Chapter 13.2-B: The Strange-Tempered Lord
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You turn around and try to pick up a lineup to accompany the Marquis to the camp, only to find that Elizabeth is missing.
Hathaway nervously jumped up from her chair and asked, "What about the level 11 assassin?"
Lucia pointed to the door of the hall with her webbed fingers, signaling that Elizabeth had just heard that the elder was going to the labyrinth camp with the others, and immediately crept away.
"Really...... Never mind. Hathaway propped her forehead and sat back in her chair with a weak voice, "Actually, maybe it's a good thing that she doesn't want to go." I thought about it carefully, why did the Marquis talk to me at noon yesterday, but in the end he gave you a score? Could it be that your character is judged from the side by Hu?—— just as the foreign aid adventurer team brought by the deputy captain is more ugly than the other, as if the cousin's mansion of the speaker wears more collars than not, Hu Cong can indeed reflect whether his master is virtuous and trustworthy in some aspects. ”
...... Is it?
Hathaway said that it would be better to take only half of the staff to the labyrinth camp at noon. For example, the harpy who wears a collar and can't even speak, the mermaid maid who is obviously caught here from a distant shore, the killer who wears a maid's costume with evil intentions, and the witch who is not surprising to be burned at the stake at any moment, are all unfit to dangle in front of the marquis's eyes.
Seems to make sense, too?
So forget about the newcomers, you decide to bring all the old staff with you. In case the Marquis catches one of them and talks to you alone, or Elizabeth takes advantage of your absence, you can be invincible.
Raumi couldn't die anyway, and he hid in the basement during the day to refine medicine.
You stand up and decide to accompany the Marquis to the camp with Hathaway, Fieltin, and Annette to do their best to be a landlord. Just thinking about why Adele hadn't come to work today, she ran back.
As soon as she entered the hall, Adele threw herself directly into Hathaway's arms. The former cried heartbreakingly, and the latter caressed Adele's hair repeatedly like a loving mother.
"Senior, he......! Whoa, whoa!" Adele whisked her snot on the hem of Hathaway's coat and cried intermittently, "The night before, Matthew saved many people in times of crisis, including the daughter of a wealthy businessman. Last night, I went to his house, and found that in addition to the invincible and gentle big sister of the roommate, the father and daughter of the wealthy businessman were there—they were discussing the serious topic of "no return, no promise!" Why am I so unlucky! Another rat-man plague, I must be standing dumbly in the middle of the market street! Woo whoa, whoa!"
"It's okay, it's okay, just cry out. ”
Shocked!
Differential treatment!
Hathaway genuinely treats "staff" and "non-staff" differently. If she belonged to her beloved Adventurers' Guild, she didn't care if she used her beautiful uniform as a snot paper, if she didn't belong to, such as Raumi and Annette, then Hathaway would immediately look much meaner, and if she was a potential threat to the guild, Hathaway would be like a thief.
Hathaway appears to be endlessly tender, even leading to suspicion that she is disguised as a shapeshifter.
"It's not fair. I've already saved hundreds of people, why didn't half a rich businessman come with a handsome son to force me to get married?"
Julianne also returned, standing next to you and complaining. Is her focus here?
Adele cried so much that her nose and eyes were all red.
Fielting hugged Adele and asked, "Otherwise, Adele don't go, wouldn't it be bad if the Marquis really wanted to talk to her alone, as if she had been bullied in the guild." ”
Hathaway immediately waved her hand to refuse, she looked back at Elizabeth and Lucia behind her vigilantly, and muttered in a low voice, "I'd rather let the president's evaluation go down than let Adele stay alone in the guild." ”
"But," Fieltin pointed to the six or seven regular guards in the hall, "even if someone is going to do something, Adele will be fine, right?"
Hathaway shook her head resolutely!
"But," Julian pointed to Elizabeth, "the more professional an assassin is, the less likely he is to do anything to someone outside his target, right?"
Hathaway shook her head resolutely!
"But," Annette pointed to herself, "I'm from the same background as Elizabeth, so it's really okay to go along?"
Hathaway shook her head resolutely, thought about it wrong, and began to nod vigorously again, so that Annette didn't know whether it was "okay, you can go" or "It's okay, you can't go", and moved a few steps behind you in confusion.
seemingly
Hathaway was already too anxious.
