Chapter 622 Back in Vayne City
?Since the enemies had been taken care of, the only thing left was to return to the city.
As we returned, General Killock had asked me many times about what we would do with Duke Yuletide.
Judging by the way that he asked me about this, it was clear that he wanted to take care of this Duke Yuletide. It was almost as if he was suggesting that we use the army that had been given to us to remove Duke Yuletide from his position.
But every time, I just shook my head and denied all of this.
After all, I had no intention of taking down Duke Yuletide right now.
The investigations that I had made were for after the war was over. Until then, I would let him remain in this place and prevent the Vikal Kingdom from pushing too deep into our territory.
Though in truth, it should be impossible for them to push too deep right now.
After all, we had just slaughtered their army and left no survivors.
They should be feeling hard pressed when it came to the number of soldiers that they had.
It should be very hard for them to organize another army any time soon.
General Killock had seemed very disappointed about all of this, but he didn't say anything else on this matter.
It seemed that the prestige that I had gained during this time was more than enough to convince them of these things.
When we arrived back in Vayne City, the treatment was completely different.
Even before we arrived at the city, we were greeted by soldiers.
They weren't here to detain us, but to escort us to the city.
The way that they did it almost seemed like a welcome for heroes.
This was just how shameless this noble was.
He didn't care about the accusations that I was making of him and he just took it in stride that he couldn't win.
I didn't bother poking any further at him since this wasn't what we were here for.
We were just here to report back and see if we could get anything out of Duke Yuletide for taking care of those enemies for him. He wouldn't be so shameless that he would avoid giving some kind of reward after this.
But I also felt that he would still have some kind of trick up his sleeve.
For now, it was better not to push him too far and see what he was planning.
So I raised my hand at General Killock for him to calm down.
He looked at me as if he was just itching to go, but I shook my head to stop him.
Duke Yuletide just ignored all of this as he looked out the window of the carriage. After he had sat down, we had gone through the gate and were now moving along the street.
As we headed down this street, heading towards the duke's manor, we could hear all the people cheering around us.
When this happened the duke suddenly came closer and said, "How about we give the people something to enjoy?"
I was a bit confused when he said this, but he quickly made it clear what he meant as the duke came forward to wrap his arms around my shoulder.
The others in the carriage looked like they were about to attack him, but I placated them by gesturing with my hands. In the end, they just watched as the duke brought me over to the window.
The two of us poked our heads out and waved to the crowd, which caused the cheering to become even louder.
But the more important thing was that the duke whispered in my ears during this time.
"I heard that in the fight against the Vikal Kingdom army, there was something interesting that happened. Something that involved some ants."
