Margaux smiled very gently, and she handed the tool to the servant beside her, and gently wiped the dirt from the earl's ear with a silk scarf. When the Count seemed to have had enough, she gently lifted the Count up and arranged for him to sit down on the sofa.

"Lord Earl, the man of the mermaid's song, is here."

Margaux called softly, and Count Karp finally seemed to remember something, his squinted eyes opened slightly, and glanced at the others in front of him, who had been kneeling down until now.

"Well, you're here. Get up, don't be restrained. ”

With Count Karp's consent, the Mermaid Song rose one after another. It's just that Coco is still hiding behind Brad.

Arrow smiled, raised his hand slightly to make an indication, Cream on the side nodded, and immediately took a step forward with the box in his hand, and said, "Dear Lord Karp, this is a small gift that our mermaid song has slightly expressed, I hope you can not dislike it." ”

The waitress came over and took the box, and then brought it to the Count to open it. The pearl necklace that exudes a soft glow inside is very decent.

However, the Earl's Court certainly did not lack such things, but at least the number of courtesies had arrived, which made Count Karp look very satisfied.

"Beauty, do you like it?"

Margaux looked at the pearl necklace in the box, with a little joy in her eyes, and said with a smile: "It's really good~~~ Lord Earl, do you want to give it to me?" ”

The Count smiled, took out the pearl necklace, and asked Margaux to turn around and put it on herself.

I have to say that Margaux's skin is already very good, delicate and white. Under the backdrop of this pearl necklace, it looks more warm and shiny, which makes her more feminine.

Taking the mirror, Margaux looked at it and looked very satisfied.

And seeing that this woman was so satisfied with her gift, Arrow couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The gift of fifty gold coins is really ready.

"Well, the song of the merfolk, huh? I have received your kindness! Tell me, what are you here for? ”

Arrow didn't intend to get straight to the topic at first, but turned a corner and said, "Your Excellency, I wonder if you remember the agreement you made between us and the Mermaid Song?" Well...... It's about the exploration of the mines, and I wonder when we will be able to continue this commission? ”

Originally, Arrow just asked casually. In fact, he didn't intend to get any precise answers, and a perfunctory answer would have allowed him to shift the conversation to the real purpose.

Unexpectedly, he just said it so casually, but Count Karp suddenly seemed to have been pricked by a needle, and his whole body convulsed.

He looked at Arrow with a little nervousness, as if he was about to find something, as if he had suddenly remembered something.

Seeing this, Margaux next to him immediately smiled after a little contemplation: "The agreement between the Lord and you has been clearly written, right?" It's up to us adults to decide when to start and when to continue. Why are you in such a hurry? When the time comes, we will naturally come and continue to work with you. Isn't that right? Adult~~~"

The last sentence is obviously full of coquettishness, which is exactly like two people when he spoke to Arrow and the others before!

With Margaux playing the round, Count Karp immediately nodded, and said with a somewhat fierce look: "That's right, that's right! That's what I mean! You can go back and wait for news, and when I decide, I'll come and tell you! ”

Although it was a little strange, Arrow still decided to bury this strange thing in his stomach, and continued: "Since Your Excellency Earl intends not to deal with this matter for the time being, then please listen to some small problems of our Mermaid Song first. ”

As long as he could not mention the cave, Count Karp seemed very refreshed, regained his spirits, and said with a smile: "Okay, you say! What's the matter? ”

At this point, Arrow didn't say it directly, but glanced at the waitresses next to him.

Just before the Count could figure out what the situation was, Margaux over there seemed to understand something, and leaned into the earl's ear and whispered two words, and the count immediately waved his hand: "You go down first." ”

After all the maids except Margaux had left, Arrow exhaled a little and said slowly, "That's right, due to the agreement between our Mermaid Song and Your Excellency the Earl, we basically can't go to the mine to develop. It is precisely because of this that our economic income is currently somewhat scarce. At this time, in Pelican Town, a new guild called Honey Jar was opened, and it was competing with our guild for business. ”

The Count's brow furrowed slightly, apparently not very interested in this beginning of Arrow.

