Otome's Law of Ascension

Chapter 76

"Miss Licia, be careful where you step." Annunado was wearing a dark green coat, holding a brass key in his hand.

"So, Mr. Anunado, did father walk here every day before?" Licia looked down at her shoes, the edges of which had been covered with loess.

"Of course." Annunado stretched out his hand to pull Licia, letting her cross a stream less than half a meter wide. "Miss, it's better to come here in pants next time."

Licia nodded. After she came to meet her father's staff, she planned to go directly to Sailland Street to meet Keith, and then go back to school, so she wore a dirty dark skirt that she didn't often wear.

"Well, I will." Licia finally set foot on the cobblestone road, she first scraped off the mud on the edge of her shoes, then tidied up her appearance before moving on.

The place Michelle Campbell used to discuss matters was half an hour's walk from the Campbell family's castle, and Licia didn't even know why she had to choose here.

An old single-storey stone house with a wooden door and a flowerbed at the door.

"Please come in." Anudona pushed open the creaking door, and Licia finally saw the deliberation team behind the Campbell family, the staff of Duke Michaux.

"Heiress, isn't it common?" Licia smiled and said in a relaxed and playful tone.

Including Annunado, there were a total of nine people, all of them looked at Licia in silence, waiting for her to speak.

"Nice to meet you all." Licia found that except for Annunado, the others didn't think much of her as the heir. Beautiful women were like unreliable symbols in the Thorn Empire.

"How old are you? 17 years old? Your Excellency the Duke actually handed over the family business to a 17-year-old girl. It's outrageous!" An older man with a white mustache patted the table.

Judging from his position in the middle, he should have a certain status in the discussion group.

"Mr. Bard, this is it." Annunado reminded Licia.

"Hello, Mr. Bard, thanks to your advice, I will learn how to manage family affairs." Licia said in a very sincere manner.

But she glanced at Anunado, who pursed his lips and raised his eyebrows, then took a deep breath. "You shouldn't be like this, Licia, it's useless to respect someone like Bud."

The originally serious environment suddenly relaxed a lot.

Bud, who was originally stern, also laughed. "Yeah, Licia, you should be tougher, or just ignore me and say what you should say. Do you agree with what I said when you respond to me?"

Licia also showed a smile. She never thought that a person like her father would have such a gentle and lovely staff following her.

"Okay, I'm just here today to meet everyone." Licia said with a straight face.

"That's how it should be." Annunado knocked on the table. "Let's get to the point."

Then, Licia introduced the other seven members one by one.

"Nice to meet you, Miss Licia," said almost everyone, before shaking Licia's hand.

Annunado looked at the time. "Okay, there is one more thing today, let Miss Licia talk about it herself."

"Well, thank you all, there is one thing that needs to be discussed today." Licia pulled out the chair and sat down at the top of the long table. "I think everyone knows that the Campbell family has been at odds with people from the church recently, maybe because of my brother or because of me."

Licia nodded, she didn't know if Duke Mixiu had discussed this matter with them before. "Instead of trying to curry favor with the church, it is better to support His Majesty the future emperor. After all, there is always a difference between imperial power and divine power."

Bud was stroking his own curly mustache. They were obviously not used to Licia who spoke out so bluntly. "Miss Licia, we have considered this issue, but now, His Royal Highness is not able to deal with the church and those who want to separate power from the royal family."

Another staff member also nodded. "Yes, the Campbell family has always been neutral."

"There is no way to be neutral now," Annunado said. "All families have been forced to take sides and the Campbell family must do the same."

After nearly an hour of discussion, five people agreed with Licia's statement. Everyone wanted to do this for a long time, but it was because of Duke Mixiu.

"Miss Licia, you don't need to worry about the next thing, we will tell you what you need to do." Annunado sent Licia to the end of the bluestone road.

"Okay, there's no need to send any more, but, Mr. Annunado, don't you guys go home to live?" The castle of the Campbell's family is within reach of the naked eye, and Licia can walk back by herself.

"I can't go back today for the time being." Annunado tapped the bluestone slab with his cane. "After all, changing the development direction of the entire family is not an easy matter."

