The Storm Rises Chapter 147 Bondage
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"The place is not big, and I haven't prepared anything to receive guests, so the hospitality is not good, please forgive me." In the small house on Hongfeng Street, the long table in the living room was a little crowded, and the two groups of people sat on two sides, on one side were Avia and Wang Yu, and on the other side were the people who had just come down from the carriages parked outside Wang Yu's house.
There were only two people on Wang Yu's side, and those family members and guild members crowded the long table that was not as big as the house, and the dozen or so people were also disappointed to sit down, and a few obviously lower status could only stand behind the nobles who used four of Wang Yu's six stools.
There were a few teacups on the table, and in them were some tea made by Evia with hot water made by magic, which was something for the guests to drink.
Wang Yu, an authentic earth Chinese, did not learn much about the etiquette, he drank it once and felt that this game was not right, so he never moved, this time a group of uninvited guests came, and Wang Yu did not think of giving tea to the other side.
The girl was still thoughtful, rummaging through the cabinet and taking out the low-end goods that the gang of people on the opposite side had never drunk since birth to make a look for the other side.
These people who stopped at the door of Wang Yu's house and got down from the carriage were obviously a group of people, Wang Yu just muttered trouble in his heart and walked to the door, and this group of people surrounded him, congratulating Wang Yu while talking and asking Wang Yu if he could disturb him and want to talk to him about something.
Wang Yu was very lazy and annoyed in his heart, but he still knew very well what the urine of these people was, rather than bluntly rejecting them now and constantly harassing him later, it was better to figure out what they were going to do now, so as to avoid some trouble.
To tell the truth, the title insignia on the person at the head is much higher than that of Wang Yu, a nominal nobleman, and the few next to him are considered to be the leaders, and their status is not much different from the leader, if they insist on doing something against them, it will only be bad for Wang Yu.
Stuck a stiff smile on his face, Wang Yu just looked at the other side and waited for the other party to speak, it was impossible to hold back.
Anyway, Wang Yu doesn't know how to deal with people, but he is a knight, and he is still a knight who focuses on his physique, micro-expressions are impossible, and his eyes will always be dead fish eyes that can't see anything.
Wang Yu maintained this stiff expression, and did not speak, but maintained a smile that he knew at first glance that it was pretending to be unnatural at all, and the somewhat silent atmosphere in the room made this scene look extremely weird.
Avia sat next to Wang Yu, holding a magic book in her hand and watching, without raising her head, nor did she have any intention of speaking first or breaking the deadlock, the two groups of people just looked at each other face to face, Wang Yu didn't know if the other side would be embarrassed, anyway, he was not embarrassed at all.
He had already expected the changes that would be brought about by stepping on the stage and entering the field of vision of these "upper class people", but he didn't expect this group of people to come so quickly, to be honest, he didn't even know what these people meant when they greeted him at the door, he had nothing to say, just wait for the other side to say what to do.
The leader of the other party is a gray-haired man who can't tell whether he is a young man or a middle-aged man, he looks quite old but also has no light wrinkles unique to middle-aged people, I don't know if it is well maintained or not old, the level of vindictiveness revealed should be a formal knight, and the coat of arms on his chest is one of the few big noble families in the kingdom.
Among the few people present, Wang Yu relied on his ripple perception to find that the one sitting next to the leader was a big knight, and there was also a big knight hidden among the people standing behind, no wonder he was so unscrupulous, the luxurious lineup of the two big knights, in the case of Wang Cheng, it was basically impossible for anyone to succeed in doing it to them.
Looking at Wang Yu's unhurried and extremely strange expression, the leader of the other party muttered a little in his heart, he didn't know Wang Yu's path very clearly, he felt that Wang Yu was either prepared for their purpose, or he had something to rely on, and he had nothing to fear.
But in fact, Wang Yu really didn't know what they were here for, because they had been busy improving their strength and dealing with some abnormal events that the Night Blade in the city was responsible for recently.
For the aristocratic battle Wang Yu, who didn't care much about it, he was naturally even more careless, and at present, this posture is just a simple matter of waiting for the other party to say his purpose.
"Let me introduce myself first, my name is Krant Hahn, the eldest son of the patriarch of the Hahn family, the future heir of the family, and the leader of the Golden Rain Business Alliance."
"This time, first of all, I would like to congratulate His Excellency Wang Yu for his great contribution to the incident in the academy and become the general team leader of the Night Blade, and once again I apologize for the presumptuous disturbance, here is a gift for the two of you."
