Priest gasped: "20%————?! Is she crazy? How is this possible?! 20% return for three years? How could she possibly earn it?! Do those fools in Cotton City believe that?! ”

Messenger: "That's because ...... Because along the way, the president of the Mermaid Song was very courteous to Knight George and the Eddie Invincible Magician of the Magic Association, not only serving delicious food and drink, but also always greeting our people, and even buying gifts for our people...... So when he was in Cotton Flow City, the president of the mermaid song seemed to provoke the magician of the association with words, and the flame magician directly said that the president had turned a hundred gold coins into a thousand gold coins in three years......"

Priest's eyes widened: "So what? So those fools believed it?! And they just give money?! ”

Messenger: "Yes...... Yes......"

Priest said almost with a cry: "And then? Those bastards...... What are those bastards doing? ”

Informant: "Knight George is leading the crowd in pursuit of the Mermaid Song......"

Priest: "I know he's chasing!" I'm asking why don't you wait until you catch up and then call you back?! Is their carriage fast? How could such a slow carriage not be able to catch up?! ”

Informant: "That...... High Priestess, the strange car of the Mermaid Song...... Seem...... There is no need to rest. Because of the cramped seats of the strange car, it could only accommodate the members of Merfolk Song. Although the strange car had three caravans pulled behind it to load the people they had hired in the two cities, the speed did not diminish at all. But all of our men were accompanied by horseback. But after several days of continuous travel, the horses were exhausted and needed to rest...... But the carriage of the mermaid's song ...... You really don't need to rest, and you can continue to travel even at night! And in a hurry, George Knight and they didn't have time to buy horses for a while, so they ...... So ......"

On this day, the Grand Elder of the Magician Guild and the High Priest of the Holy See of Light were simply angry.

But now, the wedding ceremony of the second prince is just around the corner, and they don't have the time or energy to divide the manpower to deal with this woman's affairs, and now they can only find a way to deal with this wedding first, and the rest ...... Let's talk about it later.

And as for the current mermaid song......

Leaving the snow-covered Hanhai City, above the spacious wilderness, a strange car was slowly moving.

Although the sound was a bit noisy, as long as you entered the interior of the strange car, closed the door, and plugged your ears with earplugs a little, then the matter was quite easy to solve.

Today, the starry night is in the sky.

Ariel has now changed into a men's outfit that is easy to move around and is sitting in the driver's seat. It's just that now there is no need to hide his identity, so he doesn't wear a hat anymore, and his blonde hair is tied back and swaying repeatedly with the bumps of the vehicle.

Grabbing the handle of the strange car, looking at the dark road ahead, and then looking at the light ball lantern hanging above her head, Ariel smiled slightly at the corner of her mouth, still pinching the handlebar, and the pedal was slightly pressed again, allowing the car to continue to move forward.

Turning his head, he looked at the carriage behind him.

Through the windshield, Ariel can see that Brad is now lying flat in the cabin, and Cream and Tesla are sleeping on his stomach.

The female members were covered with blankets over each other a little further away, and were also snoring softly.

The flower elves were also gathered in a heap in a corner of the carriage, layered on top of each other, and their wings looked really beautiful.

In my ears, there was a gentle sound of wind.

Immediately after, Cheese sat next to Ariel, crossed his legs to the baffle in front of the co-pilot, held his head in both hands, and said, "This car is really convenient, it can drive so many people in one breath." ”

Ariel gave him a look: "So, do you want to try?" ”

Cheese laughed, shook his head slightly, and said, "I'd better forget it, I'm not interested in this thing now." ”

After that, the two stopped talking.

With this silence, Napa silently climbed onto Ariel's lap and coiled her tail as if she was going to sleep.

"In the past two days, you seem to be a little restless? Are you worried that you can't pay out if you cheat someone? ”

Finally, Cheese couldn't hold back and asked.

