Chapter 29 Combination of Interests

Passing through the astonished aristocracy and the wealthy, under the guidance of Jurimus, Augustus came to a room with elegant decoration, gorgeous and wealthy, with a clear medieval flavor of his previous life.

The room was worth hundreds of slaves, a few of the most noble purebred Fairchild BMWs, and a few noble but not vulgar sculptures of the heroes of the Noxian Federation carved by the most famous sculptors of the empire, which raised the layout of the room with a rich and luxurious atmosphere to a higher level. A variety of other delicate yet non-vulgar decorations make this room particularly characterful.

Pompey, who was dressed in full attendance, sat down at the table with the gold and silver utensils of fine food and wine, and looked at Augustus, who had come in, and immediately stood up and walked towards Augustus under the false support of the young and wonderful maid who stood on either side and seductively dressed in a thin veil.

With a helpless sincere smile on his bright smile, Pompey said: "Originally, I said that I would take you to Tyclatan to enjoy a night to make amends, but you are stronger than I imagined, so I originally wanted to be a winner, but now I can only invite you as a loser!" Thank you for changing the proposal to change the location from 'Alder Rose Workshop' to Tekratan, at least I'm a lot more comfortable hearing the name. ”

Looking at Pompey, who had a sunny smile and soft words, without a bit of aristocratic arrogance, Augustus smiled, and he didn't bother to care about Pompey's elegant tone that was slightly aristocratic and always coping, he glanced at Yurimos, who had already taken the initiative to leave the room with two maids, and didn't bother to play the game that nobles always liked to play cat and mouse in circles, and said with a straightforward smile: "I remember that the third head of your family, who was once the chief finance minister of the Noxian Empire, said: 'In Noxus, commoners are commonersA nobleman is a nobleman, and there is no real friendship between a nobleman and a commoner, unless that commoner has a use value. Child. The next thing you need is to find useful friends from those civilians, to forge your insignificant friendships, and if there is no value, throw them away.'" ”

"Venerable Young Master Pompey, you are a nobleman and I am a commoner, and there is no friendship between you and me, at least now, so I know that Young Master Pompey is willing to see me, that is, to see me, Augustus, the guy who provokes the authority of the nobility, has some insignificant, but worthwhile value for you."

"Therefore, Master Pompey, I hope that the rest of the conversation will be accompanied by a soldier's frankness. And I don't want to have businessman-like hypocrisy and dazzling elegance! This is also destined whether I, Augustus, will be willing to accept your friendship like duckweed in the wind, Young Master Pompey, and whether I will show my value to you. Augustus looked at Pompey, who looked slightly sluggish, and smiled pleasantly.

His eyes were slightly dull, and Pompey regained his noble and elegant temperament, but there was a helplessness on his handsome face, and he smiled bitterly: "Augustus, if I hadn't sent someone to inquire about your life and experience, I would have thought that I was talking to a great nobleman who has lived in the aristocratic world for a long time!" ”

Augustus smiled lightly. Great nobles? It's just a product of deceit under the mask of elegance. Listening to Pompey's words from beginning to end, this is the only one that can be regarded as sincere. Augustus smiled, knowing that Pompey had at least temporarily taken off the mask of nobility and was open to talking to him, and that this was the result he wanted.

Augustus did not pay much attention to Pompey either, and he himself did not like or even dislike aristocratic etiquette. He sat down opposite Pompey, picked up the silver cutlery on the table that he had never seen but had heard of, and took a piece of the flesh of the Angry Bear's Paw that was in the gold plate, and swallowed it in one gulp. With a smile, he looked at Pompey, who was sitting across from him and was looking at him with a smile on his face, and said, "It seems that there is nothing wrong with showing mercy to your subordinates in Stiroland Square today, you are really a smart and shining noble young master." Once again, I would like to thank you for coming to see me in the Tyclage, a hotel haunted by the nobles and the rich, as the Gnaeus family. At least I don't have to worry about offending four nobles and a group of noble families today for a while in the future! It's just that, Master Pompey, I'm curious, what do you hope you can get from me? ”

Pompey smiled approvingly at Augustus' keen perception of things, and sighed in his heart: "He really deserves to be a young man who is favored by the lord of Urgart!" Really smart, really ambitious! ”

Although civilians do not want to deny it, they cannot but deny it. In addition to the status that is most valued in the Valoran Continent, there are many gaps that can be clearly seen.

