Money can't buy everything, and that's because you don't have enough money.

If anything is more powerful than a bag of gold, it must be two bags of gold.

Don't try to buy me with a copper plate, you know, I'm more than that.

------- Merica proverb

Tamen is probably the only city in the world that does not have a walled city, and it is said that when the city was built, there was a fierce debate about whether or not to build a wall. But in the end, the first Speaker of the Chamber of Commerce decided: "If the enemy's army reaches the city walls, who will repel them? Let our enemies go bankrupt when we gather our army!No, let us have no enemies but guests, and all guests will be welcome here. ”

In the end, the tower gate did not build the city wall, but only used the money to renovate the road. What happened then proved the wisdom of the Speaker, who, over the centuries, had grown tenfold in size and not suffered a single attack.

The heart of a city is often a castle, and Tower Gate is no exception, and Arthur and Gila are at the heart of the city. However, it is not to meet the lord of the castle here, but to stay in the hotel.

"I'm sorry sir, we don't really have rooms anymore, all rooms were booked out a week in advance, you know, the harvest festival has a big show inside the castle. So I'm sorry, you can only change it!" said a lovely woman in a maid's costume standing behind a white marble bar more than ten meters long.

And Rose, who had negotiated with her, turned her head and looked at Arthur helplessly.

Arthur leaned against the edge of the bar and looked at the decoration of the hall with a bored expression, completely ignoring the helpless gaze cast by Gilat, who had to turn her head and continue to negotiate with the maid lady.

Arthur thought to himself: the glass door, the red carpet, the chandelier, the hurried and quiet passers-by, the waiter standing quietly, and a beautiful female luthier who played the harp, but not the piano but the harp. By the way, there is not a string of clocks hanging on the wall behind the bar, otherwise it would be perfect, this is an otherworldly castle! It's a five-star hotel on earth.

Yes, the castle of Tamen is not the political and military center of the city but a large hotel, which is also the largest hotel in the world - Jinhui Castle, of course, is also the most expensive, just with the second ancestor of Guila, Arthur of course does not have to worry about money.

The annual harvest festival in the castle is a huge performance, and it is the most enviable thing to have a room in the castle and watch the performance from the balcony. So at this time, the room will be very tight.

Sure enough, Gila failed once again, shrugging at Arthur and saying that she had nothing to do. Arthur yelled at him impatiently, signaling him not to waste time and to charm the hostess directly. Gila hesitated, and finally turned away at Arthur's insistence. And the waitress smiled, ready for a new test without any annoyance. But she looked at Guira's beautiful blue eyes, and gradually felt as if she wanted to plunge into the blue water.

Seeing that he was about to control it successfully, but suddenly a mental fluctuation interfered with Gola's mind control, Gura turned his head to look in the direction where the spirit wave came from, and was a little annoyed in his heart, although he was unwilling to use his own strength to deal with ordinary people, but once he made up his mind, the disturbance of the others was undoubtedly disrespectful to him. It's like adults are easily reluctant to play with ants, but when they are disturbed by others, they will inevitably become annoyed and angry.

Arthur looked in the direction of Guila, a man and a woman came down the stairs, the woman was only about twenty years old, wearing a light green floor-length dress, her long hair was coiled, and she was incredibly beautiful. Arthur said secretly: I'm afraid that even Athena is inferior to her, this is not the difference in appearance, but the strong confidence in temperament, which makes this woman's body seem to exude an invisible brilliance.

And that man made Arthur feel like the hero of "Gone with the Wind" at first sight, with the same mustache, who seemed to smile anytime and anywhere, full of gentlemanly demeanor. It was this man who interfered with Guira's spellcasting. But before Arthur could speak to Guila, the man laughed and said loudly, "You can't let such a guest sleep in the dust, give them one of my rooms!" and then turned to the woman next to him and said, "Eve, we can have one room!" Eve nodded and smiled.

To Arthur's astonishment, there was a youthful tinge in his voice, and he spoke in a voice that sounded like that of a young man of twenty.

