Lying on the bed reading a book by the dim yellow oil lamp, waiting for the first ray of sunshine to slowly enter the house in the morning, the warm sunshine gradually warms the body and mind.
I haven't read much in the book, but my thoughts are flying around. In the early morning, my mind is most sober, and all kinds of bad ideas come out one after another. Perhaps, this is the instinct of life to yearn for light.
It has been almost half a month since they arrived at the Langs fortress. The Silver Hook caravan has already left. They will go to the Oran Empire to participate in the celebration of the new emperor Dasos' succession, and the Roland robot is a gift, famous for its luxury. The Oran royal family and aristocrats also pursue rare things, and there is absolutely only one such novel and interesting big robot. In the calculation of the silver hook, this time a gift from a long distance is definitely an investment with great profits.
The big team left early, but I had no plans to leave at all. Every day I just practiced swordsmanship, read books, went shopping, chatted, and drank tea. I was just like a retired old man.
"Could this guy really go to the human world for a vacation?"
In the eyes of others who do not understand, I actually did a lot of things.
For example, collect data, update the current situation and changes in various countries in the continent, etc., and make adjustments for future action plans.
It has to be said that due to the long and dangerous underground passages and the chaos of the underground world, a piece of news on the ground that reaches the ground has often become an old story. Unless it is a major news brought back by an intelligence spy, the general Errors, omissions and deviations are inevitable since at least half a year of information transmission.
In addition, most of the inhabitants of the underground world can't even handle their own lives, how can they care about the surface thousands of miles away, and even the gossip is very slow, so most of the information obtained by Sulphur Mountain City comes from various countries. The chats between customers and merchants are basically based on what happened 30 years ago.
Wrong information can only make wrong judgments. Even leaders of various countries do not know the character and background of the country, and how to make targeted arrangements must be corrected.
Well, it is very gorgeous and high-level, but in fact it is just reading newspapers and reading books.
Due to the existence of the God of Knowledge, the printing technology in the continent of Ashe is quite developed. Similar to the daily newspapers in Brimstone City, the United Kingdom of Ming Ting also has its own newspaper industry. The types of newspapers from three months ago were not many, but they were much better than the useless information in the underground world decades ago.
However, even so, the old newspapers and periodicals I read in half a month were enough to fill three or four rooms.
"[The evil underground world is about to move? The legendary underground covenant has surfaced! Our wise king Antar II calls for long-term preparations!], Oh, even Moriel's name is wrong, the underground covenant has already changed. , the same old and outdated information."
However, it can be seen ten years in advance that the underground world has plans to counterattack the surface, and has made a long-term preparation for the battle. It seems that this Antar II, who is known as the wise king by later generations, really has two brushes.
And intelligence gathering is just a daily act, and there are many things that seem to be inconsequential but are actually very important to deal with.
For example, identity background and accent, to mix into human society, the first thing to solve is these two problems.
The ancients and the moderns are completely different concepts. Even in the most commonly used common language, there are many dialects and accents in every place, and this, seemingly trivial, is often the easiest to reveal the true identity.
For me, learning to imitate accents is really not a problem. It is rare to delete the ancient words that have long been extinct in history. On the other hand, the most important exercises are still chatting with people and reading newspapers.
This aspect can only be tested one word at a time, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive, but it has been quite effective.
If you have a background, you should have prepared earlier. Under my arrangement, a run-down aristocratic family with a background in the Land of Lan has lived in this city for more than 20 years. The ancestors also used to be brilliant for helping the previous king to win the title of knight. However, although they have lost their noble titles to this generation and only rely on a few fields to support their living, they can barely be regarded as a member of the human aristocracy.
And one of them, Lolo, the son of leprosy, was sent to the monastery to live a life of isolation. When they came back by chance, they were also wrapped in bandages and black cloth, making it difficult to see their faces.
And just four years ago, perhaps it was a devout prayer that reached the sky, and the God of Light performed a miracle, healed the poor boy, and gave him the identity of a paladin, and that boy was even more incredible. Go on an adventure to the underworld alone.
In the eyes of most aristocrats in the city, this is just another propaganda story of the church to expand its influence. Anyway, people can't come back, who knows if it's true. But surprisingly, this story has a follow-up recently.
