Since we have agreed with the old wine barrel, we will naturally have to make peace.

And he felt it was necessary to give Ria a special explanation to him to pay attention to personal safety. Of course, Alvin was not out of kindness. What he was worried about was that if the archbishop was assassinated, it would be a big blow to the Free City-State.

However, he knew that Surya was not a man, but at the critical moment, it was not so easy to die. You must know that the universal elders who could wander in the mountains for most of their lives must have their own uniqueness. But this uniqueness is neither magic nor martial arts. If Riya had the strengths in these two aspects, Alvin and Onian would not have been able to detect it.

When Alvin arrived at St. Fei Cathedral, he didn't see Ria, but encountered Tulang and Little Freckles.

Seeing Alvin coming, Tulang instantly felt energetic. He was already listening to Ji'ao's sermon, and when he saw a rare person, he was so happy that he was so happy that he could not make a fuss.

"What have you been busy with these two days? I haven't seen you?"

Alvin was stunned by this question, and secretly hesitated whether to tell him about this trip to Tyriel. However, thinking that there were so many people here, he still made excuses and said that he would go to the surrounding towns to recruit new recruits.

After hearing this, Tulang nodded, and did not ask in detail, and then discussed the dome painting with Alvin.

"Just looking at your painting, you will know that the level is much higher than that of the flesh-and-skin painters who only know how to trick a noble girl into bed." Tulang looked up at the "Believers" and looked at the ambiguous eyes of the characters in the painting, and praised him.

"Are you praising me or scolding me?" Alvin couldn't help but feel funny when he heard this.

"Your right hand is quite injured, right?" Tulang said as he glanced at the terrifying wound on the back of Alvin's hand. "Last time I saw you trembled, how did you draw this painting?"

"Is it possible to use your left hand?" Tulang said strangely.

"I don't have that magical power." Alvin said with a smile, posing his left hand, "I can't draw my left hand."

"No wonder the brushstrokes in some parts of this painting are a bit strange." Tulang sighed.

After hearing Tulang's words, Alvin couldn't help but think of someone. He told him that he would not be able to draw oil paintings in the future.

When Alvin was a little sad, Ria also came to the church.

So the leader of the Free Army of the Universal Church quickly gave the Archbishop a wink, meaning that he had something to talk about.

Then the two of them went to the crowded small room in Riana.

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"You are the Archbishop now, don't you consider changing a room?" Alvin was in trouble for where to sit again.

Alvin originally thought that Ria would reply to the previous sentence mysteriously - living in big and small, and living in the place, there is no difference. These are all gifts from the universal holy beings.

But the truth is that Ria smiled and said calmly: "You have seen too. There are too many books and are too lazy to move them."

"Then I'll stand, don't mess up your collection of the room." Alvin remembered the painful eyes of Ria sitting on the pile of books last time, and decided not to torture this old guy.

However, Ria did not intend to give up her seat to Alvin this time.

Because there is no need to be so polite between the two.

"Give you good news." Alvin said with a smile at Ria.

"oh?"

"Old wine barrel is willing to join our Liberty City."

"You went to Tyril?" Ria asked, frowned and looked at Alvin.

"Yeah." Alvin nodded disinterestedly.

"You're not afraid of him..." Ria narrowed her eyes and looked at Alvin.

"I'm afraid he will kill me?" Alvin heard this

He laughed, "The people on McNey's side probably don't have this strength."

"Besides, he is a businessman. As a businessman, he can always talk to him."

Ria nodded and accepted the explanation, "Then what conditions did you give him?"

This question tests Alvin. In fact, he distributed the interests of Zonghengtong Trading to Laojiu Bull, but this matter cannot be known to Ria.

"What conditions can I give him?" Alvin laughed, "I'm just going to dispel one of his ideas."

"What's the point?" A light flashed in Riya's eyes, obviously attracted by Alvin's statement.

"He must be unhappy to join us, right?" Alvin said and looked at Ria, "so I have to fundamentally dispel his idea. We are not going to incorporate or rule them. I have to make it clear to him that our free city-state is very open-minded and he can join us in the form of cooperation."

Ria was stunned by Alvin's words, which he had never expected. After pondering for a while, he wondered: "Can he join us without a single soldier?"

