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The first line on the list, Edward Chris Sfleet Gabriel, is crossed out.

The rumors of the two were already raging, and if he brought the other party to the Charlemagne Empire, this was a rhythm to make the rumors spread more fiercely, and they definitely couldn't go together.

The second line on the list, a bunch of known and unknown nobles, was also crossed out.

They want to hug their thighs, but Yannick is not interested in acting as their bodyguard.

The third line on the list, Avery, Augustine, etc. Well, this one can stay.

Yannick was seriously delineating the candidates on the list. The black cat on the side jumped onto his shoulder, swept the priest's cheek with its big tail, narrowed its emerald green cat eyes slightly, and looked at the situation on the list. Then he meowed in satisfaction.

Anse: Honey, I'm glad you didn't want to take the autistic mage with you.

The priest wiped the drool off his face expressionlessly: "I hope this is not your way of expressing your happiness."

The black cat clicked twice: Your cleanliness habit is really not very good!

He licked the priest's neck again as a prank, the slightly prickly itch made the priest shrink back his neck, and he picked up the soft flesh on the back of the black cat's neck a little helplessly.

"Honorable Prince, as a blood prince, why can you be so leisurely every day?"

Because I have many capable subordinates.

The lazy tone of the black cat sounded in the priest's mind: the blood race has a long life, so most of the time of life is spent enjoying instead of intrigue. After Walter died, no one would be willing to do that kind of stupidity. thing.

Yannick: "I'm jealous of your leisure, but I'm curious. Didn't the invasion of monsters affect vampires?"

Black Cat: Of course, the territory of the blood race is rapidly losing, and my subordinates are very dissatisfied. They are about to cause a little trouble for the monsters, but I stop them.Humans are unwilling to resist with all their strength, and it is impossible to defeat monsters with blood alone. It sounds funny, doesn't it, the evil vampire is going to become the savior!

Yannick let go of him, touched his chin and thought: "What if I convince the Pope to cooperate with the blood race?"

The black cat jumped onto the table and stared straight at him with green eyes: My dear, I am not going to hit you. Unless you become the Pope, I will not choose to cooperate with the Holy See.

Yannick: "Why?"

The cat's tail brushed the back of Yannick's hand, and the latter felt itchy.

Black Cat: You know very well that most people in the Holy See don’t have a good opinion of the vampires. Many of them have blood from vampires on their hands. Even if your new pope is willing to cooperate, I doubt whether he can suppress other people. Man, I don't want to work with someone who doesn't take a firm stand.

Yannick: "With all due respect, Your Excellency, even if I become Pope, I mean hypothetically, then I can't control everyone's minds, even if I announce to the whole continent that vampires are legal and hunting vampires is not allowed, I can't guarantee that they will do what I ask."

Black Cat: No, you can.As long as you replace all the disobedient people with those middle- and lower-level priests you trust, you will immediately have a loyal Holy See.I know that many of them are actually very capable, but they have never been promoted.Don't think that I don't know. The things you were busy at the Central Academy of Magic were not for a certain day in the future?

Yannick raised his eyebrows: "Can I understand that you are persuading me to rebel? I am a law-abiding person!"

Black Cat: Dear, if you keep your own place, maybe there will be no honest people in this world. Believe me, Vanserich doesn’t have that courage, but you will, as long as there is a day.

"Hearing your tone, it feels like I'm about to be crowned tomorrow. If the Holy See hears this, it will be a new crime for me." The priest gave a slight sneer, pushed him away, and continued to write on the parchment. Writing furiously, the latter wagged his tail and poked his head to look at his list.

Black Meow: Who is Old John?

Yannick: "My business partner."

The black cat was a little surprised: I didn't know that the priest had to be a part-time businessman, my dear, what kind of business do you do?

Yannick said: "Before I asked Chris to let the alchemy workshop make a batch of crystal balls, well, they are similar to the kind of balls used for divination. Some small spells are used in them to imitate the scenery of the four seasons, and Or put some puppet figures who can dance all the time. This batch of crystal balls took a lot of effort. They were originally intended to be sold as luxury toys to the upper-class nobles, but they were unexpectedly popular, and the nobles not only Bought only for the kids, those crystal balls were also used as display and show-off decorations, so I had them make them in a larger size to accommodate demand."

Yannick only found out a while ago that a nobleman ordered a hundred crystal balls at one time, and then held a banquet, and placed those crystal balls in various places in the hall. The beauty of nature is indescribable.

As a nobleman, of course, the more extravagant the better, even now under the threat of monsters, it does not prevent some people from continuing to live and dream, and after the banquet of the great nobleman, the reputation of the crystal ball became even more resounding, even the distant Ceylon The Principality also sent people to order. Although many alchemy workshops produced imitations one after another, due to the exquisite workmanship of the crystal balls produced by Old John, the orders were still relented, and he and Yannick made a lot of money because of it.

The black cat asked interestingly: So how much money do you make now?

He felt that Yannick was just making a fuss. If he needed money, he could provide it to him as much as he wanted. Otherwise, that idiot autistic mage would be the dignified regent now, but Yannick didn't follow They asked for money, but instead started their own business as a merchant.

A red-clothed archbishop who is a businessman, if it gets out, will not only be laughed to death by the nobles, but even those priests who claim to be noble will feel ashamed and angry.

Yannick's answer was beyond his expectation: "In half a year, the net profit is 20 gold coins."

The black cat blinked: Honey, I didn't know you were still a money fanatic.

Yannick showed a mysterious smile: "Do you think this is a lot of money, no, not at all."

Black Cat: So am I honored to know what you are doing with the money?