Everyone regretted that when this young man who had recovered miraculously was sent to death impulsively, half a month ago, he actually came back, and he came back with a lot of wealth in the form of a big harvest, and his nickname is Luo Luo, the big name It was Luo Lan.
Now, driven by people with a heart, this legendary story has begun to spread in the city.
Well, when it comes to this, everyone should have guessed that the person who has a heart is my person.
Yes, this nineteen-year-old Luo Luo actually doesn't exist, and that family has been sent by me twenty years ago. The real people involved in that identity have already settled in Sulphur Mountain City.
In order to make the two identities as similar as possible, I personally played the few times that Luo Luo had contact with the neighbors and outsiders, and even deliberately left some obvious personal traces in the middle, such as the strange tone of speech, quite a bit Weird sitting cross-legged.
The layout more than 20 years in advance is just for a noble identity and an innocent background, seems like a lot? No, in my eyes, that's not enough.
Although it is very helpless, but in this world, human beings as the masters are probably the most xenophobic race. If you want to mix in human society, or go a step further into the ruling class, it is necessary for a nobleman to inherit three generations of aristocratic status. There are few, and if he is used as a spy of an alien race, I am afraid that nothing needs to be done.
Of course, there are many blank areas in this experience. If someone traces it in the future, there will definitely be doubts, but the doubts are much more trustworthy than the completely blank past. The unknown origin can be used as a weakness to be attacked, but only doubts. If you are going to attack the other party, at least come up with counter-evidence to prove that this identity is false, which is not easy.
And I recently went shopping every day, greeted my neighbors with uncles, aunts, and grocery shopping aunts, and also showed some strange personal traces, which is to make the two identities overlap and make the fake identity more authentic.
However, for some reason, with my pathetic luck, I overdid it a bit...
"Pfft, Luo Lan, I heard that you are an old lady fetishist?"
gab! Do you have such a nonsense habit? It's just that the damned daily task required me to help the old lady cross the road ten times, but there is no so-called crosswalk here, and there are fewer carriages. As a result, I stayed there for an afternoon, only to meet three eligible old ladies, and finally asked. They asked me to help cross the road... In the end, I was seen looking for the old lady everywhere with bright eyes, and I was seen to please the old lady, and as a result, I got this bad title.
"No no, I heard it's the dingo terminator."
Nonsense, dogs are man's best friend, I really like the task of bathing wild dogs, but the dogs don't like it... Good meal of fangs and claws, fortunately I have the Holy Light, otherwise the next day Can't see anyone.
"Ala, it is said that you were caught on the spot because you followed the beautiful woman and plotted against it?"
Bullshit, my goal is just to fight evil and clean up those hooligans! It's a pity that none of the rogues were caught that day. Sure enough, the Paladins can't sneak at home? As for being arrested, I'm a paladin, how could it be possible to arrest me, it's just to convince the guards that it took some effort.
The final result of these tasks, in addition to making me realize that the system is still crap, that doing good things is harder than doing bad things, it also made the "miracle Luo Lan" and "lucky boy Luo Lan" become "over-good-hearted" first. Luo Lan", then turned into "Luo Lan with water in his head next door", "Unfortunately, the young man was so young that his brain was burned out by the Holy Light."
"It doesn't matter, the image is more profound this way, and the stupidity is more in line with the personal setting of blood rushing into the underground world to die. It's a good thing! It's a good thing!" This is my self-deception with blood and tears.
But sometimes, when disasters keep coming, when the image keeps collapsing, there is a limit to self-deception...
"It's a good thing, your sister, the look in the eyes of the cute girl from the flower shop next door has changed from the longing when I first met to the sympathy for the mentally handicapped! There are people behind me who shouted 'don't give up hope, don't give up treatment', it's only been a week Too much will ruin my image, and if this goes on like this, I will finally get rid of the lich Roland whose head is in water, but become the Paladin Roland whose head is burned by the holy light."
But unfortunately, in order to become stronger as soon as possible, the increasingly boring daily tasks have to be done again. I kind of miss the system that does evil. These days, good things are much harder than bad things.
