Suldak pushed open the thick oak carved glass door of the hotel and saw Karl Casement sitting on the sofa in the lounge area of the lobby wearing an elegant dress. The hotel proprietress was sitting opposite Karl with a smile on her face.
Chatting with Karl, it seemed that the two of them were very familiar with each other.
But when you think about it, this is not surprising. Karl recommended the hotel in Garden Square to Suldak in the first place.
Seeing Suldak push open the door and walk in, the charming landlady said hello to Surdak casually, then returned to the bar with her plump round hips.
Karl stood up and gave Suldak a solid hug, and said enthusiastically: "I thought you wouldn't dare to come to Helensa City so soon. What? Are you here to go through the enrollment procedures?"
Suldak sat down on the sofa in the rest area, poured himself a cup of tea, took a sip to moisten his dry throat, and said to Karl: "The construction of the reservoir in the village has begun. This time
I came here to sell a batch of sulfur mines in exchange for some silver coins, and then go to the Knights to get a letter of recommendation..."
As he spoke, he took out a parchment scroll from his arms and said, "I've got it."
Standing in front of the counter, the hotel proprietress heard Surdak's words, leaned against the counter and interjected: "Does Knight Surdak want to teach at Helensa Knight Academy? Then you must consider choosing a permanent room in our hotel.
The price is also very good.”
Karl sat on the sofa, raised his eyebrows, turned his head and said loudly to the hotel proprietress: "Mrs. Cohen, the Knight Academy provides free accommodation, and there is no reason for the Knights of Surdak to pay high room rates.
"
The hotel proprietress's eyes widened, and she said in a joking tone, pretending not to know, "Is that really true? I know that many instructors from the Knight Academy have long-term private rooms in hotels outside, and occasionally they bring some young women with them.
The child comes to stay for one night."
Karl glanced at the proprietress speechlessly and didn't want to pay attention to her anymore. God knows what kind of secrets she would reveal if she went on. Mrs. Cohen, the proprietress of the hotel, never lacked news in Helensa.
Karl asked Suldak seriously: "Did you come to Hellanza City to sell sulfur ore?"
Surdak nodded in agreement.
Karl frowned and thought for a moment, then said: "There are specialized personnel in the Material Logistics Department of Helensa City who are responsible for purchasing this thing. If the quantity is small, I still recommend that you go to the underground trading market to sell it at a higher price.
."
Suldak whispered to Karl: "I just came back from the trading market over there..."
After saying that, he patted the money bag on his waist proudly, indicating that he had sold the sulfur mine for a good price.
Surdak turned his head and looked outside at this time. It was getting dark. Some old people were sitting on the benches in the square garden across the street. The afterglow of the setting sun fell on them. In the woods and on the grass,
A faint golden color is left among the bushes. The mountains in the distance are also hidden in the evening glow, making this mountain city look particularly beautiful.
Now that the sulfur mine was mentioned, Karl felt that it was still necessary to popularize this knowledge to Suldak, so he said to him: "The Green Empire has strict control regulations on sulfur mines, but in the Magic Guild,
Many alchemists also use sulfur ore, and the magician nobles have a transcendent status in the Green Empire, so the sale of some sulfur ore to magicians is not under control."
Suldak nodded to show that he understood.
Karl sat there and asked again: "Then when are you going to take classes at Helensa Knight Academy?"
Surdak thought of the reservoir being built in the village. After the foundation was laid, he rechecked the design plan for the reservoir.
Moreover, the sulfur mine also needs to be investigated personally. After all, salamanders have appeared there before. Suldak thinks that the surrounding areas of the rubble area should be carefully inspected to prevent salamanders from emerging again. After all, those masons
They are all villagers of Wall Village. Once they encounter a second-level monster like a salamander, they will be in a very dangerous situation.
Suldak said to Karl: "I have to go back to Wall Village tomorrow. I can't escape until everything in the village is on track."
Suldak did not plan to enter the Knight Academy right away. Karl leaned back in his chair and warned: "Don't delay for too long. It is more troublesome to apply for a replacement letter of recommendation than you think."
Recalling the old knight's reminder during the day, Suldak said with deep understanding: "The Knights gave me a half-month deadline, and I will come back within the deadline."
