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But when he actually had close contact with Lucy, the slight tearing sound, Lucy's furrowed brows, and the already faded red roses did not lie.
Even though it was her first time, she forced herself to ride him for half the night in order to please him. In the end, all he remembered was Lucy falling into a deep sleep in his arms, and he couldn't take it anymore and closed his eyes.
Hearing Liu Tianyu's unrestrained laughter and teasing words, Lucy, whose face had been flushed, retorted defiantly:
"Oh, my dear master, I wonder who is calling for their mother from behind?"
It's so surprising! I never imagined my dear little master would like this kind of thing~
While teasing her, Lucy gracefully pulled the blanket off her body, revealing her Venus-like figure.
It has to be said that without the cover-up, she is indeed more perfect. Anyway, Liu Tianyu is sure that Lucy could feed the child and even take him into account without any problem!
Liu Tianyu did not respond to Lucy's teasing. Instead, he gently put his arms around Lucy's shoulders and then, like a swallow returning to its nest, buried his head in the mysterious Alps, smelling the pleasant scent of roses and the rich aroma of milk.
Then he spoke softly in a calm but firm tone:
"Marry me, Lucy."
Looking at Liu Tianyu, who had plunged his head into her Alps, Lucy reached out a delicate hand, wanting to stroke his head as she did when they were children.
Upon hearing Liu Tianyu's marriage proposal, her jade-like hand froze in mid-air, and a hint of struggle flashed in her beautiful blue eyes.
But after a short while, the struggles disappeared, and her jade-like hands gently embraced Liu Tianyu's head so that he could better perceive her Alps.
Then, he responded in a calm yet firm tone:
"No!"
Liu Tianyu, who was being held in a jade-like hand, was about to properly examine the two flawless rubies that he hadn't finished examining the night before.
But when he heard Lucy's refusal, his desire to appreciate the ruby vanished instantly. He raised his head and looked at Lucy's determined eyes with disbelief, asking:
"Why? Lucy, don't you love me anymore? Then why did you give me your purity? Or did I disappoint you in some way?"
When Liu Tianyu heard Lucy reject his marriage proposal, and her eyes were filled with unwavering determination, he couldn't help but feel a little flustered.
Is it possible that my first love, spanning forty years across two lifetimes, is destined to end in the fastest failure ever?
Lucy smiled gently at Liu Tianyu's flustered expression, offering no explanation. She simply lowered her head and pressed her alluring red lips against his.
After a long, wet kiss, their lips parted, leaving a thin, transparent thread separating them.
"Do you realize how I feel about you, Master?"
Lucy gently stroked Liu Tianyu's cheek with her delicate hands, her red lips slightly parted.
Liu Tianyu nodded, but then shook his head.
Lucy's love for him was intense and sincere, but if that was the case, why did she reject his marriage proposal?
"You haven't even married the First Lady yet, how can you marry me? I'm just a lowly, powerless maid!"
Your First Lady, even if she isn't a noble lady, must be an exceptionally capable female adventurer.
As for me, after you marry your first wife, you can marry me as your second wife. You must distinguish between primary and secondary matters!
Lucy saw through Liu Tianyu's doubts and, without holding back, told him everything everyone had said.
"but……"
Liu Tianyu instantly understood that Lucy clearly loved him too much. There was love between master and servant, love between siblings, love between mother and child, and love between men and women. What a deep and sincere love!
Such a stunning beauty loves him so much. If this were in his previous life, even Liu Cixin would probably exclaim: "And you, my friend, you are the real master of science fiction!"
"Alright, it's already been delayed for too long, Master. You still have a lot of things to do today, and I reckon the militia captain will be coming to report to you soon."
I instructed the maids last night to prepare hot water and a clean dress for your bath this morning. Please go and take a bath!
Or perhaps you weren't satisfied with the female knight's performance last night, and you're planning to try her riding skills again this morning?
Lucy whispered seductively in Liu Tianyu's ear again.
"Let's do it next time. You were so crazy last night, your sores are probably swollen by now. You should get some rest today!"
Although Lucy's suggestion was incredibly suggestive, Liu Tianyu immediately guessed what was going on in her current state, considering the madness of the previous night and the fact that Lucy hadn't acted on her lower body yet.
Lucy, having been seen through, blushed slightly and could only nod, saying nothing more.
