Wang turned to face Bruce: "About this matter..."
Elizabeth took a step forward and said, "Brother! The king is the disciple of that master. Isn't it best for the interests of the Langdon family to let me take risks with him?"
Bruce Langdon sat back on the chair, looked at his sister with a half-smile, picked up the wine glass on the table, shook it, and said, "You have to marry him, it is in the interests of the family. Why don't you let the Archmage use the teacher to give him Scroll, ask his teacher if he will accept the marriage proposal?"
Wang: "I will definitely not accept it, no need to ask. My teacher hates parents and elders deciding marriage. He believes that all love should happen naturally and be sacred and cannot be interfered with."
After receiving the answer, Bruce looked at Elizabeth: "Then, my dear sister, ask the king if he is willing to have a sacred and uninterrupted love affair with you?"
Wang: "Of course I am willing, but my body has objectively denied that possibility."
Bruce laughed.
Elizabeth: "This...if the journey is long, it's not completely impossible!"
Wang: "No, according to Xiaobai, you seem to have feelings for me too..."
Elizabeth: "I didn't! So it's possible!"
"No way, I have."
"You! Do you still want to take me on the trip?"
"I think so, listen to me..."
"Shut up! I'm convincing my brother, this is very important!" Elizabeth took a few steps forward, walked directly into the inner circle of the round table, went straight to Bruce, and slapped the table with both hands, "Brother! You really need someone like me. A marriage tool?"
Bruce replied immediately: "It's really necessary. Our current situation is not stable. You didn't listen to the trial, so you don't know. The crown will not fall into our hands immediately. In fact, those guys seem to be planning to write off all Dad's efforts. You Understand?
"Our old fox is dead. Although I have stabilized the situation with decisive actions and scared the other old foxes, those guys will definitely want to fight with us after they return to their lair. The Crown of the Empire , who doesn’t covet it?”
Elizabeth asked, "Who are you going to marry me to?"
"The one who pays the highest price will marry you. You are the most beautiful woman in Kuosania, and you have a great reputation. Look at your silver hair. Do you know that there are people out there selling forged copies of your hair, so that you can sell a handful of it for a hundred Gold coins. You are also a warlock, which is great." Bruce grabbed Elizabeth's silver hair with his hands and rubbed it as if he was evaluating the quality of hemp rope.
Wang: "What..."
Elizabeth turned back sharply: "I'm working hard! You idiot, can you please stop causing trouble!"
At this time Marika came forward: "Your Majesty, Duke, do you think an assassin and espionage expert that you can completely trust can be worth Elizabeth's value?"
Bruce sneered: "Drow, have you overestimated your value? What we are talking about is Langdon's second heir, the most beautiful person in Quasania, and a warlock."
Elizabeth grabbed Marika's hand anxiously: "No, you can't go anywhere! We need rogues! If you had gone to search Erwin's laboratory, maybe we would have obtained more information!"
Wang: "So, let me..."
Elizabeth turned back: "Can you please stop causing trouble? We are busy here!"
Wang frowned slightly: "You have already failed to show affection, so you might as well act rationally."
"In this case," Bruce looked at Wang, "you should say, 'Shut up and let me tell you!'"
Wang: "Shut up! I'll tell you!"
Elizabeth was startled by Wang's sudden increase in voice and shrank her neck. Marika also looked at Wang doubtfully.
Bruce stood up, bypassed his sister and her loyal drow, and took a few steps towards the mage: "You tell me, I'm listening."
Wang spread his hands and said: "If I were you, not only would I not stop your sister from taking risks, I would also equip her with the highest-level entourage."
Bruce finished the wine in his glass and asked with interest, "Why?"
Wang: "Look, all we know about the mastermind behind the Doomsday Crisis is an old church painted on a picture frame. Basically, we know nothing. Although we decided to start with the architectural style, it may not mean anything at all. The architectural style is just like this by accident.
"Or maybe it's a synthesis of several architectural styles and we have to travel at the intersection of two styles, looking for the needle in the haystack."
Bruce: "Wouldn't that make this trip even more inappropriate?"
Elizabeth: "It's useless for you to tell my brother like this. I know him too well. Unless I wait until my eldest brother comes back after killing the emperor, we can persuade him together..."
Wang: "I don't think so. Through observing him, I judge that he is a realist politician. All realist politicians can use stakes to persuade."
Bruce seemed to be in a very good mood. He smiled and said, "Indeed. But I haven't heard the 'Lee' part yet."
Wang: "Look, we are the only ones dealing with this crisis now, and there are so few clues. It is basically certain that the crisis will develop to the next stage. Or even the third stage. By then, the whole world will know about the existence of the crisis." .
