The Truth of Magic

Chapter 496 The Observer at the Banquet

Oru City, Commander's Mansion, Banquet Hall.

"Have you heard? Did the flaming red lips be razed to the ground last night?" A slightly plump noble young lady was swinging a lace painting fan, and smiled at the lady on the other side, covering her mouth.

At this time, four or five of them were standing around a dessert table, sharing gossip and gossip in their lives while taking food.

"Don't even mention that last night, Lord Chandler's family next door was in a turmoil. Almost all the servants were sent out to rescue the master who was buried under the wall. , I heard that when I pulled it out, I was still inseparable from that bitch." A young noble woman who successfully shared the latest gossip chuckled, obviously satisfied that she successfully inserted the topic.

And the older people next to them also covered their mouths and chuckled cooperatively.

Their etiquette is almost the same as that of the ladies of the traditional great empire, as if printed from a mold. In other words, when the Northern Alliance was established several centuries later, no family from a land turtle would feel that it was imitating the life style of the "upper class".

Everyone who has squeezed into this circle is worried that they will be excluded from the circle because of the different etiquette.

"The tigress in Chandler's house must have torn him apart." A lady who has no first-hand gossip can only make inferential guesses based on the existing knowledge and experience system, and respond appropriately.

"That is, otherwise, why would Lord Chandler not come to the Commander-in-Chief's office today? My husband didn't see him in the Finance Hall, and he went to visit him in the evening. His face was swollen, and I'm afraid that in the next week I'm going to be absent." In the presence, because her husband held an important position, the tall and thin lady broke the news with a proud face.

In other words, what made her even more proud was that she successfully mentioned her husband who worked as a deputy in the Union Finance Department.

Sure enough, the ladies around immediately laughed dryly in unison, applauding the "humor" that the tall and thin lady implicitly mentioned that "Lord Chandler was not hit by the wall, but was injured by his shrewd wife at home".

As for Zhao Xu, who was standing a few meters away and silently observing the banquet that was about to start, he looked at the group of people wearing well-trimmed dresses with great interest, but his mouth was full of thoughtful sharing. Ladies of other people's misfortune.

Whenever he heard the discussions in these circles, he felt extremely exciting, even to the point of being downright boring.

In their eyes, this "incident" was a joke of the housekeeper's man who likes sex, but in essence, it caused huge waves in the city of Oulu they entered.

Even the white dragon Cyrus and the paladin Vivian, who were resting at the home of Tang De's brother-in-law "Frell", were interrogated because of outsiders.

It's just that Serus had already transformed into his appearance according to Zhao Xu's arrangement. The investigators lacked the means to identify transformations such as True Seeing, and the reason for Freire's personal urging, the inspection was soon over.

As for the fact that they broke into the altar under Frey's bedroom and disturbed the demon lord Graz'zt by the way, that was the key "message" that would really detonate the entire Northern Alliance.

But Zhao Xu was also a little strange. According to his observations, there were no major changes in the entire Commander's Mansion today. Even when he hid aside and watched Fleur's residence, there was not even a single person who came over to check.

It wasn't until the evening that Fleur, the current only daughter of Commander Tang De, rushed back from outside and changed into a luxurious and shiny dress by the way.

All the traces seemed to be revealing this incident, the demon lord "Grazet" did not tell Tang De the details.

If Tang Deming knew what had happened during the day and could bear it like this, then Zhao Xu would have to consider avoiding him for a short time.

A leader of the alliance is a follower of the "Evil Monarch". Unless Tang De has always believed that he believes in a kind god, or he is ignorant of the whole process, he will basically have nothing to hide under the intervention of the church. .

As for Fleur's house, because of the continuous release of breath from the demon altar, if you want to avoid contamination, you must wipe it with a bottle of holy water for 25 gold coins from time to time.

The one who can arrange people to do this without a trace is either Fleur or Tang De.

At this time, Zhao Xu just had some free time and continued to observe Tang De who was standing on the high platform in front of him.

As the city of Oulu and even the entire Northern Alliance, he will be the supreme commander and commander-in-chief for the next eight years. When Tang De first entered the banquet hall, he was surrounded by waves of people.

Most of the young people waiting for the opportunity to be appreciated were introduced by several senior officials of the alliance, and they also briefly introduced a few words for others, and then they were squeezed away by another wave of people waiting for introductions.

Everyone knows that this will leave a short impression in front of Tang De, and they don't know if the name can stay overnight, but this kind of opportunity still makes everyone flock to it.

It was only then that Zhao Xu realized that it was actually a "high value" thing for Freire to personally agree to him and introduce him to "Commander Tang De", or only relatives like him could make such a guarantee. .

As the bed warming song sounded, Zhao Xu held a tall glass filled with wine and kept shaking the liquid surface, as if silently savoring the fragrance and concealing the traces of his own observation.

Tang De looked calm and at ease, and even patted the shoulder of the young man who came over from time to time, as if he didn't have the slightest burden in his heart.

At this time, Zhao Xu's eyes had a certain kind of detached "thoroughness", like a cunning old fox who had been in the mall for many years, and could easily see through his opponent's mind.

If the skill level is not enough, then use spells to make up for it.

For tonight's observation, Zhao Xu specially cast the second-level spell "Cunning Gaze" with a duration of "day level" on himself.

Gnomes in Zilargo use any form of knowledge to ensure that they achieve their primary goals when negotiating and socializing. In the end, they developed this spell, using their superb skills and abilities to identify each other's inner feelings and desires, thereby suppressing each other's opinions.

Relying on spells, Zhao Xu's four negotiation skills, Bluff, Negotiation, Intimidation, and Sense Motive, have all been strengthened with a 10th-level insight bonus.

The current him, seems to be able to see through the inner motives and desires of the target creature with just one glance.

Those young women just now were also his attempt at this.

Zhao Xu seemed to be the "observer" in this lively banquet, wearing a robe, he also reminded everyone of his identity as a "mage".

The terrifying reputation of the senior mages also made everyone afraid to get close to Zhao Xu's surroundings.

Finding that there was no movement in Fu Lei's palace all day, Zhao Xu and Antinoya finally decided to tear out the huge net behind the scenes by observing "Tang De" who was behind the scenes.

Otherwise, the ones who came with him tonight would be the cardinals in charge of the archdiocese of the good gods.

"Mr. Zhongxia, come, it's our turn."

Freire, who had been disappearing just now, suddenly appeared beside Zhao Xu, took his hand directly, and walked to the center of the venue in front of him. Frere's attendants also opened up a way for them.

"Commander, let me introduce you to this benefactor who saved my life outside the city." At this time, Freire walked a few steps away from Tang De, started with a hearty laugh, and raised his hand by the way, Let everyone follow his gestures and look at Zhao Xu in the center.

For a while, many participants in the venue who were silently paying attention to the situation here looked at this mage who looked a little withdrawn.

"I'm glad that there are such talented young people in the league again." Tang De also smiled happily.

There seemed to be another kind of soul shining in his eyes.