"Ten percent is my tithe for you, my lady." Laing took off the armor for Suria. At this time, the female knight was wearing a simple long-sleeved shirt, tight trousers, and riding boots. Her body was full of sweat. Seeing the Lake Fairy, Suria felt a bit unnatural.
However, since she was pregnant, the Lake Fairy had been with her almost every day. The relationship between the two had basically completed a complete change. Before, the relationship between the Lake Fairy and Suria was that of a god and a believer. Now, the relationship between the Lake Fairy and Suria had become that of a good sister. The female knight now found it hard to treat the goddess as the unattainable god she used to be. She just maintained the basic respect. "My lady, I'm sweating all over now. I'm going to take a bath first. You can talk to Laing first. Laing, please entertain the lady well. I'll be right there."
"Don't worry. Just leave Laing to me." The Lake Fairy and Suria hugged. The goddess even reached out her hand to touch Suria's delicate face before letting her go.
It was already quite hot in June in Nuer. Even though the Kurfürst's palace was located in the best location, the courtyard was still basked in the sunlight. The hot wind of the scorching sun blew across the courtyard, blowing up the dress of the goddess in the lake. The goddess today was wearing a laurel crown. Her long dress was waving in the wind. The beautiful feet below the hem of the dress were not wearing any stockings. Her long golden hair that reached her ankles was soft and smooth in the wind. She was as beautiful as the beauties in the oil paintings of the High Elves. She had the unique elegance and modesty of a goddess. The smoothness of her skin not only set off her beauty but also indicated her strength.
Laing knew why. The success of his reform in Brittany made the entire Knight King's Kingdom burst into vitality again. Although the number of knights and nobles had declined because of the years of war, the fanatical faith from the serfs had made up for and strengthened the power of the goddess. Now, the Lake Fairy was experiencing the peak of her divine power. She was not stingy with her divine power to perform all kinds of miracles, which further expanded her influence.
"Welcome to Nur, my lady." Laing took the initiative to pull the Lake Fairy to sit down in the room. He was in a good mood. "Do you need me to make you a cup of coffee?"
"Noni Juice, thank you." The Lake Fairy also had a slight smile on her face. The stronger Laing was, the happier she was.
"… I remember that Noni juice is a high-class drink that only exists in Ossouin. If you want, I can arrange for someone to buy it immediately." Laing was rendered speechless by the goddess' request. He poured a glass of lemonade and handed it to the Lake Fairy. "But now I can only give you lemonade."
"That's why you shouldn't make promises to others, my dear Laing." Naturally, the Lake Fairy did not come to Laing to drink some Noni juice. The Goddess said meaningfully, "Since you have made a promise, you must keep your word."
Laing paused. He didn't know what the fairy in the lake was talking about.
Was he referring to his promise to Emilia?
Or was he referring to his promise to the fairy in the lake?
Or was it the Eight Peaks Mountain?
"Avoiding things is not my way of doing things, my lady." Laing thought carefully and did not answer the Lake Fairy's question directly.
The Dark Elf walked behind Laing. Olica looked at the Lake Fairy with vigilance and repulsion. Even if she had recovered her strength, Olica still knew that she was no match for the Lake Fairy. However, this did not affect her dislike of the Lake Fairy.
"Hmm, Laing, you are now not only my Chosen of God champion, Suria's husband, Duke of Muxilon, and the rightful successor of Landuin, you are also the Crown Prince of the Knight King Kingdom." The Lake Fairy glanced at the Dark Elf. The Goddess did not have a good impression of Laing's Dark Elf maid. However, the Lake Fairy would not interfere with Laing's private affairs just because of a bad impression. On the surface, she liked to tease Laing, but in fact, she was skilled at controlling the situation. As long as she controlled Suria and Morgiana, she would be invincible. "You were too hasty to promise your little maid."
"Oh, so that's why." Laing shrugged helplessly. "Perhaps, but she is a Countess of the Empire. I can't even give her a marriage. For Emilia, for little Frey Derick, I should stay."
"I didn't say it was wrong for you to stay. I said you agreed too easily." The Lake Fairy shook her head. "Don't give the people of the Empire the wrong impression that the support of the knights is always free and uncomplaining. You can help your little maid this time, but what about next time when you return to Brittany? What about next time when you become a Knight King? Will you immediately drop everything and go to the Empire after receiving Emilia's request? What if you are on a knight's expedition? Leaving behind tens of thousands of troops? "
"Fighting against evil is your duty, but it is not a reason for you to be threatened and treated as a fool." The Lake Fairy said half-jokingly and half-seriously. "You are my Chosen One champion. Even if you want to borrow me, you have to ask for my permission, right?"
