Chapter 196: Dinner
In this way, there were four more long-term residents in the castle.
In order to better carry out the mission, Angelica requested that she live next to Owen’s room.
Seeing this, Mapel also strongly requested to live next to Owen.
So, Angelica moved into the room to the right of Owen, and the room on the left was assigned to Mapel.
Theresa’s room was next to Mapel’s, and Winnie lived next to Angelica’s.
Euchina also insisted on moving to the third floor. Owen had no choice but to agree because he couldn’t persuade her.
Due to the limited rooms on the third floor, Euchina was arranged to live in Winnie’s room. Anyway, the room was large enough and it was not crowded for two people to live in one room.
The two were very happy to learn that they could live in the same room. They always felt that they were not there to protect Owen, but to join in the fun.
Speaking of which, all the guests staying here are beautiful women, and Owen is protected by them in every way. I don’t know how to describe this feeling.
Afterwards, Owen went to the north city wall and discussed the prevention of assassinations with Viscount Jarvis and Lusha.
Viscount Jarvis attached great importance to this matter. He said that he would personally deploy the castle’s defense forces to ensure that there were no defensive loopholes that would allow the enemy to exploit.
In order to prevent the soldiers from slacking off, Viscount Jarvis only arranged defense for the veterans in the People’s Army, and the new recruits did not participate in this operation.
After all, the border town is now rich, and the People’s Army must expand its forces to improve its military strength and better protect the people in the territory.
The conscription order was issued to the local area and Dongsheng Fortress.
So far, the number of the People’s Army has expanded to more than 600, with more than 200 new members added in such a short period of time.
It is relatively easy for local residents to join the People’s Army. They can enlist after passing some tests and simple questions.
People from Dongsheng Fortress and its surrounding areas rushed to register. In addition to the regular procedures, they also had to pass Euchina’s lie detector test, mainly to prevent spies and the like from infiltrating the People’s Army.
It was impossible for outsiders to pretend to be locals. Owen asked Clive to conduct two censuses, and the locals were basically recorded in the books, so they could be found out with a simple check.
Lusha also said that he would send some of his tribesmen to assist in the defense of the castle. With the help of the lizardmen’s keen sense of smell, they could detect approaching danger in advance.
In addition, he also said that he would train the new lizardman troops as soon as possible and make contributions to the border town as soon as possible.
The fifty-man team that was previously dispatched to fight against Duke Eddie’s army has already returned, and more than two hundred lizardmen have been drawn from the village to carry out new recruit training.
Most of the transferred lizardmen are former members of the Black Wind Tribe. This is their first time coming into contact with a human town and they are still in the process of adapting.
After making so many preparations, the alert level of the lord’s castle instantly rose several levels, and the defense was so tight that not a single one could leak out.
Walking around the castle, Owen could see one or two soldiers on duty every few steps. The original leisurely and comfortable atmosphere was gone forever.
Sending assassins to kill someone is really annoying! Couldn’t White Wells have used some legitimate means? Like sending an army to attack?
If it comes to a head-on battle, Owen won’t be afraid at all.
Oh, I almost forgot, White is currently engaged in a battle with the second princess of the South Territory, Triste, and has no time to deal with the affairs of the East Territory.
By dinner time, the restaurant was much busier than usual, with seven people sitting at the table.
The diners included Owen, Theresa, Mapel, Euchina, Winnie, Angelica and the butler Ryan.
According to the original rules, Ryan should have served Owen like other servants before they could have dinner.
However, Owen doesn’t care about these rules and regulations.
What’s more, Ryan’s “granddaughter” Euchina can dine with Owen, so why can’t he, who has served the Eisen family for more than 30 years?
At Owen’s strong request, Ryan had to obey his host’s wishes and sit down to eat together.
Ever since his father passed away, Owen had to dine alone in loneliness until Euchina appeared. Now there are as many as seven of them, which is much more lively than before.
To be honest, Owen quite likes the warm atmosphere of eating and chatting with everyone.
A rabbit maid came over with dishes, placed the hot dishes that had just been cooked in the kitchen on the table, put away the tray, bowed, and then retreated.
Angelica’s eyes followed her throughout the entire process.
It wasn’t until the bunny maid left the Dining hall that Angelica turned around and looked at Owen meaningfully.
“Marquis Eisen, I’ve discovered that women from the cat-people, werewolves, and rabbit-people are working as maids in this castle. You seem to enjoy it quite a bit. They really look great in maid outfits.”
“Ahem, what are you talking about?”
Owen blushed slightly and explained.
“I happened to rescue those female demihumans from Yiguan over at Dongsheng Fortress. Because their village was destroyed, they had nowhere else to go, so I had to hire them to work here.”
“That’s right, please don’t make malicious assumptions about Lord Owen.”
Mapel said with a hint of displeasure.
“Lord Owen hired those homeless female demihumans because he wanted them to settle down safely in Bianshu Town. How kind and upright is he! How could he have such dirty and vulgar thoughts?”
I’m sorry, Mapel, I may have disappointed you. I’m a man too, Owen apologized silently in his heart.
“All right, all right.”
Theresa clapped her hands and said with a smile.
“The dishes are almost served, let’s eat.”
“Right, right, right.”
Owen quickly continued.
“I asked the chef to prepare all the dishes tonight. I don’t know if they will suit everyone’s taste.”
After saying that, Owen picked up the cutlery and took a bite of the small piece of beef on the plate in front of everyone.
Seeing this, everyone picked up their cutlery and started eating.
Angelica took a bite of the dish and exclaimed.
“Oh—it tastes good.”
“tasty!”
“It’s so delicious! You can’t eat it on the island!”
Euchina and Winnie’s eyes were shining, and they didn’t even take the cutlery, just grabbed the food with their hands and ate it.
“Ahem, Euchina, please pay attention to your image.”
Ryan reminded.
“And Miss Winnie too.”
Forget Winnie, she doesn’t know how to use human tableware and is still learning.
Even though Euchina had been learning for so long, she was able to remain restrained in school, but her true colors were revealed in the castle.
Angelica couldn’t help but feel curious as she watched Euchina feasting on her food.
“Even though she’s a vampire, she actually likes to eat human food.”
“Don’t say that,”
Owen said.
“Before she became a vampire, Euchina was also human.”