When Simon appeared in front of everyone with his assistant, all of the people present except Collins had a somewhat subtle look in their eyes.

Heine changed his appearance - his shaggy blonde hair was painted black and a pair of glasses were put on.

But she was still recognized by Siara at a glance.

As for Megumi and Toto......

Megumi: "I'll go, the medieval version of Amamiya Ren?" Not right, Potter? I mean Harry Potter. ”

Duoduo: "Well, it's all called Potter anyway, so it doesn't make a difference." Anyway, this disguise must have been a spoof by those guys, right? ”

Megumii: "I can't think of any other explanation than that......"

I really let them guess correctly.

Heine said with mixed feelings.

This disguise was proposed by Teacher Xia, after all, it is a necessary skill for wanderers.

It seems that their world also has Atlas, and it also has Harry Potter.

When I thought of this guy, I was both socially phobic and autistic, and now there is a reason, and daring is two-dimensional.

In addition to those who already knew Heine, Ian and Renee also noticed something unusual.

The former was because he had already learned about the situation in the mountains of McCala from Simon, and knew that Simon had no assistant at all.

The latter is because Heine bound Querkus.

As an elf, she was keenly aware of Heine's strange affinity.

If translated in game terms, it is the result of Heine's excessive popularity in the natural camp.

But although they were aware of it, they did not show it.

At the same time, in order to seek stability, Heine did not even use spiritism in front of Collins to ask Megumi and Duoduo about the specific situation.

After all, this is a fifth-level mage, and he is also the second and fifth boy that Sanatos planted in Velitas.

Heine was stunned for a moment when he first heard this name - this was the ruthless person Megumi mentioned when she first crossed over, or the culprit who caused her to cross, so he always remembered it deeply.

…

"Simon, huh?"

Collins frowned slightly:

"What are you here to do? And how do you know we're here? ”

None of the people in the Research Department liked the Trade Ministry, despite the fact that the latter brought a steady stream of wealth to the House of Truth.

After all, at the beginning of the establishment of the Truth Academy, the trade department was just a retail department for some apprentices who could not achieve academic results to assist the mages in handling experimental products.

Megumi explained for him, "I told him. Two months ago, I commissioned the Lion King's Trade House to help me recruit some dwarven totems using their former trade network in the southern mountains, and Master Hodr was the biggest takeaway from this trip. ”

"Oh?"

Collins couldn't help but be moved, and looked at Simon with a little surprise:

"I'm curious, how did you convince Ian?"

"I just sent a symbolic invitation, but I didn't expect Master Hodell to readily agree." Simon smiled, "He's the most responsible dwarf I've ever met, and he cares about the future of this world, even if it's not far behind the professors of Velitas. ”

Ian didn't bother to explain, and Collins didn't ask much, so he smiled and revealed.

"So what are you here to do? And why are you staying in McCalalla? He asked.

Hearing this, Simon showed a helpless look:

"As Mr. Naga said, I was astonished to find that the journey back was so long and difficult, and after careful consideration, I returned to Maikala for the time being, and I did not expect it to be surprisingly safe, as if it were completely unaffected by the disaster...... Then I remembered that you were going to get rid of the blight marks in the near future, so I gathered some information and came up with a help. ”

Collins understood what he was saying.

In order to reduce costs, the people in the trade department treated him as a one-time prop, and threw him out to do the commission and didn't care about it anymore.

After all, it's just an ordinary human being, and the security to be equipped is too expensive, especially at the moment of tension.

This is normal, after all, the one who is the most tormented by the Void Disaster is the Ministry of Trade.

They seem to have been paralyzed along with the magic web, and now they are busy laying off employees.

Even Simon was rubbing their tailwind airship when he left Villitas, and it seemed that he was going to rub the car back.

Thinking of this, Collins dispelled his concerns and nodded:

"Take your assistant for a routine check-up, and someone will assign you a room. Rest assured, the research department respects everyone's life and will not do anything inferior to Warcraft. ”

He also did not forget to tease the Ministry of Trade.

Simon was relieved: "Thank you for your generosity. ”

Then he left with Heine.

Duoduo: "Why did he leave without saying a word, did he talk to you privately?" ”

Megumii: "No, he should be worried about Collins, and a fifth-level mage may be aware of the fluctuations in spiritism." ”

Duoduo: "Oh yes, so cautious." ”

Megumii: "It's time to get out, you used to be Simon's person in the setting, and it's time to go to him to show off, and by the way, reveal some background information to that Erwuzai." ”

Duoduo: "Okay, I'm going to humiliate poor Simon, I hope he can understand~"

…

Watching "Red" leave without saying a word, Collins wondered:

"What's going on?"

Megumi explains: "Simon used to be a moneylender at McCalla, and he and Red already knew each other, and they didn't have a good relationship. ”

"That's ...... so"

Collins was perfunctory, but in his heart he remembered the information he had read.

Naga, Red, Simon, the three arrived in Veritas in the same airship before the Void Cataclysm, and then separated.

In addition to Simon, the first two have been in the limelight at Vellitas lately.

