The woman in a grass-green tight-fitting tunic sat on a chair with a velvet blanket, took a sip of the red wine in her glass, closed her eyes and let the mellow taste in her mouth jump on the tip of her tongue. Fengyun Pingting's figure rises and falls with her breathing, swaying.

"Smooth and smooth, moderately sweet and sour, just the right astringency, this must be a new wine from Adolyak, sunny in spring, and ...... in early summer" The woman opened her eyes in a daze, her beautiful face was full of intoxication, and she looked at the glass in her hand: "Red wine with this crystal holy relic, it is really a perfect match." If you can add the "Roasted Fruit Banquet" in Silver Ring City at this time, you know? It is the most famous dim sum in the royal family. Slices of fruit soaked in honey, sprinkled with cashew nuts, almonds and pine nuts, and roasted on a simmer, the taste is ...... when you bite into it."

"You like the glass and the wine? Talk less, drink more!" rudely interrupted the other party's speech, and the gray-haired old man sitting opposite the woman, wearing a sloppy work gown, two long, thick white eyebrows trembled gently, holding a stack of papers full of calculations and data in one hand and flipping through them, and grabbing a bottle of red wine in the other hand and pouring it directly into his mouth.

Looking at the other party's rough way of drinking, the woman cast a disdainful look, carefully wiped the wine marks on the glass with the soft cloth she carried with her, wrapped it, and put it in the suitcase she carried.

"Let's get down to business, Theodore. Someone in the Presbyterian Church has been upset with you lately. The words of the woman in green made the old man who was busy looking through the paper not lift his head.

The woman was a little annoyed and patted the table in front of her: "You used three times as much money last month as you did last month, you still refuse to report on the progress of your research, and you have fewer and fewer 'successors' to the 'Discord Legion'. ”

"By the way, and last week's battle at Fort Watch, not only did the Relief Society's test subjects fail to complete their mission, but I heard that they also violated orders and fled the battlefield without permission. You know what? It took me a lot of effort to put down the barbarians to the north!"

The woman was about to continue complaining, when there was an unhurried knock at the door of the room. The old man put down the bottle and tapped it three times on the arm of the chair. A man dressed as a farmer pushed the door open, walked over to the old man, leaned down and whispered something.

"Oh!

The old man raised his thick eyebrows, which was very different from his attitude just now, and he put down the paper in his hand excitedly.

The woman in green sitting opposite him took a sip of wine and said with a smile, "Is it our guest who has arrived?"

Theodore raised his eyebrows, glared at the other party, and yelled angrily: "Richel, remember, that's my guest, you're uninvited!"

The woman didn't care at all about the old man's evil words, wiped the wine marks on her lips with a plain white handkerchief, straightened the folds on her clothes, and said with a smile: "What's the matter, when I came to look for you, I happened to hear that this distinguished guest was coming to visit, and it can be regarded as a fateful encounter when we meet." Besides, I really have something to talk to about with that person......"

"Don't blame me, old man, for not warning you, Richel, this is my territory, and you'd better put away the dirty tricks of the Elders!" the old man's eyes flashed with violence, and he put away the papers on the table and said to the waiter, "Bring the guests to the main drawing room and let the cooks begin to prepare dinner, the best dinner!"

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Expensive paintings, expensive carpets, and shiny gold ornaments, Todd stood in a lavish reception hall with a sense of discord in his mind.

A place with such a high-end decoration and such a luxurious interior, judging from its location and appearance, it is actually a warehouse of agricultural products in an inconspicuous small village in the south of the Yuexi Plain, less than a day away from the carriage journey of Duxi Town.

As if to see the confusion in Todd's eyes, he tilted his head and said in a somewhat strange tone: "I'll see the president later, no matter what he says or does, please maintain the necessary respect, huh...... He's ...... Quirky ......"

Todd frowned, "Let me meet Karin first." ”

The laryngeal bone looked a little embarrassed: "I have repeatedly mentioned to you during my travels, the selection and determination of the 'successor' is a long and complicated process, and Miss Black Sheep is safe now...... At least it's safe for now, and remember!your every move here will make all the difference......"

Todd was about to ask again when a loud voice interrupted his thoughts.

"Mr. Todd, I've been wanting to see you for a long time, but unfortunately I haven't been able to spare time, but I didn't expect you to come to me first!" an old man in workshop overalls walked briskly towards him, with a stout and tall figure, a hard-lined face, and a thick white brow that was unforgettable.

Todd was a little surprised, he turned his gaze to the throat bone to verify, this old man in front of him, no matter how he looked or dressed, he looked like a blacksmith, could it be the president of the "Relief Society"?!

The laryngeal bone rolled his eyes, shrugged his shoulders, and nodded.

Todd arrived in a hurry, wearing the gray overalls he wore in the lab under his cloak. The old man walked up to him, looked at the long coat stained with colorful reagents on the other party's body, and glanced at his own body, the workshop clothes that looked like a canvas, and his face showed rare joy and joy. He patted the other man on the back and laughed. Although it was the first time they had met, it was like an old friend who had not seen each other for many years, and Theodore affectionately pulled Todd, who looked stunned, and led him deeper into the hall.

As the latter walked through the room, a pale green figure flashed before his eyes, but he couldn't remember his countenance, except for the blue eyes that still lingered in his mind.

Following in the footsteps of the president of the Relief Society, he pushed open the door at the end of the hall, and a room appeared in front of Todd that made him almost forget to think. Inside were several large wooden tables, full of things he knew all too well.

Sketches of furnaces for refining silver, preparation materials for chemical experiments, process drawings for mixing reagents, and even a replica of your own microscope!

"Here...... Here are ......" Todd looked a little confused, this is like a copy of his own laboratory, except that the materials are more coarse, and the utensils are not copied, but it can really be seen that the owner who made these has spent a lot of effort.

Theodore picked up a sketch of the refining furnace and said, "This is what I specially asked a painter to paint, and I still have a wooden model of this furnace, but unfortunately not here." ”

He picked up another drawing full of chemical equations and reaction paths, and said in a loud voice: "This is the note that the church bought those greedy people to transcribe for me on the way to transport your alchemy materials to the Silver Ring City, and this is already a manuscript that I read every day. ”

Then, he carefully picked up the imitation microscope and said cheerfully: "This is the most breathtaking thing I have ever seen! This instrument of yours is simply the work of genius, it can magnify everything a hundred times." Through it, I can see many things that I couldn't see before, it's amazing......"

"Mr. President......" Seeing that the old man was more and more interested, Todd, who was worried about Karin, thought that it was necessary to remind the other party of his intention: "Actually, I came today to ......"

Before he finished speaking, a man behind him stabbed him in the waist.

Todd looked back, his throat bone squeezing his eyes at him, and shook his head.