Chapter 686: Educational methods!
Alice didn't know that the man she was obsessed with, Gervis, was just outside the hall door and was driven away by her father as a playboy.
Instead, he briefly introduced the origins of those humans, saying that they were islanders living on overseas islands and that he also grew up on that island, so he brought them along when he returned to the elves this time.
Edward naturally would not doubt it, nor was there any need to doubt it. Since those humans could get along well with the elves, it must have a lot to do with the new elven queen.
Moreover, the elven queen in front of her indeed only appeared this year, which was consistent with her statement.
After saying that, Alice said to Anna.
"Anna, take out the gifts you prepared for Duke Edward!"
"Yes! Your Majesty!"
When Anna heard Alice's words, she responded without hesitation and immediately took out a large wooden box from the space ring in her hand.
Of course, the space ring on Anna's hand is not her own, but Alice specially gave her her own space ring to wear before she set off.
The purpose was to let Anna present the gift in the name of the human race and to sever the overly close relationship with the elves.
Otherwise, if these humans and elves appear too close, it may backfire and cause some city lords who do not want to see the elves regain their glory to refuse this matter.
When the wooden box was placed safely on the floor of the hall, Anna immediately stepped forward and opened it. She saw four silver pots and an exquisite crystal wine bottle inside.
This crystal wine bottle was made based on the notes left behind by Gervis.
In fact, after Gervis learned that he had magic grapes, he had been thinking about how to sell the magic wine at a sky-high price.
This crystal wine bottle is a masterpiece of that time. The appearance of the bottle is ordinary, flat and round like the bottles of foreign wine in previous lives.
However, this flat and round bottle is made of crystal, so you can see the purple-red wine inside at a glance.
This combination was a huge shock to Edward and others who were seeing such a bottle of wine for the first time.
The wine in the fully transparent crystal bottle is no longer just a drink, but more like a work of art, because the crystal bottle and the wine are really very ornamental.
"Duke Edward, this is the specialty wine we brought from overseas. It's for you. I hope you can allow us to join the Holy Alliance because we are both human!"
Anna immediately followed Alice's instructions, picked up the bottle of crystal wine and handed it to Duke Edward, begging!
"This is wine! I didn't expect that a wine jug could be made from crystal! What a wonderful design!"
Edward had also drunk wine. His granddaughter had bought a bottle of wine from the Leng Feicui Manor and gave it to him. Needless to say, the taste was extremely delicious!
But later, due to the small amount of wine, he never drank it again. He could only wait until Leng Feicui Manor received the wine. Unexpectedly, the Elf Queen brought this as a gift this time.
It was only then that Edward remembered that the manager of the Leng Jade Manor said that this wine was obtained by the Holy Trading Company from the elves.
If Alice and the others had given Edward something like gold coins, he would definitely not have accepted it, but he was ready to accept the wine.
He was also a principled man. He accepted the gift and immediately said to Alice and Anna with a smile.
"I accept your gifts. My Sky City agrees with this matter, but the other holy cities still need you to resolve it yourselves. If you think it's time to start over and make a new decision, I will help you host a meeting again!"
It’s not Edward’s fault for being materialistic. After all, no one is obligated to help anyone for no reason.
Moreover, Edward had neither agreed nor objected originally, so it was normal for him to accept the gift and change his position at this time.
"Thank you, Duke Edward!"
Although Alice remained dignified on the surface, she was overjoyed in her heart. This was a good start for her.
Afterwards, Alice and Edward continued chatting for a while and then chose to say goodbye!
When Alice left the manor in the Sky City, Gervis was sitting in the hall not far away listening to Laci and Adela chatting.
When Laci first saw Gervis, he was a little reserved. After all, Gervis was a famous god of death!
But when Gervis occasionally smiled at him, Laqi finally felt relieved.
"Adela, Harry's gone!"
After exchanging a few polite words with Adela, Laci told her the real reason why he came to find Adela.
"Huh? Why is it gone?!"
Adela didn't react for a moment. She hadn't been to the college in these days, so she didn't know what was going on there.
"I haven't seen Harry since I attended your party that day. He went to your birthday party with me, but I didn't see him when I came back!"
