Hotel on the mountain

Girls, especially young girls, like nothing more than candy, dolls, desserts, and beautiful clothes, right?

Jetro checked Thorad's room at the hotel front desk and found that they lived in the "Dawn One" suite on the fourth floor. Moreover, father and daughter always left early and came back late. Thorad did not conduct any bounty missions. , it seems that they really come here just for sightseeing and vacation.

So he had to ask other hunters, and used his personal and financial charm to get some useful information - Thorad was a powerful and mysterious hunter in the eyes of others. He always wore a helmet and refused to be in front of outsiders. Showing his face; he always brings his daughter, who is serious and a little doting; he is an eight-star hunter, but no one knows his record, but he is 100% recognized by the leaders of the Hunter Guild; most importantly, there is The hunter revealed that Thorad was from the Great Chik Empire - a country that did not allow hunters.

Jetro compiled the information and found that no one mentioned Thorad's last name - "Chiyo".

What kind of person is this? Don't want to be identified? What kind of existence is the Chiyo family? Why does this word never appear in the memory of the original Yetro?

Also, why is it that among so many people in the New World, only Thorad has short-frequency consciousness signals? How would Thorad react if a beam of psychic energy were directed at his head?

Jetro pinned all his problems on the beautiful doll holding the candy basket in his hand. He hoped that this item that all girls would like would hit Chiyo's heart at once.

The plan was simple. Jetro stared in the direction of the Alpine Castle gatehouse in the central suite No. 3 for a whole day. Finally, after nightfall, he found Thorad hiding under a suit of light armor coming back holding his daughter's hand. So, he estimated the time it would take for them to return to the hotel, picked up the gifts he had prepared earlier and walked out of the room. Just as he walked to the stairs, he happened to run into Thorad.

"Oh! What a coincidence! Mr. Solade! And good evening, lovely little girl!" Jetro showed a professional smile and greeted him warmly.

Chiyo, whose hand had been held by Thorad, responded crisply: "Good evening! Handsome guy!"

"This is my daughter, Xibinai. She is only seven years old, and she has learned so many things that she should not learn." Thorad turned to Xibinai and said, "Xiao Nai, when you address a distinguished man , you should use 'sir'. For example - Good evening, Mr. Yetro."

Xibinai puffed out her cheeks and turned her head twice indifferently, listening to the adults' conversation.

"I'm gifted, aren't I? When I was seven years old, I only learned how to be beaten and scolded." Jetro smiled and got to the point, "To be honest, I wanted to visit you today. Last time you were there After being attacked by the lantern fish at the lake, I never had time to come over and say hello. This is really a dereliction of duty as the owner. But now we have finally solved the problem of the lantern fish, so I am not sure whether Xiao Nai likes the doll. You want it. You know, I probably don’t know anything about girls.”

With that said, Jetro handed the exquisite doll - made by Simba after Dao'er came up with the design - to Xibinai.

Xibinai just looked at the doll sideways, without making a statement. Thorad responded: "Xiao Nai, when someone gives you a gift, what should you say?"

"Thank you uncle."

Sibinet took the doll and knocked it to the ground casually - it seemed that the girl didn't like the doll and the candy on her hand.

"Thank you very much, Mr. Jetro. To be honest, Xiao Nai has never been exposed to dolls, dressing up, or other things that should be done at this age like a normal girl since she was born. I think she will definitely do it after she goes back. I won’t be able to put it down, but——” Thorard looked at Xibinai who yawned secretly, and concealed it, “She is not very good at showing enthusiastic emotions in front of outsiders.”

"I know, I will do what he wants next time." Jetro changed the topic, "Mr. Thorade, how about we have a drink together? Although the hotel does not have a bar yet, I have some private collections in the room. ——I want to ask you a few questions."

Thorard was silent for a while, then he patted Sibinet on the shoulder and motioned for her to go back to her room and sleep. Xibinai moved reluctantly, her baby head stumbling on the ground. When she passed Jetro, she raised her head and said: "Next time you approach us, remember to give me a big monster - I like big monsters alive. , a little kid who doesn’t like childishness.”

"Yes, I remember. I will give you a big monster next time." Jetro smiled, and after Xibinai walked away, he awkwardly said to Thorad, "Are my motives so obvious?"

"No, it's just that girls are more sensitive."

…

In the central suite No. 3, the two sat down at a small table. Mengzhi stood motionless next to him - if Jetro didn't ask her to do something, she liked to stay still.

Thorad didn't ask anything about Meng Zhi's existence. He naturally took the red wine from Bodo produced in the western region of the Hebrew Empire that Jetro handed over, lifted half of the mask, and took a sip. The meaning is still not finished.

"how?"

"I believe that the grapes used to make it must have been very well cared for that year - I have tasted many famous wines, but I can't taste which winery it comes from." Solade Then he drank it all in one gulp, "It seems I can't keep up with the trend."

