Chapter 17 Friends

Because what Klein said was not urgent, Abner quickly put it down and returned his attention to the banquet.

He plans to go to East Chester County tomorrow to pick up the original manuscript of Russell. If he still has time, he will consider whether to go to Nas, the capital of the Carcas Islands.

It was said to be a celebration banquet, but since Abner already knew that the "Seal of Disaster" was placed behind his "Pure White Eye", it did not hold it in a grand or formal manner.

This is not so much a banquet, but more like a dinner with friends.

Seeing that everyone had almost eaten, Abner, as the host, stood up, picked up a glass of "Almir" red wine, and began to clink glasses with his friends one by one along the long table.

He first came to the nearest Xiu Shen, had a drink with her, and said with a smile: "I seem to owe you a hot spring trip?"

"It's good that you remember." Xio's tone was a little unkind, not only because of the other party's repeated delays, but also because there was only milk in her cup.

"I always remember..." Abner smiled and whispered a few words in Xio's ear, then walked towards Fores with the wine glass, while Xio was a little dazed holding the glass. After a while, he poured the milk into his mouth. .

Foersi was very greedy. After clinking glasses with Abner, she drank all the wine in the glass and said:

"As expected, it's Olmir, the most famous wine. I'm afraid it's not too old... It tastes much better than the ones we drank in Intis. Each level has a different feeling..."

"If you had left a few days later, when I officially entered Trier's upper class circle, there would be no shortage of wine of this grade." Abner said, pouring her another glass, clinking the glasses again and saying, "Welcome Return to Backlund, Miss Falls Wall."

"You were the one who saw me off in Trier, and now you are the one who welcomes me back to Backlund... Why does it feel a little strange..." Fores complained, but did not refuse the cup filled with "O. Ermir" and drank it down again.

At this time, Abner took out a bracelet made of several stones from his pocket, put it into Fulis's hand, bent down, and laughed softly: "This is a gift for you."

"A gift?" Foersi lowered his head and glanced, feeling that the lines on the stone looked familiar. "What is it for? Is it an accessory?"

"This is a 'teleportation stone' that can be teleported to a designated location in times of crisis. It can still be used three times..."

After a brief introduction, Abner continued walking towards Hazel without waiting for Forsi to react. He only raised the corners of his mouth the moment he turned his back.

If I had known that Abner would give me this, why would I spend money on that badge at the Tarot Club? Holding the bracelet, Forsi couldn't help but laugh at himself.

Xio, who had witnessed all this and clearly understood the cause and effect, looked back and forth between Forsi and Abner, and finally sighed.

On the other side, although Hazel was young, she was already a social adult, so she also poured herself a glass of white wine. When she saw Abner coming over, she took the initiative to raise her glass.

After celebrating the sales of "Russell Gustav" and "Searching for the Laurel", Hazel was a little reserved and proud and said to Abner: "My 'Scammer' potion digests It’s over.”

"Is this a 'fraud'?" Abner first made a joke, then solemnly warned, "When you become a 'decryption scholar', you will have to be more careful... In the end I wish I could stay in Harvest Church more often..."

"Why?" Hazel was a little confused.

Because after your path is in the middle sequence, part of it often becomes a sealed object, and part of it becomes Amon... Abner thought so in his heart, but on the surface he followed the principle of "keeping knowledge" and simply explained:

"You can understand that all the Extraordinaries in the 'Stealer' path have a common enemy... so even your former demigod teacher has been hiding."

Hazel nodded thoughtfully and said seriously: "I understand."

Seeing this, Abner frowned, because he found that the "tributary" with the highest probability in Hazel's "River of Destiny" still intersected with a clone of Amon, and did not change because of his warning. Deflected...

The current Hazel is not as ignorant and arrogant as in the original work. She still attaches great importance to my words... Then, if it is not a subjective problem on her part... is it because of the Extraordinary Convergence? Or for some reason that I don’t know yet...

