"I understand, Lord Annan!"
Conviction returned to Luoxi's eyes. Perhaps, as the Hellfire Legion won more honors, he would once again look at Annan with that "womanly gaze." For now, at least, he could stay calm for a while.
But as for solving the problem once and for all... there really seemed to be no way. The soldiers of the Guard Legion and the Hellfire Legion were all young adults, at the age when they wanted to earn merit. Making these young men stay in Free City and on Commercial Street was little different from turning them into ascetics.
No matter the country, its leader needed a personal guard. Luoxi understood that too.
Come to think of it, Femi calls me Your Majesty, while you call me Lord. That's the difference between you two!
Luoxi left the City Lord's Mansion, but Femi, who had come in with him, remained in the Office.
"Are you trying to bargain with me?" Olmedo asked, amusement in her voice.
"I wouldn't dare," Femi said gravely. "It's just that the Hellfire Legion's cavalry numbers are limiting what we can do."
The larger the battle, the less the Hellfire Legion could contribute. In the Far North War, if the Blue Dragon had not struck at the enemy leadership and the Blackwatch soldiers had not held the front line, the Rat Tide would have crashed into their ranks and inflicted casualties on the Hellfire Legion.
That was why Femi had come: he hoped Olmedo would agree to expand the Legion.
Having read the full battle report, Olmedo understood. "How many do you want?"
"Expand it to ten thousand."
"You mean one in every thirty Free City People would be a Hellfire Legion soldier?"
Olmedo shook her head.
Femi was about to speak, but she continued, "It's