The night in Da Calon was not peaceful. Although the Fortress of Maria, which was separated by a wall, was almost captured by the invaders a few days ago, starting from the night when the enemy retreated, the residents in the city had to celebrate the victory almost endlessly.

A rather large celebration was held.

In the eyes of outsiders, the enemy's retreat from the fortress and defeat are completely different things. However, this does not prevent the residents of the city from releasing their pent-up emotions through carnival. Furthermore, everyone is full of enthusiasm for the combat power of the Principality of Michael.

Confidence, the enemy attacked all the way to the city a few days ago. It was definitely due to the slackness of the defenders at Salanka Pass. In addition, the enemy captured so many military towns along the way. This shocking news was indeed almost

It caused unrest among the residents of the city.

But in the final analysis, the military households living in the military towns have different statuses from the citizens living in the city. The unfortunate experiences of the military town residents on the plains have indeed aroused the sympathy of many urban residents, but for this reason

It also cannot stop people from trying to use carnival to vent their depression.

It is true that the garrison troops in the city are a little disgusted by this, because their families are all military households living in military towns outside, and so far, everyone has learned that in those fallen military towns, the surviving military households have basically no population.

It is less than half of the past, which means that most of the family members of the garrison have been killed. This kind of thing will inevitably cause negative emotions among the soldiers in the garrison.

Great joy and great sadness are naturally two opposite emotions. The garrison, which is extremely depressed because of the murder of its family members, will naturally cause many violent conflicts when facing the city residents who are in a state of carnival. Therefore, in order not to be angered by the carnival residents

This led to more conflicts. As early as yesterday evening, all the garrison troops stationed in Da Kalon were replaced by foreign garrison troops recruited from the eastern and southern Kasan Pass. However, these foreign garrison troops were recruited from the eastern and southern Kasan Pass.

The number of people was just over a thousand.

Because other places cannot be without military garrison due to domestic turmoil, even Adrian cannot mobilize a large-scale garrison to garrison, but it is difficult to maintain the city well with just the few thousand garrison recruited.

Therefore, from this morning, Adrian issued another order, which was to summon civil organizations in the city, such as mercenary unions, merchant guilds, or alchemist groups to arrange their own private armed forces to assist in the defense of the city.

The army maintained law and order, so starting from this morning, Diana found that there was always an endless stream of armed men wandering the streets wearing weapons, and many of them had dangerous weapons that were full of instability.

Most of these people are mediocre mercenaries, and most of these people are wandering mercenaries who come from other places. Because of the war, this group of jackals and hyenas who are usually scattered all over the country smell the smell of blood and want to come over to mix it up.

, as a result, although they were not hired to join the battlefield, maintaining law and order was still a good job, so this group of wild dogs naturally appeared to be more active in following Adrian's orders than the mercenaries belonging to the guild.

As for their weapons problem, it is indeed caused by the lack of money among these people. Because of the special nature of mercenaries, most people in this industry like to use magic weapons or alchemy weapons. However, although these weapons have good performance, they are relatively

The price is a bit expensive, so those free mercenaries who have no money can only buy some inferior products sold on the black market. Although the power is not much different from those sold in big stores, in the end, they are inferior products, so

Security and stability naturally become a decoration.

"Tsk... I actually used an unrefined fire-attribute raw stone as a medium... The entire staff is in tatters, and all the magic lines inside have been broken, so it is no exaggeration to say that there will be an explosion anytime..."

Diana glared warily at the weapons on the mercenaries sitting behind her, then calmly hugged Selenir and left the noisy tavern and went to the bustling night market street outside.

, and behind her, Cana, who was also holding Ruby, naturally followed her obediently.

Diana knew that those mercenaries just came here for her, but they had nothing to do with her. After all, Diana had not made any attempt to hide her identity as an elf since she entered the city.

After paying taxes, he took Ruby and the others to a hotel in the city that looked pretty good.

Although the peace talks with the elven clan Meligil that took place in the south of the principality not long ago are already known to everyone, there has been no sign of any elves in the central and northern areas of the principality. Let’s not talk about the central area for now.

No elves from Merylgil would be willing to go there even if invited by the local nobles, because in the past the main people in the principality who had conflicts with Merylgil were the corrupt nobles living in the central area of ​​the principality. But after all, there are no elves in the northern part of the principality. That is purely because

Meryl Gil's compatriots are not very familiar with this place, and although the local nobles are not so hostile to elves, they still don't like foreign races. Therefore, when Diana and others met with the matriarch Servain, they had to

Merylgil's embassy was established in the southern city of Wilsk.

