Chapter 52: An Old Friend Visits
As Charlie expected.
These aristocratic women were the same families that Frye had previously revealed to her that they were 'crazy calling' for her in the House of Lords.
In the current customs of the empire, the best way out for girls from aristocratic families is marriage.
Therefore, there is also a 'wise saying' that is quite popular in high society.
[No woman born into a noble family can marry 'love'. γ
If it weren't for Charlie's actions.
Although these aristocratic women sitting in the ideal township today are unwilling, most of them will not do anything out of the ordinary.
But, Charlie's appearance, what she did was like a torch in the night.
When it is lit, it burns the prairie with fire.
The eldest ladies of these nobles looked at each of them in bright clothes.
But the situation is ...... It's really worrying.
Marriage is like gambling, and what kind of life you live after marrying depends on your face.
Of course, if you can't live a good life, let's refer to Ray Tyglin's wife.
But the premise is that try not to cause a war that will affect the whole country, otherwise the emperor will go to the gallows and report it to the gallows as soon as he decrees it.
If these eldest ladies don't marry, will they be able to keep their family property?
According to the imperial system, the heir must be of male descent, if there is no direct male heir.
Then, according to the laws of the Empire, the direct descendants of women still have no right to inherit.
The aristocracy could only find suitable male heirs from among distant relatives within three generations.
There are also those who do not hesitate to marry their daughters to distant relatives, and there are countless such bullshit things.
What if I can't find my distant relatives?
Sorry, it can only be confiscated.
As for titles and fiefdoms...... For the Empire, these are scarce goods.
As long as there is a war, the nobles must be divided because of their military exploits, and the titles of the nobles can be thrown out by the emperor at will, but the land is limited.
So, it makes sense that the empire is so harsh and impersonal in this regard.
If female descendants had the right to inherit, then the nobility of the empire would continue unabated.
Internal contradictions will become more and more intense, accumulating to a certain extent, directly shaking the rule of the emperor.
This is also the reason why Charlie accepted it when he saw it, and did not fight the old emperor to the end.
It's about other people's countries, and it's forcing people to be anxious, and it's stumbling with you.
The Empire can not treat the charging knight as a human being.
But Charlie is very distressed about this bit of 'belongings' in his hands!
But really, Charlie, who thought he was also hard-hearted, decided to meet these eldest ladies in front of him......
Looking at these beautiful young ladies, chasing their ideal township one by one, but none of them gave up halfway, and the decision in her heart quietly changed.
I couldn't help but chuckle, I was still too soft-hearted, and I couldn't stand this little battle.
Thinking about it, Charlie had already taken out the special whiteboard for the 'small classroom' and stood it in front of a group of young ladies who were a little confused.
Charlie coughed lightly.
"Since it's a tea party, I'll talk to you blindly~You can listen to it casually~"
"This story starts with a friend I know......"
As he spoke, Charlie's hands began to habitually write and draw.
From the perspective of a bystander, she briefly described how the 'acquaintance' had run to the wilderness of the empire with two hundred gold coins.
Of course, I don't talk about this to 'sell badly' here.
Draw a circle at the key point, 'land replacement'.
"I mean, if I know another group of friends who are equally distressed, and can persuade the elders of the family, it is better to move the territory near this friend of mine."
Some of the aristocratic girls here are shrewd, and of course there are also those who are confused.
It's just that no matter how much you don't get to the bottom of it, you won't interrupt Charlie's speech at this time and get to the bottom of it.
Seeing the charcoal pen, countless small circles were drawn on Charlie's small whiteboard.
Together, the circles had divided nearly one-fifth of the western coast of the empire.
From Beira all the way to the Blue Mine Mountains.
Because Ray Tyglin has run to the realm of the Silver Treason.
Therefore, the coastline located in the western part of the Blue Mine Mountains that he guards is still blank.
Charlie sketched a map of the boundary on the whiteboard with a few simple strokes, and said:
"That's what I mean, you see, another group of friends I know, their predicament is that they have a lot of good fiefdoms in their hands."
"Then their relatives will oppose them because they covet these possessions and side with the policies of the Empire.
As for the monarchs of their country, in order to reclaim the land and cut the 'redundant' aristocracy, they will naturally bite them to death. β
"Wealth is tempting, but if you can't protect your finances, staying by your side can only cause trouble.
I can think of a way, and this is the only way to 'put it to death and live later'. β
"Guys, have you ever seen a gecko?"
"When this small animal is attacked by natural enemies, it will take the initiative to take off its tail and give it to the enemy to eat."
The more Christine listened, the brighter her eyes became.
Her hands couldn't help but tremble slightly.
A word to wake up the dreamer!
She'll definitely go! Sacrifice everything and exchange the fief next to the ideal township!
If those possessions are not destined to fall into their hands, then what is the use of keeping them?!
For the sake of the distant relative who was recently brought back by his father to cultivate, he always looked at them with an upstart face?!
Scold! So that you can't get a copper plate!
"Pavilion...... Miss Violet! I have a question......"
