Chapter 251: 250 The Scarlet Consul and Her Counselor with a Full Load of Money

Chapter 251 250.The Scarlet Consul and her advisors who returned with a full load of money
Later that night, Murphy received a message from Miriam.

She had already completed the three-day negotiation with the financial representatives of the Kingdom of Nordtorf and signed a memorandum and a series of clauses, and was only waiting for tonight’s dinner to end before she set off to return to Scarlet Castle.

Murphy also expressed his considerable satisfaction with this.
Miriam, the redhead is getting more and more comfortable with her role, the vampire-hating daughter of the village headman is now able to serve as the representative of the vampire lords without any psychological barrier, and really participate in the “continental politics”, which used to be unattainable to her in the circle.

Compared to her progress, the performance of herself, Maxim and Adele in the field of “progress” in this period of time is really a bit sad.

So, is the legend true?
After becoming a vampire and being granted immortality at midnight, the human talent of being quick-witted and good at learning would be removed, thus turning them into the same kind of lethargic and lazy people as the other supernatural races?

No wonder I have no interest in the complexity of psychic knowledge, after all, it is the result of switching races that I have lost my learning power.

Ah, I shouldn’t have done that.

Murphy was a little sad, but he quickly picked up his spirits, and after reviewing the content of today’s quests issued by all the NPCs to the small players, he began his nightly tour of the territory.

The Dark Barony, which has just been cleaned up once, has nothing more to see, and the situation of the Barony of Moorland, which has been precisely hunted by the witch hunters, is also steadily improving, so Murphy went to the Barony of Lim.

He had no doubt about the enthusiasm of the small players in clearing out the jackals, and the determined seriousness of their work ethic was evident from the constantly refreshing personal scoreboard.

An hour ago, Cat, who was currently ranked first, had already broken through 1300 points, while Pomegranate Sister, who was right behind her, had also reached 1290 points.

The stable 10-point difference represented that these two guys must have reached some kind of unspoken agreement with each other.

But Murphy didn’t care.

He only looked at the results, he didn’t care how the process went, and since the little players were free in this world, Murphy wasn’t going to get too involved in their gaming careers as long as they didn’t do anything that couldn’t be forgiven.

But the 1300 points did still seem a bit shocking.

With the current progress of the jackal hunt opened to the eleventh day, it meant that Cat was taking out an average of one hundred jackals a day, of course that was certainly not the exact math, his small players were more hunting elite and black iron individuals with more points, but spare me this killing efficiency was still horrifying.

In addition to Molotov cocktails in their hands, there are no decent hot weapons, a knife cut out this horrible points, can only say that the cat brother and pomegranate sister is really a true “fear of abuse of God selected”.

But it seems that these two guys always lead the way is not particularly good.
Perhaps he should introduce a proper “competition” mechanism in the next small player selection?
Murphy thought that maybe he could recruit some real “professionals”, such as the three suspected official background guys lurking on the forums.
Introducing official forces means risk, of course.

But this ‘risk’ is not for Murphy, he believes that the worst thing is that he can not be cross-world law enforcement, the real risk will eventually be imposed on their own small players, that is Murphy does not want to see.

Therefore, he should probably find a way to make proper ‘contact’ with the officials, and when they realize that this is just a ‘game’, many misunderstandings will have the possibility of further negotiation.

As for what to do in the future, Murphy did not know.

He also does not want to waste brain cells at this time, take a step and see what happens.

Moreover, the most wonderful benefit of introducing official forces is that it will have a constant flow of “professionals” into their “talent pool”, which is the way the “Otherworldly Expansion” should look like, right? Right?
Like these.
The Vampire Lord flapped his wings as he cruised silently through the air, and below him in the darkness of the night stood several buildings that had already been erected using the “mold-making method”.

That is the old Chen Tou with the gray beaters and bricklayers for his five collective farms to get a good living area, are four-square Khrushchev building type of architecture, do not think about aesthetics only on the practicality of the effort.

The villagers who had been moved here could at this time live in tents like a real medieval person, but they would soon arrive at twentieth-century living conditions.

According to the daily reports submitted by the civil servants of the Administrative Court, it is estimated that the first residents will move into the “residential buildings” in the Scarlet Castle in a few more days.