After she has experienced countless storms, it is the first time she has faced the direct judgment of the biggest lord, the first time she has faced the fat smiling tiger who expresses her killing intent so bluntly, the first time she has faced the eldest boss with a rough smile and started to have something to say, the first time she let the murderer who shot the president just a few centimeters short of standing in the guild hall leisurely, and it is the first time that she has left two monsters that are difficult to tamesticate and love to trap humans with demonic singing voices. She wasn't iron-clad, and now she's almost crushed by mental pressure.
In front of you, there's a weak hen in front of you, flailing her wings with all her might, protecting the chicks from the wolves and hungry tigers - the clerk, and you. She even chose to ignore her own safety and resolutely decided to sleep in the same bed as the killer.
She's almost, almost collapsing.
Even deciding whether Coco should stay and look after her family or go to her team thought about it for a long, long time. Seeing Hathaway's anxiety in her eyes, Elizabeth laughed out loud several times.
In fact, Hathaway must have overreacted - the order from the Speaker's cousin was very clear - he died before Elizabeth would assassinate you. I won't start now, but it's more useful to keep you.
Anxiety is still anxiety, and Hathaway begins to lay out a bunch of aftermaths. You get bored and start feeding the birds, and worry that your bedroom door will become a happy's nest from now on.
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Near noon, the bigwigs in the town gathered in front of the teleportation array in the backyard of the Adventurers' Guild one after another, and met together to go to the labyrinth camp.
At the other end of the teleportation array, the otaku mage was dressed in gorgeous clothes, and he had been leading his servants and mercenaries to wait for a long time. Since the Marquis is coming, the basic etiquette of lining up to greet him still needs to be talked about. Although, it seems, he would prefer to huddle in his own tower.
To be precise, the camp is too far away, and it is not the marquis's territory at all!
The Speaker's cousin waved to you cordially from afar, as if he didn't back down, and the vice-captain also waved to you, but none of them rushed over to chat.
The market manager personally ran around the camp, putting up lights, directing the movement of various materials, and arranging various preparations. He was under more pressure than anyone else, because the labyrinth camp was a dungeon not far away, and it was not fun to have an accident, and the facilities were rudimentary, and there were no decent mansions and villas for the Marquis to rest. Originally, he should not be on the list of sacrifices, but if you mess up the reception work, it is not impossible to write one more name.
"If you ask, how the elders treat the staff, do you remember what you say?"
“...... Sister Hathaway, you've asked me four times, and you've remembered it—"Treat us like family." ”
"Very well, if the Marquis asks again, if the elder has sexual harassment in the workplace, what do you say?"
“...... Belch. Fielding paused, swallowed back the words that came to his mouth, and said, "The elder is very devoted to Sister Hathaway. ”
Thumbs up, Hathaway praised, "That's right, you're probably like me, you've been suffering from the magic effect of "Identifying Lies" from the beginning, so you can't tell the truth, lust is not a good reputation, and you can't lie, otherwise the little brain might roll into the ditch." Avoid the important and say something else, you know?"
Fieltin tugged at her collar, she was already nervous from Hathaway's infection.
Hathaway finally counted all the entourage and instructed them one by one. She didn't worry about Annette, who was trained in etiquette, even if she was worried about the depressed Adele, it was useless, Julianne had memorized all the standard answers, and Fielting would have said it anyway - anyway, the Marquis asked how the Lord would be?
Thinking back to the first time I saw Hathaway, I didn't have any feelings as if I was sealed in my heart, and I didn't even care about your life or death. And now Hathaway......
The panic is both redundant and cute.
You suddenly have the feeling that Hathaway may not have survived because of how shrewd and strong she is now, but because she is determined to fight with the Adventurers' Guild in life and death. The guild doesn't die for a day, Hathaway doesn't die for a day, she has this tenacity.
Grunt,
Including you, many people's stomachs began to growl, but there was no trace of the Marquis and his party in the teleportation array.
"Oh no—— Lord Marquis has changed his mind again and ran to the Dragon Pavilion!" At the same time as the arcane light of the teleportation, a small official shouted in panic, and then saw the little official himself who fell to the ground. The panic quickly spread throughout the labyrinth camp.