*

Lycia got out of the carriage.

"Marian, you go back first, I can just go shopping by myself." Licia got off from Croatia Street as usual.

The weather is fine today without any clouds in the sky.

Licia also walked by as usual.

"Hey, miss, are you the lady who bought thorns to make weapons?" It was the owner of the weapon shop, and it was indeed from him that Licia bought her first thorn.

"Yes, hello." Licia glanced at the time, it wasn't too late, it was just after lunch time.

"Hello, what do you think are the advantages of thorns as weapons?" Li Kewei is very concerned about the production of weapons, especially this year, he has been hoping to find new inspiration from new materials.

"There's nothing special about it. The feeling of use is similar to that of a soft whip. Then, um, when you swing it, the lethality is much greater than that of a soft whip." Licia didn't want to tell a stranger that her thorns had already been compared with Cypress. Rene merged, so now most of the power comes from Selene.

Licia nodded, and he took out a short blade, which looked familiar to Licia.

"Okay, it feels similar to what I thought. The thorns really have nothing very special in terms of usability. This silver knife is for you." Pai Covey wrote down Licia's evaluation in his notebook. "thanks for your help."

Licia took over the short blade. This boss is quite business-minded, and even made a return visit on user experience.

However, this short silver blade seemed more and more familiar to Licia the more she looked at it.

Isn't this the one Dimitri gave her?

After being nearly killed in his room last time, the short blade disappeared.

Unexpectedly, it was sold to a weapon shop.

Could it be that a servant in his own family sold it?Licia shook her head, probably picking up her short blade when she was cleaning the burnt room.

The scabbard of the short silver blade seems to have been equipped with by Kewei later, and it is made of brown leather.

The short blade I equipped with was rolled when I went to the lower reaches of the Beihe River. Now that the silver blade is back, let's continue to use it.

After passing through the liquor store, Licia stepped into the Lane Street.

Keith only said to let her come over, but didn't say where to meet.

Licia thought about going to the bookstore first to get the "Guide to Adventure in the Dark Mountains" that Flindoner found for her.

So she turned into the alley, and then the familiar feeling of falling came.

"Gith?" Licia fell to the soft muddy ground with a plop.

Small black figures emerged from her feet. "Gies is still picking up guests."

Licia was confused for a while, but quickly realized that Geese should be divination.

"So is there a trade fair now?" Licia hasn't paid attention to the membership card given by Black Pearl since she got it, so she doesn't know when the trade fair will be.

The little black mud man put his hips on his hips and said very angrily. "Yeah, that's right. What Keith said is true, you definitely don't look at the membership card."

I don't know what Hei Zhuzhu thought of again, and his attitude softened again. "But the trade fair will end soon."

Licia was also bored, she looked around, and in front of her was the tent at the trade fair site, but there was nothing where she was standing.

"What are the auction items today?" Licia asked.

"It's a circus show, a circus show, what kind of auction, the auction is just an incidental item." Hei Zhuzhu suddenly said a lot of words, and suddenly seemed to think of something, his attitude suddenly softened, and he said in a low voice.

"Okay. A certain lady's underwear, a piece of wood from the bridge of holy war, tea from Ranier, leopard skin from Urdus..."

Licia felt that Black Pearl's attitude was different, similar to the attitude towards Geese. Although it was sometimes angry with them, it would immediately give in again.

Could it be because of Kaguya Knight?

"The wood of the Holy War Bridge? Is the Jihad Bridge the only way to the Barbaric region?" Licia asked curiously.

"Yes." Heizhu stood obediently with his hands dripping mud down, as if waiting for Licia's next question.

"By the way, thank you for helping me yesterday." Licia said.

"You're welcome, we are all for the same goal." Encouraged, the little black mud figurine began to circle around Licia. "We are all for Kaguya."

Licia saw Black Pearl clenched her fists. "It's all my fault that I was too young to help him, otherwise he wouldn't have been locked up, it's all my fault."

"Are you familiar with Kaguya Knight?" Licia's words were not sarcasm, but they sounded like a question.

