The Unemployed Demon Lord

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Chapter 17: The Captain's Room

Merlin looked at the Mithril adventurer from London in front of him, feeling helpless in his heart.

Are you a liability in need of protection?How confident is the person who said such a thing?

"My lords, please don't talk nonsense. This Merlin is of extraordinary strength. He will definitely be an aid in our voyage, not a burden. I hope you take back what you just said." Captain Dennis said seriously. Merlin was originally drawn by him. Come here, suddenly being rejected, he must be helping to speak.

"Extraordinary strength?" Adams glanced at Merlin, and raised the corner of his mouth in disdain. Is Your Majesty the Captain joking here?We are not three-year-olds. '

"That's right, the adventurers in Wrexham are all average in strength, and the only one who can be famous... seems to be a fighter named Karl. Renee smiled, looked at Merlin and said, "As for this little brother?It is clear that the activity is at the bottom of the adventurer industry, but he can also do some low-level tasks of helping the old lady cross the road. His strength is extraordinary?nonexistent.

Captain Dennis was speechless, and his eyebrows were furrowed. He didn't expect the adventurers from the capital to be so vitriolic, and all of them were very arrogant.

However, Adams and Renee do have the capital to be proud of. The Adventurers Guild in London has always been among the best.

In the past adventurer competitions, the adventurers in the guild have always achieved impressive results, and they can be regarded as an elite force that cannot be ignored in the industry.

Not to mention that our president is a well-known purple-gold rank adventurer, but unfortunately he was punched flying by Merlin, and has been in a coma ever since...

"If the two of you can take His Excellency Merlin seriously, I think you will definitely change your mind. Once I was lucky enough to go to a certain island with Your Excellency Merlin, and saw him turn the tide and split the entire island with my own eyes. strength, you are eligible to join our team "Is it something to be proud of being able to split an island? "Adams didn't take it seriously, and even felt that Captain Dennis was suspected of exaggeration in it.

"If the two of us go all out, this kind of thing can be done, I'm afraid that small... is actually a small hill? Leni chuckled lightly.

Captain Dennis' face darkened, wondering if his words were so unconvincing?

The small island was huge, and Merlin probably didn't go all out at that time, but launched an attack casually.

Such a shocking event was understood by Adams and Renee as simple as leveling a small mountain. I have to say that although the two are adventurers in the royal city, they are somewhat like frogs in a well.

"Two people place a lottery o

"Okay, no need for unnecessary explanations." Merlin patted Captain Dennis on the shoulder to stop him from continuing his useless explanations, "I promise I won't drag you down, and I don't need your protection, are you satisfied now? "

"Who doesn't know how to say beautiful words? You are so weak that you are not suitable to join us. We are going to a very dangerous place, do you understand?" Renee said with a serious expression.

"That's right, I think you are considered to be a colleague anyway, so I advise you to be a little self-aware, if you want to swim in muddy water? Then you have to see if you have enough ability." Adams didn't bother to look at Merlin.

"If I insist on getting on the boat, do you think you can stop me?" Merlin frowned, clenched the dagger at his waist.

"Oh? The tone is not small... Adams narrowed his eyes, and he didn't seem to mind teaching Merlin a lesson.

"The low-level adventurers nowadays really don't know how to respect them... A stern smile flashed across Renee's face.

Morrison, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said, "Okay, I agree with Brother Merlin joining the team, but this trip is very dangerous, so you have to protect yourself."

"I can return this sentence to you as it is." Merlin said calmly.

"Hey! What are you doing?! Letting incompetent guys join will only add to the chaos!" Renee complained dissatisfied.

"I am the commander of this operation. I agree to Merlin's joining the team. It's as simple as that. Don't you understand human language?" Morrison said forcefully.

"...Adams pointed to Morrison and said in a low voice, "If something happens, you are responsible for it, and it has nothing to do with our Adventurer's Guild.

"You are just hired helpers. Don't interfere with my decision. You have no right to do so." Morrison said bluntly that although Adams and Renee were unhappy, they did not refute anything. The command of the fleet was in Mori In Sen's hands, the two of them are just here to be thugs.

"Oh, by the way, Your Excellency Merlin's physical strength is very good. He beat me once. It's not as useless as you said. Of course, I wasn't very serious about the competition at the time." Morrison said casually.The main Merlin couldn't help rolling his eyes, thinking that if you are serious, you can win?Somehow this simpleton is worse than Adams and Renee!

Adams and Renee showed suspicious expressions, looked at each other, and thought to themselves, have you ever defeated the Seventh Knight of Thorns in strength?true and false?

