That night Feicui Long had a very romantic night with Isabella, it was an overly passionate night, so much so that both of them woke up tired, after bathing they went to have breakfast.
That is where Feicui Long asks Cecilia the doubt that had been bothering him: "Mother, I don't know if it is the right thing to ask, but do you happen to know who that man in the cream-colored suit with gray hair was."
Cecilia, who was distracted feeding her granddaughters, suddenly turns around and tries to remember who he is talking about…
About 30 seconds pass and then she says: "Do you mean the heir of the house of Duke Klagenfurt?"
Feicui Long immediately frowns and says: "Is he part of a ducal house?, that is not something very good…"
Cecilia responds a little worried: "Is something wrong with him?"
Feicui Long answers her: "Yes, I felt a very disgusting aura coming from him, I think it would be best if you do not associate much with that house, they have nothing good for you."
Cecilia stayed silent, it was the first time she had seen her son-in-law express himself like that about someone. So she thinks about it for a few seconds and says: "Alright I will listen to you, anyway, we do not have much of a relationship with that ducal house."
Feicui Long nods, a bit more at ease, and focuses on eating.
Finally after that he says goodbye to his in-laws and everyone returns including his troops through the portal, it is the beginning of the year but Feicui Long has a lot to do, particularly he has to create the tokens to activate the portal so that not just anyone can use it, the emblems for the temple and the troops, among other things including the communicators.
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Already in the village three weeks passed quickly in the blink of an eye, winter had already ended, but there was still snow melting.
During this time Feicui Long, with the help of Carla, had created the portal activation tokens, they had the emblem of the Skydragon house on the front and the emblem of his temple on the back, of course he also did the same with the ones for the temple.
The temple girls had not wasted time either, Mila and Emma began from the first day of the year to preach about the emerald-golden dragon god, although they could not attract many people in just three weeks, about 5 to 10 people had already joined to pray, probably the most devout of all.
For their part Carla and Feicui Long, who had worked on standardizing the creation of emblems, Carla had to practice the creation process several times, after all it is an extremely complex logo, but even so she managed it, now they were in the process of trying to create new equipment.
Mariane collaborated with Lily to refine medicines, elixirs, potions, pills and other things, the twins Melina and Callista joined Haru to inscribe the formations and the other necessary inscriptions in the temple and in other places that were missing.
Isabella and her group had been hunting and directing the troops to clear some areas, while the other citizens were working at a good pace, especially since the village is now capable of producing its own stone blocks, planks, nails and other things.
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Feicui Long is standing at the entrance of his house listening to Clarisa's report, paying serious attention to what she says: "Young master, currently those who want to stay living in the village went from 9 when you left to about 35 people, adding the 10 people who have just decided to do so, in total 45 slaves have decided to stay."
Clarisa continues: "In addition to all the slaves, 5 people have stood out and are close to obtaining the 3500 points, they are… Alexei Ognev and his wife Alina Ogneva, plus three others that perhaps you do not recognize."
Feicui Long nods and says: "That is excellent, how did they achieve it?"
Clarisa says: "Well… that is actually what I wanted to tell you, you see young master, Mr. Alexei has been working very hard, he and his wife together with the other three have formed a group with him that hunts monsters, beasts and potential threats outside the limits, he is quite satisfied with the idea of becoming part of the army, so all those points are based on what they have hunted and everything."
Feicui Long then understands everything and says: "Oh I see, look take this sound transmission device, you can inform me of things when necessary, but I suppose that is not all you want to say, right?"
Clarisa nods and says: "Correct young master, what happens is that Miss Ayame and I were discussing this and we believe that Mr. Alexei would be ideal as a leader of a troop group, how about once he obtains his freedom you grant him a commander position?"
Feicui Long analyzes it while touching his chin and says: "Why not?, he has combat experience and was a mercenary, so it does not seem like a bad idea to me."
Feicui Long then says goodbye: "Alright, let's leave this for the moment, I have something else to do."
Feicui Long turns around and enters the house…
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Inside the house he heads to the second floor to the meeting room, inside many people are waiting for him, but particularly… a woman, a mysterious woman who appeared suddenly a few months ago.
Feicui Long felt that it was time for her to finally leave, not because he hates her or anything like that, but because she really does not have a great connection with the village and honestly, who knows, maybe someone is missing her.
By the way, apparently her name is Alina Preda, Feicui Long enters the room and everyone is waiting for him, even Alina who looks confused about why she is here.
Feicui Long sits between Isabella and Mariane, looks at her for a few seconds and then says with a heavy voice: "Miss Alina, I suppose you are wondering why I made you come here, right?"
Alina quickly speaks saying: "Of course I am!, you made me come here without notifying me, giving me a reason or motive, just when I was finishing reading that interesting romantic novel called The Prince and the Beast Queen, I was almost reaching the part where they had relations…"
Feicui Long touches his nose, Alina is not only mysterious regarding her origins, but on top of that she is someone with a personality… a bit out of the ordinary, if it can be said that way.
Feicui Long then explains: "I know, it may be confusing, but I called you here to tell you that since winter has ended and it is safe to return, you can freely return to your home."
Alina, who was still grumbling, says: "Leave?, me?"
She truly looked confused, Feicui Long nods his head and tells her: "Yes, of course, there is no other Alina in this room, not even in the entire village."
Alina then makes a face almost as if she were being killed and raises her voice in fear: "A-a-and I c-can-not l-leave!"
Then she says: "I know I am not very useful at this moment, but please do not throw me out, I came looking for a place to stay, I can help you, teach you things, many things, there is a lot I can do and contribute to this village."
Feicui Long says: "I am not saying that you cannot be useful to us or contribute to the village, it is just that… we really have no reason to retain you and on top of that having you living in this house could be counterproductive."
Mariane takes the word from her master and adds: "Miss Alina, I understand your desire to stay, but you have to understand that there are simply things that strangers cannot know, so whether for security, comfort and other important reasons, it is better that we part ways."
Isabella, with a kind and calm tone, also speaks saying: "If it is a matter of money we can provide you with a certain amount so that you can resume your journey and go live in a peaceful environment, we can also give you food and even security by escorting you to a city or village if you wish."
Alina strongly shakes her head and says: "You do not understand, this entire world is too strange, too weird for me… too dangerous, I was close to dying many times on my journey here…"
Then, holding the skirt of the dress they had given her, she adds: "For me this is the only place where I feel comfortable and safe, if I leave, where will I find a place like this again?, will I have to start again from zero?, there are too many things I do not know about this world, I do not know what those monsters or strange things that roam around are, why there are people who fly through the skies or do not even follow the same laws that I know…"
Feicui Long sighs heavily and says: "I know it is difficult, but it is possible to adapt, only time can tell how things will turn out, the paths of life have always been difficult, but one cannot give up just because the horizon seems gray and gloomy."
Alina, almost crying, says: "I… I only ask that you let me stay please, I can truly do anything, share all my knowledge with you, with everything I know I can help you improve your lives, make everything much easier for you."
Alina raises her head and looks Feicui Long in the eyes saying: "I know this may sound unbelievable to you, but I am not originally from this world… nor is this my original body… I come from another world, an advanced one, where there are no longer great wars, where there is extreme ease in obtaining things…"
Feicui Long and the others look at her in silence, waiting for her to continue and finish what she is going to say.
Alina finally finishes with the revelation saying: "I come from Earth, a technologically advanced world, and I believe I can help you with my knowledge since I am a doctor in physics from the University of Munich…"