Liu Tianyu shrugged, then casually grabbed the pajamas that had been thrown on the floor last night, opened the door, and headed to the bathroom.
After all, the two of them went wild until late last night, and they're all sticky now, so it's impossible for them not to take a shower.
Chapter Twelve: Post-War Reconstruction Statistics
"Your Excellency, the damage has been tallied. Just yesterday, those goblins burned down ten houses, and another fifteen were affected by the fire."
In addition, they stole 200 kilograms of food and wasted 32 kilograms. So far, the number of people affected has reached 119, not including the 23 killed by goblins.
Around 10 a.m., Liu Tianyu, having finished washing up, having breakfast, and changed into a neat formal suit, sat upright on the rather magnificent lord's throne in the lord's hall.
They were discussing the losses suffered by Stormwind Territory after yesterday's goblin invasion with the militia captain, who was sitting in a chair below the lord's throne.
The militia captain held a sheet of white paper covered in dense ink, on which he had tallied the losses the day before.
"Tsk, these damn goblins, those pointy-eared little monsters that can only hop around!"
Upon hearing the militia captain's report, Liu Tianyu bit his finger, his face filled with anger.
Yesterday's invasion involved only about two hundred goblins, yet the resulting destruction affected one-twentieth of Stormwind Territory's total population, demonstrating a significant threat.
"In addition to the serfs and freemen who were affected by the disaster, six militia members also died."
Seeing Liu Tianyu's angry expression, the militia captain paused slightly before continuing.
"Give those six militiamen a proper burial, and then compensate their families with 50 Earth Mother Silver Coins. They all sacrificed themselves to protect their homeland, and we cannot treat them unfairly."
Upon hearing the militia captain's account of the militia's sacrifices, Liu Tianyu immediately took out 300 Earth Mother Silver Coins to compensate their families.
Based on purchasing power, one Supreme Gold Coin is enough to support a family of three comfortably for a month. Compensating the families of fallen militia members with five Supreme Gold Coins, if used sparingly, could even last a year.
"Also, if their families have children they cannot raise, let them send their children to Stormwind Keep to work as servants."
After thinking it over, Liu Tianyu made another decision.
Unable to raise their own children, sending them to Stormwind Keep at least provides them with food and clothing. They can even educate the children, which can be considered a form of adoption.
Once the children turned 15, he let them decide for themselves what to do and where to go.
"On behalf of the six fallen soldiers, I thank you for your mercy!"
Upon hearing Liu Tianyu's words, the militia captain stood up and gave Liu Tianyu a knight's salute.
Liu Tianyu waved his hand dismissively and said:
“Uncle Akavi, there’s no need for that. This is simply my duty as the Lord of Stormlord.”
The militia captain nodded solemnly and continued:
"Your Excellency, the most important thing right now is to rebuild houses and provide food for the disaster victims."
Yesterday I allowed serfs and free men with extra rooms to temporarily house the disaster victims, but this is not a long-term solution. It might not be a problem for them to house the victims for a few days, but if it goes on for too long, conflicts will inevitably arise.
Upon hearing the militia captain's words, Liu Tianyu remained silent, instead mentally opening the system's item button.
Soon, an interface resembling that of a game appeared before his eyes. On the right side, it read "Liu Tianyu," followed by rows of item slots filled with things, and at the bottom, it read "Money: 30670 Dinars."
In the middle is his character model, showing the equipment he is currently wearing. On the left side, it says "Take out," followed by rows of black squares.
"They really put all their things here? It's practically a private space!"
"How much can this slot hold? The system only said 10 units of food and 10 units of materials, it can't be 10 loaves of bread and 10 pieces of wood, can it?"
As usual, after mentally mocking the system, Liu Tianyu turned his attention to the inventory on the right.
“白面包4格，每格50块！熏鱼3格，每格50条！奶酪1格，每格30块！小麦2格，每格50袋！
Good heavens, there's so much food! It's not just enough to help the disaster victims get through the harsh winter, it could even feed them until next winter!
Let me check the materials the system provided. Wood occupies 7 slots, each containing 100 tons of processed wood; iron occupies 3 slots, each containing 100 tons of processed iron. This should be enough to build not only small cabins, but perhaps even large villas.
Originally, I was worried about the post-disaster reconstruction work and the resettlement of disaster victims, but now, thanks to the extra rewards from the system, this problem has been solved.
However, Liu Tianyu quickly realized that it's better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish.
