"Are you serious? You'll really let me leave?" Mina asked again.
"Yes, I am," Liu Feng replied with a bitter smile. This was the third time he had answered her.
Since he mentioned letting the cat-eared girl leave, she had incredulously repeated the question several times.
"Why? Am I ugly? Don't you nobles usually like orc girls?" Mina frowned, puzzled.
"Yes, you're too ugly," Liu Feng said, his lips curling up in a tease.
"How could that be!" Mina's eyes widened. She had been praised by Anli for being even prettier than a human princess among the cat warriors.
The next second, she saw Liu Feng's smile and immediately understood he was teasing her. Annoyed, she flicked her tail and glared at him.
Was Mina beautiful? Liu Feng would only say that she was several times prettier than girls on Earth who had undergone "plastic surgery", especially with her cat ears and tail, which added a lot to her charm.
"Is it really so unbelievable that I'm letting you leave?" Liu Feng shook his head helplessly. She had followed him out of the room and kept asking questions all the way.
"This..." Mina was at a loss for words. She looked at Liu Feng's handsome profile and suddenly found it hard to speak.
She had saved many orc girls who were imprisoned and toyed with by nobles like pets. She had also been hunted by many nobles, but with her skills, she had always been able to escape.
Now, here was a noble who was actually letting her leave. The contrast was so great that it made her hesitant to leave.
The conversation suddenly stopped, leaving only the sound of footsteps climbing the stairs. This was a building over ten meters high, the tallest in the entire West Sun City, entirely made of stone bricks. The top floor was a study.
"Creak..."
The heavy door was pushed open, revealing a cluttered study that made Liu Feng frown.
"You're a very unique noble," Mina suddenly said.
"Huh?" Liu Feng was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and shook his head. "I've only been a noble for less than half a day, after all."
Liu Feng focused on the study, looking at the crooked books and frowning so tightly that he could have squashed a mosquito.
"It's really annoying," Liu Feng muttered, rearranging the books from the beginning, arranging them neatly from high to low.
"That looks much better."
Liu Feng's frown eased as he pushed open the wooden window and looked outside, but his frown returned. "Those houses and roads are really annoying to look at."
"Bang..."
The window was closed. Liu Feng chose to ignore it. As someone with OCD, the layout of the houses in West Sun City was very distressing to him.
Alright! The arrangement in the study was also distressing to him, so he closed his eyes and sat in the chair.
"You're more like a noble than any noble I've met," Mina said, covering her mouth and laughing.
She didn't know why, but she felt very comfortable being with Liu Feng. There was no disgusting smell or uncomfortable gaze...
Liu Feng opened his eyes and looked at Mina strangely, wondering why she had suddenly lowered her guard against him.
"Do you know much about West Sun City?"
Mina was slightly taken aback and said curiously, "Aren't you a noble from this city? Why are you asking me this question?"
"Uh... I just became a noble here and don't know anything about it," Liu Feng said a bit awkwardly.
Mina's eyes widened as if looking at a fool, and she exclaimed, "You don't know anything about it, yet you still bought it?"
Liu Feng rolled his eyes and said impatiently, "I bought it so you wouldn't starve."
"Ahem..." Mina choked and sighed, "Don't you forget that autumn is coming soon?"
"What about autumn?" Liu Feng had a bad feeling.
"You're so stupid!" Mina said helplessly. "Autumn is coming, the harvest season is here, and it's the beginning of a feast for some thieves."
Liu Feng's eyes narrowed in shock. "You mean someone will come to steal the food?"
"Of course! Don't you even know that? Are you from a big city?" Mina asked in amazement.
"Uh..." Liu Feng shook his head and made up a story. "I'm from the East."
Mina was even more amazed and exclaimed, "The East! That's where several wealthy human kingdoms are. Why did you come to this barren land? You're really unique."
Liu Feng rolled his eyes. He had traveled here as soon as he arrived. Fortunately, it was this place. If he were in the East, he would probably have been captured soon if he had taken out things like glass cups.
"Tell me more about the situation in the Western Lands," Liu Feng urged.
"Alright!" Mina nodded and began to give Liu Feng a brief introduction.
The Western Lands were so vast that Mina couldn't even describe their size, only saying that there were several human kingdoms and several orc kingdoms.
Five years ago, an extremely cold storm descended upon the Western Lands, affecting a wide range of areas. Both the orc kingdoms and several human kingdoms were affected, with countless people freezing to death.
This extremely cold storm was dubbed by some as "the Wrath of the Ice Goddess".
For five whole years, "the Wrath of the Ice Goddess" had not subsided, directly leading to the downfall of several kingdoms. Everyone had left these kingdoms to seek a living elsewhere.
Mina was from one of the orc kingdoms, and West Sun City was located on the edge of the Western Lands, not far from the area where "the Wrath of the Ice Goddess" was raging.
Therefore, in winter, the cold wind from the extremely cold storm would blow over here, causing the winter to arrive earlier and be colder than it was five years ago.
There were countless small cities like West Sun City in the Western Lands. People and orcs who had escaped from the kingdoms destroyed by "the Wrath of the Ice Goddess" were homeless. Lacking food before winter arrived, they had no choice but to become horse thieves and steal food.
Only then would they have a chance to survive the long winter.
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