What did you do with the dice?

[Immunity Success]

Rusalka sighed inwardly: (Here we go again, you're "mind-controlling" me all day long, trying to add me to the book, right? Saint, oh Saint, I treat you as a good friend, but you want to sleep with me, is that right? Is this the legendary boredom period, wanting to try something different as a couple?

Unfortunately, I'm a Paladin, with maxed-out resistance. But if she directly asks me to cooperate, it's not impossible. I can just pretend to be hypnotized by your hypnosis app, right? This is also a way to play, and it's quite trendy lately.)

Sanita: (That's enough, brother, let's go. You won't get the Saint. You'd better go back to the cave. The Goblin High Priest is still waiting for you to eat.)

The moment the system gave the prompt, a hint of interest flashed in the eyes of the saint who lowered her head.

Even though there had been direct physical contact and the relationship between the two parties was at least neutral, her ability still had no effect on this Gemini. This was the first time Theresa had encountered such a situation.

Could it be that Gemini is actually about to reach "that realm"?

Soliciting opinions

Thank you all for your support until now. There are many directions for the creation of the Kingdom chapter in the future, so I would like to open a separate post to solicit your opinions.

Let me ask you a question: which content do you prefer to read?

For example, "large-scale battles", "small-scale group battles", "emotional lines", "cool writing", "political confrontations", "world background and ethnic culture"

Please leave a message in the comment section of my post, and I will expand on it based on your opinions. Thank you.

Chapter 60: Cat Petting

As soon as Rusalka got up, he hurriedly told Sanitieta to meet him in the office. He ran to the office with the magic book in his arms, and handed the book to Sanitieta as soon as he entered the door.

Rusalka: "Brother, try out the new equipment."

Sanitieta accepted the book without hesitation and waved at Rusalka, "I haven't bound it yet. Besides, indigenous magic requires burning materials to cast spells. Forget about the experiment. I know whether it will work or not."

Sanitta told Rusalka that although Theresa was a bad woman, she was rich and powerful, and she would not necessarily cheat Rusalka for a magic book worth only about two thousand gold coins.

Rusalka nodded: Oh.

But after a few seconds, Rusalka was so surprised that her tone was distorted: "Wait, brother, you said it's worth it?"

Sanita: "Calm down, this thing is just a reference price for similar equipment on the market, and it can't be converted into cash. Look, this white paper is a medium for the priest's prayer, and it's just missing the words "Produced by Esdi" engraved on the cover. I'm using this thing, and with a paladin like you by my side, people will just think, "Oh, you have some connection with the Wright Church," and let it go.

Using it is one thing, selling it is another. If you take it to any guild, who would dare sell this stuff? Even if there's a black market, it's hard to see your faction moving towards good. Who would dare buy something like this from a lawful and good guild? Aren't you afraid of it having tracking spells on it, and a team of paladins spawning at your doorstep in the middle of the night?

Rusalka turned away with a grin on his face, his face distorted by jealousy.

He was very worried about his brothers' suffering. When Sani Tieta only had a flute on him, he was thinking every day about how to help his brothers get some equipment.

But now his brother was holding a Land Rover worth two thousand gold coins, which was almost equal to the entire fortune of the Pearl Tear Territory except for the mines. Rusalka looked at his third "ordinary door panel sword" and suddenly felt unbalanced.

Rusalka turned around, grabbed Sanita's shoulder, and said in a resounding voice, "Brother, I'm handing this equipment to you today. You must not let it go to waste. You must drop some good stuff on the enemy in the next battle for me. I'll trade it with the Saint for Pale Justice or Ashbringer. Frostmourne will do, at least. I don't have a father in this world, so I'm not afraid of anyone."

Sanita curled his lips and said, "Silly dog, this thing on you is truly priceless. It must cost at least 30,000 gold coins."

Rusalka: "Don't try to fool me. This thing doesn't even have magic resistance. I don't believe it."

Sani Tower: "This is my conservative estimate. Don't believe it? Then you can ask the parliament next time."

When Sanitta gave such a positive result, Rusalka believed it, because according to Sanitta's character, if the equipment on him was not worth the price, his brothers would definitely use some vague but highly misleading words to deceive himself into thinking it was of high value.

