Chapter 91, Visit the Aesthetic Society

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Ryan narrowed his eyes, and his half-smiling look gave people a sense of shuddering and non-angry prestige: "Do you know Gothic?"

"Yes, and I can also disguise, Mr. Ryan, I am willing to follow you to repay your kindness." Emilia said softly, and the girl's face flushed.

"Pfft~hahahahaha!" Veronica on the side burst out laughing, smiling prettily, Witch Garland took out twenty-five gold dinars from her small bag, and handed them directly to the captain: "That's all right, all of you don't have to pay any more, I'll pay the money, this Miss Emilia will be the guarantor, in exchange, she will be mine from now on."

"No, Emilia!" Wilt couldn't believe it, and the deputy head quickly walked up to the girl: "You don't have to do so much for us..."

"This is my choice, deputy head, let me call you deputy head for the last time." Emilia stood still and bowed to the deputy head of the blood ax mercenary group in front of her: "Thank you mercenary group Thank you very much for taking me in for so many years.”

"Hey~ Don't think too much about it. This money is just for us to hire Emilia. When the employment period is over, it's up to her to decide whether she wants to return to your mercenary group." Veronica patted Patted Emilia Nennen's shoulder: "Let's go, my little mercenary... no, it's the little maid."

After the captain took the money, he couldn't say anything more. Seeing that the dispute was over, the priest of the Sea God said, "Then you can discuss the rest in private."

Coming out of the Sea God Church, Witch Jialan asked Emilia to pack her luggage first and then join the two of them.

Seeing that Veronica was still laughing all the way, Ryan said reproachfully, "Veronica!"

"Hahaha~ Ryan, Ryan, you are really, what should I say about you?" Witch Garland laughed and tossed, and Ryan was also helpless: "How do I know that she can speak Gothic?"

"Hahaha~ A random female mercenary will see through you, hahahaha~ ouch~" Veronica was about to laugh when the man pinched her indescribable part: "Okay Now, tell me why you paid the money?"

"Isn't there just a lack of maid at home? I think this girl is very suitable." Veronica clutched her chest, looking aggrieved and teary.

"to be frank!"

"Okay, disguise." Veronica finally told the truth: "This little girl's disguise is very strong,

She made up such a pretty face so ordinary, we need this kind of disguise technology very much, and I can see that she is very insecure, especially in this place in Marienburg, she seems to be very careful, she is very careful about Everything around you has a sense of fear, so don't feel that she is forced to follow you. "

"Is all this in her plan?" Ryan cheered up now.

"She longs for a sense of security. I can tell that from the first moment this girl sees you, she believes that only you can bring her a sense of security. Even if there is no such thing, she will definitely find a reason to follow her. Yours." Veronica became serious now, and the woman crossed her arms: "So it was her plan to use this to leave the mercenary group."

Ryan nodded when he heard this. He always felt that this matter was a bit strange. Emilia's behavior was a bit...too natural. After getting involved, Ryan intervened and then Emilia voluntarily quit the mercenary group to do it herself. During the whole process of paying off the debt, the girl behaved a little too smoothly: "What do you think is the reason for her lack of security?"

"I don't know, maybe...she is beautiful?" Speaking of which, even Veronica was a little uncertain, but the witch said in an indifferent tone: "But that is not important, all we need is her As for whether you keep her by your side after this is completed, it is up to you to decide, and there is a lack of a maid at home, and according to what you said about your journey in Nord, this The female mercenary named Emilia is very brave and smart, she should not be a bad person."

"Under what circumstances, she can feel safe in a backcountry like Nord where all kinds of monsters are rampant, but she can't feel safe in Marienburg, the largest port in the old world and surrounded by so many army guards Feeling?" Ryan touched his chin, he always felt very strange.

"Before that... what did that girl tell you?" Veronica became more and more interesting as she thought about it.

"She read my real name! My last...surname that has never been made public."

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The reason why they didn’t visit the Aesthetic Society in the morning was because Ryan and Veronica learned that the president of the Aesthetic Society, Anida, had something to go out in the afternoon. The two of them made up their minds and decided that it was better to take advantage of Anida’s absence in the afternoon. Come visit sometime.

Visiting the Aesthetic Society is an important step in scouting out the organization, because seeing once is worth seeing, no matter how many gossip you gather.