"I thought he might have gone back on his own because of the chaos, but I went to look for him twice afterwards and never saw him again!"
"how so!"
Adela glanced at Gervis unconsciously. One reason was that Gervis had always passed notes to her through the books he lent to Harry, so she wondered if Gervis knew about this matter.
The second was that Adela suddenly remembered that she noticed that day that Gervis's clothes were similar in style and color to Harry's clothes.
But later on, because Gervase knew fighting skills and Harry knew magic, it seemed impossible.
But now that I think about it, I feel a little uncertain again.
When Gervis saw Adela looking at him, he remembered that his clothes that day actually had a big flaw, but fortunately Adela was just suspicious.
Gervis immediately looked into Adela's eyes. Adela immediately turned her head away embarrassedly, then thought for a moment and said to Laci.
"Laki, I'll ask my grandfather to help look for it later! Although the scene was chaotic that night, all the people in the New Temple were killed, so Harry shouldn't be in any trouble!"
In any case, Harry disappeared from the party, so Adela naturally had to look for him.
Of course, she actually doubted whether Gervis was Harry, but if Gervis didn't want to say it, Adela wouldn't ask.
"That's good! I hope Harry is okay!"
Laci responded immediately, and then the few of them sat in the hall and started chatting.
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Time flies and it's two days later. There is still one day left before the competition for the quota starts.
At noon, Alice returned to the manor feeling a little tired.
In addition to visiting the Sky City’s base in the past two days, she also visited the other eleven Holy City bases in succession.
These are the other eleven top holy cities except the Sky City.
Unfortunately, the city lords behind were not as easy to talk to as Duke Edward of Sky City.
In two days, Alice only persuaded two holy city lords. Together with Duke Edward, that means there are only three city lords willing to approve Stormwind City to join the Holy Alliance.
The other nine companies all made exorbitant demands and wanted countless benefits.
Especially when they saw the wine gift that Anna took out, several city lords actually wanted to use the wine as a bargaining chip.
For example, Hulton of the Golden Shield family was the most greedy. He actually asked directly for the wine recipe and wine seeds.
The final result is predictable, and naturally it ended in a bad mood.
Although this wine has not yet caused a sensation in the entire Holy Continent, that is only because few people know about it.
From the fact that all these city lords accepted the wine, we can see that wine has a very large market in the Holy Continent. It is the biggest reliance for the development of the elves and Gervis's ministers. Naturally, Alice would not hand it over.
"Alice, are you tired? Why don't you take a few days' rest? Tomorrow is the official start of the competition!"
Seeing his daughter with a tired face, Olde sat down opposite Alice and gave her some advice.
This sacred continent is not Eurasia. In Eurasia, with the background of the Jones family, they can call the shots.
However, the elves in this sacred continent are now a declining and backward race. Although they are not in danger of extinction, they can only live in seclusion.
If you want to discuss anything with the human race, you will be at a complete disadvantage.
"Father, I'm not tired!"
Although she was really tired, but thinking of Gervis, Alice turned her head away and refused to give up easily.
"You have now visited all twelve of the Holy Alliance's top holy cities!"
Alder reminded.
"I want to try it in other holy cities!"
Alice did not give up and had already set her sights on the holy cities other than the twelve top holy cities.
"That's fine, but let's talk about it after the competition is over!"
In fact, Olde really wanted to remind his daughter that although those holy cities were relatively independent, the top holy cities could actually have a considerable influence on them.
If the city lords who rejected Alice passed on the message, there would be no point for her to go to other holy cities.
But after thinking about it, Olde finally didn't say it.
This time, the reason why Olde let Alice negotiate all matters on her own and deliberately downplayed his presence was actually largely because he wanted to hone Alice.
This is exactly how Eurasia educates heirs.
As for whether it is possible for Olde himself to resolve the matter, of course it is possible.
Although the elves have declined, they still have a lot of wealth left over.
For example, some lost potion formulas of the human race, some lost magic books of the human race, and so on.
Olde had collected and seen all of these when he traveled around the continent, so these things alone were enough to make deals with those holy cities.
I promise that Alice will meet the protagonist tomorrow...
(End of this chapter)
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