When both parties choose to be open and honest, the conversation will naturally become much easier.

At Gawain's request, Melita no longer uses the polite attitude of "Mithril Treasury Agent" to talk to him, and no longer uses "you" in her words, which is obviously a sign of increased trust in this situation.

Talking to dragons is a novel and interesting experience, but the real dragons are obviously not the same as the jumble of myths and legends - Gawain knows the legends, the legends that have been circulated among the bards, those recorded on ancient stone tablets, and the difficult and obscure notes of occultists, and humans seem to like to use exaggerated and mystical language to describe this powerful creature, the legendary dragons are powerful, proud, and rulers of the sky, and legend has it that they have a surprising fanaticism for glittering treasures, Moreover, in ancient times, they were particularly fond of plundering the human kingdom, and there is even a legend that the ancestors of the Gondor Empire were dragon slayers, and they repelled the dragons in exchange for human domination of the continent......

Melita? Pernia was particularly helpless against these legends.

"We are a highly civilized race, but the stories you mention describe us more like powerful and unbridled beasts, and dragons love treasures - but when have we plundered? Isn't it faster to do business than to rob money? ”

Gawain...... I admire the dragons' calmness on this issue.

"The races on this continent always like to make up similar stories, and the last ten centuries have been better, and there was a time when your human dragon slaying was particularly prosperous, as if a young man from the village was not qualified to appear in the story of the bard if he didn't kill one or two dragons," Melita added, "That trend even caught the attention of the jury, and we sent special observers to the continent of Loren to investigate if there was a conflict between the dragons and the human kingdom who were out on a mission- As a result, the observer brought back three bards, who had been cheating and drinking in our kingdom for the rest of their lives. ”

"The unknown is unsettling, a powerful and mysterious race, and it is only natural that someone will arrange a bunch of sensational legends for him," Gawain commented helplessly, and then changed his words, "But the stories of dragons destroying kingdoms are sometimes not entirely made up out of thin air, are they?" ”

"Why do you say that?" Melita's eyes widened immediately, "We haven't done ...... before"

Gawain spread his hands: "Old Cecil was destroyed by Dragon Flame. ”

Melita's second half of the sentence was immediately choked back, and she coughed again and again: "Ahem, ahem......"

"It can't be you, right?" Gawain asked tentatively as he watched Melita's reaction, remembering the morphological characteristics of the dragon he had witnessed.

"Were you there?" Melita eased her cough and looked at Gawain in surprise, "Why didn't I find ......"

"Sure enough, it's you," Gawain glanced Melita up and down, although he had confirmed the facts, it was really difficult for him to associate the petite lady in front of him with the dragon shadow that covered the sky, "Then it seems that we will see each other more often." ”

"I didn't have a choice," there seemed to be a hint of embarrassment in Melita's voice, "that land has been infested with magical energy, the number of aberrations has exceeded the proliferation threshold, and only a fire that contaminates it can stop things from getting worse." ”

"I understand, I've dealt with aberrations," Gawain waved his hand, "I'm not bringing this up to ask for guilt, but to satisfy my curiosity, and I'm curious about something else—what do you dragons think of me, a man who has risen from the dead?" ”

Melita? Pernia looked at Gawain carefully and said with some hesitation: "In fact, in the beginning, your resurrection brought us only chaos. ”

Gawain frowned, puzzled: "Chaos? ”

“…… It took us more than a month to find out what you had in the treasury......"

Gawain: "......"

It makes sense.

Melita also had a follow-up: "Then we mobilized a large number of men to investigate the graves of all the clients who had signed a custody agreement with the Mithril Treasury and died during the agreement period - every grave was checked, even if there were no bones, we also confirmed the spirits in various places. ”

Gawain: "......"

This TM makes more sense.

He even had a hint of business doubts about the legendary thousand-year-old organization of the Mithril Treasure House for a while: "I signed an indefinite custody agreement with you, will you take the things in the custody period due to the death of the principal......

"No, please don't doubt our work ethic," Melita immediately interrupted Gawain, "we won't embezzle the client's custody during the custody period, but ...... It will be transferred to a large warehouse, so it will not be easy to find. ”

Gawain felt that it was better to end this sentence early that made both dragons doubt their lives.

It seems that everything that can be talked about is finished.

"Anyway, I'm glad we got to know each other better," he said, standing up and holding out his hand to Melita, "As you said, dragons have no ill will towards the world, and I want you to believe it, and I hope you can believe it, I have no objection to dragons." ”

"It's also rewarding to find a friend in the worldly kingdom with whom we can communicate honestly," Melita shook Gawain's hand, "Our openness stems from an accident, and fortunately it has brought good results. ”

Gawain looked at Melita's lilac eyes outside the veil, and his expression became slightly serious: "I am a person who has experienced a lot of incredible things, please believe that I have really experienced everything more than you have to 'Gawain?'" Cecil's knowledge is much more, and I can accept all the unbelievable truths, including those of the Demon Tide and the Black Trap. If you find the time to tell me – or find a way to tell me, feel free to come, I'm ready at all times. ”

"I'll pass on your words to the jury word for word."