20 gold coins may seem a lot to others, and it can buy several good lands in the imperial capital, or buy some rare magic items, but the blood prince knows that his silver-haired priest is definitely not such a short-sighted person.

Yannick: "I want to build a hospital."

The blood prince was really surprised this time, he found that the other party could always come up with something different.

Black Cat: Medical hospital?

Yannick: "Yes, if the situation permits, I hope that the sooner the better, the war is coming, and the number of casualties will only increase. Although there are magic potions and priests, there is no effective organization at all. Even With the presence of priests and mages, it is also difficult to maximize the efficiency of work. The role of the medical center is to concentrate and distribute human and medical resources as much as possible, so that the injured can receive better and faster treatment, and can also be treated faster. I believe that the number of monsters may far exceed our imagination."

Black Cat: My dear, why did you tell me that I have countless wealth and can let you squander it as much as you want.

Yannick smiled: "Chris also asked me the same question, and my answer is that at this stage, my relationship with you cannot be truly disclosed. If there is too much money involved with you, even if I don't say it , other people will also speculate about the source of my money, and there will be more troubles at that time. You must know that there are more than one or two people who don't like me. And I don't want to use the funds of the Holy See to do this kind of thing. Rich will support me, but other people may not be sure, rather than a lot of resistance, it is better to take over by myself from the beginning to the end."

The black cat said with an exaggerated aria: I always knew you had great ambitions, but you still surprised me time and time again, my dear, I feel very proud to have you.

Yannick: "...If you can stop adding saliva to my face, I will find your words more convincing."

Black Cat: You can't refuse a noble prince of blood to show you affection, or would you prefer me to be human and we'll have a nice afternoon in bed?

Yannick: "...No, thank you, you can continue to lick me. It's a pity that you can't enter the dark forest because of the monsters, otherwise there will be a lot of magic crystals there, which will be another huge fortune."

The black cat licked its mouth: Honey, why don't you ask me for help, you must know that the great blood prince is omnipotent.

Yannick: "Huh?"

Black Cat: Do you still remember the last time you were in danger in the forest and was finally rescued by me?

Yannick didn't have a good face: "... I remember." He still remembered that time he was eaten a lot of tofu, but he was so dazed that he couldn't resist.

The black cat obviously thought of that too. He licked the back of the priest's hand endlessly, and then said: At that time, I knew that the forest was weird, so I sent people to investigate it several times. Later, my subordinates finally found a The natural secret passage, from the territory of the Garter Empire, can directly lead to the core of the dark forest.

Yannick's eyes lit up, "Can I go now?"

Receiving the adoring eyes of the priest, the black cat raised its neck a little arrogantly: I only asked Wilson to go there last week. If you want to go, we can let him lead the way.

Yannick couldn't help but gently kissed the black cat's fluffy head: "Dear Ans, you are really my morning star!"

The black cat pushes an inch: How about going to bed?

Yannick: "...bye."

The Dark Forest has now become the base camp of monsters. No matter how powerful the blood prince is, if there are too many monsters, he will be hard to beat with two fists. So Yannick didn't bring the weak guards like Beck and Bart. Instead, find Chris and Sophia and let them walk together.How to say the former is a powerful mage whose strength is close to that of a holy man, and the progress of the latter is obvious to all. Yannick is very supportive of Sophia's desire to blaze her own path on the sword, which requires a lot of practical experience.

Although the blood prince was not happy to see the mage in black, he was clearly aware of the horror of the monster, so he did not object. Instead, he was responsible for leading the way. Wilson, the prince's most loyal descendant, was very unhappy.

He felt that the silver-haired priest was too ignorant of good and evil. As the lover of the noble blood prince, he would flirt with other men, which was simply unforgivable.

The secret passage is located on the border of the Garter Empire, under a collapsed sinkhole next to a forest near Saint-Mar City. The vampire who discovered it also discovered it by accident. This secret passage leads from Saint-Mar City all the way to the dark forest. How long and deep, according to the report of the vampire who discovered it, there are all kinds of rare animals living below, some of which are very aggressive, and it is not a safe secret passage. The vampire was able to return safely because it was a second-generation vampire, and At that time, the plane had not been completely torn apart, and the power of the monsters was not as great as it is now, which is why Yannick had to cautiously ask for more companions to join.

The entrance of the tiankeng is very small, you need to bend down to barely pass through, but after entering, although the eyes suddenly become black, the space becomes very large, there are rough rocks under the feet, and the river can be faintly heard echo.

It turned out to be a channel for an underground river, Yannick thought, and it was no surprise that it could lead to the dark forest.

Those who accompanied him were either the great magister or the archbishop in red, or the blood prince who could scare people to death with his fame, or even a mid-level great swordsman. Everyone was not too surprised by the environment in front of them. A soft and bright light has been lit up, enough to clearly illuminate the surrounding scenery of a group of people.

Sophia was at the end. She was full of excitement about this adventure, but two people she had never met in the same group attracted her attention. One was Wilson who was leading the way, and the other was Yannick. The man on the left.

The former looked arrogant and contemptuous of everyone, just like the reserved and arrogant nobles Sophia had seen, but it was a little different, he exuded a dangerous aura, which made Sophia dare not approach easily.

As for the latter, he and Chris each occupied the positions on the left and right of the priest, and the three of them walked together, almost firmly protecting the priest in the middle, and with Chris' character and identity, he did not express any dissatisfaction. It made Sofia very curious.

Of course, she would never connect this handsome man with the cute black cat she usually sees.

At this moment, Wilson stopped in his tracks, and Sophia also faintly smelled a fishy smell.

"There seems to be a sound in front." The second-generation blood said.