Chapter 15: Encounters
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Reluctantly, Achelin left the snack and followed Salian and Mansel to another VIP room next door, he didn't know what family was not a family for.
In this VIP room decorated with oriental tapestries, two young girls sitting drinking tea, and when one of them, wearing a plain black robe, with short lilac hair like irises, turned her head, Salian was immediately attracted by her unearthly appearance and the pair of indigo deep eyes on her pretty face.
When their eyes met, a strange light flashed in the girl's eyes like pure lapis lazuli, as if to probe Salian's heart. Ordinary people may not be able to feel anything, but the horror knight is different, after a tense attack and defense that is not noticed by others, only to see this originally indifferent beauty cover the cherry mouth with a snow-white hand and let out a soft exclamation. Eventually, Salian noticed that the white porcelain-like hand was wearing a ring, but the side of the seal or gem was not visible to the inside, which intrigued Salian. Unfortunately, the beautiful girl then turned her head back again, as if nothing had happened and no one in the room existed.
Another girl, dressed in a splendid dress, stood up and bowed very gracefully, and said to President Shait in a soft voice, "Uncle Shait, who are these three?"
Her beautiful voice had a distinctly northern low earth accent, her blonde hair was curly with jeweled hair ornaments, and her large lake-blue eyes gave a gentle and charming feeling, and her appearance was no less than that of the former, but her noble temperament was in strong contrast with the sober style of the other girl.
"Let me introduce you, all three of them are important people in our Konstanz. This is Count Salian von Hohensturingen, master of the territory of Neumark Krai and Hehingen, inspector of Schwartenn and garrison of Konstanz, and he is responsible for our safety. This one was Baron Manstel von Barenberg, the new mayor of Constance, His Majesty the Emperor's plenipotentiary in the city, the head of our Spice Chamber of Commerce, and the president of the South-West Cities League. This was the Count of Echerin von Altmannshofen, the lieutenant general of the garrison of Konstanz, and the security of the border area in the southwest with the Kingdom of Franthos. ”
President Shait introduced the three of Salian to the maiden, and then he said to Salian and them, "This beautiful girl is Miss Estfaria Werther of the House of Werther of the North, and she is the eldest daughter of Mr. Werther, the President of the Hansie League, and the plenipotentiary of the family. ”
The three young men exchanged formal salutes with Miss Werther.
Finally, Miss Werther, who was well-informed, introduced her sit-down companion: "Dear gentlemen, I am only a weak woman, so I invited my dear friend Miss Teresa of the Bremen Wizards' Guild to accompany me before this trip, and she also happened to want to go out on a journey. ”
The sorceress only nodded to Salian and them as she spoke. Salian understood that she had been invited by the rich lady from the Wizards' Guild to protect her. But she was far more interested in Salian than the sumptuous Miss Werther, and this kind of girl full of mystery and obvious difficulty made him want to conquer the most. The daughter of a rich family, although she is also very beautiful, but let it go for the time being.
"Everyone, please sit down and talk slowly, the sound insulation here is very good, and Miss Teresa has already shown her hand just now, so you can rest assured. The president smiled an inercible, strange smile as he spoke.
Now that he had what he wanted to know, Salian began to think wildly, he did not care about the purpose of the two young ladies, and he did not know much about business. All he could think about was how to keep the indifferent Miss Teresa by his side.
Of course, Miss Werther, who did not know this, said in her elegant voice: "I have come to your place this time to develop the business of our Werther family, so that it can also make Constance more prosperous...... "She is absolutely confident in her language ability, and the things she talks about are also very tempting, but unfortunately the effect is not very good.
Manstel was listening very carefully, and it was no better to have a relationship with the richest merchant family in the northwest of the empire, and this opportunity must be firmly seized. Ashrin, like Salian, was already out of the world, and he was thinking that today's lunch should be a treat for his good friend Manstel who had recently had good fortune, and he pursed his lips with pleasure at the thought of the delicious roast lamb chops there. Miss Teresa hadn't said anything since then, and no one knew what she was thinking.
In the beautiful background of Miss Werther, Sally's high-speed thinking suddenly had a wonderful idea, Acherin's terrifying secret technique just now should have been defeated by Miss Teresa, and Salian had also fought with her when she entered the door, and to be able to have such attainments in mental power, she must be a mage who is good at dark magic. Then the necromancer's magic crystal that Salian is now carrying on his body, this young lady should be very interested.
Speaking of which, let's briefly talk about the magic system of humans and goblins on this continent, because the magic of both races was inherited from the ancient empire there. We will have a chance to talk about other xenomorphic magic systems such as long-eared people, half-giants, orcs, and blood clans in the future.
The magic system handed down from the ancient empire can be summarized into dark magic, light magic and rational magic according to their basic nature. Necromancy, dark magic, and psychic magic are collectively referred to as dark magic. Light magic is made up of life magic, divine magic, and illusion magic. Rational magic, on the other hand, is divided into elemental magic, space-time magic, and telekinetic magic.
This system of magic has been continuously updated and developed from ancient empires to modern times, and has been very perfect. Not only is there a strict hierarchy, but the titles have also become diverse. For example, a mage who is proficient in creating skeletons is called a necromancer, a master of controlling the elements is called an elemental, a figure who uses divine magic monopolized by the church is known as a priest, and an expert in life magic is a white mage. Rank, from magic apprentice, through magician, then to magician, and finally to the archmagician.
