Chapter 42: Welcoming the Emperor

  The leading Earl, riding the divine steed Wind King, was followed by the beautiful Princess Irene, surrounded by elite troops, with a grand momentum. Lin Tian felt somewhat proud and pleased, he thought that if he were too constrained by the monarch-subject relationship, this girl would definitely propose some unachievable or unprofitable deals.

  Her Highness Yilian is very interested in the guards, these sturdy soldiers look quite extraordinary. Especially the Griffin flying in the sky and those priests holding the Holy Light Warhammer.

  "What kind of soldier is this? Is it powerful? Did you train it? It looks like it understands holy magic!" The girl started asking ten million whys.

  "These soldiers know a bit of bright magic! As for the others, it's a secret!" Eastern people value subtlety, and their trump cards are not easily revealed.

  A certain princess privately stuck out her tongue, knowing that she had asked someone a sensitive topic. However, after being quiet for a while, looking at the 20 flying lions in the air, the old habit recurred.

  "Are these griffins also tamed using your family's secret methods? Our royal family had mastered this technique many years ago, but later the number of beast tamers gradually decreased, and the ancient skills were gradually lost. By now, there are only about a hundred or so left, extremely precious, seemingly not as fierce as yours. Unfortunately, they all died with my father in the Battle of Capital Defense..."

  He had intended to refuse outright, but suddenly felt a pang of sympathy for his designated wife and decided to tell a small lie.

  "Our Merlin family is not inferior to the royal family, with a profound foundation. We don't have the skill of taming lions and eagles. But recently, I received a revelation from God, allowing me to train 10 lions and eagles every week, that's all!"

  This cheap person is still hiding half of it, clearly the weekly output is 20 heads, and actually dare to pretend to be a expert.

  "Divine revelation? Divine favor? Oh God! You are the darling of God, no wonder you are so different from others!" The girl piously lowered her proud head.

  "Ah! A pure girl and all that, it's better to be deceived, isn't it?"

  As the news of the princess's return had been spread throughout the city in advance, it was a grand occasion that would bring honor to several generations. Almost everyone in the city gathered on the main street leading to the city gate, welcoming the beautiful princess to this remote small town with excitement, as if they had all been injected with chicken blood. Was it really necessary?

  Her Royal Highness, the Princess, did not disappoint either. She led the procession (the Earl, not wanting to offend anyone, voluntarily fell back to a lower position), riding her horse slowly and elegantly waving her hand to greet everyone, shining brightly like a celestial star, showing off her noble bearing! The City Lord who accompanied her was also impressive, elegant and composed, with an extraordinary demeanor. With his powerful army at his command, he exuded an aura of superiority, truly worthy of being the Earl appointed by the Princess herself... Indeed, they were a match made in heaven! You scoundrel, that last sentence was clearly added by you yourself!

  The crowd dispersed gradually with satisfaction, and life has to go on!

  Returning to the city master's mansion, Lin Tian instructed the excited old steward to arrange food, maids and accommodations for Princess Chang.

  "This old man doesn't know if he's taken the wrong medicine or what, but he actually dares to ask: 'Young master, are you planning on arranging Princess Yilian to live in the main bedroom of the city lord's mansion? Are the maids going to be assigned according to the imperial standard, with 50 maids serving her? Is the food also going to follow the imperial standard, ah, our cooks aren't good enough, even if we temporarily hire some, they definitely can't compare to the palace chefs, but the standard of 20 dishes per meal can't be lowered! As for utensils, gilded ones won't do, it's better to use the gold coins from the treasury and melt them down..." The old man is still going on and on with his self-righteous proposals!"

  "Smelt your sister!" The lord was furious: "If you dare to smelt the gold coins in my treasury, I'll have that princess and you old fellow smelt together!"

  "Uh..." The old man suddenly stopped, staring at the young master with a look of shock and horror, cold sweat beading on his forehead as he looked around nervously, hoping no one had overheard.

  "Listen up, old steward! Now the princess is in trouble and I'm kind enough to save her. If she dares to act like a princess and make unreasonable demands, I'll dare to kick her out. I won't go out of my way for you either - everything will be done according to my standards. How I am served is how she will be served, and I won't neglect her. As for accommodations, it's the largest chamber next to the city lord's bedroom. Clean it up and furnish it with the same standard as my bedroom, and assign two maids to serve her. If I find out that you've spent even one extra cent, I'll skin you alive!"

  Don't blame Lin Tian for being disrespectful to the elderly, but rather the elderly felt relieved and comfortable upon hearing such a clear order. Or should I say, cheap!

  The old steward bustled off downstairs to prepare everything. Fortunately, Princess Yilian didn't complain about the treatment afterwards. After all, during the escape, food was scarce, and now that they were safe, who dared to mention anything? Lin Tian decided to let her be for a while, although he had plans for her, but at this time, he couldn't take his own hot face to match her cold buttocks. Although a certain wolf in his heart didn't mind taking his own face to match the princess's cold buttocks.

  Some things must be personally experienced to understand, some concepts must be transformed by herself, no one can help her...

  The 6th day of the 4th week.

  Before Lin Tian entered the system, he took a look at the remaining gold coins in the treasury. There were originally 75,000 gold coins left, but yesterday, Old John had taken 5,000 gold coins from Young Master to arrange some items for Princess, leaving only 70,000 gold coins.

  This was still someone's first time, being forced to take money out of their pocket, and they were so angry that their teeth itched. However, hmm! Giving the first time to his future wife wasn't right, was it? Someone's trash-talking skills have improved, huh? Do you dare add another stupid hair on your head?! (Those who don't understand, please watch "Ten Million Laughs: The End of the World" - a very funny adult animation. Those with perverted thoughts, go face the wall yourself!) All the buildings had been built, so this time Lin Tian still wanted to upgrade the Magic Guild. He chose to build a 3rd-tier Magic Guild, but the result was a prompt that made him spit blood!

  Note: Currently, building a 3rd-tier Magic Guild is not allowed. The construction conditions are strongly related to the number of main cities owned by the hero, with a maximum of 5 layers!

  Fortunately, the system actually gave an explanation this time and became more humanized, at least knowing the building conditions afterwards. Currently, I own the main city of both humans and elves, with a hero level of 9; according to a certain house that has been immersed in the game for many years, it is estimated that there will be some changes when reaching level 10. That is to say, as long as you upgrade one more level, you can probably unlock the third main city, and the magic guild can also be unlocked to the third stage, and there may be some progress in other aspects, such as military strength, equipment, potions, and other things, which will all undergo some changes.

  Congratulations! You guessed it right!