Chapter 47: Noble Specialty

  Remember in one second

  Duran's eyes stared at Rega with a pair of big apricot eyes, blinking and waiting for him to give an answer.

  "Uh..."

  "He... is a boy..."

  "Dustmud Village has a large group of boys, as many as fish in a pond."

  Duran crossed his arms over his chest, a hint of teasing in his tone, as if he found Lega's dazed expression amusing. "And in my opinion, you're still just a kid."

  She wasn't worried about whether Laga was really a noble or not; even if he was, nobles didn't have any special privileges in Crow's Peak - this was her Dusty Village.

  It has to be said that height does have its advantages in certain situations, and although it's only half a head taller, it's enough for Duran to look down on Rega with a condescending gaze.

  Lei Ga's subconscious licked his dry lips, trying hard to recall: "That boy was not very old, only seven or eight years old, with black eyes, good at catching fish. He was often bullied by Langte and Siwang in the village. Oh right, he said you often pulled his ears."

  "Pinch your ear?"

  Duran sneered with a bad temper, "I know who the bastard is."

  "She rushed to the door and shouted loudly: 'Shi Dong! I know you're outside, get in here for me! Otherwise, when I catch up with you, I'll definitely pinch your ears sore!'"

  Her tone was completely like a big sister scolding her little brother, and it wasn't some village chief bullying a minor at all - Laga felt his ears burning after hearing that.

  A sound came from outside the wooden door, and then a boy with his head down in despair pushed open the door and entered, still holding a fish basket containing angry crawfish.

  "Older sister Lan..."

  Dulan's long legs strode a few steps to the boy's front, and with a familiar movement, she pinched his ear, "Little rascal, if you don't make trouble for one day, your skin will itch, huh? What's wrong with your hand? Why are you so dirty?"

  Without waiting for a response, she quickly grabbed a clean towel and bent down to carefully wipe the boy's wound.

  She was busy treating the boy's wound, completely ignoring Rega behind her. The short towel tightly wrapped around her waist and hips, outlining a beautiful and charming feminine curve. Her waist was very thin, so thin that it could be grasped with one hand, but her buttocks were unexpectedly plump, curved like a perfect big apple when she bent over. Her two long legs were straight and proportionate, perfectly without any excess flesh, and the junction of her legs and hips vaguely revealed...

  Lei hastily shifted his gaze to an irrelevant place, silently swallowing his throat. His mouth was full of saliva, but his throat was dry as fire.

  Duran wiped the bloodstain on the boy's hand and asked with concern: "Been bullied again?"

  "This time it was me bullying others."

  A boy named Shi Dong smiled complacently and said, "I had a fight."

  As she spoke, her eyes still filled with gratitude looked at Lei Ga again.

  Duran turned around in anger and asked Lui: "What did you teach?!"

  His gaze, which was naturally oppressive, especially when arguing, made Rega momentarily speechless in response to Duran's words. He cleared his throat and deliberately put on a noble expression, "Men, after all, have to fight a few battles in this lifetime..."

  "Is it a man?"

  Dulan angrily said: "In the future, are you going to teach Shi Dong to peek at girls taking baths?"

  "I am a noble..." Rega's voice was weaker than ever before.

  "A noble who peeps at girls while they're bathing?" Du Lanyu asked with a gloomy face.

  Actually, since Shi Dong appeared, she understood that Le Ga really didn't intentionally peek at her while bathing, and he wasn't a bad person either. It's just that she was seen naked after all, and this matter absolutely couldn't be let go like this.

  Lei Ga weakly opened his mouth, Shi Dong chuckled secretly beside him.

  "Still smiling!?"

  Dulan turned around and grabbed Shi Dong's ear, "You can't get out of this!"

  "I was wrong, Lan Di Jie."

  Shi Dong was like a small rooster that had just been defeated in a fight, and didn't dare to resist at all. "I promise I won't tell anyone about what happened between you and big brother."

  "You..."

  Du Lan's face turned bright red as she grabbed Shi Dong's ears with both hands, "Who asked you all these messy things!"

  "Oh no, oh no, big brother, save me quickly!"

  Lei Ga now clearly understood that Du Lan was only concerned about Shi Dong, just a bit overbearing and tyrannical in a big sisterly way. His previous worries were completely unnecessary. He pretended not to hear Shi Dong's cry for help, picked up the fish basket under Shi Dong's feet by himself, and calmly said: "Since everything has been made clear, my task is also considered complete. You guys chat slowly, I have something to do first."

  As he spoke, he turned around and walked towards the door.

  "Halt!"

  Dulan's enemy let go of Shi Dong and said coldly: "You've seen things you shouldn't have, how can I let you leave so easily?"

  Lega stopped and turned around, his face becoming serious: "You're right, I shouldn't have just left like that. A real man takes responsibility for his actions, although I didn't intentionally try to offend you, the fact is it happened. I'll stand here now, whether you want to hit me or punish me, I won't bat an eyelid. However, after you've calmed down, please let me go, I really have something very important to attend to."

