Chapter 174: Seeing Yourself Clearly Is Not Blind
"I'll talk about it!" said Gregory, who had been sitting in his chair without speaking. "Mr. Krezer, here's the thing, I'm sure you've heard that His Majesty the Emperor has asked each prince to recommend a young talent he has recruited to participate in a competition, so we want to hire you to represent the eldest prince in the competition, and we will agree to any conditions, as long as you agree."www.biquge.info ”
"Haven't asked for your name yet?" Kraezer didn't answer his question, looking at the grim young man sitting in the chair, but asked rhetorically.
"Oh, introduce myself, my name is Grigory Cherno Melkin, I'm a good friend of Roland, and I think I should let it go with the wind, man, just be generous!" looked at the cautious Krizer, the corners of Gregory's mouth rose slightly, and a smile flashed.
In the lavish room, Kratzer sat opposite the two, looked at Rolando Henry, who was dancing excitedly, and then at the cold and calm strange young man, and after a little thought, he finally stopped his eyes on the latter, and it was obvious that the latter was the one who really made the decision.
Under Krezer's gaze, Gregory, who had never spoken in his chair, slowly sat up straight, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, his sharp eyes staring at the former like a falcon, and spoke slowly. "Let me explain this matter to you!Mr. Wizard Kreeser, in fact, this is the thing, I believe you should have heard that His Majesty asked each prince to recommend a young talent recruited by himself to participate in an exhibition competition to be held in the Hall of Glory Arena in ten days, so we want to hire you to represent the eldest prince to participate in the competition, and we will agree to any conditions, as long as you agree to participate in the competition, what do you think?"
"Haven't asked for your name yet?" Looking at the grim young man sitting in the chair, Krazer did not answer his question, but asked instead, because he clearly felt a trace of the aura peculiar to the great nobles from the latter's body.
"Then introduce myself, my name is Grigory Cherno Melkin, and I am a good friend of Rolando, and I think I should let it go with the wind, man, you should be generous, don't you? Krizer magician!" After coughing lightly, Grigory, who sat up straight, introduced himself with a serious expression.
"You are right, there was some unpleasant little incident with Monsieur Rolandor Henry the other day, but it was settled, so I have long forgotten about it. But I'm sorry for your invitation, I'm not interested in it at all, and I don't want to get involved in this battle for the throne, so please take it back!"
However, it was clear that Rolando Henry had used Fraser's refusal as a bargaining chip, so he frowned and couldn't wait to increase the reward. "Don't you need to think about it again, any conditions that Rolando and I can accept, gold, philosopher's stones, anything else you want, we can get you your hands on it, as long as you can agree to participate in that exhibition match as the person recommended by the Great Prince!"
"Alright, Rolando, since people don't want to, then forget it, don't force it. Interrupting the fat Rolando's retention, Gregory, who was sitting in his chair, looked at Krazer with a blank face. "Since you don't agree to our invitation, please help us keep it a secret!"
"Don't worry, I don't know you, and I haven't been here! I'm just a passing mercenary. Krizer assured him that the meaning of his words was clear, that is, to stay away from the whirlpool of power.
Looking at the undoubted expression on Kraser's face, Rolando and the others also frowned, and they didn't know for a while that Ruhe would continue, but without waiting for the two to say anything, after categorically rejecting the invitation of the two, he stopped looking at the complicated expressions on the faces of the two, and strode outside, disappearing from the sight of the two without a trace of hesitation.
After Rolando Henry and the two disappeared from Krazer cleanly, the two of them reacted, the two of them looked at each other, and an inexplicable emotion rose in each other's hearts, they didn't expect that Krazer could remain calm in the face of such a great temptation, and refuse so neatly, which made the two of them a little difficult to accept for a while.
Watching Fraser disappear from sight, Rolando Henry couldn't believe what he was seeing.
"Just left? He's too dashing! Is he not good at understanding? Or is there something wrong with my expression? I said that I want any gold coins, and he is not even tempted. ”
In his understanding, gold could buy everything, but Kreser, who disappeared in front of him, disappeared here without blinking an eye.
"Give it up, Rolando, some people are like this, they are only interested in certain things, so gold coins can't buy everything, but I didn't expect this kid to know so well, and he can bring back such an important thing, it's incredible!" In contrast, Gregory is still very open-minded, he is not like Rolando, who doesn't care about anything except eating, drinking, and having fun, he has seen a lot more people than Rolando, so he spoke out to stop Rolando's retention, because he sees only the impossible in Krezer's eyes, and it is better to bring it up first than to be rejected, and it is better to look better on the face.
"Forget it, I'll never understand what you said in my life. However, with this thing, Arthur's guy is dead, and I'll send it to my father now. Rolando Henry immediately put the matter of Krazer behind him, shook his things triumphantly, and was about to get up and set off.
"Sit down, you idiot! this thing has to be used in the right place, now his position is stronger than yours, and he has made it clear that he has taken refuge in the second prince, even if you give this thing to Patriarch Henry, it will be useless. Gregory poured himself a glass of wine in his chair and stopped Rolando's frizzy behavior.
"Okay, I'll listen to you, you can do whatever you want, and I'll make Arthur, the bastard, cry when the time comes!" Fat Rolando's advice to Gregory's suggestion was almost observed. "What about the candidates?"
"Forget it, I'd better think again! It's a problem!" Gregory was also at a loss for the candidate.
"This kid Krazer is indeed the best candidate, if only he could participate, so that we can perform well in front of the great prince. Compared to Gregory's helplessness, the fat man Rolando is still lamenting Kreze's departure.
