Chapter 648 (1/2)
The king's city of the Kingdo extreme political turbulence Even Yorko, who did not normally partake in politics, could easily perceive the underlying tension
Since the new king ascended the throne, residences had been constantly broken in and searched by soldiers Rumors about rebellions of lords at the border ren coely reduced, and even Yorko's caravan had suspended the slave trades
According to Hill, Appen Moya had not only taken in slaves frodom of Wolfheart but had also liberated theood deed, but unfortunately, the act ihtest about the interruption of the business, for he did not see any potential losses from it The cavaran was provided by Denise, and there was no overhead cost of trading in slaves He did not really care about that littleas he was still the adom of the Graycastle, sooner or later he would find the other profitable business opportunities
On the other hand, there had been soress in the formation of the alliance
Three days after the coronation of Appen, Yorko was summoned to the palace and was inquired about the details of the alliance agree After Appen learned that the church had suffered a serious defeat at Coldwind Ridge, he delightedly put his fingerprint on the agreehts, the first task His Majesty had assigned to hioodAll his self-coht by an airy comment of Hill's
”It was too late I'uard said ”Besides, His Majestytreats witches Timothy, who carried the same hostile attitude, was the best example You may keep the parchment for yourself as a souvenir”
It was a well-known fact that Roland Wimbledon liked witches However, Yorko did not think Roland would be that defiant and stupid as to break the deal with the neighbor because of them
Even if His Majesty dreaded the attitude of the King of Daitches, he could do nothing about it After all, the Moyas had been reigning over the Kingdoenerations, and Appen, as the ruler of the country, could e his realm however he liked nobody could ever interfere in their do said that, Yorko still sided with his old friend He wondered as pretty and remarkable as witches were, how they could possibly be de to shake off these trifles that had been bothering him He was es for His Majesty As to political co to do with hiot some time, Yorko planned to first ht
He was just about to set out when the eldest son of the Luoxi Faarded this unexpected visit as evil forebodings This ood news to him Otto had earlier claimed that the infordom of Graycastle would preserve or devastate Later, he had whined about the disastrous change in the new king's character Every piece of news he had brought had delivered Yorko a headache If Hill had not insisted on keeping in touch with Otto Luoxi, Yorko would have sinore his presence
He sent for Hill at once and ushered Otto into the living rooain?”
”No, not for now” Otto poured hiot plans tonight?”
”Yes” Yorko lied He hoped Otto would back off Denise would bestow hiive hiht
”Put it off then I want to ask you a favor” Otto handed him a black envelope
Yorko opened it and found an invitation card with a seal of a pitch-black dragon head on it, one identical to the pattern on a gold royal
After reading the letter, Yorko shook his head ”You want o to the exhibition with you? I don't have money to help you bid”
In fact, Denise had taken him to this kind of exhibition a few times The commodities were indeed of extreh A bid of 1,000 gold royals was fairly common in an auction Yorko wondered where these wealthy merchants had collected all their money from
Otto drained the teacup ”You don't need to worry about ”
”Tell me about it” Hill, who seated himself next to Yorko, put in
Otto answered in a low voice, ”I've heard that there'll be a witch for sale in this auction”