At this time, a gorgeous carriage heard the door of the hotel, and an attendant came in from outside, came to Karl's side, and whispered a few words to him.
Karl nodded slightly, and then said to Suldak: "Since you have come to Helensa, you must listen to my arrangements for the night. Since you have become a knight, your social circle must change. You need to know
Some new friends…”
Surdak asked a little worriedly: "Aren't you going to attend the dance again?"
Karl stood up, patted Suldak on the shoulder and replied: "This is just a small gathering, and it's just some friends you know!"
After saying that, he hugged Suldak and walked out of the hotel. The attendant quickly walked to the door first, opened the hotel door for the two of them, then ran to the magic caravan, opened the carriage door for the two of them, and faced the coachman.
With a wave of his hand, the magic caravan quickly merged into the street.
Helensa City is a mountain city. The streets are ups and downs, sometimes with huge differences. Some streets have very steep slopes. Horse-drawn carriages must be strong to avoid problems. Therefore, there are not many carriages on the streets, and there are many nobles going out.
Choose horseback riding.
The setting sun stretches the carriages and figures on the street so long...
…
Sure enough, this gathering was a very small circle. The gathering place was in a pretty good-looking restaurant in Helensa City. This restaurant has a very special name. The plaque has a row of elvish words on it. If Green
In the Imperial language, it is called "The Restaurant on the Observation Deck". The owner of this restaurant is said to be a half-elf, but he usually keeps things to himself. Even in the city of Helensa, very few people have seen him.
What this restaurant is famous for is not the food here. For example, sap wine, elf biscuits, and Elune strawberry jelly are popular delicacies in the elf world, but few people in the empire like to eat them. To be more specific,
That is, the people of Halanza don't like to eat it at all.
Just like the special food here, the scenery of this restaurant is also very unique, because this restaurant was transformed from a watchtower, so everyone who dines in this restaurant can have a beautiful view of the city of Helensa.
.
The table Carl reserved was by the window on the west side. When the whole city was immersed in night, you could still see the beautiful sunset from here.
Surdak approached the window and looked down, feeling that the entire city of Helensa was under his feet.
Several of Karl's friends sat together around a long table. The table was filled with elven-style food. However, few people touched the seemingly exquisite food. The only thing that was popular with everyone was honey juice.
Smoked fish and green apples, but Suldak tried a little of each. It was not as bad as he thought, but the taste was a bit bland.
Several waiters in the restaurant are also half-elves. In addition to their long pointed ears, each half-elf girl has a slender figure and delicate face. Each elf girl has a pair of big, watery eyes.
They were wearing Lolita dresses, and their smiles were subtle. This made Surdak sigh, if these half-elf girls lived in his previous life, they would all have very photogenic celebrity faces.
An arm as delicate as a white lotus root stretched out from behind Surdak, and with a "sorry", a beautiful golden dinner plate was placed in front of Surdak, with three fried silver-scaled small pieces inside.
Fish, small fish are sprinkled with a layer of herbs that have a strange fragrance.
Karl's friend Baron Llewellyn looked high-spirited. He was wearing an exquisite dress, with two rows of exquisite gold buttons on his chest. His hair was meticulously styled, and his young face showed a kind of confidence and publicity. He raised his hand.
The wine glass smiled at Carl Casement and said:
"Karl, I heard that you defeated that boy Jasper this time and was promoted to squadron leader of the support team? Congratulations."
The tall girl with a beautiful face who had met Suldak at Viscount Emmett's ball was now sitting very quietly next to him. When he raised his glass to toast Karl, the tall girl looked at him
It also fell on him. Needless to say, we knew that the two of them must be passionately in love.
The young lady next to Karl was also the one from the last dance. She was Karl's lover, and Karl called her Mrs. Christie.
Wearing a palace-style dress, she sat demurely next to Karl, her eyes falling on Suldak from time to time, and she seemed to be very interested in Suldak.
Sitting across the long table were Karl's other two friends, Jonah and Brooke, who also came with their female companions. These two young men were also barons, and they were very polite to Suldak.
You can't see the arrogance in the bones of the aristocrats, but it makes people feel as friendly as a spring breeze.
