I was happy to be travelling between Asuka and Ozeki, but I still had a job to do in my daily life. Apart from repeated inspections, I have to do some monotonous paperwork for the entire security procedure, and because of that, I have to enter the palace every one or two days to make a report to His Majesty the King.

　　President Lane and his party were on their way to our country, and the latest information was sent to them from time to time as to what was happening on the way. On this day, the latest information came in, and as I was on inspection outside the city, I was the first to receive it, and as it happened that I was about to enter the palace to report, I took charge of bringing it in.

　　I hadn’t been in and out of the palace as much in the last ten years since my perverted dad left Sara as I had in the last month.

　　Our honourable King Cold Abandonment, His Majesty, has office hours only in the morning, and in the afternoon like now, it should be a siesta in the schedule, but when I asked for an audience with His Majesty in the name of an urgent military matter, and received permission from the palace chamberlain to go straight into the back garden, I found out that the truth is obviously not that.

　　“Your Majesty, is it comfortable?”

　　“Mouth and hooch mouth and hooch mouth and hooch, you sluts, shake your hips a little harder and give the widow a good boost.”

　　“Yohoho~~ Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Would you like my concubine to bring you a few more immortality pills to cheer you up?”

　　“Mouth Jie Mouth Jie Mouth Jie, I’m going to fuck ten more courtesans later.”

　　While I was still in the corridor, I heard from the back garden, the violent panting and hissing of men and women in the midst of their debauchery. There was no need to think about how wild the sound was, just by listening to the words, I knew how wonderful His Majesty’s siesta was, and that if I was stupid enough to go in and report on the military situation at this time, my life would be in more danger than a candle in the wind.

　　But it’s kind of funny to think, when did His Majesty learn the rebellious bravado of the southern savage orcs? When did His Majesty learn from the Southern Savage Orcs and start shouting “Strong Man” during coitus? Does he think that this will give him a little more of the strong man’s spirit?

　　Waiting for other people to finish their sexual intercourse all the way out there is really a chore, especially when the lewd voices can’t stop coming in, making me feel deeply that I’m like a perverted lewd worm that’s eavesdropping.

　　Fortunately, the wait was not long, and it seemed that someone had alerted His Majesty, so about a quarter of an hour after I had stood, His Majesty summoned me to advance to an audience in the Imperial Study.

　　As a matter of course, His Majesty, who appeared before me, was already well-dressed and seated in a kingly manner, completely unable to see the absurdity of the lunch break just now.

　　I present the information I have received. President Lane is travelling well and has already entered Alibda and is expected to arrive in Sara in two days, but just today, Ista has been added to the list of dignitaries travelling with President Lane.

　　This time President Lane left the country on a personal trip, but with the full support of the Palace of Light, hoping to use his twelve years of accumulated contacts to unite the forces of various countries and hold a far-reaching summit meeting to conclude a peace agreement.

　　Istar, the premier country of black magic guides, has often fought with our country, and two years ago, the Blood Nightmare Great Spirit Witch led a sneak attack with its elite troops, and even ended up with a total loss of its army. They would send emissaries to come, and although on the surface it was in the name of putting an end to the war, no one would believe that things were so innocent, and a fierce open and shut battle was feared to be unavoidable.

　　Is the current talent of my country sufficient to cope with the struggle on the diplomatic scene, which is no more than a duel on the sands, and which is sometimes more important than a beautiful victory without a fight? This is something even I doubt. So, after I finished my briefing in a very formulaic manner, His Majesty also passed down an order to the military ministry.

　　“I have lately heard that the chivalrous man of the north, whose fame is so great, and who is said to be the strongest of the guards, Mr. Oren, has come to Alibudah, and that his movements have been seen at Sara, and that if the help of this chivalrous man can be obtained, it must be greatly to the advantage of our country. Order the War Office to find Mr Oren, at all hazards.”

　　The legendary escort? Mr Oren? I feel vaguely familiar, but I can not remember which character, anyway, to take this order, it is all the soldiers of Ali Buda, not me alone, so I haphazardly called a few hurrahs, kowtowed thanks and went out.

