He pulled out his money bag and was about to settle the bill and leave, but Sephes stopped him: "Wait, you're going to travel far away in a few days, and my brother has to give you something." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

"Send me?" Rod sat back down expectantly, Sephes was known to have a penchant for quirky and funny things, and he never disappointed when he offered to give them away.

"Naturally, it's a good thing. Seifers beckoned to the squire who had come out with him, and took a small wooden box from his bag and handed it to Rod. "It's still something from Eriken, I have to say, people in the Eastern Continent just enjoy it. ”

The boy looked at the lacquered little wooden box in his hand, couldn't hold it down, turned it over to find the machine buckle, and gently pressed the lid of the box, only to see that the box was covered with a piece of parchment, and after it was opened, several small compartments were evenly divided under it, and there were many small gadgets of different shapes and exquisite productions placed in the grid, except for a few small bottles in the shape of obvious containers, Rod did not know any of them.

"What's that?" he muttered, realizing that the parchment in his hand was instructions for using these things, and he put down the box and began to read the instructions.

Then, he quickly blushed.

"What's wrong?" The young man sitting on his left saw that something was wrong, took the manual in his hand and glanced at it, and called out in surprise: "It turned out to be an adult toy...... It's so complete, I'll have a set for my little brother!"

"I have an uncle who is a business in Eriken and I can bring it to you. Sephes snorted: "Originally, it was nothing to give two sets to the brothers, but now my brother I want to save money to buy an orc slave girl to play with, so I won't be with you local tyrants." If you want, give the original price, and I'll ask my uncle to bring it to you. ”

"What's so complete? Show me. Jaime also reached out curiously, and several people passed through the small instructions in turn, and soon they all showed their desire to buy the whole set of contents in the small box. "How much, bring me one next time. ”

"I don't earn you any money, but a gold coin, and I want a new one. Sepheus shrugged: "After all, I brought it all the way here." ”

"It's so expensive...... When will it arrive?" Jaime was the first to pull out a gold coin and throw it to him, and the others took out the money. After a few moments, a few orders were done, and everyone paid them off quickly.

"Where is it expensive, how much time and energy do you have to think of to make up this big pile? Time is money, brother, you are all pillars of the country, and time is very valuable!"

"It's disgusting. Rod made a vomit expression and offered him money, but he refused.

"It's okay, you take it. Sephes squeezed his eyes at him, "This time I went out to play, if I had the chance, I would catch a little fox or something, it would be too difficult to save money." ”

"Thanks, but I don't promise. ”

The group left the table satisfied, and after Rod checked out, he hurried home, by this time it was already dark and it was almost time for dinner...... It would be bad if the servants brought food to the house and could not find anyone to tell the mother.

But he was too worried, neither of his parents came back, and the servant still brought dinner to his room normally, and during the meal, Aunt Yani knocked on the door and came to him, telling him that his parents had something to do and that they needed to stay out for two more days, and that the sister and brother would not have to worry about it.

Rod was not worried, he was ready to be honest for more than ten days before he was liberated, but who knew that his mother actually left at this juncture, then he could go out to play as usual on vacation, and even spend the night at Catherine's...... Just be careful and go out through the side door, guarded by two very righteous guards, so that no one else can see you.

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The parents did not come back the next night, not on the third day, and still nowhere on the fourth day. Emperor Kyle's envoy came to see his father during this period, and the prime minister even visited him. On the morning of the fifth day, instead of going out to study at the tutors' houses as usual, Roy worriedly asked Aunt Yani where her parents had gone, and even Rod began to feel irritated - he hadn't seen his mother for days.

For his mother, Rhodes always had a special affection. He admired his mother's soft voice and gentle eyes, his mother's thoughtfulness and firmness in times of trouble, his admiration for her profound and skillful use of magic and strong aura, and his indescribable faint fragrance in her beautiful physical appearance and body. He often thought that it would be nice if he and his father were reversed, so that he could have the authority of the head of the family without being disciplined by his mother, and he could exercise the power of his husband at will when he was alone...... God, just thinking about it feels like a blasphemy against his mother, and every time he comes, he will quickly cut off his train of thought.

At first, he thought he was a pervert, but later learned from the book that this is called the mother-love plot, which is a normal psychological reaction that most people will have...... When I was controlled by my mother, I felt constrained, and I was free for a few days, but I didn't get used to it.

Besides, it's not much fun to eat, drink, hang out in the city, or hang out with Catherine every day, compared to the thrills you might encounter when you go out on an adventure with Uncle Dieter.

As the days passed, the departure date of Uncle Dieter's caravan was imminent, but his parents were still nowhere to be seen, and just when Rhodes was struggling with whether he would leave or not if he didn't see his parents tomorrow, his mother finally returned.

Archmage Raven was safe and sound, and her complexion was not bad, but she couldn't hide the tiredness in her expression, and when she got home, she only met with her children briefly and said a few words, and even waved them back to their rooms without asking if Rod was honest these days. Rod muttered in his heart, but he didn't say much when he knew that his mother needed to rest, so he honestly went back to his room to spend the last night at home.

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"Listen, everyone, I have checked with my superiors to confirm that the main task of our going out this time is to draw and proofread the map of the northern countries. Dieter had a straight face at the moment, completely deprived of the kind appearance of a merchant who was kind and wealthy, and he said in a deep voice: "Towns and villages are naturally not to mention, but the condition of garrison points, fortresses, roads and rivers must be as accurate as possible......

"Do you need so many people for such an easy job?" Morfan spat out: "How many teams are we divided into, isn't it more efficient?"

"You want to take your small group to paddle, thinking that Lao Tzu doesn't know? Dieter scolded: "It's easy and safe, but we have another mission - the Duke of Foster's son will be with us, and protecting him is a higher priority, understand?"

"What. Syrina asked dissatisfiedly, "Performing two tasks at once, is this not in order, two salaries?"

"It's not two tasks, the kid is just going out to travel, that is, not defecting or sneaking in, just keep an eye on it like protecting an ordinary person, no one will do anything to him. Dieter patiently explained: "Two salaries, right, Lao Tzu will give you a trip?" But there is one more thing to be aware of, don't let him know our identity." ”

"How is it like a novel, a large number of masters protect a noble man and go out chic, and he can't know yet. ”

"Don't put gold on your face, that kid's skills are not bad, maybe who protects whom. ”

"This is a public weapon for private use!" Pauli said sarcastically, "Dieter, we all know that Duke Foster is your old employer, and you are loyal to him, but it is probably not good to use so many staff members of the Imperial Intelligence Agency to go out with a second generation." ”

"Stop, I have a few additional points to remind. First of all, the Duke of Foster is the commander-in-chief of the Imperial army, and we are subordinate to the military department, which means that he is not only my old boss, but now he is the immediate boss of all of us, and since he has greeted me, this is a matter of business, not to mention that it is one of our duties to protect the families of important people, and secondly, I am now your superior, and obeying my orders is the first priority. Dieter glared at him: "Moreover, this work does not conflict with the confirmation of the terrain of the northern countries themselves, if you are not happy, you can apply to go to another group." ”

"Okay, okay, listen to you, superior. ”

Whether it's going deep inside to spy on intelligence, or carrying out tasks such as stealing and assassinating, it's much more dangerous and difficult than pretending to be a businessman to find a way, after all, the map itself exists, and they just need to verify and update it. At most, everyone complained, and naturally they didn't dare to really mess up this beautiful errand.

Dieter, the great "merchant", arrived at the agreed place with his escort, where they would meet up with the goods, the untruthful Chamber of Commerce, and Rhodes, and then begin their journey, while the parties were still at home, making final preparations.

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