"Hello, Mr. Ebel, Miss Eve. Okay, I'll arrange it for them now. The maid hurriedly saluted.

At this time, Arthur and Guila lost their temper and thanked him one after another. Abel's aura eyes flickered over the two of them, and then he smiled, "Can you come to my room and meet me?"

"Of course, Mr. Abel, I'm Giola, and this is my friend Arnold, thank you very much for your generosity. I'm sorry about what just happened. Gila said. This kind of thing has always been his fault.

"Haha, don't take it personally, if it were me, I would probably use a spell to solve it for the first time. Abel said boldly. This sentence made Arthur's heart tighten: the other party looked at it for a long time, and he didn't even notice it, it was very powerful!

"Actually, you could call me Arnold, the Stonemancer!" Arthur suddenly interjected in his thick voice.

Not only was Able amazed, but even Miss Eve, who had been in a fugue state, had her eyes on Arthur, who, like Captain Hick, thought that Arthur was just Kira's bodyguard. I couldn't believe that such a gray-white muscular man could be a warlock, and a stone warlock I had never heard of. But Arthur grinned at her, making her immediately think that it was just a grandiose clown, nothing more than to attract her attention. Immediately, he turned his head and stopped caring.

"Yes, I didn't think you were a warlock! Able exclaimed in a brisk voice, as if he had no doubts about Arthur's words.

Arthur was not disappointed, smiled and pulled Gila upstairs together, along the long corridor, Gila politely talked to the two, the aristocratic temperament was undoubtedly revealed at this moment, and even Miss Eve, who didn't like to talk, interjected a few times. Arthur, on the other hand, doesn't care about the three people who are talking, and only cares about the luxurious decoration of the corridor, which is a perfect interpretation of the word hillbilly.

It wasn't long before they arrived at Mr. Ebel's room, which was decorated to make Arthur understand what a rich man was. Not to mention sleeping two people here, if you lay on the floor, it is more than enough to sleep twenty people. The decoration in the room is not to mention, Arthur found that several landscape paintings hanging on the wall turned out to be genuine, although it is still a little far from rare, but it is also a rare treasure of a famous painter.

When everyone was seated, Gila suddenly asked in a tone of discovery of a rare treasure, "Miss Eve, are you the Eve of the Silver Moon Troupe?" The Silver Moon Troupe is the largest art group in the world of de Grass, and this Eve is the superstar of the world emperor of de Grass, even Arthur has heard of her name, and there is a phantom stone that records her singing.

In this world, the Phantom Stone is a very expensive magic prop refined by alchemists, and it is impossible for ordinary people to buy a piece, let alone record the song and sell it to the whole world.

Eve smiled and nodded, "Yes, I am the Eve you said you said!" Then Gola was very satisfied with her reaction, and Gila said excitedly: "I am your loyal listener, and I have collected more than a dozen of your songs, so I am so happy to meet you." ”

Arthur said secretly: What a second ancestor, a dozen songs are not a phantom sound stone, but a dozen phantom sound stones, which is about the cost of an ordinary person for ten years.

Then it becomes the time for Gila and Eve, who is like a fan in Arthur's impression, gushing in front of her idol, completely ignoring Arthur and Ebel. Eve, on the other hand, is kind and polite like a singer, refusing to express any impatience, snubbing her fans, and smiling from time to time. That flattering gesture made Gila even more excited, and the two did have a lot of common language in art.

Arthur didn't care about eating the delicate snacks on the table, and Able smiled wryly at Arthur and motioned for him to go to the window. Arthur had no choice but to leave his seat with the unfinished plate of snacks.

"I would venture to ask, is Mr. Arnold human?" Abel asked curiously. After all, Arthur's complexion and skin texture were no different from those of stones.

"Of course! I'm just in a little trouble. Arthur said as he ate his snack and looked out the window as dozens of workers set up the stage in preparation for the upcoming festival performance.