Rather than letting these disaster victims freeload there, it's better to provide work relief so they can honestly rebuild their own houses.
Moreover, after building 10 houses with 700 tons of wood and repairing 15 more, there will still be some left. After winter, we can buy more timber and iron to quickly build a wooden city wall for Stormwind.
Stone walls and steel walls are still unthinkable, but wooden walls are a must.
Otherwise, with just a wooden fence, even goblins would dare to run into the storm every winter to plunder, which would be terrible!
Although the system gave him the task of exterminating goblins, and he himself planned to eliminate the goblins once and for all, Stormlands still needed a city wall.
The city walls can give the people a sense of security and attract more people to join Stormwind Territory.
The thought that once the city walls were built, Stormhold would attract more and more people to join it was a great relief.
As his own Stormwind Village transformed into a true Stormwind Town, then grew into Stormwind City, and finally swelled into Stormwind City, the smile on Liu Tianyu's face grew wider and wider.
"Lord Viscount? Lord Viscount!"
Just as Liu Tianyu was lost in his beautiful fantasy, the militia captain, who had been sitting on the chair below, slowly walked over and called out softly.
"Huh?! Uncle Akavi, cough cough, sorry, I was thinking about things for a bit too long, so I drifted off. Sorry! Where were we?"
Seeing the militia captain standing up and walking towards him with a worried look on his face, Liu Tianyu pretended to cough twice to ease the awkwardness.
"Your Excellency, we were just talking about opening the warehouses to provide disaster relief to the victims. I remember that our Stormwind Keep's reserves should be enough to barely sustain the entire Stormwind Keep even after providing relief to the victims."
Regarding the remaining issue of accommodation for disaster victims, my idea is to let them stay with each family for a week before moving them to another family, ensuring that there are no conflicts between the disaster victims and ordinary citizens.
Seeing that Liu Tianyu's expression had returned to normal, the militia captain nodded and continued to offer suggestions.
"Forget about opening the warehouse, Uncle Akavi. You need to understand one thing: people are more concerned about poverty than about inequality. Although the disaster victims have indeed suffered from the goblins' raids, resulting in the destruction of their homes and the deaths of their families, which is very pitiful."
But if we open the warehouse just to help them, it might attract envy and cause trouble.
Liu Tianyu directly rejected the militia captain's proposal.
"But if we don't open the warehouse, the disaster victims might not survive the winter!"
Upon hearing Liu Tianyu's words, the militia captain's eyes widened, and he wanted to persuade Liu Tianyu again.
Liu Tianyu didn't say anything more, but simply opened his inventory and dragged the items from the right side of the inventory to the left side of the drop-out slot.
"Thump, clang, thud"—the sounds of objects hitting the ground reached my ears.
Chapter Thirteen: The Giant with the Golden Sword
The militia captain's expression changed from one of deep sorrow to one of utter astonishment.
"White bread, smoked fish, cheese, and wheat—count, the quantity is astounding! Have you awakened some kind of bloodline?"
Looking at the lavish food that almost filled the entire lord's hall, the militia captain's lips trembled slightly, and he stammered as he asked.
The militia captain wouldn't be so surprised if Liu Tianyu conjured a fireball or lightning from his hand.
After all, he was a knight who followed his cheap father on an expedition against the Demon King's army, and he had been an adventurer before. Although he couldn't use magic, he was also very familiar with it.
But this magic trick that appeared out of nowhere was something he had never seen before, given his ignorance.
In this world, magic exists, divided into two types: bloodline magic and acquired magic.
There are traces to be found in acquired magic; there are magicians who awaken their magic power by following their teachers.
There are priests who devote themselves to temples, rely on faith or blessings, and use miracles.
There are also the unique magic of races such as miners, lizardmen, and forest people.
Some geniuses can even automatically comprehend magic just by reading magic books.
In short, the main point is that it's diverse but follows a certain pattern.
But with bloodline magic, there are absolutely no rules to follow.
In theory, everyone can awaken bloodline magic. For example, some people awaken bloodline magic right from the start and then blow up half a city.
But in reality, many more people die without ever awakening their so-called bloodline magic.
But one thing is certain: once bloodline magic is awakened, it is never weak. Even if it is not extremely destructive, it is definitely unique in some aspect.
The militia captain could only think of bloodline magic when Liu Tianyu had filled the entire lord's hall with food.