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Two days later, Kaimo. Chuierl bid farewell to Roland. (Product#...Net)(')
"Not staying in the royal capital for a few more days?" Roland joked, "This is the center of Graycastle, and the places to have fun are the best in the kingdom. If you miss it this time, you don't know when you'll get the chance to come again."
"I'm not like you, I don't want to leave any unfinished romantic business here," Kaimo rolled his eyes, "The laboratory and chemical factory still have a lot of work to do. If you want the gunpowder production line to operate normally, you'd better let me return to Neverwinter City first."
Roland felt quite stifled by the other party's reply. After the situation stabilized, the atmosphere in the city became a bit strange. First, he heard many women claiming to be his "lover," and later even illegitimate children emerged. Of course, he knew these were just rumors, but he couldn't stand the crowd's slandering. Especially since his previous reputation was indeed quite bad, no matter how bizarre the story was, some people deeply believed it... Helpless, he had to let Tassia come forward and use the rats to quell the rumors.
"Alright then," he nodded after a long silence, "I will arrange for a paddle steamer to send you back to the Western Region. Thank you for your hard work these days."
"You know it well." Kaimo twitched his beard, bowed with his hand on his chest, and left.
This guy is really impolite, Roland pouted, but didn't take it to heart, and even hummed a cheerful tune.
"Looks like you're quite happy to be entangled by so many women," a cold voice came from behind.
"Cough cough..." He almost choked on his saliva, "What nonsense are you talking about! They're just hoping to take advantage of this claim to get some money, you know that. []"
"I, how could I know." Nightingale's tone suddenly became slightly flustered.
"Oh? Really don't know?" Roland retorted, "I thought you went to investigate everyone."
"... Okay," Nightingale revealed herself, flipped and sat on the table, glaring down at him, "I did go to investigate, but that was out of concern for your safety, worried that you would bring unclear people into the palace, understand?"
"I understand," he said, suppressing a smile, but the other party's next sentence made his smile freeze on his face.
"Although most of them are fake, what about Miss Cui Niao and Madam Rose? They weren't lying!"
Damn Yooko, he didn't expect that after he had glossed over it that day, she would still keep it in mind. Roland silently cursed this "old friend" ten thousand times, while seriously staring into her eyes and saying: "I didn't lie to you either... The fourth prince they mentioned is indeed not me, you should be able to tell, this is not a lie."
Nightingale was a little uncomfortable being stared at, and slightly turned her eyes away, "So this is a misunderstanding? They think it's you, but you weren't there?"
"Of course not," Roland said righteously, "In fact, I haven't even met them reads;!"
Her expression softened, "Then these women who claim to have an affair with you, you just let them continue to shout? Tassia said you didn't order them to shut up."
"Of course, using gold dragons would be exactly what they want, and using knives... would be too much, and would increase public suspicion," Roland still couldn't bring himself to order the killing of people for this kind of thing, "Rather than forcibly blocking it, it's better to create a big news story to attract everyone's attention."
"Big... news?" Nightingale asked doubtfully.
"Yes, something that will keep them talking for weeks," he smiled, "For example, the royal capital will be renamed Dawn City, and Neverwinter City in the Western Region will be the new royal capital of Graycastle, etc... After I leave this place, these rumors will also subside."
Of course, the big news is far more than that, there's also the king's temporary postponement of the coronation ceremony, and the generous artisan recruitment plan... These news items combined are enough to occupy all of the people's free time. Currently, the rats are spreading fragments of the news, letting the masses vaguely hear the rumors, and finally the city hall will post an announcement to achieve the best publicity effect. It is foreseeable that for a long time to come, the taverns will be
discussing this matter.
"So you weren't smiling so happily because of them just now?"
"Of course not!" Roland patted the list on the table, "I'm happy because of this." Kaimo's chemical performance was a great success, and the effect was better than he imagined. In the end, more than 320 alchemists, disciples, and apprentices in the association were willing to go to the Western Region. Including relatives, the final number was determined to be around 500. "The Border Region's five chemical laboratories and two chemical factories combined only had so many people, and now it's doubled in the blink of an eye, and most of them are skilled workers. As long as they are slightly trained, they can start working. It's simply the biggest treasure after taking the royal capital." He paused, "But this is not what makes me happiest."
"Then what are you happiest about?" Nightingale asked curiously.
"Look at this," he spread out the list, pointing to the last few names.
"Lightning... Rayleigh... Archie, aren't these the names of the three chief alchemists of the Alchemy Association?"
"Yes, Kaimo didn't reject them," Roland said softly, "He said he had taken back what belonged to him." After learning about the rift between the chief alchemist and the Royal Capital Alchemy Association, he originally thought Kaimo would retaliate fiercely, but he didn't expect the other party not to choose to continue this hatred. After Kaimo got the recognition that should have belonged to him, he accepted Lightning and the other two for Neverwinter City. This filled Roland's heart with warmth. Although this era is terrible, there are still so many people walking on the right path. As long as the territory has them, the kingdom will get better and better.
At this moment, a rhythmic knock sounded outside the window.
Nightingale flickered out of the window, hugged the messenger, and flashed back to the table, "A secret letter has been sent."
"You scared it," looking at the dazed grey falcon on the table, Roland shook his head with a wry smile, untied the note from its claws, and quickly scanned the contents of the letter, "Hmm... it was sent by Scroll, I think we have to set off as soon as possible."
"Something happened in Neverwinter City?" Nightingale frowned reads;.
"No..." he grinned, "Lian and Honey are coming back soon."
"Those two little guys..." Nightingale's voice seemed a little low for some reason, "Actually, there's no need to rush back so urgently. After all, there are only two of them, you can let Lightning and Maisie pick them up, it's much faster than a hydrogen balloon, and they can reach the royal capital in one day."
"If it were just the two of them, that's indeed what we could do," Roland said with great interest, "But the letter said that Tilly also sent new witches."(。、，Your support is my greatest motivation.)17-01-1311:25:34<!-->