"This is already a very generous help! You are a benevolent lord as rumored, and I would like to express my deep gratitude to you. "Captain Mason comes from a merchant family, and is well-known in the merchant city of Arabe, and has a wealth far greater than that of Blackstone Collar. But in reality, the social status of merchants was much lower than that of the nobility.

"Eric, go see if Uncle Carrick has returned. I have some things that I need to ask him for advice. ”

As for the housekeeping of Blackstone Castle, Alice has always been accustomed to leaving it to Carrick. Of course, there is another reason, Carrick is also a merchant who travels to and from Arabe, and contact with the merchants of the Pierre family can be used as a long-term investment in relationships, and maybe it will come in handy at some point.

Hearing Carrick's name, Captain Mason seemed to be a little familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

"Mr. Captain. Alice smiled slightly, with calmness and elegance on her face: "The places where our Black Stone Collar is next to the Vortex Sea are all cliffs. Fresh water and food, I'm afraid, are not so easy to deliver. Also, the sea monster hovering in the port of Daotan, I'll check it out. ”

Mason came back to his senses and nodded hurriedly: "The delivery of fresh water and food, we will solve it ourselves." But about the sea monster, of course, you can verify it, and I guarantee that what I said is absolutely true. ”

"While waiting......" Alice showed a curious expression, "Can you describe the situation to me in detail? ”

"Uh......" Mason really didn't want to recall the horror at that time, but now Alice is obviously a curious little girl with an aristocratic identity, so she can only bite the bullet and describe the situation at that time.

When Carrick arrives in the parlor, Captain Mason's sea monster story comes to an end. On the way, Eric described the situation to him, but Carrick had a strange expression when he saw Captain Mason.

"Uncle Karrick, this is ......"

Carrick interrupted with a cold expression: "Mason Pierre, the captain of the Shining Pearl, the deacon of the Pansy Chamber of Commerce, we once had a relationship, but the process was not very pleasant. ”

Mason's cheeks twitched......

Alice was also stunned.

The scene was very awkward for a while.

"Ahem......" Mason thought to himself, no wonder the name is a little familiar, it turns out that there has been a holiday. But at this moment, when people are under the eaves, they have to bow their heads, ask for help, and have to smile awkwardly: "Misunderstanding, there must be some misunderstanding." Mr. Carrick, I would like to sincerely apologize to you for whatever happened before. ”

"It's not a misunderstanding. Carrick waved his hand and looked Mason up and down, "I'm not a grudge person. Mr. Mason, you haven't done anything. But you doglegs, aren't very kind to us small businessmen from small places. ”

Mason smiled awkwardly but politely, and he kind of understood what Carrick meant.

In the bustling city of Arabe, the major commercial guilds have their own commercial blocks, and merchants who sell goods in the neighborhoods are obliged to pay a certain tax to the chamber of commerce to which they belong. This is understandable, but the bad thing is that the guys who are responsible for collecting taxes are not good people, and they often oppress and extort some small merchants and vendors to earn extra money, which has almost become the unspoken rule of Arabe City.

As a deacon of the Pansy Chamber of Commerce, Mason knew this kind of thing, and he kept such a group of people under his command, nominally tax collectors, but in fact thugs.

"Mr. Carrick. Mason straightened his face and said righteously: "I deeply regret the unfair treatment you have suffered. I have always been opposed to those despicable acts of bullying and blackmail. ”

"But. Then Mason clenched his fist with a tangled face, and put it down in vain: "Alas, I am only a side child of the Pierre family, nominally a deacon of Pansy, but in fact I have no power and no power, and I have a heart but no power. ”

I have to say that Mason's acting skills are exquisite, and he vividly expresses the hatred, disgust, helplessness and regret that a righteous person who is jealous and hateful, but powerless.

Karrick calmly watched his performance, he didn't take advantage of other people's distress to come to Xingshi to ask for guilt and beat the water dogs. Purely from a businessman's point of view, to remind Mason that he can take care of doing business in Arabe City in the future.

"Mr. Mason, you don't have to. Karrick smiled and said, "I believe you are a decent man, and I sympathize with what happened to you at sea. Now that Mistress Alice agrees, we can discuss the details. ”

Captain Mason was a little more relaxed: "Thank you for your generosity, and my sailors and I will definitely remember it." ”

......

The sky is dark and dark, and the stars are shining. After a busy day's work at the castle, Captain Mason got the fresh water and food he wanted, but the transportation did not go well, and the strong winds and waves set off in the evening made the boat fail several times, and finally chose to stay in the castle rooms for the time being.

[The dream god of the innocent girl, the master of a thousand witches, the remnant essence of Krem]

[Completeness]: 5%

[Tiredness]: 0%

[Mental value]: 47

After more than three days of 'saving money and frugality', I finally saved enough mental value. Qin Song did not hesitate to choose the organ that proliferated him had been waiting for for a long time, the connecting thalamus.

Proliferation – connecting the thalamus.

Mind cost 30.

Fatigue increases by 10%.

Completeness increased by 1%.

A wonderful feeling of being out of the body, Qin Song could clearly feel the uncontrolled divergence of his thoughts, and countless fragmented scenes were intertwined and overlapped, gradually unifying.

Connecting the thalamus Lv1 (advanced): By connecting the thalamus, you transcend the barriers of time and space, and connect the dreams of believers (50% of faith≥) into one and bring your enlightenment. Over time, fatigue continues to occur. Advancement requires 7% completeness and 40 Intelligence.

Compared with the proliferating eyes and tentacles, the proliferating brain brought more obvious changes to Qin Song's body shape, it was nearly doubled, the head was as big as a basketball, the tentacles spread out for nearly a meter, and even the pink body color had undergone subtle changes, and dotted purple marks appeared.

As for the pottery urn that Alice prepared for 'Sherlock', I'm afraid I can't even stuff my head into it now......

Alice and Linda both fell asleep, and no matter how busy they were at work during the day, they would rest on time, looking forward to meeting the gods in their dreams, whose precious knowledge was more important than anything else.

In a soft glow, Alice walked as usual, listening carefully. The long golden hair is beautiful and colorful in the soft light.

Linda, who has silver hair and a shawl, is also bathed in soft light, and her brown pupils are eager to learn, constantly looking around.

Suddenly, Linda's footsteps stopped, and a figure faintly appeared in the light not far ahead. This surprised her, for the first time in a god's dream.

Isn't this the dream of the gods, but my dream?

Linda's heart was full of doubts.

The man opposite her seemed to have stopped, and stood in the misty light, staring at her.

"Who are you?"

Both of them spoke almost at the same time, their tones full of surprise.

The voice sounded so familiar that Linda blurted out, "Alice?"

Alice's appearance gradually became clear in the dancing light, and she looked at the beautiful and lovely silver-haired girl in front of her, her eyes full of disbelief: "Linda?"