409 Arrival at Bluewater Harbor (2/2)

When it was dawn, Roland left the Magic Tower and went to Reed Village by teleportation.

Then, he rang the bell of Cage's manor. Soon, Cage walked down with a woman in heavy makeup that looked like a prostitute.

Roland raised his eyebrow.

Cage stuffed a silver coin into the woman's cleavage and said to her, ”Your service is quite good. I'll ask for you again next time.”

The woman hesitated with the silver coin. In the end, she sighed at Cage and left unwillingly.

After she left, Cage directed Roland to his living room and smiled. ”You must've been embarrassed to see that. Please don't tell Andonara. I would rather keep my image as an uncle before her.”

Roland nearly coughed up the tea in his mouth. He said helplessly, ”With all the dirty talk you spoke in front of Andonara, I'm sure that your image has been ruined since a long time ago.”

Cage chuckled but didn't say anything.

Roland thought for a moment and asked, ”Why don't you marry again if you have such a strong need? It shouldn't be hard for you to find another beautiful lady, right?”

”Forget it.” Cage shook his head. ”As you know, the Reeds are cursed. I already got my wife killed. I would rather not harm anyone else.”

Roland sighed.

Sensing that the atmosphere was heavy, Cage changed the topic. ”Right, how is Anna?”

”She's doing fine. Healthy and pretty.”

”She's a lot stronger than before, isn't she?” asked Cage.

Roland was briefly stunned. ”You know about that?”

”I heard it. The Bards in many taverns were singing about her stories where she killed the black leaf Golden Sons. The descendants of the Hero bloodline always grow fast when they remove evils,” Cage said in great comfort. ”I know that she was avenging me and the victims in Winterwind, so I'm quite happy.”

Now that they were talking about Andonara, Roland seized the chance to take out the gifts from his Backpack and stacked them in a corner of the living room.

Though the gifts weren't expensive, they were a gesture of love.

After Roland sat down again, Cage smiled and said, ”You must be here for something else, aren't you?”

As a senior who had traveled to a lot of places and met a lot of people, he knew that Roland had a purpose here.

Roland nodded and told him about the fiery sword.

Cage shook his head unconcernedly. ”The book did not mention the fate of the Hero equipment, so I'm not sure if the fiery sword you described is the one that Kelter used. You can take it if you want. Why bother asking me?”

”The sword belongs to the Reeds.”

”Anna is a member of this family too. It's fine for her to claim it, isn't it?” Cage said angrily. ”Don't think that we won't acknowledge her anymore after she follows you.”

Well… Roland felt that he had underestimated Cage's generosity.

After chit-chatting with Cage for a while, Roland said goodbye to him. After all, the rest of the team were waiting for him to go to Bluewater Harbor.

Teleporting back to Delpon from Reed Village, Roland shook his dizzy head and met the fully-armed Andonara, lightly-suited Vincent, and the girl from the Water God Church at the city gate.

The Priest girl was named Liz. She seemed to be a college student.

The system Backpack of the players was very convenient.

Roland bought a carriage, and Liz drove it. They did not hire a driver.

As a Priest of the Water God Church, she worked hard to make money every day, and she had ridden too many carriages.

She even picked up a specialization, Carriage Familiarity. Not only could she drive a carriage smoothly and quickly , but even the horses would need less food.

It was not scientific at all.

Bluewater Harbor was not far from Delpon, and there was no trouble on the way. It only took them five days to reach the gate of Bluewater Harbor.

Before they entered the city, they had smelled the intense stink of seawater.

The city gate was wide open, and caravans were entering and exiting busily.

More importantly, no taxes were levied on those who entered the city, exactly like Delpon after Roland controlled it.

In the city, Roland looked at the streets that were even busier than those in Delpon and remarked, ”The mayor of this city must've either hired players as advisors or been usurped by players, like in Delpon.”

Vincent asked in surprise, ”How so?”

”The business atmosphere here is too intense. Also…” Pointing at a team who was patrolling the street, Roland said, ”Do you not find their gait familiar?”

The patrolling team was strutting in goose steps, like soldiers who were trained for parades.