Chapter 181: A plan of bad taste

Richard smiled and shook his head, without making any response, and continued to patrol with the two people. In a blink of an eye, they arrived at the commercial street. No matter how much these merchants hated the demons, they still had to make money. For example, the owner of the restaurant where Onyxia was staying now had no special opinion of him because of the dragon horns on Onyxia's head. They all carried plates with a happy look on their faces. After all, they hadn't seen such a big eater for many years.

However, most of the merchants still had unfriendly eyes. Richard looked around. Food was sold here, groceries were sold in the front, and clothing was sold in the front.

After walking around, Richard asked Diluka, "These merchants still have resistance to us."

Richard smiled and said, "I guess in their eyes, we invaders are not good people, not to mention that we have our own business group. Diluka, do you have any good ideas?"

Diluka looked up and down for a while, thinking for a long time but still had no idea.

Richard twisted his neck and said, "This matter is not urgent, you can think about it slowly."

Diluka smiled and said, "Okay, Richard, I will try my best to help you."

"Thank you."

"That..." Fina, who had been silent, raised her hand.

Richard asked curiously, "Fina, do you have any ideas?"

"Yes." Fina glanced at Diluka and continued, "When we start the war, can we reuse these merchants who have received Diluka's blessings? Compared to us, these people trust the goddess more. If we reuse them, their favorability towards us will also increase. Moreover, our collection is not compulsory, and the merchants will not suffer too much. Our caravans can also be freed up to carry out other activities. Kill two birds with one stone."

Richard stood under the tree thinking motionlessly. It was not until Onyxia came back that Richard spoke: "It's feasible, and this is more or less a reward for believing in Diluka. These people will believe in you more."

Diluka said happily: "Thank you, Richard."

Richard waved his hand: "Let's go."

Back in the capital of Glaze, Primathis piled a pile of documents on Richard's desk.

"Oh my god, why are there so many?"

Richard felt a headache looking at so many documents that he needed to deal with. Primatis spread his hands comically: "You and Vashj are not here, I can't make the final decision on these matters, and I can't take the responsibility if anything goes wrong. What's more, you have rested for so many days, it's time to work."

Richard sighed: "It can't be so many, how long will it take to finish it, it gives me a headache just looking at it."

Although he said so, Richard's hands were not idle, he had already picked up the first piece of paper and started reading it.

"You have to do your job, Fina, go make a pot of coffee to wake up Lord Richard."

"No, no, no, no!" Richard quickly stretched out his hand to stop Fina, "Don't make coffee, I feel sleepy after drinking that stuff, just make some tea as usual."

"Okay."

Fina closed the door, and Primadis asked, "I heard from Fina that you want to reuse merchants who believe in Diluka?"

Richard replied, "Yes, that's right."

Primadis was a little confused: "Why did you suddenly make such a decision? Is it really like what Fina said, that you want to change the local residents' views on the demons?"

Richard put down the paper in his hand, raised his head and said, "There is a part of the reason. You know, we won't stay here for too long. Although force can solve most problems, it will bring us a lot of trouble. I hope to have a rear that can create value and provide security, rather than a rear that brings us trouble and requires us to spend a lot of energy to deal with."

Primadis nodded: "What about the other part?"

Richard smiled maliciously: "The other part is Diluka."

Primadis frowned: "Diluka?"

"Well, I'm going to improve my liking for her."

"Kindness?" Primadis was stunned for a moment. "Aren't you going to use the stem to heal the hole?"

"Pfft. Ahem." Richard was a little embarrassed. "How do you know that?"

"Vashj told me."

"Hiss." Richard took a breath of cool air. "Why does she tell you everything?"

Primadis shrugged. Richard smiled and shook his head and continued, "That's what I thought at first, but it didn't work very well. After capturing Ligredo, I had a new idea."

Primadis asked with a gossipy look on his face, "What is it? What is it?"

Richard smiled wickedly, and just as he was about to say it, there was a knock on the door.

"Ahem, come in!" Richard immediately pretended to be upright. Primadis pulled down the corners of his mouth and made a funny expression, admiring Richard's face-changing skills. Richard glared at her and pretended to look at a document.

Fina brought in tea, and Richard knocked on the table and said, "Put it here."

"Okay, Lord Richard."

"Well, Fina, go get some dessert for Primadis, this guy is greedy."

Primadis looked at Richard in surprise. Fina turned her head away, and Primadis immediately showed an apologetic expression. Fina smiled and joked, "Sister Primadis, aren't you losing weight? Why do you want to eat dessert?"

"Ah, that..." Primadis said insincerely, "It's okay to eat it occasionally, why don't you make it for me?"

"How could that be." Fina smiled and curled her eyes. "I'm just curious that sister Primathis, who never eats desserts, would be interested in this. Wait a moment, I'll make it now."

Fina closed the door and pulled it from the outside. After confirming that it was closed, she took the tray of teacups to the kitchen.

In the room, Primathis glared at Richard: "You can't even tell a lie! I'm not Onyxia, why should I eat dessert! Fortunately, Fina took my face into consideration!"

"Hehehe!" Richard smiled, "You are not bad at changing your face."

"My teacher taught me that the soldiers are like the superiors."

"Then I'll take this as a compliment."

"Whatever." Primathis rolled his eyes.

"Ahem." Richard cleared his throat. "I continued. After chatting with that old pervert Yu Zesheng a few times, I felt that it was a very tempting thing to make the goddesses fall. After playing a game with Ligredo last time, this desire became even stronger. However, Diluka is now at least half sincere in helping us, so I plan to keep her. This time is also to increase her favorability and trust. I am curious, what would she be like if she witnessed the fall of her sisters with her own eyes? Would she save her sisters or choose to remain silent for the stability of the people?"

"You...you really have a bad taste."