The settlement of the five collective farms will be a little later, after the end of the jackal hunting activities, and by then, the administrative players will really start their career as “village head”.

The first batch of food that Knight Parian and her “Batasin Chamber of Commerce” were responsible for had already been delivered to Scarlet Fortress, and then distributed to the collective farms by the administrative office.

The same labor points and rationing system as the former survivor camps, coupled with the curfew of the militia patrols, made the overall order here acceptable, but Murphy could still hear the disturbing voices of the mind below as he crossed the sky above the farm.

The villagers here were forcibly relocated.

They have not shared the same hardships with Murphy as the residents of Scarlet Castle, and they are very uneasy about what the lord will do to them.

In this continent, in this era, these bottom residents live without dignity, that is something they do not care to think about, after all, every day to think about filling their own and their family’s stomach is already very hard.

But.
This is a good thing for the lord.

In Murphy’s opinion, as long as the base was low enough, then any little improvement would make the lords grateful.

If there was one lesson that vampire lords had learned in their years of fighting in their other life, it was that free things were never appreciated! Like free breakfast, like dog-licking love.

He thought it might be time for his administrative players to learn that as well.

“This is the ‘Transylvanian Demonstration District’.”

Murphy spread his wings to make himself fly higher, allowing the spirit vulture Reverno to follow him.

He looked down from a high altitude at the five farms that were neatly arranged along the “main road” in Baron Lim’s plan. In the irregular Transylvania land, such a small piece of neatness seemed out of place, but Old Chen Tou had already begun to make a plan for the entire Earl Cadman’s territory.

Murphy believed that the old professor would definitely design his territory very beautifully.

This place would be filled with beautiful landscapes with a sense of order and unity, and this place would have a humanistic care that far exceeded this era and this world.

It would be a solid rule built from the grassroots, and that was Murphy’s greatest source of confidence.

This was a civilization-to-civilization descending blow.

The future of Transylvania would be unlimited with the addition of his own little players, provided of course that he could lead them through this black plague.

Ah, the Black Plague.

Just like the little players who wanted to become strong had to break through the Black Iron Trial, if the Transylvania that he owned wanted to stand on the stage of the continent again after having its spine broken, then it also had to pass through this trial!
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“It’s exhausting dealing with these guys.”

In the “City Hall” of Batasin City, which had been renovated by the Chamber of Commerce, Consul Miriam, who wore a red dress and had her head coiled up in a very flamboyant manner, returned to her resting seat with a cup of wine in her hand.

She complained to the smiling and unusually contented Mrs. Parian beside her:

“I really can’t understand why these Yankees have to recite a few lines of sour poetry before they drink . His Excellency Andre writes much better poems than they do.”

“It is their way of life, Lord Miriam, and it will be your way of life from now on.”

Lady Parian shook her head:
“This circle has its own set of rules, and I find them troubling but you have to admit that these Yankees are clearly more relaxed on occasions such as the one at hand than the verbal sparring at the negotiating table.”

“I’m still not used to it.”

Miriam bristled:

“If this is aristocracy . No, it isn’t! After all, I don’t see that kind of problem in Lady Tris or Lord Murphy. Those two were said to have been nobles before they became vampires?”

“Well, it’s not our place to discuss the petty gossip of the higher-ups.”

Mrs. Parian grinned and said:
“And of course I think my Lords are different, in every way.

It has been a month since the Scarlet Castle stood, but aside from a simple celebration, our lord has not even hosted even one banquet in his castle, and Archduke Tris has no complaints about that.

This is clearly different from the rumored vampires who prefer luxury and socializing apparently.”

“So is there a possibility that Murphy isn’t hosting a reception because he and Tris are so poor that they simply don’t have a castle that could be used as a venue for a reception?”

Miriam made a wisecrack, causing Mrs. Parian to cover her mouth and laugh lightly.

Even though with her five-fold size made this action look full of awkwardness, but with Lady Parian’s current status in Batasin City, there wasn’t any ungrateful guy who dared to run to accuse her of just that.

Right in the middle of their conversation, Professor Malcolm, who was also dressed very appropriately and leaning on his cane, also walked over with a glass of wine in his hand.

