Forced to become a delicate companion of a paranoid lord

"Huh?" Xie Wei blinked, and before he could ask, Sal spoke again.

"He said that he is an admirer of the Imperial Rose and wanted to know what kind of brave and fearless beauty was willing to leave the prosperous imperial capital and marry in the far northern territory." When saying this, the Lord of the Snowfield's tone was somewhat eerie.

Everyone else was either grilling skewers or watching the monsters fighting. Except for Gesan and Toya, no one noticed that the Lord of the Snowfield took the Imperial Rose away.

Sal carried Shevi to Grayson Lake. There was no one there and it was very quiet.

This is Xie Wei's first time to Grayson Lake. The weather is very good today and the lake water looks a very clear and transparent blue.

Rogin's friend said these words at a stall near the Castle Square. Although his voice was not loud, it was still heard by the Parasau people with good hearing.

Because the other party has been asking about the lord's partner, naturally the Paraso people will report to the lord.

Every word spoken by this adventurer was like a poke at the Snowfield Lord's lungs.

Holding Sal's hand and walking slowly along the edge of Grayson Lake, Xie Wei himself had come to terms with being sent to the Far North Territory, but it was obvious that his partner was still brooding over it.

Without continuing the previous topic, they walked quietly by the lake for a while. When they were about to go back, Sal bent down and held Shevi's face. He seemed to want to say something, but in the end he just kissed Shevi's forehead.

Xie Wei knew that Sal probably wanted to say something like "I'm sorry", but they had talked about this matter before and agreed not to dwell on it too much because it was very hurtful.

After all, the past has happened and cannot be changed, but they still have the present and future to start over. The most important thing is to cherish each other in the present.

Putting his arms around Sal's neck, Xie Wei also kissed his partner's forehead. Fortunately, Sal always bent down tirelessly, otherwise it would be difficult for him to kiss Sal even if he stood on tiptoe.

Sal's eyes are silver-gray, a very light color, but when he looks at Shevi, there are always very strong emotions hidden in them.

After being kissed, the Snowfield Lord's expression was no longer as tense as before, and his fluctuating emotions became calm. He said to his partner in a very soft voice: "You should take a nap, my highness."

During the time when the Lord of the Snowfield and his partner returned to the castle for a nap, adventurers who had originally had no interest in the Paraso people's celebration suddenly poured into the city of Gut for some unknown reason.

There was a reason why Rojin took Mimir and the others to eat from the city gate to the square in front of Naya Castle. The food at the stalls set up by the Paraso people was indeed free, but each person could only get one portion, and it was a very small portion. If you wanted more, you would have to pay.

Most of the adventurers are not very rich, at least there is no rich person among the five people in Mimir's team.

Thrall only promised to provide Luo Jin with food and lodging, but did not mention any money, so Luo Jin did not have even a copper coin in his pocket. When he learned that the second skewer of barbecue that smelled so good that it made people unable to walk would cost 1 silver coin or 1 level 1 crystal, Luo Jin and Mimir simultaneously retracted their hands that wanted to take the second skewer.

"This skewer of meat is too expensive. Just five pieces of meat that is half the width of a finger cost one universal silver coin. In other places, it would cost at most 50 copper coins."

Mimir is a demi-human who looks no different from a human, but she has round bear ears and a taller, stronger and more solid figure than an ordinary woman.

The food on each stall was different. The one serving barbecue was run by Chef Jerry, who worked in the castle’s main kitchen. He could understand the common language and spoke it well, so he explained in a gentle voice.

"There's nothing we can do about it. Although what you just ate was the meat of an ordinary beast, the various spices sprinkled on it, the salt, sugar, and honey used in the marinating process are all very expensive. The merchants sold us salt for 60 silver coins for a small bottle, and the same goes for the spices. None of them cost less than 50 silver coins. Sugar is even more expensive, costing 2 gold coins."

Because he had eaten a lot of free food before and the Paraso people did not force him to buy anything, Mimir was just asking questions. Now, after hearing the prices mentioned by the stall owner, he almost suspected that there was something wrong with his ears.

This price is outrageous!

The salt barrel she carried contained several times more coarse salt than the small jar of the Paraso man, but it only contained 1 silver coin.

"The silver that is the universal silver coin?" Including Luo Jin, a total of six people stood in front of the stall and asked in unison.

Jerry didn't have much idea about silver and gold coins, because the merchants only exchanged magic crystals, magic crystal cores, rare materials, magic plants and other things with the Paraso people, and the Paraso people didn't use coins.

He said this only because Xie Wei had calculated how much the magic crystals they used to buy these things would be worth in universal currency based on the current prices on the Lar continent.

Everyone who receives a stall number will also receive the necessary ingredients and seasonings. The person in charge of distribution will tell them how to explain if someone buys the food but finds it expensive. Everyone has memorized the words very clearly.

This was the first time Jerry was asked this question today. He recited this sentence many times and was very excited after he finished speaking it completely, without making any mistakes in the words!

The people of Paraso don't know much about the prices on the mainland, but Xie Wei knows it very well, because the system will automatically mark the selling prices in different regions for everything that is put into it.

After seeing that the merchants had increased the prices by dozens of times, Xie Wei was very eager to get Hutt Island, but he couldn't be too hasty about it.

The magic crystals that the Empire wants now are almost the amount mined in the Far Northern Territory in five years. Not to mention that the Far Northern Territory does not have so many crystal reserves now, even if it does, it cannot give them to the Empire.

With so many crystal reserves, the empire can attack neighboring countries without restraint. The current emperor of the empire is obsessed with territorial expansion to the point of madness.

Xie Wei and Ryan calculated and felt that they could provide the empire with a total of 200 million first-level magic crystals of all basic attributes, in addition to 80 second-level magic crystals, 3000 third-level magic crystals, 1500 fourth-level magic crystals, and 200 fifth-level magic crystals.

To the Empire, Hutt Island was already a worthless island, but they doubled the previous value of Hutt Island when offering it to the Parasauans.

For the empire that is in urgent need of magic crystals, the number of crystals calculated by Xie Wei is actually very large. However, Xie Wei feels that they will not give up easily, so Xie Wei and Sal make an agreement.

The empire was given two choices. One was to pay them the taxes they reported, but within ten years, the Parassian caravans must be allowed to enter all towns in the empire. The second was to accept the taxes they offered.

According to the logic of the Empire, these two choices would definitely make people think that Thrall's goal is to open up trade routes to the Empire, not to obtain Hutt Island.

After all, for now, Hutt Island is of no use to the Paraso people. What they have needed for a long time is a trade route that can lead them out of the snowfield.

The nobles behind the major trading companies in the empire would never allow the Parasos caravans to enter the empire, and the emperor would not agree to such a thing. After all, once the Parasos led the caravan out of the snowfield, they would no longer be able to exchange cheap items for the various products and magic crystals of the snowfield.