299th year of the Imperial Calendar of the Britannia Empire/221th year of the Imperial Calendar of the Holy Hillan Empire.
January 31.
The Holy Hillan Empire, the Far Eastern Front.
"El." Gabriel said to El beside him, "Why haven't the fish taken the bait yet?"
"Gabriel, be patient." El said in a helpless tone, "What you need most for fishing is patience. If you are impatient, you can't catch a fish."
Gabriel and El were sitting side by side next to a small river at this time.
It's winter now, and it took El and Gabriel a long time to finally find such a river that has not frozen.
After a moment of silence, Gabriel asked El again:
"El, is it really good for us to come out to play like this? If I remember correctly, there should be a lot of military affairs waiting for you to deal with, right?"
"Oh, I've left all the military affairs to Chinoer to handle. I've seen all the military affairs hastily. There's nothing important. The military affairs that I need to handle in person is enough to handle by Chinoer alone."
"Ah, look at El, someone is here!"
"Quick! Pull the hood up!"
El and Gabriel both pulled apart the hood of the wide cloak that was draped on their bodies, allowing the hood to cover their entire face.
After the travelers passing by El and Gabriel left, the two breathed a sigh of relief and pulled down the hood on their heads.
"It's really troublesome..." El sighed, "Now you can't wear a hooded cloak when you go out..."
Since completing the unprecedented expedition last year, El instantly became a star in the Holy Hillan Empire.
Even an ordinary citizen of the Holy Hillan Empire knew that their country had a young genius named El Bernard, who led a disadvantaged force to defeat and annihilate the 500,000 troops of the Grasslanders, and directly turned the Grasslanders into the farthest east. In the next decade, the Grasslanders should not dare to come back.
In the Far East, El became a hero.
The common people living in the Far East have long been deeply troubled by the grassland people.
Many families have deep blood hatred with grassland people.
El defeated and killed a total of 500,000 grassland troops, driving the grassland people far away - for the civilians in the Far East who were deeply troubled by the grassland people, El's move undoubtedly helped them avenge.
Elle's portraits were spreading wildly - I don't know who these portraits came from. In short, Elle's portraits are now spread everywhere, and everyone knows what El Bernard looks like.
Now, as long as El stepped on the street, he would be immediately recognized by the common people on the street, and then be warmly welcomed by the common people...
Not only that, El also became a popular among some nobles.
Whether it is a businessman or aristocrat, they all hope to form a marriage with some huge forces or some young people with potential.
A hero like El is the perfect marriage partner.
El is young, single, looks pretty good, has no bad record in his life, and has just made unparalleled achievements. The new star that the empire is currently worth looking forward to - these conditions combined are enough to make the rich merchants and nobles compete for El.
Since the expedition ended and returned to the Far East, El received countless invitations.
Some brave families even came to visit her with their daughters and "selled" their daughters to El in person.
For these invitations, El chose to "sell" all - ignore them.
El is not ready to get married and be a father.
He is very satisfied with his current single life and does not want to consider anything related to marriage in a short period of time.
Part of the reason why El refused invitations and "selling" from these nobles was because he did not want his future wife to be a person of outstanding family background.
If he had a choice, El hoped that his wife could be an ordinary person with an inconspicuous family background like him.
After completing the expedition and returning to China, El actually lived a very leisurely life every day.
Because he handed over almost every day of military affairs to Chinole, the deputy commander of the Far Eastern Front, to deal with it.
He only solves the military affairs that he must handle in person.
Because El had just led the Far Eastern Front to make great contributions, El's prestige in the Far Eastern Front was amazingly high, so El's attitude of throwing most of his work to his subordinates did not arouse the dissatisfaction of Chinoll and others.
After throwing most of the military affairs to his subordinates, El spent his days leisurely.
Either reading a book comfortably or going out with Gabriel.
Gabriel's official position in the Far Eastern Front was El's commander of guard.
As the commander of Elle's guard who spends leisurely every day - Gabriel's day is as leisurely as Elle.
In order to avoid being recognized and affecting today's trip, when the travelers passed by El and Gabriel, they pulled their hoods in time.
After the travelers left, the two pulled down their hoods and continued to fish leisurely.
"El." Gabriel looked at the still calm river surface and said again in an unhappy tone, "Are there really fish in this river?"
"It should be. I only saw fish popping out of this river a few days ago."
"Fishing is so boring... I think this kind of game is more suitable for the elderly, not for young people like me."
"It's just not suitable for you. I like fishing very much. Holding a fishing rod can make you spend half a day empty."
...
While El and Gabriel were chatting, a sound of horse hooves came towards them from afar and near.
As the sound of horse hooves came from far and near, there was another loud shout:
"His Excellency Marshal!"
El raised his eyebrows and looked in the sound.
"Cinole?"
The man who rode his horse towards El and the others was the deputy commander of the Far Eastern Front. During these days, Chinore, who had almost strengthened the positions of commander-in-chief and deputy commander.
"Hu...hu..." After stopping in front of El, Chinol gasped heavily.
"Marson... I finally asked me to find you..."
"Cinoer, is something happening?" El said in a casual manner. "Is there any important military affairs that I cannot handle yourself and have to handle?"
Chapter completed!