"Helping an old lady to cross the road is considered an attempt to rob an old man, helping people carry bags and luggage is considered an attempted robbery, sweeping the street is considered a lunatic, bathing and shaving a dog is considered a plan to make a dog meat hot pot. Do you have more trust? You won, System Master, have pity on my reputation and image that have been ruined, let me go!"
Now, even that silly eldest sister of Diana looked at me strangely. When she saw me being trapped by the system, she was not astonished as before, but nodded her head of course, as if saying, "Well, Roland just It should be like this, and sure enough, the majestic Judge Sleepless is an illusion."
And today, just halfway through the newspaper, I was attracted by a piece of news from three months ago.
"The new emperor of the powerful Oran Empire has succeeded to the throne. Forty-two subordinate countries, including the Duchy of Bubi, the Duchy of Donglan, and the Kingdom of Casiro, sent members of the royal family to congratulate them. It is expected that they will present their own flags during the ceremony. Loyalty and trust…”
"Crack." With a crisp sound, the newspaper had already been split in half.
"Subordinate country!?"
All of a sudden, my blood surged up, and the rest of the words could no longer be read. The inexplicable annoyance and grievance made my heart arouse, but I didn't know how to vent.
Even if we already knew that the current Principality of Donglan was no longer the independent and powerful warring country of the past thousand years, I could understand that it is an international practice for a small country to declare itself as a vassal of a big country, but when I think of the battle flag of Lan, which symbolizes indomitability and protection, it is actually listed in a certain Under the banner of an empire, an inexplicable feeling of suffocation made me want to kill someone in anger.
"Damn unworthy descendants, useless things!! It's actually mixed up to ask other countries to become ministers! The dignity and millennium glory of Lan's bloodline have been lost by you."
Well, even though I knew it was very unreasonable to complain, I was still furious and furious in the room.
After a long time, I calmed down and sighed helplessly.
"Hey, I can't really blame them."
I know that for some things, we can't blame future generations. It's still amazing that future generations can rebuild their homeland. If we really want to complain, we can only blame our generation of fallen kings.
So, after calming down, I looked at the torn newspaper again and put him together.
Although it is very popular, this information is indeed very important and must be studied carefully.
"Isn't the new emperor Dasos the king of winter wolves in history? Although he is an unlucky bastard who was bent by Victoria, he has made great achievements in history. It is indeed not to be underestimated."
And when I think of Victoria, I think of the tragic ending of Dasos. Inexplicably, my mood is much better, and a malicious and crooked idea comes up again.
"A great emperor like him, he might get tired of eating big fish and meat, so he is obsessed with Victoria's rare neutral beauty. Maybe, Victoria is gone, and Chloe is here, and she is also a neutral super beauty. No, try to crook him again and let him leave another quatrain in history."
Well, even if it was just casually talking and playing, and venting the resentment caused by the fact that the royal family of Lan was forced to bow their heads, Chloe, who was preaching in the square, was inexplicably chilled in his vest and shivered, as if bad luck was about to come.
And then I turned to the last page of the newspaper, where there were portraits and brief introductions of the representatives of the vassal states who participated in the succession ceremony.
"Donglan Principality, there is, is it a princess? Renee Qin Lan?"
"Kacha!" The newspapers that were barely put together were completely scrapped. This time, it was not because of anger, but because the scene in front of me shocked me inexplicably.
In a corner of the newspaper is a vivid portrait. In the portrait, the heroic female knight in silver armor is waving to the people with a sunny smile.
"Knight Princess Renee, the only descendant of Lan in the world, has won the trust of the people."
The impostor of the descendants of Lan? Any conjecture can be dismissed. In front of the heroic face of the female knight, even if I don't want to admit it, I must admit it.
"Luo Lan!! Look at this! This princess looks alike to Luo Luo and you. Are you all a family? Don't try to deny it, this time the evidence is conclusive, let Momo see the lovely little Luo Luo."
Momo rushed in, and what she was waving was the exact same newspaper as mine.
And that knight princess named Renee is 90% similar to me! If it weren't for the feminine beauty between the eyebrows and the male's heroism, the slightly pointed face and the slightly thinner eyebrows, they would be the same person.
Staring at the portrait of the girl, I made up my mind.
"Looks like we're going to Kagsi City, the capital of the Oran Empire, first."