Rusalka had it all figured out. For example, this piece of equipment is incredibly valuable. For those in the council, even if the mage's entire fortune were multiplied, it wouldn't be worth this much. If you're willing to trade this equipment in the council, you can get anything you want. Even the statue at the entrance to the shrine could be taken home. I think the two statues combined would fetch about 3 gold coins on the market, right?

Fei Ge's mouth is a lie.

Rusalka directly uses the inequality to calculate: armor can be exchanged for statues + statues are worth 3 gold coins ≠ armor is worth 3 gold coins

Rusalka 120% doesn't believe anything her brother says that involves middlemen in valuation.

----

In mid-February, the ice and snow melt and all things begin to sprout.

After two and a half months of training against Phoenix every other day, Rusalka's kingdom sand table skills have been significantly improved.

Of course, it is better to help yourself than to help others. Rusalka was able to improve to the point where he could defeat half of the maids. His talent was definitely not the reason. Diligence was barely a factor. The most important factor was that he was not so stubborn anymore - he gave up the theory of "what's the fun of the game if I memorize the game at the beginning? My main point is to be flexible and adaptable", and instead learned some formulaic openings from Phoenix.

Just like playing chess, the red side's "front cannon" may not necessarily win 100%, but it is definitely a thousand times better than moving the veteran forward at the beginning.

"Give up! Fight again the day after tomorrow!"

Rusalka glanced at the clock hanging on the wall and chose to surrender gracefully. Phoenix, who was sitting opposite her, nodded, patted her clothes, stood up, and left into the black fog.

From being beaten in the first 20 minutes to being able to last almost an hour now, he feels that although his skills still need to be improved, at least from the perspective of mentality, he may already be a master.

After Phoenix left, Sanita, who was reading and doing the exercise at the same time, closed the book and said to Rusalka, "Still playing? The meeting with Viscount Conesnat will be in a few days. The letter has been sent to Viscount Whitemy. I will arrange the travel arrangements tomorrow. We will leave the day after tomorrow at the latest."

Rusalka tapped her palms and said, "Indeed. Then I'll ask Maomao tomorrow if she wants to come with me. In case she refuses, how about I prepare a gift in advance to improve her favorability?"

Sanita: "Don't do anything unnecessary, just tell her directly, and she will follow."

Rusalka: "How do you know she will agree to go? Are you a dried fish in a cat's stomach? If it were me, I wouldn't bother to go. You see, the last few times we went out, she also liked to stay at home."

Sanitieta sighed slightly. "But she's been playing the Kingdom Sandbox with you for two and a half months. During that time, she only played three games with me, and that was because you had a meeting, so you gave up the game."

Rusalka: "Zhengmo, are you not convinced? Why are you looking at me like that? Okay, I admit it, it's because you two are too good. You can play for hours. Wouldn't it be boring for me to just stand there?

Okay, brother, I know it's a bit annoying for me to always occupy the game seat and not come down. So, next time I'll help you arrange a game with her during the day. I can't play during the day in the office. Anyway, Mao Mao is often not around during the day, and you are always hiding in the library. Then bring the slate in and you two can play secretly. You can let me play the game at night.

Sanitta rolled her eyes at Rusalka: "You're overthinking it. She won't agree."

Rusalka was a little anxious. "Brother, why do you think she won't agree now? How dare you assume that Phoenix doesn't want to play games during the day? I don't think she usually works during the day.

Besides, you have to understand me. I have no choice. I have to deal with so many official duties in the Pearl Tear Territory during the day. Being a lord feels like going to work. Even if I don't do anything, I have to sit upright in the office, like I'm in prison. Do you have the magic to create a substitute for me to help me work?"

Sanitieta sighed again. "Your sudden sincere words have left me speechless. Honestly, you're the type who spouts nonsense when you should be serious, and then suddenly becomes serious again when you should be talking nonsense. Are you some kind of devil?"

Rusalka: "Then how should I start tomorrow? Let's practice beforehand so I don't break down my defense like before. You're pretty good at Chinese. Teach me how to trick Maomao into following me tomorrow."

