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  "Sir, send me out on a mission. I can't take it anymore," Bira complained. He was one of the survivors of the Bali war who was in charge of the supply unit back then. His mushy appearance from before was now replaced with a refined look. With neat and clean garments and a clean-shaved face, he looked like a young noble boy in his teens pleading, "Let me go away from her, she is too much."

  "Told you not to get married. you look like a kid," Kasi, then the weapon department head and the current chief blacksmith of the city, exclaimed.

  "Easy for you to say, old man; think about the kid who hasn't tasted the forbidden fruit," Suri, the medical team commander, said a few words in Bira's defense. To which Bira continuously nodded in agreement.

  "Well, now he has tasted it, so how was it? Want some more?" Kasi sarcastically said, "Young people these days don't take the advice of old men seriously."

  "Yeah, 36-year young man," said Kasi and laughed at Bira's situation. His long beard was all saved off, and with his feminine face, without a single facial hair, Bira looked like a 16-year-old teen despite being in his late 30s. Starting from his dressing now to his beloved long hair and beard are all changed one after the other. His rowdy appearance was now replaced with a cute, gentle look. Only after 1 year of getting married, the old wild boar has become a tamed little puppy. His drastic transformation was a topic that his old comrades used to mock him about from time to time.

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  Bira ignored the mocking of his comrades and again appealed to Dickon, "Sir, just send me out of the city for a few days."

  "Ha ha ha," Dickon laughed.

  "Don't laugh, sir; she is a devil. The enemies on the field are much cuter than her," he complained. "Please give me a mission outside the city."

  "Ha ha, don't worry, I have just the right job for you," Dickon handed out a scroll, "lead your men and arrange the security for the delegation to Poli."

  "Yes, sir." Bira placed his fist on his chest and saluted. His lips curled up into a big smile, expressing his joy at getting out of the city.

  "Be careful and alert Devi to increase the surveillance. I have a bad feeling about this," Dickon said.

  The movements at the border have been strange for the last few weeks. Showing strength with military exercises at the border is an old tactic to gain more bargaining power in the negotiation. But his guts are telling him something is wrong. He looked at him with a serious expression and said, "Something is about to happen. make sure all the envoys are safe."

  Bira's excited expression calmed down as he nodded, "Rest assured, sir."

  He gave a slight bow and left the lord's chamber to make preparations. Kasi and Suri remained sitting in the chamber as they still had more issues to discuss. Bira walked through a clean and nicely decorated corridor, passing by pairs of soldiers standing guard at regular intervals. The soldiers gave a slight nod to show their respect, to which he responded with a nod of his own. This continued as he walked past several pairs of guards and reached the palace gate.

  The gates of the lord's palace opened wide, revealing a beautiful and prosperous CITY.