How long does it take for a prodigal to be transformed into a calm and elegant gentleman?

I believe that the vast majority of people will limit the scope of the answer to this question to a period of years to decades, and there are even some people who will never complete such a transformation. However, our Mr. Harris has an answer that belongs only to him.

A quarter of an hour.

From passively "perceiving" Ian's presence, it only took him a quarter of an hour to complete this transformation!

First, it took him a second to wake himself up from his half-asleep slumber, and then in two minutes and fifty-nine seconds, he quickly broke free from the encirclement of the two beautiful snakes, got up and put on a loose robe for himself. Finally, in the "only" ten minutes, he soothed the two visibly disgruntled ladies with two graceful kisses, four glittering gold coins, and countless sweet words, and the gentleman "sent" them out of the room.

So, when the door was closed again, in front of Ian, who had climbed through the window, Mr. Harris, who had turned around, was not only somewhat mentally depressed, but had become a middle-aged gentleman who was graceful, elegant, modest and decent.

Ian, who had seen the performance of "The Great Change" countless times, was already a little surprised, and he silently walked to the coffee table, poured a glass of red wine for a middle-aged man who had been working all night, and handed it over.

Harris immediately took the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp, and then he touched his neck with trepidation: "I said, please next time you want to wake me up, can you not put a sword against my neck?" As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw a sword hanging in the air around his neck, which was not a pleasant experience. Even though the black sword had disappeared into the void the moment he was awake, the tingling sensation in his neck was unforgettable.

Harris thought he would never forget this morning.

Unfortunately, his resentment obviously could not shake the will of a certain initiator, and this young man, who had no intention of repenting in the slightest, casually found a "justified" reason for his actions.

"I've been woken up like this for three years..... he filled himself with a glass of red wine and sat down across from Harris, "it turned out to be good." ”

Harris could only shrug his shoulders helplessly.

He picked up the grapes from the basin and threw them into his mouth, and began to listen to the news from the young man......

......

"So we're going to 'run'?" said the middle-aged gentleman, who had all the information from Ian, came to this conclusion. The current situation was also beyond his expectations.

"It's not such an exaggeration, but obviously the Red Lotus Temple won't be too polite to me in the future. Ian pursed his lips, just now he had received a "long-distance call" from Miss Orivia, and knew that he had become a sworn enemy of the Red Lotus Church. While admiring the convenience of God's power, I have to feel that this "power" has never brought me any good news.

After some deliberation, the two made the decision to leave, but there was a small problem in the choice of route.

"We now have two options. ”

"One ......" Harris said as he spread out a map of the Eastern Regions that he had found out of nowhere on his table, pointing to the north of the Holy White City, "we can continue our journey north by land, through Calondo, around the Tyre Hills, from the Maple Avenue to the Absolute Ridge, which is the easternmost point of the Great Wall, where the Empire's smugglers have carved a secret passage, which is the path I first planned to take, because I have a friendship with one of the smugglers. It's just that it's a bit of a hassle right now. ”

"Is it because I'm wanted?" asked Ian.

"That's right. Harris nodded happily: "Behind the smugglers there are often the shadows of the great nobles, and to be honest, the one I know is not very reliable, and he may sell us at some point." At that time, we will have to force our way through the huge wall or climb over the Void Ridge. ”

"Trust me, neither of these are good options. ”

Harris looked up at Ian, pointed to the giant wall that winded on the map, and said, "The Eastern Regions are different from the Northern Regions, which sounds like one of the five domains of the Empire, but in fact we all know that it is just a buffer zone. Coupled with Khan Parkes' deliberate abandonment over the years, he has long lost the combat power that is truly enough to defend a domain. ”

"But in the Eastern Regions..... The vast majority of the high-ranking powerhouses are concentrated near the giant wall, not to mention the countless weapons to defend the city, if you dare to fly directly over there, then it is best to be prepared to be besieged. They may not be able to help you, but you are already wanted by the Grand Duke of the Eastern Regions and the Red Lotus Temple, so you probably won't want to attract the attention of the Imperial Military Department anymore. ”

"Of course. Ian shook his head, these beings might not be a threat to him, but they could cause him a steady stream of trouble. It doesn't take much, just a jab at a critical moment is enough to give him a headache, and maybe even make him capsize in the gutter.

"And what about the Void Ridge?" he asked.

"I'll put it simply, there's a scourge sleeping above the Absolute Ridge. ”

"The Empire allows a Scourges to sleep near the giant wall?" Ian's eyes widened when he heard the news at first glance, thinking that the heart of the Imperial Military Department was too big, and they were holding on to the giant wall under a natural calamity. However, Harris soon dispelled his doubts: "It's not that he doesn't want to get rid of it, but because he can't find it." The reason why no one dared to fly in the Absolute Ridge was because they were afraid of waking up the beast, and the 'firmament' was always monitoring this area, as long as it had any signs of awakening, he would know it as soon as possible. ”

"Understood. Ian nodded rather happily and asked, "What about the other way?" ”

"We can go back to Salem and take a boat north by water. ”

"Has the Empire's smuggling been rampant to this extent?" sighed Ian. In fact, as far as he knew, the empire explicitly stipulated that merchant ships from the Eastern Regions were not allowed to go north, and once they found warships, they could sink them.

"Who makes the benefits huge. Harris shrugged: "Fifty percent profit is enough to make them take risks, let alone make two or three times as much money on a single trip." ”

"As far as I know, they will pretend to go south, then calculate the range and time of the navy's cruise, and then turn back to the north. As for where the ports in the north are, I don't know very well. In fact, I've always wondered where they built the harbor in that place full of demons to keep going well for so many years?"

"So you're more inclined to go by water?" Ian asked curiously, "Do you have connections among the smugglers in Seren?"

"No, not really. The middle-aged gentleman shook his head, then pinched his eyebrows and said, "But we can find a way to get mixed up first, and then rob the ship." After all, the sea is a place where there is no way to call for help. It's just that there are too many uncertainties in the ocean, and there are far more demons in the sea than on land, and if something happens and the ship capsizes, you can only fly at night......"

Ian didn't notice what Harris was saying later, because when he heard the word "shipjacking", a strange thought popped into his head. A long shuttle-shaped, silvery-white monster leaped into his mind quite unreasonably.

He suddenly got up and opened the window, looked up at the sky, and asked as he searched for his target, "There are no flying demons on the sea?" ”

"Huh?" Harris, who was interrupted, was slightly stunned, not knowing why the kid in front of him suddenly asked this question, but he knew that Ian must have had something in mind, so he replied faithfully: "There are quite a few on the south side, but it is really not common on the east coast. ”

"How many flying high-ranking people are there in the Holy White City?"

"Not much, they are mainly concentrated on the giant wall in the north, not to mention the abode of Crimson. ”

"And going around the Absolute Sky Ridge from the eastern seas will alarm the Scourge?"

"As long as it's not from above the Void Ridge ......"

Hearing this, the corners of Ian's mouth suddenly hooked up a smile, he suddenly turned around, raised his hand and pointed to the window behind him with his thumb, and asked with a smile, "How about we rob this?"

"Huh?"

Harris looked out of the window behind Ian, and at that moment, a huge silver-white airship streaked across the sky outside the window......

Looking at the "Throne of God" roaming the sky, Harris unconsciously raised his eyebrows after a moment's pause.

I have to say that he is indeed a little moved.

"I know there's a smaller one, and that one will have a higher success rate!"