As it turns out, people with excessive curiosity tend to have poor concentrations, and when she gets home, Marlena quickly forgets her doubts and turns to other things.

At this moment, she is very honestly huddled in the sofa in the living room, watching the door of her house open and close, and people come in and leave.

"It's been a lively day." She muttered, feeling something strange.

Most of the time, my father talks about business either in a high-end place outside, or at a luxurious banquet somewhere, and rarely brings his business partners to his home, but today, there are a lot of people coming and going, and she can't sleep when she wants to sleep quietly for a while.

"Bang-"

The door opened again, and this time someone came in who was more familiar to Marlena.

His name is Hamis, and he is an old friend of his father's, and he seems to prefer the lively Marlena to the well-behaved Marika.

Faced with such an acquaintance, Marlena finally had a chance to find out.

"Uncle Hamis."

The middle-aged man known as Khamis found Marlena's figure at this time, so he pulled a kind smile familiarly: "What's wrong Marlena, has your pocket money been deducted again?" ”

"Oh, no, no, no." Marlena waved her hand again and again, and asked curiously, "It's so lively at home today, is something wrong?" ”

"Well," said Hamis, after a moment's pause, "it's a bit of a thing, but it has nothing to do with you. ”

"Hey, hey, I'm almost an adult, can you stop treating me like a child." Marlena feigned anger and looked away, "If you don't say it, don't say it, hmph, who is rare." ”

“.”

Khamis clutched his head helplessly.

Such a "radical method" girl has been staged on him countless times, but Khamis really loves this junior, and he can be tricked many times.

It's the same this time.

"Okay, okay, I'll tell you." Sighing again, Khamis said, "Recently, the south and east sides of the Rhine have been a little uneasy, and your father thinks he can make a fortune here, so he is making arrangements for them."

"Them?" Malena keenly caught the peculiar words in Hamis's words, "Didn't he arrange something for you?" ”

"Yes, it's just not the same as them." "Your father wants me to find a way to get him an invitation." ”

"Invitations?"

"Yes, an invitation to a banquet." "There's been a special gathering of businessmen lately, and your father wants to get involved," Khamis said. ”

When she heard the word "party", Marlena immediately turned over her memories that had not completely faded.

She immediately realized that it must have something to do with the kid named Lynn.

Pursing her lips, she pretended to be curious and asked, "What kind of banquet, he still has to go so troublesomely, if he wants to participate, even if it is an invitation from a great nobleman, he can get it, right?" Why do I think you seem to be struggling? ”

“.” Khamis stroked his beard awkwardly and said, "That's right, with your father's ability, although most nobles don't know anything in private, but on the surface, they will definitely sell him face, but this time, it's different." ”

"The host of this banquet is very special, he is a great nobleman among the great nobles."

"Who?"

"Christine."

"Christine?!"

Marlena is not a girl in the middle of a boudoir who doesn't hear anything outside the window, and it is impossible for her not to know about this famous surname.

She exclaimed to be sure, "Is that the Christine I was thinking?" ”

Khamis nodded, "That's right, it's the Duke Christine." ”

"No wonder, no wonder even my father wants to ask for an invitation."

Although Tallikos is the richest merchant in the kingdom, and he has enough money to buy many people to smile for him, but the purchasing power of money has a ceiling, and when it reaches a certain level, money is not so useful.

The powerful and powerful, the officials and businessmen.

The power is in front of the nobles, and the officials are in business.

And Christine, who undoubtedly belongs to the top elite, belongs to the level where no matter how rich she is, she can't buy their smiling faces.

"No wonder you dare to do the abduction of the princess, it turns out that she is not a simple person"

"What?" Khamis didn't hear Marlena's whispered murmur clearly, and asked suspiciously.

"Nothing." Marlena shook her head and put on a playful face again, "Okay, okay, I'm fine, Uncle Hamis, go get busy!" Come on! I'm going somewhere else! ”

“.”

