Chapter 19

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"What's that?" Cook woke up groggily. It's no wonder, if you were given a bunch of unfamiliar things in your head, you probably wouldn't be able to sleep either. So Cook went to bed very late, and now, waking up groggily, he felt something by his head. Instinctively, Cook threw it away.

With a "plop," the thing was thrown into a bucket inside the tent.

"Help! Help!" Before Cook could carefully check what was in the bucket, a furry head suddenly popped up, shouting for help.

"Uh!" Cook saw that the little thing was a chipmunk and quickly got out of bed to pull it out of the bucket.

"You're trying to kill me, trying to kill me!" The chipmunk puffed up its belly, clearly having swallowed some water, and lay wet on the ground.

"Hehe, how did you come back again, little guy?" Cook felt a bit embarrassed. In fact, Cook wasn't sure if he would have treated it as the main ingredient for a soup if he hadn't understood what it was saying. But after understanding, Cook felt he couldn't bring himself to do it, after all, this little thing was very intelligent.

"I said I would go home to get something, and naturally, I would come back after getting it." The chipmunk answered confidently.

"Something? What kind of thing do you have?" Cook said irritably, then started to boil water for Lori and her student to wash up. As for the "something" the chipmunk mentioned, Cook guessed it was probably just some nuts.

"Hmph, I have something good. If you don't want to see it, I won't show it to you." The little thing, being familiar, grabbed a piece of dried snake and started gnawing on it with its two large front teeth.

"Sir!" Cook didn't dare to face Lori's eyes because he felt guilty. Last night, he was lucky to run fast, or he would have been discovered by this powerful and peculiar woman. Cook didn't dare to imagine the consequences.

"Hmm, why did you wake up so late today?" Lori, dressed as a mage with a tall hat and a full, wide cloak, asked.

"Sir, the memory scroll you gave me last night kept me up." Cook could only answer with a bitter smile.

"Hmm, then tonight, when Miki studies, you should also learn some magical runes." At this moment, Lori remembered and gently instructed.

"Thank you, Sir Lori, I praise your kindness." Cook was skilled at flattery, having learned from the security captain, whose flattery made everyone in the company bow in admiration.

"Alright, let's set off!" Lori's body floated up to her mount, a consequence of a mage's powerful mental energy. Mages like Lori could lift over a hundred pounds with their mental energy, which was necessary to condense elements into powerful magic. Of course, the most important things for magic were one's magical power and mental energy.

"Yes, Sir." Cook hurriedly helped Miki onto her mount. To be honest, Miki had grown more beautiful, and now she wore a gray robe, as she was a magic apprentice and could only wear gray.

"Miki, here are some nuts, eat them on the way if you want." Cook lifted Miki onto her mount by her buttocks and handed her a bag of dried fruit, which he had taken from some small animals.

Miki didn't say anything but blushed and looked at Cook, then put the dried fruit in her robe. Cook was secretly delighted and quickly left, as a guard like him could only walk in front. Of course, Lori and her student could only follow behind.

"In heat, in heat, spring has arrived." As soon as Cook returned to the two pack horses he was responsible for, the chipmunk started shouting on one of the horses.

"Hehe!" Cook could only laugh, actually, he was already 16 years old and had already undergone his coming-of-age ceremony, so it was normal to want a girlfriend. In this environment, after careful consideration, Cook felt Miki was the most suitable.

First, in terms of status, although there were female guards, they were all older than him. There were also some female magic apprentices, but as Lori's attendant, it was unlikely for Cook to get close to them. As for Lori, Cook never considered her, so Miki was the only one left.

This was also related to Cook's previous identity. When he was a security guard, he had missed several opportunities. Later, he learned that it was better to act first. Now that he was older, Cook decided not to repeat his mistakes and to take the initiative.

"Do you want your big brother to help you think of a way? I have many ideas." The chipmunk squinted and asked.

"You're just a little rat, what can you do?" Cook said irritably, but having a little thing to talk to made the days pass quickly.

"What do you mean I can't? I often go to the tavern in town, of course, with my former owner." The chipmunk defended.

"Your former owner, what did he do? An alchemist?" Cook asked, puzzled.

"No, he was a lumberjack, but I know a few plants that are very effective for women. My former owner used these plants to win over the woman next door. Of course, in the end, he ran away with her, and her husband took it out on me." The chipmunk explained.

"Sweat!" Cook was drenched in sweat, he didn't expect this little thing to know such things.

"Do you want to know?" The chipmunk started to learn how to build suspense.

"No!" Cook answered confidently.

"Tsk! You men are all the same, you never know what you're thinking." The chipmunk replied disdainfully.

"Who said that?" Cook was taken aback.

"The women in the tavern in town always said that to my former owner." The chipmunk's answer left Cook speechless.

"Sigh, looks like I'll have to call you 'Little Rascal' from now on." Cook said after a while.

"Little Rascal?" The chipmunk didn't understand what Cook meant.

"It means 'little rascal.'" Cook explained with a sneaky smile.

"Okay, this name is good. From now on, I'm a bad guy, and you all have to hand over your gold, silver, and women to me." The chipmunk shouted arrogantly.

"Plop!" Cook tripped over himself.

"Why not copper coins?" After a while, Cook asked, speechless.

"A bad guy with ambition and taste wouldn't look at copper coins; that's what petty hooligans do." The chipmunk's answer made Cook depressed, it even had taste now.

"Alright, alright, alright!" However, while talking to the chipmunk, they passed several military horses and fully armed soldiers, indicating that something significant had happened.

"Hey, what's going on?" Cook looked around and asked the nearest guard.

"Little Cook, you came just in time. Can you help me figure out what's wrong with my mount? It's always listless, and that won't do in battle." The guard immediately asked.

"Uh! Okay!" Cook, not knowing he had this skill, communicated with the mount.

"It says that its food is always stolen by another guy every night, so it's never full." Cook answered after understanding.

"Damn it, it must be Tommy's mount. Cook, thank you! You were asking about the military horses, right? It's said that the Duchy of Muni has been mostly conquered, even the capital has been breached. The King of Muni is retreating, and we need to speed up. After all, it's a king, and if he's captured, the empire's face will be lost." The guard immediately cursed and then answered Cook's question.

"Then... ." Cook was about to speak but was interrupted.

"Alright, Cook, I'm going to find Tommy and settle this. See you later." The guard left with these words.

"This, this, he must have been waiting for me on purpose." Cook saw the guard stop far away and muttered in shock.

"Definitely, otherwise why would he come here? Cook, can you help me see if my mount has any wishes? If it does, I'll definitely fulfill them if we return safely this time." A guard behind Cook answered, but his words made Cook's body tremble, and he had a sudden realization.