Starting Today I'll Work As A City Lord

Mina took Annie to sit on the side after Lucas sat on the primary seat.

Growl…

Annie looked at the food on the table. The rich, meat-filled aroma kept flowing into her nose, causing her to keep gulping the saliva in her mouth.

Today's food was fried vegetables, braised pork, spicy chicken nuggets, tomato scrambled eggs, and a dozen other dishes.

"Mina, did they make that much food just to welcome me?" Annie asked, gently tugging at the hem of Mina's clothes.

"Ah?" Mina licked her lips and shook her head. "Nope. This is the daily meal in the castle. This is how everyone normally eats."

Well, yes. Mina was the sole reason their daily meal had a dozen dishes. After all, Mina's large stomach wasn't a joke.

If there was only Lucas, he might not even be able to finish five or six dishes.

Annie didn't know that, so in her mind, she thought, 'Fucking evil nobles really know how to enjoy themselves. They even make a dozen dishes just for a meal. But why am I so envious?'

"Quickly eat; the food won't taste good once it gets cold." Lucas was the first to move his chopsticks.

"Mhmm." Mina wasn't going to be courteous. She gave Annie a large piece of braised pork and said, "Quickly eat. This braised pork is made from a secret recipe, which can only be eaten here."

"Eh…" Annie held the chopsticks in her hand. She tried to learn how to use the chopsticks, but she found that it was really hard to pick up the meat with the chopsticks, as they kept crooking to one side.

She was very hungry and wanted to use her hands. But she saw Mina use chopsticks to eat and didn't want to lose face in front of her.

"Let someone bring a fork and a knife." Lucas said this to a maid next to him.

"Yes, my lord."

A knife and a fork were quickly brought to Annie. It was obvious at first glance that the fork was used to picking up the food. Annie quickly learned to use it and finally ate the first piece of the meal. "So- so- so delicious." Annie's eyes were shining, her ears were shaking, and her tail kept swaying from side to side.

Lucas saw Annie's joyful expression, which was similar to Mina's expression when they first met. The difference was that Mina had been done in by a few bowls of polished rice porridge.

Annie was completely attracted to the food. She had never eaten such delicious food in her whole life before.

Mina wouldn't be polite when it came to food. Of course, she would only be like that in the castle. After all, Lucas had saved her when she was in her worst state, so she didn't have to pretend to be an elegant lady.

Lucas was full after eating two bowls of rice. Looking at the catgirl and foxgirl who were fighting for food, he realized that even Annie, who had a petite body, ate more than him.

"Huff…" Annie slumped down on the chair and patted her belly. This was the happiest and most comfortable meal that she had ever eaten.

"Hmph! Stinky Annie, you ate too much." Mina said, pouting. She was only about 70% full, as Annie had eaten a lot of the food.

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"You're already fat. You can't eat anymore, or else you would become a ball." Annie glanced at Mina's breasts and pouted.

Mina lowered her head and looked at her breasts. She saw Lucas look at her out of the corner of her eyes, and her face immediately turned red. She put her hand under the table and pinched Annie's waist. "You want to die? How could you dare to say such things?"

"Hmph." Annie smiled proudly. She then said seriously, "Lord Lucas, how do you view beastkins?"

Lucas knew that the main point had come. If he couldn't give a good answer, then the other party would probably leave Sedona City.

"Which side are you talking about?" Lucas gave Mina a reassuring smile. "For your information, I don't know much about beastkins. Mina was the first beastkin I saw in my life."

"What?" Annie's eyes widened, and she looked at Lucas in disbelief. "Mina was the first beastkin you saw?"

Mina was also stunned. She didn't expect that she would be the first beastkin Lucas saw. 'So that's why Young Master was so curious about me back then.'

"Yes, Mina is the first beastkin I saw when I came to this city." Lucas affirmed.

"How could that be? You're a noble." Annie couldn't believe it, but her intuition told her that Lucas was telling the truth.

She would never be able to imagine that Lucas had only come to this world a month ago. Annie thought Lucas hadn't seen a beastkin in all the 20 years he had lived.

"I just became a noble not too long ago." Lucas said, shrugging his shoulders. He looked at Mina and smiled lightly. "Actually, I think beastkins are quite cute."

Mina blushed, feeling happy in her heart. She was the first beastkin Lucas had seen after all.

"But… but other humans don't think like that." Annie looked at Lucas with a complicated expression and said bitterly, "They treat us like wild animals or playthings."

"I don't know how other people will deal with beastkins, but in my territory, beastkins are no different from civilians." Lucas said, crossing his arm over his chest.

"No different from civilians?" Annie was stunned, and she stared at Lucas blankly. That was not something that anyone could say.

"Yes, beastkins are also members of the human race. They just have a bit more difference."

Lucas stood up, walked to the window, looked outside, and smiled. "I may not be able to control other people for now, but in my territory, as long as they don't break the laws, then beastkins are my subjects, and I will protect them. Everybody is same in my city."