The Truth of Magic

496 The observer at the banquet

Olu city, commander’s residence, banquet hall.

“Have you heard? As for the fiery red lips, it was leveled by a person?” A slightly plump noble who was waving a Lacy fan covered his mouth and laughed at the lady beside him.

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

” you don’t say. last night, lord chandler’s family next door caused a huge ruckus. almost all of their servants were sent out to that dirty place with the flaming red lips to rescue their master who was buried under the wall. ” A young noble lady who had successfully shared the latest gossip chuckled. She was obviously very satisfied with her success in cutting into the topic.

The slightly longer ones next to them also covered their mouths and chuckled.

Their etiquette was almost the same as that of the noble ladies of the traditional great empires, as if it was printed from a mold. In other words, when the northern Alliance was still a few centuries old, even a country bumpkin family would not feel the need to imitate the lifestyle of the ” upper class.

He was afraid that he would be excluded from the circle because of the difference in etiquette with others.

then that tigress in Chandler’s house will definitely tear him apart. Without first-hand gossip, the rich ladies could only make rational guesses based on their existing knowledge and experience system and respond appropriately.

“That’s true. Otherwise, why wouldn’t Lord Chandler come to the commander’s office today? According to my husband, he didn’t see her in the Office of Finance and even went to visit her in the evening. His face is so swollen that I’m afraid he’ll be absent for the next week.” Among the people present, the tall and thin lady whose husband was in an important position revealed the news with a smug look on her face.

Or rather, what made her even prouder was that she had successfully promoted her husband, who was working as a Deputy in the Alliance’s financial department.

As expected, the ladies around him immediately laughed dryly, praising the tall and thin lady’s ” humor ” of ” Lord Chandler wasn’t hit by the wall. Instead, he was injured by his fierce wife “.

As for Zhao Xu, who was standing a few meters away and quietly observing the banquet that was about to begin, he was looking at this group of ladies who were clearly dressed in well-groomed gowns but were still mumbling about other people’s misfortunes with interest.

No matter which time he heard this gossip, it would always make him feel extremely excited, even to the point of being bored to death.

in their eyes, this ” incident ” was a joke for their man who liked to play around with women, but in essence, it was a casual conversation about why the alliance officials had established the center of the matter today.

Even Serus and Vivian, the Paladin, who were resting in the house of verell, donder’s brother-in-law, were questioned because of the outsiders.

However, Serus had already followed Zhao Xu’s instructions and transformed into his appearance. He didn’t have any skills like the true knowledge spell that could identify the transformation, and because Ferrell had personally urged him to do so, the inspection was over very quickly.

as for the fact that they broke into the altar under flay’s bedroom and disturbed the demon general grazite, it was the key ” information ” that would really blow up the entire northern alliance.

But Zhao Xu was also a little curious. According to his observations, there hadn’t been any major changes in the general’s office for the entire day. In fact, there wasn’t even a single extra person who came to check on Flay’s house, which he had been hiding in the shadows and keeping watch.

not until the evening did flay, the only daughter of donder the commander-in-chief, rush back in a luxurious and shiny ceremonial dress.

It was as if grazite, the Demon King, didn’t tell donder the details.

If don knew this and could still bear with it, then even Zhao Xu would have to think about avoiding him in the short term.

A commander of an Alliance was a believer of the demon general. Unless donder thought that he believed in a good God or knew nothing about the whole process, he would have no way to hide with the intervention of the church.

As for Flay’s residence, due to the continuous aura released by the demon altar, one had to use a bottle of holy water that cost 25 gold coins to wipe it clean from time to time.

Only Flay or donder could arrange people to do this without leaving any trace.

At this moment, Zhao Xu was very calm and unruffled as he observed don, who was standing on the high platform at the very front.

As the highest-ranking commander and Commander-in-Chief in the northern Alliance for the next eight years, donder was surrounded by waves of people the moment he entered the banquet hall.

Most of the young people who were waiting for an opportunity to be recognized were introduced by a few senior officials of the Alliance. They would also give a brief introduction and then be pushed aside by another wave of people waiting to be introduced.

They all knew that donder could barely remember their names, and they didn’t even know whether they could stay overnight. However, they were still eager for such an opportunity.

Zhao Xu also realized that Frere personally agreeing to recommend him to commander donder was actually a very ” valuable ” matter. Perhaps only a relative like him could guarantee it.

But Zhao Xu was holding a wine glass that was twice as large as the one he was holding and he kept shaking the glass as if he was quietly savoring the fragrance of the wine. He was also trying to hide the fact that he had been observing the situation.

Donder looked very calm. He even patted the young man’s shoulder from time to time as if he had no burden in his heart.

At this moment, Zhao Xu’s gaze had a sort of ” penetrating ” look to it. He was like a sly old fox who had been in the business world for many years and could easily see through his opponent’s thoughts.

If he didn’t have enough skills, he would use spells.

For tonight’s observation, Zhao Xu had cast a sky-grade level 2 spell, cunning gaze, on himself.

Gillette’s gnomes would use any form of knowledge to ensure that they could achieve their primary goal during negotiations and social interactions. Therefore, they developed this spell. Using a superb skill ability, they could identify the other party’s inner feelings and wishes, and thus suppress the other party’s opinions.

By using magic, Zhao Xu’s four negotiation skills-Bluff, negotiate, intimidate, and observation-had all been enhanced by the level 10 insight bonus.

It was as if he could see through the motivation and desires of the target creature with just a glance.

The few young women just now were also his attempts to do so.

zhao xu, who was wearing a robe, seemed to be the ” observer ” of this lively banquet. his robe also reminded everyone of his identity as a wizard.

no one even dared to get close to zhao xu.

after realizing that there was no movement in flay’s palace for the entire day, zhao xu and antonya discussed it for a while and finally decided to rely on donder, who was observing the mastermind behind the scenes, to tear out the giant net that was behind this.

Otherwise, it would be the red-robed bishops in charge of the parishes of the good gods who would come with him tonight.

“Mr. Zhongxia, come, it’s our turn.”

frere, who had been disappearing for a while, suddenly appeared next to zhao xu. he took zhao xu’s hand and walked straight to the center of the hall. the attendant that always followed after frere also opened up a path for them.

“Commander, let me introduce you. This is my benefactor who saved my life outside the city.” At this moment, Frere walked a few steps away from don and started the conversation with a hearty laugh. He raised his hand and everyone looked at Zhao Xu in the center of the room.

For a moment, many of the participants who were silently paying attention to the situation here sized up this somewhat antisocial mage.

“I’m very happy that the Alliance has such a talented young man.” Donder also said with a smile.

There seemed to be another soul in his eyes.