Ilea didn't know how the mice were cursed, but this did not prevent her from bargaining with the other party.
Negotiations, of course, have to come and go. It is impossible to decide what price one party offers, although the female lord thinks it is outrageous that someone is willing to pay three thousand gold lions for a group of smelly and dirty rats.
But she finally cut the price to 7,000, which was more than double the price before.
During this period, Leo left the table angrily several times, but after drinking some well water to calm down, he sat back again.
"Seven thousand golden lions, just seven thousand golden lions. When can you get rid of the curse?"
"Curse... this will have to wait until Prophet Merlin comes back." Miss Rabbit said.
"When will the Prophet Merlin come back?"
"He is on vacation now, but he should be back in two days."
"Then I'll wait for him in your castle." Leo said.
The female lord had no objection to this. After the royal family member transformed into a money-giving boy, Miss Rabbit was very pleased with him.
Two days later, Li Yu arrived as scheduled, and Leo came to the door immediately and brought a thousand gold coins as earnest money.
Li Yu glanced at the gold coins in the box and asked, "Where's Greta?"
"She's not here," Leo said. "After all, you two just had a big battle not long ago, and our people almost caught her that night. She must be more careful now."
"Then you decided to compensate us seven thousand gold coins alone?" Li Yu raised his eyebrows, "I don't see that you, the middleman, have quite high authority."
After being reminded like this, Miss Rabbit suddenly realized, "Yes, you pretended to be angry during our negotiation and went out several times during the negotiation. In fact, you went to discuss it with that guy."
Leo was stunned for a moment when his lie was exposed on the spot.
Li Yu continued, "If she is so anxious to find me to lift the curse, she will definitely not be too far away. Let me guess, are there any new faces in your entourage? Should you call her here now, or should we?
Send guards to fetch her?"
"Sure enough, I can't hide anything from you," the royal family member sighed, "I can call her here, but you have to promise me not to embarrass her."
"His Majesty the Emperor is very fanatical about the Goddess of Life. If he knew that someone had hurt a priest of the Church of Life, there is no guarantee that he would not do anything impulsive."
"She was the one who started it," said the female lord, "and commanded the rats to attack my castle."
"I know that the Life Church was indeed at fault in this matter, but Greta has now realized her mistake and is willing to compensate you a large amount of money. I think it's better to just forget it."
"But isn't that money used to lift the curse?"
Leo gritted his teeth, "Then I'll add another three thousand gold coins as compensation, for a total of ten thousand gold lions. Are you satisfied now?"
Ms. Rabbit was indeed delighted by this number.
Due to the sufficient preparations in the early stage and the protection of Saturday, Teacup Castle suffered little loss in this attack.
The repairs afterwards only cost a few dozen gold coins at best, and now the compensation has increased dozens of times. The female lord suddenly felt that Greta was not unforgivable.
As for Li Yu, of course he would not refuse the money that came to his door, but he cared more about other things than money.
"I have a few questions to ask that guy named Greta. If she can answer me truthfully, I will help her get rid of the curse of the rat pack."
Leo nodded, "I will convey your request to Greta, but I don't know if she will agree to it."
It turned out that the royal family's concerns were completely unfounded.
Greta didn't hesitate much after learning that her identity was exposed, and took the initiative to come to Li Yu and Ilea.
Li Yu took a printed photo and compared it with the visitor. He found that the body shape and height were about the same, but the age was a bit unexpectedly young.
She looked like she was only thirteen or fourteen years old, not even older than Clara, she was just like a child.
Miss Rabbit was also a little surprised. She didn't expect that the man behind the situation that turned the Western Territory upside down and made many nobles unable to eat or sleep was so young.
And looking at her thin body, even a newly trained militiaman could probably knock her down easily.
"Are they the Flower Castle, Red Tower City, Scaled City and my Teacup Castle that you let the rats attack?" the female lord asked.
The girl nodded, "Because you don't donate properly."
"I believe in Saturday, not the goddess of life. I have no reason to donate money to your gods."
"This is an order from His Majesty the Emperor," Greta said. "Since you are nobles of the Red Lion Empire, you should obey the imperial order."
"It's a pity that this is not the royal capital, but the Western Region. The nobles in the Western Region have their own set of rules of conduct." Miss Rabbit said, "We will resist when faced with unreasonable orders."
Greta raised her head, not losing momentum.
"I admit that the god behind you is indeed quite capable, and can actually block my army of rats, but don't be too proud. If I let the rats disperse, they will no longer target your castle, but in your territory.
If you want to destroy it inside, all your previous methods will be useless."
"Then I can guarantee that more of your rats will be cursed." Li Yu said.
His words made Greta's eyes flash with a look of fear.
These days, there have been a large number of mysterious deaths in the girl's rat colony. Greta can only watch her friends fall one by one, and the strangest thing is that the dead rats don't have any wounds on their bodies.
She tried various methods, but could not stop the attrition of the rat pack. Finally, she had no choice but to find Leo again, and asked him to help connect people. She spent a lot of money to beg Li Yu to lift the curse for her.
Greta was afraid of this terrible curse from the bottom of her heart.
After a while, she spoke again, her attitude no longer as tough as before.
"I have promised to pay you 10,000 gold lions. It's time for you to break the curse on my rats."
"Don't worry, I told you I still have a few questions to ask you."
"You ask."
"Was your ability to command rats given to you by the Church of Life?"
"No, this is my own ability, but the goddess of life Varlia awakened my hidden potential."
"Wake up? How to do it."
"Priest Cornelia gave me a bottle of awakening potion. After drinking the potion, I was suddenly able to communicate with the rats. Although I had some rat friends before, the connection between us was not very close.
, I can’t command the rats in the wild like I can command them.”
"Can you still command rats in the wild?"
Greta nodded, "I brought some friends from the Royal Capital this time, but more of the army was recruited directly from the local area. Just like the rats in the Royal Capital, the rats here will also listen to my words."
At this time, the former butler Fausto suddenly interjected, "What is your relationship with the Feldman family?"
The girl hesitated for a moment and then said, "I am from the Feldman family."
This is the first update today. Wish you all a happy new year in advance.
This chapter has been completed!