　　The time is still early, his majesty will still make up sleep, this point is really curious. In all fairness, he was not talented enough to be named a tyrant, but only because he did not have the courage to do so, and he did not become a fainting king because he was not unlucky enough to have two good daughters who had a great influence on Alibudah’s fortune.

　　Without the moon cherry sister twelve years of political marriage, Ali Buda today will not be so pleased; and if it is not Leng Linglan to hold down the military, repeated resistance to foreign invasions, Ali Buda even if not to foreigners attacked, I am afraid that early also fell into the division of the situation of the warlords.

　　I have no interest in the palace to browse, fast pace want to leave, how do I know in the palace door, coincidentally met by a bunch of officers flanked by the cold Linglan, the two met, are a stunned, the atmosphere, although not to the eyes of the red, but there is not much friendly feeling is it.

　　I briefly explained His Majesty’s royal decree, and Leng Linglan frowned. I know that this Second Princess is not too fond of wandering martial artists and swordsmen of unknown origins, believing that appointing too many of these people in the country will only cause instability in the military, not to mention that as the Governor of the Imperial Forestry Army, she is in charge of security for this time, and His Majesty wants to find an inexplicable guard to come back to the country, how can she keep her face up?

　　After the explanation, I was about to leave, the group of flies next to me who were eager to pat the beauty’s arse, even began to sneer and mock me, I was too lazy to say anything, Leng Linglan falsely reprimanded them for a few sentences on the grounds of the military department’s harmony, but in the end, she couldn’t restrain her emotions and looked at me fiercely for a moment, saying, “I also don’t know that my sister …… doesn’t know what Lady Moon Cherry thinks, actually letting scum participate in such an important security job ……”

　　I quickly nodded my head at the words and said, “My humble servant feels the same way, Lady Moon Cherry’s idea is really strange, actually letting this ~~ so many scums come together to provide security, it’s so unbelievable.”

　　Such an obvious taunt, if Leng Linglan didn’t react, then there would be ghosts, so I have long been on guard, and when I was surprised to see two dark forces attacking my waist, I reacted immediately.

　　Leng Linglan’s knife skills, indeed, can be called pure fire, God unknowingly shot, in the middle of the interval between people, the distance is close, accurately attacked to the target, if I am not deliberately guarded, certainly was cut off the trouser belt again, once again exposed his cock to make a fool of himself.

　　However, the experience of the trip to the southern barbarians, although it did not help me to improve my martial arts training, but my eyesight and reflexes have greatly improved, and with the intention to be on guard, as soon as I noticed it, I faked a fall and pushed my hand towards a few officers nearby.

　　This is out of Leng Linglan’s surprise, misjudged my ability to her emergency stance, but how under close range can not be completely dispersed force, only to hear shouts and cries of pain, several officers of the trousers were bizarre cut, shocked out of a cold sweat, the most unlucky one also cut his thighs, blood flowing like a stream, and screamed miserably.

　　“John Farrell!”

　　Leng Linglan ate a secret loss, busy push away from the crowd in front of me, snatched out, but I also took advantage of the chaos, out of the palace door, fast pace skipped, but also did not forget to sound out loud laughter.

　　“Those who perform security work are scum, crazy women who swing knives randomly to cut men’s trousers don’t know what they are? Hahaha ……”

　　Offending Leng Linglan didn’t have any after-effects, anyway, she originally wanted to split me into pieces, and now, although she’s a little bit more angry, she can’t do anything to me until she finds a justifiable reason to do so, instead, the other task is really annoying.

　　It seems to be the unchanging law that the smart man puts out his mouth and the dumb man puts out his arm. One word from His Majesty the King became an order that weighed on our heads, and Sara’s military and police were out in force, searching the streets for that legendary escort, Mr Oren.

　　President Lane and his party, entering our country from the border, with a special stop at his fortress due to his admiration for my perverted dad’s reputation? Third Neo-Tokyo Metropolis for one day, and departed the next day. According to the itinerary, they will enter Sara the day after tomorrow.