Wonders
Hundreds of people rushed to the teleportation array, as if they would run out of food if they were half a step late; the otaku mage scratched his head and said to the servants, "Wash your hands, the luxurious feast has become ours"; several clerks in the market fainted on the spot; petty officials were trampled and injured; Fierdin pointed to the crowded teleportation array: "Huh?...... Huh?"
It seems that everyone is being played by the old children again.
You also walked back, only to fall to the ground with a thud! rubbing your sore nose, you looked down to see that the laces of your feet were tied together.
What the hell is alive?
And I heard the little girl's laughter, and looked around but couldn't find anyone.
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Return to the Guild,
Hathaway holds your cheek and reproaches, "What kind of expression do you have?
I can't say, anyway, since the Marquis came, the whole world has been chaotic, and it can toss people too much. Maybe you're really upset, and it's written on your face.
"Forget it, I'll go to the Dragon Pavilion by myself, anyway, it's just some coordination work, and there is no need to make decisions. Don't worry, Linda hasn't been going anywhere lately, she'll protect you!" Hathaway trotted all the way to the "Dragon Pavilion" with Hathaway following the magnates into the Dragon Pavilion.
In the hall, the two newcomers were still quiet.
even
Elizabeth grins at you.
"What?" Annette stepped forward and asked unceremoniously, "Is it worth having fun that we were tricked?"
No, no, Elizabeth waved her hand repeatedly.
She put her finger to her chin, looked up at the door, and said as if to herself, "I just think this old man is quite powerful." As if you had calculated correctly, as soon as you walked on your front feet, the Marquis arrived at the guild. Without saying a word, the Paladin had "spotted lies" on Lucy Natsu, but he didn't use it on me—as if he had seen through my anti-lie training. ”
When the Marquis came, he sat tremblingly in your fixed place, chatting with the girls in a hurry.
First he asked Lucy Xia what was the water quality of the city?
"It sucks, I suspect the water in the whole town is not as good as the baths here. I need to swim. ”
Then he asked, "What about the food in the guild?"
"I was hungry last night, and I went around the guild and couldn't find the kitchen, so I ran to the other side during curfew to beg for food, and when I went to get the guildmaster's breakfast this morning, they gave me some fresh fish and shrimp. Typical sub-racial discrimination, we mermaids are civilized people, we need to be deboned and cut into strips, and we are not "Sawa fish people" who swallow fish and shrimp raw. ”
Finally, he asked, how many times a week do you sing?
"Frustrated Harpy once, interrupted once in the bathroom by Miss Secretary's backwashing, once by the canine tribe suddenly falling into the bath, once by the lame harmony of the elves. I just came last night. ”
Well, the marquis seemed to smile and didn't, and then walked to the inside of the guild with his crutches. Of course, at first glance, I saw Harpy squatting on the door to fix his feathers.
Maybe it's really old and confused, how could Harpy speak?...... The Marquis asked Harpy what meat was the last time he ate?
Harpy reached out and threw the leftover three-ripe steak onto the marquis's shoe.
The Marquis asked again, why are you crouching on the door?
Harpy ignored him and buried his head between his wings.
The Marquis finally asked, did the feathers that fell all over the ground have been ripped off?
Harpy actually yelled at him and demonstrated!
Then the Marquis leaned on his crutches and walked slowly down the hallway, and Harpy suddenly spread his wings, stretched out his claws, and sang a song in an attacking stance!
The Marquis went into the basement and spun around, holding for some reason a black potion in his hand, which looked rather like poison.
Then he was discovered by a few minor officials, and then he said that he wanted to go to the "Dragon Pavilion" to taste the aquatic products, and then a large group of you hurried back from the teleportation array.
Here's the thing,
All the lines Hathaway had painstakingly prepared were in vain. None of the staff members who were selected asked were asked, but the housekeepers were questioned one by one, and the only fortunate thing was that the Marquis did not ask Elizabeth.
Fiertin, who was standing next to him and listened to the ins and outs of the matter, looked more and more ugly, covered his mouth and muttered in a low voice: "Oops, I have to change jobs......"
