Chapter 178 114 Ants (6000)
Chapter 178 114. Ants (6000)
Fisher, who was forced to pay 35 euros for breakfast, walked out of the breakfast shop with a sour face. Even Fisher would not have expected that he would be cheated by a prince.
He was still imitating King Gedling II, unwilling to pay even a few dozen euros for breakfast?
Complaints aside, but Fisher did not gain nothing from Dexter's visit this time, at least it was worth more than the 35 euros for breakfast.
It was normal for Dexter and Rensis to not get along. Rensis was seven years younger than Dexter and one year younger than Elizabeth, but he was King Gedling IX's most beloved child, no one else.
Because when the two younger brothers and sisters were born, King Gedling IX's original queen had passed away for a long time, so King Gedling IX also devoted less energy to them than the previous princes and princesses, and more often it was the brothers and sisters who took care of them.
And Lunsis is the youngest prince born to the original queen, and he is naturally favored by King Godling IX, just like a compensation for his own queen.
However, favoritism is favoritism, and King Godling IX should still be sober about how to choose an heir. His best choice is Prince Dexter.
Now the financial power of a country is in the hands of Dexter. Elizabeth is in charge of military affairs and does not care about political affairs. There is no chance to inherit the throne. Only Lunsis is still struggling with small tricks.
But obviously in terms of strength, Lunsis can't play Dexter, otherwise he wouldn't have been caught with so many handles and evidence in Dexter's hands.
Today, Lunsis is like a piece of meat on the chopping board. The charity gala on the weekend is the time for Dexter to cut Lunsis. He can take advantage of Dexter's time to do things, which is what he expressed to himself before leaving.
Dexter, the eldest prince, is actually very interesting. He has means and courage, but he also attaches great importance to family affection and kindness, otherwise he would not say that he wants to put Lunsis under house arrest in the Golden Palace.
Similarly, even though he and Elizabeth had little communication, he actually didn't care about her intention to take away the military power. He actually supported Elizabeth's freedom to choose a marriage partner and didn't force her to change her marriage.
Thinking about it, Fisher had already come to the Nari Petrus Bank. After donating 70,000 Narios as planned, the bank staff called Keken, and Fisher easily got a green charity banquet ticket.
The ease and speed of the process were beyond Fisher's imagination. Even Fisher had to sigh that it was really easy to get things done with connections in Saint Nari.
After Fisher came out of the Petrus Bank, he walked towards the Saint Nari Carriage Market. To really buy a carriage, it needs to be specially made, so the carriage market he went to now basically provides rental services.
Nari's pioneering enthusiasm is reflected in all aspects of society. In order to raise enough capital, many enthusiastic gentlemen risked everything and mortgaged their carriages, houses and even pets to Nari's banks to get the first pot of principal. However, once they could not pay the interest, these things would flow into the Nari market in the form of auctions.
Many businessmen with a keen eye for business took these carriages, because this way they could not only rent them out to various occasions that needed pomp and circumstance, such as weddings, but also rent them to people who provided passenger services in Saint Nari. Otherwise, why do you think Fisher could often ride in carriages on the street before?
Fisher himself loves carriages. He spent a lot of money to customize his own carriage before, and spent a lot of time to decorate it. Not only did he design many hidden slots and storage grids on the outside, but he also put a magic to extend the space inside, which can be called a "mobile high-end house".
That should be a carriage that can be called a top luxury car. It is absolutely unique in Nari. However, when Rafael left, Fisher gave the carriage directly to her, otherwise the dragon man would have to walk half the continent back to his tribe.
I think it should still be gathering dust somewhere in the southern continent. The carriage is not suitable for combat, and Rafael should not take it with him to war.
Now, Fisher, who has become tight on money again, can only pick a black and restrained carriage in the carriage market at random, and rent two black horses to pull the carriage.
Not only will it be used for the charity gala, but in the next few days, he also plans to take Jasmine out of the city of Nari and go to the upper reaches of the Klein River northeast of Saint Nari. There are few people there and in the mountains, which is very suitable for Jasmine to practice how to balance.
As for why they went there, it was related to the charity gala action on the weekend.
The location of the healing room is very quiet, just in the middle reaches of the Klein River, which is very consistent with its positioning as a sanatorium.