　　Inside the palace, some of the courtiers believe that His Majesty should take the initiative to come out to greet the guests, while others believe that it would be unseemly for His Majesty to simply greet them inside the city, even though they are guests of honour. The courtiers are divided into two camps over such a minor ideological issue, and our military is busy with security duties and orders to look for people in the streets, which is really tiresome.

　　I did not know at first about the man His Majesty had appointed to find, but later heard from some of my peers that this Mr Oren was a famous swordsman from the North, specialising in guard work and travelling around the country, occasionally accepting employment from princes and lords, but most of the time he defended the way with his sword and acted in righteousness, and was very much loved by the commoners of the northern countries.

　　He has been famous for a long time, but because of his life activities in the north, seldom go south, in Ali Buda name is not famous, is the last few years in our country in a row after a few victories in the war, and signed several trade contracts with the northern countries, northern merchants to buy and sell in the south, which brought his legend to our country.

　　“There are more deeds about him than can be counted in three days and three nights, slaying dragons and killing tigers, the legendary strongest bodyguard, this is the one.”

　　Bodyguard, this kind of specialised work has special skills, if the experienced professionals to take charge, twice the result with half the effort, in case of emergencies, but also more efficient than a bunch of panicked into a fly on the head of the regular military.

　　What an honourable personage President Lane is, His Majesty, for the sake of discretion, on hearing of the arrival of this singular escort in our country, and regardless of the embarrassment it would cause to his own daughter, at once decreed that he should seek him out.

　　A former friend in the Imperial Guard, now turned intelligence officer at the military headquarters, revealed a secret to me.

　　“I have heard that it was a personal letter from Grand President Lane this time, stating that he had received news of Mr Oren’s travelling in Sara, and that he hoped to have an opportunity of seeing him when he arrived, and that His Majesty, in obedience to his wishes, had given the order to seek him out.”

　　“It doesn’t matter, I’m not the one in charge of finding the guy anyway, just let the bitch blow her lungs out.”

　　There were ears on the other side of the wall, when it came to Leng Linglan, one still had to be careful, or else that sentence alone would be enough to set things off.

　　“By the way, the military has so many people looking everywhere, not to mention a person, even a rat has been dragged out from a rat hole, where on earth has this Mr Oren been hiding? Can’t be found for so long?”

　　“I also think it’s very strange, before it was clear that someone said that they had seen him in Sarah’s tavern, and in the past two days they suddenly couldn’t find anyone.”

　　“As an aside, what does that Mr Oren really look like?”

　　“This, well, should be very recognisable, middle-aged man, looks majestic with warmth and elegance, has a short beard, wearing sunglasses, wearing a red and black wide robe long shirt, hanging a wine pot on his waist ……”

　　These words made my heart jump, and I nearly spat out even the wine in my mouth, and, with difficulty settling my mind, I hastily asked, “Did that Mr Oren not also carry a sword, a large black one, longer than usual.”

　　“Yes? That’s what it says on the official document, so it’s not like you haven’t read it, is it?”

　　“This big black sword is usually slung over your shoulder and it smells weird?”

　　“Erm, that’s something I don’t know, it’s not mentioned in the official documents, where did you get the information from?”

　　Upon hearing this, I just felt cold sweat on my back, this Mr Oren’s dress, how does it sound like the image of Mao Yan’an now. This bad middle-aged man with a belly full of bad intentions is not planning something bad again, is he? He is now living in the Jennifer’s residence, if anything happens, I definitely won’t be able to escape from the responsibility.

　　It was no wonder, then, that as soon as he had entered Sara, he was busy wandering about, in order to spread the news, and let the people know that “he” had come. And when this effect had been achieved, he hid in the Lord’s house, and did not come out again for two days, and the military only knew how to enquire at the inns and homes, but of course could not find any trace.

　　But what on earth is he doing this for? I couldn’t figure this out, and I was just about to go back and ask about it when I heard someone on the street already making a scene, shouting that they had found Mr Oren.

　　I probed out to see, only to see a red-robed ranger carrying a big black sword, stepping boldly, surrounded by a crowd of people, travelling in the direction of the palace, but who was it if not Mao Yan’an? He saw me from afar and even raised his hand to greet me intentionally.