"If you declare loudly now that you will send your sister to solve this crisis, when the crisis is fully revealed, you - and even the whole of Kuusania, will be the monarch of the country that is the first to respond to the crisis."
Bruce narrowed his eyes and gently touched the carving on the rim of the wine glass with his fingers.
Wang: "At that time, you can also organize a conference in your capital to deal with this crisis with the participation of monarchs from all over the world, and study countermeasures! Just because your sister is a member of the team that initially responded to the crisis!
"In this way, the bad reputation brought about by the bloody banquet will naturally disappear. The best thing is that when the crisis is over, Elizabeth will return with a high reputation, and you can still marry her off at that time."
Elizabeth's face suddenly turned dark, and she bit her lips desperately.
Wang didn't notice at all and continued: "On the other hand, if you don't let Elizabeth set off now, the legend will become that you weakened the strength of the crisis team and refused to provide support. The bards say that you are not It’s just as simple as a fatuous tyrant.”
Bruce was speechless and looked the king up and down again: "Did you know? No, you shouldn't know. In fact, it doesn't matter what my sister is like. I just hope you can stay in Langdon Territory and be my adviser.
"I am detaining my sister just to...keep you. You have brought me all the victories, and your intelligence is what I long for.
"So you don't have to say so much. Just answer me, if I take my sister hostage, will you still start traveling?"
Wang replied firmly: "Yes. If you detain me, I will rack my brains to escape from prison. No matter what, I will set out to travel. This is my primary purpose when I leave the Mage Tower."
"Since there is a primary purpose, there should be a secondary purpose." Bruce Langdon asked curiously, "What is it?"
Wang: "Isn't it natural to make friends?"
Bruce Langdon looked at Wang with a half-smile, and after holding back his laughter twice, he finally laughed: "Hahahaha, it seems that Langdon Leader really can't keep you. Your suggestion just now makes sense. I really should let my The younger sister became a special envoy.
"But I have one more request. Only if you agree to this request can I let you go. Are you willing to be my friend?"
Bruce said, extending his hand.
The king took it without hesitation: "Of course. The future emperor of Kuosania must make this friend."
Bruce looked satisfied, and after shaking hands, he continued: "But now we have suffered heavy losses, so we can only find a way to get you a decent boat and enough supplies.
"Of course, I will recruit loyal sailing masters from the chamber of commerce controlled by my eldest brother, and select a few horses for you. Other than that, I can only provide the certification documents, symbols and flags of the Landon Territory. Of course, there are some Beautiful clothes. After all, my sister is the most beautiful woman in Kuusania."
Wang bowed slightly to Bruce: "Thank you very much for your generosity."
Then he turned to Elizabeth: "It's done. I said you could leave it to me, right?"
Elizabeth and Marika looked at each other.
Xiaobai: "You humans' messy dialogue is so complicated that I can't understand it. But I guess we can cheer now?"
Bruce: "I still have to deal with various official duties. Now you can ask Merlin to take you to the weapons depot and use the items inside as you wish. This is one of the sponsorships provided to you by Langdon."
Dwarf: "Oh, that's great, but I'm well armed now. Unless you have something better than a masterwork hammer. Maybe get Gotrek a new axe."
Manzi nodded in agreement: "High!"
**
After leaving the round table conference hall, Elizabeth immediately stopped Wang: "Wang, just now... I'm sorry, I just think that I should be better at this kind of thing."
Wang nodded: "If I hadn't determined after a long period of observation that the other party is a realist politician, I would have left it to you to handle."
Elizabeth was a little surprised: "Can you do it?"
Wang: "Of course. But it's before our poet joins the team. My teacher said that the poet is the negotiator in the team and will take care of all the things that require deception."
Elizabeth: "Then what will I do after the poet joins the team?"
Wang: "Emit scorching rays."
Flint laughed loudly: "I want to say, princess, you are very qualified for this duty, and you are very accurate."
Manzi echoed: "High!"
At this moment, Cat Man Mishashala suddenly said: "Although everyone is excitedly thinking about the upcoming trip, I shouldn't come out to disturb the scenery, but... I have something very important to say."
As he said that, the catman stood still.
Everyone who was still walking forward stopped at this time and turned around to look at the cat man in confusion.
Merlin, who was leading the way, heard the noise and walked a few steps before stopping a little further away.
The bright summer sun shines in from the windows on the side of the corridor and shines on everyone.
Michaela looked at Wang and asked seriously: "You just said that the crisis of annihilation will definitely advance to a very serious stage. Is that true? Or are you just deceiving the Duke?"