"Of course! Of course, that's right, that's it, we know each other very well." Black Pearl said in an unconfident tone.

Licia casually chatted with Heizhu some about Kaguya Knight, and found that Heizhu didn't seem to know Kaguya Knight very well, it seemed that after Kaguya Knight was imprisoned, she met his incarnation who occasionally came out for a stroll.

"Miss Licia! You're here." After Keith finished, he came over immediately.

Licia saw that the tents in the distance were slowly sinking into the mud. It turned out that after the trade fair was over, all tents, large and small, had to be put away.

"It's too dangerous, Miss Licia. Yesterday I thought of you temporarily, so I did a fortune-telling. Fortunately, I went." Jisi looked very haggard today, his complexion was yellow, and his hair seemed to have lost a lot. Still stained with mottled blood.

"Thank you Gies, but are you in good health?" Licia asked impatiently.

"Although I'm not in good health, I've been in good spirits recently, which is much more important than being in good health." Geese pointed to the black pearl who had been raising his head by the side. "Why don't you get us two stools to sit on?"

The little black mudman bumped his head against Gith's trouser leg. "Aren't you sitting on the ground all the time!"

Then Licia harvested a chair made of black mud.

"Your father, that lord duke, is weird, you have to be careful." Keith scratched his ankle and sat down on the ground. "His heraldic power had a riot shortly before yesterday. You know what will happen if the heraldic power riots."

Of course Licia knew, and You Qi had seen it with her own eyes.

"I know." She said, not only did Licia see it with her own eyes, but the teacher also said in class that the wolf's head coat of arms is a very offensive coat of arms, and there are many examples of people accidentally killing their relatives after the coat of arms rioted. .

She didn't dare to think about it. If it was really what Guise said, Duke Michaux had a riot not long before yesterday, and it was hard for Licia not to think about the cause of her mother's death.

"Okay, let's not talk about this." Licia subconsciously wanted to avoid thinking about this aspect.

Keith spread her hands beside her feet, and she had the tendency to pick them again, but she seemed to hold back. "Your heraldic power is the flower of black thorns. It would be better for you to go to the Dark Mountains. And the polar day should appear in May next year."

Licia was a little surprised. She had heard from Teacher Ke Lier and other people that the time for the appearance of the polar day was very close, but she didn't expect that Geese said the time was faster than she imagined.

"Yes, of course I will go to the Dark Mountains. Not only that, but I also want to go to the magic circle." Among the emeralds, the first scene Licia saw was Luo Pei and the magic circle. The first page of the book also mentions the ring of Palaka that never stops rotating above the Great Circle.

"Of course, Luo Pei left a token and asked you to go to him. He must have something to give you." Ji Si pondered. "To be honest, I suspect that Luo Pei also knows about Kaguya Knight, maybe he is also one of us."

Keith seemed keen to come and build a team, one with Lycia as the leader.

"But I need to wait until July, when the college is on summer vacation, to be free." Licia silently made a schedule for herself.

In May, Flindonna agreed to let himself and his brother Keith meet, June was the month of final exams, and July went to the Dafa Circle in the Barbaryzi area.

"However, it takes a lot of work to get to Babariki. The Jihad Bridge is almost decayed to the point where horse-drawn carriages can no longer be used, and the only way to get to Babalizi through the Strait is the Jihad Bridge, so it is best to cross the bridge on foot." S said.

Licia knew how long the bridge of jihad was. If she just walked, it might take a day and a night.

"It's all the explorers' fault for always stealing wood from the bridge. Next time I will tell them that the wood from the Holy War Bridge must never appear in the Black Pearl circus show again!" Black Pearl suddenly interrupted angrily.

"Has no one repaired the bridge?" Licia didn't know what was so strange about the wood on the Jihad Bridge.

Keith shook his head. "It can't be repaired, and most people want to repair it. After all, although the Babaric area is not suitable for living, it is rich in silver mines and gemstones. But the church does not allow it. The Holy War Bridge is the property of the church, don't you know?"

(End of this chapter)