Chapter 263 The Lord Who Did Not Attend

"Ding ding——"

One of the Carolina civil servants knocked the cup in his hand, and the others fell silent. This usually means that the real master is about to appear, and Ron is about to have friendly talks and consultations with the Lords of Carolina.

But everyone present waited for a long time, but still could not see the lord of Carolina.

"Ahem," the civil servant coughed lightly, covering up his embarrassment, "Sir Ron, we just received the news: Unfortunately, our Lord, due to a relapse of his old illness today, is unable to attend this banquet - —We deeply apologize for this.”

"But word came from the lord's mansion that she welcomes you to visit at any time in the next two weeks. At the same time, during this period, she also sincerely invites you to visit the city-state. We will send someone to accompany you to ensure that You will not be treated inappropriately in any place.”

"As a lord, I came all the way to visit, but I couldn't see her in person. I think this is already an offense." Ron's face immediately darkened after hearing the civil servant's words, "Not to mention that I am bringing someone with me this time. We come here with sincerity and hope that the two families can get back together and eliminate the misunderstanding.”

"But it seems hard for people to misunderstand your style, right?"

"Our legion is currently stationed on the outskirts of the city-state. Do you want to be attacked again?!" Drivedo jumped to his feet and shouted. It was not convenient for Ron to say this, but the goblin hunter had no scruples.

"Calm down, calm down!" Carolina's civil servant suddenly panicked. What he was best at was using words. This was the first time he saw guests who directly threatened to attack, "This is something that really can't be helped. Now our lord I have been ill recently and cannot come out to receive you, but we are willing to make some compensation for this. You see..."

"In that case..." Ron pretended to ponder, "I heard that there are several capable people and sages in Carolina. If your lord cannot meet, I would like to find a day to visit them. What do you think? ?”

This is nothing, the civil servant immediately put a smile on his face: "Of course, of course, we will arrange the relevant matters, but who do you plan to meet first?"

Ron stretched out his hand behind him, and Sylvia and Seymour immediately handed over a list. There were not many people on it, but all of them were celebrities from Carolina - something that they could remember as slaves and apprentices at the time. Their names are naturally famous celebrities.

The civil servant looked at it after taking it, and he was obviously relieved: Lord Ron seemed to have done some research before coming, but he didn't do much. Most of these so-called "celebrities" were just gimmicks and did not touch Carolina. core interests.

For example, Henry Robertson, who is here today, although he has repeatedly claimed to the city-state that once his research is completed, it will greatly improve the problem of slave resource shortage, he has had no results until now.

If he likes to visit so much, then let him go.

Ron, Sylvia and others exchanged glances and thought it was better not to go straight to the topic at this moment, so they only selected two unrelated people and expected to meet them in the next few days.

"Although Sir Ron doesn't care about your rudeness, I have to ask more questions."

When everyone dispersed and continued the banquet and socializing, the Carolina civil servant just breathed a sigh of relief when he saw a tiefling walking towards him with a polite smile on his face.

"Who are you?" The civil servant was stunned. He did remember that there was such a person in the list of the other party's mission, but he was ranked very low and was obviously not a core figure. But why did he come to find me?

"Intelligence chief, Quest," Tieflin toasted to the civil servant, seemingly not intending to hide his identity at all, "I have also been a spy in other city-states for more than ten years."

“I don’t know if you still remember the previous Union Fisheries corruption case, but I led that investigation.”

"Oh oh oh -" when Quest began to introduce himself, the civil servant immediately let out a series of exclamations, "It's you! Mr. Quest, I have admired you for a long time!"

"I heard from my colleagues that because of your mediation, you helped Carolina clear her name, no, clear her name, no..."

"It clarified the flow of all funds," Quest clinked glasses with the civil servants and corrected, "That so-called 'corruption case' was a complete frame-up and frame-up from the beginning, wasn't it?"

"After all, according to the results of my investigation, every fund has a reasonable destination, and its traces can also be traced."

"That's right!" The civil servant wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. Although it was an old thing, he really shouldn't let it slip on such an occasion.

A hint of impatience flashed in Quest's eyes. He did these things to help exonerate his former employer, and Carolina was just a button that had to be untied. But now that he has this talking point in his hand, he doesn't mind using it to get close to the civil servants here.

"I was just doing my duty in that matter," Quest smiled, "It's the same now. My lord is a little dissatisfied with your attitude, so I have to come and ask."

"There are some things that you may not be able to say in public just now, brother, but now... can you tell me why the person in charge of Carolina did not attend this banquet?"

The tiefling stared at the gray-haired civil servant in front of him: "Privately speaking, I remember that your lord is just a puppet of a few big slave owners, right? Isn't it his job to attend such a banquet?"

"What did you say?" The civil servant was furious when he heard the words, and then he got angry, and immediately pulled Quest aside, lowering his voice and said, "You are in the remote place of delusion, the news is not there. Well-informed in the league.”

"This matter has a lot to do with your lord - after the previous peace negotiation, our previous lord was dissatisfied by many 'citizens' (slave owners), who thought that he gave too much benefit to you. "

"But because he was still the most tolerable candidate to all parties, they allowed him to continue sitting in that position while they had not found a replacement."

"Until an elf woman appears."

The civil servant took a deep breath: "She is a powerful magician. As soon as she appeared, she persuaded a small group of the most radical citizens to support her and launched a 'remonstrance' to the original lord to abdicate."

"The two factions had a fierce conflict inside and outside the lord's mansion, which ended with the original lord and his supporters being imprisoned. Therefore, the current lord has been replaced and turned into an elf!"

"However, she seemed to have been hurt a lot in the conflict, so she has been reclusive for the past two months. But to be honest, I thought she would at least attend this banquet, but I didn't expect that she also declined. "

"It's really turbulent here," Quest nodded sadly, "but people like you don't seem to be affected? Does her purge only target slave owners?"

"Oh, Mr. Quest, you - sorry, you are not 'one of us', so you may not be aware of our responsibilities." When talking about this matter, the civil servant smiled and drank from the glass. However, "We are civil servants, and we only exist to implement the city-state's will and ensure its implementation."

"Whoever is in a high position, why would they want to clean us up if we are just carrying out their will? We are just humble public vessels to hold the fruits of their 'deliberations'."

"But because of this," the civil servant suddenly frowned and looked at Quest, "Can you also give me the details so that we can feel at ease? Sir Ron's visit this time is really just to express his gratitude. Kindness?"

"I've heard of some things in the Delusion Land, where even goblins can eat on the table? My colleagues and I are worried that your arrival will trigger some changes, which will eventually lead to the 'collapse of order' in Carolina?"