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Back then, Cheska herself was the one who discussed the transaction with the Vargas merchants.

So, she actually had some understanding of that country, just not that much.

Therefore, Cheska really did check each town along the route those two people had taken, one by one.

Fortunately, their lord could communicate with birds, and Handel couldn't completely conceal his figure.

Of course, that guy was constantly changing his appearance.

However, when birds judge a person, they never remember the face.

Even if Handel changed his height and wore heavy clothes to make himself look strong, he couldn't change his figure and the way he walked.

The birds wouldn't be affected at all.

Of course, if they were tracking the other person, they would definitely fail.

If he didn't have to frequently appear beside Handel to take care of him, the birds would have lost track of him long ago.

So, Cheska would also carefully observe and think about the towns that didn't have any traces of Handel but were on their route.

"Baron... ah~" After a full three hours, Cheska finally pulled herself out of her concentration.

Then, she realized that she, who had been standing in front of the planet model, was now sitting on a small flying stool.

Moreover, this stool was obviously automatically coordinating with her every move, so much so that Cheska couldn't even remember when she had sat down.

"This stool..." Cheska was a little confused.

"Oh, it's written with your information, only you can use it." Lowry, who had already returned to his desk, replied with a smile, "This is controlled by the castle's magic array, so don't worry about your habits being understood by outsiders."

What kind of impression did she give Lowry that made the baron always use her as a mage assistant... Cheska, who had to think carefully to understand the meaning of Lowry's words, was really confused.

Of course, she still figured it out.

Lowry meant that the reason why she was unaware of the stool's movements was because it knew all her little actions like the back of its hand.

So, when she habitually moved around and tiptoed because she had been standing for too long, this stool appeared under her butt.

Cheska was very clear about her little quirks. Once she was too focused, she would lose vigilance towards everything around her, so her body would automatically sit down.

Of course, this was also because she was basically in the safest place in her heart when she did this.

Then, she realized the deepest meaning of Lowry's words: the castle's control center could already micro-control to such a precise degree!

Cheska knew very well how much energy it would take to reach this level... but she, who had been responsible for handling these daily affairs, was still placing three crystals into the energy array every month as in the past.

This could only mean that the energy of the control array in the castle came from other existences.

Cheska suddenly raised her head: "The energy in the Frozen Lake is so abundant?"

"I knew you'd guess it," Lowry nodded with a smile.

"The energy in the Frozen Lake is much stronger than we initially judged, it can be said to be doubled.

Ruth Kania's children desperately absorbed it but didn't consume much, so almost all of it was absorbed by the center of the magic array.

She couldn't do what Lowry did, trusting his friends.

Most importantly, what remained on that lake was not only Ruth Kania and her children, but also a Bolanios with an ambiguous identity!

How could Lowry, a mere Fifth-Ring Mage, guarantee that his magic array could hide from the eyes of Bolanios, who was Level 16 and also very proficient in magic?

In case the other party knew the exact location and then launched a counterattack... what safety would the castle have?

Cheska truly felt that Lowry was taking a terrible gamble.

But, if such a gamble could allow the central magic array inside the castle to accumulate so much energy, then it was not impossible to try.

In any case, even if Bolanios had any thoughts, nothing would happen in a few decades.

Cheska also knew a little about Ruth Kania's style... such as letting her dragon eggs get used to Lowry's aura from a young age.

No matter what Bolanios thought in his heart, his children would definitely treat Lowry as a relative and a spokesperson for their mother after they came out.

Then, what was the possible danger in the future!

This huge amount of energy in these decades was the most valuable.

Therefore, Cheska could completely ignore Lowry's seemingly smug but faintly guilty expression... her baron definitely didn't think of these things when he was doing this.

It's just that the baron has always been lucky.

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"Is there any problem with Vargas?" Although he found a suitable reason, Lowry, who was actually a little guilty, decided to turn the topic back.

"Vargas is either a colleague of Aukinson, or a sworn enemy, but both belong to the Church of the Earth," Cheska said decisively.

