Chapter 91: Release??

About half an hour earlier than the agreed time, Dean appeared at the entrance of Tier Town with his subordinates.

After all, as this was their first ‘long journey’, his young subordinates needed to say goodbye to their families—of course, young people always felt a little shy.

When Dean told them they had half an hour to go home and inform their parents, the young people looked at each other in bewilderment and did not leave their horses.

However, after Huck drove the two captains, Theron and Ike, off their horses, kicked them hard on their bottoms, and urged them to return quickly, the young people tied their horses to the hitching posts at the town entrance and ran quickly towards their respective homes.

“Haha, a bunch of insincere guys!”

Huck laughed like that.

“That is just being young!”

Dean responded with a smile.

“Regiment Commander, you are very young too!”

Huck said.

“Youth is not just about appearance… Our Miss Baron is even more punctual than imagined!”

Dean obviously did not want to discuss this issue, and coincidentally, the carriage driving from the distance gave him the best excuse—a carriage with a compartment, escorted by four guards of the Baron, driven by a middle-aged coachman, but the longsword at his waist showed that he was not as simple as a coachman.

And when the Miss Baron, dressed in a hunting outfit, jumped out of the carriage, Dean expressed surprise again.

She was not dressed formally for the trip, nor did she have any maids.

For a noble, this was obviously a bit ‘unconventional’, or even shabby.

“Please don’t treat me like those young ladies in the Capital of Emerald!”

Miss Baron saw the surprise in Dean’s eyes, and she stood right in front of Dean’s horse and spoke leisurely.

“How could that be?”

Dean responded politely.

Then, he carefully observed Miss Baron, who was clearly in high spirits—obviously, she was very much looking forward to attending that Marquis Vauban’s auction.

However, her attire indicated that what she was looking forward to was definitely not just Marquis Vauban’s private auction.

Then, Dean looked behind Miss Baron, and through the gap in the carriage door that was not tightly closed, he saw a glint of cold light.

Suddenly, Dean raised an eyebrow.

Obviously, that glint of cold light was definitely not jewelry; it should be a very well-maintained longsword, and looking at the attire of Miss Baron in front of him.

Undoubtedly, since the longsword had already appeared, it would not be surprising for things like bows and crossbows to appear as well.

And the absence of maids also seemed very normal.

After all, maids who understood sword techniques and archery were pitifully few.

“I have always been looking forward to this auction!”

Miss Baron said very candidly.

“I just hope no accidents happen!”

Looking at Miss Baron’s eyes full of anticipation and excitement, Dean’s bitter smile could not be suppressed—undoubtedly, this escort mission was even more difficult than he had imagined.

Let alone external factors, just this Miss Baron alone made Dean feel that he had to increase his attentiveness.

Originally, Dean had always thought she was a very good lady who knew the importance of things.

However, after seeing her attire and travel ‘equipment’, Dean suddenly realized that his current self and his previous self knew far too little about this Miss Baron—

“Do you lack confidence in your own strength? Perhaps we can have a contest in the wild?”

Miss Baron asked, the expression on her face showing her keen interest.

“That is something for later…”

Dean definitely did not want to say more on such a topic; have a sword technique contest with a lady? Unless it was that Grand Duchess, otherwise, whether he won or lost, he would be despised.

Therefore, the next moment, Dean shouted loudly: “Huck, go gather our boys!”

“Yes, Regiment Commander!”

Huck answered meticulously, then turned and walked towards the town.

Undoubtedly, for Huck, the entire Tier Town was very familiar; he knew every young person’s home by heart.

“There is no need to rush like this, we can depart a little later… we just need to leave Tier Town before sunset!”

Looking at Huck’s back, Miss Baron said this.

And these words made Dean frown secretly again—up to now, Dean was already completely certain that the Miss Baron in front of him was definitely not simply looking forward to Marquis Vauban’s auction; she was more looking forward to ‘accidents happening’!

Excitement, adventure!

Such things were like Hell’s Mandala to certain noble young ladies and young masters, possessing a fatal attraction, even if they usually appeared elegant, noble, and reasonable, once such things appeared, they would reveal another side.

Even, more excited than ordinary people.

‘Indulgence after suppression is always crazy!’

That Old Knight’s words always found the right place at such unpleasant times.

Of course, if possible, Dean hoped the other party’s words were wrong.

However, experience told him that at such times, the other party’s words were basically correct, and sometimes, they tended to be understated—

Looking at Miss Baron, who had maintained elegance during their last meeting, now like a country girl, picking up stones from the roadside and throwing them at the chickens and dogs in the town, causing chaos nearby.

Dean could not help but cover his face.

The journey had not even started, and Dean had already begun to lose hope.

…

Just as Miss Baron had said, the convoy departed from Tier Town just before sunset.

Because of this, the gratitude of the young men of the Ferrchelen Knight Order towards Miss Baron was overflowing—just look at that frail Militia Captain.

Just with a few words from Miss Baron, he gave up his mount to her.

Then, seeing him run off to share a horse with his friend, Dean sighed again.

“Miss Lily is quite nice, although… sometimes she acts a little boisterous, but if it weren’t for Miss Lily, the Tier Territory would have collapsed long ago!”

Huck, riding alongside Dean, heard his Regiment Commander’s sigh and could not help but try to comfort him.

Obviously, as a local of the Tier Territory, our Vice Regiment Commander knew a bit more; after all, Baron Tier’s ‘generosity’ was known to everyone in the Tier Territory.

“Alright, at least we need to keep an eye on our ‘quite nice’ Miss Lily!” Dean said as he looked at his subordinates traveling on both sides of the team, “Chad, I assume you don’t mind sharing a horse with Ike? Theron, catch up, don’t forget our mission, there should be someone by Miss Lily’s side!”

“Yes, Regiment Commander!”

The three young people answered, and then Theron urged his horse forward, chasing after Miss Baron.

In fact, Miss Baron had been within the sight of the Knight Order and the guards, but as Theron rode out, Miss Baron suddenly increased her speed.

And in this darkening sky, in just an instant, she disappeared.

“Damn it!”

Dean cursed in a low voice.

Everyone around, including those accompanying guards and Huck, changed their expressions.

“Come with me, five people; Huck, you handle the rest!”

Dean shouted like this, then took the lead and rushed out of the team.

Behind him, five young men from the Ferrchelen Knight Order immediately followed.

Clack, clack, clack…

The crisp sound of horse hooves was very clear on the night road, traveling a very far distance, enough for Dean to distinguish the specific direction.

However, Miss Baron obviously did not want to return to the team just like that.

When more hoofbeats came from behind, especially after Dean’s shouts were close at hand, Miss Baron whipped her warhorse even harder.

Neigh!

The pained warhorse instantly raised its speed to another level.

This caused Dean and the others chasing behind to change their expressions again—riding at night was not a good choice to begin with.

Especially in a place like the Tier Territory, covered in frost everywhere.

This was definitely an adventure.

However, the laughter carried by the wind indicated the joy of Miss Baron ahead.

“Crazy woman!”

Dean heard that cheerful laughter, and his sharp sight could even see the smile on her profile in the darkness; suddenly, Dean gave such an evaluation.

At the same time, he involuntarily thought of Lainey in the far-off Capital of Emerald—also of noble birth, the Miss Baron in front of him was a completely split-personality lunatic, while Lainey was the embodiment of strength and kindness.

“They simply cannot be compared!”

Dean thought to himself secretly.

Neigh!

Just as this thought flashed through Dean’s mind, the warhorse in front neighed again, and everyone clearly saw the originally running warhorse’s body suddenly pitch forward.

A very, unnatural pitch forward.