Chapter 45: The Rainbow-Winged Swans' New Home!

"Huh, why do today's roasted bread and fried eggs smell so fragrant?"

In the castle dining hall, Gervas let out an exclamation of surprise as he looked at this morning's breakfast.

"My lord, this was cooked by Mrs. Rose!" At this moment, old John walked out of the kitchen with Rose and Shirley.

It turned out that after bringing the mother and daughter back to the castle last night, Gervas had entrusted them to old John for lodging.

As the castle butler, old John had dutifully learned about their origins and past.

Upon learning that Rose possessed excellent cooking skills, he had asked her to prepare this morning's breakfast.

Of course, during this process, old John supervised the entire time personally, which showed that he was likely testing the truth of Rose's words.

After all, Gervas possessed system intelligence that could confirm Rose's origins.

But to old John and the others, that was merely Rose's one-sided account.

Seeing Rose, who kept her head down and was extremely anxious, plus Shirley, who was timidly hiding behind her mother, Gervas nodded with a smile.

"Rose's cooking skills are very good; from now on, let her serve as the castle's head chef!"

Rose's body trembled slightly, and she looked at Gervas in disbelief.

The castle head chef held a status higher than ordinary servants, equal to that of the head maid.

Having only arrived at the castle on her first day, she never imagined that this lord would trust her so much.

"This..." Old John wanted to say something, but Gervas cut him off directly, "Old John, Rose is trustworthy!"

Rose's slender body, with its perfect curves, trembled again.

"I humbly obey your orders, my lord!"

"Shirley, have you eaten breakfast?" Gervas looked at the little Shirley.

Shirley secretly glanced at old John, then timidly said, "My lord Gervas, Shirley has already eaten black bread!"

"Then eat some more fried eggs; that way you can grow taller faster?"

Looking at the half fried egg Gervas handed over, Shirley timidly looked at old John and Rose.

"Take it! Do you want to grow up quickly or not?"

"Yes!"

Only then did the little girl lower her head and accept the plate.

Afterwards, Gervas instructed Rose and her daughter to stay hidden in their room this morning and not show themselves; amidst Rose's complex gaze, he sent the two women away.

No sooner had the two women left than Centurion Lauren hurriedly arrived, reporting that a team claiming to be the Farrio Guard had come from Wheat Town.

Some of them were in the small town asking former serfs about portraits of Rose and her daughter, while others were heading toward the castle.

"Let's go and take a look!"

Gervas arrived at the castle's main gate and indeed saw five armed knights in leather armor standing at the bottom of the gentle slope.

Knight Mi Gen and the others were already standing at the bottom of the slope, blocking them.

"My lord, they want to enter the castle to search!"

"Enter the castle to search? Did you tell them that Storm Domain now has a master?" Gervas's expression immediately turned cold.

The armed knight captain leading the group on the opposite side saw the Baron's Badge on Gervas's chest, along with his gloomy expression, and immediately said, "Apologies, Baron, we did not mean that. Previously, Storm Domain had been without a lord for a long time, so we thought this was still a lordless castle."

"Furthermore, we came this time to search for the thugs who killed the caravan manager of Count Farrio; we did not intend to deliberately offend you!"

Although Count Farrio would not fear a minor noble, that did not mean these armed knight guards were not afraid.

Gervas's expression improved slightly, and then he asked, "Count Farrio, is that the count from Iron Wolf City?"

"Yes, sir, do you know our lord Count?" The guard breathed a huge sigh of relief.

"I do not know him, but after arriving at the border, I have heard much about Count Farrio; originally I planned to visit Iron Wolf City when I had time in the future, but I have never been able to spare the time."

"By the way, when did the incident involving the killing of Count Farrio's caravan manager occur? Do you have any leads on the thug culprit? You pursued them to Storm Domain; does that mean the thug culprit is currently inside Storm Domain?"

"No, Baron, we are currently only searching for leads and are not certain where the culprit fled. As for the time the incident occurred..." The armed knight captain immediately informed Gervas of the location and time of the Wild Wolf gang's death.

Gervas was startled. "It was that long ago from Storm Domain?"

"Knight Captain Lei Meng, Centurion Lauren, did you notice any suspicious personnel last night?"

"My lord, we did not notice any suspicious figures last night. Moreover, because Storm Domain is not stable, after nightfall our troops only guard the small town and the castle; we have not yet been able to patrol the entire domain!"

Gervas nodded, his face full of regret. "If we had found anything, we could have helped Count Farrio!"

Just then, two armed cavalrymen came from the direction of the small town. "Captain Cort, we have searched and questioned the entire small town; there were no discoveries!"

Captain Cort nodded, looked at the castle, and finally held back: "Baron, I am very sorry to have disturbed you. Since there are no discoveries here, we shall take our leave!"

"Very well. Convey my greetings to Count Farrio. Additionally, if my subordinates discover any leads in the future, I will have someone inform you immediately!"

"Then thank you, Baron. I will convey your greetings!"

Watching the group of armed knights leave, Gervas was about to return to the castle.

But Magistrate Thomas hurriedly arrived, his face filled with joy. "My lord, the God of Glory has blessed Storm Domain!"

"What is it, Thomas?"

"My lord, a serf reported that a group of giant swans arrived at Tianehu this morning, and their wings bear three colors like a rainbow."

Hearing this, Gervas immediately understood; the return of the Rainbow-Winged Swans had already been explained by the intelligence.

And Lei Meng widened his eyes. "My lord, it is the Rainbow-Winged Swans!"

Gervas immediately nodded, a look of excitement appearing on his face. "Lei Meng, Knight Mi Gen, prepare yourselves; we will go to Tianehu immediately to take a look."

"Additionally, Moon Chaser reported that it saw a suspicious Demon Beast Wolf in the sky over the southeast side of Storm Domain this morning. That Demon Beast Wolf was very close to Linhai Village; if we go to search, try to eliminate that Demon Beast Wolf!"

"Yes, my lord!"

Soon, Gervas brought his subordinates to Tianehu.

Of course, according to the intelligence prompt, these Rainbow-Winged Swans could not be disturbed in their habitat for three days, so this time they stood even farther away than last time.

"My lord, it truly is the Rainbow-Winged Swan, and the number is half again greater than last time; moreover, they seem to be nesting!"

Hiding by the reed thicket in the distance, even the ever-steadfast Knight-Captain Lei Meng was shocked!

For the Rainbow-Winged Swans in the distance had not only increased by half, but more importantly, they were nesting.

And what nesting means need not be said.

In Knight-Captain Lei Meng's view, this was equivalent to the Storm Domain having a gold-coin-laying golden duck fly to it of its own accord.

Moreover, although the Rainbow-Winged Swan is a demonic beast, it shares the duck's shortcoming: it cannot see at night.

Therefore, in the future, taking advantage of the darkness, one could not only secretly take the Rainbow-Winged goose eggs they laid.

One could also capture the Rainbow-Winged Swans themselves and their young.