At noon, next to a lake in the forest outside Reed City.
Rey and Emily stood there without speaking, each in a daze or thinking about something.
There was a sudden sound in the forest, the sound of a carriage's wheels.
No, that was no ordinary carriage. The one pulling the carriage was actually a C-class monster, which looked like a mighty wolf.
If Rey hadn't killed one with his own hands yesterday, he would have been really frightened by this scene.
The carriage looks quite grand, engraved with various patterns, and looks very expensive.
Rey was secretly on guard because he could not see the strength of the female knight who acted as the driver at all.
Is this the prince of this country? It is said that he hid his whereabouts when he came out this time.
Rey was full of expectations to see what the prince of this other world would be like. As a result, only one maid got out of the car, and she closed the door tightly so that he could not see anything.
The maid looked sweet but looked at Rey and Emily with quite cold eyes.
She brought a beautiful box and looked at Rey coldly. "Here are the gold coins. Give me the contract, and the deal can be established."
Rey took out a golden contract book, which was the one he had used.
When the maid saw it, her eyes narrowed and she reached out to take it.
Rey pulled his hand back, avoiding the maid's hand.
The other party obviously looked down upon him, and their attitude now made him a little unhappy.
Rey stared back with cold eyes. "The person I want to trade is a prince. How can I know that you are not fakes?"
The maid frowned and released her magic pressure. She turned out to be an intermediate magician.
She stretched out her hand again, but this time Rey dodged it.
A wave of magic power that was not weaker than hers offset her momentum.
The maid never imagined that the slave merchant in this small town was in the same realm as herself.
Early this morning, Rey went to the city lord's mansion to negotiate the orphanage. Regardless of the city lord's obstruction, he paid another ten gold coins. He had already broken through to the intermediate level of magician.
The maid was surprised for a moment, then regained her composure.
Genius, who is not?
She glanced at the female knight sitting at the front of the car. The female knight immediately understood what she meant and unleashed pressure on her.
A genuine high-level magician.
Feeling the pressure, Rey couldn't help but swallow his saliva.
"It's really interesting; please stop."
A male voice came from the carriage, and a handsome young man walked out slowly. His blond hair and golden eyes were particularly distinctive, which was the symbol of the royal family of this country.
Seeing him come out, the maid and the female knight quietly retreated behind him.
Naveen Rooney glanced at Emily first and then walked to Rey.
"To be honest, I thought the person coming would be a cunning slave trader. I really look down on those people."
Rey looked at the prince's appearance and had to say that he looked perfect and impeccable in appearance.
He smiled and said, "Does His Highness the Prince think I am different?"
"Of course it's different," Naven's majestic golden eyes fell on Rey. "You are very young and have no resources, but you have already caught up with the second echelon of geniuses in the kingdom. How about it? Are you interested in being me?"
Rey smiled and said, "I don't know how much reward His Highness the Prince gave me."
As soon as he finished speaking, the maid's expression changed, and she scolded, "How presumptuous. It is your honor to work for His Highness, and you even negotiate for remuneration."
After she finished speaking, Naven tilted his head and said to her, "It doesn't matter. Those who have made merit should indeed be rewarded. You are a maid trained by the royal family. Naturally, your thoughts are different from those of ordinary people."
The maid lowered her head. "Yes, Your Highness."
Rey looked at Naven and looked over again, seeming to be waiting for his answer.
He thought for a while, "If I become a subordinate, can I go to other cities, but I won't follow you, His Highness?"
"This won't work."
"Then I'll refuse. I have other things to do recently."
Seeing that the maid was about to explode again, this time the female knight stopped her in advance.
When Naven heard Rey's rejection, he seemed to sigh out of pity.
"Then I won't force you. Let's talk about the transaction."
"Okay," Rey said with a smile, "for fifty gold coins, I will give her to you, right?"
He pointed at Emily, who until now had lowered her head and remained silent.
Naven took the box from the maid and handed it directly to Rey, showing his calmness.
"Count it first. The number is correct. Just give me the contract paper."
Rey was also unceremonious. Under the murderous gaze of the maid and the surprised gaze of the female knight, he really started to count the gold coins one by one.
He even counted it twice.
Rey smiled brightly and said, "Exactly fifty coins, Your Highness. Happy transaction."
Naven also smiled, watching Rey rummage for the contract paper from his body, and he spoke to Emily.
"Miss Knight of the Kingdom of Light, we haven't seen each other for a year."
Emily raised her head and glanced at him. "Your Highness, the Second Prince, will the conditions you promised still come true?"
"Certainly."
Naven's words made hope appear in Emily's eyes.
But the next moment.
"It's just that the time may be delayed a little bit."
Emily said in a daze, "What do you mean?"
Naven showed a gentle smile and explained to her in a patient tone.
"You think we don't need to be fully prepared to launch a battle against the demons? I have to find a suitable alliance. This will take time. It will definitely not be possible to send troops immediately; at least it will take several years."
"fraud."
"No, don't slander me. I will indeed agree to what you promised, but we didn't set a time, right?"
Emily bit her lower lip; her red eyes were red, and her eyes were full of wavering.
At the same time, an astonishing torrent of magic power surged out; the golden magic power was dazzling, and the terrifying momentum pressed down on everyone.
Naven's face turned a little pale. In front of the woman who was once the first knight of the Kingdom of Light, he, a prince who was one step away from being a high-level magician, looked a little ridiculous.
The female knight burst out her magic power to protect him, and Naven shouted at Rey, "Why do you want to untie her magic power?"
Rey carefully put the box full of gold coins into the storage bag and then replied calmly, "Anyway, she can't hurt me and won't run away, so it doesn't matter."
Naven was so depressed that he vomited blood.
Is this okay? Rey is fine, but others are not.
Emily took a stance to attack but did not take action. Instead, she looked at Rey.
Others didn't know it, but she knew very well that Rey had a special method that could completely stop her, but he didn't do it.
Rey has been shown to be very greedy for money from time to time. During the battle, he even searched for corpses and took out magic stones from monsters he killed, but he did not hesitate when it came to providing money to build an orphanage.
If you think about it carefully, he may not be greedy for money, and I have never understood him.
If she attacks the prince, it will cause big trouble for him, but he has no intention of stopping her.
Before Emily was carried away by anger, she suddenly regained consciousness because she knew that her actions would harm Rey.
She wondered wilfully if he would help her if she asked him for help.
Because she really doesn't want to be alone anymore.
"Rey, can you...not sell me out?"
She looked into Rey's eyes tremblingly, and there was a rare hint of helplessness in the young man's eyes.
Then he just smiled slightly.
"Sure."
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