Lowry raised his eyebrows in surprise... There was no doubt that Vargas had a relationship with the Church of the Earth, but the Church of the Earth had hundreds of factions, and there were sixty or seventy that were well-known. He really didn't expect Vargas to be so close to Nanyuan.

Even if they were enemies within the Church of the Earth, the relationship between Vargas and Aukinson could only be described as close.

After all, the Church of the Earth has always been about academic disputes.

Therefore, those who can become enemies are basically schools of thought that have completely opposite views on the same research, but both have achieved something.

This might be a bit unbelievable in Lowry's previous world, after all, academic research going in opposite directions must be one success and one failure.

But in this world, the so-called academic research is basically aimed at laws.

The lines of law are endless, no matter which point you stand on, you can't find the end by going in both directions.

Unless they can control the entire law... However, that is the domain of the God of Earth.

It is conceivable that the more they research, the heavier the antagonism between the two sides, but both can get positive feedback from the God of Earth.

Lowry frowned slightly: "How did you see that?"

He really didn't want Vargas to have anything to do with Aukinson.

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In that case, the Earth Bishop staying in the Icefield Kingdom would have a different identity, even possibly a big shot that two Dark Moons combined couldn't compare to.

After all, this one clearly came from the South.

And other factions of the Church of the Earth generally do not easily get involved in the affairs of the countries to which the opposing factions belong.

Of course, if they were colleagues, then there was no need to mention it.

Lowry couldn't help but become serious.

"That information peddler basically followed Handel behind in all the towns, except for these few," Cheska grabbed the planet model and brought it to Lowry's eyes.

The three-dimensional map above the planet naturally followed.

Cheska looked around, then found a small wooden stick from Lowry's desk, pointed to a few towns on the Vargas map, and said seriously: "Baron, you see, the only difference between these towns and other towns is that there is no Apothecary Guild, only the alchemist shop of the Barbaric Chamber of Commerce."

Apothecaries are a profession unique to countries belonging to the Church of the Earth.

Of course, it can also be said that they are alchemists who specialize in researching natural potions.

But their spells can basically only be regarded as divine arts related to nature, so the difference from normal alchemists is still quite large.

But in the towns of the Grassland Kingdom, out of 100 awakened professionals, there must be 7 or 8 apothecaries appearing.

This is already a very high proportion in a world dominated by knights.

However, most of these apothecaries do not have high talent and can only learn some basic potions, and it is not cost-effective to take them away for training.

However, potions are the foundation of the Grassland Kingdom's ability to establish a country.

Apothecaries will never allow themselves to become vassals of knights.

Therefore, in the Grassland Kingdom, there naturally appeared a guild that united these apothecaries.

Normally speaking, it is impossible for a chamber of commerce to be above the Apothecary Guild.

Unless their status and position are too different, the Apothecary Guild will abandon the talented people in certain towns and allow them to be recruited by the chamber of commerce to work.

And Vargas is not the kind of country with strong royal power.

After all, Vargas horses are not even a royal specialty... On the Aukinson side, the royal family firmly controls the production secrets of the Nanyuan horses.

Cheska said with a serious face: "I am quite familiar with the Vargas royal chamber of commerce. Their logo is a white wasteland wolf.

After the Gale Wolves came to our territory, the Vargas royal family also greeted me, hoping that if we have wasteland wolves here, we can exchange resources with them.

After all, wasteland wolves are gray in color, and white mutant wolves are relatively rare.

It can be seen that their royal family has a preference for white wasteland wolves.

But Barbaric uses a gray wolf head as the logo of the chamber of commerce.

This is not in line with Vargas's consistent style."

Cheska raised her head slightly and said in an inquiring tone: "Baron, based on your understanding of the royal family and the great nobles, does the behavior of the Barbaric Chamber of Commerce... not mean that they are followers of the Vargas royal family?"

Lowry curled his lips, nodded, and shook his head: "The result is correct, but the reasoning process is wrong.

This has nothing to do with the face of the nobles.

Instead, it can be judged with a mage's thinking: Heh~ Naturalists and Reformists, absolute enemies."