458 Hitting the Bottleneck (1/2)

He had a rough guess as to who the woman was.

Confirming that the beacon was working and well-hidden, Roland left the secret chamber and returned to the gate of the ice palace. He found the Holy Lady enjoying the sunshine with her hands in her sleeves on an ice stool before the palace.

The Holy Lady seemed like a lazy man at this moment.

Her face was as pretty as before, but for some reason, she did not seem as sexy as before.

It was true that clothes were very important. She looked like a whole different person in different clothes.

”You're going to leave?” Hearing the sound, the Holy Lady looked back and saw Roland. She said lazily, ”Are you done visiting?”

Roland nodded.

To be honest, he really did not expect that his operation would be so smooth that the city he first arrived in would be the Frostwolf Clan's territory, or that he would meet the Winterwolf Holy Lady so easily.

If he had stopped at another city, he might have to go through many more difficulties before he found the Well of Eternity.

The Holy Lady smiled and said, ”So do you think you should leave something behind?”

”Haven't I already paid for the visit?” asked Roland in confusion. ”With the arrangement about the Vienna Opera Company.”

”I'm not talking about that.” The Winterwolf Holy Lady chuckled and said, ”You watched me dance for a long time. The other people all lowered their heads, but you kept staring at me boldly. Although I don't really care, I'm the Winterwolf Holy Lady and I have my dignity.”

Well… Roland pondered for a moment. ”Then what do you want, Your Holiness?”

The Winterwolf Holy Lady yawned. ”What about a donation of a hundred gold coins?”

A hundred gold coins were really a lot.

It was certainly not worth it if one was asked to pay a hundred gold coins for an alluring dance.

But there were other perspectives. For example, the Winterwolf Holy Lady didn't give him a hard time but even offered to take him to the Well of Eternity.

Also, Roland could tell that the Winterwolf Holy Lady was only joking when she proposed the demand.

If she really wanted a hundred gold coins, she wouldn't have said or behaved so unconcernedly.

She probably only wanted to tease Roland and enjoy his embarrassment.

After all, she probably didn't feel very comfortable when a man stared at her while she danced with little clothes on her.

It was sort of a retaliation.

However, it didn't occur to her that Roland was a magnate.

Roland was relieved when she asked for a hundred gold coins.

For him, making money wasn't difficult.

Any problem that could be taken care of with money would be a minor problem.

The Winterwolf Holy Lady was stunned.

While the Froststar Kingdom wasn't short of food, this country wasn't very prosperous in terms of business.

After all, the Froststar Kingdom had nothing to sell except dried fish. They didn't have an assortment of goods.

The world only had a limited demand for dried fish. If possible, ordinary people preferred flour and wheat.

Fish were cuisines for them and couldn't serve as staple food.

Besides, due to the inconvenient transportation, the business environment wasn't the best in the Froststar Kingdom.

Therefore, the Froststar Kingdom was both rich and poor.

As a high and powerful person, the Winterwolf Holy Lady never had to worry about food, but actually, she could only earn about one gold coin per month.

Sometimes, her wages were even lower than that.

Besides, there were lots of female products that she had to buy. They were a lot more expensive since most of them were imported from other places.

Sometimes, she could barely save ten silver coins after a month.

Therefore, in the eyes of the Winterwolf Holy Lady, a hundred gold coins was a huge amount of money that she couldn't gather in her whole life.

She felt that, as a young Mage, Roland could hardly offer ten gold coins, let alone a hundred.

She asked for a hundred gold coins simply to vent her fury.

She didn't see it coming that Roland would really present a hundred gold coins.

The pile of bright gold metal pieces reflected a tillitating light on the ground. The Winterwolf Holy Lady was stunned for a long time. She raised her head and was about to say that she was just kidding.

But Roland had already left while she was shocked.

When he left the city, the captain at the gate saw him and asked him with a smile, ”How did it go? Is the Holy Lady beautiful?”

Roland quietly raised his thumb.

”Haha, you have keen eyes.” The soldier patted Roland's back heavily and laughed. ”You're welcome to come again, but don't stare at the Holy Lady next time you come, or she might remember you. As a woman, she's rather petty. Last time, she yelled at an outsider so harshly when he stared at her that he almost cried.”

She was so tough?

But Roland found her rather amiable.

Leaving the city, Roland set up a magic beacon nearby and then teleported back to Delpon.

He returned to the Magic Tower and greeted Andonara and Vivian, who were both overjoyed. Then, he continued working on the water-making spell.