When both parties choose to be open and honest, the conversation will naturally become much easier.
At Gawain's request, Melita no longer used the polite attitude of "agent of the Mithril Treasure House" to talk to him, and no longer used "you" in her speech. In this situation, The following is obviously a sign of increased trust.
Conversing with dragons is a novel and interesting experience, but the real dragons are obviously different from those messy myths and legends - Gawain knows those legends, those spread among the bards, in ancient times According to the legends recorded on stone tablets and in the obscure handbooks of mystics, humans seem to like to use exaggerated and mysterious language to describe this powerful creature. The legendary dragons are powerful, proud, and rule the sky. It is said that they have an astonishing fanaticism for shiny treasures, and they especially liked to plunder human kingdoms in ancient times. It is even said that the ancestors of the Gondor Empire were dragon slayers. In exchange for human domination of the continent...
Melita Pernia seemed particularly helpless to these legends.
“We are a highly civilized race, but the descriptions of us in the stories you mentioned are closer to powerful and unrestrained beasts, and it is true that dragons like treasures - but When have we ever robbed? Isn’t it faster to make money from business than robbery?”
Gawain... I admire the Dragon Clan’s calm attitude on this issue.
"The races on this continent always like to make up similar stories. The last dozen or so centuries have been better. There was a time when your human dragon slaying was particularly prosperous. It seems that if a young man from the village It’s as if you don’t have the right to appear in the bard’s story unless you kill one or two dragons,” Melita added. “That trend even attracted the attention of the jury, and we sent special observers to the Loren continent. An investigation was launched to see if there was any conflict between the dragons who were out on missions and the human kingdom. As a result, the observers brought back three bards who had been cheating and drinking in our country for a lifetime."
"The unknown is disturbing. For a powerful and mysterious race, someone will naturally arrange a bunch of sensational legends for it," Gawain commented helplessly, and then changed the subject, "But the story of the dragon destroying the kingdom sometimes It’s not entirely fabricated, is it?”
“Why do you say that?” Melita’s eyes widened immediately, “We have never done this...”
Gawain spread his hands: "Old Cecil was destroyed by dragon fire."
Melita choked back the second half of her sentence and coughed repeatedly: "Cough cough, cough cough... "..."
"Isn't that you?" Gawain asked tentatively, looking at Melita's reaction and recalling the morphological characteristics of the dragon he had witnessed.
"Were you there at the time?" Melita recovered from her coughing and looked at Gawain in surprise, "Why didn't I notice..."
"Is it really you? ," Gawain looked Melita up and down., although the fact has been confirmed, it is really difficult for him to connect the petite lady in front of him with the dragon shadow that covers the sky. "Then it seems that we will meet one more time."< /p>
“I had no choice at the time,” Melita’s voice seemed to have a hint of embarrassment, “That land has been infected by magic energy, and the number of aberrations has exceeded the proliferation threshold. Only a fire can burn away the pollution. , to prevent the situation from getting worse."
"I understand, I have dealt with aberrations," Gawain waved his hand, "I didn't bring this up to plead guilty, just to satisfy my curiosity. , and I'm also curious about another thing - what do you dragons think of me, a person who has come back from the dead?"
Melita Pernia looked at Gawain carefully. , said with some hesitation: "Actually, at the beginning, your resurrection only brought us chaos."
Gawain frowned and said with confusion: "Chaos?"
"...it took us more than a month to find out the things you stored in the treasure house..."
Gowen: "..."
This is really Makes sense.
Melita also added: "Then we mobilized a large amount of manpower to investigate the graves of all clients who had signed custody agreements with the Mithril Treasure House and died during the agreement period—— Every grave has been inspected, even if there are no bones left, we have called souls everywhere to confirm."
Gowen: "..."
This is more reasonable. .
He even had a slight business doubt about Mithril Treasure House, a legendary millennium organization: "The agreement I signed with you was an indefinite custody agreement. Could it be that you will end it just because the client dies?" Take away the things within the custody period..."
"No, please don't doubt our professional ethics," Melita immediately interrupted Gawain, "We will not misappropriate anything during the custody period. It’s the client’s custody, but it will be moved to a large warehouse, so it will be difficult to find.”
Gawain felt that it was better to end this topic in advance that made both him and Long doubt their lives. That's great.
It seems that everything that can be discussed has been exhausted.
"Anyway, I'm glad that we understand each other better." He stood up and stretched out his hand to Melita. "As you said, the Dragon Clan has nothing to do with the world. There is no malice, I want to believe it, and I also hope you can believe that I have no objection to the Dragon Clan."
"It is also our gain to find a friend with whom we can communicate honestly in the secular kingdom," Mei Li. Ta and Gawain held hands together, "Our openness and honesty originated from an accident. Fortunately, this accident brought good results."