  Not arrogant nor humble! The coldness and determination in Leika's voice made Dulan's enemy feel uneasy, biting her lip. She suddenly felt that this boy was more majestic than she had imagined, even needing to look up to see those deep black eyes.

  "I..."

  Dulan's enemy should have taken control, but instead hesitated. This kind of man is not afraid of fists and cannot be punished, even if he strips naked, she would still admire him...

  Dulan's eyes lit up as he knocked his head, and suddenly thought of a good idea. "You said you're a noble?"

  "Hmm..." Laga nodded hesitantly.

  "So you must have seen the Lord's council then?" Dulan asked.

  One lie inevitably leads to a series of lies. Rega replied evasively, "The lord's council is just listening to the people's grievances and judging their disputes on fixed days every week."

  "Great, since the Raven Ridge no longer has a lord, our Dusty Mud Village has set up its own council chamber to resolve disputes between villagers. But I've just taken over and can't handle many things. Since you're a noble, today is also Council Day, so show me your noble skills."

  Lei Ga would rather take off his pants to show Du Lan enemy another specialty of his, rather than pretend to be a noble to solve some trivial disputes that have nothing to do with him.

  "What?"

  Dulan's enemy asked: "Does the great noble young master look down on us ordinary villagers?"

  "Of course not!"

  Ley's face turned slightly red, "Only... I usually use a sword to judge others."

  Dulan shrugged indifferently, his slender collarbone looking particularly attractive. "Anyway, this is my punishment for you. You can accept it or turn around and leave, I won't stop you. As for whether you're a man who dares to take action or just a smooth talker, that's entirely up to you to decide."

  Lei Ga let out a somewhat annoyed sigh, "Alright, I accept your punishment, I'll take your place in judging the villagers' disputes, but I don't guarantee that you'll be satisfied with the results."

  "Actually, I'm already very satisfied."

  Dulan's face showed a smile for the first time, "You all go out first, I'll change my clothes, and we'll head to the conference hall right away to hold a village meeting."

  Shi Dong let out a big sigh of relief and rushed out of the room first, Leijia didn't dare to stay either, followed Shi Dong and walked out, waiting outside.

  Before long, Duran emerged dressed in a neutral outfit. She wore a small leather jacket over a white shirt and brown riding breeches that showed off the perfect contours of her long legs.

  On the Four Kingdoms continent, women wearing pants is a very bold behavior. Skirts can cover legs and have a beautifying effect that even makes ugly women look tasteful, while pants will magnify beauty or ugliness, revealing leg shape, thickness, and walking posture, making the ugly uglier and the beautiful more beautiful.

  "What are you looking at again?" Duran glared angrily at Rega. She had already put on her clothes, but in front of Rega, she always felt like some part of her was exposed.

  "It doesn't matter."

  Lei Ga withdrew his gaze and muttered softly: "It's just strange, why do you look better wearing pants than wearing nothing at all."

  "You..."

  Dulan's face turned bright red with rage, gritting his teeth as he said: "A scoundrel like you has reached such a sanctimonious state, it's truly shameless and despicable! I must have been crazy to let a scoundrel like you carry out my judgment."

  "It's still not too late to change your mind." Leka had already given up arguing about the "thug" label.

  "Unchanged!"

  "Duran Dee almost roared: 'I just want to see how great you are, you noble young master! Others will be respectful and fawning when they meet a noble, half out of servility and half out of flattery, but I Duran Dee am not the same! Just wait and see, after your trial is over, I'll use one sentence 'the original noble is nothing' to humiliate you, hmph!'"

  "So you were thinking..."

  Lei Ga couldn't help but laugh at the absurdity of it all, as he himself wasn't a noble and such humiliation wouldn't have any effect on him. However, seeing Dulan's fierce determination, Lei Ga's natural competitiveness was piqued, "Alright, since you've made it clear, I'll accept your challenge and try not to give you the chance to humiliate me."

  "That's great, this is getting interesting!"

  After finishing speaking, Tulan turned his face away and led Leika and Shi Dong towards the council hall.

  The council hall was just a name, and in fact it wasn't a hall at all. At least not in a place like Dusty Village. The council hall was just a small hut with no door, only two low windows and ten rows of benches.

  Dulan enemy brought Leiga into the house, the house was noisy, the long bench was filled with villagers from Chenyicun Village, almost every family had a representative present. Leiga saw Ciwang's mother among them, laughing and whispering to a middle-aged man who looked like Langte.

  "Quiet!"

  Durand stepped up onto the stage, his boots thudding against the floorboards. The room fell silent at once. "Before the village council meeting begins, permit me to introduce a noble from the Kingdom of Maplesnow, who will preside over today's judgment! Ah yes, young master, what was your name again?"

  "Let's go."