Laing understood what the Lake Fairy meant. It was his duty to follow the Eight Virtues of Knights to fight against evil, but he could not be too "saintly" and make himself look like a sinner. He smiled and crossed his arms on the table. "I understand, my lady. Don't worry. Emilia and I have a tacit understanding on this matter. She will not let me and Brittany suffer."
"My lady, you still don't know Laing? He has never been a fool. " Suleah came out of the shower. The female knight had changed into a refreshing summer chiffon dress. She used a simple hairband to fix her long golden curly hair, which was still a little wet. Suleah did not wear stockings and high heels. Her long slender legs were only wearing a pair of ordinary soft-soled sandals. The female knight was very happy with the appearance of the Lake Nymph. She pulled a chair and sat beside the Lake Nymph, sitting together with the goddess. "He had already calculated how much benefit he could get from supporting Nur this time."
"Well, so he is in cahoots with his little maid and you!" The Lake Fairy did not put on any airs in front of Suria at all. The woman and the goddess laughed and joked. "You can't be like this! Suria! "
"My lady, I just remembered." Suria held the Lake Fairy's hand and was a little shy.
"You can't ~ You said that you want to split everything with me, but you're hiding something from me ~" The fairy in the lake hugged Sulia's waist and smiled. "I'm going to punish you ~ Sulia."
"Oh, I was wrong." The female knight hugged the Lake Fairy's waist and smiled. "As an apology, my lady, do you want to try some of the desserts here in Nur? I have recently learned how to make Black Forest Cake from the palace chef. "
"Okay." The Lake Fairy and Suria hugged each other, and the two beauties laughed and played together.
Seeing this, Ryan sighed in his heart. He thought that Amelia and Suria's relationship wasn't at this level even when they were at their best. Now, it was impossible for Amelia and Suria to become good sisters. It was already good enough that they could maintain a harmonious relationship on the surface.
"Master, Mister Oliver has been waiting for a while." While the Lake Fairy and Suria were chatting passionately, Laing was lost in his thoughts. Olica stood behind Laing in a black-and-white maid outfit. She whispered, "Do you want to see him?"
"Laing, take care of your business." The fairy in the lake did not interfere. She stretched out a slender finger and chanted a spell. A thick curtain of fog instantly covered her and Sulia to one side of the room. "Let's just listen."
So this is what the East and West Palaces do? Laing complained in his mind.
It did not seem to be a problem.
After a while, Oliver came in. This wealthy merchant of the Oliver Chamber of Commerce had sweat all over his forehead. It was the middle of summer. He panted a few times before following Olica into the room and carefully sitting down.
"Have you been waiting for a long time? Apologies for the delay, "Laing said apologetically as he gestured for Oliver to sit down.
"It's fine, Sir Laing," Oliver hurriedly said respectfully, "It's only right for me to wait."
"How's the matter going?" Ryan didn't bother with small talk and went straight to the point.
"It went well, Sir Laing," Oliver stroked his long beard and said. Olef stroked his long beard and took out a pile of deeds. "Currently, due to the Chaos army's appearance at the border, the property prices in Nur have been plummeting. Previously, a mansion that cost two to three thousand crowns could be sold for eight hundred crowns. Many nobles are selling their properties and land in the suburbs. If you hadn't insisted on closing the deal as soon as possible, I could've kept the price down. The nobles only want cash."
"Hmm, how much real estate have you bought in total?" Ryan smiled as he looked at the thick stack of real estate contracts that Oliver had taken out.
"I've purchased a total of three major noble manors, including Count Von Rundstedt's and Marquis Stroessner's manors due to their relationship with the Cult of Perversion. We've also received the support of Countess Emmanuelle. Previously, many major nobles wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to take over these two manors, but because of the recent news, the major nobles of Nurr are all preparing for war." Olif took out three manors with the Duchess's Ring, the Church of Justice's Ring, the Church of Justice's Ring and the Church of the Goddess of War's Ring. "These manors are yours for less than 30 thousand crowns, Duke."
"How much would these manors cost before Nur's land prices?" Laing asked with a smile.
"At least 100 thousand gold marks, and you have to have connections." Oliver nodded gleefully. "Now, we're done."
"Then there are the manors and shops in the residential area. I've bought a lot of them according to your request." Olief then took out a stack of deeds. "These are all yours now, my duke. There are around 50 thousand crowns, more than 20 mansions and more than ten locations. They're all top-notch shops. I've been buying them from the lowest possible price. I've even lowered the prices of these people who are in a hurry to cash in a few times just to get the full amount."