Seeing this, Jetro also drank all the wine in the glass and said: "The winery that produces it is Chateau Raya. It was formerly a large factory in the Bordeaux region. It was acquired by the Raya family after it was on the verge of bankruptcy for many reasons. With the support of the family, it became a winery that only supplies the upper class nobles. Let me make it clear——"

After analyzing Thorad's knowledge and tone, Jetro decided to take a gamble and deceive him——

"Mr. Thorad Chiyo, are you here to seek political asylum?"

Thorad was silent, twirling his glass of red wine, his expression hidden under his mask, unable to see clearly. But silence itself is a sign of reaction, so Jetro continued to approach: "You know, I am the heir to the Raya family and one of the four future dukes of the Hebrew Empire. Including the royal family, the most powerful in the entire empire Five people - one of them was reserved by me. In other words, I should know almost everything that the contemporary Duke of Raya knows. Are you coming to the New World specifically for sightseeing? "

Thorad slowly unbuckled the helmet at this time, and after taking off the disguise that concealed his face - Jetro couldn't help but cursed in his heart - "Damn, he's so handsome."

He has long silver hair, and even after having a daughter, he still has a handsome face. There is no lack of noble temperament between his eyebrows. His eyes are sharp and gentle. Unlike the blue pupils of others, his brown eyes are also particularly attractive. , one glance at him will tell you that this person comes from a wealthy family.

"I want to ask you to protect my daughter - Xibinai Chiyo." Without the mask, his voice was particularly magnetic. Jetro felt that this man was born from head to toe to pick up girls.

"Why? What can you do for me?"

Jetro crossed his arms and lay back on the chair. A smile appeared on his familiar face. He felt that he had taken the initiative.

"The mutual assistance between nobles, and the request of humanity." Thorad was very calm, put his helmet on his knees, and looked directly at Jetro.

"Doing good deeds usually comes at a high price." Jetro crossed his legs. "Perhaps you can talk about what happened to the Chiyo family in detail. I believe you have already made a draft when you came to the New World."

Thorad smiled, then quickly became serious, and elaborated:

"The Great Chik Empire is divided into North Weiland District, North Kelan District, Zhongdelan District, and Zhongsilan District. The Qiandai family has ruled the Shuangdan Province in the west of Zhongdelan District for generations, which is the same territory as the Raya family. There is no contact between our two families before.

Six years ago, the Hill family, who was in charge of the Midland District, convened the lords from all over the country and put forward an idea - he wanted to confiscate the 'psionic control medium' of every lord. Although he promised to provide various lords with large subsidies and other media, the Qianyo family is different..."

The original Yetro obviously knew about the "Hill Family" and "Psychic Control Medium", so now Yetro knows that the Hill Family is equivalent to the Raya Family's status in the empire, but the Hill Family may Stronger - because they have military power.

The military power and political power in each region of the Hebrew Empire were divided between two people. The aristocratic system was a bureaucratic system in a sense. Therefore, if the Raya family wanted to mobilize military power, they had to discuss it with the marshal in the territory.

The "Psychic Control Medium" is an item needed for "Psychic Control", a unique energy technique of the Great Chik Empire. Psychic control is an energy technique that can enslave monsters. Only those with the noble blood of the Chik Empire can perform it. The release of psionic control requires a medium - a medium that can accommodate a large amount of psionic energy.

The people of the Chik Empire need to inject a large amount of psychic energy into these media every year to ensure that the monsters they enslave are under their control at any time. Because the spiritual energy required to enslave monsters completely exceeds the upper limit of human beings, they must have a medium that can assimilate spiritual energy and store spiritual energy at any time to instantly release a large amount of spiritual energy to enslave monsters.

Thorad continued: "The monster controlled by the Qianyo family is a 'warlike' wind dragon, which is rated as an eight-star ice attribute dragon. The psychic energy that feeds it every year is not the medium given to us by the Hill family at all. What can be accommodated! But the Hill family insists on confiscating the control media passed down from generation to generation.

Mr. Jetro, let me ask you, what would you do if the royal family asked you to hand over power? "

"I think -" Jetro spread his hands, "that is the same as genocide."

"This is what the Hill family is going to do to us. He is destroying the foundation of our family and limiting the upper limit of the family's future development - all families that resisted this tyranny have been wiped out, including Qiandai.

what else can we do? The Hill family controls ancient dragons. That is a complete eight-star ancient dragon - the Corpse Dragon. It has the power of a natural disaster. As long as it exists, it will deprive monsters and other people of their vitality.

Especially after the Hundred Years War, a large number of dead bodies accumulated on the border between the two countries, which greatly increased the power of the Corpse Dragon - it is simply not something that small-scale resisters like us can stop. "

Jetro couldn't help but said: "Mr. Thorade, the story is very tragic, but don't you know how to modify it? You lied to me! I sympathize with your experience. But you described your opponent so powerfully, How can I help you?"

While talking, Thorad took off a necklace from his neck. The necklace had a large prong setting, inlaid with a stone slab with a square hollow in the middle.

"This is this?" As soon as Jetro saw this thing, he felt it looked very familiar.

…

"Portal fragments were detected, and there is no consciousness node. The analysis result is that for some unknown reason, the signal node has been transferred to Thorad Chiyo. Whether to awaken the node to enhance Thorad Chiyo's consciousness signal ?”

"Hold on."