Western Fantasy: The Princess Wants to Save the World

Chapter 136 Slums

As Cecilia entered the carriage, she met Babbitt's dark eyes.

Quite rare.

"Are you coming to pick me up?"

—Are you going to continue to monitor me?

"I just came down from the negotiation table and heard that you were going out, so I came to pick you up."

——No, Babbitt ended the activities at the negotiation table early.

The residents sympathized with his newlywed status and wanted to go home as soon as possible, so they jokingly let him go.

Cecilia sat down and said, "Shall we go back?"

The coachman drove away without waiting for Babbitt to speak.

Inside the carriage, due to the small space, the two people were very close to each other.

Babbitt took Cecilia's hand and asked, "Did you have fun today?"

Cecilia nodded, "Very happy."

Babbitt also talked about some interesting transactions he encountered today.

The residents of this place really trust Babbitt.

Cecilia listened, and from time to time she would give some emotional feedback so that Babbitt wouldn't be unable to continue.

After returning to the manor, the two of them returned to their respective rooms in a respectful manner.

After a few more days of this, Babbitt slowly began to stop sticking with Cecilia.

That afternoon, Babbitt was enjoying afternoon tea with Cecilia.

According to the habit they had developed over the past few days, after drinking two more sips of the cup of black tea, Babbitt would get up and leave.

A report came from below, "Sir, it's bad, an epidemic has broken out in the slums, it's already..."

"A lot of people have died, and it may have spread to other places."

Babbitt had already stood up. "Don't run around in the manor. Wait until the situation is a little better..."

"Once the situation is somewhat under control, I will get you out of here."

Before he could finish, Cecilia interrupted him, "I'll go with you."

Cecilia put down her teacup and looked up at Babbitt.

Babbitt refused subconsciously, "Impossible."

Cecilia also stood up. "I am not the princess in the tower, nor am I the delicate dodder. I have studied some books about epidemics before, and maybe I can help you."

She waited here for so long just to confirm whether the epidemic would occur.

Babbitt still wanted to stop him, but Cecilia asked, "Your Excellency the Duke, you should be very concerned about your people. If we delay any further, I wonder if the death toll will increase and the scope of the infection will become wider?"

"Or do you not regard the people in the slums as human beings?"

Babbitt gritted his teeth and pretended not to hear Cecilia calling him "Your Excellency the Duke" and the sarcastic tone in her voice.

He turned around and looked at the guards beside him, "Watch over the lady and don't let her leave the manor. No outsiders are allowed to enter the manor!"

After saying that, he turned and left the manor garden.

Cecilia's voice came from behind, "Babbitt, do you really think you can keep an eye on me?"

You won’t know if you can bear it until you try it.

When rushing from the manor to the slums, the subordinates reported the situation in more detail.

"The slum area has been cordoned off, and no one is allowed to approach. But you know, the people in the slums used to come out at any time to rob and kidnap people. I don't know how many people they have come into contact with."

"Is the city gate sealed?"

The subordinate nodded, "It's sealed. Lord Cohen gave the order as soon as he received the news."

Babbitt rubbed his brows, thinking that his Public Security Bureau was still somewhat useful.

"Has the doctor been sent?"

The subordinate was embarrassed. There were not many doctors in Huguzhi City. At this time, more than ten people had died from the epidemic. No doctor dared to go. In addition...

"Lord Cohen seems to mean that if people in the slums die, they die. If anyone outside is found to be infected with the plague, they will be sent to the slums as well."

The subordinates' voices became smaller and smaller.

Babbitt's brows were furrowed, and he was really joking.

"Go get some doctors, and replace Cohen's men with ours. If Cohen doesn't obey, we'll deal with him right away."

In the manor garden.

Those who had been monitoring Cecilia's every move in secret suddenly came out into the open.

With magic, without magic.

Judging from the number of people alone, Babbitt should be confident that he can control himself.

Pity.

Just in terms of numbers.

Those who have magic are not as powerful as Cecilia, and they cannot restrain Cecilia even if they are tied together; let alone those who don’t have magic, they will be helpless after a few binding spells are cast.

Cecilia was not much slower than Babbitt and arrived near the slums.

When she first arrived, Cecilia was confused about the situation.

Judging from the chaotic scene around, it is probably not a good situation.

There was an argument between two people in different uniforms.

The most normal thing.

However, no matter how great the harm caused by external threats is, mankind will never be able to completely resolve its internal conflicts.

Judging from the uniforms, it was Babbitt's men who won in the end.

Cecilia raised an eyebrow.

She preferred Babbitt's group to the other group whose identities she didn't even know.

At least Babbitt apparently wanted to make this city prosperous and let the people live a good life.

Before the handover was complete, the Duke's carriage appeared at the end of the road.

The slums were now surrounded by a bucket, and Cecilia could go in.

But before going in, she had to find out Babbitt's attitude.

You can't just go in and get backstabbed by Babbitt without knowing it.

Fortunately, Valken and others really left Huguzhi City this time.

It seems that Gallup's sending him to the South to recruit soldiers was also a cover-up.

However, it is not ruled out that if Valken can really recruit soldiers in the south, it is possible to kill two birds with one stone.

After Babbitt got off the carriage, the atmosphere around him was obviously different.

He and the people around him were giving instructions on related matters.

Judging from the arrangement, Babbitt will not sentence the people in the slums to death so easily, at least at this stage.

In that case, Cecilia can go in with confidence.

Conditions in the slums were worse than Cecilia had imagined.

People here are not united.

Years of living at the bottom of the city have made some people psychologically distorted.

Especially after knowing that he can kill someone by touching them.

They are even more unscrupulous.

When Cecilia came out of the manor, she had been casting a layer of defensive magic on herself.

She wasn't worried about being infected.

Cecilia searched in the slums for a while before she found a suitable person to get information from - a mother holding a child.

The two of them huddled under a tattered awning, and the mother timidly and vigilantly observed every move nearby.

It was almost late autumn, and both of them were wearing thin clothes, but the child's face revealed an abnormal blush.