After the dwarf officer explained a little, Claudia also understood a little.

Gnomes are not only democracies, but they are universal suffrage in which all gnomes have the right to vote, and the leader thus elected is undoubtedly the most popular and beloved of the gnomes.

Moreover, the dwarf master craftsman is more like a symbolic head of state, and the privilege itself is much less than that of the kings of other races, and most of the things encountered are discussed and decided by the councilors of the craftsman court, in this case, the dwarfs generally have no class consciousness, and Gerbin, who likes to invent and create, is even more so, when the master craftsman has been a scholar for many years.

Claudia also discovered this when she arrived at Gerbin's residence in the 17th arrondissement, and judging from the gate alone, Gerbin's residence was no different from the apartments of other gnomes, and was even more austere.

Knock knock!

There was a knock on the door, and a surveillance robot scanned the girl, and soon the door opened, and the master craftsman Gerbin appeared in the doorway, his beard neatly trimmed, with a pair of Mithril-rimmed glasses, and a look of astonishment on his face.

Gerbin naturally knows who this girl is, last night it was said that it was this paladin who showed a miracle and turned the tide of the battle, judging from the closeness of this girl and Varian after the war, she was an important person next to the human king, but what would happen to her? Although he had doubts, Gerbin greeted politely:

"Hello, Baron Thurberchel, welcome."

"Hello, Master Craftsman, I learned that you are here at the Great Craftsman's Seat, and I came directly because I wanted to find you for something, please forgive me for my presumptuousness."

"Please come in, Baron Thurberchel, and you're not so polite." Gerbin laughed, and motioned for the girl to come into the room and speak.

Claudia entered the master craftsman's apartment or research institute, because of the research institute, the height of the room was built to be about the height of a human room, which also allowed Claudia to pass through the house smoothly.

Led by the master craftsman, Claudia passed through the library, the drawing room, the mold room, and finally arrived at the assembly room, where she found something that did not match the surrounding decoration, a chair full of primitive atmosphere, made of bone and velociraptor skin, and the size of the chair was obviously not intended for dwarves, and even Claudia thought that the chair was a bit too large for her.

Claudia said curiously: "Master craftsman, where did you get this chair?" ”

"This is the trophy of a raid on the tribal camp more than a decade ago, and I keep it as a memento," Gerbin explained, "I usually have very few human guests here, but today I am fortunate to have this chair, otherwise you would not even have a place to sit, so please sit down and talk." ”

Claudia agreed, and soon found that the hideous chair was actually very comfortable, and the velociraptor skin was covered with thick feathers, so soft that it was hard to imagine that this chair could have been made by a savage tribesman.

When she sat down, the master craftsman asked the mechanical butler to bring two cups of coffee, and asked the girl what she meant.

"As for a councillor, Cisco Semapourag, it seems to me that his behavior is very suspicious, and it is likely to be related to the accident during last night's fighting......."

Claudia recounts Varian's speculations and various suspicious things at length, and suggests that the gnomes investigate the Cisco Councillor, to which Gerbin listens politely and finally laughs disapprovingly:

"I knew that some of Cisco's views might cause concern for our allies, and rest assured that no gnome in Nomoregen would agree with him."

Claudia felt that Gerbin might have misunderstood something, and tried to justify: "I am not concerned about this, I just think that the performance of Councillor Sema Prague in the last two months is a bit too coincidental together with last night's failure, and I am not recommending that he be arrested directly, but that you should be more wary of him." ”

Gerbin's expression became serious, but he still didn't pay attention to the girl's words: "Cisco may have some strange ideas, but what happened last night should have nothing to do with him, and he won't hurt his compatriots." ”

Why are you so sure?

Claudia was a little surprised by Gerbin's attitude, but she didn't want to say anything more, so she changed to a lighter topic: "In that case, let's stop the question, besides, master craftsman, do you have any new toys for a five-year-old boy lately?" ”

"Hahaha, I've studied a lot of new toys in the past two years......" Gerbin was obviously extremely interested in this topic, and introduced Claudia to a lot of toys he had newly researched in the previous two years, such as miniature tanks, mechanical rabbits, toy trains, ......, and goblins who were more keen on all kinds of munitions, dwarfs have always been very good at studying toys, and Gerbin was no exception.

In addition to the toys, Gerbin also showed Claudia around his showcase, which was filled with a variety of monumental exhibits, all of which were the major scientific achievements created by Gerbin over the years, such as the first prototype of the mechanical chocobo, the gnome spinner, the mechanical butler, the model of the subway in the mines, the model of the engineering tank, and ......, a series of brilliant inventions that not only brought Gerbin great personal fame, but also proved that the dwarf was an indispensable member of the human-dominated alliance.

