Chapter 175: Gentle gift, Hagek Kesi

Starfire Hall.

Under the high crystal dome, the torches burned endlessly.

"... must step over my corpse twelve times!"

Listening to the powerful voice of Hagek Kesi on his left hand, although Xia Mingyu was moved, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch.

Let alone twelve times, the first time you were resurrected, I'm afraid I would have been drained of magic power and turned into a dried corpse!

"Your Majesty, I am very sorry that when you summoned me earlier, I failed to change my clothes in time and could only appear in pajamas. Please punish me for my lack of etiquette."

And at this time, Tamerlane on his right hand apologized sincerely. His handsome face, which could easily fascinate countless young girls, was full of self-reproach at this moment, as if he really hoped that his lord would punish him heavily for this small mistake.

"... It was I who summoned you suddenly in the middle of the night. You were able to respond to my summoning immediately and kill the enemy for me, you have already perfectly fulfilled the duty of a comrade, so where is the crime?"

Xia Mingyu raised his right hand and patted Tamerlane's shoulder on the bronze seat to comfort him.

Besides, if it weren't for you, I would have gone to the underworld to see Leo long ago... he added silently in his heart.

After staying in this world for a long time, he also began to accept some of the culture of this world. For example, in the concept of the world, except for a very few particularly pious believers or saints who can receive the gift of ascending to the God's Kingdom of the Seven Gods, the souls of others will enter a world of the dead called the Underworld.

"Hoo."

Hearing this, Tamerlane let out a long sigh as if he had unloaded a heavy burden, and the look in his eyes toward Xia Mingyu added a trace of gratitude besides reverence. He said slowly:

"My lord, don't worry. After this incident, I have obtained another gentle gift. As long as I am willing, I can keep myself in an elegant posture, including changing the appearance of my clothes. In the future, I will never be unseemly when you need me to serve!"

Gentle... what kind of thing is a gentle gift? Is there really such an unimportant gift in this world?

Hearing this, the expressions of Xia Mingyu, Hagek Kesi, and Dorovai all stiffened.

"Tamerlane, thank you for the magic book you gave me. I didn't expect it to be the core magic of the world's first great mage, Baier."

Xia Mingyu rubbed his swollen temples, feeling the need to change the subject, so he thanked him.

"You must have spent a lot of effort to get such a precious thing?"

"You misunderstood, Your Majesty. All I had to do was find the most suitable magic book for you from the mountain of magic books. It can't be considered hard work."

"If you still need magic books, I can take a few more for you," Tamerlane said honestly.

Although His Majesty forgave his crime, he felt that it was necessary to offer some gifts to His Majesty to express his apology.

After all, although His Majesty promised Hagek Kesi that he would summon him a second time, Tamerlane hoped that His Majesty would continue to summon him to kill the enemy a third time.

He really wanted to serve His Majesty too much!

Xia Mingyu was silent, feeling that he was really unqualified as a lord, not only not rewarding his subordinates but also always taking Tamerlane's gifts.

"No need, that magic book is enough for me to practice for a long time," he shook his head after coming back to his senses.

"Dorovai, how is your situation?" he asked softly.

He had been busy practicing the magic "Extreme Cold Purgatory" these days, although he was still putting food into the connection space, he really hadn't asked about the girl's side.

"Your Majesty, I have been practicing the sword technique given by Tamerlane these days, and tomorrow I am ready to set off to travel through the entire Northern Region to send food to all the villages trapped in famine."

The blue-haired girl stood up straight from the bronze seat and said loudly.

"By the way... if the lord of the territory is as greedy as Lucas, then my Lion Heart Sword will have to be stained with a few more drops of blood."

The blue-haired girl's eyes turned cold, and her originally clear eyes like emeralds seemed to be covered with a layer of frost, and her tone was full of killing intent.

Looking at her murderous appearance, Xia Mingyu couldn't help but want to say to the lords of the Northern Region... well deserved!

"I wish you a smooth journey. If I have time, I will occasionally pass through the Starfire Connection to travel with you."

Xia Mingyu thought for a while and said.

After reading for a long time, he had to go out for a breath, and now it was too dangerous to go out in his true form, so it would be safe to turn into a fairy and go to the Northern Region.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Thinking of His Majesty's cute appearance after turning into a fairy, Dorovai lifted the corners of her mouth, and a smile appeared on her exquisite face like a sculpture.

