[Chapter 100: An unexpected gain]
Although Earl Stuart was very enthusiastic, as if David was his half-brother who had been separated for many years and finally reunited today.
But David was not happy at all. He felt that he had become Earl Stuart’s life confidant for no reason, which was more like scolding him.
After returning an awkward but polite smile, David and Earl Stuart had a brief chat, asked about some related content of the party, and accepted the other party’s invitation.
But then David declined the invitation to visit Earl Stuart’s home and personally sent the earl out of the hotel.
Looking at the carriage that the earl got on, David stood there and looked for a few seconds before turning around and returning to the hotel.
Newton had returned to his room to rest, and put the hammer of judgment in the living room so that David would not have to knock on his door when he needed it.
Sharon was waiting for him to come back, probably wanting to ask David some questions.
David just waved his hand to signal her not to speak. Then, under Sharon’s gaze, he sat on the chair next to the window, took out an electronic device from the bag on his back, and put the headphones connected to it into his ears.
“…”
Sharon blinked and looked at it for a while, and immediately realized what David was doing. David had the receiving device of the bug in his hand. Sharon was not surprised that David could get this thing. She was just curious about when David got it? And where did he install the bug?
“Carriage?”
David nodded. Sharon walked to the door of the room and leaned against the wall with his shoulders hugged.
David, who had adjusted the signal band, listened carefully to the sound coming from the headphones. He was not sure if he could hear what he wanted to know. But he was idle anyway. What if he got lucky and happened to hear some useful information? Especially when David noticed that Earl Stewart was not sitting in the carriage alone.
After a period of silence, voices of conversation began to appear in the headphones…
“You should insist on inviting that young man. This is different from what we agreed.” A man in a clean dress sat opposite Earl Sutton-Stewart. His dress was different from that of the servants, but under the cover of Earl Stuart’s gorgeous dress, his existence was easily overlooked: “You should understand that this person is a good chess piece.”
“You take it for granted. With that young man’s character, he will not agree if I continue to insist on inviting him.” Earl Sutton-Stewart closed his eyes as if he was resting, and did not even look at the man opposite: “I have seen many young people like this, you have to trust my judgment. If it weren’t for you, I would even wait a few more days before coming to see him, and I would not invite him to the party in a few days.”
“I believe in your judgment. I have seen many vivid examples over the years. Your judgment of people is always so accurate.”
“So, what are you worried about? Are you afraid that someone will get there first and take away the credit?” Earl Stewart opened his eyes a little and looked at the man in front of him: “Don’t worry at all, Beram. Your companions will never succeed.”
Beram didn’t say anything, but there was a slight abnormality on his face.
Earl Stewart was keenly aware of this abnormal reaction, and his expression of not caring about it disappeared instantly. He warned the other party in a solemn and serious tone: “I don’t want to say similar things again. Go back and tell your companions that the Kingdom of Tilan is not the Holy Kingdom of Gaunt. This is not a place where you can do whatever you want.”
“…” Beram didn’t say anything else, allowing Earl Stewart to express his dissatisfaction.
After realizing that it was useless to say more, Earl Stewart just snorted heavily, closed his eyes again and pretended to sleep, preparing to recover more of the energy that was consumed too much last night…
David opened his eyes, took off his headphones, turned off the receiver, and put the receiving device away properly.
After David finished doing these things, Sharon walked up to David and took a chair to sit opposite him: “What’s wrong?”
“Out of range.”
“You actually went to test the reception range this morning?” Sharon suddenly realized why David got up so early.
“Yes.” David got up early in the morning just to try where he could receive the bug signal in the earl’s house.
“…” Sharon suddenly became curious. How many bugs did David install?
“Two.” David raised his hand and made a ‘(＾－＾)V’ gesture: “One on the carriage and one on the dining table.”
Sharon nodded. She did not ask why the bug was installed on the carriage. When she found that the carriage had a strong sound insulation effect yesterday, she also thought that the carriage was very suitable for discussing private matters.
Moreover, the carriage can move continuously to prevent people from lurking nearby, further reducing the possibility of being eavesdropped. However, no matter how cautious Earl Stewart was, he would never have thought that someone would be able to eavesdrop on his conversation with the advanced technology products of another world.
