After Big Stone had left, Nalant turned to little Sherry. "Sherry, I have a task for you as well!"
"My lord, please give your orders. Sherry swears to serve you unto death!" Upon hearing this, the little girl straightened her tiny frame ramrod-stiff, imitating Big Stone's earlier posture almost perfectly.
"That's enough. Swearing to serve unto death has nothing to do with you. I don't need a little thing like you going into battle. Tomorrow or the day after, I'll have the hunters catch some birds. Your job will be to tame them and form contracts with them, so they'll be as obedient as Little Gray!"
"Ah, birds? Great, my lord! Sherry loves taming birds most of all!"
Little Gray could be said to be the bird Sherry had trained with the greatest achievements, and it had also won her the most rewards from Nalant.
So the moment she heard it was about taming birds, Sherry nodded her little head like a chicken pecking grain.
"Very good. Then all of you can go rest or train for now!" Nalant waved his hand and dismissed the girls.
After they left, Nalant walked out of the council hall and happened to encounter Thomas in the corridor.
"Thomas, where is Miss Natasha?" Nalant was rather puzzled. His return had caused such a commotion, yet Natasha was nowhere to be seen.
Moreover, he had something to discuss with Natasha—namely, how to ransom the families of all those guards.
As the largest merchant family in the Onyx Principality, the Frank Family certainly knew more about such matters than Nalant did.
Therefore, he needed to ask Natasha about the specific procedure.
And if he could simply pay the Frank Family to handle it, that would save even more trouble.
"My lord, Miss Natasha should be in