The professor was someone who had seen the world, and he hadn’t participated in many of these occasions when he was in Chardonnay Harbor.

Tonight’s reception brought back memories, but it was also a bit overwhelming for the no-longer-young professor.

He sat down next to Miriam, looked at his wife, who was dancing on the dance floor in front of him with a Yankee representative as strong as a bear, and sighed:

“Fna looks like she’s enjoying the easy life after a long time, my wife who has built up too much resentment has just told me she wants to live in Batasin City with her two children, this side of the country is a better environment than Scarlet Castle.”

“I would welcome your wife to settle here, and I will arrange safe and comfortable enough accommodation for her and your pair of children.” Mrs. Parian spoke at once, but Professor Malcolm shook his head and said:

“I refused, so she was angry, and that is why she danced a dance in my presence with that insolent Yankee who always sneers at my legs and walk in negotiations.

But there’s no need to be concerned.

It’s just Fna’s little mood kicking in.

She was also a member of the faculty at Chardo Artisan University, and she was also about to become the Senior Secretary of the Administration Division.

So she knew why I was rejecting her.

Batasin City is fine, your Chamber of Commerce has managed it quite well, and the restarted commerce with the Kingdom of Nordtorf is destined to make it prosperous again, however, Scarlet Castle needs us more.

I also don’t want my children to miss out on witnessing the entire birth of a city and a regime, and as they grow up, they will realize what a spiritual treasure it is.”

“You are always so strict with yourself and your family, Professor, Ms. Furna has also suffered for many years by following you unceasingly, and personally, it’s actually a normal need for her to want an easy life.”

Miriam whispered:

“Aren’t you afraid that Ms. Fna will really be seduced by that Yankee? He’s an honorable Earl with a family turf, and he’s rumored to have just lost his wife, so he’ll be like a male bear in heat”

“I’ll be an earl, too, as soon as I want to.”

Professor Malcolm shrugged, the scholar who had seen the vicissitudes of the world chuckling slightly petulantly under the influence of alcohol:
“Governor Murphy is a very generous ruler, and the best part is that he knows people, I even think he could even get me a title of Duke straight away if I’d just nod my head and become a member of the Blood Vulture Clan.

But we both know that those lavish titles are just for everyone’s own amusement so far.

Actually, I guess, there’s another reason why I’m reluctant to leave Scarlet Vulture Castle.

I don’t want to interrupt my studies.”

“Studies?”

The two ladies nearly choked on that excuse.

They looked at the middle-aged professor in surprise, although in the circle of scholars on the continent, Professor Malcolm couldn’t be considered truly top-notch in terms of reputation or learning, but he was clearly destined for a future ascent at his age with such learning.

In the eyes of Miriam and Mrs. Parian, they really couldn’t imagine what Professor Malcolm could have learned in the ruins of Scarlet Fortress that was being rebuilt.
And the latter took a sip of his wine, and as his own students and his own peers looked on, he said rather seriously:

“Yes, academics!
I’m learning from Lord Murphy’s warriors, who bring with them knowledge of a very different history, for example, and I’ve made a little deal with both that ‘Lady Water’ and ‘Professor Chen’.

I will choose a store in the city for that charming and wise lady and support the aesthetic styles and design concepts belonging to the fey that she wants to collect, and I will also try to collect some architecture-related tomes for the old and wise professor, and in exchange, they will take the time to teach me some of the history that they both know.

The descriptions of the two men were slightly different, but comparing them with each other allowed me to see the real history that had happened in the other world.

I’m perhaps too much of a luddite to have just now learned ‘Homer’s Odyssey’ and ‘Beacons of Fire’.

I hope my wife will forgive me, but the fact remains that I really don’t want to miss out on those wonderful and highly flavorful ephemeral epics.

Can you imagine? Miriam.

That’s over five thousand years of thick history, and they actually happened in another world! This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for me! It hurts me to miss it, even if it’s a piece of history that can never be publicized on this continent.
But it still allows us to learn many, many lessons from it.”

“Like what?”