　　“Damn, this time I’ve been victimised by the dead uncle again ……”

　　I muttered to myself, knowing that His Majesty the King, after finding the man, would immediately summon the relevant personnel of the Ministry of War to make adjustments to the work of the guards, so I reacted by rushing back to the Jennifer’s House at once, ignoring everything, and instructing Uncle Fu to say that no matter who came looking for me, that I was already drunk and unconscious; and then I indulged in a wild party with A-Xue until late at night, not caring about what Maoyanan was actually doing outside.

　　When I woke up from my slumber, I gave Asuka a slap on her rounded, snow-white arse and tucked her in, then slipped out to find Uncle Foo for questioning and to get a clear picture of what had happened the whole afternoon.

　　First of all, His Majesty sent an envoy to me twice, but hearing that I was so drunk that I could not be taken out for questioning, he left unhappy.

　　And the news came from the court that after the meeting between his majesty and Mao Yan’an, the uncle, by his talk and insight, soon won the unanimous goodwill of the whole court, and the people, forgetting even to test his actual knowledge of martial arts, took him at his word, and treated him as a guest of honour, and prepared for a meeting between these two men on the occasion of the arrival of the great president of the Lane.

　　Uncle also made suggestions on the current security work, saying that he had been touring in Sara for the past few days and had seen the military’s setup, and that although the work was good, there were a number of omissions that should be strengthened, or else it would be a breach in the security work.

　　Regardless of whether what he said was right or wrong, His Majesty the King then scolded the Second Princess in court for her negligence, and that she needed to learn more from the guest of honour. Although the tone was not harsh, for Leng Ling Lan, who has always had a strong sense of self-esteem, this was a great insult, and I heard that Leng Ling Lan’s face turned white on the spot, and even the silver cup in her hand was pinched and flattened.

　　Although I still don’t know what Uncle is doing this for, but with the results so far, it really makes me want to say, Uncle you did a good job.

　　That night, Mao Yanan didn’t come back, which wasn’t a surprise. The next day, I returned to the site of the security work, I could not see Leng Linglan, and learnt that she had been furious with Mao Yanan yesterday, and that she had gone to revise the inadequacies of the security measures early this morning, and would not be back before nightfall.

　　Mao Yanan, who had been appointed by His Majesty the King to assist Leng Linglan and me in our work, was dressed as a swordsman and stood quietly in the corner.

　　If he continued to carry that big black sword, it would not be a problem to behead someone when he turned around, but if someone found out that the quality of the sword was not right, the trouble would be very big, so Mao Yan’an was leaning on the sword on the ground, with both his hands resting on the end of the hilt, and his calm gaze through the sunglasses, silently monitoring the movements of the whole scene.

　　Although he stood in the corner, the presence of such an important figure naturally became the focus of the officers and soldiers on the scene who looked back from time to time.

　　As soon as I appeared, naturally a few officers who were usually good friends, came forward to tell me why more people appeared yesterday when I was drunk and dead at home, but they were all repelled by my waving hand, leaving me alone to Maoyanan’s front, furious, and cursing at the opening of my mouth.

　　“Hey! What the hell are you? Is this a place where outsiders can just come in?”

　　As this was the corner, visually quite a dead end, plus the distance from the remaining people and far away, they could at best only see this side arguing fiercely, it was difficult to see the expression of Mao Yan’an and I. I purposely shouted very loudly, and together with the gesticulation, let the soldiers on the far side think that we were arguing fiercely, and took the opportunity to carry on a diametrically opposed dialogue.

　　“Uncle, what the hell is this Mr What’s-his-name Oren? You’ve pretended and pretended and pretended, why are you here in disguise this time?”

　　“I naturally have my purpose in coming here, no one knows we know each other now, you come to a smothering, and in the end, you will have your benefits.”

　　“I wouldn’t dare to take your favours, and don’t think about it, this Oren is some kind of the strongest guard in history, if he finds out that someone is here pretending to be him, will you still be able to save your dog’s life?”

　　“You don’t have to worry about that, because this Mr Oren doesn’t even exist, what with the strongest bodyguard ever, just by hearing the title I know there’s no such person.”

　　“What?”

