What the hell? !
Xiang En felt bad after hearing what Ma Ji said, and quickly asked Ma Ji to elaborate.
Then Markie recounted the conversation after meeting Hausnauer at the stairs "exactly" (with added fuel and jealousy), as if it was true, leaving Xiang En speechless.
He looked at Andrea, who was sitting on a chair not far away and drinking water. She had a white neck, a pretty face, and a dignified sitting posture. More importantly, the men who gathered around Dunel in the hall were all interested. Unintentionally observing Andrea.
Then Xiang En became numb, his face changed several times, and finally he patted Ma Ji hard on the shoulder. He didn't say any words of encouragement, but everything he wanted to say was conveyed in his eyes, and he handed over a water bag.
Ma Ji was overjoyed and took the water bag to fetch water.
Duncan stood behind Xiang En with a stupid look on his face, like a guard waiting for orders. He couldn't understand Markey's operations, but this did not prevent him from continuing to play his role well.
People arrived slowly, and almost no one was responsible for cooking. They just roughly processed the food they collected from the town into bread, and then ate it directly.
Xiang En has just arrived here, and it hasn't been long. He has learned the important things, and he still wants to know some less important things.
So he found Naka. She was sitting in the corner with the three people who had been with him in the small town before. She was eating some blackened pancakes with some water in her hands.
Dunier just handed him the dry pancake. Xiang En found it hard to swallow and couldn't throw it away. Now he could share some of it with Naka and the four of them.
The four Nakas are not polite either. Food is in short supply now and everyone can't have enough to eat. Even if they have been bitten by others, they don't dislike it.
Bang Chi Bang Chi!
After eating the pancakes, Xiang En and Naka formed a small circle to communicate.
"Naka, what do you think of Dunel's proposal?"
Xiang En did not ask questions as soon as he came up, but first asked Naka what he thought of Dunel and whether Naka wanted to leave the manor to live in the mountains or continue to stay in the manor.
"I haven't thought about it." Naka's answer was simple. She leaned back in her chair and answered without deliberately lowering her voice, "As long as you have food, if no one gives it to you, then you can figure it out on your own."
The other three people also nodded in succession, calmly, rather than saying that they were in a good mood, it was better to say that they were lying on their backs.
The four of them are all salty fish who have lost their dreams. Whoever can give them food to eat will listen to whoever they say.
"Then where does your food usually come from?"
"Small town."
Xiang En asked in confusion: "Aren't you hunting?"
Naka shrugged and said: "There is no prey at all in the forest. The living animals disappeared before winter. We asked hunters to search many times, but they could only encounter those monsters every time. Maybe there are still some in the mountains? Who knows!"
A visible aura of depression emanated from the four Naka people. They were just salted fish who had lost hope.
So, Dunier and the others are just sitting on their hands now
Xiang En doesn't quite understand. The plants in the garden are growing well and vigorously. This land can be used to grow things, so why should it be abandoned
"Isn't anyone growing something to eat in the garden? Or are there no seeds in the town?"
"There are seeds, but they are all in Dunel's place. He said he would take them to the mountains and plant them." Speaking of the seeds, Naka explained why Dunel and Hausnol were in conflict.
It can be roughly defined as that Dunel stubbornly believed that the only way to survive safely was by entering the mountains, and hid all the wheat in the crop before anyone could react.
He wanted to use this to blackmail Hausnauer and let them live in the mountains. The focus was on gold. His constant temperature magic was the key to growing crops in the mountains.
However, Hausnauer did not want to leave. He hoped to reclaim the land for planting crops in the near future, and the two sides reached a stalemate.
At this time, Naka quietly approached Xiang En again, wanting to whisper something.
When Andrea saw this scene, she immediately became jealous, glared and yelled, "What do you want to do!"
The body paused and no longer moved forward. Naka caught a glimpse of Andrea's expression and twitched the corner of her mouth. She looked at Xiang En and said, "I just want to say something that cannot be heard by others. If you mind, I can tell you first."
Xiang En turned away and looked at Andrea.
"Ah… "
Naka suddenly felt that Xiang En and Andrea were very interesting, especially the way they got along.
The woman interfered with the man's decision. Instead of being angry, the man asked the woman for her opinion.
This kind of relationship goes against the mainstream of the mainland. At least in Naka's view, only male favorites who are kept by nobles can be like Xiang En, but Andrea listens to Xiang En's words very much.
interesting!
"snort."
Andrea stood up and walked to Naka. Naka leaned into her ear and whispered what she wanted to say.
While they were whispering, several pairs of eyes from not far away were paying close attention to them.
Duniel looked directly at Naka and Andrea, who were having a quiet conversation, with most of his eyes falling on Andrea's face.
He didn't have many bad intentions, he was just thinking about how to use Andrea to cooperate with Xiang En.
Constant temperature magic is the most important part of the survival plan for entering the mountains. Without constant temperature magic, none of his ideas would be realized.
Not only to survive, but also to stay away from danger and noise.
Although Dunier looks wild, he has a very delicate mind. When Xiang En chose to delay his answer, he knew that Xiang En would not easily agree to his proposal, so he was thinking of other ways to persuade Xiang En.
After spending more than half a year with Hausnoir, they still couldn't be convinced. They tried both soft and hard methods, but they just didn't agree with him.
The mage Xiang En who accidentally broke in was more hopeful to be persuaded.
…
"Uh-huh."
Andrea and Naka communicated for a while before sitting back next to Xiang En.
He leaned sideways and blocked other people's view with his hands. While Xiang En listened carefully, he stuck out his tongue and licked it gently.
Huh!
This sudden move made Xiang En's goosebumps rise, but he resisted the urge to retreat because Andrea started talking about business.
"She said that she found a lot of extra grain and seeds from the town, and she hid them. As long as you agree to a few conditions, she will give them to us."
Xiang En raised his eyebrows, looked at Naka who kept a stiff smile, nodded and sat upright again, "Tell me about your conditions?"
"Don't worry, we can wait until we go outside tomorrow to discuss." Naka did not immediately state the conditions.
Hearing this, Xiang En frowned slightly, but still agreed to wait for tomorrow. In fact, he likes to do everything neatly and quickly, so as to avoid mental exhaustion.
But Naka wanted to show off, and there was nothing he could do.
The door of the banquet hall was pushed open again, and Hausnauer and Jin finally arrived. They were the last to arrive.
After the two people arrived, the atmosphere in the hall obviously changed, and most of it came from Dunier's side.
They had just eaten, and now they came not to eat, but to continue listening to Xiang En's stories, and also hoped that Xiang En could act as a middleman for negotiations.
My skill at naming titles is as bad as my skill at naming books.
Today... today is another guarantee
(End of chapter)