[Chapter 97 Return Gift]
Gifts Earl Stewart’s unexpected invitation made David feel uncomfortable. He didn’t expect that he had something to do with it: “It’s my honor to be invited by the Earl…”
“Then it’s settled. I’ll send someone to pick you up in the evening.” Earl Sutton-Stewart smiled at David and Sharon, and finally bowed to them politely: “For now, I won’t disturb you two from having dinner.” He
nodded to the servant beside him, and the servant who had already placed the gift box next to him escorted the Earl out of the hotel suite and closed the door politely.
Looking at Earl Sutton-Stewart who came and left in a hurry, David didn’t know how to evaluate this person? A polite and true noble gentleman?
From the look in his eyes when he looked at Sharon, he only saw another meaning of a gentleman. The straightforward and unconcealed look made Sharon feel very uncomfortable, but she didn’t explode because the other party didn’t take any actual action.
As for the look in his eyes when he looked at himself, David simply felt it was strange.
“Are you going to have dinner with the earl?” Sharon turned her head and looked at David: “Didn’t you say before that you would observe the situation?”
“What I want to say is that although I am honored by the earl’s invitation, but…” David spread his hands: “Before I could finish my next words, the earl had already left.”
“This person is playing with human nature.” Sharon saw through Earl Stewart’s tricks.
First, polite greetings, then gifts. Normal people facing a noble who is far superior to themselves but still very polite to them, even if they want to refuse, they will express it as tactfully as possible. At this time, Earl Stewart did not give the other party a chance to express his true meaning, and he said goodbye and left directly.
“This person gives me a bad feeling.” It can even be said that it is very bad. After Sharon came to this world, Earl Stewart should be the person she dislikes the most, no one else.
David didn’t say anything. Earl Stewart’s manners on the surface were very good and impeccable, but the arrogance in his bones was not concealed at all, and it was also displayed vividly.
“Although the actual plot is different from the script, it can be regarded as achieving the goal?” David glanced at Sharon next to him: “Maybe during dinner, Earl Stewart will tear off his disguise and reveal his true nature?”
“If I injure this earl, will it affect your plan?” Watching David pick up the two gift boxes and walk back to the dining table, Sharon, who also returned to the dining table, stared at David: “Injuring an earl in the capital of the kingdom, this should not be a trivial matter.”
“It doesn’t matter.” David didn’t look up, as if he didn’t notice Sharon’s gaze, but just opened the box to look at the gift: “If he really wants to do something to you, you can kill him on the spot.” “Are
you serious?” Sharon originally suspected that David would ask her not to take action in order to obtain the noble status of the Kingdom of Tilan, but she didn’t expect the other party to give such an answer: “In that case, you will also be implicated.” Killing local nobles
in the royal city is completely different from showing martial bravery. It will make Sharon and David stand on the opposite side of the entire upper class of the Kingdom of Tilan in an instant.
At that time, let alone the noble status, the nobles would probably ask for the two to be hanged on the spot.
“Whether it’s the status of aristocracy or something else, the premise for me to get these things is that our own people will not be hurt or offended, whether physically or verbally.”
This is David’s truest thought. In the past, he understood the principle of ‘do not do to others what you do not want others to do to you’. He himself was unwilling to be bullied by the nobles, so why should others endure the oppression of these people?
After activating the golden finger, he valued his personal combat power the most. The fundamental reason was to ensure that he could evaluate his strength and choose to refuse when necessary. This time, he chose to let Sharon accompany him to the capital because he valued that the other party had enough combat power to protect himself and fight back.
He threw the box of jewelry on the table, and then looked at the sword in the long box. The handle and scabbard of this sword were inlaid with gems, which looked very gorgeous, as if it was a decorative sword.
But when David pulled out the blade a little and heard the pleasant sound of the sword, he knew that this gorgeous sword was a real weapon, and its role was not just to hang on the body as an ornament.
The old alchemist, who had never had a sense of presence, turned his head and looked at it when he heard the sound of the sword, and gave his evaluation: “The blade is added with luster gold and broken iron steel. It is a very good long sword. The earl has spent a lot of money.”
By the way, Newton looked at the ruby jewelry in another gift box: “This set of jewelry is not ordinary jewelry. It has some special magical effects.”
