Sword of Dawn

Gao Wen thought for a while and explained to her: "The so-called negotiation skills, no matter how many things are summed up, it is nothing more than talking to someone. He first visited a high-ranking 'noble parent' as a prince. ', showing just the right amount of politeness and maturity, and then noticing my way of speaking and attitude, he immediately became relaxed and humorous, which made me more willing to talk to him more, which is a great skill. "

Rebecca scratched her hair: "...Huh?"

Gawain sighed: "...you should study the four rubbing methods of the fireball technique."

No matter how stubborn Rebecca's head was, she could feel Gao Wen's deep helplessness at this moment, and she was a little nervous: "My lord ancestor, am I... a little too stupid in this regard?"

"Everyone has their own strengths, your talent is not here, so don't force it," Gao Wen patted Rebecca's head (he is tall because he can do whatever he wants), "And to be honest, I don't like this kind of intrigue, I still prefer the painting style of those days when a group of people put life and death aside and buried their heads in a desperate way to survive in the wasteland..."

Rebecca nodded half-understanding, and then asked curiously: "By the way, Mr. Zu, is what you just said true?"

Gao Wen: "What do you mean?"

Rebecca asked seriously: "Did you really give a red wine more than 30 names back then, and each name was accompanied by a sonnet?"

Gao Wen sighed: "Of course it is true."

"Sounds amazing!"

"But in fact it was because of poverty, because at that time the pioneering team hadn't even reached the Holy Spirit Plains, and it was very difficult for everyone to fill their stomachs before they found the grain-producing areas. We named more than 30 names for a wine because at that time We have only one wine, and it is the last cask, and we put sonnets on it because there is no other entertainment, so you know, the complicated etiquette and rules of the nobles are either full of food. Yes, or they are hungry and suffocated, and they are essentially boring things."

Rebecca's eyes sparkled, and she felt that she had gained a lot of knowledge--things that Aunt Hetty would never teach her!

At this time, the window of the room was suddenly pushed open, and Amber jumped in from the window. She threw herself on the chair, swayed her legs and joked with Gao Wen: "You are quite interesting, old man! With that said, my evaluation of you will surpass that of all nobles!"

"Don't call me old man, old man, I'm in my prime!" Gao Wen glared at Amber, "And didn't you be asked to patrol outside? Did you sneak in to be lazy?"

Amber swayed on the chair, as if she couldn't calm down for a moment: "I patrolled, and then I didn't find anything, so I came in to drink some water, you can't stop me from resting—then again, you How can you be so sure that someone will come to the door secretly? Look at the princes, they all enter through the gate..."

"If all the princes come in through the wall, then Charlie will probably jump out of the coffin like me," Gawain's mouth twitched, "but not everyone who wants to know something from me will come in through the gate. I am here today, just waiting for these people."

"Okay, okay, now you are the boss," Amber waved her hand, poured herself a cup of tea and gulped it down, then got up and walked to the window, but before jumping out, she turned around and came back from the table that Gawain was preparing for tea. Squeeze two pieces out of the muffin, "It's cold outside, I'll eat something to make up for it."

Gawain regretted not holding the Pioneer Sword in his hand.

Then he looked at his great-granddaughter on the N+1 floor: "You go back to the house to rest first, and meet the king tomorrow, you must face it in the best condition."

Rebecca nodded, and then asked: "What about you, Mr. Ancestor?"

"I'm used to going to bed late, and I plan to go to the study," Gao Wen said, "It's kind of like revisiting the old place, I have to see how much this place has changed."

Rebecca said goodnight to Gao Wen obediently, turned and left the room, while Gao Wen stood there for a while and then walked towards the study on the second floor.

Gawain Cecil is famous for his martial arts, but he is not a warrior who only knows how to wield knives and guns. In fact, he can be regarded as half a polymath and a herbalist at the same time, and he likes to read books in his spare time, so in the crown In this mansion at No. [-] Street, in addition to a collection room for the owner to store weapons, armor and trophies, there is also a large study room.