I didn’t expect that she and Amon had a “fate”!

Sighing secretly, Abner decided to find opportunities in the future to continue to deflect Hazel's fate. After all, the environment here was not right and he did not dare to open the "Pure White Eyes".

After that, Abner clinked glasses with several men including inventor Leppard, reporter Mike, and Benson who had just become a public servant, and thanked them for their help to his film and television company.

Among them, Leppard, as the main inventor of the sound projector, received a large share of the dividend;

Reporter Mike registered a new pen name, began writing professional film reviews, and became the director of the public opinion department established by the film and television company.

After acquiring Prince Edsac's former shares in the "Daily Observer", Abner, Vera and Hazel have taken absolute control of the newspaper. Seconding Mike to be the department head is considered a normal operation.

As for Benson, although he has just become an employee of the Ministry of Finance, he still played a certain role in the simultaneous release of previous films. At least the financial support for the establishment of public theaters in some small towns was passed so quickly, because of him of credit.

After chatting with several men for a few words, Abner finally came to Melissa.

Since the young lady was still young, Mrs. Scudder prepared juice for her.

After briefly clinking the glasses, Melissa pursed her lips and whispered: "I will try my best to return the money for the 'potion' materials to you..."

With Hazel's help, she successfully formulated the potion from the materials sent by Abner's messenger, and is now a Sequence 9 "General Knowledge".

The gods testified that when she learned from Hazel that the Sequence 9 potion was worth 400 gold pounds, she was stunned.

You must know that before Klein's death, his total salary for a year may only be this much... and Benson's salary was even less at that time!

This is only Sequence 9... It's hard for Melissa to imagine the price of the subsequent potions.

In fact, your brother bought it for you, I just handed it over... Abner muttered in his heart, but on the surface he just smiled and did not reject the girl's insistence. After all, if you have a goal, you will be more motivated to study and work. .

It's good for both her and her film and television company...it's a win-win situation.

…

After the banquet was over, except for Xio and Forsi, the other guests said their goodbyes and left.

After leaving the villa at No. 28 Kingston Street, Benson had the opportunity to be alone with his sister. After chatting for a few words, he suddenly asked unintentionally:

"Melissa, what did you say to Mr. Viscount Blaine?"

Melissa stopped and stared at her brother's head for a while, until she couldn't help but raise her hand to straighten her hair, and then she said seriously:

"I'm discussing with Abner why he is so popular with girls, but my brother is not..."

This... Benson was speechless for a moment when he heard this, but he asked in a strange way: "What did he say?"

"Abner said you need to take care of yourself...especially your hairline!" Melissa stared at the top of her brother's head and said seriously.

Benson's expression suddenly became very complicated. He opened his mouth and uttered: "I read in the newspaper before and said that there is something called the sap of the Donningsman tree, which may be effective for hair growth..."

Hearing this, Melissa finally couldn't hold back any longer, burst out laughing, and said, "I'm just kidding...how could I ask Abner such a question."

Benson was immediately petrified, and after a long while he said helplessly: "Melissa, when did you learn to talk like this?"

"You said before, 'What's the difference between a person who doesn't understand humor and a curly-haired baboon?'" Melissa glanced at him casually and asked, "Isn't this bad for me?"

"Very good! I mean, this is what I want you to be! It seems that you have a very happy relationship with the people in the film and television company." Benson said happily.

Since Klein's death, how long had it been since he had seen his sister so happy? Although this may have been brought about by the philandering detective, I still have to thank him... What should I do if I have such a conflict?

Melissa saw the joy and contradiction in her brother's heart, and raised the corner of her mouth, thinking:

"Come on, come on! I have stepped into the world of Klein...

"I will definitely find out the real cause of his death!"

…

In the bedroom on the third floor of the villa at No. 28 Kingster Street.

Abner, who had just taken a shower and changed his clothes, was about to take a short rest, but at this moment, he heard a knock on the door.

As soon as he sensed it, he found Xio standing outside the door.