Karl was very satisfied with the atmosphere. His wine glass was filled with bitter sap wine. He raised his glass to the young Baron Llewellyn and said:
"This is not due to me alone. Today's results are achieved only because of everyone's help. Here, I would like to solemnly thank you all again."
Mrs. Christie turned to Karl with a happy face and asked: "In that case, you are also qualified to inherit the position of Earl of Casement?"
Karl smiled implicitly, nodded slightly, and then said: "Actually, this is not what I want. No matter who is given this title in the family, or not to whom, it will be very troublesome, and in the end it is very likely that the blood ties will be diluted.
, I prefer to establish my own achievements in plane wars and create a title for myself."
Karl was very calm when he spoke, but his tone was full of yearning for plane war. Surdak could feel the blood in his body boiling and burning.
"You want to participate in the plane war?" Surdak asked with some surprise.
"Don't your family disagree?" At the same time, Mrs. Christie, who was sitting next to Carl, also asked very worriedly, her tone not wanting Carl to participate in the plane war.
Karl nodded to Suldak, and then said to Mrs. Christie with some melancholy: "Yes! But this time I performed well in the guard camp. Obviously not everyone wants to see me. It won't take long for me to see you again."
Someone takes the initiative to help me convince those who disagree, and maybe it will facilitate my trip to the plane."
It seems that he was born in a noble family. Although he has no worries about food and clothing and has a prominent status, he still has a lot of troubles every day, and there is nothing to envy. Surdak thought silently in his heart.
The tall girl sitting next to Baron Llewellyn laid her eyes on Surdak, lightly opened her red lips and said: "I heard that plane wars are very dangerous. By the way, I heard that Knight Surdak participated in the plane war."
Facing war?”
Her words attracted everyone's attention, and Suldak said frankly: "In the Warsaw plane, unfortunately, in the battle of Moyunling before I retired, my fifty-seventh legion was defeated. It happened that I was here
When his term of service expired, he retired from the battlefield."
The young Mrs. Christie took a deep look at Karl and said, as if pointing out: "Returning safely is the greatest luck."
"That's right!" Karl could only bite the bullet and replied with a smile.
And he grabbed Mrs. Christie's soft little hand under the table. Mrs. Christie's eyes were full of tenderness and sweetness like water waves.
"Knight Surdak, how come you have time to come to Helensa City? Haven't you been too busy recently?" The tall girl obviously didn't want to let Surdak go easily, and asked with a smile.
Surdak smiled bitterly in his heart. He couldn't figure out where he had offended her. He could only say: "I have been busy with the autumn harvest recently. In fact, I came to Helensa City this time specifically to purchase some supplies."
The tall girl squinted her watery almond-shaped eyes, glanced at Baron Llewellyn, and laughed softly: "Suldak, you came to Helensa City this time. It's a coincidence that you came here. The group of bandits who were making trouble a while ago
, as if they were all hidden suddenly.”
"..."
There was obvious sarcasm in the words of the tall girl, so that everyone else at the table didn't know what to say. After all, everyone was Karl's friend, and there was no need to undermine each other.
Surdak smiled disapprovingly and said, "It seems like I'm pretty lucky!"
Baron Llewellyn raised his long sword eyebrows and said, "It's all thanks to Karl. If he hadn't wiped out a group of bandits in the suburbs, how could the suburbs be so quiet now!"
Karl secretly gave Suldak an apologetic look.
At this time, he couldn't stand up in public and admit that those bandits were actually killed by Surdak. After all, he was promoted to the squadron leader of the security team outside the city with this honor, so he could only let Surdak
I feel aggrieved.
The attentive Mrs. Christie seemed to see a hint of displeasure in Karl's eyes, and thought he had a deep friendship with Suldak, so she quickly dropped the topic:
"I heard there is news that the bandits are looking for a maid from Hoyle Manor..."
Sure enough, no matter what time, the gossip from the grapevine is the most attractive, and it comes from the most well-informed Mrs. Christie. Who is standing behind this young lady? The group of people here except Suldak are all
I know it, so I listen with great interest.
However, Mrs. Christie's news seemed to involve some secret information. Karl could only cough slightly and said: "This kind of baseless news cannot be spread casually."
The young Mrs. Christie rolled her eyes at Karl and said, "You are unwilling to reveal some information to me. I heard it from Miss Hoyle."