But although there have never been visits from the elves here, the residents in the city are still very curious about the elves, so much so that the day Diana entered the city two days ago, it caused quite a stir in the city, especially when she

After just checking into the hotel, almost all the residents of several nearby streets heard the news and gathered around the hotel, waiting for Diana to show her face. This behavior, which was like viewing animals in a zoo, naturally made Diana feel...

It was very tricky. After all, everyone was just curious, and they did not try to capture Diana, who was an elf, like those greedy nobles in the past. On the contrary, after this commotion occurred, several well-known people in the city

After learning about the situation, the nobles sent people to contact Diana and extended an invitation. After Diana politely refused, they did not show any arrogance and even took the initiative to help Diana disperse the onlookers.

of people.

These actions of the local nobles actually have nothing to do with their own subjective intentions. The reason why they were courteous to Diana was only because of the contract they just signed with the elves. After all, the local nobles all belong to Archduke Michael.

A die-hard supporter, although he was not present in person at the time, the contract with Merigil was signed by the Grand Duke. Naturally, the local nobles who were followers of the Duke would not be stupid enough to take the initiative to sign the contract shortly after the contract was signed.

Just treat an elf who is visiting this place for the first time.

Although the local people's enthusiasm for Diana has improved in recent days, at least when Diana goes out, there will no longer be a large number of people blocking the streets to watch, but whenever Diana goes or enters a house

There will still be a lot of people snooping behind the store. The locals still do this, so for those mercenaries who come from other places, an elf woman who takes her children and maids to play in the city all day naturally becomes

the object of their attention.

As for the group of mercenaries just now, the reason why they chose to sit at the table behind Diana was obviously because they wanted to get close to each other, but the worn-out staff on their magic soldier aroused Dai's suspicion.

Anna was worried, so in order to avoid danger, Diana decisively chose to keep a distance from them. Although Diana was regretful that she had not finished the delicious lamb chops in the tavern, so she secretly decided to try again tomorrow at a different meal time.

Just after walking out of the noisy night market street, Diana brought Chung Ruigen to a brightly lit avenue in the city. Although the pedestrians here were not as lively as the night market behind them, the atmosphere in the street was still not as deserted, even though it was already midnight.

It was time. Diana looked up and looked at the dial of the huge clock tower in the distance. Then she handed the already sleepy Thrannier in her arms to Cana, and then told him to take the two children first.

Back to the hotel. Of course, Cana would not have any doubts. Although she was mainly responsible for taking care of Ruby, in fact, in terms of the limitations of the order, Diana's instructions still played a very important role. And at this time, Ruby had already

She looked a little sleepy, so there was no objection, and she didn't even care much about where Diana was going.

After watching Cana walk away with her two children in her arms, Diana took out a crumpled piece of paper from her pocket, pouted in disgust, and walked towards the city with the piece of paper.

The northern city. The urban structure of Da Calon is very similar to Ronan Castle. The northern city here is still where the nobles, rich and prominent people live. At this moment, Diana is planning to go to a mansion there.

Meet someone again.

This note was sent by the hotel waiter this morning. It was obvious that the other party's identity was very special, so the waiter was very embarrassed and did not dare to answer the other party's true identity. But this did not affect Diana's ability to guess the other party's intentions from his address.

, although she accepted the note with disdain, she did not plan to rush over there, but chose to accompany Ruby and the others for another day of play before going there to check out the situation.

In addition to the address, the note also specifically stated that as much as possible not to attract other people's attention to this place, it was obvious that the other party did not intend for this meeting to attract too many people's attention, so although she was very dissatisfied, Diana still planned to comply with this.

She was told to try to use magic to disguise herself. But Diana was unwilling to do exactly what she was asked to do, so she blatantly used her elf face to enter the entrance to the North District, and then cast "

Disguise" Magic went to the appointed place.

The topic "That elf came to the North District tonight" quickly made the whole area lively. However, because no one knew whose house Diana had gone to, all the servants and servants came to the street and started to have their own business.

After looking at the subtle commotion on the street, Diana smiled with some relief. At least this harmless willfulness still made her feel happy, so after watching the commotion on the street for a while, she made a decisive decision

We walked into the depths of an inconspicuous street.

Diana frowned as she stood in front of the mansion that exuded a strange smell. Then she hesitated for a long time before trying to push open the unlocked courtyard door, came to the door of the mansion, and knocked on the door knocker.

Before knocking on the door, Diana briefly sensed the people in the house. She seemed a little surprised that there were more than a dozen living people in this two-story building. Obviously, so many people must not all be the owner and servants of the house. It seemed that there were many people in the house.

The few people who came out should be guests. Diana had almost guessed the true identity of this family. At least the person who wrote the note to herself must be the owner of this family, and his identity was definitely not as simple as it seemed.