Looking at Malena's out-of-the-box appearance, Khamis shook his head and said helplessly: "I just said that I am an adult person, and now I still think about playing every day. Marlena, if you have more free time, I hope you can help your father more. ”

His face suddenly became much more serious: "You have been much smarter than Marika and Marne since you were a child, and now that Marika has changed her surname, Marne doesn't mention it, if you don't want your father's hard work to end up wasting in the hands of others, you should learn more from your father."

At this point, Khamis suddenly stopped.

Because he knew that these words were completely useless to Marlena.

In the past, he had persuaded Marlena countless times to learn more, but this child's ambition was not on this. In other words, none of the children of Tallinnkos' generation have inherited their father's ambitions.

Marlena doesn't like it, Marika is not good at it, and their brother Marn he likes it, but he is a guy who doesn't fight and can't do anything except be a gift boy for others.

Among these children, Khamis is obviously the most optimistic about Marlena, but unfortunately, his persuasion has never succeeded.

"Okay!"

"It's good again, I know."

Khamis was about to shake his head, but suddenly realized that the girl's tone this time did not seem to be as perfunctory as usual.

He looked up in a daze, but saw that the girl had run happily upstairs.

"Huh? Could it be that you have finally opened your mind? ”

"Bang

Hearing a knock on the door, the merchant shouted without raising his head, and with a creak, crisp footsteps came from outside the door.

The merchant's pen paused, for the rhythm of the footsteps was not unfamiliar to him, but rather familiar.

Raising his head, he looked at his daughter strangely: "Marlena, what are you doing here?" Short of money again? I wasn't the only one last time."

"Stop, stop." Marlena hurriedly interrupted her father's words and shouted, "Why do you see me and ask for money when you first react to you, and I'm not a man, so I won't be cheated out of empty wallets!" ”

"You really won't be deceived, you'll just throw coins when you're happy." The merchant casually knocked her and brought the topic back, "So, what are you coming to me for?" ”

Marlena didn't speak for the first time, she looked around, as if attracted by the luxury of the room.

This study can undoubtedly be described as luxurious, the air inside is a sip of the best aromatherapy of the average person's salary for a year, the furniture is a full set of top craftsmen individually customized, the walls are hung with legendary paintings, and the large floor-to-ceiling windows behind the chairs overlook the entire manor garden.

Of course, for Marlena, the lavish room was certainly not the main attraction to her.

She was thinking about how she was going to organize the language to tell her father that she could help him connect with the possible host of the banquet.

"Bang

The merchant tapped his fingertips on the table, trying to wake up the pensive girl in this way.

He did it.

"Ahem." Marlena coughed dryly twice and said in some obscurity, "Well, I can help you." ”

"Help me?" The merchant was obviously surprised, "What can you help me with?" If you don't make trouble, that's the biggest help to me. ”

"Hush." Suddenly, a little flame began to rise in Marlena's heart.

Even though the relationship between father and daughter has eased a little now, the long-term-for-tat still makes the two of them feel a little uncomfortable looking at each other.

Obviously, they all know that this is not good, and they all try to change, but they can't eliminate it.

People are always like this, they like to save the worst for those closest to them.

Taking a deep breath and suppressing the inexplicable anger in her heart, Marlena said, "Don't you want an invitation to that banquet, I can get it for you!" ”

Her voice was a bit loud, but relying on the unique crispness of the Genki Girl, it was not harsh or deafening enough, but the merchant was still suppressed by the shout.

The businessman's first reaction was that Marlena was finally willing to go to the banquet of the upper class and get involved in the social circle.

But he immediately rejected the idea.

Impossible, absolutely impossible.

As the saying goes, the person who knows a person best is the enemy of this person, and Mr. Tarlinkos has quarreled with his daughter for so many years, can he still know what kind of character she is?

Let her, who is not at peace for a moment, interact with those eldest ladies who are graceful and luxurious, but have no aura and stereotyped behavior, most of them are more uncomfortable than killing her.

Breathing a sigh of relief, the merchant asked, "Where did you hear about this?" ”

"Uncle Khamis told me." Marlena said.