"Please, this beautiful young lady." Charlie smiled and looked at the aristocratic lady who was very close to her.
"Christine, my name is Christine Aifa!"
The girl nobleman took a deep breath before continuing: "That's the case, maybe I changed to Bei ...... before It's your friend, maybe it's easy. β
"However, the situation is now very different.
Your friend is not where he was today.
The land where she is located is not so barren and cheap for a long time.
I doubt that the surrounding nobles will trade land with another wave of your friends. β
Charlie smiled and said, "That's the second question I'm going to talk about. β
"So, what do we do when we solve the problem peacefully and can't solve it?"
"Ah...... To make an analogy, hehe, note, I'm just making an analogy......
If, the old neighbors near my 'friend', they have a dragon disaster every now and then on their land......
Do you say, will they still cling to the flattened land?
Ahem, after all, in this world, encountering a dragon disaster or something, just like going out and encountering a thunderstorm, is it a very normal thing, isn't it? β
The Silver Dragon and the Black Dragon: "......"
In a frenzy!
Charlie won't find Antanalong for this kind of thing, after all, the green dragon who has just been loyal to her can't eat all day and wait for death, right?
After that, there was another frenzied 'make-up class'.
I don't know when, these aristocratic ladies each have a 'small notebook' and frantically record every word Charlie says.
How similar is this scene to the brainwashed goblin......
Fortunately, there is still something to be gained from saying so much.
When these ladies came, they were all in a state of apprehension.
When I left, it was as if a hundred little birds had been released!
Charlie only gave a slight pointer.
The specific handling of the matter depends on how these girls themselves and their fathers in the family can really make decisions.
She is not a naΓ―ve person, and she thinks that the girl who came here today can talk about moving her family and 'selling' the family's rich fiefdom.
Standing on top of the White Castle, Charlie watched as the Dragonborn sent the girls away.
The corners of her mouth couldn't help but rise slightly, and she reached out to scratch the little black dragon's little head on her shoulder, "I hope these girls can become my new neighbors smoothly!" β
"Hey, that's all I can do."
Whether it is a black dragon or a silver dragon, they only think that Charlie has some sympathy for these female nobles because of his previous bumpy fate.
will make a point or two at this time.
However, only Charlie himself understands in his heart......
What kind of expectations did she have for this 'idle chess'.
β¦β¦
After nearly ten days of wandering, Ideal Township returned safely to Bella.
After such a round-trip test, the 'Blue Sky Project' can be regarded as a complete success.
The dwarves' later research direction is to focus on how to maximize the safety of the people in the city if the floating city is about to fall again.
Can't you point to a few dragons every time something happens, and save the scene instantly, right?
And Charlie's trip is not accurate to say that it alarmed the whole world.
Not so long ago, the shadow halfplane was 'connected' to the world.
A mysterious visitor hidden in the shadows embarks on the road to the ideal village.
Ideal Township returns to the second day of the Beira coastline.
The black-robed visitor, who had been wandering around for a long time on the way, finally walked to the gate of the 'New Town' below the Floating City.
Unless necessary, most of the residents of Ideal Township still live in the new town.
Even if the top of a mountain was cut at the beginning, as the population expanded, there was less and less space to float outside the city.
Recently, there have been several meetings at the town hall to discuss how to solve the problem of land shortage in the floating city.
There are also those who talk about folding space, and those who talk about connecting heterotopic space.
There are even a few arcanists who have offered to cut down a few more mountains, float them into the sky, and connect them with the Ideal Village.
Get a few satellite towns out......
In short, the variety of opinions gave Charlie a headache.
At a recent town hall meeting, she decided to take a leave of absence for a while.
When Scottish was almost done, she would sign it or something......
Well, that's it!
At the breakfast table, Charlie habitually picked up a piece of bread smeared with honey butter and opened the "Goblin Friday Special" with both hands to flip through it.
The black dragon, who has little interest in anything, is occasionally interested in goblin gossip.
Looking, watching, the black dragon would tilt his head and nibble on the bread that Charlie was holding.
A man and a dragon are like this, nibbling on the same piece of bread, and looking through the pictures of the newspaper is inexplicably harmonious.
But at this moment, Charlie suddenly felt a gust of wind blowing.
The people at the table who were talking in a whisper shuddered.
Everyone looked in one direction very tacitly.
Even Charlie was so shocked that he stood up from his main seat.
Eris, Mentor Eris actually walked out of his 'autistic' room by himself?!
Eris stared in one direction, his empty eyes dancing with blue soul fire, as if he were staring at someone through countless obstacles.
"Charlie, come out with me to greet an important visitor."
Eris spoke in a flat tone.
It sounds almost the same as 'drink a glass of water'.
Charlie was surprised.
can make the tutor, who has been autistic for so long, take the initiative to come out of the room......
Who's here?
Subconsciously, Charlie looked at the White Rose.
Sure enough, the white rose who stepped into the legendary realm frowned slightly.
She also looked in the direction of Eris's gaze.
"Who's coming, Mentor?" Charlie couldn't help but ask curiously.