The gray-haired man named Krant, with a smile that was much more natural than Wang Yu, took out a delicate wooden box from the hand of a person standing behind him, put it on the table very politely, and pushed it to Wang Yu.
In the end, the other party spoke first, but he still didn't directly explain what his purpose was, but first said why he congratulated Wang Yu, and gave a gift because of "disturbing", and the identity of the other party made Wang Yu feel a little surprised.
The Hahn family, to some extent, is similar to the status of the Ryder family, but the Hahn family is not particularly valued by the royal family because of all the special abilities of the Ryder family, they rely on their own means to reach their current status, and this means is wealth.
The Hahn family's political discourse in the kingdom is not very important, but its influence is also one of the best, for no other reason than the terrifying business layout and wealth accumulation of the Hahn family.
You must know that in today's huge royal city, 30% of the large industries are owned by the Hahn family, the remaining royal family accounts for 15%, and the rest are divided by dozens or hundreds of large and small families.
The strength of the Hahn family in business can be seen, and it is really a little strange that Crane, who is the heir to such a behemoth, personally visited the door, etc., it doesn't seem very strange, after all, he seems to have a very good relationship with the unreliable heir of the Ryder family...
But anyway, this time Crant came to visit in person, which is a relatively rare situation, and Wang Yu is more concerned about what the other party is doing.
As for the title of the general captain of the Night Blade mentioned by the other party, Wang Yu had just learned that it was probably another reward from the royal family for Wang Yu's contribution in this incident.
This position means that Wang Yu can justifiably serve as the leader of each team of the Night Blade at any time and under reasonable circumstances, and command these personnel to carry out actions and tasks at will.
His status has not changed much, and he himself can be mobilized as a member of his special operations team for Operation Night Blade, but it is much more useful.
He now wants to command the general team of the Night Blade, and he no longer needs any approval, the general members must directly follow his orders, and the leaders of each group are also slightly lower than him.
Wang Yu lowered his head and opened the wooden box sent by the other party, and there was a metal plate on a layer of flannel cushion, the size of a palm, which was engraved with extremely complex magic pattern circuits.
"Space bag?" Wang Yu raised his eyebrows, this thing is one of the signature products of the Hahn family, and it has excellent sales in various places, and the price is naturally very high.
The most important thing is because of the process, in most cases this thing is in short supply, and the sincerity of the other party has been laid out when this thing can be given as a gift.
This is a three-dimensional magic pattern array composed of layers of precision magic circuits inside the metal plate die-cast with more than 100 layers of high-quality magic pattern steel sheets, and only this process can complete the easy-to-carry space storage device.
The space magic guide production technology in this world is an extremely rare and advanced technology, Wang Yu has almost never seen it, and he has never heard of a storage ring or something.
"That's right, this is our family's latest improved space pocket this year, which can create a stable space gap for you after injecting magic power, which is about one cubic meter, which is twice the size of the previous space pocket."
With a smile that makes people feel close, Krant introduces this rather sincere gift.
"Thank you." Wang Yu did not push, since the other party is willing to give it, it means that the price is what the other party is willing to pay for this purpose.
"Then let's talk about what we hope to agree with you this time, before that, I would like to take the liberty of asking His Excellency Wang Yu and the Ryder family whether the relationship has reached a cooperation similar to an alliance."
Crant adjusted his body posture and looked at Wang Yu who still maintained his expression very seriously, his tone was solemn and sincere, expressing respect while not giving up his personal demeanor.
"No, I'm only visiting the Ryder family because I'm a colleague with Charles Ryder, and we're good friends."
"Something seems to be wrong with him, so I paid him a visit as a friend, and with their special status, I don't think I need to be an ally to increase their influence."
Wang Yu shook his head and denied his relationship with the Ryder family, it seems that the other party thinks that he has a tendency to form an alliance with the Ryder family because of his visit to the Ryder family this time, so he chooses to confirm and get in touch with him as soon as possible.
"Ah, I was abrupt, is Mr. Charles okay?" Krant got the answer he wanted, and grasped a less important point in Wang Yu's words to make a polite in-depth gesture to conclude, it seems that he also recognizes the Ryder family because of their special abilities and does not use any allies to secure their position.
"It's not bad, but he's probably going to be taught a lesson by Captain Schugo because of his own problems this time." Wang Yu casually responded to this problem of lack of nutrition.
"Ah, I see, Mr. Charles is a very maverick, and it is normal to have his own way of acting." A slightly ridiculous remark ended the topic.