Sitting in front of the desk restored by later generations, Gao Wen tapped the table with his fingers while meditating. His eyes moved between the quaint bookshelves and the paintings on the wall, and finally fell back on the table.

The memories that did not belong to him surged up again in his mind, which made him feel a little more familiar with these things in front of him. He lamented the dedication of the people of later generations - they not only restored the furniture here, but even the magic water on the desk The quill and paper were placed in the places Gawain Cecil was most familiar with before his death. This almost paranoid recovery even made him faintly afraid.

It was as if someone had known that he would come back and prepared this place specially.

But although the memory is clear, it is not his own after all, and it is difficult to resonate emotionally. Gao Wen quickly looked away, left the seat and fell on the ground, groping on the floor under the table.

A hidden compartment was opened, and he felt his fingers touch a piece of cold metal. After groping for a tab on the metal surface, he lifted it out of the hidden compartment.

It was a delicate little box, exuding a cool silver light, which was still as new after 700 years.

Seeing this small box, Gawain breathed a sigh of relief.

Still.

Perhaps more than half of the things in this mansion are no longer original, but some things can be preserved for more than 700 years, such as a small safe made of mithril.

The box is engraved with complex magical patterns, but in addition to these patterns, a sword and shield emblem is cast from pure gold and star iron, with exquisite characters beside the emblem, as well as Charles I and Gawain Seymour Seal of the Union of Syr.

These marks and words, together with the secret orders passed down from generation to generation within the Moen family (Ansu royal family), can guarantee that even if someone rebuilds the main body of the house and finds this small box, it will be sealed in the original place again.

But this is also because it is not too late for Gao Wen to "resurrect", because the ancient secret orders and the deterrence of the previous emperor will lose their effectiveness over time, especially now that it is the second dynasty, the influence of the first dynasty It was falling to the bottom of the valley. If he came later and the mansion underwent a comprehensive renovation again, then no one could guarantee the whereabouts of this small box.

Gao Wen solemnly put the small box on the table. If the most important purpose of this trip to the capital is the "permanent development right", then the Mithril safe in front of him is the second most important purpose.

He didn't bring Rebecca to look for this box, not because he didn't trust his theoretical descendant, but because he wasn't sure if the box was still there. I'll show you something nice." The little girl was fooled by the expression, but she found nothing when she lay down on the ground, how embarrassing it was.

Gawain injected magic power into the magic patterns on the surface of the box according to the way he remembered, and then smeared a drop of his own blood on the emblem in the center of the box lid. There was a crisp mechanical sound inside this small magic item, and then its lid slightly pop up.

There are very few things inside, except for a few crystals that have lost their magic power and can only be used as decorations, there is only a platinum disc the size of a palm.Gawain put the few crystals aside for the time being, picked up the disk and looked at it.

Its surface is also engraved with complex magic lines, but apart from the magic lines, there are some characters that seem to float on the disk and shake slightly constantly, which are the seals used to communicate with the elements.

"Okay, now I have the key..."

Gawain muttered something in a low voice, stuffing both the crystal and the disc into his arms, but just as he got up, a breeze suddenly brushed past his ears.

Immediately he picked up a short sword that was kept in reserve by the table, and at the same time his whole body tensed up, ready for battle.

"This sharpness and responsiveness, it seems that you are right," a young woman's voice came from outside the window, and Gao Wen noticed that the window of the study had opened at some time, and a veiled , A woman in a long purple dress floated out of nowhere in the air, and walked towards the window, "Please relax, if people like you and I fight, half the city will be shocked..."

Before the woman finished speaking, a swift black shadow suddenly jumped down from the roof, accompanied by Amber's yelling: "Little thief! I finally caught you—ah!"

Hu Po, a master of shadow affinity, a ghost-level talent with full stealth and shadow steps, but because her frontal combat power is only [-] goose, she was easily beaten by a mysterious woman.

However, the mysterious woman also seemed to be taken aback. After knocking the amber away, she still hadn't come to her senses: "Just now... what was that?"

