Parathos initially refused to pay fifteen thousand gold coins to become a baron.
After all the hard work, she helped the lady lord exterminate a group of Skuma dealers. Not to mention there was no real reward, but she also planned to make a fortune from him with a false title and an abandoned warehouse?
Maybe the barons in other cities still have some power, but where is Rift City? Crossed Dagger! The City of Sin! In order to stabilize and control the order in the city after the death of the previous city lord, Lord Lyra not only cooperated with the Blackthorn Family, but also went on a rampage
She had no power to entrust various titles. In terms of scale, if someone threw a stone from the Mist Veil Tower, at least three barons would be hit.
"So, what do Sapphire and Xiaofan think? I'm not qualified to ask them to invest such a large amount of money directly, right?" Parasos closed the door of the viewing balcony and asked the Sweet Bay Villa who was paying attention.
asked the Mallory brothers, who made furniture and ironware.
Members of the Thieves Guild basically have a clear identity to facilitate gathering intelligence or participating in operations, unless some are really unsuitable or not good at dealing with people.
For example, Brynjolf is a beverage merchant who likes to tout his products as if they are some kind of panacea that can cure all diseases. However, as long as there is no alcohol in them, the Blackthorn family completely ignores such merchants.
Delvin Mallory and Grover Mallory were interior decorators and blacksmiths respectively. It was hard to tell whether they took the initiative to help tidy up Sweet Bay to facilitate the connection or to take advantage of the opportunity.
"Of course this money is not invested in you, Parry." Glover stopped banging on the iron sheet and looked back at him: "The objects of the guild's investment are 'a baron who is valued by the lord' and 'a person who is convenient for entering and exiting the city.
Legal real estate'."
"Are you planning to use this as a shortcut to the ground? Well, at least it's better than the entrance to the other cemetery." Parasos said while looking at the basement secret door that Delvin was tinkering with.
"As for 'being valued by the lord,' aren't you surprised that the extermination mission was clearly initiated by the Blackthorn family, so why did you get a reward from the lord?" Delvin smashed a nail into the sliding door of the basement entrance.
"The credit is too great for an ordinary family to give a reward?" Parasos said a nonsensical reason that he didn't even believe.
"There's no point in pretending to be stupid," Glover continued to knock on his iron plate: "Although the lord and Marven are in a cooperative relationship, she is the weaker party and would not dare to issue any orders that are not beneficial to the Blackthorn family.
They also have to turn a blind eye when dealing with other 'disobedient' minor nobles. As long as there is an opportunity, she will make moves to expand her influence without affecting the cooperative relationship between the two parties."
Although Parasos is not good at logical analysis and reasoning, he is in the team of sharp-eyed eagles that protect the emperor. Even if he just watches the imperial nobles doing things, he can roughly judge the outline and motivation of some things.
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"Then... the original intention of the Blackthorn family was to take over that place rather than completely destroy it, but this kind of thing cannot be said openly, and the lord made me a baron for this and made the matter bigger, which directly hindered their intention
, I have to suffer this dumb loss." Parasos thought thoughtfully and said: "So, next, the lord will issue some tasks for me to test and win over, and the Blackthorn family will also have some influence on the lord and the Thieves Guild in order to maintain their influence.
The action... I can’t guess what it is exactly.”
"Yes, yes, it's enough to think of this." Grover put down his work and applauded: "Exactly what these two people will do, unless one is extremely familiar with them, it is impossible to judge, my good girl
——I mean what Master Sapphire means is to wait and see what happens, but not to accept any commission that will tilt the position."
Is there any difference between changing the last word and saying it directly? Palathos looked at him sideways.
Marwen Blackthorn naturally knew his identity. Even if Lord Laila didn't know it at first, she could tell from Blackthorn's actions. It can be said that they were not only wooing "Adventurer Parry", but also those behind him.
The Thieves Guild.
She was obviously here to protect Her Royal Highness the Princess, but in the end, she somehow walked to the front desk, and the Princess herself barely appeared in anyone's sight because of her invisibility... No, there is still someone, that stupid black guy
indivual.
Originally, when Lord Lyra and the Blackthorn family secretly fought for control of the Thieves Guild, other nobles who had nothing to do with them just stood aside and watched, but the Snowhoof family intervened.
The youngest son of their family, Esgael Snowhoof, claimed to be pursuing a member of the Thieves Guild, but he neither named nor described his appearance. He spent the whole day carrying a "horse" bought from the temple.
"Pull the Necklace" to catch thieves, robbers and swindlers everywhere and inquire about the whereabouts of the woman. Thanks to him, the public security has really improved a lot.
Mara, as the God of mercy, has her temple built in Rift City, a place where no mercy can be felt at all. It has to be said that it is an irony. There are very few people who truly pray sincerely, and the main daily activity of the temple is to sell goods.