The two mentors answered her question in unison.
"It's [death]."
"I'll go too." The white rose phoenix narrowed her eyes slightly.
Eris glanced at her.
Although he has been 'forcibly demolished' by the White Rose many times, compared to his life, Eris really won't admit it in front of the White Rose.
Even though, after the 'reunion', Eris rarely has a full arm and legs.
But the deceased's lack of emotion allowed him to refuse the other party's rude request without hesitation in front of White Rose.
"This is my private matter, please don't interfere."
Charlie: "......"
β¦β¦
The man shrouded in a black cloak simply sat cross-legged on the ground, looking up at the ideal country above the sky.
A breeze blew, and the visitor, shrouded in the 'shadows', let out a long sigh, "Oh......".
"Long time no see, Edward."
The black-robed visitor sat cross-legged on the ground, and Eris's cold voice came from behind him.
The Super Lich removes his hood, revealing Bai Sensen's skull.
"I felt the same breath, the unclean breath of the dead.
So, Eris, have you finally taken that step? β
Standing behind Edward at this time was Eris and Charlie, who had just been too frightened to speak.
"He who walks side by side with death will eventually become death." This is the truth.
Eris said calmly.
Edward chuckled.
"Before, you scoffed at that......" Edward retorted, turning his head.
As a result, the whole lich was stunned.
Charlie began to look at the surface of his feet.
Eris looked back at Edward indifferently.
After five seconds of silence, Edward tilted his white skull and asked Charlie, who was standing beside Eris.
"Sticking an axe into the lich's skull is a popular decoration in the Ideal Village this year?"
Charlie: "......"
No! We're not! We don't!
It was then that Eris noticed something above his head.
He casually pulled out the tomahawk stuck in his bones, threw it away, and continued to talk to Edward.
"Are you here to ask me to fulfill your agreement?"
Edward's soul fire was still staring at the tossed tossed toss.
"Ah, that's not it. We're in a bit of a situation here, so if you're doing well here, stay here. β
"By the way, isn't the White Rose here too?" Edward, who had been staring at the tomahawk, suddenly remembered something and asked.
Eris stared at Edward for three seconds, and confirmed that this guy didn't run here on purpose, just to taunt him to his face, and then replied indifferently:
"What's going on over there? Giving up the agreement between you and me for no reason is not your style. β
Edward's attention was finally diverted by Eris.
"Hey, not everyone has that good luck and ability. can keep his ideal hometown in the last god war. β
"City of the Dead...... The flame of the soul in Eris' eye was extinguished.
"It's still there, but ...... Hehe, maybe for this plane, the City of the Dead is no longer there. β
Eris frowned, racking his brains, but he couldn't think of how Edward could save the City of the Dead under such conditions.
"Curious? If you're curious, I can tell you. Edward said in a witty tone.
Eris was about to answer, but Edward said, "Just tell me if the axe on your head was cut by White Rose, and I'll tell you about the City of the Dead." β
Expressionless, Eris stared at Edward silently.
Charlie: "......"
It's so hard for me to make a quiet background!
"Hey, forget it, my prayers are really useless, you look so boring~ Look, we're all dead, and if you don't make a few jokes, isn't life more boring?"
Edward said to himself.
"Actually, it's nothing, the magic net was sealed by the goddess of magic at that time, and the Ayn Stone, the arcane, the core of Mythera, and even the magician's magic, all were silent.
Unless there is absolutely a strong force of force, at that time, only a miracle can save a floating city. β
The soul fire in Erise's eyes burned violently.
"You...... You prayed to the gods?! β
The tone of his voice was no longer flat.
Charlie didn't know what that meant, but her mentor had been a ghost since she turned into this......
Even the White Rose Mentor used an axe to split his skull, without blinking an eye.
At this time, the tone of his speech has changed.
"Well, yes. The City of the Dead now floats in the shadow half-plane.
It's okay to get there.
When the two ladies fought each other, our great goddess Shar 'copied' the world here.
In short, we still have a 'magic net' over there, a 'shadow net' to be exact.
The core of Mithera is barely working.
Hey, the price, you also saw it~ It's nothing, it's just that we are already the 'lackeys' of the goddess of darkness Shar, hahahaha~
Ah, I hope you don't go to Suren, the goddess of light, or we may die forever.
It's rare that you're my valued junior, and if I could, I wouldn't want to dig all over the world to find your lifebox.
Why bother the lich with the lich, you say yes, dear~"
Eris didn't say anything for a long time.
Thinking about Edward's words was very shocking to him.
Edward certainly didn't come here to talk to Eris.
"Can you trade this technology of your Floating City to me?" Edward looked at Charlie behind Eris.
He left Eris alone and silent, and talked directly to Charlie, who was able to make a decision on this matter.
Charlie tilted his little head and smiled awkwardly before greeting Edward.
"Hello, long time no see, Mr. Super Lich!"
"Hehe, I didn't expect you to be a beautiful young lady.
When I first saw the report, I was so surprised that my jawbone was dislocated!
Hello, Miss Charlie. Edward would smile gently.