Gawain held the dagger in his hand, but he still didn't relax: "If you're right, it's my guard."

"Ah, I'm sorry," the mysterious woman hurriedly apologized, her attitude was surprising. She glanced at the direction where Amber fell, and turned her head to explain, "I rushed out suddenly, and I did it subconsciously. But don't worry, she's fine, A little dizzy at most."

Gao Wen breathed a sigh of relief, but his attitude did not relax at all: "Who the hell are you?"

"Sorry, it seems that my way of appearing was a little thoughtless." The mysterious woman stood on the window sill and bowed politely, "Mythril Treasure House sends you greetings, please allow me to introduce myself, I am your VIP commissioner , Melita Purnia, I am responsible for all your savings in the Holy Silver Treasury."

Gao Wen frowned: "My Little Pony?"

Chapter 0029 Mithril Treasury

Hearing what Gawain said subconsciously, the mysterious woman wearing a veil was slightly taken aback, and blinked in confusion: "My name is Melita Pernia, and the pronunciation may indeed be different from the common names in northern countries. So much the same..."

Gao Wen quickly brought back the thoughts that had gone astray: "Oh, I'm sorry, don't worry, don't worry, it's because my pronunciation is not accurate."

Then he coughed twice, trying to make himself serious (to save the atmosphere by the way): "Then, this lady agent from Mithril Treasury, what's the matter with you making a surprise visit late at night—and coming in through the window— ?”

The woman jumped down from the window sill and came to Gao Wen: "It is a helpless move to come in through the window, after all, I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring at this place, and the things you left in the Mithril treasury are 'top secret'. , according to the agreement of the year, whether depositing or withdrawing, the process must be kept confidential."

As she spoke, she stared at Gao Wen with her pupils that shone slightly lavender in the night. Although no expression could be seen on her veiled face, there was a clear look of scrutiny in those eyes.

Gawain's mind was already working quickly.

He knew about the Mithril Treasury—or rather, he had records related to the Mithril Treasury in his memory.

The Mithril Treasury is not a mysterious organization. In fact, the vast majority of intelligent creatures in this world know of its existence, but at the same time, no one dares to say that they know the true face of this "treasure house".

On the surface, it is a comprehensive treasury, which can help you store money and keep treasures for you. As long as you pay enough fees, you can safely and boldly hand over anything to them for safekeeping—at least The publicity of the Mithril Treasure House is like this, and in fact, until today, it has not been heard that the things handed over to the Mithril Treasure House will be lost.At the same time, Mithril Treasury also provides lending services. They have countless agencies and agents in this world. As long as they meet the credit standards, anyone can easily find them, and then borrow money or other things from them— —Just pay attention to two things, first, how much you can borrow depends entirely on the "rating" of Mithril Treasury, and they have never made this rating standard public; second, you must pay it back.

Mithril Treasure House will ensure that every copper plate lent out can be recovered with interest.

Just as I have never heard that items entrusted to the Mithril Treasury for safekeeping will be lost, and I have never heard of anyone who can escape the debt of the Mithril Treasury. It is said that a cunning fire elemental lord once tried to challenge this rule—— Although elemental creatures do not need money, this maverick elemental lord borrowed a huge sum from the Mithril Vault, and then it returned to the elemental world, ready to see the jokes of the mortal world, but it eventually repaid all debts.

On the third day of the repayment day, the elemental lord's core and elemental fragments appeared at the auction in the north, and the money obtained from the auction was exactly worth the sum of his arrears and late fees.

It can be seen that the Mithril Treasury does not only deal with human beings, in fact it does business with all intelligent races in the world. The elves and the dwarves who are as hard as rocks in the west are no exception (it is said that even the stronghold of the Mithril Treasury can be found in the caves of the kobolds), no one knows whether this organization was established by humans or elves or some other race, anyway It has always existed like this, even the magic tide 700 years ago failed to affect its operation-in fact, the establishment of the Ansu Kingdom had a loan from it, but at any rate, Charles I finally took the money Still on.