Sell Mara necklaces and hold wedding banquets.
Speaking of the role of Mara's necklace, it is probably also a characteristic of Skyrim Province. This necklace, which originally only had the property of slightly improving the healing effect, became a symbol of "wanting to get married" at some point.
Generally speaking, if a man sees a beautiful girl on the street and approaches her to talk to her, there is a high chance that she will be ignored or the girl is already married. However, if the girl is wearing a Mara necklace, it means that she is not married yet.
And if you intend to get married in the near future, at this time, the man's temperament, conversational skills, physique and financial resources will be tested. If he is not extremely ugly, at least he will not be rejected instantly.
This kind of custom, which is not subtle at all, can only be born in a place with rough folk customs like Skyrim Province. Parasos can testify with a large stack of love letters he received from those noble ladies when he was in the capital province of the empire... Speaking of which, even
Tacilius, that big, bull-like man, also received a handkerchief.
"Hey! Parry, what are you doing?" Delvin waved his hand in front of Parasos without anyone noticing.
"I'm worried, is the woman Esgel is eyeing an annoyance?" Parasos replied, the princess cannot be mentioned, and although Sapphire is also a beautiful girl, the two in front of her are her elders, and said
It’s not very suitable to come out, but Xiaofan should be fine...
"What!" Delvin slammed the hammer in his hand: "That stupid black guy dares to steal someone from me?!"
At least I have the same opinion about him... No, wait, what does it mean to steal someone from you?
"Sapphire's apparent identity is that of a moneylender, and it is possible to meet Esgeil, but Xiaofan is just a rare goods dealer... Calm down, calm down." Delwin began to spin without calmness at all.
"What is 'rare goods'? Stolen goods?" Parathos asked Glover who came over.
"Although it is also included, it is far more than that. The so-called 'rare' also refers to 'use'. They belong to the type of 'hard to obtain and few people need it', such as the fire required by a blacksmith to forge a certain high-quality equipment.
Salt, specific gemstones that the jeweler found missing after accepting the order, etc. A long time ago, she received a fragment of the crown of Bashilan. A guy who claimed to be a member of the imperial royal family claimed that he was willing to buy it at a high price, but only accepted the complete crown.
, so it is also possible if he was discovered by a silly boy from the Snowhoof family while sneaking into a noble's home to collect fragments." Glover answered.
"Speaking of which, Xiaofan's blond hair and blue eyes are very beautiful, and they are in line with the aesthetics of the Nords. Although he has a bad temper, there are always people who don't care..." Parasos said halfway when he noticed that Delvin became more manic:
"What's up with him?"
"Has anyone ever said that you are slow?" Grover, who had nothing to do with him, said with a relaxed face, "Although you haven't been at the Big Jug for a long time, you have often seen him showing kindness to Xiaofan?"
"No, I saw it," Parasos' mouth twitched slightly: "You call that kind of behavior where you get scolded when you talk to him, you get beaten when you get close, and your view is blocked by sapphires when you look at it from a distance, you call it a 'show of goodwill'?"
"So this guy is still single," Glover glared at Delvin who came over: "What are you looking at, don't you think about how old your niece Saphire is?"
"Well, at least Esgail Snowhoof is about the same age as her." Parathos finished his attack.
"Hey, hey, you're right," Delvin said with a self-defeating expression: "You can't even look down on me, how can you care about a big black guy?"
Is he exalting or belittling himself? Parathos and Glover were speechless at the same time.
"Humph, don't look at me with that look. Not to mention that idiot Glover, but I know what you are thinking, Parry?" Delvin turned his eyes to Parasos: "You like Emile, right?"
The whole Sharp-Eyed Eagles like her, okay! Princess Emilia is the cutest in the world!
No, although this kind of thing is a consensus, anyone who dares to say it will be slapped in the face by Sister Yagmi.
"I didn't mean that." Parasos's face tightened, and then he slowly moved his eyes away, vividly acting like a young man who was being talked about.
"Humph, young man, there is nothing to be shy about falling in love at first sight. You must have cooperated well in the battle in Skooma Valley, that's why you fell in love with it," Delvin kept chattering as if someone was finally worse off than me: "Come back
I haven't seen you looking for her everywhere since then, but unfortunately she has great sneaking skills, so she hasn't been able to find her a few times, right?"
I'm really sorry that I can find it successfully every time.
"Come, have a drink for our bumpy love journey." Delwin staggered towards the wine cabinet to get the mead sent by the Blackthorn family to celebrate the baron's move to the new home, but Grover didn't know what he thought of and sighed.
Getting angry didn't stop him.
How long will this house last... Parathos raised his head to look at the ceiling.
