is rarely at home."
I hurriedly introduced myself and Philiya and her daughter again. After getting to know each other, there was still some time before dinner. Mrs. Santes had a good impression of the gentle and virtuous Philiya and the innocent and lovely Alice, and she pulled them to chat quietly.
Lan Ya pulled Qin Si and kept complaining about why she didn't take herself with her when she went out to experience.
The Turk brothers came to me directly and said, "I will call you Brother Edmund like Nick and the others, okay?"
I smiled and said, "Of course, but I am actually younger than you. If you call me Brother, I am afraid you will be at a disadvantage."
Turk was surprised and said, "Isn't Alice your daughter? I thought you looked young because of your high level of cultivation."
I whispered, "Although Alice is my daughter, she is not my biological daughter. In fact, I am not even 20 years old."
Nick exclaimed, "How can this be! Then you are younger than me. I have been calling you Brother Edmund before, so I am at a disadvantage."
Rank Calmly said: "There is no order of learning, the one who is more accomplished is the teacher. Brother Edmund is so much stronger than us, calling him a teacher is nothing, not to mention that we are just calling him brother. We should be the winner."
Tek nodded and said: "With the strength of Brother Edmund killing the sixth-level Warcraft Wolf King with one move, even I am not his opponent, so it is natural for you to call him Brother Edmund. I wonder when Brother Edmund can spar with me?"
I smiled lightly and said: "Then I won't be polite. We can spar anytime, but it's a bit late today, so let's talk about it tomorrow!"
After a while of greetings, Mrs. Santes notified everyone to prepare for dinner.
However, what surprised her was that Nick, who thought he would be very happy to finally eat the delicious dishes at home again, sighed in unison as soon as she said to start eating.
While eating, the two looked lazy and had no appetite, which made her worry: Are the brothers sick?
After a quick dinner, everyone went back to their rooms, but Nick and his brother were kept by Mrs. Santes, who asked them with concern: "Nick, Rank, are you feeling unwell or tired? Otherwise, why do you seem to have no appetite for all the dishes you like?"
Nick smiled bitterly and said: "There is nothing wrong with our health, but our appetite seems to have been spoiled!"
Rank also smiled bitterly and nodded continuously.
Lan Ya, who was standing next to him, immediately became interested and said, "Second brother, third brother, what delicious food did you eat? You are so picky that you don't even like the delicacies at home? Did you eat dragon meat?"
Lan Ke smiled bitterly and said, "You won't believe it if I tell you. What we ate was just simple barbecue, which was the meat of some very common monsters, and some common vegetables."
Mrs. Santes became curious and said, "Could those barbecues be better than those made at home? Were you particularly hungry at that time, so you thought the barbecues at that time were particularly delicious?"
Nick said sullenly, "No! Those barbecues! They melted in our mouths, fragrant, soft and smooth. We wanted to swallow our tongues when we ate them. Unfortunately, it was rare for us to eat them, and we have only eaten them twice so far."
As he spoke, he seemed to feel that his saliva was about to flow down.
"Oh! Is there really such delicious barbecue? Who made it?" Lan Ya was already salivating and asked hurriedly.
Rank replied: "Brother Edmund made it! Unfortunately, Brother Edmund rarely cooks, and most of the time it is Sister Philiya who makes the food. But Sister Philiya's cooking is also very delicious, just a little worse than Brother Edmund's. According to Alice, Sister Philiya's cooking level was taught by Brother Edmund!"
"No way!" Turk exclaimed: "Brother Edmund can actually cook? And it's so delicious? It's really unimaginable."
Mrs. Santes was also surprised and said: "If that's the case, let's see if we can ask him to teach me and the chefs tomorrow, otherwise, it will be bad if you always have no appetite. Well, you've worked hard all day, you all go to rest early!"