"Soliciting for magical ideas that can improve people's living standards?" Wood, a famous sculptor from Pyroxen City, looked at the brand new notice and asked with some confusion, "What does this mean?"
Unlike usual, there is a priest from the Church of the Mask of the Void next to the bulletin board today, who is responsible for explaining this oracle to people. Upon hearing his inquiry, the cleric explained to him in detail with a smile.
"His Majesty Mask of the Void intends to use the power of magic to improve people's living standards, so now he is asking people for their opinions and letting everyone think about what kind of magic can help everyone..." A few minutes later, Wood said Talking to himself, he walked towards the workshop.
He is also considered a celebrity in Huishi City and has his own workshop. The workshop is not big, because carving does not require a large working space, and his main job is to make some wood carvings that are characteristic of Huishi Town and the northwest and can fully reflect the pioneering culture here.
These wood carvings will be sent to the large amusement park in Void City and sold to tourists from all over the world. Depending on the size and delicacy, the cheap ones only cost about five silver coins, and the expensive ones can even cost twenty gold coins. For every wood sculpture sold, Wood, as the producer, gets half of the money, and the remaining half goes to the transporter and seller - there is no need to pay tax, because the tax has been paid during the operation of the store, and the goods are the same. Tax.
The payment is settled at the end of each month. All Wood has to do is to constantly find some suitable wood and then carve it into any wood sculpture he feels is suitable. There is no limit to the quantity. More is good, but there is nothing he can do about less. In short, he has to decide by himself.
This job pays well but is not busy, so many people are very envious of him. Over the years, countless old people came to propose marriage to him and introduced him to some girls waiting to be married in the city.
But Wood declined. His reason was that he had a sweetheart.
"If you have a sweetheart, why don't you get married as soon as possible?" Grandma Stina, who had a good friendship with him, heard about this and came to him specially. "You are now considered a prominent figure, the master sculptor of the Northwest Republic. An artist who sings about life with a carving knife... Your reputation has spread throughout the upper class of the main plane. With your current status, even if your sweetheart is the daughter of a noble family, you can still go to propose marriage with your head held high. ah!"
She didn't know Wood's real situation, but she just assumed that he was in love with a woman whose status was much higher than hers, so she persuaded him like this.
Wood could only smile bitterly and could not answer.
Sweetheart? He has a ghostly sweetheart!
Who the hell has ever heard of a spy having a sweetheart? Who in this business dares to love or be loved? Isn’t that seeking death
However, he was also said to be a little moved.
Over the years, although he has not achieved much in his spy work, he has made great progress in his work as a sculptor. With his current status and net worth, he really should start a family.
If he never gets married, he will expose his flaws and attract attention.
More importantly, he really enjoyed his life in Huishi City. Life here is stable and safe, with a relaxed and comfortable feeling. It would be a great thing if you could live here for a lifetime, start a family, have children, and pass it on from generation to generation.
In his opinion, this emerging city is the most suitable place to live in the world, and it is exactly the place he has been pursuing. If he hadn't already sworn allegiance to the Secret Tower Federation, maybe he would really be a loyal citizen of the Northwest Republic!
But... As a spy, "family" should be something he tries to avoid. It is difficult to guard against domestic thieves. Even the best spy can hardly deceive the person he sleeps with. If he really gets married, he doesn't know how much trouble it will cause him!
After sending Grandma Stina away, he pondered for a long time and finally chose to write down his current situation in a recent report and sent it to the Secret Tower Federation through secret channels.
A spy is also a type of soldier. As a soldier, he should obey orders. Since you can't decide on your own, just ask your superiors for instructions.
Over the years, he has been completing his work conscientiously and collecting a large amount of intelligence information. Even if there is no credit, there is still some hard work, right? I hope his superiors can understand his difficulties and help him make up an excuse to deal with it. Of course... it would be best to send a female spy to start a family with him. This would not only improve work efficiency, but also serve as the best cover.
What's more... he really wants to start a family.
He is not young anymore, and it will indeed be too late if he doesn't start a family.
Watching the liaison officer disguised as a special wood merchant leave, Wood sighed secretly and returned to his workshop.
But he didn't know that soon after the liaison officer left, the information hidden in a wooden sculpture came into the hands of Archon Felix.
"It's these worthless things again." Felix looked at this information and shook his head. "Over the years, except for a few defense maps, his other information is of little value."
"This is inevitable." Asner, who once again became her deputy and took her husband to become a political officer, said with a smile, "Our republic does not have many secrets that cannot be exposed to the light. With a wooden sculpture As an artist, it is unlikely that he will have access to those core secrets. He has actually done a good job over the years."
"Yeah, but it's a pity that it's of no great use... Huh?!" Felix exclaimed and couldn't help laughing, "This guy wants to get married. Judging from his meaning, it seems that he hopes that the Secret Tower Federation will send someone to I want to be his wife..."
Asner came over curiously, looked at the information, and slowly frowned.
"It's a bit bad..."
"Oops?" Felix was stunned for a moment, then understood, "You mean, his superiors might be dissatisfied with him and take some action?"
"Yes, the intelligence he has sent back over the years... Generally speaking, it is of little value. I believe his superiors must have been dissatisfied with his work efficiency for a long time. Taking advantage of this opportunity this time, they are likely to send A spy with much more drastic methods than him is back in charge of intelligence work." Asner frowned and said, "Although Wood is a spy, he has a good character. We have always hoped to win over him and let him truly join the Republic. Judging from his performance over the years, there is great hope. But if another spy comes over, things will change, and most of them will change in a direction we don’t want.”
"Now that I say that, why not..." A cold light flashed in Felix's eyes, and he made a slashing gesture.
"I don't think there's a need to worry." Asnar sighed and shook his head. "After all, we haven't reached the stage where we need to kill people. These spies working for the Secret Tower Federation are honestly a group of respectable people... After all, I still I don’t want to fall out with the Mystic Tower Federation.”
"Who would fall out over the life and death of a few spies? Those politicians are ruthless!" Although Felix said this, he restored the information and stuffed it back into the wood carving.
Soon after, the wooden carving, which was exactly the same as before, returned to the businessman who was traveling slowly and slowly towards the south. A few days later, he was sent to the Gold Coin Federation and sent to the Secret Tower Federation by another shipping businessman.
The whole process was natural, without any flaws.
Yes, even the spies themselves didn't notice that the information had already been on the desk of a great consul of the Northwest Republic.