"Heh, interesting." A chuckle that sounded like a silver bell came from the other side of the room. Oliver looked in the direction of the curtain in confusion. The merchant immediately noticed that the bright Divine Light was faintly discernible behind the curtain formed by the thick fog.
It was the Lady of the Lake! It had to be the Lady of the Lake! Only she would appear here at this time!
It was no wonder Duke Laing took so long.
The merchant broke out in cold sweat. He didn't dare look any further and lowered his head. "That's all, Sir Laing."
"I'll keep the deeds for the manors. Take these." Lionheart accepted the deeds of the three noble manors. He smiled and said, "As for the rest, make the preparations. In a few days, we can begin to slowly sell them."
"Sell them off?" Oliver felt a lot of pressure to answer in front of a god. He stuttered, "But … Sir Laing, right now, everyone is selling their properties. We can buy them, but who's going to sell them? Who's going to be willing to buy them? If … and I'm saying if … the Chaos army invades Nur, won't everything be over? "
"Do you have confidence in me, Oliver?" Oliver? "Ryan picked up his glass, which was filled with lemonade.
"Of course." That was the only answer Oliver could give. The merchant said seriously, "I believe you can do everything, Sir Laing."
"Then do the people of Nur have confidence in me?" Laing asked. "You must know what's being discussed these days."
Oliver's eyes suddenly widened. He had realized something. The rich merchant's sharp senses had smelled a business opportunity in this!
A business opportunity brought about by asymmetric information!
"In the next few days, you need to buy as much land as you can. I'll buy you a few days. In the next few days, you need to lower the price as much as you can. Use the cash you have to buy as many mansions and land as possible," Leon said calmly. "And I mean buy as much as you can."
"Understood!" Oliver was now confident. The merchant and Laing discussed a bit more and then stood up. "Leave it to me, Sir Laing. Don't worry."
After Oliver left, the Lake Nymph and Suria came out from behind the curtain, hand in hand. The goddess now knew what Laing was up to. She laughed so hard that her whole body shook. "Laing, my champion, I've underestimated you. How are you so skilled?"
"Skilled?" Laing raised an eyebrow. "My lady, you've seen me before?"
"The high elves used this trick five thousand years ago in Lothar, the capital of Ossouin. Hahaha!" The Lake Nymph laughed. "But I didn't expect there to be someone so skilled in real estate. Tell me, my dear Laing, where did you learn to do this?"
Where did he learn to do this? Laing's smile was dark and twisted.
Compared to the various means of the "Superman Li" that he had seen in his previous life, his means were nothing.
But it didn't matter. This wasn't his goal anyway.
"My lady, you'll be receiving a lot of gifts in the next few days," Laing stood up and said, "I won't be receiving any guests for a few days, so I'll leave it to you, Suria."
"No problem, my husband. But how should I respond?" Suria knew that Laing had thrown the burden to her. She said a bit grumpily, "I can't tell them that I don't know anything, right?"
"Starting from today, for five days, to any guest, you can tell them that I need some time to think about it." Laing said to Suria face to face, "Accept all the gifts during this time, and promise to help persuade me."
"Got it." Suria understood immediately.
The next few days, everything went as Laing expected.
The great nobles and noble ladies of Nur came to visit Laing in the Kurfürst Palace in waves.
Some pretended to be pitiful, some tried to reason, some tried to pull strings, some tried to denounce him, some tried to persuade him with emotion, and some even begged shamelessly.
Carts of gifts were sent to the Kurfürst Palace, and Suria accepted them all. The Duchess was very righteous. She told all the guests that she would persuade her husband to fight against evil and protect the human Empire.
There were so many gifts that the place where Laing stayed was almost filled with all the gifts. Emilia immediately arranged two new rooms for Laing to put the gifts.
These two rooms were soon filled.
Just like that, five days later, Laing Macado, Duke Muxilon and the Chosen One of the Lake Fairies, finally responded. He stood up and announced that it was his duty to fight against evil! As a role model of chivalry, he was duty-bound! He would stand up and fight together with the Nur people against the coming army of evil!
The whole city was in an uproar.
The land price of Nur, which had plummeted, immediately began to rise again. In just a few days, the land price returned to 90% of the previous level. With Laing's words, the Nur people began to have confidence in the threat they were facing!
"Okay, you can start selling." Oliver immediately received the new order and began to sell the real estate he had accumulated.
Sometimes, making money was just that simple.
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