275: Chapter 138 Leave It All Behind_3 275: Chapter 138 Leave It All Behind_3 Realizing the other party’s concerns, Leon nodded regretfully.
Recently, there had been a continuous emergence of assassins, and amidst the current turmoil, he could not guarantee absolute safety within his domain: “I can understand your worries, alright.”
Listening to the dialogue between the two knights, Martha at another table seemed to have made up her mind and suddenly stood up from her seat.
“Excuse me, my lords, may I say something?”
Larian turned his head upon hearing this: “Of course, madam, please go ahead.”
Leon also nodded to the woman, who was about the same age as Elena.
With a smile, Martha bowed deeply to the Ranger Knight who had been protecting everyone along the way: “Lord Larian, I have thought about it, and I would like to stay.”
“But…” Larian was still not quite at ease.
“Thank you for your concern, but I really do not wish to burden you and Miss Magreina any longer.”
After finishing her speech, she turned to the young Orland lord: “Lord Pendragon, I come from a wealthy merchant family in the Maracon Kingdom, I have been surrounded by business since I was young, if you have matters that need managing, I might be able to help with some tasks, may I ask, would you be willing to take me in?”
“With great pleasure, madam.” Leon’s eyebrows lifted in delight; he could always use more people who could read and calculate.
“I, I too!” Sally, watching Martha’s actions, also immediately stood up.
some female arts, poetry, singing, dancing, and I also know…
the rites of Church events…
Ah, I’m sorry, sir, I forgot that the Orland Kingdom does not practice religion, but I really can do a lot more!” Sally said shyly.
“No problem, relax, even if you don’t know much, it’s alright, besides, I am also from Seryan,” Leon reassured the girl with a smile.
Originally non-religious, but having experienced so much help from Illaril himself, he now felt that believing in Miss Lora might be good, particularly since he was going to the tower tomorrow; it would be a good time to properly pray with Miss Mage.
The remaining women, as if finally realizing, understood that they could no longer trouble Lord Larian with unpaid care, and they too stood up one after another, expressing their desire to stay.
Leon was naturally very surprised.
These ladies each introduced themselves, and it turned out none were freeloaders; they were either nobles, daughters of knights, merchants, physicians, or children of well-off, non-working families…
Considering they were selected as “gifts” for notable persons in the Athias Empire from countless war prisoners and slaves, they were naturally well-educated women.
However, to accommodate these six talents, his own mansion was indeed not big enough.
His master bedroom aside, Kovis, Lokhak, Elena, and Azeryan also occupied their rooms.
The young maids, who were still minors, were staying in shared dormitories, and so were the young male servants.
And there were only two spare guest rooms in the backyard…
the bedrooms up and down were almost full.
He could temporarily arrange other houses in the village, but considering their safety, Leon felt it was time to splurge on building a large estate mansion for everyone in the house.
Now was not like before when they were just three lonely young men.
“What do you think, Lord Larian?” Leon looked towards the ranger knight, who seemed to be deep in thought.
Larian raised his head, relieved: “I was only entrusted to protect everyone here, naturally, I will respect everyone’s choice to stay or leave.”
After speaking, he sighed: “But I owe Master Galliard a great debt of gratitude, and since the ladies were entrusted to me, I dare not neglect this mission, sir, may I ask if I may stay in your domain for some time, to confirm the safety here, and once the ladies’ lives are on the right track, then I shall set out.”
Larian thought that if there was a disturbance in Selva recently or signs of combat, having him close to Martha and the others would allow him to quickly take them to safety.
“Welcome, Lord Larian, considering you helped Selva expel an assassin, I still owe you a favor, you and Miss Magreina are welcome to stay as long as you like, starting today you both can switch to the best rooms, all expenses for food and lodging at the inn will be waived,” Leon said with a smile.
Of course, what he really wanted to say was…
Buddy, you might as well not leave.
Leon could see that the other was skilled in martial arts.
Such a respectable Knight of Valor, if not for being so busy recently, he would have made an effort to retain and recruit him.
To say or not to say, this tavern was really worth it, providing several talents in just one night.