Trafford's Trading Club

Chapter 1371: Chapter 98: King’s Game (Part 1)

“Let’s send this batch of artworks to the Farm for storage first.”

Bylegang was directing the clan members to pack and transport the last batch of intact items.

At this moment, the castle had been thoroughly cleaned up—now it was just a flat piece of land.

For the bloodsuckers of this clan, instead of rebuilding the damaged castle, it was better to completely level it and then construct a new one, which would better reflect their pursuit of art.

“Bylegang.”

Just then, a figure slowly descended from the night sky, and as the giant bat wings folded away and disappeared, a strikingly handsome face was revealed… Bazby, whose beauty could rank among the top five vampires of the Torrido Clan.

“Bazby, you’re finally back.” Bylegang smiled and said, “It seems you’ve encountered quite a few things in this short day.”

Clearly, Bazby had changed into new clothes… but needing to change clothes suggested that the original ones were either not good or had been damaged. Noticing this detail, the Acting Archduke asked this question.

“Indeed, I encountered quite a bit, and I’m planning to report to you.” Bazby walked up to Bylegang and said, “When I was in the rift, I ran into active fangs. For some unknown reason, the Lost Canine stopped its activities, and a large area of thick fog appeared around, seemingly protected by some force, making it inaccessible.”

“Hmm… I understand.” Bylegang nodded slightly, seemingly not very concerned with the matters within the rift, but said, “It’s just as well you’re back, so I can leave here temporarily.”

“You’re… going out?” Bazby frowned.

Bylegang said casually, “I’ve appointed a time with some old friends, and I need to make a trip to the mortal world… It’s quite urgent, so I’ll leave the affairs here temporarily to you. Don’t worry, the Golden Dragon won’t be coming again.”

“Understood.” Bazby nodded, “How long will you be gone.”

“I’ll come back once my business is complete.” Bylegang said lightly, “Is there anything else.”

“No, that’s all.” Bazby shook his head.

Bylegang smiled, walked up to Bazby, and began to adjust his collar.

He casually glanced under the collar and swept over Bazby’s shoulders, the action executed effortlessly.

Only then did Bylegang slowly say, “During the time I’m away, if anyone comes looking for me, just say I’m out tracking the Golden Dragon’s whereabouts. After all, with such a large castle destroyed, they won’t help but believe it.”

“Who might come looking for you?” Bazby frowned again.

“Hard to say.” Bylegang said indifferently, “Could be friends, or possibly enemies… But none should act. If anyone does come, just entertain them well. If they say they’re leaving right away, don’t stop them.”

“Understood.”

“The upper-level aristocrats are currently settled temporarily in the Farm, let them behave. If anyone disobeys, it’s okay to kill one, suit your mood.”

Bazby was slightly startled; Bylegang had always managed the clan with very gentle methods, but this time…

“Did you hear?” he asked softly.

“I heard,” Bazby sighed and nodded.

“That’s all for now.” Bylegang patted Bazby’s shoulder with a slight smile, and lastly reminded, “Remember to eat on time, don’t starve yourself… Remember, you’re a vampire.”

Bazby was taken aback, but before he could ponder the meaning of these words carefully, Bylegang had already left directly, disappearing silently from his sight.

Left behind was a Scepter—within the Torrido Clan, as the token of the Archduke, it had always been held by Bylegang, signifying the exercise of the Archduke’s authority.

…

He silently stared at the Scepter in his hand, pondering something… For a long while, a team of clan vampires came patrolling, and upon seeing Bazby, they immediately bowed in salute.

When they saw Bazby holding the Scepter, every single one of them gasped in shock.

“Prince Bylegang will temporarily leave for a while, and for now, I will be holding the token.” Bazby glanced at the vampires.

“If there’s anything, please feel free to command, Lord Bazby!”

The vampires responded in unison… Truly the most trusted minions by the Acting Archduke.

Now that Bylegang had temporarily left, Bazby taking over the token did not surprise the vampires too much… Although it was somewhat against the rules, Prince Bylegang had always been indifferent to rules, so the vampires were relieved.

Bazby pondered for a moment, then issued the first order, “Inform all middle to upper-level aristocrats in the Farm that from now until the Acting Archduke returns, the use of advanced crops is completely prohibited, and daily meals are changed to regular pure blood supplies.”

“This…” The vampires were instantly at a loss, unable to respond… This would likely cause strong dissatisfaction among all middle and upper-level aristocrats, especially the upper-level ones!