But what Fisher really considered was how to get Jasmine out after entering the underground. If the operation went smoothly, of course, he would get out the same way he entered, but if it didn't go smoothly, Fisher could only consider using magic to break through the barrier where the river was connected to the underground of the healing house, and then escape along the river.
Before that, Fisher still wanted to check out the situation of the Klein River.
It was almost half past nine when Fisher returned to his rental house with the chicken. Ms. Martha had gone to exercise. When Fisher opened his door, Jasmine was lying on the sofa, motionless and weak, and it was obvious that she was about to collapse from hunger.
When Fisher showed up with food, her nose tip twitched for a moment, and then her whole body from the nose tip to the whole body seemed to be given life one by one.
Finally, her whale tail rose first, and her head also raised with shining eyes, but she still did not ask for food first, but whispered to Fisher first, like a wife waiting for her husband to come, which was very heartwarming,
"Fisher, welcome back."
Fisher was slightly stunned after hearing this, but at this moment, he suddenly felt a little empathy for other Nari gentlemen who had families and returned home, especially Jasmine was the most beautiful lady type among them.
Looking at the harmless and defenseless Jasmine, Fisher paused for a second, then quite obscurely moved away his rather intrusive gaze, and nodded in response,
"Breakfast, come and eat quickly."
"Yeah!"
Jasmine pinched her skirt, ran down from the sofa barefoot, and then helped Fisher bring the extra plates to the table.
Looking at the fragrant roast chicken, Jasmine once again made a prayer gesture. A crown of water-like hair gently lifted her long blue hair, making her look very elegant.
"Thank you Fisher for giving me delicious food, woooo."
When Jasmine really started eating, Fisher looked at the crown of water-like hair, and suddenly guessed that other marine subhumans regarded the whale race as the royal family of the ocean because of this.
After all, they rarely met, and who could know that the whale race was actually a very lazy species, waiting for other marine subhumans to throw fish into the trench every year?
"Speaking of which, what's the matter with the water crown on your forehead?"
Molly, who was eating roasted chicken, looked up at the water on her head, and then said a little embarrassedly,
"Ah, this is a compass my aunt made for me, because the sea is too dark, every time I swim out of the trench, I don't know how to get back. When I was a child, I got lost and squatted in the coral bushes crying. My mother looked for me for a long time before finding me."
Speaking of her childhood black history, Molly touched the water crown on her head with some embarrassment. Her fingers passed through the crown and stirred up a little water droplets, which were quickly attracted back into the crown and followed the flow.
Huh? This is actually a compass?
Fisher never thought that this thing would have such a function
That is, this thing is not actually possessed by every whale race, so is it possible that because her mother called herself "Ocean Emperor" that other ethnic groups call whale races royal?
Jasmine showed Fisher the body of the relic. It turned out to be a small clip made of gold, which clamped a small strand of hair on the back of Jasmine's head.
Then Jasmine gently clicked the hairpin, and the water crown on her head suddenly changed direction, pointing to somewhere in the Southern Ocean near Sannali; click again, and the water will disappear and shrink back into the small hairpin.
"Although I rarely get lost after growing up, I still like to use this as a hairpin, because I can't feel the weight of my hair when I'm in the sea, and now I'm not very used to it after coming to land."
"It seems that your aunt loves you very much."
"Well, it's actually very difficult to make a relic, but as long as I say I want it, my aunt will make it for me, even if the request I make actually sounds very childish."
Speaking of her aunt, Jasmine seemed to think of a female figure with a hearty smile in the ocean, and even the speed of eating roast chicken slowed down a lot. Obviously, Jasmine has a deep affection for her aunt.
In addition, Jasmine said that Muxi also made her an automatic tracking fishing net relic for catching fish, an earplug relic to prevent Lamastia from talking, and a relic that automatically catches the fish dropped by other marine sub-people every year.
All these are relics with magical functions, but they are not very useful.
Rather than saying it is a relic, it is better to say that it is a toy made for Jasmine when she was a child.
It seems that making relics can really do whatever you want, which makes Fisher want to help Jasmine find her aunt, so that he can also learn how relics are made.
Speaking of which, relics are actually the name given to these items left over from ancient times by the anthropological community. As for what they should really be called, Fisher doesn't know.