But the plan couldn't keep up with the changes. After being followed, Ryan knew that he couldn't blatantly investigate the Beauty Society.

After a specious shopping in the morning, he confirmed that Anida had left the Aesthetic Club due to some personal affairs, and under the circumstances of being followed, the two of them walked all the shield blocks and went to the Aesthetic Club naturally, which is also true. Nothing to be surprised about.

Ryan and Veronica came to the door of the Aesthetic Society.

The big red carpet was spread from the inside to the outside, and the well-dressed waiter saw Ryan's appearance, and immediately sent the warmest smile and reception: "Hello! Mr. Ryan! Welcome to the Beauty Club!"

"Hello! I have heard a lot about the art of the Aesthetic Society. I'll come and take a look today." Ryan raised his head. The huge white stone pillars support the four-storey building. The whole building is almost completely transparent under the decoration of glazed windows. Silk curtains hung one by one from the roof.

After being greeted by the waiter and entering the Aesthetic Club, a huge fountain sculpture appeared in front of the two people. A giant man carried a deer on his shoulders, and the deer’s mouth continuously sprayed water. The crystal chandelier hangs straight from the high ceiling to the mid-air of the house, and the famous paintings are all from the hands of those famous artists. Many nobles hang around here. They wear luxurious silk clothes with various gold and silver. Jewelry, merchants are busy negotiating prices with artists in berets and waistcoats, emphasizing which pair of precious works of art they want to take away, and how much real gold they have to pay for it silver.

"Mr. Ryan, do you need me to introduce you?" A waiter said enthusiastically, and Ryan nodded: "Please."

"We, the Aesthetic Society, are committed to enabling people to seek, discover, and fall in love with beauty. Over the past 30 years, with the efforts of the president, Aneda Klausner, we have collected more than 4,000 precious collections. The Aesthetic Society's The headquarters has undergone nine expansions, and the main building is currently divided into six areas, namely the Human Art Hall, Elf Art Hall, Dwarf Art Hall, Painting Hall, Sculpture Hall, and Decorative Art Hall." The waiter introduced with a few treasures .

"The three most precious treasures in the collection of the Hall of Human Art are the 'Blessing of the Holy Grail', the 'Battle on the Rick River', and the first edition of the Charlemagne Code." The waiter led Ryan to the Hall of Human Art and led Ryan to visit the beautiful will treasure.

The painting "The Blessing of the Holy Grail" was once a national treasure of Brittany, but now the Kingdom of Knights is unable to collect a large amount of funds to take it back from the Aesthetic Society. This painting depicts the founding king Arthur leading the twelve earliest Holy Grail knights Kneeling in front of the fairy of the lake and swearing allegiance, the young knight king of the first generation with dazzling blond hair and blue eyes took the crown from the fairy of the lake and crowned himself.

Ryan remembered that Arthur, the first king of knights, did not live very long. His strength was already close to that of a demigod. Arthur ruled Brittania for less than 20 years before he died of illness. His body was placed on a small boat. Drive into the depths of Fairy Lake and disappear forever in the mist of fairies in the lake. There are legends that he will reappear when the knight kingdom is most in danger, and there are also legends that he has been protecting his kingdom in another way.

The Fairy of the Lake must be very interested in reclaiming this national treasure of the Knights Kingdom.

"Battle on the Rick River" depicts an earth-shattering battle between Nagash, the lord of the dead, and Charlemagne, the emperor of the people. I remember that the end of this war was that Charlemagne narrowly won. Nagash lost his body and became immortal since then. It took Charlemagne several years to recover from the poison and curse of the Lord of the Dead.

Another treasure is not on display today.

After visiting several exhibition halls successively, Ryan was amazed by the wealth displayed by the Weimei Club. Many treasures and out-of-print collections were collected by Anida almost at any cost by spending countless money and contacts.

Where did she get so much money? She was neither the widow of some great nobleman, nor was she constantly supported by some great merchant, Ryan thought.

The answer in his mind became more and more accurate.

After visiting around, Ryan and Veronica came to the third floor along the huge spiral staircase. The third floor is a huge luxurious living room, a social place open to most people. In this place, as long as the clothes are It is decent, anyone can come in to enjoy drinks and snacks, the living room faces the sea, and all the people sitting in the living room are the upper class of society.

