They all call me an Outer God.

Chapter 195 The Uninvited Guest's Greeting Gift

During holidays, these people can rest and not work, but this is limited to people from the middle class and above.

The lower classes have no human rights. They are treated like slaves, receiving the lowest wages and doing the hardest work every day, without receiving any subsidies.

While those factory owners were still celebrating the holidays, they probably didn't consider that there were people living in dire straits just to make a living.

"Every day is a holiday, I don't know what's so great about it."

James suddenly appeared behind Ria. Ria turned around and found that he seemed to have changed his clothes.

To attend the banquet, everyone had to wear their most appropriate formal attire, but when Lia looked closely, she discovered that James hadn't changed his clothes at all; he had simply smeared shoe polish all over his body.

The doctor's mask was now so shiny it was almost reflective, and Ria could smell the pungent odor of shoe polish. She was reluctant to admit that she knew him.

Are you sure you want to dress like this for a banquet?

"Of course, I don't believe anyone would dare to kick me out."

Will other disorderly individuals go there?

"It's not certain. I'm not their attending physician, how would I know? Do you know how tired I've been these past few days playing football?"

As he spoke, James picked up the cardboard that Ria had placed on the table and began to fan himself. As he fanned himself, he suddenly glanced at the contents of the cardboard: "What are these strings of numbers you wrote? They look so familiar."

"Your pay slip."

"..."

James put down the cardboard, coughed twice, and then turned into black mist and left the spot.

It wasn't until evening, on her way to the banquet, that she saw him again. He kept a considerable distance from her and seemed still upset about the patients' wages being withheld.

Lia thought he was just joking and ignored him. But soon, the young man spotted a familiar face in the crowd.

The man was still struggling to push his wheelchair forward, the rusty wheelchair making a creaking noise. The people around him covered their ears and showed disgust towards him, but Lia walked towards him.

"Detective, what are you doing here?"

“Ah, Kelcha!” Ivand exclaimed as if he had just seen Ria. “You’ve come at the right time. Could you fix my wheelchair? I don’t know how to stop it from making that noise.”

“I think this wheelchair is no longer usable. Why don’t we throw it away and get a new one?”

“No, I’m a very sentimental person. This guy is an old friend of mine. I can’t abandon my old friend.”

Ria did not deny it. He looked inside the little Swarth's storage tube for mechanical lubricant and then put a few drops of oil on the wheelchair. It turned out that his usual decision to pick up random things was indeed the right one.

He discovered that he had indeed found the item, and even Ria herself had no recollection of it. After some manipulation, Ivand's wheelchair returned to normal.

Overjoyed, he began to answer Ria's question: "I'm an old friend of Mrs. Sicard. I even pursued her back in the day. How could she not invite me to her banquet?"

"So she still remembers how good you were to her?"

"Maybe? After all, I'm so charming... but Kelcha, your outfit doesn't look cheap."

"I bought high-end-looking clothes, you should know that, you can't be too shabby in a place like this."

At this moment, Ria was carrying a box in her left hand and leaning on a golden bird-head cane in her right.

Inside the box were some ornaments made from the bones of extraordinary creatures. The bones were of various colors, and some of them, after being polished, even resembled real pearls and gemstones.

Especially the polished blades, they were incredibly sharp, cutting through iron like mud. If it weren't for the fact that these were defective products, prone to breaking and splashing blades onto oneself, Ria herself would have wanted to prepare some for self-defense.

Of course, some scraps were made into "skincare products." Whether applying them to the face would cause disfigurement is unclear, but it shouldn't cause such serious consequences within six months.

This gift perfectly embodies the black marketeer's sincerity, and Ria will use her eloquence to exaggerate its wonders, making everyone believe it is an extremely rare and valuable item.

In fact, extraordinary beings are certainly rare.

Ria and Ivand arrived at the main gate of the Sicar family courtyard immediately. He looked at the few people in front of him who were queuing up to show the waiters the gifts and invitations they had brought, and suddenly realized that the real distinguished guests did not need to queue here; they had a special red carpet to walk on.

Right now, this path is just filled with some rather insignificant warm-up characters, at least that's what Lia thinks.

The fact that James was not among these people surprised Lia, who hadn't expected the nobles to value the plague doctor so much.

"What gift did you bring?" Ria looked down at Ivand, who took out a box, opened it, and inside was a beautiful pigeon blood ruby ​​ring.

"I brought my true heart."

"That's good, it should pass, but don't say it's your true feelings, just say this thing is worth tens of gold coins."

"But I bought it for only 1050 svalds."

"……Fake?"

"Ah."

"You have a bright future."

Soon, it was Ria and Ivan's turn to be checked. They showed their invitations to the waiter, who took them, examined them carefully, and then looked at them with disdain.

"Gift?"

"Oh, praise the sun, may you be bathed in His glory on this day."

Ria opened the box, and Ivand showed the ring to the other man. The waiter glanced at it and let them pass.

Gifts are just a formality; the most important thing is the invitation. Without an invitation, no matter how valuable the gifts these people bring, the waiters will not let them in.

"Easier than I expected."

Lia closed her suitcase and followed the group into the venue.

In the courtyard of the Sicar family, Ria saw an endless expanse of land, with thousands of potted plants placed on both sides of the steps and paths, white petals covering the ground, and marble decorative columns everywhere.

The pillars are carved with lifelike children with wings on their backs, holding harps as if they are dancing.

In the center of the courtyard is a fountain filled with rare fish that are rarely seen on ordinary days. Colorful flowers adorn the hot spring, and there are even a few golden objects glowing in the water.

Ria noticed what appeared to be a wishing coin someone had dropped. He hesitated to pick it up, but the crowd behind them had already forced them to walk quite a distance forward.

"I noticed you were looking at the things in the water. Were you trying to pick up the money inside?"

Ivand looked at Ria, and Ria did not lie.

He nodded honestly.

(End of this chapter)