Wang: "Do you think I have such advanced skills as speaking skills?"
Misha Sarah: "In other words, cheap healing scrolls will appear, undead creatures will gather, liches will appear in groups, and undead armies will roam the land?"
Wang: "Yes. This is a reasonable guess based on the current situation. Unless we are lucky enough to directly find the headquarters of the sect. But you see, the sect now has a seven-ring mage who almost wiped out all of us. .Even if we find the headquarters of the Order, we can’t defeat it.”
Mishashala sighed: "It sounds like the whole world is doomed. So I have to inform my tribe. I also have a younger brother who serves as a warrior leader in the tribe. He is also married to a beautiful white cat."
Wang spread his hands and said: "Okay, anyway, we won't set off immediately. Langdon City is in such chaos now, it should take about a week to prepare the ship."
Mishasha smiled: "The area where my tribe hunts is on the other side of the World Mountains. I want to take the Shield Road to cross the World Mountains. This return home cannot be traveled in a week."
The king suddenly became disappointed: "Are you going to leave our adventure? We will need you as a lookout when we go down the river."
Misha Sarah laughed heartily: "If I hadn't been very familiar with you, I would have taken your words as contempt. Don't worry, you will have a new lookout hand."
Wang: "But..."
He stopped and gently touched his chest with his hand.
"I see, is this what it feels like to be separated from a friend?"
Mishashala smiled even more happily: "A future legendary archmage regards me as a friend. My short life is not in vain."
Elizabeth took a step forward and took Misha Sarah's hand: "Why is it so sudden? Yesterday - no, this morning, you still looked like you were going to travel with us."
"I'm a cat person." Michaela replied concisely, gently stroking Elizabeth's silver-white hair with her hand.
Flint: "She is a cat person. When we dwarves make a decision, we need to think for several days, during which we smoke a stone or more of tobacco and drink several barrels of beer. Cat people are different, they always make decisions on the spot, And then put the decision into action.”
Mishashala: "That's it. Don't worry, I will turn around and catch up with you after notifying the tribe and confirming that they are okay. If you don't have a ranger by then, count me as one."
After speaking, the catman looked at Wang: "So what do you say, captain?"
Wang nodded: "Okay, I can't stop you from informing your relatives. So have a safe trip."
Misha Sarah nodded, then firmly pushed away the reluctant Elizabeth, and said to Butler Merlin in a hearty voice: "I want a fast horse, now."
Butler: "Please follow me. I'll have my deputy take you to the weapons depot."
Then the cat and the butler left facing the sunshine.
Everyone stood there and watched their figures.
Wang suddenly said: "This is farewell. Suddenly I can understand the poem that my uncle often sang. My uncle taught me that only after experiencing separation can I know the value of friends. I finally understand."
Elizabeth: "Are you feeling... uncomfortable right now?"
Wang: "It's not too uncomfortable. It's much better than when I thought about the possibility of saying goodbye to you all. If the discomfort level at that time was set to five, it would be about one now? More is needed. Only samples can be used to determine.”
Several people looked at each other, obviously shocked by the mage's immediate quantitative analysis - maybe they didn't know the word quantitative analysis.
Xiaobai: "Then let's find a new ranger now?"
Wang: "No, no need. If we are looking for new team members now, spies and gangsters may sneak in. We should wait and see, maybe we can meet a suitable one."
**
A week later.
A river vessel, freshly towed from dry dock, was parked on the pier.
The entire dock was decorated with lights and colorful decorations, and the Langdon family's blue and white Lion's Shield flag was hung everywhere.
All the porters at the dock stopped moving goods and were not earning their piece-rate wages. They were all watching. In addition to them, there were also men, women, and children from all over the city. The whole scene was even more lively than when the original emperor was hanged.
Everyone is talking about the crisis of annihilation, the lost and found cat, etc. On the contrary, no one paid much attention to the changes in healing techniques that the nobles were concerned about. After all, ordinary people rarely received treatment from priests when they were sick. It was great luck to be treated by a passing paladin.
It should be said that healing spells have nothing to do with most people's lives, so naturally no one cares.
Another focus of everyone's concern is Elizabeth's upcoming journey. There are rumors that this is actually the honeymoon trip of the Saint and the Mage. Others say that the princess is pregnant and is expected to give birth to a child with dragon blood soon.
While everyone was discussing enthusiastically, the band began to play music. Amidst the music, the Duke's family's car drove into the pier.
