Byron's house is a bit far from the central auction house, and it took nearly an hour to take a carriage back.
The Byron family has declined a lot, but the land and heritage passed down from their ancestors are not something that you can compare to the later nobles.
She can maintain a little vitality of a girl outside, but when she returns home, she will turn back into that noble noble lady, and she must not do anything unbecoming of a noble lady.
Eliza returned to the room with her skirt in hand, picked out her new clothes and put them on, then put on a new make-up, and then went to find her mother.
Her father, Earl Byron, was currently away from home working for the glory of the Byron family. It was her doting mother who was in charge of the affairs of the family.
"Mother!" Elisa held her mother's hand and didn't know what to say better: "When I went to the auction today, I accidentally bumped into Mr. City Lord!"
"Oh my god, dear Eliza, is this the new Lord of Noel City who came not long ago?" Ms. Byron, who was still dressing up, stood up immediately: "How did you provoke that cruel guy?
"
"It's not him, but his friend." When Elisa said this, a blush appeared on her cheeks, "I... I told them that I would go to the city lord's mansion to apologize later. His friend is a very good person.
People will not blame us."
"My dear, you have to know that the Lord of Noel City is not as kind as you think." Mrs. Byron also called a servant to change her clothes and dress up, and then called the housekeeper and asked him to prepare an apology.
Gift: "Have you forgotten that he killed many nobles on the first day he came to Bangal City?"
"They treated civilians harshly and abused their power. This is the punishment they deserve."
Mrs. Byron put her index finger in the center of her lips to stop Eliza from continuing, "This is only a very small part." She leaned into her daughter's ear and whispered: "They are in collusion with the Abyss Demons."
"Varied--"
"Our city is the closest city to the Abyss Demon Realm. People often lose their hearts because of this... Desire comes from people's hearts, while temptation comes from the outside world." Mrs. Byron changed her clothes and
After making sure that there was nothing inappropriate about her body, she took another look at Eliza's dress: "My dear, call your eldest brother Morton. He must be a man."
The three members of the Byron family, plus the housekeeper and other ordinary people, formed a convoy and came to the central area from their residence in the suburbs.
"You said it was Edman of the Hollas family who offended the Lord of Noel City?!" Eliza's brother Morton lowered his voice and exclaimed, relying on them to arrange a soundproof barrier in advance, otherwise he would be designated as
Outsiders can hear it.
"Oh my God, we have to hurry up." Mrs. Byron also said seriously: "If it's too late, it's really too late, and the Byron family is likely to be destroyed."
"But the Hollas family is not as good as ours."
"The Hollas family... is actually related to the demon clan." Morton explained.
Neither of them said the rest, but Eliza could understand what this meant.
I am involved with Hollas today, so will the Lord of the City think that the Byron family is also involved with the demons?
Her heart was filled with anxiety, and she became silent for a rare moment.
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Qiao Nan didn't notice Norman's confusion.
The auction house is very close to the city lord's palace. It can be reached on foot in ten minutes. Taking a carriage is faster than walking there.
As expected, the City Lord's Mansion was remodeled from head to toe by Norman. It was holy and shining like a temple in the City of Holy Light, making people unable to open their eyes.
Qiao Nan decided to treat the other party's denial that she was mysophobic as a polite reply.
If I wasn't a germophobe, could this house be built like this?
Mostly you are thinking about your own feelings.
The housekeeper was already waiting at the door. He respectfully opened the door for several people, welcomed them in, and then closed the door after everyone came in.
As a guest, Qiao Nan was led to the room to wash and change clothes before being taken to the restaurant to eat. Qiao Nan's room was exactly the same as the city lord's mansion.
It's white, and once you stand inside, you feel extremely depressed.
Moreover, he had an unexpected gain in the City Lord's Mansion.
He actually saw the player in the city lord's mansion.
The difference between players and local NPCs is really huge. The servants who can work in the city lord's mansion are all ordinary people. They wear the simplest dusty clothes. They are hard-working and hard-working. If they don't talk, they have no sense of existence.
But these players are different. Even if they wear the same clothes as the NPC, their temperament is completely different. It is a sense of existence that is independent of the NPC.
Qiao Nan would discover him because he was brought here to serve him as a servant.
"How did you run into the City Lord's Mansion?" Qiao Nan took off his mask, revealing the face that was suffocated under the mask. Perhaps because the mask was not very comfortable, there was also a shallow mark on his face.
The red and plump lips were slightly dry. When he saw the water in the kettle on the table, he poured a glass of water and took a sip. The lips became moist again and looked as attractive as jelly.
The little boy with short brown hair heard someone calling him. When he raised his head, everyone was stunned. He stood there stupidly, with his mouth open and didn't speak for a long time.
Qiao Nan waited for a long time, but the player didn't say anything, so he had to speak again: "Return to your senses——"
"You, you, you, you -" The player was woken up by the noise. As a result, he couldn't use his mouth well and couldn't speak a complete sentence for a long time.
