Chapter Ninety-Nine: Acting and Acting
Calcite, agate rock, lava lizard scales, pappas honey, spiny sea cucumber, moonshine peppermint essential oil, starlight lavender essential oil, pulse camphor tree ointment, clove oil......
The box was opened, and every material Carl asked for by name was neatly placed in it, and the amount was doubled, and Carl was very satisfied.
And little Lucy was only surprised and shocked when she saw all this. Carl didn't know this Mr. Rooney Eric, little Lucy did. This short, fat, and amiable gentleman, who appeared to be an amiable ordinary businessman, was actually the boss of the smugglers in the western side of the lower city, and his men did not know how many lives he had.
When little Lucy's father was still there, when he occasionally talked about the smuggling of Dao, he talked a lot about Mr. Eric, his family history, his ruthlessness, and his deeds of brutally killing the whole family of his partners who started with him in order to dominate the smuggling network in the West End, which has been secretly circulating.
Seeing such a murderous, ruthless, and cunning figure in all kinds of rumors, suddenly come to the door in such a flattering and low-profile manner, little Lucy can't help but be surprised and shocked.
"Look, Mr. Roland, are you satisfied with these materials?"
The chubby middle-aged man asked cautiously while opening the box with his own hands, looking at Carl's face.
"Yes, it's okay!"
Karl maintained his high posture and nodded haughtily and coldly. Although he doesn't know the true identity of this Rooney Eric, he does know that he is a smuggler who does gray business, and this kind of person must have a close relationship with the underworld whether it is on the real earth or in this world.
This kind of character between black and white is the best at taking the opportunity to climb the relationship, and Carl doesn't want to deal with them more, which will certainly have some convenience, but it often brings more trouble.
Since Carl already knew that he had misunderstood that he had a close relationship with the mermaid family, Carl didn't mind pretending to be a fox and a tiger, deliberately putting on a noble and cold style, and not giving this Mr. Eric a chance to cling.
"Okay, I'm happy with your stuff!"
Carl motioned to little Lucy to accept the things, and then unceremoniously began to chase away the guests: "My grudge with your son has been written off, and I won't trouble him again in the future!"
"Yes, yes, yes!"
The chubby middle-aged man nodded again and again, his face was full of smiles, and said: "Thank you for your magnanimity, you see, in order to thank you for your tolerance, I have set up a banquet at the 'Veil of the Night' to apologize to you......"
"No need!"
Carl refused decisively without hesitation: "I accept your apology, and the banquet will not be compared." You don't have to worry, as an honorary knight, I am a knight of honor, and if I don't care, I will never care, you can rest assured in the future!"
The chubby middle-aged man smiled all over his face, and invited Carl sincerely several times in succession, but Carl decisively refused, and finally left with a look of regret and frustration under Carl's obvious eviction signal.
Little Lucy watched in amazement as Carl interacted with Rooney Eric, until Eric, the villain boss who often appeared in his childhood stories, left, and she reacted and asked in disbelief.
"That's Mr. Rooney Eric, it looks completely different from the legend!"
"And what kind of person is he in the legend?"
"Ferocious, vicious, cunning, ruthless, in short, very fierce, I saw him once before, many people didn't dare to make a sound when they saw him......"
"Haha, stupid Lucy, you've been lied to!"
Karl, who had just received a large number of spell casting materials and had no shortage of cultivation resources for at least a month, couldn't help but laugh and said, "Do you think this Mr. Eric just showed his true face? That's just his disguise!"
Although Carl had never dealt with a smuggler like Eric before, at least he had seen TV dramas and movies, so he didn't believe that a smuggler who could eat both black and white would be so good at talking, and if he really had such a kind and good temper, he would have been eaten by others a long time ago.
So Carl smiled and touched little Lucy's head, and said solemnly like a teacher: "What he is afraid of is not me, but the identity I represent, if I am not surnamed Roland, not a knight, and not mistaken by him for something related to the mermaid family, what you see now should be the other side of him......"
"Class and identity are the greatest divide, and for thousands of years, the aristocracy and the church have woven an incomparably fine net...... Kings and lords, nobles and knights, merchants and commoners, the hierarchical system has long formed a set of rigid rules, and as an individual, it is almost impossible to challenge this system...... Therefore, because of the difference in status, even if Mr. Eric is richer than me, has more connections than me, has more life experience than me, and has more minions than me, he must show respect to me under the constraints of the rules......"
Carl's use of the topic to play and talk at length made little Lucy half understand, but those lofty terms such as "class", "rules" and "system" still couldn't help but make little Lucy awe-inspired.
In addition, I had just seen the rumored extremely murderous Mr. Eric also look respectful to Carl, which suddenly made Carl's image in Little Lucy's mind taller.
However, it is a pity that some of Mr. Carr's actions have always discounted this tall image.
"Mr. Karl, if you don't touch my head, I will respect you even more!"
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At the same time, Rooney Eric, who walked out of the alley, changed his flattery and kindness in front of Carl to a calm and solemn expression.
"Boss, why did you have to be so respectful to that kid just now?" A squire who followed behind Rooney Eric and had been silent finally couldn't help but speak: "Although we are a knight, but with our strength, we don't want to move...... Besides, I've also inquired, this kid has just arrived in the Silver Tide City, and yesterday he was robbed of his money bag, so depressed that he could only go to Old John to find a job, he said that he was from the Roland family, is it really not necessarily!"
Hearing the complaints of his subordinates, Rooney Eric stopped, didn't say much, just glanced at his subordinates lightly, and said lightly: "You don't have to follow me, tomorrow, you take Naga Town and follow the line of Duville!"
"Boss, I'm ......"
The young man's face couldn't help but change greatly, and he was about to speak. However, before he could finish his words, he was held down by an older attendant next to him.
"Boss, what kind of person do you think this Roland knight is?" the older squire quickly changed the topic and said, "Do you need us to pay more attention in the future?"
"This Roland?"
Rooney Eric couldn't help but smile: "It's an interesting young man, although he looks arrogant, but in fact he is a very cautious and cautious person, and it can be seen that he doesn't want to have anything to do with us...... However, he is now involved in the grievances between the mermaid family and the Wave Trident family, and there will soon be a big trouble, let's not provoke him first, you just pay attention to it, we can't afford to get involved in the struggle between the mermaid family and the Wave Trident family......"