And Tamerlane and Hagek Kesi on both sides looked at her with envy.

Traveling with His Majesty... the two couldn't imagine how happy and glorious this was!

"Hagek Kesi, what about you? Has anything happened recently?" Xia Mingyu asked with concern.

"When I was fighting, a girl jumped off the high wall from the auditorium, ran to my side, hugged me, and said she loved me."

Hagek Kesi thought for a moment and replied.

Boldly expressing love to a slave in public under the gaze of everyone?!

The three looked at each other, and after coming back to their senses, the expressions on their faces were covered by thick curiosity.

"Later? Did you agree to her love?" Xia Mingyu stared at Hagek Kesi on the main seat without blinking, and Tamerlane and Dorovai did the same.

After all, eating melons is always human nature, from nobles to shoe sellers, everyone likes to eat melons.

"I kicked her away with my foot," Hagek Kesi said truthfully.

Everyone: "???"

"Why? Is her appearance not to your liking..." Xia Mingyu was stunned and asked.

"No, she is very beautiful, but she is the foster daughter of the Impaler Lord Saimen Kelai, the owner of the City of Slaves. I think this might be a trick set by him to conquer me."

Hagek Kesi recalled the beautiful face of Latis and said calmly.

He would not give up his ideals and loyalty to His Majesty for the sake of mere female beauty.

"What if she really loves you?" Xia Mingyu said.

After all, a beautiful girl with a noble status boldly expressed her love to a slave in public under the gaze of countless people. If this was all the instruction of her foster father, it was a bit too preconceived.

After all, in the end, it was the Impaler's face that was lost...

Hearing this, the originally expressionless face of Hagek Kesi also showed a clear stiffness.

"She is the daughter of the largest slave owner in Socia, how could she fall in love with a slave..." Hagek Kesi stammered.

"Hagek Kesi, do you still remember our first meeting?" Xia Mingyu was silent for a moment, then suddenly said.

"Of course." Hagek Kesi nodded heavily, with such force that even the surrounding air produced a faint ripple.

The meeting with His Majesty was something he would never forget in his life, and he remembered every detail at that time clearly.

"Then do you remember what I said at that time?" Without waiting for Hagek Kesi to answer, Xia Mingyu continued:

"People cannot resist the environment in which they are born, just like a family with an alcoholic and violent father, then the child will also become violent and cowardly."

"Of course, I don't want to defend the girl who expressed her love to you. I just hope that before you judge whether a person's feelings are true or false, it is best not to make a simple conclusion through her identity, but to listen to her words, look at her behavior, and the morality you perceive from her..."

"After all, if I made a conclusion so simply, should I have listened to Tamerlane's suggestion and stayed away from you that day?" Xia Mingyu said calmly.

Drip.

Hagek Kesi's pupils shrank, and the giant, who looked indestructible in the eyes of outsiders, was flustered at this moment. His well-defined chest rose and fell violently, and a layer of fine cold sweat seeped out of his forehead. The large beads of sweat dripped onto the armrest, making a crisp sound.

Bang!

He suddenly stood up from his seat, then knelt down in front of Xia Mingyu on one knee. The moment his knees touched the bronze earth, accompanied by a heavy impact, the ground of the entire hall shook slightly.

"Your Majesty, I failed to remember your teachings and did not treat everyone equally because of their character as you did. Please punish me."

Hagek Kesi lowered his head deeply, his head almost sticking to the ground.

"You misunderstood, I don't want to punish you for anything, and you didn't make any mistakes. I just want to tell you..."

Xia Mingyu walked over and placed his palm gently on the giant's hair, which was as hard as steel needles.

"Love can be rejected, can be ignored, but at least it should not be trampled on," Xia Mingyu said softly.

"That girl was able to ignore your slave status under the gaze of everyone and offer her roses regardless of everything. If it was the Impaler's trick, so be it, but if you find that she really loves you..."

The black-haired young man paused.

"Then go and apologize to her. After all, you trampled on her roses," Xia Mingyu said calmly.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Hagek Kesi nodded heavily again.

City of Slaves, morning.

In a brand-new dungeon under the Blood Tooth Arena that had just been expanded and had a large area, hundreds of slaves lived without feeling crowded.