　　Shocked, shouted a little too loud, many people together to look this way, thinking that soon to perform violent scenes. Mao Yanan raised his hand and shook it a few times to calm down this uneasiness, and told them to turn back; I knew that I had lost my temper, and hurriedly lowered my voice to speak.

　　“How can this be? Legend has it that he is very famous in the north, and that he has slain dragons and tigers, and I’ve also heard that he has slaughtered many powerful masters and warlocks, and that there are records of every battle, so how could this be false?”

　　“He is indeed famous, but there are many ways to become famous ……”

　　Underneath his sunglasses, Mao Yanan winked slyly and explained to me slowly and methodically.

　　It is true that in the northern kingdoms, there is a wonder warrior, Oren, who is very famous, and everyone knows about his exploits and legends, but just because they are so legendary ……

　　“Xian Nephew, don’t you even think it’s strange when you hear it? If a person can be legendary like this, is he still considered a human being? Even if he’s some kind of elf or half-orc, if he’s really that strong, wouldn’t he have already become one of the five strongest people?”

　　“Well, that seems to make sense.”

　　“So yeah, this strongest guard ever, doesn’t even exist.”

　　Maoyanan smiled low and said that the northern kingdoms had frequent wars and scourges, and that both the soldiers and the people were fond of legends, and that the story-tellers and bards of the place made up all sorts of legends, among which there were real epics as well as wholly fictitious characters, of which Mr. Auron was an example.

　　“Because the story was so good, it was passed on by word of mouth, and slowly spread to other parts of the earth, except that there were so many people and so many mouths, that things got more and more confused, and in the end it was as if this fictional character became real, and the people in the south only knew that he was very famous in the north, but didn’t realise that the story, though it was loud, didn’t exist at all.”

　　There are many kingdoms on the earth, and with the distance plus wars and the policy of locking up the country, there is a very poor flow of information between each other, at most they can get news from the neighbouring countries, and for the faraway places thousands of miles away and separated by two or three countries, it is just like another world like a stranger, and the people in some remote places have never even left the villages where they grew up in their whole life.

　　Because of this, and because of blackmail, a fictional character that circulates in adventure stories in the north can come to life in a foreign country, unless of course, it is a trace tracer who has travelled all over the world and has seen an immense amount of the world, such as Maoyanan, and it is very difficult for the average person to know about these allusions and to make use of them.

　　“What was your purpose in changing into this dress when you were in the Southern Barbarians?”

　　“Wow, this costume is more famous, I don’t have any more stone caps on hand, so of course I had to find another way to save my life and escape.”

　　“Save your life and escape? But you can prepare a suit so quickly, don’t you think it’s a bit ……”

　　“What’s with the clothes? The trouble is this sword in my hand, because according to the latest version, Auron is holding a big black sword.”

　　“Why do you even know that?”

　　“Of course I know, because I wrote this work.”

　　Mao Yanan raised his eyebrows and pulled something out of his pocket, then put it back, although it was very short, but I already saw that it was something like a manuscript, with “Final Fantasy X” written on the page in large letters.

　　“Huh? You wrote FINALFANTASY? No way?”

　　Mao Yan’an smiled wryly, made a victory gesture, and whispered, “X─2 is now on hot sale, so if you’re so kind, buy a copy as well.”

　　“………”

　　“Why didn’t you say anything?”

　　“Uncle, I really admire you, normally a travelling artist, worked as a cartoonist’s assistant, designed costumes, worked as a rock god in Southern Barbarian, and now as a novelist, what trace tracer can do a job as versatile as you?”

　　“A hundred noes is a bookworm, and I don’t have a gaijin martial art, so how can I make a living without a little more skill?”

　　These words are justified and sound a bit reasonable, and when I asked why he wanted to blend in here, Mao Yanan snickered: “I am a professional painter, in addition to landscape artefacts, I also run after heroes and beauties, this peace summit will be a historical event, how can I not secretly draw a few pictures? What’s more, three of the ten beauties will be attending at the same time, how can I not blend in?”