"Why do we have to use force against them? Your concept is still too old." Alvin explained, "In fact, in essence, they are not our enemies."

"Our enemies are the nobles who own the land."

"Think about it, McNei and others don't have land in their hands. They just have a lot of Looney's businessmen."

After thinking about it, Ria understood what Alvin was saying, "But the key to the problem is that it is really acceptable to Tyriel City?"

"Old son has not dealt with the people in Tyriel City. Judging from the old son, the old wine barrel is not that easy to meet." Ria said to Alvin.

"A businessman, I promise you a profit. The problem will be solved." Alvin raised his eyebrows and said.

"So, did you sell him the whole city of Tyriel cheaply?"

"The words cannot be so harsh. It's just that in name, the city of Tyriel is left to their Philodie family to take charge. Of course, the land tax collected is also theirs."

"That's just nominal?" Ria said, glaring at Alvin.

"My Archbishop, have you forgotten that the city of Tyriel was not in our hands. It was the property of Marquis Eru, not yours, nor mine." Alvin said somewhat unhappily, "Why not do it now when you are doing a short deal?"

"It's convenient to say that it's for him now. I'm afraid it won't be that easy to come back in the future." Ria looked at Alvin and said quietly.

"After all the time, you just want to start a war with them, right?"

"I didn't say that."

"Let me remind you that the Neverdo side is not so easily defeated. If we really break up with McNe, then Marquis Eru will only be able to reap the benefits of the fisherman. You should also know that his daughter Theresia is quite difficult."

"It's really hard to 'entangle' for you." Riya said expressionlessly, but the embarrassing meaning was very strong.

Obviously, Ria knew the charming entanglement between Alvin and Theresia in the battle in Conston.

"Hey! Why are you old guy so inappropriate?" Alvin was so angry that he laughed and scolded.

"Since you have already negotiated with McNay on behalf of Liberty City, that's all." Ria had no intention of joking with Alvin.

"Oh, I understand. You're blaming me for notifying you in advance, right?"

Ria shook her head and ignored Alvin's questioning.

"Old man just hopes that you know clearly what you are doing." Ria looked at Alvin with a long voice, "Sometimes, if you have too many abacus in your mind, it will make things complicated."

Alvin's heart skipped a beat, his face

But the clouds were calm and gentle. However, he was wondering: "Did this guy, Riya, guessed that there was an unknown exchange of interests between me and McNeigh."

"Oh, by the way, there is another thing." Alvin cleverly led the topic.

"Um?"

"When I came back from Tyriel, I almost lost my life." Alvin said to Ria.

"A assassin shot me with an arrow. If someone hadn't sacrificed himself to block me, I would have been a big hole." After saying that, Alvin pointed between his waist and abdomen.

"Who did it?" Ria frowned and looked at Alvin.

"I ruled out all the people who can do this, but found... there was no answer."

"What does it mean?" Ria said in confusion.

"That man is a top assassin. I don't think Marquis Eru can use such a person."

Ria sighed, "The water behind these northern principalities is still very deep. Don't underestimate the enemy too much."

"It's indeed a lesson." Alvin nodded.

"Why just say it's Marquis of Eru? Is it impossible for the Filodid family to attack you?"

"He has no reason to take action. If he really wants to kill me, why would he have to talk about business with me?"

"That's right." Ria nodded.

"Wait, you came here, you were not suspicious of your old age, right?" Ria asked at Alvin with a funny look.

"Hahaha..." Alvin laughed, "It's a matter of the future if you want to kill me, so you can't do it."

Alvin said this without hesitation.

"We won't get to this point." Ria smiled back and looked at Alvin calmly, and said.

"Oh? Yes..." Alvin savored the meaning of Pinria's words.

"You don't have to spend time on guarding yourself," said Ria. "It's better to be more open between us."

"I didn't guard against you. I just simply felt that people with faith were scary." Alvin's words were quite bright.

"The Universal Holy Ones will not have such concerns."

“So I’m not it.”

"You are always afraid of the power of faith?"

"So that's it."

"Let your mind be more open and don't just regard universal religion as the sword in your hand."
To be continued...