My name is Akatosh,

The embassy's defenses leaked into a sieve......

—4E, 201, Moon of Fire, 14th, 18:05 —

Arawin Shadowsong was one of the nine envoys sent by Somo to Skyrim, and the only woman to have the same beautiful blonde hair and blue eyes as High King Toig's wife, Aliciphus, and was about the same age—at least it seemed.

In terms of beauty, the two are comparable, but whether it is a dignified posture, elegant gait, exquisite clothing, or solemn eyes and arrogant attitude when speaking, Alan Wen reveals a kind of indifference from the whole that no one wants to enter, giving people the impression that it is completely opposite to the kind and smiling Alicifer, so they rarely appear in the same social situation.

Unlike other stupid envoys who immediately commanded the guards to capture the "heretics" and forcibly demanded the "cooperation" of the local lords as soon as they arrived in the sky, Alan Wen was not in a hurry to work in Dugu City, she first spent a lot of money to build a beautiful garden villa "Alan Wen's Light" on the hillside west of Dugu City, and after the work of the envoys in various places hit a wall, she changed her identity from "envoy" to "ambassador" through political means, and "Alan Wen's Light" also became Somo's "embassy" in Skyrim Province 。

The so-called "ambassadors" and "embassies" are diplomatic personnel and institutions that are sent to each other's capitals in the name of the country, and they should be the only ones in theory, but outside the capital province of the Septin Empire, Dugu City, the capital of Skyrim Province, there is a second embassy, so whether it is legal or not, what will the emperor and the supreme king think specifically, for the nobles in the city, participating in the reception held by the "Ambassador Alan Wen" is a very face-saving thing that is worth boasting about.

In this way, as long as she mentioned Somer's attitude towards Talos's faith and her distress about not being able to do anything about it at a few banquets, the nobles who didn't care about it would naturally take the initiative to do it for her, and as a result, all beliefs about Talos in Dugu City completely disappeared on the surface, and even Toig, the High King, had to pray to Talos secretly.

Compared to all the other ambassadors, she did nothing, but she did the best.

"Ms. Alan Wen, I haven't seen you for a long time, but you are still so beautiful......"

"It's a pleasure to see you again, Baron Erechul, and I hope you can forget about the unhappiness and enjoy today's reception."

"Ah...... About that......"

"I'm greeting you, Baron Erechul, and if you need to talk about anything, you can wait until the reception begins."

"Hmph...... All right. ”

Of course, there are still some after-effects of this, and those nobles who have contributed to this work all regard themselves as heroes, believing that each of them has contributed more than others, and deserves special treatment by Lady Alan Wen, and even Baron Ericourt, who is always a helper, is full of confidence.

Aside from other things, this impromptu evening reception was held to celebrate the engagement of Imperial Princess Emilia Septin and Baron Esgael Snowhoof of Rift City.

This approach made the nobles of Dugu City, who paid more attention to etiquette, and some nobles of other cities who came early after getting the news very dissatisfied, and at this time, Alan Wen's invitation to the drinking party was very timely, and the result was that her reputation among the nobles of Skyrim Province was once again raised.

If this marriage really comes to fruition, the power of Ufric Storm Cloak will completely collapse, then the civil war in Skyrim Province should be able to gradually stop, and if there is only one Wind Helmet City, it can be solved by directly pressing the territory, and if most of the Skyrim nobles do not object, Somo's army can also directly participate in the war, in this way, she is the biggest contributor to quelling the civil war.

Arain Shadow Song thought so as she greeted the nobles in fancy clothes who had entered the embassy in horse-drawn carriages at the main entrance of the banquet hall.

——18:20——

"So, why do you always catch a person?"

Jumping from the roof of the carriage with Emile, he glanced sympathetically at Baron Erekul, who was gritting his teeth because he was being ignored by Lady Alan Wen.

Not long ago, he had to pay out of his own pocket to compensate the shipowner for the cargo that Amir had taken away on his nightmare mount, and this time he used them as a means of transportation to the embassy, although the odds were small, but if she and Amir were found and escaped, and Sommer began to track down how they got in, the hapless baron would have been left without food.

“…… He's annoying. Amir thought for a moment and replied.

"Okay." Xiao Fu once again sympathized with the unlucky baron, if he was thought to be annoying by the girl and started targeting, he couldn't even tell the truth.

However, this time he infiltrated the embassy not to deliberately trap him, the two girls agreed that Mercer Frey was likely to sneak into this drinking party to achieve his goal, according to the account books of the Eastern Empire Company they consulted, although the record of [Convincing Mask] "being taken away by dogs" is too ridiculous, but the record of another [Bloody Rose] being bought by a nobleman and transferred to Ambassador Alan Wen should be true, and Mercer, who is looking for various magic artifacts, will naturally not let it go.

The defenses of the entire embassy were tight on the outside and loose on the inside, and the soldiers of Somo were very wary of the walls, but the inspection of the embassy itself and the vicinity of the banquet hall was relatively formal, until Emile and Xiao Fu sneaked up on the second floor of the banquet hall and began to condescendingly observe the guests attending the reception.

"Lady Marwen! When did you get to Dugu City? I should go to meet ......" corner of the banquet hall, and one of the protagonists of the reception, Esgael Snowhoof, looked at Marven Blackthorn as if he had seen a ghost.