The reason why Jasmine also calls this kind of thing a relic is because her Nari language was given by Lamastia.
The Nari language is essentially a word language. Every additional noun needs to be created with a new pronunciation. Jasmine is not a native of Nari, so of course she does not have this ability, so she can only follow the Nari people and call it a relic.
The more Fisher listened, the funnier he found it. Jasmine also said that the relics made by Muxi were basically made of gold, because there was a lot of gold on the seabed.
No wonder the wealth sent by the group of marine sub-people was basically gold, which was completely opposite to the situation that there were no gold mines in Nari.
However, since Blake arrived in the South Continent a few decades ago, Nari has become a gold power in the West Continent. This is also "thanks" to the group of goblin bosses who occupied the mines in the South Continent.
While waiting for Jasmine to eat, Fisher wrote a letter to Elizabeth, roughly telling her about Dexter's visit to him, and attached a messenger for communication, so that she would not be able to find him if he was not in the rental house.
As for Anna, Fisher did not plan to ask her to go out again. At most, he would remind her to go out when passing by the door of the Pink House.
When Jasmine almost finished breakfast, Fisher packed up and asked Jasmine to sit in the carriage with her cloak on.
After all, she still had a big whale tail behind her. It was daytime now, and it was the first time she appeared on the streets of Nari so swaggeringly. So, Fisher watched her cover her big tail that was almost attached to her back and stare at the ground and ran to the carriage.
In fact, if Jasmine was not a marine subhuman but another common subhuman, Fisher would not need to hide her like this, because many Nari gentlemen had subhuman slaves at home.
After all, the IQ of subhumans and humans is not much different. If you ignore their appearance that is somewhat different from that of humans, it is a very cost-effective thing to hire slaves at a very cheap price.
Jasmine is the kind of marine subhuman that no one has ever seen, and she is also the subhuman that Black and Rensis want to capture personally, so Fisher is so cautious. Fortunately, there are not many people near Fisher's rental house now.
I forgot to mention that the average age of residents in the neighborhood where Martha lives is actually the highest in the entire Sannali. They are all old men and women with missing teeth and crutches. Even so, they live much more regularly than young people like Fisher.
Fisher shook his head and finally sat in the driving position of the carriage again. The last time he sat in this position was when he was with Raphael and others in the southern continent. At that time, Raphael often sat with him. She would quietly open the door of the carriage a crack, and then reveal a pair of green eyes to stare at Fisher who was driving the carriage in front.
Fisher was slightly stunned. He held the reins and suddenly looked back at the carriage behind him. The door of the carriage had opened a crack at some point, revealing a pair of bright blue eyes. It was Miss Jasmine.
"Fisher, where are we going now?"
Before coming out, Fisher had not told Jasmine where he was going, but she followed him into the carriage foolishly, which made Fisher wonder if he had sold her and she would help him count the money?
"Go to the Klein River, one of the eight rivers of Nari, in the direction of St. Nari University, but the distance is very far."
Hearing that it was the direction of St. Nari University, Jasmine opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she hesitated and said nothing.
In fact, Fisher guessed that she wanted to meet Milica and Isabel who were studying at St. Nari University, but obviously, this was an excessive and impossible request. The current Nari officials are still looking for her.
Fisher knew but didn't say it. He just waved his whip and drove the carriage slowly on the streets of Nari.
Although he didn't plan to find Anna, Fisher still decided to give her a message. He deliberately took a detour and passed in front of the Pink House on Natwong Street.
Originally, he just wanted to let her know that he was going out now, just like last time, and driving the carriage out meant that his general things had been arranged. Unexpectedly, he saw Anna directly at the door.
To be precise, it was not the door of the Pink House, but in front of some shops in front of Natwong Street.
She was still wearing a very conservative Nari dress and a small hat inlaid with white gauze balls. The shop in front of her was only separated by a window. Through the glass, she could see the exquisite small cakes and macarons made by the owner inside.
Fisher noticed the beautiful lady standing on the street, but he didn't know that she actually loved sweets. Because she already had a small box of egg tarts in her hand, she still stood by the window to look at the cakes and other things inside.
The black carriage behind her passed slowly, and Anna turned back as if she had something in mind. Just in time, she saw the gentleman wearing a gentleman's hat in front of the carriage. Her eyes moved slightly, and she reached out to cover her hat and her eyes.