“Did you hear any useful information?”
“That Earl is cooperating with certain people.”
David suspected that the man named Beram was sent by the Temple. These people in the Temple seemed to want to make trouble in the Kingdom of Tiran.
It was not difficult to guess what the specific thing was. The Kingdom of Tiran was the only country in the human kingdom that did not respect the Temple. The Temple wanted to radiate its influence into this country, and it was not surprising to do anything. It was a very normal choice to cooperate with the dignitaries of the Kingdom of Tiran.
Sharon also gave a similar guess to David after retelling what she heard: “Moreover, this man named Beram seemed to have set his sights on us… Why did he set his sights on us?”
“What’s so strange about this? If you can’t open up the situation in the capital of the Kingdom of Tiran, it’s not difficult to understand that you can try to change direction.” Through the news he overheard this time, David felt that the appearance of the assassin was not surprising.
Since the Temple could send people to cooperate with the dignitaries in the capital of Tiran, it could naturally cooperate with the dignitaries in Iron Tree Castle. The assassin might have been sent by a noble in Iron Tree Castle to deal with David. The assassin might have thought that he was just doing a small favor at the time, but he didn’t expect that he would kick David’s iron plate.
Who is the mastermind behind the scenes? The Forrest family is the most suspicious.
“First occupy the more remote areas of the Kingdom of Tiran, and then influence the capital through various places.” This time, the man named Beram seemed to want to list his Winter Village as an occupyable area: “From the conversation between the two people, we can know that the people sent by the Temple to the Kingdom of Tiran also have many internal conflicts.”
Sharon also noticed this situation, but she didn’t know whether it was a good thing or a bad thing for David?
“Of course it’s a good thing. If it wasn’t for this situation, how could the Earl come to us so quickly?” Obviously, the Earl’s attitude towards the two people has changed dramatically, from two new toys to targets that need to be conquered in order to maintain a relationship with partners.
The key to the change is Beram.
This change in role positioning also gave David room to maneuver: “If I’m not mistaken, at this party, Earl Stuart will most likely actively promote the upgrading of Winter Village to Winter Town.”
“Well, he will also make you a baron.”
“This, shouldn’t be the case…”
The Earl liked to play with people’s hearts, and he must have understood that he couldn’t put all his chips on at once. Giving benefits bit by bit and continuously is easier to establish a long-term relationship than paying it off in one lump sum, and it is also helpful to implement various plans later.
“By the way, have you anticipated this situation?” Sharon and David discussed for a while, and suddenly realized something: “Otherwise, how could you install the bugs in advance?”
“How is it possible? I don’t know how to predict the spell.” Fording jokingly called him a prophet, and Varian believed in his identity as a prophet, but David’s prophecy can only be used in those familiar worlds, which does not include here: “Just for the sake of safety, I installed two bugs.”
He felt that installing two bugs was not troublesome, and perhaps he could get more information about Earl Stewart. If he was lucky, he could also hear how the Earl would “arrange” him and Sharon next, so that he could make some preparations in advance to deal with various possible situations.
The information he heard today was a pure unexpected gain.
“You are so lucky.”
“I have always had good luck.” David nodded and accepted Sharon’s praise calmly.
After all, not everyone can live two lives, get a golden finger in the second life, get help from various familiar people in the previous life, and master the mysterious power that he could only feel in the game before.
If everyone thinks they are unlucky, what does it take to be lucky?
“At least SSS level.”
“Yes, yes, that’s right.” Sharon responded several times, and then seriously thought about the information she heard today. What kind of impact will it have on Winter Village?
Furthermore, what impact will it have on herself? She lives in Winter Village, and she will continue to live in Winter Village for quite some time in the future.
Sharon is very different from the others. That is, she cannot return to her own world at any time, so she attaches great importance to the situation in Winter Village.
As she was thinking about it, she suddenly thought of a problem she had overlooked: it seemed that since the appearance of Earl Stuart, her identity had been misunderstood.
Because of her disgust for the earl, she has not explained to the earl until now that her relationship with David is not what he thinks.
“It seems like I have suffered a loss, but it seems that I have not lost anything?”
(End of this chapter)