"Yes, in the next few months, the next composition of the royal family will be reconstituted, with the aim of providing better stability and decision-making accuracy during the war, and we at the Golden Rain Business Alliance hope to seize the opportunity to get a place in it."
"So, I hope to form an alliance with you on behalf of our Hahn family, which is the simplest alliance relationship, without any factors that will restrict your freedom, and at the same time, you can also enjoy the special benefits of allies in the shops of all the industries of the Golden Rain Business Alliance."
After confirming that Wang Yu did not form an alliance with the other families, it was natural for him to throw out their needs, and it was clear that the Hahn family, as a force that relied on commercial influence and wealth to create their own power, was no longer satisfied with their lack of political influence.
The change of members of the Senate in order for the royal family to better conduct the war was a great opportunity for the Hahn family to increase their influence in this area, and they naturally did not give up this opportunity to extend their tentacles to more aspects of the kingdom.
The Golden Rain Business Alliance, the alliance created by the Hahn family in order to successfully obtain a seat in the Senate is the organization they want Wang Yu to join, and the family crests of several of the members that Wang Yu saw represented nobles of high status, and it seems that there are not a few people who are willing to board the warship of the Hahn family.
"In fact, even if I make an alliance with you, I can only represent me personally, and a weak person with only a nominal noble title should not play a role in your competition for a seat in the Senate."
Wang Yu did not directly give the option of refusing or agreeing, if he reached an alliance with the Hahn family, he would invisibly pull the Night Blade, an organization that was outside the major forces and had strong influence but did not participate in this kind of competition, to the side of the Hahn family.
This will bring a lot of trouble to the Night Blade, and at the same time, it is difficult for Zig and the professor and even Father Fang to explain, as long as he makes this decision to agree, it will inevitably have a lot of impact on the Night Blade as a whole.
And Wang Yu didn't think that the Hahn family would make it so easy for Wang Yu to make such a choice that obviously had great drawbacks, although Wang Yu was indeed the most suitable target for wooing at the moment.
Xiu Ge and Ziggy themselves are too high, there is almost no possibility of being moved, Charles and Edward, as members of the special operations team, the forces behind them are all behemoths, only Wang Yu, alone, has a certain status, but the strength is not strong, and there is no background to speak of, they are unique targets.
"Please also Mr. Wang Yu don't be presumptuous, the deeds you have done in the royal city in this year are enough to show your ability, your status has only taken such a short time from scratch, in fact, your personal influence is probably still above your imagination"
Crant seriously denied Wang Yu's judgment of himself, and affirmed Wang Yu's influence.
"We also know that it will be difficult to get the Night's Edge on our side, so we will clearly make a division between you and the Night's Blade as a whole, and make it clear that you are personally allied with us, and not involve the entire organization of the Night's Blade, but as for what the others think, then we can't control it, right?"
There was a smile in Crane's old words, and the sly look in his eyes was undisguised.
His meaning was obvious, if Wang Yu agreed to form an alliance with him, he would make a division between Wang Yu's identity and the Night Blade as a whole.
It is clear that it is not the Night Blade, an organization that has never been involved in politics, that has entered the party, but Wang Yu himself has expressed his support for the Hahn family to join the Senate in the name of Wang Yu.
But just like Wang Yu's visit to Shire, it is considered to be an alliance with the Ryder family, even if this division is made, Wang Yu, a member with a lot of status within the Night Blade, has expressed his alliance with the Hahn family during this time period, and the other families' views on Wang Yu's joining will undoubtedly produce the illusion that the "Night Blade" is on the side of the Hahn family.
This is a small concession, divided, but the essence of the intention has not changed, and the impact on Wang Yu has only been slightly reduced.
"What do you think I'll choose?" Wang Yu did not answer, but threw the question to Crane.
Although the influence has become smaller, it can also have certain benefits to really form an alliance with the Hahn family, so that there will be no other families in the future, or fewer families will come to Wang Yu to form an alliance in the future, but it is still a choice that is not beneficial.
"I think that if Mr. Wang Yu can form an alliance with me, it will definitely bring us great help, and it is really a bit unreasonable to say that we do not take some actions to show our sincerity.
"That's right, although it's a bit rude, but I have learned a little about you and your special good companion, Lady Evia, so I learned some injustices that happened to the two of you, and we made a special contact with the family that made this matter, and took some things at a small price, you can take a look."
With that, Crant pushed the second item onto the table. It was a title deed, and it came with something like that.
Wang Yu glanced at it, and the flame of surprise in his heart did beat at this moment, even if his face did not change, but this thing did have a different meaning for Wang Yu and Avia.