　　Originally, I was going to say that with his past connections in the Golden Sparrow Federation, it wouldn’t be a problem for him to participate as a guest, so why would he have to sneak around like this? But when I heard him say that, my whole attention was drawn to him.

　　Spring Wind, Summer Flower, Autumn Moon and Winter Snow, the four great celestial maidens are known to be heavenly fairies of great beauty, while the remaining seven famous flowers, most of which I have seen before, are still missing.

　　Sobbing Red Plum. Before, I didn’t know how Sister Dragon Lady got this title, but after listening to Mao Yan’an talk about her practice process the other day, I’ve fully understood it.

　　Joti Neihong. Of these twin sisters, Yu Hong has already been won over by me, and although I would love to get Yu Ni on board as well, fulfilling the manly dream of a double shot, it seems unlikely, and I hope that both of them will make it all the way to the East China Sea safely.

　　Frosty Ice Orchid. This Princess Plume Orchid is now working with me and we meet every day, although I fully feel her charm as a great iceberg beauty, but I’m just wary of when she’ll give me a stab, it’s enough to make the desire go away.

　　Yellow Spring Green Chrysanthemum. Ghost Phantom Xi as the Black Dragon Society’s number one killer, if she appeared in front of me, then of course there is no good thing, since I hid in the southern barbarians, the Black Dragon Society has given up on my pursuit of revenge, I think that at present there is not much chance to meet with her, and I hope that we do not see each other again.

　　Drunken Fairy Poppy. I don’t know what her name is, and I have never seen her, and it is said that not many people in the world have seen her, this beauty who is also said to be a powerful character in the Black Dragon Society, I don’t know whether she entered the top ten beauties by bribery or by vote-making, I am really suspicious.

　　In addition to these five flowers, I had previously thought that the Evil Lotus, which had been missing for a long time, was also, but then I asked Mao Yan’an before confirming that this was not the case, and I have never been able to figure out who the remaining two famous flowers actually are.

　　Now, Uncle said that three of the top ten beauties will be present at this peace talk, Sister Moon Cherry and Plume Orchid Stinky Bitch, those two are definitely there, but what is the remaining one? Is it an old acquaintance of mine? Or is it the two famous flowers that I don’t know about, and someone has come along for the ride?

　　“Uncle, don’t sell me short, apart from the two princesses of my country, what exactly are the others?”

　　“Well, as one of the heads of security, how are you completely unaware? The royal family of Ishtar, the redoubtable artiste of the Jubilee Mill Opera, and the Purple Velvet Narcissus of the Seven Famous Flowers, Narcissus.”

　　In addition to the minstrels, there are also troupes of entertainers throughout the land, either exclusively or travelling from country to country to perform at invited venues. Unfortunately, despite their popularity, their social status is not necessarily higher than that of prostitutes, and in fact, it is not uncommon for small and medium-sized troupes to secretly operate as itinerant prostitutes for financial reasons.

　　However, the large-scale performance troupes are different, the members of the troupes can easily be thousands of people, the carriages and horses in a long queue, and even exclusive armed forces accompanied by the protection of their own force can not be ignored.

　　Such troupes, with their fierce internal struggles, are also the perfect place for women to fly to the top of the ladder with their natural beauty. Under the backdrop of gorgeous costumes, acting and singing, the original beauty can be doubled in effect, making the nobles and tycoons on stage fall head over heels in love with each other, competing for the pursuit of money.

　　In the past, I knew that some famous women had risen to prominence in this way. Later, I even heard elders in the military mention that some large-scale singing and dancing troupes were financed and operated by the forces of a certain country, and that the beautiful entertainers in them were in fact trained intelligence officers who took advantage of the opportunity to go in and out of various countries to spy on intelligence and carry out their work.

　　However, it has long been an indisputable fact that there are beautiful women in such an organisation and there are groups of beautiful women, and I am not surprised that one of the seven famous flowers is from here, but the only thing that I cannot figure out is how a king’s family, which is such an honourable status, would be involved in what is considered to be a lowly job as a showgirl.

　　Narcissus …… It’s such a beautiful name, just hearing about her status as a popular artiste and imagining her royal family background makes you feel excited, I wonder what it will be like to see her in her true colours?