One became a staff member of the Nice servant, and the other helped the rich dwarven enter politics as a slave.

However, the information before they came here was unknown.

When the people from the Mystic Department tried to investigate, they found out that all the information about the couple had been written in Naga's debriefing report.

It's a pity that the report was directly swallowed up by the Void that erupted later.

As a result, everything had to be scraped back together.

"I've got something to do with you."

Collins departed with a haunted heart, leaving behind another group of people with different minds.

…

On the other side, Heine followed Simon as he walked around and looked around.

Before entering, he only saw a huge tent in the open space, covering an area of at least a few dozen square meters.

But when he came in, he found that it was far more spacious than he had imagined, like a small castle.

He was now walking in the long hallway with Simon, with a gray-robed mage apprentice leading the way.

The doors on both sides of the hallway only appear when two people pass by, and other times they look like a smooth wall.

"This is the largest model of magic tent." Simon explained in a low voice, "And it's civilian. ”

Heine: "This should be expensive, right?" ”

The apprentice in front couldn't help but sneer.

Simon pressed his shoulder and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

The mage shook off Simon's hand and sneered, "What's wrong with laughing?" It's been a long time since I've heard such an authentic hillbilly joke. ”

He looked at Heine, looked him up and down, and said, "I left the mountains of Maikala twelve years ago, and seeing that you are still young, I would like to give you a word of advice - don't follow this kind of person, there is no future." The head of the trade department is too busy to take care of himself, what's the use of you following a small shrimp that has been thrown away? ”

Heine wondered, "You're from McCalla, too?" ”

"Yes, I used to live in Ebony Town, and thanks to this moneylender, I had the opportunity to sell my family's property, and in the end I even had to sell myself."

The apprentice looked at Simon with a vengeful pleasure in his eyes: "Who would have thought that this kind of person is not as good as me now." ”

Simon stared at this face and thought hard, but he couldn't find this person in his memory, and most of it was forgotten by him.

He sighed pretending to be unlucky, intending to endure it.

At this time, Duoduo's voice came from behind.

"How did you lead the way? Why are the guests still here? ”

When the apprentice saw that it was Red, he nodded and smiled.

"What you're saying is that I'll take them away."

"Let's go to the disinfection room, I'll do it."

Red walked over with his stubby legs and toes, and waved his hand at the mage.

"Get out of here."

"Yes, yes, I'll get out!"

By this time, Heine had already hooked up with Toto.

"Who is this?" Heine asked.

Duoduo: "That's Collins' apprentice - in fact, there are no previous mage apprentices in the academy for a long time, they are all students. This old contract apprenticeship is another kind of 'slave', with a contract of 99 years, and almost no one ends their apprenticeship alive. ”

Heine suddenly understood what the phrase "sell yourself" meant.

Duoduo: "Oh yes, my background is set to have a grudge against Simon, I'm going to humiliate him, don't worry." There's a mage's eye in the hallway, and our every word and action will be seen by Collins, so be careful. ”

Heine: "Okay, you fire." ”

Poor Simon thought that Red was here to clear himself, and was about to thank him, when he was insulted by a straight ball.

"I told him to get out of here because these words must be said by me, you Ministry of Trade shit!"

Simon was taken aback: "? ”

Duoduo: "*Konu foul-mouthed*, follow me, redneck." ”

He walked in front of him with his hands behind his back to lead the way, and when he took two steps, he showed his dissatisfaction with the Eagle Rank Mountain incident in his words, saying something similar to "Thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi".

Simon was scolded at first, but gradually realized something, so he deliberately kept silent, like a frustrated middle-aged man who collapsed.

…

In an alchemy room, a crystal ball placed on a metal stand shows the image of the three of them walking towards the sterilization room, and the conversation rings directly in Collins's ears.

"What a cautious guy."

Collins snorted coldly.

Duoduo deliberately said very vaguely, hiding many details, leaving only the part that could not be omitted for emotional output.

If you want to scold and relieve hatred, it is not enough to swear and swear, objective facts are the real harm.

So she tried her best to be both angry and restrained, and tried to fit her low-key and forbearant personality.

With these, combined with the information in his hand, Collins has already outlined the origin of the other party-

As the mayor of Rock, Red's father, Frey, has been using the money from the sale of timber to pave the way for his son.

And among the people in Eagle Wings who received this money was Basque.

"No wonder he had something to do with the Basque, the dwarf left him out of fear......"

Collins muttered.

The Four-Power Pact only bound anyone other than McAllalla, so no matter how Frey died, he did not violate the law of Villitas.

But the fact that the Basque Country dared to accept money to resettle the Konoo is a political stain.

But instead of recording it in his journal, Collins tore the page out and burned it.

He was happy to see the Basque come to parliament and compete for power on behalf of the dwarves and the Villitas.

As for this kind of stain on the other party, as long as he writes it down.

With that, he took a deep breath, laid out three barriers in a row, and then took out the mirror.

Finally in Maikala, it's time to get down to business.

(End of chapter)