Bruce, Duke of New Landon, who had just concluded the formal title succession ceremony, rode a tall white horse and walked at the front of the queue. Those who are attentive will notice that the buttons on his cloak are decorated with golden olive leaves. This is an accessory only owned by the emperor.
Langdon's cub made no secret of his ambitions.
Behind the Duke is the commander of the Duke's army, Sir Wayne Langdon. The paladin has changed into a brand new armor, and the holy light seems to be permanently on him.
Behind him is the hero of this victory, the apprentice king of the legendary mage. He holds a radiant dragon-headed scepter and has a giant snow-white wolf on his crotch.
The people all chanted: "This is the future Archmage."
"I heard that he single-handedly charged into the emperor's army and captured the emperor!"
"It's not like working alone, that's called a one-man wolf."
The mage looked very expectant and kept staring at the sailboat parked at the end of the long bridge on the pier.
Behind the mage, a barbarian with war patterns on his face was riding on a horse that was almost as strong as him, with a brand new battle ax on his back.
There was a basket tied to the back of his saddle, and inside sat a frightened dwarf.
"I told you I can leave! You have to put me on the back of this beast! Oh Caris Newman! Let me go down to the ground!" the dwarf shouted at the top of his lungs, almost drowning out the music of the band. .
Behind the strange combination of barbarian and dwarf is a super luxury carriage drawn by eight horses.
The overall color scheme of the carriage adopts the main colors of Langdon: white and blue, and golden lion carvings can be seen everywhere.
Elizabeth Langdon lifted a corner of the carriage curtain and smiled at the people.
Some people among the people shouted: "Look, it's the Holy Lady! She is still so brave and kind!"
"Ever since I invited the portrait of the Holy Lady home, all my physical problems have been cured!"
"Portrait of a saint, 50 silver coins each!"
Behind the carriage were the barons and viscounts who had made great achievements in the previous battles, and behind them were the knights in neat formation, but no one would take a second look at them.
The mighty team arrived in front of the specially built ceremony stage, and everyone stood up and dismounted.
The mage touched the wolf, and the giant wolf suddenly turned into a werewolf girl. She patted her butt, took a piece of candy and threw it into her mouth.
The mage himself walked directly to the stage, but was stopped by someone.
"You have to open the carriage door," Butler Merlin whispered.
"Oh." Wang nodded, turned around and went to the carriage, opened the door with a click, and then left. As he walked, he set up an awning to look at the boat he was about to take.
Elizabeth had already prepared her posture, and even extended her hand for the mage to sign, but now she could only have one hand floating awkwardly in the air.
Elizabeth's childhood playmate, who was also sitting in the carriage, saw this scene and made a very gossipy voice: "Wow~"
Elizabeth climbed out of the carriage in embarrassment and quickly caught up with the wizard: "You have to help me down!"
"Can't you do it yourself?" The mage was surprised, glanced at the princess, and then immediately returned to the sailboat.
Elizabeth: "This is etiquette, haven't you read it in the book?"
"Oh, now that I think about it, I should have helped you down. I forgot, after all, you see, the trip is right in front of you. To be honest, I'm a little distracted."
Elizabeth: "You are quite self-aware?"
"yes."
During this conversation, a group of people climbed onto the high platform, where Duke Langdon, who had taken the lead, was already waiting here.
Butler Merlin walked up behind him silently, and the servant beside him held a beautiful long sword.
The prince raised his hand, and immediately the orchestra fell silent.
The entire venue was extremely quiet for a moment, and everyone's eyes were focused on the Duke, who was then shaken by the mage's glowing stick.
Ser Wayne pouted at the mage.
"Oh, this." The mage quickly put away the stick.
Bruce cleared his throat: "Elizabeth Langdon!"
Elizabeth took a step forward.
Bruce: "In the name of the new Duke of Langdon, I give this sword to you! I hope this pathfinder can guide you in the direction and guide you to overcome the crisis!"
Merlin took the sword from the servant and handed it to Bruce, who then put it into Elizabeth's raised hand.
Bruce: "This sword represents the authority of the lord of Langdon Territory. Holding it, you will enjoy envoy treatment in all human kingdoms!"
The mage muttered: "No one in our team can use this sword..."
Elizabeth solemnly hugged the sword tightly: "I will not disgrace this sword!"
Then she gave the sword to the mage, and the mage threw it into the dimensional bag.
Bruce said in a very different tone from before: "Let's go, good luck to you, my sister."
The mage grinned: "My teacher often says, when setting off on an adventure, you must say this!"
Home is behind you, and the world is in front of you!
-"Complete Volume 1 of the Master's Rules of Dating"-
Don't go away, it will be more exciting later