Now that he saw Anna directly, Fisher changed his strategy and "accidentally" shook a small paper airplane to the side of the road. It didn't rain yesterday, and the paper airplane fell straight to the ground.
"Hey, that damn guy, how can he litter?!"
The owner of a shop who was sweeping the floor nearby was holding a broom and looking angrily at the black carriage that was gradually moving away. Just as he was about to pick up the paper airplane, a fragrant breeze blew behind him. He looked back and saw a beautiful lady with a peaceful smile holding out her hand to him.
"Sorry, can you give me that paper airplane?"
"Oh, yes, yes."
"Thank you."
Anna smiled slightly, then calmly stuffed the paper airplane back into her small bag. She had no intention of buying macarons and walked quickly towards the direction of the Pink House.
The Pink House was still the same as usual. Although it was morning, there were already many guests enjoying themselves. The light white smoke drifted in, making the room look as beautiful as a fairyland.
In the hall, countless girls lying on their sides on chairs, very lazy, saluted Anna respectfully.
"Ms. Anna, the new guy who came yesterday wants to leave again"
As soon as she came in, two girls in cool clothes came to her side and whispered to Anna.
Anna glanced at them, suddenly thought of something, stretched out her hand and waved to them, and said,
"Take me to see it."
"yes."
The two ladies led the way, while Anna slowly walked behind through the halls and many rooms toward the inner floor.
Unlike the splendid and resplendent place outside, the inner room is underground and has a rather cold feeling in it.
Going down the rotating black stairs, Anna, led by the two girls in front, walked to a room under the ground and opened the door. There was a girl in a short shirt curled up on the bed.
Hearing the sound of the door opening, she looked back at the door like a frightened bird. After seeing the cold-faced Anna, the girl's disheveled hair shook with her head,
"No, no, please let me go quickly. Either let me go, or give me a little...a little medicine, just a little."
The girl was lying on the ground, as if she was undergoing great torture, her eyes were wandering and she stretched out a hand towards Anna, as if she wanted to grasp hope, and begged Anna frantically for salvation.
Looking at the girl who was tortured by the drug and turned into a human shape, Anna sighed, waved to the two girls beside her, and said softly,
"You guys go out and I'll handle it."
"Yes, Ms. Anna."
The two girls exited the room and gently closed the door.
Ana slowly walked towards the girl lying on the ground, looking at her trembling facial muscles, she asked,
"How did you get the drug?"
"It's my home. I'm using it at home. I'm begging you too. I will work hard. I can do anything you ask me to do. Just give me a little... Gu."
Before she finished speaking, Anna's palm had been gently attached to her forehead. Strangely enough, after this hand touched the girl, the girl's voice stopped suddenly, and she could only start from Ana's white fingertips saw her widened eyes.
It was clear that the girl in front of her was the Western Continent she hated most, but it wasn't until she stayed in the Western Continent for a long time that she discovered that there were many sufferings like the people in front of her.
Whether they are people from the Southern Continent or the Western Continent, whether they are humans or demi-humans, in the eyes of those people, they are just earthworms after all, beings that cannot even be seen. Who would care about their own group of people? What about life or death?
"Have a good rest and you won't feel uncomfortable when you fall asleep."
On the shadow of the wall, where Anna connected it with her hand, a vague shadow was cast in the weak firelight of the room.
If you look carefully at the shadow at the connection, you will find that the shadow from Anna's hand seems to spread out, tightly clasping in front of the girl.
The candle continued to sway, and then the eyes of the girl in front of her turned white, and she suddenly lost consciousness and fell to the ground. Her muscles would twitch from time to time, but the ferocious look on her face that longed for medicine had slowly faded away, and it was obvious that she had completely lost it. consciousness.
Anna looked at the girl on the ground for a long time, then slowly took out the paper airplane that Fisher had just thrown to her from the small bag, and looked at the magic light shining on it.
Not knowing what she thought of, Anna smiled slightly, put the paper airplane away, and then slowly left the small room.
The door slowly closed, and Anna's voice gradually receding came from outside.
"Notify me when she wakes up, and call Oli Lai to teach her the rules. If she dares to escape or steal medicine from the library, her legs will be broken."
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