Gawain looked at Melita's pair of eyes under the veil. With his lavender eyes outside, his expression became slightly serious: "I am a person who has experienced many incredible things. Please believe that everything I have experienced is more than what you know about 'Gawain Cecil'. More, I can accept all gangstersUnbelievable truths, including those of the Demon Tide and the Black Trap. If you ever find a time to tell me - or find a way to tell me, please feel free to come, I'm always ready. "
"I will convey your words to the jury verbatim. "
Melita said calmly. She used the word "you" again, not to show alienation, but to show solemnity.
Gawain nodded and said: "Also, regarding the Mithril Treasure House stores in Cecil..."
Melita blinked: "Do you want to close them? "
"Keep driving," Gawain laughed. His answer surprised Melita, "As long as they operate legally and pay taxes according to law, I have no reason to evict them. "
He can't expel the mithril treasure house, or in other words, he can't expel the dragon clan's agents.
Even if he and Melita have a happy talk at this moment, nothing will change. The gap between the dragon clan and today's Cecil Principality is that the other party is a high-level civilization that has gone through countless years. Their historical span can even span the demonic tide. Their power on the continent exceeds that of any human kingdom. If they want "Observe", then Gawain can't expel them now.
Without the mithril treasure house, maybe they can build a black iron treasure house and an adamantine treasure house the next day - and also have one. It will be completely secret.
At least, the Mithril Treasure House is still registered with the Government Affairs Department, which is equivalent to a third-party intelligence organization that has been put on the surface. For a ruler, if He can't eliminate all hidden dangers, so he must at least ensure that these factors are within control.
"The Dragon Clan will remember this trust," Melita lowered her head slightly after a moment of silence. Come, "Don't worry, maybe it won't be long before we have a deeper level of trust between us. "
"I'm waiting for that day.
Gawain said with a smile, and watched Melita walk to the door of the study, but he suddenly remembered something and quickly stopped her: "Wait a minute - don't you want this box?" "
He picked up the box filled with mithril rings and shook it at the agent.
Based on his experience watching TV in his previous life, he felt that the other party should know He waved his hands freely, indicating that these things were no longer important - after all, these mithril rings seemed to be just an introduction to the conversation between the other party and himself, and they should not be that precious in themselves.
But in fact Melita walked back quickly the next second, holding the box in her hand: "Ah, I forgot this..."
Gawain: "...Mylittlepony Madam, is this important? ”
“Very important. And why did your accent change back again? ”
Gawain waved his hand: “It’s better to get used to calling you this.” "
Melita glanced at Gawain and shook her head: "Human, ifIt's hard to understand. ”
Then the elegant and mysterious agent grabbed her box and limped away.
Gao Wen stood quietly behind the desk for a while. Yes, then he turned his head and looked at the corner by the window.
It was empty and there was no breath.
He was helpless. The ground shook his head, stepped forward to open the window, and shouted into the yard: "Come back - people are gone!" ”
The next second, a swift black shadow cut through the air and rushed into the study room, and condensed the figure of the half-elf lady in the center of the room.
Amber patted herself On the chest, there was an exaggerated expression of fear: "Oh my god! ! Oh my god! ! That Melita is actually a dragon? ! You stay in a room with a humanoid dragon for two hours? ! "
When Melita first entered the study, the elf's shame was still in the room, but he was hiding as usual, but Gawain felt it clearly. When Melita revealed that the dragon The moment he found out his identity, this guy rushed out.
Melita must have noticed this, but she obviously didn't care about this little half-elf.
"Bi. Considering this, as a lord's guard, you ran away immediately. Is this appropriate? Gawain glanced at Amber, "I thought you would at least run to call someone, but you ended up catching ants in the yard for two hours?" "
Hubo looked shameless: "I wanted to call someone, but I observed it first and found that you two were actually having a good conversation, so I didn't call-- What did you say, this is called not to alert the snake..."
It seems that this guy did not run far away, but was observing the situation nearby, which somewhat comforted Gawain.
< p> "I really can't teach you those vocabulary words in normal times. You just use them randomly when you find an opportunity." Gawain shook his head, then pondered for a moment and ordered, "Let's do something serious-get all the Mithril Treasure House stores and agents in the territory Include it in key monitoring and pay more attention to it. ”“Secret monitoring? ”
“Secret monitoring is enough. ”
Gawain couldn’t expel the dragon’s agents, and he didn’t want to stalemate the relationship with the dragon—if possible, he would rather fight with this ancient and powerful He maintains good relations with foreign civilizations, but this does not mean that he does nothing.
He retains the mithril treasure trove and its agents in the territory, but monitors them appropriately. This perfectly normal behavior will not irritate the Dragon Clan, and it will allow the Government Affairs Department to maintain the minimum control over those low-level agents.
He has a judgment - based on the relationship between the Dragon Clan and the Black Trap. , focusing on the secular country and their own possible civilization level, retaining those agents and bottom-level stores... will come in handy sooner or later.