quicksilver blood

Chapter 164
When Robert finally found "Miss Hellland", she was giving porridge to the hard laborers polluted by magic dust in front of the Iron Curtain Wizard Hotel.

"No...not gruel." Robert sniffed lightly.

This taste seems to be broth?

"Miss Herlan! What are you doing!"

Robert stood on tiptoe and raised his head, shouting loudly.

But "Miss Hellland" was already surrounded by layers of people. Although she heard Robert's shout, she could only turn her head and show an apologetic smile at Robert.

Robert couldn't help frowning.

Giving porridge in the slums was a well-established affair among the aristocratic circles of the countries around Bansa.If it is held every once in a while, it can not only enhance the stability of the territory, but also show enough benevolence.

However, bouillon is different.

In the circle of Bansa aristocrats who value tradition, they insist that the principle of "distinguish between superiority and inferiority" must be applied to every detail of life.It also includes eating and drinking and building scale and so on.

“If you don’t know how humble you are, you don’t know how to be reverent——”

When Bansa founded the country, this famous saying of Thiel was engraved inside the crown, and passed down from generation to generation as Bansa's national motto.

The nobles of Bansa have educated their subjects well to learn the essence of this sentence from various directions.In fact, they even think they are being nice to them.

Monchiville is merciful, and the Church of War will distribute white bread and milk to the poor during festivals.These two things exist as "sacred food" and "sacred drink" in the teachings of the gods of the Tyre family, and are eaten by priests every day, making the priests of the Tyre family grow tall and strong , delicate skin and piercing eyes.

However, once those humble poor people eat these foods blessed by God, they are prone to diarrhea.This made the nobles of Bansa think that lowly blood cannot touch noble things.

The lower ones belong to the lower ones, and the upper ones belong to the upper ones, with a clear distinction between superiority and inferiority.

The strict concept of hierarchy, the strong centripetal force based on national pride and the unified belief of the whole country are the foundation of Bansa.Karal, as part of the split from Bantha, naturally had the same idea from the beginning.

Under the influence of Western and Southern countries, Su Ze has also begun to produce similar ideas in the past ten years.

Robert gave a thoughtful expression.

Su Ze's nobles are different from the Titan nobles who have new thoughts and ideas every day. Su Ze's nobles have been divided into two factions a long time ago.

One is an imperial noble who likes to carry out some taboo experiments in secret, feeds private alchemist consultants, and encourages alchemists to develop new technologies and weapons; the other stays on the border all year round and is influenced by the ideas of Bansa and Karal. A frontier aristocrat who hopes to set off a retro wave.

The former controls the Royal Alchemy Society, while the latter holds military and political power, neither of which is easy to deal with.

Looking at it now... I am afraid that Heerlan's family should be aristocrats from the Imperial Capital Faction.

Suddenly, Robert suddenly realized.

He still remembered that Herlan's father's surname was Alex... and indeed one of the nobles of the Royal Capital faction was named Alex.

He is the swan male—that is, the elder brother of the contemporary Queen Su Ze.

Because half of the winter elves' blood flows in his body, he has gained a long lifespan and at the same time, the chances of successfully giving birth are also greatly reduced. Therefore, although he has many wives, he only has one pair of children, both of whom are born. Born to a half-elf concubine.

This sword dancer with gold level strength used to be his chief guard, and now he is the mother of a pair of twin girls... Now that I think about it, it must be Miss Hellan's mother.

Robert couldn't help but rejoice that he had seen through the truth.

Afterwards, his ambition gradually ignited.

That's right, Herlan's long, pure black hair is a sure sign of her royal blood.

If Miss Helland's father is that person, it means that her bloodline is even nobler than that of the next generation of Emperor Su Ze - her blood is one-quarter of the winter elf's blood, and another four-quarters. One of the goblin blood.It's no wonder that she is so charming, probably because she has inherited the natural charm ability of goblins.

And more importantly, she was not a concubine as Robert thought at first, but a legitimate daughter who had a half chance of inheriting the position of Duke Swan.

Robert suddenly felt reluctant to give up Heilan to that boy An Ruosi.

Swan Duke only has two daughters, if he can marry Hellan, it means that he has a half chance of winning the title of duke——

If he marries a wife of noble blood, coupled with the merits he has lurked in the White Tower for several years, maybe he can still compete for the position of emperor that he has long since given up——

Killing two birds with one stone, Robert couldn't help but be tempted.

"That's right...An Ruosi already has Natalia. Besides, in his capacity, it's impossible to have a result with Miss Hellland...I'm doing it for his own good..."

Robert murmured.

Because Helan rushed out of the hotel full of weird atmosphere suddenly, Robert began to worry about her.

Although it seems that Miss Helllan is a very powerful priest, as a girl, it is not good to rush out on her own.

So Robert took the initiative to ask for her, and searched for her bit by bit along the direction Hellan rushed out.

Originally, they had agreed to return immediately after Robert found Hellan.But now Robert decided that he would go back later.

At least find out how Hellan and An Ruosi met.It would be great if I could have a meal alone with Herlan.

Because of Herlan's status, he didn't expect to use coercion.But even if there is a fair competition, An Ruosi will definitely not be able to compete with himself.

What An Ruosi had, he had. On the contrary, An Ruosi didn't have most of what he had.

As long as An Ruosi's advantage of getting to know Miss Helllan first is offset, what is there to be afraid of that thin-skinned, dying wood?

Robert was full of confidence.

"Mr. Robert, would you like a drink?"

Suddenly, Heerlan's cold and soft voice came from in front of him, which immediately startled Robert.

"...Ah, yes, thank you."

He raised his head, and found that Herlan folded his hands on his chest and looked at him quietly, the oak barrel behind him was already empty.

"Don't worry... I left some for you after I saw you."

"Thank you so much."

Robert took the soup bowl from Hellan and took a swig with a grateful expression.

...what a strange smell.

He almost frowned.

The broth has basically cooled down completely, the meat in it is not cooked badly, and there is not much salt, let alone spices.

But being stared at by Miss Herlan at this moment, Robert just poured down a bowl of broth in a cold sweat.And it didn't feel warm at all.

"Is the taste okay?"

"... To be honest, the taste is average."

Robert hesitated for a long time before deciding to tell the truth.

He believed that Herlan must have drunk the broth too, in case she thought she liked to lie, it would be bad.

"I'm afraid this is something you won't taste in the next half of your life."

Herlan said meaningfully.

Then, she seemed to suddenly think of something, her eyes lit up when she saw Robert, and her voice became a little higher: "By the way...you are a nobleman of Titan, right?"

"……yes."

Robert was rather confused.

He didn't know the point of Herlan asking this matter at this moment.

"Lend me ten silver coins first...I want to show you a miraculous thing."

Herlan put her hands behind her back, bent slightly, with a mysterious expression on her face.

Robert took out a gold coin without hesitation, but Hellan shook his head and refused.

"Ten silver coins are just right. No more, no less."

"What's the matter?"

Robert was also somewhat interested in Huerlan.

"I may have found a channel," Herlan said vaguely, "Don't worry about how I operate it... In short, if you give me ten silver coins, I will return eleven to you the day after tomorrow."

Robert thoughtfully, nodded solemnly.

(End of this chapter)