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When Rudolph, who did not dare to rest, changed the black coffee for Augustus for the third time, he noticed that Augustus was still buried in the thick pile of materials and did not look up, he could not help but have a complicated expression, did this young man who had only arrived in Ferry City in the evening not know what tiredness was? He carefully put the coffee in his count's hand, bowed slightly and retreated to the door, he did not dare to make a sound--I did not know that the hard work for the family was undoubtedly more worthy of awe than the prestige established by the strong hand of cruelty, or dictatorship, etc.

He exited the study.

Just as he was about to close the door as he had done the previous times, Augustus behind his desk suddenly ordered, "Baron, please ask Katieni to bring our guests over." ”

He didn't even plan to rest.

Rudolph bowed his head and replied, "As you wish, my lord." ”

Augustus still didn't look up, he had actually roughly read all the materials on the wasteland for more than a month, what he was doing at this time was to approve the construction documents of Lady Mary in Saiyan City, except for the 'Moulin Rouge' controlled by Lady Mary alone, the arena, the casino, etc. all need Augustus to carry out a rough plan, of course, the planning here has little to do with the layout of the building, Augustus has no way to deal with architecture in his past and present lives, but the arena, After all, the bigger the casino, the more gold he has to pay, which is not something that anyone else can decide.

He roughly laid out his thoughts on paper.

Saiyan City was just the beginning, and then the town of Loraine, the area around Alfred Castle, and even the former Christopher Domain, were facing earth-shaking changes in Augustus's vision, so although Augustus did seem to have brought back a huge amount of gold from the imperial capital, he still needed to be careful not to waste a single gold coin.

Alfred, who has a weak foundation, really doesn't have the foundation to let him wave gold coins and squander them wantonly.

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The sound of heavy shackles grabbing on the floor was heard.

In the silence of the night, the sound was particularly harsh.

It wasn't until the sound died down and Katieeni was standing at Augustus' desk that Augustus looked up and smiled at his knight, but the quill in his hand was still not put down - he first motioned for Katienian to move a chair for their guest, and then smiled: "Excuse me, let me talk to him alone." ”

Katieani hesitated.

Augustus laughed, "It's okay, speaking of which, you may not be able to beat me now." ”

The knight, who had given everything for Alfred, obviously knew better than Rudolph what had happened to his count to the imperial capital, and he no longer hesitated, put his right hand on his left chest, and after making a knightly salute that could not be faulted, he said "I am guarding the door", and slowly withdrew, and closed the door of the study by the way.

Augustus bowed his head again and reviewed the document.

Without glancing at the adventurer from beginning to end, he said succinctly, "Sit." ”

The adventurer, that is, Alpha, sat down, but in the process, because his hands were firmly bound and his feet were also heavily shackled, he inevitably made a noise again.

He leaned back in his chair casually, squinting at the young man behind the desk, his expression was particularly gloomy, and he did not hide his hatred and hideousness.

He obviously had no interest in guessing the real purpose of this young man's 'ungrateful' arrest of him, he had not dealt with the so-called nobles before, and he must have known that instead of wasting time on boring and lengthy psychological games with the nobles, it was far easier to go to drink tea with God, and he asked directly, "Why?"

Augustus, who still didn't look up, ignored him.

Alpha, with narrow eyes and a sinister look, continued: "I took the gold of that beautiful lady and did what she asked me to do, even if this deal is completed, I don't understand why you want to bring me back?"

"Oh, it's good to be a consequentialist adventurer, I like to talk to people like you, simple and easy. ”

Augustus finally looked up, he put the quills back into the inkwell, suddenly frowned, and said, "But I still want you to remember carefully what you did? 20,000 gold coins, all you did was take me away from that manor? If there is no Titan, then I would like to ask, is it that you have done what you should have done by handing over my body to Elizabeth?"

"Of course. ”

It's strange that Alpha the Adventurer is still able to be so unscrupulous, and he really doesn't seem to be afraid of death.

Augustus left his seat, he got up and walked to the desk, his hands were propped up on the desk, he stood in front of Alpha against the table, and said calmly: "But I don't think so, I don't think my corpse is so expensive, to be honest, I think my 20,000 gold is a bit worthless, you may not know me, I have always disliked others to take advantage of me, especially if I don't want to." ”

Alpha sneered, showing his solemn teeth: "It turns out that you want to get your gold back, but unfortunately it's a pity that the gold is not on me, do you want to send someone back to the imperial capital with me to get it?"

Augustus looked at the expression of an idiot: "Of course not, you should know that I am not suitable to go to the imperial capital at the moment, considering your strength, I don't have the right person to go back with you at ease, so I don't plan to ask for gold, but you need to do something for me, at least something worth 20,000 gold." ”

"What if I don't want to?"

Augustus didn't say anything more, but looked at the chains on his hands and the shackles on his feet, as if to remind him of something.

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"I've been on the road for a day, and I've dealt with a lot of things, please forgive me for not having the energy to have too many meaningless conversations with you, I have known you, and I admire your ability, as an outlier who is not accepted by other adventurers, you can not only survive, but also repeatedly escape safely from desperate situations, this ability is what I need the most at the moment, so what I want you to do, is to go back with me, and teach this ability or experience of yours to a few children I have specified, as for the payment, I think I have paid it in advance. ”

Alpha's shackles sounded, and he seemed to be a little agitated, trying to stand up and refuse.

But Augustus didn't give him a chance to refuse, he took a step forward, almost put his face on Alpha's, and he said word by word: "Don't try to reject me, and don't force me to think of those unpleasant things—you must have felt easy when you talked about business with a helpless girl, didn't you? Trust me, you don't want me to remember those things, otherwise there will be more than death waiting for you. ”

They are very close.

Alpha could almost see his shadow in Augustus' eyes, and for a moment, he didn't dare to speak in the face of this young man, even with his hands covered in blood.

Augustus stepped back and continued, "We will probably go back to-morrow or the day after tomorrow, and when we reach the wasteland, I will take off these restraints from you, so that you may fully teach your experience to those children, and if you can do it well, we will be cleared." ”

As if suddenly thinking of something, Alpha's pupils suddenly constricted: "Take off the restraints on me, aren't you worried about me running away, or will your old Swordmaster butler always follow me?"

"Of course not, old Vernon still has his business to do, and as for what you said, I will definitely be worried, after all, there is really no one in my place who can limit you. Augustus said in a tone that was trivial and trivial, "So I'm going to break one of your legs, so I don't have to worry about what you say, oh yes, I have to warn you beforehand, if you do anything else that makes me unpleasant, it's not just about breaking your leg, I'll probably just cut off one of your legs, or the palm of your hand, or your arm, who knows?"

Alpha, who has walked in the darkness all his life and experienced countless darkness, gritted his teeth and said: "No wonder the Inquisition will send a full 4 groups of night watchmen to harvest your head, you are indeed the devil who deserves to be thrown into the dark hell the most." ”

Augustus, who was packing away the cumbersome papers on his desk, turned back to him and smiled: "How do you know if my heart yearns for the darkness of hell?"

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...... (To be continued.) )