Couldn't it be Morrison's fabricated lies to get Merlin to join him...

A full moon hangs in the dark night sky, and the sound of waves and wind keeps coming.

The William, armed to the teeth, sailed on the sea, followed by several warships.

This time Queen Elizabeth sent not many people, probably less than a thousand soldiers.

The goal of the mission is to enter the unknown and mysterious sea, collect as much information as possible, and find out the dangerous factors that threaten the safety of the kingdom.

So just need to investigate. If the team led by Morrison loses contact, Elizabeth will think of other ways to try to kill the danger in its infancy.

In the captain's cabin of the William, Captain Dennis warmly invited Merlin to drink, saying that he wanted to thank him for his willingness to join the fleet.

Captain Dennis took out the red wine that he had treasured for a long time, and shared this expensive and rare thing with Merlin.

After Mei Lin tasted it for a while, his eyes lit up immediately. The taste is mellow and sweet in the throat. It is a high-end wine. Which famous winery is it probably from?

It's a pity that Merlin doesn't know anything about wine tasting, and it's hard to tell where it's produced just by the taste, which is the skill of sommeliers.

"Your Excellency Merlin, how are you?" Captain Dennis said proudly while holding the wine glass, "This red wine was produced in my hometown Spain in the 76th year of the Anthropocene, and it is as expensive as 2 gold coins per bottle."

"Twenty thousand?!" Merlin widened his eyes slightly, looking at the red and transparent wine in the glass in surprise, thinking that he just took a sip and it was worth hundreds of gold coins. This is not enjoyment, but pure burning of money!However, Captain Dennis is a capable person, so there is no fuss about secretly enjoying high-end drinks, but the price is... prohibitive...

"Yeah, although it's a bit more expensive, it's worth the money. Every time I taste this familiar taste, I feel like I'm back in my hometown, recalling me when I was young and ignorant, and I took the Blaka alone to challenge the ferocious male... Captain Dennis said leisurely that he, who used to be a senior admiral, still couldn't forget his hometown.

Merlin looked at this rock-solid Sea Falcon, and suddenly realized that he didn't know this tough old man.

But looking around the captain's room, I found that all the furnishings are very retro and full of traces of time, which fully shows that Dennis is not as simple as the surface, but a person with great connotation.

Suddenly, Merlin's attention was attracted by an oil painting on the wall. It was a beautiful lady, wearing a long skirt and a crystal crown, sitting on a chair. The pendant that Alice has been wearing...

Godly.

Chapter 18: Suspicious clouds (plus more)

Merlin's interest suddenly came up, and he couldn't help walking forward with a wine glass in his hand, looking at the oil painting carefully.

After getting closer, I could see more clearly, and suddenly found that the lady in the painting was very beautiful—the blue hair like a waterfall, falling freely and loosely on the thin shoulders.

Although she couldn't escape the ravages of time, her face was still admirable for her beauty.

The elegant dress and the crystal crown above the head echo each other, making them appear as one.

The beautiful lady looked dotingly at the silver-haired baby in her arms, bringing out the brilliance of great motherhood to the extreme!

It is a very vivid oil painting with outstanding painting skills and sharp strokes, which is not inferior to the paintings left by Cain...

Of course, Merlin's focus is not on the beautiful lady exuding maternal brilliance in the painting, let alone the clamoring silver-haired baby, but on the blue pendant on her neck.

Under Merlin's concentrated observation, he found that the pendant in the painting and the ... on Alice's neck are not as simple as a similarity at all, as if they were carved out of the same mold.

The same color, the same craftsmanship, and the same carving, even if it is said to be from the hands of a craftsman, will not arouse any objection.

This was the first time for Merlin to eat in the captain's room, and he saw Dennis's collection. He never had a chance last time. He didn't expect that there would be a picture scroll hanging here.

Merlin frowned. The woman wearing the crown, the silver-haired baby in her arms, and the almost identical hanging...

Linking these three things together and making a bold association, Merlin immediately fell silent—could it be a coincidence?

Remember the last time Dennis misunderstood Alice as a member of the Spanish royal family.

Doesn't Alice want to look simple on the surface, but the first princess of a certain kingdom?

No way?Alice said that she was an orphan and grew up under the care of her teacher.

Although the Spanish royal emblem is engraved on the back of the pendant, Alice's parents may also be guards or women working in the palace.

