My name is Akatosh,

Both politics and love give me headaches.

—4E, 201, Moon of the Fire, 3rd, 14:17 -

Palassos initially refused to become a baron for fifteen thousand gold coins.

She worked hard to help the lord wipe out a group of Skuma dealers, and without a real reward, she also planned to make a fortune from him with a false title and an abandoned warehouse?

Maybe the barons of other cities still have a bit of power, but what is Rift City? Cross Dagger! Sin City! In order to stabilize order in the city after the death of the previous city lord, Lord Leila not only cooperated with the Black Thorn family, but also wantonly divided the various titles that she had no power to seal, and in terms of scale, if someone threw a stone down on the Tower of the Mist Veil, it could hit at least three barons.

"So, what do Sapphires and Little Annoyance think? I don't have the qualifications to let them invest such a large sum of money directly, right? Parasos closed the door to the balcony and asked the Mallory brothers, who were making furniture and ironware for Sweet Cove Villa.

The members of the Thieves' Guild basically have an outright identity that is convenient for gathering intelligence or participating in operations, except for some people who are really unsuitable or good at dealing with people.

Brinchev, for example, is a drinker who likes to boast about his products as if they were a panacea, but as long as there is no alcohol in them, the Blackthorns completely ignore such merchants.

Dalvin Mallory and Glover Mallory, on the other hand, are interior decorators and blacksmiths, respectively, and it's hard to tell if they offered to help clean up Sweet Bay for convenience or to take advantage of the opportunity.

"Of course, this money is not for you, Parry," Glover paused to hammer the tin and looked back at him, "The guild invests in 'a baron valued by the lord' and 'legal property in and out of the city'. ”

"Are you going to use this as a shortcut to the surface? Well, at least better than the entrance to the other cemetery. Palacos said as he looked at the secret door in the basement where Delvin was tinkering.

"As for 'being valued by the lord', you are not surprised, why did you get a reward from the lord when it was clear that the extermination mission was initiated by the Black Thorn family?" Delvin smashed a nail into the sliding door of the basement entrance.

"The credit is too great, and the ordinary family can't give a reward?" Parasos uttered a reason that he didn't believe in himself.

"It's no fun to play stupid," Glover continued to knock on his iron skin: "Although the lord and Marven are in a cooperative relationship, she is the weaker party, not to mention that she does not dare to issue any orders against the Black Thorn family, and she has to turn a blind eye when they deal with other 'disobedient' minor nobles, as long as there is a chance, she will make moves to expand her influence without affecting the cooperative relationship between the two sides." ”

Although Parasos is not good at logical analysis and reasoning, in the team of sharp-eyed eagles who protect the emperor, even if he just watches those imperial nobles do things, he can roughly judge the outline and motives of some things.

"So...... The original intention of the Black Thorn family was to take over that place and not destroy it completely, but this kind of thing could not be put on the surface, and the lord made a big deal about me as a baron for this, which directly hindered their intentions, and they had to suffer this dumb loss. Palathos thought for a moment and said, "So, the lord will issue me some quests to test and woo me next, and the Black Thorn family will also make some moves in order to maintain its influence on the lord and the thief guild...... As for the exactly, I can't guess what it is. ”

"Yes, yes, enough to think of that," Glover put down his work and applauded, "what these two men will do, unless they are extremely familiar with them, it is impossible to judge, my good girl, I mean Master Sapphire, to wait and see, but not to accept any commission that would tilt her position." ”

Is there any difference between changing the last word and saying it directly? Parathos looked sideways.

Marven Black Thorn naturally knew his identity, and even if Lord Leila didn't know it at first, he could judge from Black Thorn's movements, so it can be said that they were not only winning over "Adventurer Parry", but also the Thieves Guild behind him.

Obviously came to protect Her Royal Highness, but she inexplicably came to the forefront, and the princess herself barely appeared in anyone's sight because of her stealth qualities...... No, there are still there, that stupid big black guy.

Originally, when Lord Leila and the Black Thorns secretly fought for control of the Thieves' Guild, other nobles who had nothing to do with themselves watched from the sidelines, but the Snowhoof family stepped in.

The youngest son of the family, Esgael Snowhoof, declared that he wanted to pursue a member of the Thieves' Guild, but he would neither name nor describe his appearance, and spent his days hunting thieves and robbers and crooks with the "Mara Necklace" he bought from the temple, and asking about the woman's whereabouts.

It is ironic that Mara, the goddess of love, is built in Rift City, a place where there is no love at all, and there are few people who actually pray sincerely, and the temple's main daily activities are the sale of Mara's necklaces and the holding of wedding banquets.