Most people have noticed the appearance of Ryan. Among them, the artists don't really have much affection for Ryan, a "warrior". They just nodded when they saw him come in, but the nobles and businessmen were much more enthusiastic. Among them was a noble earl Immediately walked up: "Hello! Mr. Lane, I'm Edmond Huron, you can call me Edmond directly."

"Hello! Your Excellency Edmund!" Ryan shook hands with Edmund in a friendly gesture, and he noticed that the Earl's spirit was a little sluggish.

"Hello, Your Excellency, I am Veronica Bernadotte, from the Garland Council." Veronica also greeted the earl, but the earl obviously did not take a witch seriously, and just casually After glancing at her, she looked away, which made Witch Jialan very upset, but there was nothing she could do.

"Why did Anida invite Mr. Ryan to come to the beautiful meeting and Mr. Ryan didn't come, but why did he come uninvited at this time?" Edmund patted Ryan on the shoulder with a smile. There was not much hostility in his voice, because Ryan showed The rejection of Anida was very firm, and he also had a girlfriend by his side. Edmund took it for granted that Ryan had no idea about Anida, so he did not regard him as an enemy: "Today is really unfortunate, Anida is a little Things went out."

"That's a pity." Ryan shrugged and said in a frivolous tone: "Actually, it's nothing for me to come here today, but Veronica said that she wanted to come here, so I brought her here, but we can only visit those downstairs. In the exhibition hall, it seems that the one upstairs will be rescheduled."

"No, I don't need another day, I can take you and your girlfriend to visit right now." Edmund thought to himself that just as Anida was not around, he would satisfy the kid's curiosity and prevent him from appearing next to Anida again. .

So Edmund made the decision and took Ryan to visit all the dance halls and small exhibition rooms upstairs. Even as long as Ryan expressed curiosity, he signaled the waiter to open it for Ryan to visit to his heart's content. Only Anida exclusive On the fourth floor, he said that he couldn't help, and Ryan said very kindly that it was not a place he was interested in.

So, the Earl and the White Wolf Knight, who had their own concerns, chatted happily for about an hour, and then Ryan offered to leave, and Edmund didn't stay any longer, but said: "At eight o'clock in the evening in three days, the Aesthetic Society will organize an artistic All artists from the mainland can participate in the salon, of course, it is only open to artists, is Mr. Ryan interested in participating?"

"I guess I won't come." Ryan shrugged and spread his hands to express that he might not come. He had already heard what Edmund meant. A knight like Ryan would definitely not be welcome in the Art Salon unless he was really good at art. Also very accomplished.

"Oh! That's really a pity." Edmund said as if it was a pity, but there was not much pity in his tone: "There are still many interesting places in Fort Marien, Ryan, you can take Miss Veronica to your heart's content to visit."

"I will, Edmund. Good-bye."

"goodbye!"

Coming out of the Beauty Club, Ryan and Veronica returned to Amber Avenue non-stop, and the figure following them didn't disappear until they approached Amber Avenue.

"Is there any gain?" Veronica shook her head with a bitter face: "It's too clean, I didn't even notice a trace of strange energy inside the Aesthetic Society."

"Me too, and I'm sure that even if we can really search the fourth floor, we won't be able to find anything, and we will offend a lot of people." Ryan was also very depressed: "The clues are broken here? "

"We can only think of new ways and find new clues now." Ryan thought for a while: "Well, I'll go see His Excellency the Duke."

"Meet the Duke?"

"Well, let him create an identity for me, a new identity." Ryan smiled sinisterly: "With Emilia's disguise technique, I know what to do."

Marienburg Civic District, White Wool Hotel.

The members of the Bloodaxe Mercenary Group were packing up their things, they were hit repeatedly, and the morale of the mercenaries was low.

At this moment, the great imperial alchemist Barshazer Geert, wearing a golden mask, holding a golden staff, and a golden cloak, walked into the hotel. He said to the mercenaries: "Get ready, Mercenaries, you will follow me into the deep mining area."

"It's you?!" Wilt saw Geert appear, his eyes were red, he walked straight towards Geert, anyone could see the excitement.

"Mr. Gelt, I need an explanation from you."