In order to make his child rich and grow up, he stole the things of the royal family, hoping that the adopter can help raise Alice

Merlin recalled Alice's carefree appearance, and felt that the latter was obviously more likely. After all, it was common for maids in the palace to steal small items and sell them off.

"What's the matter? {Your Excellency Merlin 1i1 "Captain Dennis came over curiously and looked at the oil painting," Are you interested in this painting? '

"Then... a bit... Merlin said uneasy.

"Ha, I didn't expect you to be interested in artworks. You are a man of style... Captain Dennis seems to have found his kind, and he likes to talk with Merlin more and more. He also likes artworks.

"Who is... in this painting?" Merlin asked curiously.Wenxing

"The name of this painting is "The Beautiful Concubine". It was painted by the great painter Michelangelo himself for Princess Josephine when he traveled to Spain." Captain Dennis pointed to the lady in the painting and introduced, "This is Princess Josephine, the baby in her arms is the only little princess in the kingdom, named Diana. Back then, this painting sold for 500 million gold coins in the auction house, but I bought this painting after going bankrupt...

Merlin nodded, looked at the woman in the painting and said, "This is the one you said... the princess who was assassinated in the palace infighting?

"That's right, it's this beautiful husband... Captain Dennis paused and recalled, "I'm just a small officer, and I've never seen Princess Josephine in person, but I heard that she's breathtakingly beautiful. In the dark night, even the starlight will be a bit dim, and he has a kind personality, often helping the poor with good deeds...

"Listen...wrong... Merlin agreed, but what he thought in his heart was, that's not bad! The Holy Mother?

"Princess Josephine is a devout believer. When she first married into the Spanish royal family, she encountered many protests." Captain Dennis stared at the person in the painting and said deeply, "If she refuses to marry His Majesty the King at the beginning , this kind woman may not die in the internal strife in the palace.

"So it's like..." Merlin nodded, thinking that devout believers = the Holy See has successfully brainwashed, and being stabbed to death is not a coincidence.

"Oh, by the way, there are some interesting stories about this princess... Captain Dennis suddenly remembered something, and a mysterious smile appeared on his face.

"What?" Merlin asked.

"When Princess Josephine was pregnant with Princess Diana, she once said that she dreamed of a great goddess, that she was blessed by Maria and that she would give birth to a god or something..." Dennis frowned as he recalled, seemingly not very happy. Clearly, "In short, it's just some crazy remarks. At that time, the archbishop in red was invited to personally exorcise the princess. It's really ridiculous, haha~"

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Merlin suddenly opened his eyes wide in horror, and lowered his head subconsciously. What happened recently made him full of doubts about Alice—he found that he couldn't see through Alice, this woman who was always talking and laughing by his side. , Is it an ordinary human being, or is he just a small chess piece in a terrifying chess game?

Why is the goddess holding Alice's face in the oil painting left by Cain! ?

Why is Alice's mother's relic so similar to the devout Josephine's pendant?

Why Alice became a hero!Why did Josephine claim that she would give birth to a god!Why Alice and Princess Diana have the same rare silver hair!

Is all this really a coincidence?Why does it seem that someone is manipulating the arrangements somewhere? Since I traveled to this world, I won't be counted all the time: count... s. "Your Excellency Merlin!" Captain Dennis suddenly shouted.

Merlin only felt dizzy and his ears were buzzing, "Huh?!"

"What's wrong with you? I called you several times but didn't answer, are you feeling unwell?" Captain Dennis showed a worried expression.

"...It's nothing, maybe I'm a little tired." Merlin forced a smile to answer.

"Pay more attention to rest... Captain Dennis reminded, he was very happy that Merlin would be interested in his hometown, "It seems...you are very interested in the Spanish royal family?

"It's okay." Merlin nodded with a smile, and asked, "Last time you misunderstood that Alice was a member of the royal family of the Kingdom of Spain, no." Is there any proof?

Captain Dennis looked directly into Merlin's eyes and said seriously, "Miss Alice's situation...is indeed very similar to that lost Princess Diana, and the pendant on her neck is almost the same as that of Princess Josephine, but this pendant is not It’s not rare, it’s very common in the bottom of Spain, it’s cheap jewelry that anyone can afford, but the Spanish royal emblem is engraved on the back, which is very interesting... But Miss Alice said that she is just an ordinary person, maybe it’s just me This homesick old man thinks too much, haha..."

"Really? Thank you for telling me so much, good night, my captain." Merlin drank the red wine in his glass, turned his head and went back to his room to get ready for sleep. Before he left, he saw oil painting [-] again: Josephine Wang... is a poor breast...