Chapter 408： open and honest

"Steel, guns and the industrial party across the world (

There was a slight knock on the door, and everyone who was cleaning the room stopped in unison.

Sevia frowned. Her group had just arrived, and they didn't have much social interaction in Port Fulan. Who would come to the door?

Could it be McKinley?

Signaling everyone to get ready, Sylvia came to the door cautiously, and then gently opened the store door.

"It's you?"

The person standing at the door surprised her a little. It turned out to be the Blue Witch Ladi Setia whom she had just met yesterday.

"It's me, and it's not just me."

Sylvia immediately looked behind her, and the person standing behind Setia made her heart suddenly raise her voice.

It turned out to be the local lord and his guards!

She had seen Paul before at the opening and closing ceremony of the Customs Union, so she recognized him.

"You actually followed me and really betrayed me?"

Fear and anger suddenly occupied Sylvia's mind. In addition to being approached by the local lord, her fear also came from another reason—she didn't know anything about the Blue Witch's stalking.

The atmosphere in the air suddenly became tense, and the companions behind Sevia immediately began to make various gestures or mutter something silently.

Seeing this situation, the guards behind Paul immediately took out their muskets and pointed at Sylvia and the others. Of course, the wizards who had just arrived in the Northwest Bay did not know what this meant.

"Oh, don't speak so harshly, Miss Assitini."

At this tense moment, Paul who was standing behind Ladi suddenly said.

"I'm here to visit you, there is no other meaning, please put down your guard."

He tried to show his kind side.

"Look, I personally visited the door as a lord, can't it show my sincerity?"

Hearing these words, Sevia's frown was slightly relaxed, and she waved her hand to make the companions behind her stop.

Paul's guards also put away their muskets.

Their muskets were loaded, and the wizards did not know that they had just wandered through the gates of hell.

Sylvia moved out of the door and made a gesture of invitation, "Please come in, Lord Lord."

Ladi entered the house first, followed by Paul and the guards.

Paul took a seat at a round table, and Ladi stood beside him.

He stretched out his hands, "First of all, I want to make one point. I welcome people like you to come to the Northwest Gulf, 'Alchemists'."

Sylvia was unmoved, she stared at Paul, as if she wanted to see the sincerity in his eyes.

"I know that you have just experienced a lot of hardships in Jiaowan, so you are full of distrust for everything around you, and it will take time to heal."

Paul said to himself: "In order to build the trust between us from scratch, I'm here to make a promise to you first, as long as you abide by the laws here and pay taxes on time, I will treat you as ordinary people. You will be given 'special treatment'."

Sylvia understood Paul's meaning—he would not kill or expel them, but he would not treat them as honored guests like some nobles who were keen on occultism.

Ha, that's fine, now I and my companions seem to be living peacefully, as for the proposal with the Blue Witch that day, it was just a whim.

"Thank you, Lord Greyman. I swear to you here - I will definitely abide by your laws and not do anything beyond the rules."

Sevia bowed to Paul.

Anyway, a similar oath has already been said in front of Ladi Setia, and it is not a big deal to say it again in front of this lord.

"it is good!"

Paul clapped his hands, and he continued: "Also, I hope you don't use your...special abilities in front of ordinary people, otherwise it will be very troublesome for me if it causes a sensation."

Sevia nodded and said, "Please rest assured, we don't want to expose our identities."

Paul said with some embarrassment: "That's good, and besides... After all, you have abilities that others don't have, so..."

Hmph, are you going to eat your own words so soon? Just now they said that they would not treat us specially.

Sevia sneered inwardly.

"I hope you can take the initiative to report to my people once a week, just in Port Fulan. If you want to travel far away—such as Huijiao Bay—that's fine, but you must report in advance."

After saying this, Paul felt a little uneasy. If the other party disagreed, he could only take some tough measures.

On the other hand, Sylvia, after listening to Paul's words, she let down a lot of guard in her heart. Although it felt a little like being watched, she had some trust in the man in front of her.

She knows what a wizard is like in the eyes of the world. Suddenly a stranger came out and said that he trusts you unconditionally. It must be for ulterior motives—at least that's what I thought in my heart.

With a sigh of relief, Sylvia walked over to her companion and began to discuss in a low voice in Kanwan.

"I think it's okay! People like us should be on guard."

"But, aren't we here to seek freedom?"

"Freedom? Are you willing to go to other places and continue to live the life of fear precarious all day long."

"Yes, I think it's worth sacrificing a certain amount of freedom in exchange for a stable life."

After discussing with each other, the companions finally agreed to Paul's plan.

Sylvia returned to Paul's side, "Master Greiman, my companion and I are willing to accept your proposal."

There was no longer the indifference in her voice.

"very good!"

Paul nodded with satisfaction.

"You don't need to take the initiative to run errands to report, which is easy to attract attention. Aren't you going to open a shop? My people will come here as tax officials."

"Thank you for being so thoughtful."

"This is just a management measure in the early stage. If your performance can gain my trust, you will eventually be able to live the same life as ordinary residents of Arda."

Sylvia was overjoyed, and saluted here and said, "Thank you very much."

"Okay! The matter is settled, and it's time for me to go. I hope you can integrate into the life of Northwest Bay as soon as possible."

Paul stood up, intending to leave.

"Please go slowly, Mr. Graham."

Sevia sent Paul to the door.

Paul comforted her: "I think the day when you can walk in the world openly will come soon."

"Hopefully so, if only other people in power had the same open mind as you."

Wearing thousands of clothes, flattering but not wearing clothes, Paul laughed loudly: "Hahaha! I also think I am one of the most enlightened people in the world."

cough cough! Sylvia didn't expect Paul to comment on herself like that.

Ladi followed Paul closely, and when she passed Sylvia, she gave her a warning.

"I hope that when we meet in the future, we will stop using some small tricks."