The faint light of dawn just seeped into the cracks in the stone wall, shining on Hagek Kesi's face as he slept on the ground, making his thick eyebrows tremble lightly.

Wow!

Recalling the memory in the Starfire Hall, the giant who was more than two meters tall suddenly opened his eyes and straightened his waist from the ground in shock.

"What's wrong, Hagek Kesi? Did you have a nightmare?"

The slave Hall, who was also a gladiator, walked over with the food sent by the jailers and asked with concern.

Since Hagek Kesi asked the Impaler to improve the living environment of the slaves in the arena, the relationship between the two had progressed well and could be called a friend.

As for the other slaves, most of them were grateful to Hagek Kesi, and many slaves even regarded him as a living saint because of his past behavior of silently enduring the beatings of gladiators without fighting back, and regarded all his words as truth.

"Hoo, hoo." Hagek Kesi gasped for breath, but facing Hall's inquiry, he just shook his head and said nothing.

He couldn't reveal any information involving His Majesty to anyone.

"Eat something, today's food is surprisingly rich," Hall shrugged and put the food on the ground.

Hagek Kesi stuffed the bread on the ground into his mouth blankly, and after his teeth felt the softness, he was surprised to find that what he was holding was a white bread that was rare for slaves!

Even the oatmeal porridge in the wooden bowl on the ground was not the sour vegetable soup with only a few vegetable leaves as usual, but a thick oatmeal porridge.

But the most surprising thing was... this was not a special supply for him alone, but food provided to all slaves.

In the entire large dungeon, and even in the adjacent dungeon, a faint wheat fragrance floated.

Hundreds of slaves in the dungeon were all licking the oatmeal porridge in the wooden bowl carefully like a pilgrimage, eating the white bread in their hands very slowly, with an incomparably happy expression on their rough faces covered with scars.

"This... what is going on?"

Even the usually calm Hagek Kesi showed a look of confusion while holding the wooden bowl.

Providing white bread and oatmeal porridge to so many slaves was also a considerable expense.

Although for the Impaler who owned the entire City of Slaves, this was just a drop in the bucket of his daily profits, Hagek Kesi still dared to conclude that this was definitely not the style of that businessman Clay!

He would rather spend all his money to build his Star Manor than be willing to provide white bread to slaves.

So... who did this?

Hagek Kesi's brow furrowed tightly. He even suspected that these foods were poisoned, but with Lord Saimen's character, it was impossible to poison his own expensive slaves to death!

"I heard that our arena has changed to a new manager, and that manager provided us with these delicacies."

Hall explained, and a trace of faint gratitude appeared on his slightly fierce face.

In the past, when they, the slaves, privately referred to the manager of the arena, they all used insulting words like "son of a bitch," "bastard," etc.

But today, seeing that the other party provided them with delicacies like white bread and porridge that commoners outside couldn't afford to eat, Hall reluctantly called the other party "Lord."

Tap, tap, tap.

At this moment, the jailers walked over and opened the dungeon door with a key.

"The manager has an order: from now on, your time to go out and sunbathe is changed from one hour every five days to one hour every day. Slaves in different cells need to take turns going out."

"Slaves in Cell 13, it's time for you to sunbathe," the jailer said.

The next moment, the slaves held the wooden bowls full of oatmeal porridge and white bread in their hands and walked out excitedly like a festival.

And Hagek Kesi also walked out of the cell with the crowd.

The bright morning light poured onto the rough sand of the arena like gold, and the sand grains were slightly hot from the sun, which was as comfortable as soaking in a hot spring, just driving away the chill in the dungeon.

The slaves held the wooden bowls and sipped the oatmeal porridge in small sips, while sitting on the warm sand and bathing in the sun, talking to each other in twos and threes.

At this moment, they even thought they had obtained the freedom they dreamed of.

Hagek Kesi was the same, but his appetite was relatively large, and he finished the food in his hand in a few bites.

Tap, tap, tap.

Just as he was sitting on the sand and sighing while touching his still empty stomach, a light sound of footsteps approached.

He looked in the direction of the sound and saw a purple-haired girl in a white dress walking over timidly, carrying a rattan lunch box.

"Hagek Kesi, I am the new manager. Do... do you want to eat some food I made?"