Section 5: Invitations
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Rorel nodded and smiled, "I have some things...... I want to ask you for help. But let's talk about it first. β
Lance bowed slightly, and his eyes fell on Ellie.
If it was Lorel looking for him, he wouldn't particularly care, after all, the relationship between the two was not bad. When the Brotherhood in Red Robe wanted to trouble him before, the red-haired girl stood up for him. Lance had a pretty good impression of her.
As for Ellie, Lance was a little strange.
The relationship between the two is very complicated, whether it is good or not, it is not bad - at least after returning to the Scarlet Castle, Ellie Jie did not publicize the news that Lance was the hooded man, but instead kept it a secret for him, such an attitude made Lance really a little unpredictable.
Ellie smiled slightly and said to Rorel, "Thank you." β
Then she winked at Lance, and the two of them took a few steps to the other side, some distance from Lorel.
Ellijie didn't speak directly, but took out a small gem from her arms, spread it flat in the palm of her hand, and then said: "This is a silencing gem, and the conversation between us will not be heard by others." β
Lance looked at her playfully, and couldn't help but say, "Ellie, I thought that when you returned to the castle, you would pretend that you didn't know me." β
Ellie said calmly, "Of course I want to do this. While I'm not interested in revealing your identity, I don't want to be in the company of a cold-blooded creature like you. β
Lance coughed, and then asked, "I'm a cold-blooded animal, so what is the Red Robe Brotherhood?" That guy named Zink seems to have a good relationship with you. β
Ellie snorted coldly, "The Red Robe Brotherhood will not kill its own people. β
"It seems that you have always been obsessed with that incident. Lance spread his hands helplessly: "I can only say that we have different definitions of [our own people]. I may be more hateful to you than the Red Brotherhood, but you have to admit that it was my only choice. If I don't shoot, our hot air balloon will be shot down by Sak. β
"I'm not here today to argue with you about this. Instead of responding to Lance directly, Alys changed the subject and said, "I need your help." β
Lance smiled: "Look, it's a fascinating ambivalence to hate cold-blooded animals, but not to work with cold-blooded animals. No wonder Zac and that Zink like you so much. β
Lance's words didn't annoy Ellie, who still grimaced and said, "Trust me, I won't come to you if there's someone else." β
Lance raised an eyebrow and motioned for her to continue.
"I need you to do something for me. When it is done, I will pay you two hundred magic stones. Ellijie said calmly, "I will pay you a quarter of the deposit first." β
"What's the matter?" Lance was a little curious, offering such a reward must be a lot of wealth for Ellie.
"A month later, the Red Robe Brotherhood has a covert operation. I'm very interested in what they're doing. Alyselle hesitated, but said, "Although Zink has promised me to join the team of that secret operation, all this is far from enough for me. β
"You want to snatch that target from them?" Lance's mind raced, and he immediately understood Ellie's intentions.
"Almost. I'll take a more modest approach, though, and I'm not going to let them know who stole what they have in their pocketsβand I've made a good plan for that. Before Ellije's words were finished, Lance already understood:
"It's a pity that you can't do it alone, so you need a close and capable ally. That person, it seems to be me at the moment?"
Ellie nodded, "That's pretty much it." If you say yes, I can give you the deposit right now. β
"There's no rush. I learned what the goal of the road is to make your heart flutter. Lance asked.
Ellie was silent. She bit her lip and said, "It doesn't matter...... You just have to do what I planned. β
Lance shook his head, "That's not right, maybe you're worried that I'll be interested in your mission objectives?"
"That's certainly one of the reasons. Ellie looked at Lance and suddenly smiled, "But I'm not really worried about that. I chose you because I know your secretsβif you don't follow my plan, but do something more out of the ordinaryβyou know the consequences. β
"Are you threatening me?" said Lance's eyes.
Ellie took a half step back and chuckled, "No, no, no...... I didn't mean to threaten you. We don't have a good relationship, but I'm not interested in exposing you. Otherwise, you'd have been put on the must-kill list by now by countless high-level apprentices, aren't you? I just hope that this incident will increase our trust in each other's sincere cooperation. β
"As long as you do me this favor, I will promise to keep my mouth shut forever, how about it?, and after this time, I will never use your secret to ask you to do anything for me. Ellie swore that "this thing is important to me, Lance, help me." β
Lance looked at Ellie coldly, the woman in front of him had touched his bottom line. If Ellie Jie had remained silent forever, he could have pretended she didn't exist. But today she actually used this incident to threaten herself......
It's not a wise choice, Ellie. He said silently in his heart.
"I still have to know what the goal of Ludao is that interests you so much. After a while, Lance slowly spoke: "If I can't get more information, I won't help you." Even if you reveal my identity, what's the matter? At most, I'll stay in the castle for the rest of my life. β
Ellie bit her lip and shook her head, "No, I can't tell you. β
"Well, I'm sorry, I'm afraid we can't work together. Lance coldly dropped a sentence and turned to leave.
"Wait!" Ellie begged, "Lance, I really need your help, no one else is up to the task." β
"Well, I'll tell you. She took a deep breath, leaned into Lance's ear, and whispered:
"It's a dragon. β
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Ten minutes later, Lance left Ellie's side and walked briskly over to the red-haired girl who was waiting.
"I'm sorry to keep you waiting so long. Lance looked at Rorel apologetically.
Lorel didn't look impatient, she smiled, "It's nothing. Mr. Lance, your girlfriend is so pretty. β
Lance laughed, "Just call me Lance." Ellie is really attractive, but she's not my girlfriend. β
A hint of strangeness flashed in Rorel's eyes, but she didn't ask more, but said generously: "Let's go, I'll treat you to a drink." β
"Shouldn't I have invited you?" said Lance, a little surprised.
The girl naturally stroked the short hair that covered her ears, stuck out her tongue and said: "I heard that your Bileg Super Force Field score is A+, and I have been studying Bileg's force field theory recently, and I can't figure out a lot of things, and I have a lot of questions I want to ask you." β
"But don't worry, it won't delay you too much, an hour at most. β