The dark magic used by the beautiful woman in front of Salian is very rare on the continent today. On the one hand, magic was originally a game for a very small number of people, and among these people, the number of people who practiced elemental magic was the most simple and easy to understand physical magic. The other two types of light magic, dark magic, and physical magic, space-time magic and telekinetic magic, are relatively few people who practice them. On the other hand, for some reason, dark magic has also been suppressed by the church, and it is difficult for ordinary people to have access to it. It's a little better now, the church is no longer able to interfere with the magic academy and the wizards' guild, and some dark magic education activities are carried out in these places, but it is difficult to find even the most basic teaching materials.
Therefore, using this rare magic crystal containing a large amount of necromantic magic information should be able to get in touch with Miss Teresa, Salian looked at her pretty face without any expression, and thought about her next plan.
It must be said that the young Earl of the Frontier is equally conscientious in both patriotism and love, and is fearless and dares to think and do.
While Salian was thinking about how to perfect this plan, Achelin, who was already restless, walked up to him and whispered to him, "Brother Sarian, the things they talk about are not fun at all, I want to go out for a walk, and you will inform me when it is time to eat." I won't go far, just play around the city for a while, and use the secret spell code to make me feel it!"
Sally thought for a moment, and said to Aichelin seriously: "Okay, then you can help me send this bag of gold coins to your sister by the way, I think they will soon spend all the money they have on them, a leather bag produced by the Principality of Vienria in the southeast of the empire is about five to ten Gul guilders, the four of them, plus a little girl, even if each person buys at least two bags, it will cost sixty or seventy Gul guilders, or the price has been discounted by four by our face." If you want to buy other things, you have to understand that the more women there are, the more their purchasing power will increase exponentially. After they run out of money, they will report my name first, and then Manster's name, and I think your name will be reported in a little while, well, it must be so!"
Listening to Salian's words, a cold sweat broke out on the head of the giant, who was more than two meters tall.
"Oh, that's not good! Big brother, I'm leaving, remember to call me when you eat, and find my cousin quickly, before they report my name!"
Archerin quickly left with the gold coins given to him by Salian, citing an appointment with a weapon shop owner to inspect the weapons he had made, and his fiery appearance led everyone else to think that he was a very punctual and trustworthy man.
Now the room was in a state of inactivity, where the president of the Adventurers' Guild, Miss Werther, and Mansel were talking, and Sallian and Miss Teresa were idle, though Miss Werther was eager to bring Salian into the conversation with her charming voice. Because she understood that the most important thing to win over here was this Earl of the Frontier, Miss Witt didn't expect to meet Salian this time, but with such an opportunity to communicate, she must not let it go.
It was a pity that Salian really couldn't bring up the topic of merchants, and his mind was now full of the appearance of the mage lady next to him, even if the countless diamonds on Miss Werther's dress shone dazzlingly, and the superb art of speech that she had cultivated since childhood, it did not help him.
When Miss Witte gave up her efforts for a moment, and discussed the partnership with Manstel in earnest. Salian, who may have looked a little impatient in the eyes of others, took out a black magic crystal from his bosom and played with it.
At this moment, Miss Teresa, who seemed to have been separated from her soul since the beginning of the conversation, suddenly felt something, and her eyes fell on Salian. Of the others, only Miss Werther, who had been watching the room with her eyes, noticed the subtle changes, but she continued to talk to Manstel about cooperation as if she hadn't seen them.
"Your name is Salian, your strength seems to be stronger than the kid who left just now, find a reason to leave here, I have something to ask you." ”
The female mage's voice actually reached Salian's auditory nerves directly, and this hand made Salian not expect. He had estimated that the female mage would not find an opportunity to approach him until the meeting was over. But it's even better, the stronger the target's ability, the stronger Salian's desire to conquer, and then he doesn't have to wait.
Salian immediately asked the President and Miss Witte to leave for a moment, saying that he wanted to go out into the hall to see if there were any new tasks of interest to him. Then he left on his own. He sat down at an unmanned table in the hall, asked the Guild staff to pour a glass of water, and then pretended to be serious about looking at the contents of the huge, tumbling information wall in the Adventurers' Guild Hall.
He noticed that the golden quest with a bounty of one hundred guilders was marked as completed, and there were no other quests above the gold level. Sally thought to himself, Schwartenen's stage was indeed too small, and being the king here would make his heart smaller, and he should go out to wander more, and his father traveled away from home at this age. It's a pity that he still has a lot of things to do.
Just as Salian was boredly skimming through the brass assignment, Miss Teresa appeared silently from the hallway, wearing the hood of her robes and hiding from head to toe in the shadows, and no one in the hall noticed her except Salian. Then she casually came over and sat down beside Salian. Immediately, a magical voice sounded in Salian's head.
"Your Excellency, I don't think this is a good place to talk, is it?"
Salian didn't turn around, he pretended to take a sip of water, and whispered, "Beautiful Miss Dark Mage, I'm just waiting for you to come out." ”
He quietly made a gesture asking Miss Teresa to wait a moment, stood up and went to Yelena, who was waiting at the front desk desk, and asked her to open the innermost meeting room of the association, which was a small room that was not obtrusive.
After making sure that no one noticed them, Salian led Teresa to the small conference room. Before closing the door, Salian also specially instructed Elena not to let anyone disturb them.