"No, no, no, the badge is great and can be used on sensitive skin."
“And it helped me a lot.”
Li Ang pulled a chair from the side and sat in front of the Duke with great dignity: "This time, I want to talk to you about the future, our future."
The Duke looked him up and down, especially staying on his vertical pupils for a long time, and finally smiled strangely: "Future? Hahaha, this word sounds very valuable."
"Tell me, what do you want?"
Li Ang also smiled: "Mr. Duke is quick to speak, so I will speak frankly."
"I need an investment, a big investment."
"In less than half a month, I can return this investment to you with a hundredfold profit!"
The profiteer Duke knew what he wanted to do without even using his brain.
"Mr. Li Ang, you want to get it for free... on credit, right?"
"Yes!" Li Ang admitted openly, with no trace of shame on his face.
The more he behaved like this, the more interested the Duke became in what he called 'investment': "It's not impossible..."
"But...why, Mr. Li Ang?"
Li Ang stared at the Duke's eyes that were only slightly squeezed by the fat: "I feel that there is a lack of trust between us."
"In order to cooperate better in the future, we should exchange something valuable."
"For example, I know the origin of that short knife and what it can be used for."
In fact, during his time in Toussaint, in addition to training his abilities, Li Ang had been studying the Duke in his spare time.
Mrs. Bashiku and her daughters are easy to understand, they are completely evil on the surface.
The Duke is different. He hides in the dark and is sinister and vicious.
Compared with the before and after, the latter is obviously more annoying.
However, the Duke's cruelty was not directed at Leon, but at the eight-foot lady Aqina and the mother goddess Miranda behind her.
In the game, the dead flower dagger can be obtained in a coffin in the worship tower next to the castle. There is also a dead body placed with the dagger.
And now, the information that Li Ang got was that the dead flower dagger was in the hands of the Duke.
Combined with the fact that the Duke had previously brought out a dagger for him to choose from, it can be inferred that Li Ang is very likely to be the corpse in the coffin. The dagger was given to him by the Duke and used some method to trick him into assassinating Aqina.
But in the end the assassination failed, so Li Ang died.
The Duke can only continue to lie dormant until the arrival of the protagonist Ethan.
It's not Li Ang's conspiracy theory, he really verified it with Bella. For example, this year is not 2021, where the plot takes place, but 2017.
It is still several years before the arrival of the protagonist Ethan.
At this time, the goddess Miranda was in the United States and her control over the village was at its lowest. The Duke took the opportunity to cause trouble.
There was internal strife in the Dimitrescu family, and Archina died violently.
How pleasant it sounds!
If Li Ang is a native who doesn't understand the game process, and there is a terrifying blood-sucking monster on one side, and a kind-hearted businessman who has helped him a lot, it is self-evident which side he chooses to trust.
Also, don't you think the title 'Duke' fits the castle well?
According to the text information in the game, Aqina is a foreigner occupying the magpie's nest.
Does that mean that the Duke is the real owner of this castle, and the surrounding villages are his fiefdom. Due to unknown reasons, he lost everything he owned and became a poor merchant, with only one piece of his family property left. A carriage.
Maybe even the name Duke was a contemptuous name used by Archina or Miranda to humiliate him.
In this way, his hostility towards Archina and Miranda is logical.
It's just that Miranda is too powerful, and the Duke dare not trouble her for the time being. He can only attack Aqina who has taken over his ancestral property...
In fact, besides the Duke, there is another interesting thing.
That is, Aqina knew that the dead flower knife could hurt herself, but she still kept it and stored it in a very safe and secret place.
Not because the dagger can hurt her, but it can also be used against other people infected by the fungus, even Miranda herself.
Is Archina really absolutely loyal to the mother goddess who created her?
Not necessarily...
Of course, all the above are Li Ang's guesses.
In this world where dangers abound and lives can be lost at any time, he can only speculate on everyone with the greatest malice.
Therefore, Li Ang threw out the dead flower dagger to test the Duke's reaction.
Tell him by the way: "I know what you want to do."
Sure enough, the cunning businessman lost his usual calmness, and his plump body trembled slightly: "Mr. Li Ang, it seems that that badge is really helpful to you."
"I would like to ask, can you tell me its origin?"
The Duke looked at him, obviously pretending to be stupid, but Li Ang didn't care, and it wasn't him who was anxious now.
The two were silent for a long time, and the Duke finally lowered his proud head, and even his round body seemed to shrink in size.
"Well, Mr. Li Ang, you are a smart man."
"I value the trust you have given me, so I will repay the trust."
"..."
"I actually didn't give you any medicine at all, so you didn't lose your memory at all!"
Suddenly, the Duke raised his head again, straightened his back, and his narrowed eyes looked extremely terrifying.
Damn it!
Li Ang was shocked. He thought he had caught the Duke's advantage, but he didn't expect that the other party also had his weaknesses.
The yellow mud fell into his crotch, and it was either shit or shit. How could he still say that he was not the original person, but a time traveler?
It would be better to say that I have lost my memory.
Then, the room fell into silence again.
After a while, the two of them met their eyes and smiled at the same time.
Li Ang took the initiative to extend his hand: "Mr. Duke, happy cooperation!"
The Duke was not to be outdone: "You too, Mr. Li Ang."
One hand is full of calluses, the other is wide and fat, they are held together intimately, but their owners have the same evil intentions.
"What do you want to take from me?"
The Duke lit two cigars, keeping one for himself and passing the other to Leon.
"First of all, I will definitely take away the dead flower knife." Li Ang actually doesn't know how to smoke. The ash will fall into the gaps between the keyboard or be deposited in the case, affecting the performance of the computer. It will be difficult to clean up later, but this atmosphere is what we want now!
"It belongs to you." The Duke smiled.
"I also want a gun." Li Ang thought for a moment and continued: "I don't want the one just now, I want a more powerful one, and I want bullets too."
The Duke nodded in agreement.
"Finally, I want to customize something." Li Ang stated his requirements for weapons.
Two long swords, and a set of armor that is a mixture of leather and chain mail. The specific shape and materials refer to the style of the master-level armor of the Wolf School in "The Witcher 3".
In order to facilitate understanding, he also drew a sketch for the Duke.
Li Ang wrote this down specifically for this time.
The armor's protective performance comes second. After all, it's 2017, and no matter how powerful the armor is, it can't withstand machine gun fire.
The main reason is to be handsome, being handsome is a lifelong matter!
Unfortunately, the weird potions of the Witcher cannot be restored because of the special materials used.
Finally, Li Ang made a request to the Duke.
"Help me collect some things that seem incompatible with this world."
