The knight in the abyss

Chapter 58 Dinner

"It wasn't picked up, it was given to me when I bought a house." Lancelot felt a big headache. "She was murdered by the previous owner of this manor, and she was enslaved by the murderer after her death. We only found her after we moved in. Poor child, you should Can you check people's memories? Check it out for yourself."

Tijana stared at little Isa with a mysterious attraction in her eyes.Little Isa stood bewildered, looking at Tijana's beautiful eyes, her eyes gradually lost their focus.

Many pictures flashed quickly in Tijana's eyes. She showed a look of disgust, but she quickly returned to her coldness.

"I see, but I also have to pay the poll tax. I will be more conscious next month."

"Uh, okay." Lancelot introduced the little Isa, who was still a little confused, while examining the steak, "This is Ms. Tijana, the lord of Shuangqiao Town, the dwarf uncle is Barende, Pluto's father."

"Yeah! I'm sorry, honorable lady! Good evening!" Little Isa withdrew her right foot to the left behind her left foot, and bowed her knees in a ladylike salute to Tijana.As a court maid, she naturally knew what the title of the lord of Shuangqiao Town meant.She didn't ignore the dwarf uncle, and greeted him politely.

Tijana just nodded and didn't speak.She turned to Barende, "The Artisan Committee just reported to me the results of this time. You have discovered a new large vein in that ancient mine? What's the specific situation? How much is the reserve?"

"Yes, yes." Facing his literal demon boss, Barende was still a little nervous. "At a depth of about [-] feet underground, we were fortunate to find this vein in a channel dug by a shark lizard. The reserves still need detailed surveys, but I don't think it will be less than [-] tons."

"Very good." Tijana showed a satisfied look when she heard the number of reserves. "I also heard that you have made a cold iron weapon, and the chief craftsman has rated it very highly. Where is this sword?"

"That was done for Sir Lancelot, and it did well in this operation."

"It's on the shelf to your right." Lancelo said actively, raising his shovel and pointing to his weapon.

When Tijana heard the words, she pulled out Frost Slash and looked at it carefully.

"Uh, it's very sharp, please be careful." Pluto looked at the succubus anxiously, "Actually, it just cut off a finger of the six-armed snake demon in the mercenary hall two hours ago. "

"Sonam told me." Tijana replied absentmindedly.She didn't have to hurt herself to see what was so special about this weapon, that the metal did have some sort of restraint on the demon's natural defenses. "How many of these weapons can you produce per week if you have enough raw materials?"

"I can make about three weapons of this quality a week." Sweat dripped from Barende's forehead, "If it is an ordinary cold iron weapon, my tribe and I can produce fifty a week. "

"From now on, I will promote you to Master Craftsman. You can apply to the Craftsman Council for labor, forge, raw materials, and whatever you need. You have the right to decide the compensation of your subordinates, and Shuangqiao Town will pay you for every finished product. Fifty gold coins." Tijana brought her face closer to Barende, "But, after a month, I want you to deliver five hundred cold iron weapons, and then a thousand pieces every month after that."

"Yes, but..." Barende stammered to defend.

"In a month, the customers of Shuangqiao Town will come to my castle to compete for the output of the blacksmith area for the next season, and then you will show my guests the effect of this weapon, and prepare enough samples at the same time Let them all have a taste."

"But it's too much." Barende protested desperately, "I can't guarantee the quality of the weapon."

"I said, you can apply for any resources you need from the Artisan Council. If they still can't do anything, you can come to me directly." Tijana's tone was very strong, "Leave your dwarves on your own works. Strictly speaking, these weapons are not destined to be associated with any great adventure. They will appear on the battlefield of bloody battles and be abandoned after the first use. And I'm not talking about swords, mace, spears Anything as simple as that will do.”

Barende was cornered, knowing he had no choice but to nod in agreement.

Pluto looked miserable on the side, Dad seemed to be busy, and most of the time he didn't have time to take care of the big job he took over.

"It's dinner!" Lancelot's words broke the tense atmosphere in the room, he and little Isa brought plates of shark lizard steaks to the long table in the restaurant, "My lady, you are the most honorable. Guest, please take your seat."

"When did I say I'm going to have dinner with you?" Tijana sneered and turned around, just in time to see Lancelot wearing a pink kitchen apron again, her face suddenly collapsed.

"This is really a very rare ingredient. It comes from the best part of a very healthy shark lizard, and I carefully turned it into this rare delicacy in front of me." Lancelot enthusiastically introduced, While pulling a chair for Tijana. "Please sit down. Little Isa, go and call Karalin down."

Tijana sat down reluctantly, looking at Lancelot politely pouring beautiful sauce on the steak for her, showing a slightly mocking smile.

"I really can't see that you still have such a side."

"Everyone has an unknown side, and they are only willing to show it in front of certain people." After serving Tijana politely, he went to help everyone's plates pour the sauce, and then He poured wine into everyone's cups, and finally sat back in his seat.

Tijana watched his actions with interest.

"Why are you doing this? Can't they fail themselves?"

"I helped you fall too."

"You serve me because you want to gain my favor." Tijana sneered, "What's the matter with serving them?"

Tijana's words forced Lancelot to think about the reasons behind his unintentional actions, and he finally came to the conclusion:

"Because they're all my friends, it's a way for us to show that we care about each other."

"Useless behavior between altruists." Tijana commented grimly.

"Maybe it's really pointless." Lancelot was obviously not stupid enough to argue with the lord, "but many mortals really feel satisfied by helping others."

At this time, everyone had arrived, and Karalin brought a bottle of "wine" for Little Isa and poured her a bright red drink.

"Everyone." Lancelot stood up with his cup raised, "To our lord, the ruler of Shuangqiao Town, the beautiful and noble Lady Tijana. She may be a demon, but she has sheltered countless people who have strayed into this world. mortals, and more importantly, so that they can use their craftsmanship to live with dignity. The highest respect, my lady."

Everyone raised their glasses to Tijana, including Barende, who had just been squeezed by her.This was beyond the succubus's expectations and caught her off guard.

"Please sit down." Tijana finally responded simply.

"How do you feel?" Lancelot winked at her.

Tijana cut off a small piece of meat and put it into her mouth. With a light bite, the mellow gravy and melted fat flowed out of the delicious meat, mixed with a slightly burnt aroma.

"It feels good." She took a sip from the glass and smiled at Lancelot.

　Did you eat?

　　

　

(End of this chapter)