“Just deliver the message as I said.” Bazby said indifferently, “I’ll handle whatever comes next… Don’t neglect the token in my hand, gentlemen.”

“How dare we! We’ll go deliver it immediately!”

After dismissing the vampires, Bazby put away the Scepter and directly spread his bat wings, heading towards the Farm.

…

…

Watching the girl standing at the doorway, hugging a pillow and wearing a somewhat oversized outfit, the Godly Land’s true dragon instinctively opened its mouth, “Who… is this?”

“Miss Mina.” Boss Luo stood up at this moment, “At such a late hour, what’s the matter?”

“You are…” Young Mina looked at Boss Luo in front of her, initially startled, and after several ‘you are’s, her mouth opened wide, “It’s you!”

“I’ve changed back to my original attire.” Boss Luo chuckled, “Did I scare you?”

The girl first nodded, then shook her head, and then continuously scrutinized Luo Qiu in front of her, as if genuinely trying to distinguish whether the him in the rift and the him now were indeed the same person.

“So there’s another one…” The Godly Land’s true dragon muttered at this time… The meaning unclear.

“Sister Long, what do you mean by ‘another one’?” The little butterfly monster asked curiously.

The Godly Land’s true dragon directly extended its claws, stuffing a cake into the little butterfly monster’s mouth, “Don’t speak! Didn’t you say you can digest it! Just eat then!”

“Mmm mmm mmm mmm… okay!”

Happily eating the cake, the little butterfly monster quietly thanked the boss in its heart.

…

After welcoming this young girl into the living room, she slowly stated her purpose… At this moment, the Godly Land’s true dragon, along with the little butterfly monster, was curled up in the corner, its eyes darting back and forth.

“I see, it’s because you had a nightmare and couldn’t sleep, so you planned to find Mr. Norman…” Boss Luo said after hearing the girl’s explanation, “However, Mr. Norman seems not to have returned yet.”

“No problem! I can wait for my brother here.” The girl quickly said, “By the way, them… Miro-chan and this Maria… Miss Teresa? What’s happened to them?”

“Them ah…” The maid smiled at this moment, “Teresa seems to have been attacked by a vampire, sucked quite a bit of blood, so she fainted. As for the other one, it’s because of some unfortunate incident, that’s why she’s fainted again.”

“… Again?” Mina appeared somewhat bewildered… Why ‘again’?

“Yeah.” The maid covered her mouth and chuckled.

From over there, the Godly Land’s true dragon’s eye corner twitched suddenly, then as if thinking of something, quietly whispered into the little butterfly monster’s ear, “You really mustn’t trust this woman in the future, she’s very naughty!”

Over here, the girl Mina still looked confused, but seemed to be more concerned about another matter, “By the way, you guys were designated by the Noble Master to… pamper Miss Teresa, is that true? But isn’t Miss Teresa also a Noble Master?”

“We don’t know about that either.” The maid squinted at her eyes, then offered a cup of flower tea to the girl, “By the way, in this place at night, are you free to roam… You should be staying in the dorm, right?”

The girl’s hands halted slightly as she received the cup, then naturally said, “Hmm! Because sometimes Mina comes here to offer her contribution for brother! Brother also said, if I want to come here, I can come anytime… But, but I have to come quietly, don’t let the supervisors find out!”

“It seems Mr. Norman really likes you, Miss Mina.” Boss Luo casually smiled at this moment.

“Mm! Brother likes me the best!” The girl said happily at this moment, “Mina also likes brother the best!”

“You two have a great bond.” Boss Luo nodded, “I think Mr. Norman should be back soon, Miss Mina, why don’t you wait here for a while?”

“But, them?” The girl looked puzzled at the two strange guests appearing in the living room – the Godly Land’s true dragon and the little butterfly monster.

But before Boss Luo could respond, the girl suddenly said, “I understand now! These two are also designated by the Noble Master to be pampered tonight, right!”

In her pure words, it seemed she mistook the Godly Land’s true dragon and the little butterfly monster as companions on the Farm.

“Pamper pamper pamper… What nonsense are you talking about!” The true dragon of Godly Land reacted extremely fiercely, her eyes glared, super fierce, “Little girl, mind your tongue, don’t talk nonsense, otherwise misfortune might come upon you!”

