Battle of the Twin Cities: The Ninth Councilor

Chapter 155 A Sweet Cake Always Attracts Flocks of Flies
"Excuse me, is this the workshop of Master Colin Levik?" Seeing that the girl didn't answer, Marcus asked again.

"Ah?!" Only then did Orianna come back to her senses, her two little hands frantically grasping Marcos's clothes and standing firmly, looking at the crumpled clothes on Marcos' body, the blush on her cheeks spread to the roots of her ears: "I'm... sorry."

"It's okay." Marcus tried to smooth out the wrinkles indifferently, but there would be some unharmonious traces anyway, and it couldn't be smoothed out.

"That..." Colin put down his work and walked over to apologize: "I'm very sorry, sir, Orianna didn't mean to offend you, please forgive me."

What happened just now was so sudden that no one could react. Colin looked at his daughter's flushed face at this moment, and only thought she was ashamed.

"I've said it all, it's okay." Marcus waved his hand generously, and looked at the gentle, well-proportioned middle-aged man in front of him: "Are you Colin Levik?"

"It's me." Colin thought that Marcus was another aristocrat who came here for fame, so he didn't deny it.

"Great!" Marcus heaved a sigh of relief, and complained, "Your place is really... not so easy to find."

Isn't it?

Judging from the background of Marcus who had seen Orianna before, he only knew that this puppet shop opened in the shopping street, so he found it based on this clue.

However, what he didn't expect was that there were indeed doll shops in the shopping street, but there were far more than one!
The most irritating thing is that every doll shop he found before, after going in and asking, the store gave a positive answer.

If it weren't for the products in those doll shops, although they were exquisite but far from amazing, Marcos didn't know how many times he would have been fooled.

Of course, the main reason is that there is no girl named "Orianna" running those shops.

"The cake exudes a sweet smell, and the flies are always swarming here like a shadow." Colin didn't mind Marcus's slightly offensive words, but complained about those doll shops that followed suit, and then waved his hand to invite : "Are the guests here to customize dolls? I have some samples here, maybe I can introduce them to you."

"Alright." Marcos nodded. His purpose of coming here is to invite Colin to become a special consultant of HexTech, but before that, it is not impossible to appreciate the other party's craftsmanship.

He glanced at the girl whose face was still flushed, and asked, "This must be your daughter, Orianna?"

Orianna looked only eighteen or nineteen years old at this time, at the best age for a girl.

She has a pure and lovely appearance, with slightly curly long golden hair and a pair of sapphire-like eyes. She is not a peerless beauty, but she is definitely not ugly.

"Yes." Colin introduced: "Anna has an extraordinary talent in making dolls, and she may surpass me in a few years, and she might become the best doll making craftsman in Piltover."

"Father!" Orianna was immediately annoyed when her father introduced herself so exaggeratedly.

Her craftsmanship is still far behind that of her father.

"Before I came, I heard that you like to watch stage plays. It just so happened that there was a Swan Lake performance in the theater tonight, so I bought two tickets on the way." Marcos took out two brand new tickets from his pocket, Several images of beautiful dancers are printed on it.

"Do the guests also like to watch stage plays?" Orianna's eyes showed a look of surprise, and a pair of eyes shone brightly.

Colin looked at the two tickets and frowned insignificantly.

He realized that something was wrong, why did this guest inquire about his own situation so clearly before he came?
Looking at Orianna's expression again, Colin felt a warning sign in his heart.

Damn, this guy didn't come to order dolls!

This is to pick the beautiful flowers carefully cultivated at home!

This is the enemy!

"Oh... I can like it." Marcus changed the subject: "But I don't like to watch it."

Wild boars can't eat fine bran, and Marcos thinks he doesn't have the artistic ability to appreciate stage plays.

Compared with this kind of performance with a strong classical atmosphere, he prefers pop music, or rock music released by a band named "Raptor" in the bottom city.

"Huh?" Orianna couldn't help being stunned when she heard the answer, watching the two tickets froze.

Don't like watching stage plays?

Then why buy two tickets?

Marcus handed the ticket to Colin: "It's a little greeting, Master Colin can take his daughter to relax tonight."

His behavior stunned Colin.

What do you mean?
Didn't he come for his own daughter?

Is that... coming for me?

"It's not appropriate to accept a gift when we first meet..." Colin subconsciously wanted to refuse, and it's not that he couldn't afford two theater tickets.

"I haven't introduced myself yet. My name is Marcus, and I'm from the Hex Institute of Technology." Marcos reacted: "Master Colin's reputation in puppet making is well-known throughout Piltover. The heart of getting acquainted, I also want to invite you, Master..."

"You want me to work for you?"

Before he finished speaking, Colin's face became a lot more indifferent, and he directly pointed out Marcos' purpose.

"Not very accurate." Marcus didn't change his face. He had expected that Colin would definitely refuse, otherwise, how could this master figure live in this small workshop in the shopping street?

"Recently, Hextech has encountered some difficulties when researching certain projects. I just want to hire a master to become a special consultant of the Hextech Research Institute. There is no need to work on shift, as long as he can give some advice on some technical problems. .”

This is the best plan Marcos came up with before coming here. It not only takes into account the puppet workshop of Livik's house, but also solves the current problems encountered by the Hex Research Institute.

Best of both worlds!

However, what Marcus thought was perfect was not approved by Colin Levik. The puppet master pointed at the store door and said indifferently: "I will not work for any capitalist, before I hang you on the street lamp, please Come back."

Marcos did not expect such a strong rejection attitude. He knew the lives of the heroes better, and he knew nothing about the characters that were briefly mentioned in these background stories.

Marcus didn't know why Colin was so resistant, and he didn't have any good words for a while. After a moment of silence, he put down the ticket in his hand and said to Colin: "If the master has figured it out, he can send someone to Hex Technology to research Let me know, and I will come to visit again some day."

After speaking, he simply opened the store door and left.

"Humph."

When Marcus left, Colin sneered and said, "It's just another fly, annoying!"

He told Orianna: "Clean up the trash and throw it away."

"……Oh."

Orianna picked up the two tickets left by Marcus and threw them into the trash can.

(End of this chapter)