The treasure house agent was still looking at Gao Wen curiously, while the latter calmly and quickly sorted out the messy thoughts in his mind. He realized that the unexpected visitor's visit tonight was probably a sum made 700 years ago. In the transaction, Gawain Cecil was obviously a client of Mithril Vault, but the fatal thing was...

There is no memory of this in my mind!

Gao Wen had no idea what the ancestor Cecil had stored in the mithril treasury 700 years ago!

The thoughts turned sharply, he instinctively wanted to make up a perfunctory excuse to cover up the gap in his memory, but when this sentence was about to come to his lips, he noticed the eyes of that Miss My Little Pony, and his heart moved , forcibly suppressed the flicker that was about to say it.

This woman is full of mystery. Before determining her details, we should reduce variables as much as possible. Lying may be troublesome-because there are special talents of some special races that can detect lies.

He calmed down and looked into Melita's eyes: "What did I save back then?"

"Don't you remember?" Melita's eyes were slightly lowered, and she seemed to be smiling, "Could it be because of sleeping for too long?"

"I've been asleep for 700 years, so I probably forgot something," Gao Wen tapped his head. "By the way, even if the client passes away, will you still keep the entrusted items?"

"Usually, the death of the party means the termination of the entrustment. After that, there are two ways to deal with the entrusted item. If there is a definite inheritance mark, we will hand over the entrusted item to the heir. If there is no legal heir, the entrusted item will be dealt with." The things belong to the Mithril Treasury." Melita was really smiling, and at the same time raised her hand slightly, and an exquisite small safe deposit box appeared in her hand out of thin air, "but the things you kept back then were very special—you Indefinite storage has been purchased specifically for it, which means that as long as the Mithril Vault is in operation, your stuff will be stored forever, and only you can take it.”

As she spoke, she added: "You paid a lot of money for this service back then. After the news of your death came, we thought it would be a headache, but now we see Come on, everything is uncertain."

Gao Wen frowned tightly, realizing that this matter might be more complicated than he imagined at first.

But now is not the time to pursue these things, he must first get that thing in his hands before he can make further judgments.

"Can I get my stuff back?"

"You don't remember the entrustment back then, it will indeed be a little troublesome, but please rest assured that the Mithril Treasury has encountered various problems, and we have sufficient experience to deal with all accidents," Melita clasped her hands The safe deposit box, "Memory is just a small problem, please put your hand on this rune, these ancient magics will naturally verify your identity."

Gawain thought for two seconds, and at the same time mobilized the "Danger Perception" talent of the knight profession. He did not perceive any threatening aura in the safe deposit box. After confirming this, he put his hand on the paw-shaped rune.

A slight heat came from the skin, the small safe box clicked, and the lid popped a small crack.

"Is that all right?" Gawain asked a little surprised.

Melita smiled: "Making the convenience of customers as possible is the purpose of Mithril Treasury, which can help customers pay their bills better-of course, your bills were paid 700 years ago."

As she spoke, she opened the box completely and handed it to Gao Wen. The latter looked down, only to find that there was only a tarnished crystal inside.

Wait, this crystal looks familiar?

Gawain suppressed his doubts temporarily, and looked up at Melita: "Say, why did you choose to come to me now? Is this also part of the deal agreement back then?"

"That's not true," Melita shook her head lightly, "It's just that we need some time to verify your resurrection. Originally, I planned to meet you on your way to the royal capital, but your trip The route is really... too elegant. I don't know what plan you have to implement, so I just waited for you here in the capital. By the way, I have been waiting here for a long time. The price of rice in the capital is very expensive, and the rent It's not cheap either - but since you're a VIP customer, you won't be charged for that."

Gao Wen: "..."

Then you also mention a wool by the way!

Gao Wen turned his head and said quietly: "The price of rice in the royal capital is indeed very expensive, and the guard I raised also eats a lot. I was injured by you this time, and it may cost a lot to recuperate. I will not ask you for this fee." of."

Melita: "..."