Even if a commoner is overly shrewd and intelligent in the common people, it is impossible for a child of an ordinary noble family to have a keen ability to analyze events, especially in terms of power and strategy. This aspect is naturally not innate, but cultivated by hearing and seeing.

Pompey was pleased that Augustus could point out the potential significance of meeting today at the Hotel Tyclatan or the Rose Place. What if Augustus didn't understand it? Pompey and Augustus were smiling and talking, and after a pleasant meal, they would definitely leave Augustus behind like garbage, and the next day, perhaps the Gnaeus family, who had a certain voice among the nobles of Alder City, might immediately announce the reprimand of Augustus for provoking the nobles.

Rather than subtly building momentum for Augustus today.

Pompey, who has had a politician's brain since he was a child, believed in a saying: "Even if a brave commoner is favored by the goddess of luck one after another, the carp jumps into the dragon gate and becomes a noble nobleman, but the goddess of bad luck will also throw flattery at him one after another after he becomes a nobleman, making him become a commoner again in an instant." The reason is because he doesn't have a smart brain! Lady Luck likes strong men, but Lady Luck's sister, Goddess of Doom, hates men who are not wise. ”

This sentence was read by Pompey in an old family book.

Looking at Augustus with a puzzled face, the corners of Pompey's mouth hooked a faint arc, and he looked at Augustus with a smile and said: "Maybe there is a sentence you don't agree with, in the eyes of our nobles, friendship without a basis of interests is like a rootless duckweed, when the breeze rises, you can't catch it, because he is like the oath of a politician, the promise of a businessman, and the chastity of a woman, you can only joke in front of a small joke!" Augustus, I do have intentions for you, but I can't find any intentions for you now. ”

The previous sentence is very famous whether it is in Alder City, or in Noxus, or even in the Continent of Varojan. This quote comes from Burnham, the supreme commander of Noxus? The words of Prince Nokopanser, the father of General Wildak.

Prince Nocopanser, the unruly and talented man of the Varojan Continent! It was once the pride of Noxus, but it was also a terrible pseudo-heresy that the Byzantian Holy See was also a headache for.

This Prince Nocoppanser had left behind no more than a madman's remarks, and the recently turned 100-year-old Prince Nocoppanser lived alone in the castle he designed in his old age to see the light of day, even if it was Burnham, the most noble of Noxus? General Wildak was also allowed to see him only once a year.

Augustus fell silent, and the chopsticks that had been happily flipped on the table slowly stopped. No, Augustus stared at Pompey, who was still sunny, and said calmly: "That sentence seems to be the remark of Prince Nocopanser, he is indeed a great man in Noxus!" It's just that I'm more interested, Young Master Pompey, why do you fancy me? The future is not knowable. ”

Pompey looked at Augustus approvingly, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, and his tone carried the natural pride of the nobles, and said, "Am I not an astrologer who can capture fate?" How is it possible to know your future destiny? But for the aristocracy, who is more relaxed with a nobleman who has already gained power in the world and is proud of the spring breeze and gives it to a commoner who has infinite possibilities? ”

At this point, Pompey doesn't mind how red the words are? Naked and said, "Augustus, you are a potential seed in our Gnaeus family, and of course you are only one of our Gnaeus family's fancies. ”

Augustus did not show any angry expression on his face, but the smile on his face was even brighter, this time the smile was not mixed with half a point of falsehood, Augustus picked up the wine jug and poured a glass of wine for Pompey, and then looked at Pompey with a smile, and said with a smile: "Then the Gnaeus family must be prepared to bear the trouble, dear Young Master Pompey." ”

Pompey smiled and drank the wine in one gulp.

Augustus drank the wine in one gulp.

"Trouble? When trouble is under control, it is not called trouble! If the troubles are no longer under control, then Augustus, you will no longer be the seed of hope that the family of Gnaeus pinned on, but an outcast. Looking at Augustus with a bright face, Pompey sneered in his heart.

Aristocrat? Only interests! Friendship, how many bourbons is this thing worth?? (To be continued.) )