Chapter 2075 Can’t Afford It

I chuckled: "Of course, the main thing is to make money."

Elder Mai Sonoda put down his tea cup, leaned on the wicker chair, crossed his hands and covered his lower abdomen, feeling the coolness of the autumn dusk, and said lazily: "Tell me, what happened?"

"I want to ask you something," I said: "Excuse me, do you know a man named Jefferson Gassier?"

As I spoke, I carefully observed the elder's expression, and saw that her expression was calm and unmoved, her eyes were trance-like, and she was deep in thought. She must not have known who Jefferson Gassier was.

A few minutes later, the elder raised his eyes and shook his head: "I have never heard of this name."

really.

Then, the elder raised his eyebrows: "Do you have a grudge against him?"

I was very puzzled: "Why do you ask that?"

"When you ask me for advice about someone, it's most likely because you have a grudge against that person and want to seek revenge through me, or you ask me to help you deal with the aftermath. Apart from these two points, I really can't think of a third possibility."

The elder's words were very rude, but if you think about it carefully, it makes sense.

Robbing graves and digging for information, it seems that nothing good happened when I approached Elder Sonoda Mai. No wonder she looked at me like this.

"Actually, this is what happened"

I told her everything about Jefferson Gasil and his group, and also told her my guess.

After hearing this, Elder Mai Sonoda lightly tapped the armrest of the wicker chair, followed by a crisp sound, and fell into thinking.

I kept silent and sat quietly drinking tea, waiting for the elder's reply and watching Beibei practice magic.

Although I can't use decent magic, I still know a little bit about it, and I'm especially familiar with magic missiles.

At this moment, Beibei was practicing magic missiles, but the magic missiles she could control were not only scarce in quantity, but also of poor quality. Among the dozen or so dummies made of fine iron erected in the middle of the yard, she failed to knock down any of them. Not to mention smashed.

Seeing Beibei sweating profusely, but still gritting her teeth and persisting, waving the magic wand again and again, chanting the same spell tirelessly, I couldn't help but be moved.

I want to help, but I have no choice. In terms of magic, there is no one worse than me in Moonlight City. Even a five-year-old child has a higher magic value than me - at least until the seal is unlocked.

Should Bai Yunying come over and guide her?

In terms of magic, in terms of erudition, Bai Yunying is not inferior to anyone. Even as a senior magic lecturer at the Adventurer Academy, it is more than enough to serve as a mentor for a little girl who is just beginning to get a glimpse of the magic.

However.

When I think of Bai Yunying's drowsy look, and then look at the hard-working Beibei, imagine that under Bai Yunying's careful guidance and training, Beibei is not only proficient in magic, but also inherits the drowsy look, and then think about it. I couldn't help but be afraid of what kind of reaction Master Sonoda Mai would have.

forget it.

Let nature take its course, anyway, with the powerful bloodline genes of forest fairies, no matter how bad they are, they will not be worse than humans.

I was just thinking wildly when Elder Mai Sonoda suddenly knocked on the table: "Most of this is accidental and there shouldn't be any actual connection."

As she spoke, she expressed her thoughts.

The elder's meaning was very clear. If they were really Elder Lindsay's people, they would not help twice in a row.

"If I hate someone and I happen to see him in danger, I will gladly choose to stand by and watch," Elder Mai Sonoda said, "I guess the other elders probably have similar ideas to me."

"Since you have been in danger repeatedly and they have come to rescue you many times, it can be determined that they have nothing to do with Elder Lindsay."

"Also, you just guessed that Elder Lindsay meant that they saved you, or that she wanted to use this matter as a springboard to get closer to you, or to remotely command a few people to take advantage of the life-saving grace. You, I think, are unlikely to have any of these scenarios happen.”

She picked up the teapot, poured me another cup, and said slowly: "Maybe you don't know your position above the court."

"Yes, I really don't know."

"Then I might as well tell you straight." The elder put down the teapot and said in a deep voice: "To us, you are an extremely unstable chess piece, or an extremely unstable magic circle. Everyone is afraid of you. Including His Majesty.”

"Are you referring to the Fairy Queen? Or the Fairy Queen?"

"The one in front." When he said this, Elder Mai Sonoda paused, and an ambiguous smile suddenly appeared on his face: "As for the one in the back, I don't know what means you used to make her fall in love with you, so naturally you won't I have no fear of you, after all, the power of love.”

I coughed loudly and interrupted the elder's banter.

Elder Mai Sonoda smiled and shook his head: "Forget it, let's not mention this matter for now. Let's get back to the business. From your expression, I seem to be very curious, why is His Majesty afraid of you?"

"It's quite incomprehensible."

"This is normal. After all, you are an adventurer by profession and have not lived in the court for a long time." The elder said: "Your Majesty needs ministers who are absolutely obedient, but you are the one who dares to resist and successfully subverts His Majesty's plan. Even if you are willing to break up with His Majesty over a woman, do you think you can be considered a good minister?"

"This." I scratched my head: "Hey."

"Not only that, you also control the Goblin Assistance Team. Tell me, if you were His Majesty, what would you do if you had such a powerful minister who disobeyed the king's orders?"

After thinking for a moment, I smiled awkwardly: "If it were me, I would either seize power or kill him."

"But you have a close relationship with Master Dewey, and you are the son-in-law of the Dwarf King. For the sake of the long-term peace and stability of Moonlight City, she has no choice but to do nothing to you."

The elder pointed at me and said with a smile: "You said you are not the most unstable chess piece, who is?"

"What you say makes sense, but I always feel that this metaphor is not a good one, chess piece."

"The world is a chessboard, and you and I are both pawns. What's wrong with that?"

".Right."

Not long after, dinner was ready, and then I remembered to use the phone crystal to inform my family that I would not go back to eat, but I was scolded.

Unlike eating at my house, there was no other sound at the table at Mai Sonoda's house except chewing and the clinking of knives and forks.

This really makes me feel uncomfortable.

But I can also understand that this is the most basic etiquette of nobles.

There are also descendants of nobles and even royal family in my family. However, except for Princess Aurora, they are all free-spirited and unrestrained people. Not to mention eating without restraint, they would fight over a delicacy during meals. Things happen from time to time.

After the meal, the waiter brought the dessert, and it was only then that we started chatting again.

Elder Mai Sonoda told me not to think too much about some things. After all, I am also a member of the elders. Even if Elder Lindsay wants to deal with me, she will not assign people casually. After all, once the matter is exposed, her family will have to bear the responsibility from Vicki. Fort's anger.

She cannot bear this responsibility.