After everyone was introduced one after another, lunch finally started.
As the cart carrying the food came over, two teams of maids brought the prepared food to the table, and then placed the tableware and porcelain plates one by one. Only then did the meal officially begin.
During lunch, Lorraine Hill felt a little uncomfortable, as if everyone was staring at her. Is the price of becoming famous too high? She couldn't help but wonder.
Fortunately, after lunch, many people left because they had other things to do. Looking at this sage who behaved like a real girl, Palinsha felt a little cute. Of course, the look on her face
Still didn't show it, just stood aside quietly.
After lunch, Pullman also had to deal with some things, so he asked others to accompany Lorraine Hill, and Palinsha followed.
"Hello, Sage~" A girl about 20 years old greeted Lorraine Hill. She had golden-orange hair and a small shining star in the corner of her eye.
This girl's name is Sonia. She was once a scout and painter, and is now the leader of the Crancia Intelligence Department.
"plz follow me."
She walked in front, leading the way for Lorraine Hill, followed by the two dignitaries who had just introduced themselves in the side hall.
"Here." Several people walked into a white palace like a garden. There were crisp birdsong on the branches, and a small table was placed under the flower vine shelf.
After Sonia asked Lorraine Hill to sit down, she slowly explained.
"I'm sorry, Lord Lorraine Hill, today's ceremony was a bit sudden and shocked you." She clasped her hands together as if begging the silver-haired girl for forgiveness.
Although it was a bit unexpected, Lorraine Hill would not be angry because of this kind of thing. He shook his head and said that he didn't need to take it to heart.
"Brother Pullman has been focusing on military strategy and construction in recent years. He is no longer good at entertaining people and interpersonal relationships. I hope you don't mind, Mr. Sage. In fact, everyone gets along very well, haha." This girl seems to be born with love.
Laughing, under her influence, the atmosphere gradually became more relaxed.
A few people sat here and gave a brief introduction.
Sitting on the right side of Loland Hill is Sonia, on the left is York, who is a kind old man who is also the archbishop of the royal capital, and opposite is Leiden, who was just introduced.
Minister of Commerce and Trade.
"Sure enough, if there are fewer people, we can be more relaxed, haha." Sonia clapped her hands and asked the maid on the side to bring some fresh fruits and snacks, and then the few of them chatted briefly while eating.
"Actually, the first time I met Brother Pullman was in the north. At that time, I was a newly promoted junior officer in West Wind and was responsible for detecting intelligence on the Gufiya grassland in the north." Sonia slowly talked about her meeting and joining the Klan.
Experience in West Asia.
As a young genius of the new generation of West Wind, Sonia was born a commoner, but because of her strong personal strength (she was promoted to Sequence 5 when she was only 16 years old), a certain big shot valued her and put her into the army. Because of the late West Wind
In that kind of environment, even a genius, if he doesn't have a good family background and background, if he wants to get ahead, he can only have some hope through military service.
In this way, she also met Pullman, who was working as a mercenary at the time.
It was Pullman's third year out of the forest. Although he worked hard, his talent was only average at Sequence 3. At that time, he happened to be a mercenary squad leader, escorting a batch of goods into the grassland, and accompanying a certain businessman into the grassland.
Shopping.
This businessman is also Leyden across the table, this rather handsome young man.
"It must be a coincidence of fate. At that time, I had just left home to do business on my own, and I happened to need to find someone with good strength and good reputation to help protect me." Leiden said while holding a folding fan. His appearance was quite handsome, and the only thing he wanted was
The only drawback is the pair of narrow eyes, which look a bit like a fox and are untrustworthy.
"Then how did you meet?" Lorraine Hill asked curiously.
"Because I felt that this guy had evil intentions and was definitely involved in smuggling, so I followed him, preparing to catch him and make a meritorious deed." Sonia said with a smile.
"Stop making excuses about my appearance, Sonia." Leiden was not angry at all, but took out a green banana from the fruit bowl and slowly peeled it.
"Haha, idiot, Sir Sage, even though Raiden looks like this, he is actually quite stupid." Sonia also took out a bunch of light purple grapes from the plate and gave half of them to Lorraine Hill.
"It seems that you have a good relationship." Lorraine Hill took the grapes and slowly peeled them.
"Well, it's not bad. I often borrow money from him, huh." Sonia put a grape into her mouth.
"Actually, the two of them are happy friends." Yorke on the side finally said. This old man has a long white beard and looks like Santa Claus.
"I followed this idiot along the way and saw him doing business foolishly and losing a lot of money. I gave up. This guy can't do smuggling at all."
"You don't understand. It's called early investment and establishing a good reputation." Lydon had to explain.
"Later, I happened to encounter a Sequence 3 monster. Brother Pullman knocked it down, but this also attracted the greed of other caravans, and they prepared to attack while there was no one on the grassland."
"The two sides fought a losing battle, and the other caravan also exposed some prohibited goods, and we caught them. This is how we got to know Brother Lyden and Pullman."
"It was a ride anyway, so Leiden said he would spend some more money and ask us to protect him, so he walked around the grassland for a while before coming back," Sonia continued.
"Originally we were going to separate, but it turned out that the son of the city lord on the border fell in love with Sonia, so there was a conflict later." Leiden sighed, as if he was lamenting that beauty is a disaster.
"Then we followed Brother Pullman all the way east, avoiding the city lord's pursuers, until we entered a valley. Suddenly reinforcements appeared, and hundreds of people attacked together, immediately defeating the city lord's army."
"That's when we realized that this was Brother Pullman's secret base, where we also saw another way of life and read the classics left by the Sage."
"After that, I joined in." Sonia added a small ending to the previous story.
"So that's it." Lorraine Hill nodded.
"How did Mr. Yorke know Pullman?" The girl turned her curious eyes to the old man.
"My experience is not as exciting as Sonia and Leyden, haha." The old man moved his beard and then told what happened eight years ago.
"At that time, I was the pastor of the Angel Church in a small city. Because the location was remote, I was the only one in the local church, and there were several mines around. The miners inside were often injured, and some of the injuries were serious and I couldn't treat them."
"So I often have no choice but to watch those people die in pain. I feel a little uncomfortable all the time."
"Later, Mr. Pullman passed by here, and he brought some other treatment methods. First, he used boiled water, cooled it and then cleaned the wound, then cut off the slough, applied medicine, bandaged and so on."
"I thought he was the apprentice of a certain necromancer, so I started chatting with him. Unexpectedly, after we talked, some of my ideas slowly changed."
"There are many suffering people in this world, and there are also insurmountable difficulties in life, so people need spiritual sustenance, but angels and gods are too far away."
"The power of an individual is too small, but once people are connected, they can exert huge power, so that they can change the world, and the happiness of people themselves is better than any empty rules and worship."
"After that, I gradually became one of them."
"Two years ago, the starlight under that wilderness made me more determined to take this path. It was also that night that I got rid of the extraordinary sequence that had been stagnant for nearly twenty years and entered Sequence 7."
"Maybe this is my luck and destiny." The old man finished slowly.