"Oh, what a magical little trouble!" Abel laughed, not in the least angry at Arthur's rudeness.

"Are you human?" asked Arthur with a sudden turn.

"Guess what?" Abel asked rhetorically.

"It's been rumored that the lords of the City of Art are dragons?" Arthur asked nonchalantly.

"Dragons!haha, if I were a dragon, you'd already be eaten!" Abel laughed for a moment.

"Hehe, so Mr. Able is really the Lord of Able, by the way, he is also the head of the Silver Moon Art Troupe. However, the dragons probably don't eat stones. Arthur smiled.

"I've never denied anything, but I guess the dragons probably wouldn't mind skinning you. Able smiled as well.

The two laughed together, making Gila and Eve, who were chatting hotly, turn their heads to look at each other.

Arthur had always felt that this lord of Abel was very strange, even though he was thirty years old, his expression and tone when he spoke looked like he was less than twenty years old. This makes his demeanor often a little out of touch with his appearance, but it has a unique charm, as if it is the sincerity of taking off the mask. This charm made Arthur prefer to talk to him rather than to that Miss Eve.

The conversation was unexpectedly pleasant, and for the first time in this world, Arthur had found someone in the world who shared his views, the form of warfare in the North, the development of trade in the South, and even some artistic appreciation. Mr. Abel was astonished by his erudition, and it took twenty years of reading miscellaneous books to barely keep up with his changing subject, and from time to time he had to use what he had learned on Earth to level the situation, lest he become a complete listener.

After a long time, when the waiter knocked on the door and told Able that his room had been cleaned up and that he should move his things now, Arthur finished his last snack, clapped his hands and thanked the disappointed Able again, and then said goodbye. Only then did they pull the reluctant Rosea back to their room.

What they didn't know was that as soon as they left, Eve fell into Able's arms and complained, "What a trouble! Why should we give them the room, even though that Gura is really special!"

"Why, my heart is excited? That Gura is not just special, if I am not mistaken, he must be surnamed Mulan. Able patted Eve's face and smiled.

"The future heir of the Mullin family!? That's really worth befriending. Eve exclaimed.

"But that Arnold is more special. Abel said.

"Specially, stoneman, haha, dear, you won't really believe it, will you!" said Eve, smiling and mocking.

"Believe, why not, there are some things you won't understand. Abel said seriously. He wouldn't say that when Arthur first smiled at Eve, he had been paying attention to his reactions, judging his character and hostility. Arthur was looking around the hallways observing the terrain and preparing for possible variables. The wit, judgment, and temptation between the two of them all contain wonderful games. And that Gila is not as infatuated with Eve as it seems, but has the meaning of giving Arthur a chance.

As soon as she entered the room, she collapsed on the sofa in the living room.

"What's the matter, can't you be happy to see your idol?" asked Arthur leisurely.

"Hehe, I'm happy, do you think she'll fall in love with me!" said Kira.

"If that's the case, you probably have a chance to slay the dragon. Arthur said.

"Is that Abel really the lord of Silvermoon City? is he a dragon? Gola threw out a series of words in confusion.

"He's the lord of the city, but I'm not sure if it's a dragon, after all, it's just a rumor, but that kind of power, it's very possible. There should be no hostility towards us, your ancestors didn't have a history of slaying dragons!" Arthur worried. That Medusa also made him feel palpitations, and just because he didn't offend others didn't mean that others shouldn't offend.

"Don't be stupid, slay dragons in this day and age, and be a psychic mancer. It seems that there is really no problem, then we can enjoy it with peace of mind. Gila said. Sink yourself comfortably into the couch.

"Hehe, that's right. Looks like I'm really getting a good night's sleep. Arthur said. In this era, only fools will do dragon slaying, because the next revenge of the dragon clan will destroy any family, and the dragon clan is no longer a separate battle in ancient times. Moreover, the dragon clan is basically immune to mental spells, and it is not the turn of the Mu Lan family to slay the dragon.