Miriam knew that her adjunct professor had been communicating with the younger players in this regard, so she asked curiously, and Professor Malcolm glanced at her and said softly:
“For example, I finally realized what kind of kingdom Lord Murphy wants to build Transylvania into, and he’s more connected to his warriors, so he knows more than I do, and he’s learned more about the Otherworld than I have.

I can’t summarize what Transylvania looks like in Murphy’s eyes just yet, but I have to admit that I’m already fascinated by him.

I’m already mesmerized by what’s going to happen to this land in the future.

This will be the place where two worlds, two civilizations meet!
It will undoubtedly become the center of the continent and the world! And I, for one, will be the chronicler of this ‘Transylvanian Epic’, and the changes recorded by me will eventually become legends in the mouths of children as time passes, and rise to become myths experienced and recorded by mortals after you and I have faded into history!”

“Frankly, I think you’ve been bewitched, perhaps because you’ve had too much to drink tonight.”

Miriam spat in a small voice:

“Some of my earlier immature actions and words have caused Maxim to continually berate me for being a coward who wants to flee my homeland, but it seems to me that you have become far too obsessed with history that is not ours.

You have gone too far down the road of ‘betraying your homeland’.

After all, even the most glorious past that is still someone else’s.”

“I prefer to call it ‘assimilation’ than betrayal, and this is just the beginning. We are all being assimilated, Miriam, you just don’t feel it.”

The middle-aged professor raised his glass, his expression relaxed:
“But it’s nothing to be ashamed of! The weak learn from the strong in order to be strong, and we already have a much more wonderful example to follow than the Kingdom of Goldfinch, well, our warriors seem to be in trouble.”

Miriam followed Professor Malcolm’s gaze, the warriors she had chosen as advisors were at the edge of the reception in their Blood Wyvern regalia, being “harassed” by the ladies the Northmen had brought with them.

The young man was more or less at a loss.

They were obviously vampires but still blushing with a youthful demeanor, while veterans like Meow Meow and Smokey had already gracefully invited two noblewomen with at least a D+ to enter the dance floor.

Although they can not do anything, but this does not prevent the sluts to enjoy the game brings them “exotic flavor”.

As Murphy said, their life here is free.

“Miriam, the children.”

Professor Malcolm looked at the students who were being “harassed”, and he smiled when he saw that Che Che, who had a pretty face with the talent of a puppy, was being caught in the middle by two girls.

He said:

“The knowledge that each one of them possesses is enough to make them outstanding assistant professors at Chardonnay Artisan University, but they always mock themselves as ‘poor students’, and during these few days together, they always inadvertently reveal their uncertainty about the future and their anxiety about competition.

Do you know what that means?”

The professor asked the question, so Miriam pondered for a moment as a student.

Afterward, she answered:
“It means that even those who are good enough to crush the financial representatives of the Nordoff Kingdom in the economic field with their so-called ‘basic knowledge’ are just mediocre people in their homeland!
This also reflects that their homeland is beyond our imagination in terms of knowledge transfer and talent education, and that their general education has developed to a level that is like a god in my opinion.

But hungry people are not in the mood to learn, they are already in their twenties but are still students, which is enough to prove that in their side of the world has been free from the constant attack of famine, war and disease.

NOT!
It could even be said that they had overcome the malice of the world, and they were able to dominate the changes in their world with their own will.

Ah, I can probably see where your earlier bewilderment stems from.

What a paradise-like world that would be, pardon me for not being able to imagine it.”

“It was from the crushing level of civilization.”

The professor bowed his head and drank a glass of wine, as if to intoxicate himself with this night.

He spoke softly:

“I am now thankful that this ‘power’ is in the hands of Lord Murphy alone, and that he does not have the ability to actually open a door connecting the two worlds.

The future of Transylvania is destined to be nothing short of glorious, Miriam.

This is a ronin that fate has sent down to you, you must keep learning, perhaps in the future, you will become a pivotal figure in our history, perhaps in the future, the two worlds will truly come into contact, and you
You and Lord Murphy will be our representatives!

You have to understand the magnitude of your responsibility, you can’t even have the slightest time to stop and take a breath, I even pity you a little, boy, but I’m also feeling honored for you, you’ll be the most outstanding student I’ve ever had, and you’ll be the pride of the University of Artisans of Chardonnay.

There is not one!”

(End of chapter)