It had been raining continuously outside the castle for a week, and although Alan could still feel a hint of the leisurely leaning on the tower and watching the rain at first, it was inevitably boring after a long time.

There was no other entertainment in the castle except for books, but his collection of books had basically been read through, and he didn't want to read it a second time, so it couldn't kill time at all.

However, in the past two days, he has acquired a new plaything, so that he is a little unhappy, and he does not even listen carefully to the report of his clerk Rowan.

"The newspaper headquarters has been selected and is being renovated, and in terms of distribution, we have found a lot of local women and children who are idle at home, and according to the old rules of Reef City, we will pay a penny for each copy sold. ”

"However, because of the heavy rain in the past few days, the horse-drawn carriages rushing here from Reef City cannot pass, and our newspaper has been printed, but because there is no way to transport it in the rain, we can only wait for the rain to stop. ”

"Because the former city lord died of illness not long ago, the work in the city was temporarily controlled by the treasurer Keith and the city defense officer Carter, but now they have gone to reef city to resume their duties, so we can't take over for the time being. ”

"Also, the local merchants sent a lot of supplies..."

His Excellency the Clerk, who had a serious personality, reported the work of the past two days seriously, while Alan listened with some absent-mindedness, and occasionally responded to a few words.

He paid more attention to the beetle crawling across the red carpet at his feet under the long table.

The humidity of the rainy day has made these little shade-loving creatures come out of their hiding dens, and the servants have just cleaned up the sprawling castle and have to deal with the task of banishing the bugs.

The castle has been empty for a long time, but it is not without inhabitants, and it can even be said that Allen's "neighbors" are a large group.

In the beginning, there were so many of these small bugs that even Allen's bed was crawling full, so that in the first few days, he not only had to endure headaches, but also had to sleep carefully.

Fortunately, his conscientious butler had recruited a lot of servants after he came here, plus there were as many as thirteen of them brought from Reef City, and after their perseverance in the past few days, this group of neighbors gradually became smaller.

But apparently there are still fish that have slipped through the net.

However, although it escaped the sweep of the servants, it could not escape its doomed and tragic fate.

Ever since crawling to Alan's feet, the Beetle has been caught in some kind of strange situation.

Either the tentacles are suddenly broken, or the limbs are strangely trampled on, and sometimes even sometimes they suddenly turn over inexplicably, and they can't turn back for a while.

What's more, it will even occasionally float and then stumble and fall, but fortunately it is relatively lightweight, and it does not float too high to fall.

Of course, it's not that the bugs are entertaining themselves or even awakening some wonderful flying ability, but that Allen's magic is at work.

Yes, after two days of severe headaches, he managed to cultivate a trace of spiritual power that could be controlled by him, that is, magic power.

Although it can be controlled, this power cannot be completely controlled at first, and it will inevitably get out of control if it is used rashly. For example, the window suddenly closes automatically, the candle goes out, the little maid inexplicably trips over the air or something...

Originally, the castle was very gloomy because it had been uninhabited for a long time, and coupled with these inexplicable things, rumors of haunting once appeared in the servants' circles, and some servants were even frightened to escape from the castle.

It was only in the last two days that these mysterious events had disappeared, and there had been no more escapes of servants.

It's not that this power is obedient, but the result of Allen's gradual control, at first he basically couldn't control this power, until he slowly became familiar with it, and gradually became able to control it.

His next goal is to be able to make these insects stand and walk and "clench their fists", which needs to be practiced again, and if you do it now, you will accidentally break the legs of the insects.

The more delicate the movements he made with this power, the more strenuous it became, and at first he made rapid progress, but now it felt more and more difficult to practice, so he set a short-term goal.

"The formation of the Ministry of Information is quite smooth, there are people from the black fox secretly helping, and there are no difficulties, but they are only cooperative with us, and we can't rely on it for a long time, it's a pity..."

The new maid interrupted Rowan's report with two cups of coffee, and he thanked him before taking a sip.

Alan subconsciously glanced up at the blonde maid, and the beautiful maid trembled as if she were looking at the beautiful maid with a real dark gaze.

Glancing at Allen as if by the ghost, the maid's face was a little pale, and she ran away rashly without even having time to ask for instructions, which made Allen feel inexplicable.

"Am I that scary?" Alan looked at Rowan strangely.

Rowan shook his head and said, "You can be called a black-haired elf prince by the girls in the aristocratic circle of the South, I think your charm should be very high in their eyes." ”

Alan smiled: "You look very serious about everything, even slapping sycophants." ”

Rowan wanted to refute, but he was actually a little bad at words, opened his mouth and didn't know what to say, and finally rolled his eyes depressedly.

Because of the values of his previous life, Allen was not contaminated with the arrogance and class distinction of the nobles, and this world was originally somewhat similar to the ancient West in the previous life, so it was relatively open.

So Allen's subordinates can also chat with him without any scruples.

Luo Wen, who didn't know what to say for a while, suddenly remembered something and said, "By the way, Young Master Allen, the two blood knights sent by the Earl are about to return to Reef City, do you need to contact Reef City? You can ask them to help by the way." ”

"Hmm. ”

Alan thought for a moment and said, "It's true, you can wait." With that, he got up and left his seat and ran upstairs.

Waiting for Rowan to finish his coffee, Alan came downstairs and handed him a letter: "Let them help deliver this letter to Oliver's Alchemy Cottage on Seventh Avenue in Reef City, just give it directly to Boss Oliver." ”

"That crazy old man?" Rowan looked at the letter in his hand in surprise, and said, "Do you still have business dealings with him?" With all due respect, Master Allen, he has nothing to praise except for his mouthful of gibberish, don't be deceived by him. ”

It's no wonder that Rowan reflects like this, Oliver, the owner of Oliver's Alchemy Hut, is a dwarf, and like his kind, he likes all kinds of empty words, but he still has a little bit of real talent.

When I first entered Reef City, I won the trust of many people, but after a long time, I always showed my feet.

A jeweller discovers that Oliver's promise to plant a jewel tree has not been fulfilled, and finally becomes angry and humiliates Oliver in public, only to be deliberately instigated by someone to push the wall.

Oliver's reputation stinks in Reef City.

But he didn't know why, no matter how others laughed at him, he made up his mind to stay in Reef City for ten years.

After a long time, the people of Reef City have become accustomed to it, but as long as they mention words like bragging, they can subconsciously think of Oliver, and when they see Oliver, they also subconsciously think of bragging...

I don't know why he insisted on staying on the reef, anyway, if it were Allen, his reputation would be like this, and he would have run away with his tail between his legs.

However, Alan knew that in fact, Oliver still had real talents, and regardless of the name of the alchemist he boasted of, Oliver was a very clever mage.

This is something that only a few people understand, and Alan discovered it by accident.

It was also from him that Alan easily got the secret meditation method of the mages.

So sometimes it's still convenient to communicate with people who don't have a lower limit, as long as they come up with what he thinks is enough for the benefit ....

The letter in front of you is a sufficient benefit. Alan smiled meaningfully at Ronin and didn't speak.

If the plan goes well, it won't be long before he can open up the situation in Bay City.

It's not just the situation in the territory, it's also the situation in the mage world!