"Hehe," Ma Wen didn't pay attention to Esgel's slip of the tongue: "The Snowhoof family and the Black Thorn family are close friends, how can I not come for such a big thing as you marrying a princess?" ”

"But my father and mother didn't come either?" The stupid big man scratched his head.

"Heh......" Ma Wen stopped answering and turned to "Amir" beside him: "This is our princess, your Royal Highness, 'first meeting', you are as cute as I expected." ”

"Thank you for the compliment, Lady Blackthorn," "Amir" smiled at her, "Esgael, he must have caused you a lot of trouble in the Rift, thank you for your continued care." ”

"That's 'as it should be,'" Marven said with a smile that she was in control, "I'm looking forward to 'the days to come'." ”

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"It's over," Xiao Fu, who was hidden on the second floor, lifted his forehead heavily, and then said to Emile in a voice so small that it was almost inaudible, "I don't know what kind of agreement that the old lady took as a purely courteous response - anyway, even your stand-in didn't know that you ran to the rift?" ”

“…… Well. Emile replied in the same voice and nodded.

"Even though I told Sybilee Stint, it seems like she thinks it's better to keep it a secret from Eddie." A somewhat familiar voice sounded beside her, and it was this familiarity that made Xiao Fu not immediately draw his sword.

"Parry?" Xiao Fu frowned and looked carefully at a certain Rift Baron in a stealth state.

"Reacquaint yourself with Raje Parasos, a member of the 'Sharp-Eyed Eagle', the princess's exclusive guard." Palacos, who had changed back into the Sharp-Eyed Eagle uniform, whispered.

"Hey, I guessed it," Xiao Annoyance glanced at him, "The 'exclusive guard' who always leaves the princess alone." ”

"Isn't this coming back? What I'm saying is that Marven didn't come with Esgael, she followed me," said Palasos, looking at the nobles who were socializing below, "She must already be suspicious of me, and this mission to help Ericul plant the sham should be a temptation, and she may not be able to return to the Rift in the future—eh?" ”

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"If I marry Esgael, I'll probably have to go back to live in the Rift Valley with him, and you won't be able to trouble you with me then." Emile's stand-in, Eddie Septin, was pulling Esgal's arm and speaking to Marven in a somewhat coquettish tone.

"Of course," Ma Wen narrowed her eyes, "The Black Thorn Family can help you choose a good place to build a new house, but if you want to live in the 'old house', naturally there is no problem, and you can also bring the 'guard' that His Majesty the Emperor has prepared for you." ”

"You are such a kind person, thank you so much~" Eddie responded from the bottom of his heart.

"Hehe......"

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"Hmm...... To sum it up," Parasos smacked his lips, "Marwen said first, 'I recognize you, little girl from the Thieves' Guild. And Eddie responded: "Although you were not polite to the guild before, but now you have a write-off, I will pull the Snowhoof family into the chariot of the thieves guild, don't make trouble if you know each other", Marven replied: "What you want to do is none of my business, you can keep what you gave you before, but if you want to make a move against the Black Thorn family, I will not be soft because you are a princess." ”

"The most important thing is that the stand-in princess didn't mean it at all...... "Xiao Fu pinched the corners of his forehead: "Is this considered that she is smart but is mistaken by being smart?" ”

“…… Mercer. Amir interrupted the analysis of the two clever men with one word.

"Well, it's possible." Xiao Fu looked into the corner of the hall, where he sat an Imperial merchant who called himself "Lazerland" when he entered the banquet hall, and he said that he had just arrived in Skyrim from the Empire and wanted to participate in this drinking party to develop his network, but again, no one here would be able to reveal his identity.

The middle-aged man's appearance, size, and clothing were completely unrecognizable, and he had not drunk or eaten in any way, and was constantly roaming the hall with his eyes, spending relatively long periods of time on Alan Wen, Marwen, and Eddie.

"Could it be that his target isn't [Blood Rose]?" Xiao Fu asked suspiciously.

"Not necessarily," although Palacos still didn't know what Emir and Xiao Fu were doing here, the preliminary judgment was about the demon artifact: "Although Ambassador Alan Wen does hold the [Blood Rose], Her Royal Highness the Princess who once repelled the 'Ruit' also has rumors that he has the [Dagon Razor], and as for Lady Marwen, the legend that the Black Thorn Family has a family heirloom magic artifact has been circulating for many years. ”

At the very least, it was certain that Amir was not in possession of the [Dagon Razor], and Xiao Fu, who knew very well who was in the hands of that thing, shook his head slightly.

"You idiot, you can fail such a simple task!" Across the wall from the banquet hall, there was a faint whisper in the embassy's quarters, which was deliberately muffled, and it was almost impossible for the guests who were talking to each other to hear it, given the music of the band and the bard singing in the hall.

"That's the force majeure, please give me another chance! Lord Rulindil! The other, pleading and pleading, was slightly higher.

"Shut up, Sugir! Do you want to disturb the guests in front? Lady Alan Wen has promised to lend me the Bloody Rose, and if it helps you, it will fail again-"

"I promise with my life that I'll do it—"

"Hmph, better so, follow me."

After the subtle sound stopped, Xiao Fu noticed that the "Lazerland" also disappeared without a sound.

"We're keeping up, too." She motioned to Amir and Palashos, and scrept through the seclusion on the second floor of the ballroom toward the living quarters.