Speaking of the role of the Mara necklace, it is probably also a feature of Skyrim Province, this necklace that originally only had a faint ability to enhance the healing effect has since become a symbol of "wanting to get married".

Generally speaking, if a man sees a beautiful girl on the street and comes up to talk to him, there is a high chance that he will be ignored or the other party is already famous, but if the other party is wearing a Mara necklace, it means that he is not married yet, and he intends to marry in the near future, at this time it will be a test of the man's temperament, conversation, physique and financial resources, if it is not extremely ugly, at least it will not be rejected instantly.

This kind of subtle custom can only be born in a place as rough as the Skyrim Province, and Palacos can testify to the stacks of love letters he received from those noble ladies when he was in the Imperial Capital Province...... Speaking of which, even the big cow-like man of Tassilius has received a handkerchief.

"Hey! Parry, what are you doing in a daze? Delvin waved in front of Palashus out of sight.

"I'm worried, is that woman Esgail's eyeing a little annoying?" Palasos replied that the princess couldn't mention it, and although Sapphire was also a beautiful girl, the two in front of her were her elders, so it was not appropriate to say it, but it should be okay to be annoying......

"What!" Delvin slammed the hammer in his hand: "That stupid big black guy dares to rob me of someone?!" ”

At least the perception of him is consistent...... No, wait, what do you mean by robbing people with you?

"Sapphire's apparent identity is that of a money lender, and it is possible to meet Esgael, but Xiao Fu is only a rare merchant...... Calm, calm down. Delvin began to spin around without a sense of calm.

"What is a 'rare commodity'? Stolen goods? Palasos asked Glover, who had come over.

"Although it also includes, but it is far more than that, the so-called 'rare' also refers to 'usefulness', they belong to the category of 'hard to obtain, There are very few people in demand' of this type, such as the fire salt needed by a blacksmith to forge a certain piece of high-quality equipment, a specific gem that a jeweler found missing after accepting an order, etc., a long time ago she received a fragment of the crown of Bahoran, and a guy who claimed to be a member of the imperial royal family declared that he was willing to buy it at a high price, but only accepted the full crown, so it is also possible if it was discovered by the silly boy of the Snowhoof family when he infiltrated the nobleman's house to collect the fragments. Glover replied.

"Speaking of which, the blonde hair and blue eyes of the little annoyance are very beautiful, and they are in line with the Nord aesthetic, and although they are not very good-tempered, there are always people who don't care......" Parasos was halfway through his sentence, and noticed that Delvin became more manic: "What's wrong with him?" ”

"Has anyone ever said you're sluggish?" Glover, who had nothing to do with himself, was full of lightness: "Although you haven't been in the big flask for a long time, you haven't seen him say anything to him, okay?" ”

"No, I saw it," the corners of Parasos's mouth twitched slightly: "You call the kind of behavior that you will be scolded for talking, beaten if you get close, and will be blocked by sapphires from a distance?" ”

"So this guy is still single," Glover glared at Dalvin who was looking at him, "What do you see, don't you want to think about how old your niece Safir is?" ”

"Well, at least Esgael Snowhoof is about her age." Parasos mends the knife.

"Hey, hey, that's right," Delvin had a self-defeating expression: "I can't even look down on Xiaofu, how can I care about a big black man?" ”

Is he exalting or belittling himself? Parasos and Glover were speechless at the same time.

"Hmph, don't look at me like that, Glover idiot don't mention it, I know what you're thinking, Parry?" Delvin turned his gaze to Parazos, "You like Amir, don't you?" ”

The whole Sharp-Eyed Eagle likes her, okay! Princess Emilia is the cutest in the world!

No, although this kind of thing is a consensus, whoever dares to say it will be directly beaten by Sister Yagmi.

"I didn't mean that." Palasos's face tightened, and then he slowly looked away, giving a vivid performance of a young man who had been told the central matter.

"Hmph, young man, it's nothing to be shy about falling in love at first sight, you must have cooperated very well in that battle in the Skumar Valley, that's why you fell in love," Delvin chattered with an attitude that someone was finally worse than me: "After I came back, I didn't see you looking for her everywhere, but it's a pity that people have great stealth skills, so I haven't found it a few times, right?" ”

I'm sorry I was able to find it every time.

"Come, a toast to a few of our bumpy love paths." Delvin staggered to the wine cabinet to get the honey from the Black Thorns family to celebrate the Baron's housewarming, and Glover's sigh didn't stop him, knowing what he thought.

How long will this house be installed...... Palashos looked up at the ceiling.