The person invited in by the NPC city lord turned out to be a player????
How long has it been since the server was launched? How come this person has embraced the NPC?!
No, this is very problematic!
The player suddenly turned around and took a deep breath. The master and apprentice calmed down before talking to Qiao Nan. Unexpectedly, as soon as he was mentally prepared and turned around, he saw Qiao Nan about to take off his clothes.
"What are you doing!!!" The player blushed again and turned his back to Qiao Nan, losing control of his emotions: "Why do you take off your clothes when you disagree?!"
"I need to change clothes to see the city lord. Of course I have to hurry up." Qiao Nan took off his outer robe and only wore the cyan gown underneath. In a hurry, he only used a cleaning technique on himself, and then walked behind the screen and took off his clothes.
Underwear.
Across the screen, the player is obviously feeling much better, at least he is no longer so embarrassed: "How do you know NPCs?"
"We met on the street."
"I was assigned to do the mission, but there was a shortage of people in the city lord's palace, so I stayed, and the salary was pretty good." The player said, "And I think there must be hidden missions around such a big shot!"
This is possible.
Qiao Nan found a more formal white and gold robe and put it on.
He always felt that wearing black in a white house was very inconsistent, so he had better go out and do as the Romans do and change into white clothes.
His lucky ring also reminded him that there were good things in the City Lord's Mansion, and he would definitely not go empty-handed this time.
Qiao Nan also had good patience and did not rush Eugene. Instead, he listened with interest to what he was talking about.
He himself has not carefully calculated how many years he has been in the game. The only bit of information he has is brought by new players every time the world restarts.
The flow of time in the game and outside the game is different. He has stayed in the game for hundreds of years, but time outside the game seems to have only passed less than a year.
And for nearly a year, no one discovered his situation?
He didn't believe it. The most likely scenario was that the Qiao family concealed his situation, or they might have made up some kind of lie to deceive ordinary people.
But... ordinary people who don't know are easy to coax, how could those nobles with some background and noble status not know?
These nobles are corrupt and dirty, but they have a lot of good intentions. They should prevent the Qiao family from running this buggy game.
The current situation is that the game has officially started testing.
There are tens of thousands of players entering the game, and once there is a problem with the game under such circumstances... it is not something that the Qiao family can handle at all.
Thinking about it differently, the game bug has been fixed, and the Qiao family deliberately trapped themselves in it?
Qiao Nan got a lot of outside information from Eugene.
For example, the Alliance seems to be interested in cooperating with the Empire recently. Which star has gone on tour somewhere, and a new restaurant has opened somewhere that tastes good.
Such important or trivial things actually sound quite calming, but ordinary people like this have no way of knowing more, only trivial things that are insignificant.
Summarizing and combining intelligence is a basic quality of a soldier. Eugene Rory talked a lot, and Qiao Nan extracted some useful information from it.
The empire seems to be cooperating with the alliance, but General Huo Qizhou opposes the imperial family's choice.
As for the rest, it's not very important.
Hearing Huo Qizhou's objection, Qiao Nan breathed a sigh of relief.
Huo Qizhou is his senior, ten years older than Qiao Nan. At an age when the average life expectancy exceeds 200 years, the two of them can barely be considered peers.
The other party is the legitimate son of the Huo family. He has been a proud son since he was a child. His parents love him, his family also values him, and everyone has high expectations for him.
Completely different from the illegitimate son who was not loved by others.
I am a dispensable weed, but the other person is a unique sun, which will be burned away just by looking at it.
But just like this, two completely different people have become good friends.
Qiao Nan was stunned as he listened. It was only after Eugene ran on the train for a long time that he remembered the topic. Who knew that Qiao Nan had been staring at him, making him look embarrassed.
"Sorry, I talk a lot all the time. You must be impatient." Eugene scratched his hair, "The mission is actually to protect the safety of the city lord."
"The city lord is very powerful, why should he be protected?" Qiao Nan was curious, "He is at least level 60 or above."
"Actually, this is also something I'm curious about. I'm only level 12, why would the housekeeper think I can protect the city lord..." Eugene hissed, "Then I triggered the hidden mission."
The rewards for such hidden tasks are very generous, so Eugene is eager to take action.
He actually knew very well that he was not strong enough to cope with this hidden mission, so he chose to tell the other party this information after Qiao Nan appeared.
Because in Eugene's opinion, Qiao Nan's level is the same as his.
There is strength in numbers, so even if it is a super dangerous task, they can definitely complete it if they work together!
"Do you want to team up with me? I think we can definitely team up!"
"Okay." Qiao Nan agreed slowly, "You can share your tasks with me."
Qiao Nan received the application from the other party and after agreeing, he saw the task triggered by Eugene.
He instinctively frowned and subconsciously closed the mission interface.