For half an afternoon, you didn't even get into the Dragon Pavilion, and were turned away by the guards brought by the Marquis. They actually said that idlers were not allowed to enter. You are the second boss, why did you suddenly become an idler?
You can't get in touch with Hathaway, who is still busy in the tavern. Until the Marquis was finally full of wine and food, and walked out of the "Dragon Pavilion".
"Sister, this young man...... Who's here?"
The Marquis stretches out his trembling skinny hand and points it at you. Well, you are indeed a little person, he is indeed senile, but he is not so bad that he will not forget the person he just met yesterday, right?
I never expected that you would be so insignificant in the eyes of the Great Lord......
"The fourth president of the Adventurer's Guild, this is the second time you've seen him. Yesterday it was 20/15 and today it has risen to 65/35. The elf secretary reported.
...... Belch?
When the marquis heard this, he was actually surprised by his score, and he laughed and almost fell backwards: "Oh, oh! I remember, I remember, hahaha!"
He couldn't stop laughing, and slowly boarded the carriage amid the hugs of the powerful people. The Speaker, the Captain, the Speaker's cousin, the vice-captain, and even the market managers have all cast strange glances at you.
After sending off the marquis's carriage, the market manager did not have to follow everyone to the guard's territory to accompany the inspection, so he was stunned. After much hesitation, he runs up to you.
"Your Excellency!" he grasped your hand tightly, "I've heard of the captain of the guard being 87/100, and I've heard of the Speaker being as high as 89/100, and the impression score is high enough, and it's still within the range of common sense." Can...... What's the situation when you exceed the maximum score?"
"What the hell have you done, and how much do you want me to be surprised?"
Oh, yes
What exactly did you do?
Open the door of the "Dragon Pavilion", stand stupidly in front of the private room hungry, feed the birds, and then continue to stand stupidly in the camp to bask in the sun, and even yesterday afternoon when I went to the market to accompany the inspection, I chose the wrong side, and I didn't see the marquis at all, it is said that at that time, the "golden crown" also refuted the face of the marquis on the spot, so that his old man was very unable to get off the stage. It's not surprising that the impression score drops to 0/100,
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...... But instead it went up?What the hell? Harpy was planning to kill the Marquis, right?
Click!
You sealed it in the back of your mind and decided not to let Hathaway know about it for a while. After all, when she returned from the "Dragon Pavilion", she finally showed a slight smile. Since she thinks that she has done a good job of coordinating the reception at noon...... Let's destroy her another day.
In the afternoon, spend a peaceful time drinking tea, at least you do. The whole team of guards who were being inspected was already jumping up.
What are the benefits of calm?
You're already level 3 mage. In the afternoon, I had nothing to do, and Annette held each other's magic books, casting spells to simulate offensive and defensive battles, just like playing chess, it was as entertaining and educational, and it was convenient for someone to practice as an opponent. There is a popular saying that a warrior can be upgraded to level 5 by cutting stakes, and of course a mage with diligent practice will have a similar effect, otherwise, how many more mages can survive to level 5 or above in actual combat?
The two women yawned, Elizabeth muttered, "What peace," and Lucy Ha muttered: "It's time to clean the bathroom."
"President, where are we going in the evening?" Hathaway added, pushing her glasses, "Although the decision-making power is in your hands, and I shouldn't influence your judgment with more words, I ...... I really can't help but say: Go to the guards! It's all agreed, if you go to the council hall but don't go to the guards, what will the deputy captain think? We won't live to the trial!"
yes
Hathaway finally gave up her advice. Seemingly...... It's no problem to die again, it's worth it!
Where are you going?
A, Guards (Give me an appointment!)
B, Council Hall (Don't die!)
C, the market (people are very busy!)
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Remark:
The parentheses represent Hathaway's views only and are definitely not the author's. If you dare to write this option, you will have the confidence to catch it, it is nothing more than a smooth road or a slightly winding road, and you can't die if you don't write "heavy" in the chapter name.
I like to develop steadily or die happily, of course, everyone has their own aspirations. When choosing, trust your own analysis and feelings.
Remarks:
Compared to tips and tickets, if you can receive more choices, the stupid demon will be more inspired, full of energetic codewords!
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