Gently patted Avia's shoulder next to her and motioned for the girl to look at the things on the table, the girl raised her head and looked at the things on the table, her pupils unconsciously dilated and trembled slightly.
The thing on the table was a title deed, a title deed of a castle in the province of Misal with a fief, which was also the fief of Avia's father, Viscount Dimas, and the certificate next to the castle title deed meant that the person who obtained the title deed was also equivalent to obtaining the same status as Viscount Dimas.
"Compared to Wangcheng, the land price in Misal Province is much cheaper, and it doesn't cost us too much to get these things, if we can get His Excellency Wang Yu as an ally, we will really make a lot of money."
Crane's words carried an obvious meaning of exalting Wang Yu, saying that these things are not so valuable, but in fact, even if it is a land outside the royal city, the status of a viscount plus a castle and a fief, this is also a very terrifying amount of money, and it will not be worth so much money if Wang Yu is sold.
At this moment, Crane Hahn obviously wanted to use this as a reward to make Wang Yu make the decision to form an alliance with the Hahn family, he himself knew how much money it was, so he also had the confidence that Wang Yu would agree, in the end, it was just an alliance decision, just...
To tell the truth, Wang Yu was tempted, this reward is already a sky-high price, Misar Province is a relatively rich place, the economy is developed, and all kinds of extraordinary resources are also abundant, and the money that can be produced in the future of this territory is probably still above the price of the title deed itself.
And it is very important that this is the castle that the girl has always wanted to redeem, it is not only a property, but also a place for the girl's memories.
Once the girl lay on the grass in front of the hut in the forest and told Wang Yu about her ideals, one of which was to make a lot of money and redeem the castle, Wang Yu always remembered.
That was an astronomical amount, and Wang Yu didn't think it would be realized in the short term, but now, this opportunity was in front of him, and it seemed that this condition for an alliance was not so difficult to accept.
With the relationship between Wang Yu and Qi Ge and Xiu Geyin, it is clear that the two will definitely not have any opinions on him, and if they make a statement of separation, it will not have much impact on the Night Blade.
And in the future, he can also take advantage of the affairs of the Hahn family in turn to avoid some other families coming to him to form an alliance or pressure him with power, so choose to agree? After all, the value and significance of this remuneration is already large enough.
The smile in Krant's eyes grew, his own purpose was to exchange money for enough support, which was not a small amount of money, if he could...
"I think..." Wang Yu opened his mouth, and since he was going to agree, he no longer hesitated.
"I'm sorry, I refuse, I don't think it's an unfair price, my grandfather took these things away from my mother at a sufficient price, my mother is doing well now, and I think her choice should be respected."
The clear words interrupted Wang Yu's reply, Wang Yu didn't deliberately hide his slightly surprised face, turned his face to Avia's side, and got the girl's wink with a smile, smashed her mouth, Wang Yu didn't say anything, and turned back.
"Well, I think I should respect my companion's choice, as she said, there is actually no unfair treatment in it, just some normal exchange between nobles, and we all agree with this result."
Wang Yu opened his eyes and said nonsense, following the girl's statement, attributing the dirtiness to an ordinary transaction, the sincerity in his eyes was very similar to the real ...
"So please allow me not to reply to the matter of the alliance for the time being, please give me some time, and then I will contact the Hahn family, but before that I promise not to form an alliance with other families." Wang Yu looked into Crane's eyes and gave a refusal in euphemistic words.
"Okay, it seems that the two of you have their own thoughts, it's good, I'll wait for Mr. Wang Yu's reply, of course, we will have new thanks ready later."
Crant's confident reward did not get the desired results, and no matter how deep the city government was, he couldn't hold it back, and his words became a little rushed, but he still relied on his own "cultivation" to suppress these words.
Without too much entanglement, he also understood that speed is not enough, since Wang Yu had agreed not to form an alliance with other families before this, it could be regarded as a certain guarantee, and then we would see if we could use other costs to get Wang Yu, an ally who represented the Blade of the Night in a sense.
"Then we'll take our leave, and look forward to your reply." Saying goodbye to Wang Yu and Avia very politely, a group of people from the Golden Rain Business Alliance left Wang Yu's hut.
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"Why refuse? That's actually a good pay, you know the professors and captains, and they'll understand, and that's not what you've always wanted, isn't that? ”
Wang Yu turned around, his sitting posture was much more casual, and there was no need to keep a straight face when others left, and asked the quiet Avia with some doubts.
