Chapter 1131 The Envoy
I stopped, turned around, and asked, "My letter?"
When the staff saw me stopping, they also slowed down, took a breath, and said, "Your letter was delivered early in the morning."
"Thank you for your hard work," I said, handing over a silver coin as a tip for running errands.
In fact, running errands for the adventurer base staff should have been part of the job, but I don’t know when it started, and it gradually evolved into a paid service. It is not entirely correct to say that it is a paid service. To be precise, it means that if you are willing to If you tip, it's a paid service; if you don't, it's a free service.
Although free services appear to be more advantageous than paid services on the surface, in fact, the difference is still huge.
No matter what, those who deliver letters are all humans. As long as they are humans, they have emotions and desires, and they have selfish greed. Whether humans or elves, they prefer paid services to free services.
Since there is a difference, naturally, the paid service is much superior to the unpaid service in terms of attitude and the speed of delivering letters.
For example, this morning, it was only around five o'clock, and the staff got up early to deliver the letter to me. If I had never paid a tip, he would probably have delayed delivery until the evening, or at noon the next day.
I accepted the grateful smile of the staff and sighed secretly in my heart: The power of money is so powerful.
After opening the envelope, I opened the letter and read it while walking towards the fish shop. I didn't have to worry about bumping into pedestrians. It was only after five o'clock, and most of the elves were still doing morning exercises in their backyards.
There are only a few lines on the letter paper. The handwriting is scrawled but still legible: the second young master has woken up and is recovering. In the meantime, he is recruiting adventurers with large sums of money. The purpose is unknown. My personal guess is that it is mostly related to the trip to the forest. The other , the city lord is suffering from an old illness and is recovering, but I am not optimistic about it. He has been drinking and having sex all day long, and his body has long been drained. I am afraid he will not be able to recover from this illness. Once the city lord dies, what should I do next? Please tell me. instruct.
At the end of the letter, there was a symbol that only I could recognize. It was the symbol I had agreed upon with Shan Yong before I left Airui City.
The Lord of Airui City is ill.
I chuckled: Airray City will suddenly send envoys to Fort Vicky to talk about the union. I'm afraid this is one of the reasons.
Carter Scott's philosophy is that the human race is dominant, and he disdains alliances with other races. However, his brother, the eldest son of the Carter family, is heard to be a very cruel and cruel person, warlike and angry, and ignores the poor. This kind of person They will not easily form alliances with other races. I am afraid that their personalities have long been known by their father. In order to ensure the stability of their political power and not fall aside, their father, the current lord of Airui City, began to extend an olive branch to powerful countries as a sign of gratitude. Friendly, I guess he has probably thought that as soon as he dies, no matter which son is in power, he will send troops to Dashai City. The outcome of the war will be either victory or defeat. If he wins, it will be easy to say, the people will support him and his morale will be high. Once defeated, Airui City will The supreme power is likely to be threatened by other nobles. At this time, it will need the support of powerful outside forces, which is the Vitch Castle they previously sent envoys to make friends with.
It's just that Vicky Castle's attitude towards Airui City has dropped to the freezing point because of the previous incident. If they want to restore it again, they can only rely on sincerity to resolve it little by little. I'm afraid the Lord of Airui City won't be able to wait for that day.
Judging from the situation in the letter, the condition of the city lord of Airui City is not optimistic. As a result, it has become very urgent to recruit strong backup. Since Fort Vicky is unwilling to cooperate, his next target is likely to find powerful people. Moonlight City is second only to Witchburgh.
Once an envoy from Airui City comes to meet with the Elf Queen, will I, a foreign elder, also be called to attend?
After thinking about it for a while, I realized that this idea was just a fantasy and useless, so I continued to buy white fish.
After breakfast, a group of us were preparing to go out when we heard someone knocking on the door. When we opened the door, we saw two elf guards. When they saw me, they said respectfully: "Elder An Xiaoyi, Your Majesty invites you to come."
I wondered: "Didn't the Queen accommodate me and allow me not to attend the morning meeting?"
"It's not about the morning meeting," the guard said, "Please come with us."
I nodded, picked up the Odachi and left with the two guards.
The guard glanced at the knife on my back and seemed to have something to say.
I asked, "What do you two think of my knife?"
"Yes, Elder An Xiaoyi," one of the guards said, "I am surprised that you carry weapons on your back and go to the temple."
"Aren't you allowed to carry weapons?" I asked.
"Okay." Another guard said: "Our clan does not have such a rule, and His Majesty has not stated that it is forbidden to carry weapons. We just think that doing so will threaten His life and safety. Please forgive our unreasonable remarks and please forgive us." It is a blasphemy to your loyalty to His Majesty, but we will say it anyway.”
"It doesn't matter." I waved my hand: "What you are worried about is not unreasonable. If the time to enter the palace is changed to the afternoon, I will definitely not enter the palace with a sword on my back. But it is morning now. After the Queen has met the envoy, I will still Rushing to the dungeon to spawn monsters, hey, speaking of it, in addition to being a foreign elder, I am also the president of the Fearless Guild. Not only do I have to share the worries of the Queen, but I also have to worry about the guild's affairs all the time. I feel so tired."
At this point, my eyelids drooped, looking tired.
The two guards looked at each other, not knowing how to talk.
When I was about to walk out of the shopping street, I suddenly stopped and said, "You two, wait a moment. I'll go to the weapons shop over there to pick up a weapon. I'll be back soon."
After saying that, I ran towards the weapons shop where I had asked to repair the Naotachi.
When I entered the shop, the boss was arranging the weapons. The Naotachi sword that I had asked him to repair was sitting quietly on the counter. I said hello to him, paid the money, picked up the knife and walked out of the shop quickly.
In the blink of an eye, there were more knives. The eyelids of the two guards were trembling. I raised the Naotachi sword in my hand and said, "Hey, I'm ashamed to say it. I asked the shop owner to repair this knife a long time ago, but it didn't work until today." I took it back, but fortunately the boss was kind-hearted and confiscated my storage fee, otherwise I would have to admit it."
Along the way, I chatted with the two guards, not mainly because I wanted to chat, but because I was too bored.
Entering the palace and walking into the main hall, the Elf Queen was already sitting on the throne. Six elders were separated on both sides, but there was no place for me.
When I was confused, I saw the Queen waving to me: "Elder An Xiaoyi, I'm sorry for calling you here suddenly. I originally wanted to prepare a seat for you, but I don't know which row to the left or right. You should stand side by side with Emily. Let’s go in a row.”
Emily stood on the left side behind the Elf Queen. When I saw this, I slowly walked towards the right side of the Elf Queen with a knife.
At this time, Elder Sonoda Wu suddenly stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I'd better stand on your right side, and let Elder An Xiaoyi sit in my seat."