Chapter 332: Chapter 332: Beginning to Process Prisoners (2)

“Oh, who do you blame for not having the wizard’s talent? Obviously, it’s your mother, for she couldn’t bear a talented child. If it weren’t for the fact that my sibling and I could bring glory to the Baron’s House, do you think we could live in the main house? We couldn’t even stay in the servants’ quarters, could we? I heard that the current Baroness is the third wife, and she’s very formidable. None of the former baron’s illegitimate children survived except for my sibling and me.”

Ye Nai listened with interest to the noble family’s feuds and grudges.

She firmly believed that the baron fighting on the battlefield would have illegitimate children. She just copied a military camp built like a village yesterday, which had women and children. How did those children come about? What were the chances of them being specifically brought from their hometown?

If the baron were stationed on Blue Star, he could use the massive time difference to father countless illegitimate children.

The current Baroness being the third wife made it clear that the previous two had been worn down over long periods.

“How dare you disrespect the Baroness?” Nina said, her face red and neck bulging with anger.

“Huh, what’s there to fear? We’re all captives now. Where does her nobility lie? Where does yours lie?”

Oona kneeled before Ye Nai once again and stood up, still carrying the arrogance of a superior being from the wizard class as she faced Nina.

“With the Great Witch’s capabilities, all Military Fortresses and Transmission Platforms we passed by would be obliterated, with no one left to send messages to the baron. We’ll be captives for life, slaves, and you’ll never have a chance to marry a handsome, wealthy gentleman. You should learn to accept your fate, dear sister.”

Having said that, Oona ignored Nina, who was about to faint from anger, and joyfully returned to the pile of supplies. She began to count and record each item according to their needs.

Ye Nai wasn’t a good person either; she watched Nina, who was standing nearby, fuming, and cleared her throat.

“What are you standing around for? Are you letting your sister pick out the good stuff first? I don’t care about your family feud, but if you can’t handle this, you know what will happen.”

Nina, coming back to her senses, hurried back to her mother’s side without even pausing to bow to Ye Nai.

Then, the Baron’s family, taking advantage of their numbers, began to grab everything Oona and her brother had their eyes on, ensuring they got the first pick while others waited.

The Knight’s Family didn’t dare move.

At that moment, the Old Lady from the Duke’s House stepped forward, walked directly behind the Baroness, grabbed her hair, and yanked it hard to the ground.

As for the order of choosing items based on class— with the Duke’s House present, the Baron’s House shouldn’t have been first in line.

The Baroness, caught off guard, found herself immediately seated on the ground.

As she looked up to see who had been so rude, a hand wearing a ring stretched out in front of her.

“Recognize this nobility? Take a good look—what is this? With the Duke Akeley’s House here, look at what you, as the Baroness, appear to be like.”

The Baroness fell silent on the spot, and everyone from the Baron’s House dared not utter a word, while the arrogant Oona also reined in her haughty expression.

The Knight’s Family continued to play dead, even moving a bit to the side to give space for the two families to fight.

Ye Nai listened to the Old Lady’s voice full of vitality and noticed a detail she had previously overlooked.

The Duke and his wife were of corresponding ages, both elderly, including the third son who remained behind at home to accompany them, and there was no significant age discrepancy apparent from their facial features.

To avoid misjudgment, Ye Nai quickly threw spores at the Duke’s family to check their health and found no issues. The ages and appearances of the Duke and his wife, the third son and his wife, as well as their young children, all matched up.

This probably meant that when the Duke was stationed on Blue Star, he had gone with his wife, so their ages progressed together, and it was very likely that this youngest child was born on Blue Star.

However, among the women of the age group suitable for being daughters-in-law, there was only the wife of the third son, a young Madame, with no daughters-in-law for the eldest and second sons.

The second son was stationed on Blue Star, and it was possible that he took his wife and children to live with him, while the deceased eldest son apparently had left no family behind.

Ye Nai was not interested in the eldest son, but based on the noble family tradition of men going to war to preserve family heritage, if the eldest son had left a son, might he also be stationed somewhere on Blue Star?

She was interested in this as it would determine her actions after arriving in the Royal Capital. She needed to get her hands on a list of the locations where the nobles of this nation were stationed on Blue Star.

Domestic gossip itself couldn’t spark her interest. She had seen enough of such bloody family matters between her own family and relatives from a young age. The elders thought the children were oblivious, and many behaviors were unguarded, but she had seen it all. When she was younger, she did not understand, but after entering middle school, she read a sentence in a novel from a classmate: “No one wishes you well,” which suddenly enlightened her, teaching her the principle of “none of your business and none of my business.”

The Knight’s Wife led the eldest daughter-in-law and hurried to Ye Nai to offer their greetings.

Ye Nai gave each of them a set of paper and writing materials to list the essential living supplies needed by their family.

“You are from the Knight’s Family, living in the countryside year-round, and you know what the life of the common folk is like. Just write it down like that. If you want to live a bit more comfortably, you can ask for a few more tents. Write down how much food your family needs per day. As long as I have it, I will meet your needs. All I ask is that you work hard for me. I will not shortchange you in terms of food, clothing, or shelter. If my superiors order the release of prisoners of war, I will release you too. However, if you disobey, killing you would only take a few seconds. Understand?”

“Understood, thank you, Great Witch.”

The Knight’s Wife and her daughter-in-law retraced their steps and only breathed a sigh of relief after reaching their family.

“The Great Witch is so powerful. Remember how she spoke at our house last time? It sounded like she learned it from country folk, with a stiff accent and crude vocabulary. But just in a few days, her accent and vocabulary have improved so much.”

“Yes, I noticed too. The Great Witch is truly a genius.”

“To wage war now, if not a genius, she would not have been sent here.”

“The people from that world are formidable. No wonder after so many years of fighting, they still haven’t been conquered.”

The two women in charge of the Knight’s Family didn’t bother with the materials the Duke’s House was selectively picking through. They wrote down the supplies their family needed on the paper while chatting quietly. From their conversation, it was clear they knew where their Knight had been sent.

“But the letter from the Lord said we had taken most of the enemy’s land and he didn’t think there was anything better about the enemy. The natives were like savages, with dark skin, though they had good stamina. They could endure intense heat and perform heavy physical labor without dying.”

“Natives like savages? Look at that Great Witch; does she look like a savage? We are, after all, occupying a whole world. The Knight has to guard the front line, but just because our Lord’s place isn’t great doesn’t mean other nobles haven’t seen better places.”

The eldest daughter-in-law, who was writing, paused her pen and sneaked a glance in Ye Nai’s direction, then quickly composed herself.