“Oh? Can you tell what magic it is?” David was very surprised. He didn’t expect that this was actually a set of magic jewelry? Are there any spells such as shields and fireballs on it?
“It’s just a warm spell that allows the wearer not to be afraid of the cold.” Newton saw the spell effect attached to it at a glance: “In the freezing cold of Tilan, this spell is still very useful.”
“…”
There is no shield, let alone fireball. It is just a jewelry warm baby that allows the wearer to wear those dresses that are not suitable for winter in the cold weather.
“I bet that the person who comes to pick us up tonight will also give you a dress.”
Sharon rolled her eyes speechlessly, and David made his attitude clear: We would rather give up this noble title than suffer a loss! Afterwards, the suspicion that had just arisen in Sharon’s heart had dissipated.
“I don’t want to wear a dress and jewelry given by a stranger.”
“What a coincidence, I thought so too.”
David put the sword back into the box and casually placed it beside the table, and continued to eat.
“David.”
“Hmm?”
“If you don’t talk well with the earl, or even have a falling out, what will happen to your Winter Village?”
“Well…” The piece of meat that was originally sent to his mouth paused for two seconds before being sent to his mouth with a fork. He chewed it hard for a few times: “It depends on how the kingdom will react.”
The best case scenario is that there is no reaction and they are too lazy to care about your remote rural village; the worst case scenario is that they just want to kill David. If it really comes to that, David has no choice. He doesn’t want to die, so of course he will fight to the death with the Kingdom of Tiran.
“This is the worst possible situation.”
I just don’t know what changes will happen to my gold finger at that time? So far, David can only rely on his own exploration and research on this gold finger. He is only sure that the development of the village will allow the gold finger to be upgraded and strengthened to a certain extent, but the specific details are not clear at all.
Even, did the last upgrade of the gold finger obtain the legal recognition of the Kingdom of Tiran? Or did the actual development of Winter Village meet the requirements? He has no way to judge accurately.
This time, I came to the capital with the idea of finding out.
As I said before, it is naturally a good thing to be able to obtain the status of a noble without any loss and the legal recognition of the Kingdom of Tiran.
If something unexpected happens, David is not going to indulge anyone. Even if he cannot defeat the Kingdom of Tiran in a short time, he should forget about “this person”.
After the two finished their meal, Sharon had a better understanding of some of David’s ideas.
Before this, although Sharon had lived in Winter Village for a long time, she and David did not have much contact in private. Her understanding of the village chief was superficial, and she could not even describe David’s specific personality.
“I have to say that you are a little different from what I thought before.”
“What do you mean?”
“Originally, seeing that you were so persistent in wanting to obtain the status of a noble, I thought you were the kind of person who valued power and status very much!”
After listening to Sharon’s evaluation, David did not feel dissatisfied with being misunderstood, but laughed: “In fact, in some ways, I do value these things very much.”
However, he knew that some things could not be abandoned as a price just because he wanted something else. Some things are easy to discard, but difficult to pick up again.
He didn’t say this. After finishing the intermittent lunch, David waited for the waiter to come in and put away the tableware, then took out his bag and started to search.
Sharon, who was originally looking for something to kill time, sat back when she saw David’s action: “What are you looking for?”
“Gifts.” David kept taking out shoe boxes, stockings, cosmetics and other items from his bag. Sharon, who was opposite, had a face full of question marks: “The earl gave a gift when they met, and we can’t go to the banquet empty-handed.”
The other party invited them to the banquet politely and politely, not with a knife on their necks.
In this case, no matter how the follow-up will develop, appropriate etiquette must be followed, and David must present some gifts as a gift.
“I understand what you said, but what are these things you brought?” Sharon looked at the items on the table in front of her. They were all very common “daily necessities”, and they were all women’s products: “Why do you pack these things in your bag?”
“You mean these?” David picked up a repackaged stocking that looked ordinary without any trace of the earth: “If you often chat with your father, you should know how powerful this thing is.”
Sharon was speechless. She knew what David meant, but the key to the problem was not here, right?
“That Earl Sutton-Stewart is a man.” Although high heels and stockings were originally manufactured as men’s products, the dressing style of men in this world is not like the trend of that period on Earth.
David searched for a while and finally determined the type of gift. In addition to several types of socks, there were also combat inner armor of corresponding colors: “As a man, he can hardly resist the charm of these.”
(End of this chapter)