Along with a burst of natural footsteps, the ancient door in front of him was opened a crack, and a middle-aged man who looked like a well-dressed servant walked out from behind the door. He first looked at Diana's appearance, and quickly

He searched for the other party's identity in his memory, but after a brief silence, it seemed that he couldn't find anyone to get back together with, so the middle-aged servant quickly bowed to Diana.

"Hello, beautiful lady, may I help you?" the middle-aged servant asked politely.

"You asked me to come." After saying this, Diana handed the crumpled note in her hand to the middle-aged servant.

After taking the note, the other party observed it carefully under the light of the porch for a while, then confirmed the notes on the note and quickly invited Diana in.

After entering the door, the middle-aged servant ordered a young maid to go upstairs to find the owner of the house, while he himself led Diana into the living room on the first floor. This mansion is not very luxurious, and there are many internal structures.

It was made of wood and even looked a bit quaint, and Diana was sitting on Rouran's sofa, feeling the footsteps upstairs. She almost looked up at the stairs when she noticed someone walking downstairs quickly.

Under the guidance of the young maid, a chubby middle-aged man who looked like a businessman came to the living room with a group of people dressed in different clothes. The first meeting between the two parties was obviously a bit awkward, because first of all, Diana did not know this group of people.

And the other person probably doesn’t know Diana at all, and he doesn’t even know Diana’s disguise.

"Excuse me...are you..." the businessman kept his distance from Diana and asked: "Are you the elf lady?"

Diana stared at them for a while, and then took off her disguise. As expected, whether it was the businessman, the servant, or the crowd of people behind, they were all surprised by Diana's true appearance.

However, Diana felt that many of them were actually interested in the "disguise" magic.

A group of people quietly discussed Diana's slight pointing, and then the businessman came over and asked: "I'm sorry, beautiful elf lady. Excuse me... do you have such a thing?"

After saying that, the merchant took out a familiar emblem from his pocket and showed it to Diana. Diana took one look and then looked at the others. From their expressions, Diana could tell,

Except for a few servants, everyone present should have this kind of emblem.

Diana sighed helplessly, then took out the emblem she had prepared since the morning from her pocket and threw it to the businessman.

The businessman held Diana's obviously very ancient emblem in his hands and discussed with everyone for a long time. Finally, he held the emblem in both hands and respectfully returned it to Diana.

"Good evening, dear Madam Speaker Argyle." The businessman took the lead and bowed to Diana, and then everyone except the servants followed closely and bowed.

Diana rubbed the emblem of the Speaker of the Council of Sages that she took back from the businessman with her fingers, then raised her head to face them indifferently and asked, "What do you want from me?"

"Uh... Madam Speaker..." The businessman turned sideways flatteringly and extended his hand to signal: "Can you go upstairs to talk? There is an important guest above, and he is the person you are looking for..."

Without any hesitation, Diana stood up and walked directly through the crowd and followed the businessman who led the way up the stairs. Although Diana predicted from the beginning that this group of people should be members of the Council of Sages, she did not expect this.

The identity of the group of people covers such a wide range.

But in terms of clothing, among them were businessmen, nobles, magicians and alchemists who were well-known in the local area. There were even two armored garrison officers and shabby mercenaries who were obviously veterans of the parliament.

Members. Of course, old only refers to age, but if Diana is right, this group of inconspicuous people should be figures of considerable status in the contemporary parliament. And since they are not tonight

If it is the protagonist, then it is not difficult to guess the identity of the distinguished guest upstairs.

"Is there something wrong with the Parliament?" Diana muttered subconsciously, but by chance, the businessman who led the way heard her words.

"Yes, Madam Speaker, something did happen in the Parliament recently..." As he said this, the businessman turned around with a very embarrassed expression, and then opened a door with a hint of sadness.

This seems to be the businessman's study. Although the other person looks very fat, these books obviously do not look like simple decorations. But these are not important, because the distinguished guest mentioned by the businessman is sitting

He looked at himself with a wine glass next to the fireplace in the study.

For a moment, Diana seemed to recall some scenes deep in her memory. It was from her previous life, when she lived in Manchester, where she had seen many guys dressed exactly like the person in front of her.

With a top hat, beard and tuxedo, paired with a monocle hanging on a silver chain and a civilized stick in his hand, the middle-aged man in front of him clearly looked like a typical "British gentleman".

"Good evening, noble Ms. Speaker Argyle." When the man saw Diana approaching, he calmly put down the glass of wine in his hand, then stood up and saluted Diana and said: "I am Xiao, the contemporary superior member of the Council of Sages.
Chapter completed!