Infinite Anecdotes

About half a month later, Roswaal's house received an invitation from the free trade city of Kararagi, entertaining Tang Cheng and Emilia and his party to the watergate city of Pristila to attend the annual Water Gate Festival.

According to the letter, Crusch and Felut supported by the Juggernaut family were also entertained together. Among the four candidates for the king, Priscilla seemed to be the only one who was not invited.

To show solemnity, or to show sincerity, this time, the knight Julius of Anastasia and Mimi the catman, the deputy head of the orc mercenary group, delivered the letter. I had contact with Tang Cheng and the others at the Royal Capital Conference earlier. Although they could not be called familiar, they couldn't be called unfamiliar, at least they were comrades who had fought side by side.

"I don't know why you invited us over this time?" Tang Cheng asked after reading the letter.

"No, it doesn't have any special meaning, just like the literal meaning of the letter, it's just an invitation for those who have contributed to the crusade against the white whale. Please treat this as an ordinary trip and spend as much fun as possible. All right."

It is true that although the king's election has already started, it is still in the early stage of their respective preparations. It is still a little bit far from the atmosphere of tense votes and mutual attacks. The strength of Anastasia, the son of Karalaki trade, but since Emilia has always been depressed recently, Tang Cheng suggested that she agree to this invitation.

"Just take it easy."

Under Tang Cheng's persuasion, Emilia finally agreed to the matter.

As for the entourage, Rem and Garfiel were chosen (after the sanctuary was liberated, he followed Roswaal's orders and moved to the mansion from the village, not so much as the deacon in charge of the housework, but more like was a fighter).Ram will follow Roswaal to attend the Lords Conference in the West in the near future. This is also an excellent opportunity to promote Emilia. As for another maid, Frederica, she will be in charge of keeping the housekeeper.

The city of Watergate is named for its large number of waterways and iconic water gates. It is adjacent to the trading city of Kararagi and surrounded by the Tegoran River. Because of the perennial disasters in the past, when the city was built, it deliberately made a controllable The huge water gate of the water flow is extremely spectacular, and with its advantageous geographical location, it has become one of the five largest cities in the kingdom along with the royal capital.

Because Julius and Mimi were in charge of leading the way, and the carriages and horses on the way had already been prepared, Tang Cheng and his party arrived in Watergate City three days later, where not only a large number of businessmen gathered, but also local Citizens and many tourists were attracted to Minato City because of the festival held recently.

"It looks really prosperous."

"After all, it is one of the five largest cities."

Having said that, from Tang Cheng's point of view, this place is more dynamic than when he was in the capital, and there are endless streams of vehicles and people coming and going. Perhaps because of its own abundance and things to do, the whole city is full of people. Vigorous vigor can be seen just from this pier that is constantly loading and unloading. According to Julius, this is the most common scenery in the city of Watergate.

"After all, it is close to Kalaraki. A lot of goods are shipped here every day, and then sent to various parts of the country by different merchant ships. There are almost no less than a hundred large and small chambers of commerce gathered here." Yu Li Us said proudly.

"Then how many of them belong to Lord Anastasia?" Tang Cheng asked in such a desperate manner.

Julius was not so easy to be clichéd, he smiled, and evaded: "This is a business secret, let alone whether I know it as a knight, even if I know it, I'm afraid I can't say it casually. "This seems to be a reminder that although they are showing friendship now, the two sides are opposing in terms of Wang Xuan's position.

"Sorry, it's me, Meng Lang." Tang Cheng hurriedly apologized, although his apology seemed insincere

Fortunately, Julius didn't care, and changed the subject: "Anastasia has prepared accommodation for you in advance, please come with me."

When disembarking, Julius had already greeted the boy who was running errands near the pier, and he should have asked him to take the message back. On his side, he called a few dragon carts outside the port, and then loaded them with soup. Cheng, Emilia and others went to the mansion that had been prepared in advance.

Generally speaking, just like its positioning, the city of Watergate City belongs to a commercial city, so you can see the wide streets, as well as the various shops lined up on both sides of the streets, and the sound of selling.

Tang Cheng looked at Emilia, who was seated opposite, and she was also lying on the window, watching the scene passing by outside the window.

"Hasn't Leah been here before?"

"No." Emilia seemed a little embarrassed when she said this: "Actually, except for the capital, I basically stay in the mansion most of the time."

This is not because Emilia's personality is too nerdy, but because her identity as a silver-haired half-elf is not something anyone is willing to accept. For example, now, in order to avoid trouble, she wears that dress that can disturb the other party's perception. cloak.