After a short period of joy, what remains is the unresolved troubles, but no matter how troubled they are, they can't solve the embarrassing situation of not finding a suitable candidate. And Krezer, as he had said, was speeding away from the Henry family's manor, riding his horse towards the Fernando family's location, and now he couldn't wait to see his long-lost comrade-in-arms, the dwarf Carmosido. However, things did not go as expected, and when he arrived at the Fernando family, he found that things were far from being as simple as he imagined.
For the arrival of Kraser, the Fernando family only sent a butler to receive him, and after verifying the letter in his hand, the butler made it clear that he could help Kraser go to Berkeley City through the magic teleportation array, but they would not bear the cost of returning, and promised that as long as Kraser held the letter, he could borrow the magic teleportation array at any time.
After receiving such an answer, Kraser, although a little depressed, was generally in line with his thoughts, and just as he was about to leave, he asked the butler about the dwarf Camosiddo, but the butler replied a little ambiguously, and finally under his repeated questioning, the butler squeaked and confided the truth.
It turned out that just a few days ago, a fire broke out in the grain depot of the imperial capital city defense army, which burned almost all the grain stored by the city defense army, and then the order issued by the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion that all grain merchants in the imperial capital must give priority to the city defense army except for the necessary food, and the left minister has also ordered the distribution of food from the nearest city, so even the Fernando family will not be able to prepare enough food for it in the near future.
There was a muffled bang, and the door of the Fernando family estate was closed, but Kreze, who was sitting on horseback and leaving, kept thinking about the butler's words. In view of the order from the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion, the Fernando family could not disobey it openly, but they couldn't do anything to break their promise, so they had to send the dwarf Carmoxido to the dwarven mission that came to congratulate the emperor on his birthday to ask him to wait for news.
This rejection, although there is no explicit rejection, can be seen at a glance by a discerning person as a perfunctory decision, and although the promise will eventually be fulfilled, it is almost postponed indefinitely. If this matter is not a big deal in normal times, it just needs to wait a little longer, but this is not good news for the tribe of the dwarf Camosiddo, because winter is coming soon, and if you don't hurry up and find another way, this winter will be a very difficult winter.
When Krezer arrived at the Dwarven Mission's residence, he was told that Camosiddo had gone out for a drink, and that he was in a bar not far from the station.
After a few streets around, Kraser finally found the restaurant where the dwarf Camosidor drank alcohol. When Kratzer pushed open the door of the restaurant, he found at a glance that the dwarf who was already drunk and couldn't communicate, and in desperation, Krazer had to pull out the chair next to him and sit down, and after ordering a glass of blue Martini at random, while tasting the wine, he listened attentively to the mercenaries in the hall talking about what he had seen, and patiently waited for the dwarf Camosiddo to sober up by himself.
Looking around the noisy hall, Krezer heard almost all of them completing the commission of a wealthy merchant, or killing some unlucky fourth-level demonic beast, or finding a treasure left over from the Goblin Empire somewhere, almost all of which were unnutritious things.
Fortunately, it didn't take long for the dwarf Camosiddo who was lying on the table to wake up slowly, because he had drunk too much inferior rum, and now he was reaching around in a daze to find water to drink. Seeing this, Krazer snapped his fingers crisply, called the waiter who was waiting on the side, and ordered a glass of ice water for him, and it didn't take long for the waiter to quickly bring two glasses of ice water up and put them on the table.
After a few sips, the dwarf Camosiddo's wine also woke up for most of the time, and he opened his half-drunk eyes, and when he saw the person sitting next to him, he was surprised to find that the person sitting next to him was actually the human mage who broke up in Fernando City.
Although he was still a little drunk, the dwarf Camosiddo, who had woken up from his drunken state, still clearly remembered that it was this human magician who had agreed with him to meet at Wynether, and when they had completed each other's affairs, they would make an appointment to go on an adventure together, but when he thought of the attitude of the Fernando family, he couldn't help but be extremely depressed, and he was about to break his promise about taking risks together.
Thinking of this, he stretched out his hand even more depressedly, and wanted to grab the remaining rum on the table, but this grasp was in vain, and then, a gentle male voice sounded in his ears.
"Don't drink it, you can't solve anything like this!"
"You know it all! It looks like you've been to the Fernando family too, how are you doing!" the drunken dwarf Carmocido's tone was full of resentment, it was obviously not aimed at Kreze, anyone could hear the helplessness in this.
"Halfway through, they promised me to borrow it once, but I'll have to pay for it out of my own pocket, so I'm going to go back slowly when I go!" Kraezer answered the dwarf's question truthfully, pushing his own glass of ice water forward. "Tell me about you!
"What can I do, it's really bad luck to come across such a thing, obviously there has been a turnaround, but..."
"Isn't there any other way?" asked Kraser, frowning.
"No, right now, all the grain merchants in the imperial capital have received orders from the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion, I have traveled all over the imperial capital, and no one dares to take risks at this time, it seems that I can only wait for this time to pass, and I will talk about it later. "The dwarf Camosiddo, who drank another glass of ice water, is getting better and better. "I hope it's still too late, and I'm sorry that the appointment to go on an adventure with you is going to be postponed again. ”
After saying this, the dwarf Camosiddo lowered his head and did not dare to look at Krazer sitting beside him, and he didn't know what to do at this moment, after all, it was his broken promise three times and twice, which was simply an unforgivable fault for the dwarves who had always kept their promises.
But after a long time, Camosiddo didn't hear Kratzer speak, he looked up and found that Kratzer was staring at the glass of water in front of him uncertainly, and he didn't speak for a long time, thinking that the other party was angry with him for breaking his word, and he didn't know what to say for a while.
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