Chapter 44 Diplomatic Maneuvers

Amber Xiu didn’t really want to get involved in other people’s household affairs, but since the headless brother was a guest, he had to give him a few reminders. After the guests were happily drinking the free drinks, Amber Xiu squeezed through the crowd and came to the headless brother’s side.

"Hey, brother Tiga, you come to drink too." The headless brother warmly put his arm around Amber's shoulders and introduced the lion-like female beastman next to him, "This is my brother."

The female orc showed a shy expression and said to Amber, "Master Tiga Ultraman, I have heard of your name. Last time, you used only three sentences here to cheat the holy warriors of the Ryan Empire out of thousands of gold coins. This method is admirable. I am the owner of this bar, Ona Hellfire."

Hellfire, Amberxiu seemed to have heard of this surname. It should be a well-known tribe among the orcs.

Sure enough, another rich woman.

Amber Xiu politely greeted the bar owner, then pulled the headless brother aside and asked in a low voice: "Brother, what have you been doing these days? You are a married man!"

The headless man burped and said nonchalantly, "So what? I didn't do anything. I just came here to have a drink. Can't a married man come out to drink? God of the Dead, I don't even have a head anymore. Don't I have the right to drink?"

"Just drinking? You made that female orc's eyes blurry after drinking so much!"

Amberxiu doesn't believe in just drinking. Anyone with eyes can see that this Ms. Oona Hellfire wants to eat up the Headless Brother.

"Oona...she's a good woman, but I only think of her as a sister."

What a classic scumbag’s statement. Before Amber Xiu traveled through time, anyone who said such a thing would easily be stabbed to death with a kitchen knife.

"Gareth, I have no problem with your love life, but you have to think about it. Once your wife finds out, it might lead to a war."

The Alchemy City needs to go all out to deal with the anger of Miss Bone Dragon. If they are not careful, half of the city will be reduced to ruins, and maybe Amberxiu’s territory will be reduced to ashes.

Hearing Amber Xiu mention his wife, Wu Tou Ge poured himself another glass of wine and said with emotion: "I am beginning to feel that this marriage may be a mistake."

Amber Xiu did not give any response. This was not a topic he could discuss at all.

After transforming into a lich, Amber's heart stopped beating, and there was no hormone secretion that affected his thinking. The past emotional experience was only a faint impression after hundreds of years of wear and tear. Abandoning the joys and sorrows in exchange for a lonely eternal life, this deal may not be a loss, but Amber also slowly felt the side effects. Just like now, he can only stand from the perspective of a bystander and analyze purely with logic.

Amber Xiu couldn't even understand the situation between Headless Brother and his bone dragon wife. Not only were they both undead, but they also had a huge difference in size and species. Yet they could still get married. It only showed that love was truly magical.

Perhaps there is some unknown story between the two.

But before Headless Brother could complain to Amber about his marriage life, the door of the tavern was suddenly pushed open, and a man in a golden red robe walked in, followed by two full-metal constructed robots, which were the puppets of the Alchemy City.

When they saw the man's attire, everyone in the bar put down their glasses and looked at him nervously.

The man wearing the golden-red robe belongs to the governor of the Alchemy City.

Thanks to the Alchemist Council's focus on academics, the administrative structure of the Alchemy City is very simple. From top to bottom, there are only two levels: council members and administrators, all of whom are alchemists.

The administrators are responsible for all practical work including people's livelihood, administration, military affairs, law, etc. Probably only those within their organization can tell who is in charge of which part. Anyway, to outsiders, they all look the same and there is no difference at all.

But everyone in the Alchemy City has a consensus on the Administrators: nothing good will come of this group of people.

Alchemists prefer to hide in their laboratories and fiddle with bottles and jars. Every time they go out to work, they have a stern face, as if everyone owes them millions of gold coins. Unless they have no choice, the governor would rather remotely control the puppets to do the work than actively appear in front of people.

Now, the administrator walked into the bar with a gloomy face. It was obvious that there was a very troublesome matter that needed the administrator to deal with.

Ninety percent of the guests present were adventurers, and ninety percent of adventurers had violated the law before, so everyone was very nervous when they saw the governor appear, fearing that he was here to cause trouble for them. After seeing the governor appear, two drow elves quietly approached the window and prepared to climb out from here.

The administrator held his head high, not paying any attention to the guests' gazes. He walked straight to the bar, took out two bottles of magic potions, and said to the orc bartender, "I'm here to investigate a missing person today. The bottle on the left is a powerful truth serum. Drinking it may cause brain damage and turn you into an idiot. The bottle on the right is a lie detector potion. After drinking it, if you lie, your internal organs will be corroded. Choose one and drink it."

The orc bartender looked at the two bottles of strangely colored potions and looked to his boss for help.

Oona Hellfire stood up, walked up to the administrator, and said, "Sir, we have been operating legally. If you want to investigate anything, just ask directly. We will definitely cooperate. There is no need to use such fierce interrogation methods."

The administrator was only as tall as Ona's shoulders, but he remained indifferent in the face of the female orc who was like a lion.

"This is a diplomatic incident officially raised by the Ryan Empire. It concerns the diplomatic relations between the two countries. There is no room for tolerance. Choose a bottle and drink it, otherwise I will send all of you to prison for not cooperating with the political officer's investigation."

The governor said this with such finality that Ona's ferocious face wrinkled into a ball.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

The headless man put down the glass in his hand and said to the bar owner: "Oona, do you need my help?"

Oona gave the headless man a gentle smile and said, "It's okay, Gareth, I can handle it."

Headless Brother shrugged helplessly, while Amber Xiu breathed a sigh of relief.

This administrator was lucky, as he was almost beaten into a pulp.

Ona said to the orc bartender, "Tell the truth and don't hide anything." This meant that he should choose the lie detector potion. As long as he didn't lie, there shouldn't be any problem.

The bartender was helpless, but he could only grit his teeth and drink the polygraph.

After he finished drinking the polygraph potion, the administrator asked, "Did a paladin named Alan Watson come here a few days ago?"

Hearing this question, Amber Xiu also put down the wine glass in his hand.

Diplomacy? That's how it works, right?

(End of this chapter)