Chapter 218 – Worthy of an Oscar

If a thief suddenly shows up, even if it is a woman, Liszt must kill her — after all, if someone threatens your life, wouldn't you want to get rid of such a person?

But she was a smoke mission reward.

Killing the other party would be equivalent to throwing away the reward directly, after all, the smoke task has given a  'hint' — the serf Maggie.

The little serf Maggie was the key to getting the reward, or the master of the key to this woman or mage in front of her. As for how to open the treasure chest with the key, it was definitely not by grabbing the little maid Maggie and threatening the other party. The best way was to use feelings.

“Maggie has already signed a contract with Mrs. Harriet of the grocery store. Technically, this child is a half  Flower Town citizen!”

Liszt's mood suddenly began to ease up.

He began to figure out how to play the cards in his hand-Maggie and his personal reputation.

During this time.

The maid had said who she wanted to take away. “I want to take away a maid in the castle. Does the baron agree?”

“A maid in the castle? There are 16 maids in the castle. Which one do you want to take?” Liszt asked, pretending to think for a moment.

"Irene."

“Irene Fourfingers?” Liszt looked at the mercenary in surprise, he did not expect the other party to play with him. If he hadn't speculated earlier, he would have been fooled. “Why take Irene away? Give me a reason to. “

“It's just a maid. Baron, maybe you want to try out whether my sword is sharp, I don't mind showing you.”

“My sword isn't rusty either.” Liszt did not give way and stared at the maid's bright eyes.

He was half acting and half enthusiastic.

He has Tremblingwoods , the Red Blood sword and is an elite earth knight.

He wouldn't be taken advantage of, as long as the other party was not a Sky Knight.

With a good foundation, one can act comfortably — a Lord showing his love for the people can also show his stricter side as well as the n.o.ble image that people at the bottom expect — show that under the knighthood system, all of them were equal and a brave benevolent Lord was the embodiment of justice.

The battered leather of the maid shows that she was no doubt at the bottom of society.

After a while.

Sure enough, she flinched, “Irene is my sister, is that reason enough?”

“Your sister?” Liszt smiled. “If that is true, I will call her over and have her confirm that with you face to face. I have no objection to the reunion of relatives. In fact, you can see me directly as her relative. Irene herself applied for a maid in Coral City. It was her own choice to stay. “

"She doesn't know she has a sister."

 “Sorry, this reason doesn't hold. Irene's parents are in Coral City. They farm for Tulip Castle. I don't think she has a thief, mercenary or magician as a sister.  I will wait for Irene's confirmation before I will allow you to take her away. “

“What if I take her away…”

"You have misunderstood my actions." Liszt suddenly pressed his hand on the hilt of the red blood sword and said, "The Lord works for the Lord, the Lord protects the safety of the Lord, this is my belief in the knight's glory. I am afraid I cannot allow you to take anyone from Flower Town.”

The action was full of momentum, the lines were generous and loud.

With his handsome face, his sense of justice was bursting.

Of course, there was a hint of suspicion of a false sense of such a righteous lord, the words seemed a bit empty.

On the opposite chair, the mercenary's bright, twinkling eyes, did not respond to Liszt's righteous reprimand for a moment. It wasn't until Liszt felt embarra.s.sed that she slowly said, “You and the other lords I killed are not the same, Baron. I will stay in Flower Town for a few days to see how you differ from other lords. “

She stood up. She was about 1.75 meters tall, very tall.

Liszt narrowed his eyes.

He felt that whether he let her go out or prevent her from doing so was not a good idea — the main point being that the strength of the other party was too high for him to estimate.

She was obviously not weak.

If her strength was low, the smoke mission would not have taken her seriously and count her as a reward.

When she reached the door of the study and was about to open the door, Liszt stood up and followed. “I don't know why you came at Irene, but I must warn you not to hurt her. Leave your name, anything wrong that happens in Flower Town will be due to you."

“Swan.” The mercenary smiled, not paying attention to Liszt's threat.

Not a standard female name, probably a pseudonym, Liszt guessed.

Thomas, who was decorating the living room, saw Liszt come out with a maid. He was stunned and stepped forward to salute, “Master.”

Liszt said, "Thomas, escort this uninvited lady, Swan, away from the castle. In addition, inform Adviser Gort to find a place for Ms. Swan from the new houses in town.”

Feeling that this draw was too deliberate, he added. “The budget to be spent  for food and lodging would be the same as those of foreign merchants.”

Although Thomas did not know how a woman dressed like that had entered the castle, he respectfully honored the command, “Yes, Sir. Ms. Swan, please follow me.”

Liszt waited for Swan to follow Thomas out of the castle.

Butler Carter asked with confusion. “Master, this Swan lady, I did not see her enter the castle and I have been wiping the dust in the hall.”

“She came in by the wall. ” Liszt stood at the door, watching Swan's back disappear on the road in the distance, ” I'll tell you about her origins at the right time. As for now, you should care more about the servants in the castle, especially the maids who have any grievances to resolve must be done as soon as possible. “

Carter did not ask again, “As you wish, Sir.” 

“By the way, Mr. Carter, have Irene come over to my study, I have something to ask her.” The mercenary said she was doing the whole show for Irene, so he had to confirm it.

Irene hurried to the study.

“Master, you were looking for me?”

“Irene, how many brothers and sisters do you have in your family?”

“I have two younger brothers.”

“No sister? Or cousin?”

“No, my Lord.”

“Are you sure?  Like maybe a sister given to someone else when she was a child.”

“I don't know anything like that, but when I was born, my mother was 17. So I wouldn't have had another sister.”

So the possibility that Swan is Irene's sister is basically ruled out. Swan was playing mind games. Liszt's heart was firm, but now his tone grew more calm, “How's the job in the kitchen?” 

“Everything is fine, sir.”

“That's good. If there is anything, you can directly head to Mr. Carter. There are little maids in the kitchen, and as an elder sister, you should take care of them and don't let them be wronged.”

“Of course, I will.”

The conversation ended and Irene was sent away.

Liszt carefully combed through his responses after his encounter with Swan, and felt that there were a few details that were not handled well and there were some flaws. But overall, his response was pretty good.

There was no sudden enthusiasm, no deliberate hostility.

The courage and kindness that should be displayed was also shown and it was basically as smooth as a spring breeze.

Probably worthy of an Oscar … or at least a Golden Rooster [1].

[1] The Golden Rooster Awards are awards in film given in mainland China. The awards were originally given annually, beginning in 1981. The name of the award came from the year of the Rooster in 1981.