"No, I mean how do you know, you can get it."

Marlena hesitated for a moment, not knowing whether to tell the other party that she wanted to invite him but had no channels, and for a brief moment when her words froze, the merchant waved his hand.

"Forget it, no matter where you know it from, in short, this matter has nothing to do with you, you go and play yours yourself, don't get involved."

“.”

Hearing this, Marlena's anger that she had finally suppressed came up.

Adults are always like this, hoping that children will grow up, but at the same time feeling that children are still children and should not be involved in adult things.

As everyone knows, this kind of discourse is a great insult to a girl who is in adolescence and has reached the peak of her self-esteem.

"Look at it."

Marlena didn't want to explain, and turned to leave the room.

She has never been good at verbal disputes, and her best answer is proved by action.

She wants to throw the invitation directly in his face when the time comes!

As for the faux pas?

I'm sorry, but I'm Kelina by nature and don't know what etiquette is!

Then again

"How do I find him?"

At this moment, Marlena suddenly wanted to turn around and admit her mistake.

Back home, Lynn gets some new news about the outside world.

"You say. Restless again? ”

"Yes." Number Two whispered, "Originally, under your plan, the forces that were ready to move have been divided up a lot, but after we left, they confirmed that they had a chance to regain momentum, and they became restless again. ”

"Huh." Lynn laughed, "So this time, who will deal with it?" ”

"Knights."

"Knights? Are they still good at this? ”

"If 'this' refers to the method you use, they're certainly not good at it, but. Killing people is not a difficult task. ”

"Tsk." Lynn's face turned strange, "They don't care about the opinions of the nobles anymore?" ”

"So the Knights didn't do it right away."

"Waiting for them to jump out on their own?" Lynn narrowed her eyes, "As long as they do rebel, even the nobles can't be on the side of the rebels - it's against their philosophy." ”

"But then again, the royal family has no control over the situation? I thought they would have to at least have something to do with it. ”

"This"

No. 2 wanted to say that there was definitely a backhand, but unfortunately, the people who executed these backhands were gone.

"Forget it." Waving his hand, Lynn said, "Keep an eye on, and if it's appropriate, you can add fuel to the fire." ”

If the kingdom is in turmoil, then the others will not be able to spare their hands to deal with them, and they will be able to buy time for Blazer, who is the weakest at the moment, to breathe.

Rather than being safe, Lynn must hope that everyone will not be busy, so that those who are hiding in the shadows can get through this dangerous period safely.

Hearing Lynn's order, Number Two nodded and disappeared into the shadows, leaving Lynn alone in the room, looking out the window, thinking carefully about how he could turn this storm upside down.

After a while, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"I'll have to start with Christine."

Corina didn't know that her last name was being remembered, and she was busy arranging the banquet.

Although everyone knows that this banquet is led by Christine behind the scenes, on the surface, she will never use her last name.

For Christine, it's an "insult".

So, she arranged the banquet under the guise of one of Christine's supporters, a Viscount.

The venue of the banquet was not chosen at the Catalena Hotel, but a small but high-grade special banquet hall, which was mainly low-key.

After making sure that everything was in order, Marlena looked through the list of guests.

There are not many people on this list, but they all belong to famous businessmen, and unfortunately, the richest ones are not on it.

This is also normal.

Although Tallinkos is powerful, he is a merchant after all, and where a merchant can stay, he can only touch some small nobles at most, and these small nobles, Kolina can't reach any of them, so naturally he can't pass the invitation.

I can't help it, I can't stand too high and bend down.

And what if you let other merchants pass it on?

The grade is too low to be suitable.

"It's really hard. Fortunately, that guy didn't know how to cheat someone's daughter, and I just had to hand it over to her. What a bastard. ”

Marlena poked and cursed Lynn in her heart, shook her head, and wrote Tallinnkos's last name on the new invitation.

When she stopped writing, she was suddenly stunned.

"By the way, how am I going to get it to her?"