parentshiftbook Chapter 18 This toast was powerful!
Chapter 18 This toast was powerful!
"To this crimson night, and to you, who are unique before me."
Early in the morning, Su Lan took a piece of paper, hid in her room, and quietly recited it in a strange aria.
"Let the fine wine in this glass melt away all the troubles of the world."
He stared at the door, his ears perked up.
Very good, no movement. Continue practicing the next sentence.
"Close your eyes, clear your mind, and don't resist this intoxication."
Su Lan looked around suspiciously, like a thief.
Tia went digging a hole yesterday and probably hasn't gotten up yet. She needs to practice more!
"I wish to share with you the deepest, sweetest dream... cough cough cough!"
The door was suddenly pushed open, and Su Lan forced down the last sentence, almost choking on her saliva.
"Su Lan, what are you doing hiding in your room so early in the morning?" Tia asked, looking puzzled.
"I think I just heard someone reciting poetry, something about crimson and sweet dreams, it sounded really interesting! Has a bard come to our territory?"
"Uh...no?" Su Lan quickly denied.
"You haven't been sleeping well these past few days, you must be hallucinating!"
Tia was skeptical: "But I..."
"Stop with the 'I-I-I'," Su Lan interrupted forcefully, changing the subject, "The Night of the Red Moon is only three days away, let's go check on the guards!"
To prevent Tia from having time to reminisce, Su Lan dragged her out the door.
Tia's attention was indeed diverted: "That's true. At this time last month, the monsters should have been restless, but this month it's been quite quiet."
"It won't hurt to take a look. Aaron, you remember, right? Reed said he did pretty well," Su Lan said casually.
The night of the red moon sounds scary, but it is actually just the night of a full moon.
From the beginning to the end of the month, the moon will gradually turn red, then fade, going through a process of silvery-white, red, and silvery-white.
And the night of the full moon is the night when the red color is at its most intense.
At this time, the magic in the air is most active, and most monsters will come out.
People would also return home early, keeping their doors and windows tightly closed to prevent monster attacks.
On a red moon night, as long as you don't wander around in the wild, there's usually no danger.
After all, monsters aren't stupid; they're just trying to evolve, and they won't attack human settlements for no reason.
Inside the training field.
Guard Bod stood at the front of the line, demonstrating and shouting slogans.
About twenty people lined up in a square formation, raised their wooden spears, and meticulously repeated the action of stabbing.
They seem to have some spirit and energy; defending the town shouldn't be a problem.
"Stop! Rest here!" Upon seeing Su Lan, Bode suddenly stopped what he was doing and jogged over.
"How's the training for the new recruits who came last time?" Su Lan asked.
"Their physical fitness is pretty good, but their discipline and teamwork are lacking." After thinking for a long time, Bode finally managed to say something.
Su Lan knew that Bode was being forced into this role, as Bode himself was only a half-baked soldier and had never served as a guard before. He was already doing his best to train Bode.
"Where's Aaron, whom I asked you to keep an eye on?"
"I saw he was yawning a lot and didn't seem very attentive, so I put him at the back of the line," Bode quickly added, somewhat embarrassed.
"However, I observed that his movements were quite standard and his hands were very steady, so he must have practiced."
Following Bode's gaze, Su Lan saw a familiar face at the back of the group.
While everyone else was drenched in sweat, Aaron was twirling his gun as if nothing was wrong, even looking somewhat bored.
Something special?
"Let him train with the defense team for a while. Let him train however he wants. Just cooperate with him."
Su Lan shook her head inwardly.
Bode is a former bodyguard, good at running errands, but definitely not cut out to be a commander.
"But he's just a serf, he doesn't deserve..."
Bode frowned, hesitated for a moment, but ultimately didn't say anything.
He had witnessed the lord's actions these past few days.
Although Bode didn't understand, he knew that past experience could no longer be used, and some things could no longer be said.
"Yes, ma'am." He bowed slightly.
Su Lan patted Bode on the shoulder: "If you train Aaron well, I'll promote you to be my captain of the guard."
Anyway, he doesn't plan to hire any more people. He only has one bodyguard, Bode, who is the captain, isn't he?
Upon hearing this, Bode beamed with joy.
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After taking Tia on a long tour of the territory, Su Lan finally managed to exhaust her energy.
After closing the door, he let out a long sigh, lay down on the bed, and took out the note he had hidden that morning.
On the morning the flowers of the underworld bloomed, Su Lan fulfilled her first last wish.
The "Special Sleeping Wine" has a strange medicinal smell; it smells more like a potion than an alcoholic beverage.
There wasn't much wine, and he didn't dare taste it beforehand, planning to save it for the night of the red moon.
The toast was written on two slips of paper, one of which Su Lan recited that morning:
"Dream Words"
"This is outrageous! It's so cheesy, and you even marked the stress and intonation. Am I really that repressed? I hope Tia doesn't think I'm a pervert..."
He stopped reciting and simply read it aloud softly, following the intonation.
Unexpectedly, a sudden change occurred.
A faint ripple suddenly emanated from his body.
If Su Lan hadn't made such rapid progress in her cultivation as an extraordinary being recently, she almost wouldn't have noticed!
"Oh no, this is a trap!"
He immediately jumped out of bed and rushed into Tia's room, looking around as if facing a formidable enemy.
However, after waiting for a long time, nothing happened.
The fluctuation vanished in an instant, leaving no trace, as if it were all Su Lan's illusion.
Tia, on the other hand, was woken up and was rubbing her eyes, looking at him with a blank expression.
"Is it already evening?"
"Not there yet, you've come to the wrong door. You can go back to sleep."
"Oh," Tia responded, covering her belly with her tail and falling back asleep.
This plush quilt is so nice, you can take it anywhere. Su Lan couldn't help but take a few more glances at it, feeling a little envious.
Back in her room, Su Lan took out the second note.
"Dream Interpretation"
It contained flamboyant and strange phrases that were very similar to "Dream Words".
Su Lan refused to believe it and recited it again, just like before.
He caught it this time!
The same fluctuation appeared, but this time it did not spread outwards; instead, it flowed inwards and merged into his body.
Su Lan felt a sudden surge of excitement, as if the whole world had become clearer.
He saw the tiny dust particles floating in the air, heard Tia's murmurs in the next room, and even sensed the vibrations from the defense team's training a little further away.
However, this state comes quickly and goes even faster.
It lasted for less than a second before the world returned to normal.
What followed was a sense of stagnation after the rapid depletion of mental energy.
"That toast was powerful!" Su Lan clicked her tongue.
"It can be used as a burst of power, but the incantation time is a bit too long."
But jokes aside, he realized that this was not a "toast" at all!
It might just be some weird thing that "trainee judge Su Lan" dug out from some obscure corner to summon something!
It can't be a job change ceremony for bards, can it?