"Then after we meet the owner here at the place where we are staying, let's go out for a stroll together?" Tang Cheng suggested, and he also hoped that Emilia could come out of Parker's haze as soon as possible.

"Yeah." Although not particularly enthusiastic, Emilia looked at Tang Cheng and nodded.

Tang Cheng smiled and reached out to hold her hand, and then the ground dragon car followed the predetermined track and arrived at their destination.

201．Witch Cult Reappearance

When Tang Cheng and others arrived, Anastasia personally received them.

The apartment I stayed in looked no less inferior than Roswaal's mansion. Although the decorations in the courtyard and porch favored by nobles were reduced, the function as a residence was extremely convenient and elegant, which fully showed that the owner here paid more attention to practicality. Live in luxurious businessman style.

Anastasia told Tang Cheng and Emilia in the chat that Crusch and her knight Felix had arrived earlier, about half a day earlier than Tang Cheng and the others, and they should be visiting the merchants of Watergate City on official business. The president, Anastasia, asked Emilia if she was interested in doing business, and if so, she could help introduce her.

"The guild leader is very well connected in all aspects. If you need to buy or sell anything, he will be able to help you."

Emilia glanced at Tang Cheng beside her with a little anxiety, and the latter replied with a smile: "Thank you, Mrs. Anastasia, for your kindness, but we are here simply for sightseeing at your invitation. , not related to official business, so..."

"It's a pity. If you need help, you can entrust me." Anastasia said with a smile. She was in high spirits. A lot of credit has been shared.Although the strategy of Moby Dick was led by Crusch, because of her upright character, she would never take the credit of others because of delusions, so she magnanimously divided the credit for this time between the three families.

Emilia is the most aggrieved, obviously the one with the most credit (Cursch’s report to the Council of Sages included Tang Cheng repelling the gluttonous and lustful bishops, but it was evaluated as using cleverness), Even the commendation was delivered secretly.And Anastasia made good use of this opportunity to move around, proving that she not only has commercial capabilities, but also is not inferior to others in military strategy, and secretly concluded alliances with many vacillating forces She won the covenant or received support. In a way, she was the biggest beneficiary of the previous Moby Dick battle.

Including inviting several king candidates over this time, although it is true that they have the idea of ​​celebrating the eradication of the white whale and entertaining them, on the other hand, they are also using this opportunity to promote themselves.

Since the royal capital is unwilling to make extravagant publicity, Anastasia set up a stage by herself and portrayed herself as a hero—this time, the Watergate Festival can be said to be such a stage.

For her, Wang Xuan is actually the same as business.

Package up excellent products and promote them to show people their unparalleled advantages, and then gain more buyers' favor.At the same time, there is another aspect that can reflect Anastasia's character, that is, the businessman will never block the road unless the other party is completely wrong with him.So she also invited Felt, who didn't appear in the Moby Dick battle, but only left out Priscilla. In her opinion, the woman who does things without principles and just wants to do things as she pleases is really compatible with her. It's too bad.

Everyone sat down and chatted for a while. At this time, someone came in from the door looking for Anastasia, saying that some merchants and nobles were looking for her. After listening, the latter got up and planned to leave.

"I'm really sorry, because the Water Gate Festival is about to start, so I have a lot of business to deal with, so I can't entertain you. Please feel free, if you want to go sightseeing, let Mimi take you there."

"Leave it to Mimi." The little catwoman raised her head from a pile of snacks, patted Barren's chest and said.

"Please don't worry about us." Emilia also said politely.

After the two sides exchanged a few more polite words, Anastasia left with her knight Julius, leaving Mimi to act with them.

"How about it, do you want Mimi to lead you around?" The little cat girl scratched her pointed ears on her hair with her hands: "Just ask Mimi to eat as a reward. Mimi knows many interesting places."

I don’t know if it’s because I’ve been with Anastasia for a long time, or because I’m familiar with it naturally, Mimi has also acquired a bargaining personality, but looking at her big round eyes and innocent and lovable look, Amy Leah immediately agreed.

Although the form of existence is different, Emilia can see Parker's figure from Mimi's body, Tang Cheng thought.

In this way, a group of several people left the mansion and walked towards the bustling commercial street of Watergate City.

In addition to the water gates on all sides to adjust the water level, the water gate city also has complete waterways for boats in the city. However, the advantage of the commercial city is that its streets are very wide, whether it is a river or a street.