This answer was obviously completely beyond Blackbird's expectation.
"Blackbird", who was still a little sleepy at first, suddenly became energetic after hearing Annan's answer.
——In other words, he was frightened by Annan's answer.
What is this equivalent to? The police suddenly interrogated the top leader of another country on the street without any preparation...
The thing held by the blackbird in his hand seemed to be able to detect lies and recordings - that's why he immediately believed Annan's words. Of course, the entry record was there, and Annan's voiceprint had been collected in it.
Under such circumstances, there is no point in lying and showing off.
In other words, Annan is really the Duke of Winter who came to travel.
The sweat behind Blackbird fell off in a flash.
He didn't even sweat after being exposed to the scorching sun for so long. But now he was soaked in cold sweat... and even his fingers began to tremble.
This looked familiar to Annan. Maria had used it before in Nightmare in the White Tower, and the doorman at Viscount Rossburg's house also used something similar.
Because this thing is a specialty of the Tower of Storms, it can be used for continuous release to detect lies and detect true names. It is like the black fire of the Black Tower of the Swamp, the base plate of the Jade Tower, the gargoyles of the Twin White Towers, and the Thousand Faces Fantasy Tower.
The same mini-games...are the most basic external income-generating projects of Wizard Tower.
Annan had heard Maria say before that it was not troublesome to make this thing.
Perhaps the most troublesome step is how to cut them into such a standard size. In order to make a large number of these small stone slabs that are one palm long, two and a half fingers wide, and half a finger thick, you have to use the Tower of Storms...
The Tower of Storms has a ritual similar to that of a machine tool, which is responsible for cutting and polishing the purchased stones into such a size.
Yes, it is not jade - it is an ordinary stone filled with a curse. Just like the gray mist itself is a haze-like substance, after the curse is poured into it, the original properties of the stone will also change.
That curse was not provided by the wizard's apprentice, but by the never-ending storm above the Storm Tower. In other words, the process of making this kind of jade token was itself one of the ways to consume that power.
The other wizard towers are all worried about energy. Only the Storm Tower is worried about "how to use up these energy quickly"...
As long as you use a certain spell completely once during the process of pouring the curse... this spell will be pressed into it by the "machine tool" of the Tower of Storms.
The whole process is fully automatic, and every time a wizard apprentice releases a spell, he can engrave a set of twenty tablets at the same time; if he is a formal wizard, because the spell effect is stronger and there are more types of spells, he can also create more spells at the same time.
Multiple types of "spell tablets".
Neither cost nor processing is complicated.
But the "constant infinite curse" that brings trouble to the Storm Tower is impossible for other wizard towers to have. And the spells of the Imperial School also require a certain amount of talent to master.
And the designer of this machine tool ceremony...
It is the "Victor Frostwhisper" of the Annan family.
So this creates a strange situation where "everyone knows that this thing is cheap in theory, but you still have to buy it from me at a premium of several times."
Since the Tower of Storms does not accept ordinary apprentices, the one in the hands of the man named Blackbird, if it is not a second-hand item from more than ten years ago, must have been made by Maria herself.
In other words, "Blackbird" was using items made by Annan's sister and sold to Denis Sawyer by the country ruled by Annan to interview and record Annan's words, and at the same time determine whether Annan was lying.
"Blackbird"'s expression suddenly became very subtle.
He was silent for a while, and then bowed humbly and deeply to Annan: "Sorry, I don't know..."
"It does not matter, I do not mind."
Annan just asked with some curiosity: "You said, I have been in contact with wanted criminals? I am also very curious... I should not have contacted many people today, and Denisoya's people are even less. Which person do you want?"
Looking for a wanted criminal?"
Seeing that Annan didn't resist or mind, the stiff and pale expression on "Blackbird"'s face was finally relieved.
If Annan was angry because of his rude inquiry - even if Annan just showed his dissatisfaction, even if he did not commit any wrongdoing and just followed the most standard procedures, the leaders of the "Special Bureau of Spells and Ritual Crimes"
, and he will definitely be severely punished as a sincerity to apologize to Annan.
"Your Majesty, it's great that you don't care..."
"Blackbird" bowed to Annan again in an unusually humble manner.
Then he pinned the jade plaque back to his waist, took out a folded portrait from his arms, unfolded it, bent over and handed it to Annan with respectful hands.
And "Charlie", who was sitting majestically at Blackbird's feet, immediately put on a smile on her face, came over and lay down softly at Annan's feet.
"You can just ask me as an ordinary citizen named 'Annan Lingdong'."
Annan watched "Blackbird" hand the painting to him. He didn't straighten up, but just kept his bowing posture motionless. He smiled helplessly: "You are working after all, I can understand it."
.Although I also know that some of our nobles in the cold winter don't have very good tempers...but I don't actually have that bad habit.
"If you met a noble from Denisoya, would you ask so respectfully?"
——What you said, how dare I ask this question when I meet a noble.
"Blackbird" muttered in his mind, but said nothing.
Mainly because I dare not say it.
Because the recorder on my waist is still on.
The most terrible thing about that thing is that in order to prevent inductive questions or lies and deceive answers, and at the same time to convince others of one's identity and purpose, the lie detection effect of this jade card is two-way...
If he dares to lie, the jade plaque will turn red when this recording is played.
Then he will definitely lose the ball.
"...Okay, I understand."
Annan looked at Blackbird's reaction and smiled helplessly.
He probably has a deeper understanding of the political situation on Denisoya's side.
Isaac, who was behind Annan, also frowned, looking at the "blackbird" who didn't even dare to raise his head and look directly into Annan's pupils, and remained silent without saying a word.
Annan looked intently at the portrait in his hand and recognized the man's identity at a glance.
"This person..."
He looked stunned.
The painting is of a lean old man with dark skin, his face is stained by the sea breeze. He is wearing a captain's hat, slightly stooped, holding a dagger in his left hand and a gun in his right hand.
But the most eye-catching thing is the silver bracelet on his right wrist.
The old man turned around, with a sinister and vicious look in his eyes. This portrait perfectly depicts that look.
Annan was about to turn around and ask Isaac, "Do you think this is so and so?", but he suddenly remembered that "Blackbird" only came over to ask him, and Isaac didn't speak after he started recording.
If at this time, you talk to outsiders and leave your voice behind.
Then after the "blackbird" returns, he may be scolded and asked: "Why don't you ask the other person who was traveling with you instead of asking Grand Duke Annan?"
In that case, it will cause trouble for the "blackbird".