Arrow continued, "The man behind this guild is none other than the Lord of Lagoon City, Viscount Norris Pixus. Because of the wealth of His Excellency the Viscount, it is now overwhelming our mermaid song. Therefore, we have come to help the Count in this favor and to help our guild through this ordeal. ”

When it came to Viscount Norris, the Count's spirits seemed a little lifted again.

He thought for a moment and said, "In other words, you want me to help you kill this...... What kind of guild is this? So that you can continue to make money in that town? ”

Arrow smiled and nodded, looking very respectful.

Count Karp was still a little excited, but after confirming that Arrow really just wanted to help him get rid of the guild, he became a little excited. He waved his hand and yawned as he said, "You can't compete with that Norris guy, so you want to come to me for help?" I didn't think much of Norris, but I wasn't so idle that I didn't do anything, even to the point of meddle with him setting up a guild in a border town. ”

This answer did not surprise Arrow, he smiled, and continued: "Of course, if it is only to destroy such a small guild, of course, it is not possible to let His Excellency the Earl make a move. But...... What if you could use this as an opportunity to greatly weaken Viscount Norris's voice in Lagoon City and make his popularity among the people plummet? ”

The languid expression on Count Karp's face was once again a little more restrained. He thought about it, and leaned towards Arrow, "What do you mean?" ”

Arrow still smiled and said, "It doesn't mean anything else, it's just literal." In fact, this kind of thing is very simple, and the operation is also very easy to understand, only by destroying the Honey Jar Guild, so as to destroy the reputation of Viscount Norris behind the Honey Jar Guild together. As a nobleman, fame must be a very important resource, right? ”

The languid expression on the count's face finally disappeared completely at this moment. He rubbed his thighs slightly, as if considering whether he should trust the short guild leader in front of him. After hesitating for a long time, he finally decided to ask first, and said, "It's not a small crime to openly frame a nobleman." If you don't get it right, it's going to cause big trouble. ”

Of course, Arrow knew the intricacies of this, but in order for his guild to continue to survive, this kind of thing had to be done. At that moment, he immediately said his plan -

"Your Excellency, I know the seriousness of the problem here, but in practice, we still have some room to operate."

"Throughout Pelican Town, all the townsfolk are already pretty sure that the person behind the Honeypot Guild is Viscount Norris. So, we can use an elaborate trap to put the Honey Pot Guild on its back! ”

"First of all, I hope to be able to use His Excellency the Earl's ability to recruit two trustworthy and powerful people to join the Honey Jar Guild as undercover agents."

"Immediately after, His Excellency the Earl can assign another person to the Honeypot Guild to delegate the mission, and the examples of the commission are varied, you can choose to be a bodyguard, you can choose to escort supplies, or you can choose to pick up something."

"At this time, the two men who have been arranged in advance by His Excellency the Earl need to take the commission on their own initiative. In the process of entrusting the mission, these two undercover agents can directly betray the client, take the money and run away or just leave it alone. In this way, it is equivalent to causing a very big damage to the reputation of the Honey Jar's guild. These two undercover agents, Lord Earl can arrange to fly away, then no one will notice what is going on. ”

"Afterwards, we and His Excellency the Earl can immediately launch a public opinion offensive against the honey jar, and trumpet that the members of this guild will be very unreliable and dishonest because they will be concerned about the client's property. Finally, let's light another fire and spread this unreliable and dishonest propaganda to the city of Lagoon, so that everyone in the city will feel how unreliable this lord is. ”

"By this time, Viscount Norris's reputation has been tarnished, and he will definitely want to try to find a way to regain it. At this point, Your Excellency the Earl should be able to take advantage of the situation and accomplish some of the things you have always wanted to achieve. ”

After saying his plan, the earl squinted, as if considering the feasibility of this plan. Seeing that he didn't look very smart now, Arrow decided to take this opportunity to offer some simple ways, and then said with a smile-

"Of course, if the Earl thinks this method is too dishonorable, then it can be a simpler way! It is to inject funds into our guild for maintenance. ”