This Miss My Little Pony seemed to smile stiffly a couple of times, since she couldn't see clearly even though she was wearing a veil, she finally shook her head and raised her hand to hand something over: "Then Mr. Gawain Cecil, this transaction has already been completed." Completed satisfactorily, and as a VIP customer of Mithril Treasure Vault, you will receive a gift."

Gao Wen took it curiously, but found that it was a silver-white ring: "What is this?"

"Mithril Ring, every VIP customer will get it after completing the first transaction. Through it, you can always contact your exclusive agent, the VIP Commissioner. If you encounter any financial difficulties in the future, Or if there are treasures that need someone to keep them on your behalf, then you can contact me directly. Of course, if it is a general small service, you can also take this ring directly to the nearest Mithril Treasury agent, which allows you to get Lots of deals."

After speaking, she turned and walked towards the window when she came.

Gao Wen raised the ring in his hand: "Then I hope I will never have the time to borrow money from you."

Melita had already stepped on the window sill again, and when she heard Gao Wen's words, she turned her head and smiled: "Believe me, Mr. Gao Wen, everyone may encounter financial difficulties, and Mithril Treasure House will provide assistance for those who encounter difficulties at any time." Customers leave the door open."

Gao Wen waved his hands as soon as he heard the same rhetoric as promoting credit cards in his previous life: "Okay, okay, I understand, Miss My Little Pony, you should go back quickly, the price of rice here in the capital is quite expensive."

Melita's soles slipped, and she didn't know whether it was because of the price of rice or My Little Pony, but she didn't look back this time, but disappeared into the air directly.

A moment later, her figure appeared in a small attic on the top floor of the mansion.

This is a place that basically no one will disturb. It is usually used to store sundries, but now there are more things like bedding, pillows, pots and pans.

Melita is not lying, she has indeed been waiting here for a long time...

While packing her luggage, the agent lady shook her head: "Fortunately, all I eat is your rice."

Chapter 0030 Tonight... There are so many visitors

Gao Wen stood in front of the window and waited for a while, until he confirmed that the breath of My little pony had completely disappeared, he exhaled, and then quickly started to close the window.

And just as the window sash was about to close, a black figure jumped up from below, accompanied by Amber's yelling: "Hey, uncle, I just saw a thief... Paji."

Gao Wen: "..."

After a while, Miss Amber, who had been severely injured both physically and mentally, finally stood on the ground safely. The unlucky half-elf covered her forehead with ice cubes on her face, and glared at Gawain: "Don't take you like this! "

"I didn't know that you would suddenly come in from the window." Gao Wen glanced at her, "What happened to everyone today, and no one walked through the front door properly?"

"I'm a thief! Are you looking down on my professionalism by letting me go the right way?" Amber said angrily, "And I was beaten into the air just now! You haven't mentioned work-related injuries yet, are you embarrassed? You nobles Are they all so stingy?"

Gao Wen took a look at Amber who was still alive and kicking, and was sure that this guy was not injured at all except for the bad face hitting the window frame just now, so he shook his head: "I don't have any money now, but when I have money, I will give it to you later. .”

Before the other party could speak, Gao Wen continued, "I'm an elder, so it's okay if I don't lie to you?"

Amber stared: "You said this, I have a good memory!"

Gawain waved his hand, letting the bluffing half-elf stay aside, then he came to the desk and looked at the crystals spread out on the table.

There are five crystals, one of which is the safekeeping item that Miss Melita gave to me just now, which originated 700 years ago. In theory, it should be an important item entrusted by Gawain Cecil to the Mithril Treasury for safekeeping. But for some reason, there is no corresponding memory in my mind, and the other four crystals were found in the Mithril safe in the study.

But Gao Wen didn't know the origin of the last few crystals.

He has the memory of the mithril safe deposit box in his mind, but about the items in the safe deposit box, he only knows the platinum disc—that is actually a key, which can open a warehouse that should be unknown by now, but the remaining The crystals under it... He only remembered the scene of Gawain Cecil putting them in the safe, but he couldn't remember where they came from.