The fierce gaze from the little butterfly monster did not frighten the girl, instead, she giggled, with a sweet voice, “This elder sister’s character setting is quite interesting, it’s one that’s particularly easy to be ‘shy’, saying no on her lips but very honest with her body setting? But I’ve never seen this elder sister before, and she seems a bit old… Will her taste be good?”

The face of Godly Land’s true dragon suddenly turned ashen, then returned to normal, merely said faintly, “Hey, merchant, if I tear down this place and butcher this little girl, do you have anything to say?”

Boss Luo naturally had words to say… he looked at Long Xiruo, smiled again, then glanced at the girl, calmly said, “She’s actually quite good, not as bad as you describe. Moreover, just like how Mr. Norman specially designates you, different individuals have different tastes.”

The true dragon snorted, turning her face away… This merchant becoming more and more presumptuous!

But she could hear a bit, knowing this girl seemed not as simple as she looked… or rather, the matter wasn’t as simple as it appeared.

This merchant seems to be deliberately responding according to the girl’s words… She wondered if saying more would ruin the merchant’s plan.

Pah! If it ruins, then it ruins, what’s the big deal!

But… as they say, short mouth when fed.

After all, today she indeed received a lot of help, let’s just give it some face – after all, she’s not from Godly Land, this merchant loves whatever he does.

This shop has such strong power… probably has high expenses usually, so it needs to keep doing business to maintain?

Seems quite hard…

In her heart, multiple convincing reasons instantly appeared, while she reached for the cup and started drinking water.

“True.” The girl sweetly smiled, nodded, but suddenly said, “But, if the Noble Master wants to change taste, he is welcome to come find Mina at any time!”

Saying this, the girl slowly pulled back the clothes on her shoulders, tilted her head to one side, exposing her neck fully, then her face blushed, “Feels like if it’s you, you’d definitely be gentle with Mina.”

Puff—!

The force is enough… A cloud of water mist instantly sprayed out from the true dragon of Godly Land’s mouth — without really choking, the Godly Land’s true dragon at this moment directly widened her eyes, her gaze switching between the girl Mina and Boss Luo.

“Well, thank you for your invitation, Miss Mina.” Boss Luo slightly smiled and said, “Of course, if you truly wish so, I don’t think I would refuse.”

Where’s your integrity, merchant! Didn’t expect you to be such a person?

Actually, you could lay hands on such a little girl…

Last time when you turned me into a childhood state was… Apparently, you also really liked midgets like little butterfly monsters…

Could it be, due to some sort of fetish?

At this time.

The girl Mina giggled again, smiling bright as a flower, pure and innocent, “Noble Master, really, you’re too bad, you actually returned the question to me. But Mina was just joking oh! Because Mina belongs to brother, she won’t offer to other Noble Masters oh! Angry? Mina’s character setting is actually a mischievous girl oh!”

“Of course not.” Boss Luo smiled, “Being able to see the mischievous side of Miss Mina is also my honor… By the way, since Mr. Norman hasn’t returned yet, Miss Mina seems to be spirited now, how about we do something else?”

“Hmm… okay!” The girl agreed with a sweet voice, then gently bit her finger, “But, what should we do?”

“The second diary I picked up earlier, do you want to continue reading?” Boss Luo casually said, “I’ve already looked through it, don’t know if Miss Mina is interested in hearing about the follow-up content.”

The girl kicked her feet, thought and said, “Don’t want to, the content of that diary is so boring… Hmm, Noble Master, why don’t we play a game!”

“Game?” Boss Luo was not regrettable, merely curious, “What kind of game?”

The girl with a look of excitement said, “Mina recently learned a very fun game oh! It’s called ‘King’s Game’! The more people the merrier! Noble Master, do you want to join us in this game?”

“King’s… Game.” Boss Luo looked at this girl, as though encountering something interesting, and laughed, “Well then, we can play a bit.”

“I’ll go prepare the props then.” The maid upon hearing, laughed and went to look for the game’s props.

…

“What is the King’s Game?” The Godly Land’s true dragon secretly pulled the little butterfly monster to the side, almost touching her ear, then quietly asked.

The studious butterfly said, “It’s a multiplayer interactive card game, in the game, the King’s orders are absolute, participants need to unconditionally obey the King’s directives, the specific rules are… just such rules, Sister Long are you going to play too?”

Only hearing the Godly Land’s true dragon as if not hearing, quietly muttering something: “Order… absolute… anything… anything?”

Sound of swallowing.

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