Starting Today I'll Work As A City Lord

Mina was in black cloth. She touched the tight night clothes on her body. The fabric of the clothes were so soft that she didn't want to move her hand away.

Mina looked around vigilantly with her eyes. She was looking for the traces of beastkins' movements from the trees.

She had been searching in the forest for a whole day already, but she still hadn't found that group of beastkins. It was already dark, and she needed to hurry back to the castle.

"It seems that there's nothing to gain here today. I have to go back now, since I promised the young master to go back tonight. I wonder what kind of porridge aunt May is making tonight."

Mina licked her dry lips, looking at the last rays of the setting sun. She moved quickly through the forest, aiming to return to the castle before dinner. A few dozen kilometers away from Mina, Andrew was walking vigilantly. He had removed his disguise and slightly removed the traces that he left behind along the way.

This was something that second sister Mina had taught him. The closer they were to their camp, the more careful they had to be. They could not be followed by humans.

"Almost there, everyone will have wheat to eat." Andrew rubbed the pouch of wheat in his arms. He thought about Sophie, and a trace of softness flashed through his eyes.

"If only all the humans were like Sophie. But nobles are nobles. That Lucas actually dared to capture second sister Mina."

"I have to go back quickly, second sister Mina is still waiting for us to rescue her."

Andrew increased his speed again. His eyes swept across the dark woods. If he hadn't already been here before, he would have been lost.

Finally, he returned to his camp, which was in a cave. The door was a little strong, tall and skinny beastkins guarding it. They were extremely happy when they saw Andrew come back.

"Andrew quickly go in, big sister has lost her temper. She will scold us to death if you come back a little later."

"Right. Good thing you came back, so there's one more person to share the burden."

Andrew froze. Thinking about big sister Annie's temper, he had the urge to kneel.

"I- I'm going in." Andrew took in a deep breath of air and walked into the cave. He only took a few steps when he heard a female voice.

"You look like a pig. If someone likes you, just smile, but you actually dislike them because they weren't fat enough? Do you think you still weigh 150 kg like you did a few years ago?" Annie yelled.

"Uh… big sister, I'm a pig beastkin, I'm supposed to…" In the end, he didn't dare to say anymore.

"What are you laughing at? The shadows of tree branches can scare you enough for you to cry for your mom and dad, are you still a bear beastkin? You are so timid that you can't even look at people directly."

Andrew took in a deep breath before walking in with his head high. He saw that a few friends he got along really well with were squatting and being lectured by the petite 1.5 meter Annie.

Andrew saw this contrast many times. That small body of their big sister could make people respect her from their hearts.

"Cough cough cough… big sister Annie, I'm back." Andrew said cautiously. He knew that he had come back a little late today, which made his friends suffer.

Silence

Several pairs of gloating eyes were currently looking at Andrew.

"You guys go out first." Annie's voice was slightly weak, but was also a bit more relaxed.

"I will pray for you to survive big sister wraith." the pig beastkin whispered, patting Andrew's shoulders.

"Do you want some cotton earplugs?" the bear beastkin asked.

The corner of Andrew's mouth twitched, and he glared at them. He walked in front of Annie and squatted down like an obedient child.

"You're back." Annie panted slightly. She needs to scold them properly in order to take care of this group of beastkins. But as time passed, her tongue became a little more poisonous. "I thought that you fell into a cow dung pit again."

"Uh… big sister, can you not mention that?" Andrew's head was full of black lines.

"What? I can't speak the truth? A few years ago, when you were twelve, Mina dug you out of a cow dung pit…"

The corner of Andrew's mouth twitched. He couldn't let others listen to his black history.

Annie glared at him and said, "I told you to come back in the afternoon. Going into the woods at night, do you want to die?"

Andrew lowered his head. He didn't dare to answer. He needed to let big sister Annie scold him enough to calm down before he could reply safely.

He knew that it was big sister Annie's way of caring for them, it was just that good words became vicious ones out of her mouth,

Annie was a bit weak. It was a busy day for her again today. She had to appease those beastkins, or else they would run around randomly, which would soon lead them to their deaths.

This place was quite close to human cities. She couldn't not be careless. Their group had been exposed once before. If they hadn't left quickly, they would have been in wooden cages now.

"Big sister, I have wheat here. I'll get people to cook it for you to eat." Andrew didn't wait for Annie to respond and ran out with the wheat.

When Andrew came back with the wheat porridge he saw Annie laying down on the beast hide, and a trace of pain flashed through his eyes.

He knew that it was because big sister had been starving. She gave most of the food to them and also had to manage the beastkins. She was extremely tired.

Andrew wanted to help, but he wasn't smart enough. Big sister was the smartest person in their group. It was also her and second sister who had helped them all survive to this day.

"Big sister, get up and eat some wheat porridge." Andrew said softly.

"So fragrant." Annie struggled to open her eyes. She subconsciously licked her lips while looking at the wheat porridge in front of her. It had almost been 7 days since she had eaten wheat. She had eaten so much wild fruits and grass roots that she was about to vomit from them.

"Does everyone have food to eat?" Annie didn't touch the wheat porridge. "Did you eat? Where's the wheat from?"

Andrew hurriedly stuffed the wheat porridge into Annie's hands. He patted his chest and said, "Everyone got some wheat porridge to eat. Big sister, eat first, I have some good news to tell you later."