Claudia finally left with a large bag of toys to thank Gerbin, although her main task was not completed, but she could not do anything, after all, this is the family's chores of her allies, but Gerbin showed her a lot of scientific and technological achievements, although this world has lost a lot of mechanical technology because of the existence of magic, but for ordinary people who cannot cultivate, the role of science and technology is still very huge, especially in daily life.

After Claudia left, Gerbin returned to the assembly room, reclining in the troll-style chair, enjoying the soft touch of velociraptor skin and feathers, facing back to the sky, thinking about the girl's words.

He knew what the real purpose of the female paladin was, and he also knew that what the paladin said had a certain truth, but he still subconsciously didn't want to think about the possibility of Cisco's betrayal of the clan, which really challenged Gerbin's cognition.

It is simply impossible for a dwarf to go against his own compatriots, and it is a cognitive bias that is incomprehensible to Gerbin.

Unlike dwarves or humans, since recorded history, gnomes have never had a history of infighting, nor have there ever been warlords and power divisions, simply put, dwarfs never fight dwarfs.

In a world of giant monsters and tall races, the physically weak gnomes can only survive by relying on each other, so for thousands of years, the gnomes have maintained a tradition of unity in their back-to-back survival, and have always been the most united of all races.

Gnomes have never had primogeniture, and the monarchy was abolished thousands of years ago, and the gnomes only elect leaders based on one vote per person, and the election results depend entirely on the contribution to the entire race, Gerbin is the most significant example, he has made the greatest contribution to the entire race, so that all the gnomes have a better life, so all the gnomes love him, and every time he elects a leader, his votes can reach more than ninety percent.

Perverse behavior, harming fellow citizens, greedy for power regardless of the price paid by the people--- these are all things that dwarves, orcs, elves, and humans do, and as for a dwarf to do such a thing? How can it be!

"These things are just coincidences, Cisco may have some strange ideas, but he is still a dwarf after all."

Gerbin made another judgment in his heart, and stood up, where he had not noticed, a bugging device had been working, and some ambitious dwarf had become cold in his heart since Claudia arrived, and ...... heart.

……

In the evening, Gerbin returned to his home in District 17 a little drunk, he has always disliked socializing, let alone drinking, socializing will waste his precious working time, and alcohol will affect his logic and thinking ability, but as the leader of Nomorigan, he really can't shirk the entertainment between him and Varian and Magni tonight, and the enthusiastic Magni doesn't care if you are a scientist or not, at least you have to drink something.

As Gerbin climbed into the troll chair to take a break, he suddenly realized that something was wrong, a small box and an electronic horn were lying on the machine in his assembly room.

"What is this?"

Gerbin stepped forward and opened the box, and after seeing the contents clearly, the master craftsman couldn't help but gasp and take two steps back, inside was a bomb, and it was a dirty bomb developed by Cisco from the waste of the radiant water tank.

"Amy 105, what's going on!" Gerbin called out to his mechanical butler, but before his mechanical butler arrived, several crackling noises were heard, and the extra electronic horn on the machine was activated, and it was the voice of Cisco that came from inside:

"Gerbin, I'd suggest you don't do anything superfluous, or I'm afraid I'll be tempted to detonate this bomb immediately."

"Cisco, are you crazy!" Gerbin exclaimed, "Do you know the consequences of this thing's detonation? ”

Cisco's tone was tinged with a hint of banter: "About thirty percent of the city will be contaminated with gas particles, including the embassy district, and then the poor barbarians will die in agony." ”

"Wait," Gerbin noticed something, and said in a cold tone, "I remember that you promised that the household wind filter can purify the poisonous gas particles, and the embassy area is obviously installed with ......." ”

"I lied to you!" Cisco interrupted Gerbin without hesitation, "And I know what you're guessing, yes, the gnomes in the city covered in poison gas are also going to die." ”

After hearing Cisco's answer, Gerbin clenched his fists and became angry like never before: "I can endure your hatred of foreigners, but we gnomes have always been the most united, why do you hurt our own compatriots!" ”

"Bell-!"

The sound of a wrench smashing against a wall came from the loudspeaker, followed by an equally angry voice from Cisco: "It's not all your fault!" As long as you are alive, those children will only have you in their eyes, and I will never be able to become a new master craftsman! ”