Ariel couldn't help but sneer and said, "Money is such a thing, once it accumulates to a certain extent, they will make money on their own. So I've never been worried about the situation that won't come out. ”

Cheese laughed: "Yes, you are a woman who has achieved a profit of nearly 900% in three years, and now 20% is really nothing to you." So? What have you been thinking about these past two days? I don't sleep, and I have to catch the car if I stay up late. ”

After a moment of deep thought, Ariel turned to the cheese next to her, "If I tell you, can you promise not to tell anyone?" Including our members, and also your Blue Stripe President. Yes, I mean any 'person', whether it's your kind, or whatever. ”

Seeing that Ariel was suddenly so serious now, Cheese seemed a little happy. He turned his head, and those blood-red eyes were also looking at Ariel, and said with a smile, "What's the matter?" Is this topic that serious? Can't tell anyone? Then why are you telling me? ”

Ariel thought for a moment and said, "You're right, I really shouldn't have told you. This is my own problem, not yours. But ......"

After a moment's pause, Ariel looked at the carriage behind her, "If I told you, you would have a place to go back at the end." So, as a matter of common sense, you're the least likely to leak secrets. But the other members, they have nowhere to go. If I put too much mental burden on them, I'm afraid they won't be able to stand it. ”

Cheese closed his eyes and snorted, "So, you want to find someone to express your troubles?" ”

Ariel thought about it, and immediately smiled and said, "Yes, you should be like this." ”

Seeing this smile, Cheese knew that this human woman was definitely not a simple thing to talk about her troubles. But since she was willing to speak, Cheese was happy to hear it.

At this point, Ariel finally spoke, and said slowly-

"Actually...... This time, I made a very bad bet. ”

Cheese said: "You said it, the last bet, you lost, you didn't complete the task." ”

Ariel nodded lightly and said as she hurried, "For the past three years, I've wanted to prove my worth – as a woman. ”

"I want to prove to everyone that just because I'm a woman doesn't mean I can't do the jobs that only men can do."

"Aside from purely energy-oriented tasks like sorting paperwork, settling accounts, or even running a guild, and being a leader, I feel like I can do it as a woman. I want to prove that if I were wise, I would never lose to most men. Even if I don't belong to any man, I can take care of myself, and even take care of myself very well. ”

"For this reason, I desperately want to complete this bet, I want to prove it to the royal family of the Blue Bay Empire, and I want to prove it to Duke Jinguo."

"But in the end, I failed. Moreover, I failed so thoroughly that there was not the slightest room to return. ”

Speaking of this, Ariel suddenly turned her head to look at Cheese again and asked, "Do you know what the reason for my failure is?" ”

Cheese opened his eyes, also looked at Ariel, and said, "Hmm...... Not trying hard enough? Too many accidents in the process of making money? A little bit of ...... is still lacking Little lucky? ”

"No, Cheese. It's not that I'm lacking. ”

Ariel took a deep breath, withdrew her gaze, and looked ahead again. After a moment, she suddenly reached into her pocket thoughtfully, pulled out a stack of well-folded letters, opened them, looked at the words on it full of misspellings, and said slowly—

"I lost, not because I was a woman. Because even if I am really a man, even if I really try a hundred times harder, I can really earn more than two thousand gold coins in three years, and I can win this game without any suspense according to the bet, and even then I will definitely lose. ”

"Because I lost not because of my female identity, but because of my ...... Slave status. ”

"Before I lost this bet, I thought that the biggest problem that bothered me was the inequality between men and women."

"You men will try their best to oppress us women, and will use us women as tools for childbearing, as free labor for housework, and as punching bags for getting angry, beating and scolding when you want. We women are seen as a 'thing' by men, we are an object, a piece of furniture without a thought, without a soul, without the need to think independently, let alone think independently. ”

"But now, I don't think that's the problem."

"I didn't lose because I wanted to go against men, or because I was just a woman."

"I lost because I wanted to go against the royal family."

"The most unforgivable thing for a lowly slave to rebel against those supreme nobles, to rebel against royalty, to step on their faces and say 'you lost'."

"So, if I want to win for the last three years, it's actually very simple."