"Wang Yu, although this is just a statement, you have also been labeled as an alliance of the Hahn family, no matter what you do, you have to think about whether it will go against the interests of the Hahn family."
"Although this may seem like a very broad concept, in the royal city, it will be affected in many ways because of the Hahn family's wide reach, I know you don't like that, right?"
Avia leaned her chair towards Wang Yu, put her shoulders together with Wang Yu's, and said in a soft but serious tone.
"I don't think it's anything, when I get on stage, it's inevitable, although I hate these things that I don't have, but this in itself can't be done, and besides, I can fulfill this ideal of yours I think, it's not bad, is it?"
"It's not." Avia shook her head.
"Ugh." Wang Yu scratched his head, I don't know how to say it.
"Wang Yu, I have been thinking about it in the days that followed, what do I really miss about that castle? Are those good memories of the past, that time I replied that you were those experiences and people and things that I remember deeply and unforgettable, but I seem to have got a real answer after traveling with you. ”
"I want something that I never want to lose, something that is truly precious right now."
"Mother is doing very well, I often write to me about the trivial things in the manor, although life in the royal city is a bit chaotic, but it is satisfying enough, I can often see Uncle Garcia, Wendy is very welcoming, those colleagues of yours are unreliable but quite interesting, I learned a lot from the academy, and I got to know the "god" Lady Daknis you said. ”
"Wait, these are things to remember, and of course, you are with me, which is the most important thing! So, that's enough. ”
The girl lifted her body slightly, leaned her head on Wang Yu's chest, feeling the solid touch and the powerful heartbeat accompanied by the heat, Avia's face with a faint smile, closed her eyes with peace of mind, yes, this is her real ideal...
Wang Yu scratched his head again, and after thinking about it, he still didn't know what to say, but the irritability in his heart because of these troublesome things after he appeared on the stage unconsciously dissipated a lot.
Gently rubbing his hand on the girl's smooth blonde hair, Wang Yu said very seriously, "Thank you..."
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"Mr. Crane, have you put too much thought into this Wang Yu, who doesn't have much value in nature, the value of that title deed and title is enough to win over a medium-sized family or multiple big knights, with his strength is not worth the price?"
"Moreover, the major families are not stupid, even if he makes an alliance statement, he can borrow the influence of the Night Blade is not much, is it really worth it."
In the carriage, one of the three members who had been sitting next to Crane voiced his doubts.
"You wouldn't say that if you'd seen his growth trajectory, his potential seems to me to be almost equal to the support of the Night's Blade."
"Without any background, he was valued by Fang Stuart, and the strength of the trainee knight entered the royal city, and he reached the official knight in less than a year, and he was seen in the lesser-known blessed vampire incident, and the dark dome in the hell gate incident was also related to him."
"And this incident, the layout of the extremely heavyweight strange thing of the "Silent Forest" was broken by him alone, and he was able to do so many amazing deeds and reach his current status in a very short period of time, which is enough to explain the problem, although his strength is still insufficient now, but the future, it is completely uncertain. ”
Crant's tone was profound, and after answering, he seemed to think of something, and asked another question.
"Who do you think his experience is a bit like that?"
"Well, Commander of the Praetorian Guard, Ulle," he muttered, and the man who was questioned came to this conclusion with a slight surprise in his words.
"But Uller is too good and rebellious, and he has completely escaped the control of the force that supported him in the first place, and Wang Yu, a foreigner, seems to be the same this time."
"When I hear you say that, I also think that what he has done is a little too good, and if he becomes the second Ulle, it doesn't seem like a good thing for us."
With some hesitation, the man threw out another question that he had raised.
"That's right, that's exactly the case, the reason why Uller can be like this is because behind him is the Grand Duke of the Northland, and he is not restrained, all I have to do is to put a little shackle on Wang Yu."
"Whether it is what he has in the royal city, or that companion of his, these will become the things that bind him, and when he is bound by these things, he will not be a second Ul, but only a help to us."
Crane's eyes flashed with a flame full of ambition, and the family's ambition would one day be realized in his hands.
"But the Night's Blade..."
"Don't worry, you have to remember that the Night's Blade is not the same as the family, they are made up of individuals, they do not have the same goal as everyone in the family, they are not fundamentally different from the mercenaries and the soldiers of the army."
"No one can make the entire Night's Edge work together because of him, Fang Stuart can't do it, Sieg Wilsbach can't do it, Siegin Smock can't do it, and he Wang Yu can't do it."
"Ming... Got it..."
The coldness in Crane's words made the people around him feel a heartfelt chill.