Melita said calmly, and she used the word "you" again, not to show distancing, but to show solemnity.

Gawain nodded, and said, "Also, about the Mithril Treasure Vault store in Cecil's territory......"

Melita blinked, "Do you want to shut them down?" ”

"Keep going," Gawain laughed, his answer a little surprising to Melita, "as long as they operate legally and pay taxes according to the law, I have no reason to expel them." ”

He couldn't banish the Mithril Vault, or rather, he couldn't banish the Dragons' agents.

Even if he and Melita talk happily at this moment, it can't change the gap between the dragon clan and the current Duchy of Cecil, the other party is a high-level civilization that has gone through countless years, their historical span can even cross the demon tide, and the power they operate on the continent exceeds that of any human kingdom, if they want to "observe", then the current Gawain has no way to expel them.

Without the Mithril Vault, they might be able to assemble a Treasury of Black Iron, a Treasury of Adamantite the next day—and it would be completely secretive.

At the very least, the Mithril Treasury still belongs to the industrial and commercial record in the government affairs department, which is equivalent to a third-party intelligence organization that has been put on the surface, and for a ruler, if he can't clean up all hidden dangers, then he must at least ensure that these factors are within the controllable range.

"Dragons will remember this trust," Melita bowed her head slightly after a moment of silence, "Don't worry, it may not be long before we have a deeper level of trust in each other." ”

"I'm waiting for that day."

Gawain said with a smile, and watched Melita walk to the door of the study, but he suddenly remembered something and quickly stopped the other party: "Wait a minute - don't you want this box?" ”

He picked up the box full of the Mithril Ring and shook it at Miss Agent.

Based on his experience of watching TV in his previous life, he felt that the other party should be able to wave his hand freely, indicating that these things are no longer important - after all, these Mithril rings now seem to be just an introduction for the other party to open up the topic with himself, and they should not be very precious in themselves.

But in fact, Melita walked back quickly in the next second, and took the box in her hand: "Ah, I forgot about this......"

Gawain: "...... Miss My little pony, is this important? ”

"It's important. And how did your accent change back again? ”

Gawain waved his hand: "It's more accustomed to calling you that." ”

Melita glanced at Gawain and shook her head: "Human, it's really hard to understand. ”

Then the elegant and mysterious agent lady grabbed her box and limped away.

Gao Wen stood quietly behind his desk for a moment, then turned his head to look at the corner by the window.

It was empty, without any breath.

Amber slipped away early.

He shook his head helplessly, stepped forward and pushed open the window, and shouted into the courtyard: "Come back—the people are gone!" ”

In the next second, a swift black shadow pierced the air and rushed into the study, condensing the figure of Miss Half-Elf in the center of the room.

Amber patted her chest with an exaggerated expression of fear: "Oh my god!" Oh my god!! That Melita turned out to be a dragon?! You've been in the same room with a humanoid dragon for two hours?! ”

When Melita first entered the study, the elf's shame was still in the room, but as always, he stayed invisible, but Gawain sensed it really, and the moment Melita revealed the identity of the dragon, this guy ran out.

Melita must have noticed this, but she clearly didn't care about the little half-elf.

"Compared to this, you actually ran away as the lord's guard in the first place, is this appropriate?" Gawain glanced at Amber, "I thought you would at least run to call someone, but you ended up catching ants in the yard for two hours?" ”

Amber looked shameless: "I wanted to call someone, but I observed it first, and it turned out that the two of you were still chatting very well, so you didn't call - what do you say, this call can't startle the snake......"

It seems that this guy didn't run far, but observed the situation nearby, which somewhat relieved Gawain.

"I really can't teach you those words normally, you just use them indiscriminately when you find an opportunity," Gawain shook his head, then groaned for a moment, and ordered, "Do something serious - put all the Mithril Vault stores and agents in the territory under key surveillance, and pay more attention to them in normal times." ”

"Covert surveillance?"

"Just keep it covert."

Gawain couldn't banish the dragon's agent, and he didn't want to stiffen his relationship with the dragon - he would have preferred to have a good relationship with this ancient and powerful foreign civilization if possible, but that didn't mean he didn't do anything.

He kept the Mithril Treasury and its agents in his realm, but kept them under proper surveillance, which was a normal act that would not irritate the dragons, and would allow the government department to maintain a minimum of control over those low-level agents.

He had a judgment - to keep those agents and low-level stores based on the connection between the dragons and the Black Well, their concern for the mundane realm, and their own possible level of civilization...... Sooner or later it will come in handy.