Chapter 45: The Showdown
"So...... Is the Newton family's situation already in a precarious situation!?" Lydia suddenly said something that seemed unrelated to what was in front of her.
"Uh!!?" Atro didn't expect Lydia to say this sentence unexpectedly, although she tried her best to control it, but a trace of panic flashed in the depths of her eyes.
"Hey, hey, there's no need to try to hide it, Viscount Atro. With a mocking sneer on her lips, Lydia leaned back against the soft back of her chair and grasped the small box containing Mithril with one hand, turning it gently with her hand.
As Lydia moved unhurriedly, the spinning box rubbed against the table with a rustling sound that made Atro's face look more and more ugly, and he felt as if the scene was about to start to get out of his control.
"First the valuable gems, then the Mithril that makes all mages go crazy, don't you think you're paying too much?"
"You even revealed that there is a Mithril Mine in your hand, this news is enough to make all mages crazy, and the Newton family's secret that has been kept for so many years will be casually revealed to you?"
"Are you willing to give so much just so that I can take your son Muse as an apprentice and teach him about magic?"
"Hey, hey, if it's just for this little thing, you won't summon me at all! With what you have taken out now, you can go directly to the city of Draa to find a mage and let him take the muse as an apprentice!"
"So, you must be facing some kind of existential crisis, and it is very likely that the slightest mistake will even dissolve the entire family! ”
"Is your real purpose to tie me to your chariot with a lot of money when I arrive, or at least let me stay here for a while, and use my status as a high-level mage from the Mage Federation to make your enemies afraid of me because they dare not act rashly, so that the Newton family can have a chance to breathe or even turn defeat into victory? ”
"Of course, of course you want me to become greedy for Mithril Mine and join the Newton family in order to get it, and then help you defeat the hostile people, right?"
As Lydia's melodious voice slowly spoke, Atro's face grew darker and darker.
"Hey, hey, Viscount Atro, you must know that mages are never as easy to fool as you think!At least not me!I can directly attack at any time, slaughter all the people in this manor, and then slowly pull out what you want to know from your mind!" Lydia's cold words made Atro's heart completely fall to the bottom.
Atro's face was constantly changing, but the fear of Lydia's powerful power as a mage and the wisdom that pierced his calculations made him shudder!
It was as if he had suddenly lost all the strength in his body, as if he had aged several years in an instant, and even his face had several more wrinkles.
Looking at the chilling sneer on the corner of Lydia's mouth, Atro said in a voice full of exhaustion, "Lydia...... Your Excellency, you are right. ”
"The Newton family has indeed reached an extremely difficult situation!"
"I didn't expect that when I was fighting for the newly built port in Deira, I was a little short of money, and I quietly sold a small amount of Mithril to raise funds, and I was surrounded by those greedy guys like goblins with a sense of smell that is more sensitive than dirty kobolds!"
"They desperately want to know where all this Mithril came from, and if the Newton family still has Mithril in their hands!"
"And the Alec family, who are fighting with the Newton family for the newly built port in Deira City, are also mixed with them, and they unite to put pressure on the Newton family from both light and dark sides!"
"On the surface, the Alec family is even more aggressive, not only the ownership of the newly built port, but even the other businesses of the Newton family have been robbed by them a lot! Several families who were originally good friends with the Newton family were also threatened and did not dare to lend a hand!"
"And secretly, the clansmen, guards, and servants in the family have all appeared around the figures of rats hidden in the gutter! They are secretly playing all kinds of small actions one after another, and many guards have been attacked by the infiltrators, and the casualties are continuous!"
"Even in the attack on the Golden Cornflower Manor, a mage appeared!"
“......”
"I'm not going to let those scumbags get away with it, even if I can't keep that Mithril Mine, I'm not going to give it to those scumbags!"
"Lord Lydia, I beg you to help the Newton family!
Listening to Atro slowly explain everything, Lydia's face softened a lot.
But hearing that Atro had the audacity to take out Mithril in exchange for funds, Lydia couldn't help but roll her eyes: "Ignorant people, you don't know how attractive Mithril is to mages!"
Met the begging gaze of Atro, who had finished babbling everything, Lydia groaned expressionlessly for a moment.
The atmosphere in the room seemed to freeze, and after half a ring, Lydia's faint voice rang out: "For the sake of the favor you helped before, and for the sake of those grants that have been all along, I agree to help you!"
"However, you must tell me plainly about all the enemies that the Newton family faces, I don't have the skills to slowly pull them out!"
"I'll take these gems and Mithril first, and when the situation of the Newton family eases, you'll tell me the location of that Mithril mine!"
"Of course, it's great that you could agree to help!" said Atro, like the man who had grasped the last straw, overjoyed.
"Well, then I'll leave first. ”
"You can let the Muse come to me later, after all, I need an identity to stay here, and I look at the identity of the Muse's mentor is very good......"
"And hearing the rumor that a high-ranking mage from the Mage Federation has taken in the Muse as an apprentice, your enemies will also be a little more restrained out of fear......"
After agreeing to help the Newton family, Lydia stood up, swept away the gems and mythril from the table, and said lightly.
"Uh-" It seemed that he didn't expect that his original plan to keep Lydia in the Newton family would be agreed to by her, and Atro's expression was a little dull for a moment.
Ignoring Atro's expression, Lydia turned and pushed the door open and walked out of the study, leaving Atro alone in the study, thinking about something.