"That's fine. The secret cache is of little use to us. Holding it by force will attract the covetousness of other forces."
"Do you know what the secret is?" Annan asked Fast.
"have no idea."
Fast, who ran the tavern, yawned and wanted to go back to sleep.
Fast's words aroused the agreement of the dwarf and Ingrid. Compared with the secrets competed by various forces, stability is the wealth of Xingyue Bay.
Lorna, who had placed the children in the mansion, came back and suggested that Annan find someone to take care of the children, but found Annan staring out the window and not seeming to be listening.
"What are you looking at?"
"There is your silhouette outside the window." Annan blurted out after regaining consciousness, "Because I dare not look directly at your beauty."
The house suddenly became quiet, and Lorna's eyebrows raised.
"You...I can't think of...evil..." It was a conflicting emotion of surprise and disgust, which finally turned into an emotion that made her feel sick, and she rushed out.
Evelin covered her mouth in surprise and excitement: "You are in Betar City..."
"No!"
"I misjudged you." But Bronzebeard just wanted to tease Annan, "Jack, I thought you and Rose were a couple."
"I've always said something out of the blue lately..." Annan said helplessly.
At first, he mistakenly thought it was an infection from a female warrior. In addition, Annan didn't take it to heart when the blue dragon came to Xingyue Bay. But now it still pops up unconsciously, which is obviously not a coincidence. Fortunately, he only told Lorna, in case he blurted it out to the elf mentor.
...Annan couldn't even think about what would happen.
"When did it start?"
"Back from the Haunted Gold Mine."
"I suggest you go to the Church of Fortune to see if you are cursed."
Annan thought for a moment. He was in such a hurry that he had not had time to promote "Betal's Redemption" in Breeze City and find an elf mentor.
Not knowing where the elf mentor was, Annan had trouble sleeping and eating.
"Have we done anything recently in the south?" Annan asked about Gema's current situation.
"They've been banging on the ice all day."
The port of Glacier Port is being built slowly. If one thousand pounds of ice is broken today, 990 pounds of ice will be frozen tomorrow. However, it is still faster than Xingyue Bay, which did nothing.
Annan also knew the details of Gema's sneaking into Xingyue Bay that day, such as watching "The Fall of the Mage Tower", inexplicably breaking into the mansion and knocking out an old woman, and running to the toilet to be scared away by the water element.
Those who knew it thought it was Gema, but those who didn't know thought it was a wild cat that broke into Xingyue Bay.
Annan felt that Gema had a reason for doing this: "Check the mansions and toilets she went to."
"she?"
"Second sister Leila told me that Gema is a girl."
Before evening arrived, Annan asked Ingrid to prepare the carriage. Then he and Evelin strolled around Xingyue Bay.
He saw Howler and the old orc sitting on a bench by the shore: "Do you know Grogda?"
"That swamp?"
"That's where my tribe is..."
"The last time I was there was more than ten years ago, and I don't know any more than you do, kid..."
Annan walked along the coastal street to the other side, until the wind could not carry away the whispers of the two orcs, and sat on a bench.
As the busy work ended, there were more pedestrians on the street. They saw "Jack" and "Ruth" sitting on the bench. They lowered their voices with some relief and took a detour so as not to disturb their lord and the tavern.
flower.
"Aren't you going to the tavern to help Mr. Fast?" Annan asked Evelin, who was still following him.
"I'll be with you for a while, it's very relaxing to be around you." Evelin could now say it calmly, which would have made her blush before.
The sunset is setting on the sea, and the ice reflects the afterglow, bringing with it a special sense of beauty.
After preparing the carriage, Annan returned to the house and told Ingrid the arrangements for his two days away: "The children I brought back, Joan, West and Claudia. Joan and West have
Claudia has the potential of a businessman and is a warlock. Give him half of my meditation materials."
The knight captain led the team and the carriage drove out of Xingyue Bay.
The smooth road soon gave way to uneven frozen soil, and the last light disappeared in the west, leaving the forest dormant in darkness.
On the morning of the third day of departure, Annan returned to his faithful Breeze City.
Passers-by and professionals crowded around the carriage. Annan waved to them and arrived at the Benitez Grand Theater first.
The 20-foot-tall giant poster of "The Fall of the Wizard's Tower" that countless painters spent dozens of days to complete is hanging on the wall of the Benitez Grand Theater. Now they are working hard to paint the giant poster of "Betal's Redemption".
Annan did not pay a penny. The theater owner Honatan Metz is a funny old guy. He initially disliked Annan and resisted the magic image, but then became a loyal fan after watching "The Fall of the Wizard's Tower" and "Beta".
"Your Redemption" made him exclaim that this was a real work of art. Now his relationship with Annan is better than that of many nobles.
However, "Betal's Redemption", which has no local elements and no big scenes, is obviously not as popular as "The Fall of the Mage Tower" in Breeze City, and only more than a hundred gold coins are received every day.
If there are no accidents, Breeze City and Betar City will bring in more than 10,000 gold coins in the next few months. Annan thinks it is still too little... These are just two cities. There are dozens of cities in the north, and the Kingdom of Ruikaner
There are dozens of city-states, and the continent of Allen has dozens of kingdoms and countless principalities.
Annan couldn't help but think that if all the nobles gave one gold nard to each one, he could raise the floating city tomorrow.
But the time to make a lot of money is not far away... With the arrival of spring, the sea water melts, and after the port and shipyard are built, Xingyue Bay can trade south along the coastline.
Annan asked a knight to go to the city lord's palace, asked Olmedo to investigate the orc tribe in Grogda, and ran to the mage tower.
"Teacher Yrilanze? It seems that he has been in the Mage Tower." Michael, who has been studying the gunpowder formula Annan left before going to Betar City these days, said.
"In the mage tower?" Annan was surprised.
"You don't think that the elf mentor followed you to Bethal City in pursuit of love, do you?"
Annan didn't speak, because he really thought so. He pointed at Michael's stubble: "How long has it been since you shaved?"
"I don't have time. I'm about to refine the gunpowder."
He didn't even have time to catch up with Annan and drove him out of the alchemy room.
The melee mage who liked to crack skulls with his staff became like this. Annan didn't know whether to feel guilty or relieved.
Annan asked about the elf mentor's room and came to the door hesitantly. There was a harsh warning posted on the oak door: Are you ready to bear the consequences of disturbing my research?
Annan, who was standing in front of the door, took a deep breath and tied the waistband of the mage's robe tightly: "I am Annan. Is Master Yirulanze here?"
The unsettling silence lasted for a few seconds, making Annan want to escape. The next moment, the door was pulled open and his black hair was messed up, and the falling shadow swallowed him up.
"Why is little Annan here? Could it be that he misses me!"
"Um."
Snap——
Annan covered his mouth, but it was already too late.