Sanitta: "It's simple. Just read from my script."

----

The next day, in Lord Pearl Tear's office.

"Please come in."

Phoenix enters.

Rusalka cleared her throat and read the words of Sanita on the PL channel: "Cat... ahem, Phoenix, I'm going to lead my army to meet Viscount Consenat tomorrow. I need a reliable maid. Are you willing to come with me?"

After reading it in a rising tone, Rusalka directly asked Sanita, who was not present because he was arranging travel matters: (Brother, are you serious?)

Sanita: (It depends on whether she agrees or not.)

Rusalka: (This statement is too shameless. Will Phoenix agree to it? If she agrees, I will eat it on the spot...)

Rusalka was about to change her words: "Ahem, I mean the maid is actually..."

Before he could finish, Phoenix, as always, nodded her head and tapped her ears to indicate her agreement: "Anything else?"

Sanita: (Eat?)

Rusalka: (Eats some cookies to calm her nerves.)

Rusalka felt like there was something wrong with her perception of the world, or maybe the thinking of these indigenous NPCs simply didn't mesh with her 21st-century thinking. "Other things...we're going to be away for a few days. Can you make some arrangements at home?"

At this time, Rusalka actually hoped that Phoenix would refuse after hearing that he was going on a long trip, so as to slap his brother in the face.

"Okay." Phoenix just nodded again, then looked straight at Rusalka, as if waiting for his subsequent additions.

Rusalka felt embarrassed about always having to take Phoenix out to do the dirty work. With a dry cough, she awkwardly opened a drawer and pulled out a key and a card for disabling the alarm rune. She handed them both to Phoenix, saying, "Here, take the key to the armory. Find something useful in there and take it with you. If any equipment breaks, just replace it with a spare. This way, it won't break down mid-use like before."

Phoenix didn't reach out to take the key, but took out two identical things from his pocket and said that he had one too.

Rusalka's hand froze in mid-air.

Rusalka: (This is outrageous. She actually has the key to my safe! I can’t imagine how miserable I’ll be if not only my salary card is handed over, but even my private money is targeted and taken away.)

Sanitieta: (Isn't it normal for her to have the key to our secret room? Brother, are you crazy? Have you forgotten who killed the former lord's family?)

Rusalka: (Oh, yes, that’s okay.)

It felt as though Phoenix was indeed more of a lord than himself, Rusalka, and I felt there was really nothing left to explain.

But Rusalka is Rusalka after all. When Sanitieta thought the matter was over, Rusalka made an original speech that almost made him spill the tea in his hand onto the book in his hand.

"Phoenix, I want to discuss something with you. After we get back from this trip, why don't you go to the library during the day and play the Kingdom Sandbox with Sunita?"

After listening to this, Phoenix did not nod as usual, but refused decisively just as Sanita said.

And she not only shook her head and the tail behind her, but also opened her mouth and uttered one word with clear articulation at the same time: "No."

But Rusalka was a nobody. He felt like he'd been around Sanitta for so long that he was at least a semi-expert in negotiation. He hadn't intended to get Phoenix to agree to his first condition. He was using the term "advance to retreat" as a pretext for a retreat. "Okay, I know it's a bit tiring to expect you to be always present. So, how about this: you switch your game times every other day? For example, tonight you play with me, and the day after tomorrow you play with Sanitta during the day, so you don't have to come in the evening. Then the day after tomorrow you don't have to come in the day, but you can play with me in the evening. That way, you can still have half a day off. How do you do that?"

Phoenix's cold little face showed an unhappy look: "No."

Rusalka was silent for a long time. It didn't matter if this move failed. He still had a killer move that would hurt the enemy by a thousand while hurting himself by eight hundred. Ignoring Sanitieta's words to keep quiet, he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I know it's a bit inappropriate to change your mind like this. So, how about this? After we come back, you can play with Sanitieta twice a week during the day, and in the evening... pick a free time at night and play with me occasionally. That way you can rest early. How about it?"

Phoenix neither nodded nor shook her head, but looked at Rusalka with an inexplicable look in her eyes. Black mist slowly emerged from behind her, then she took a few steps back, walked into the shadow plane and disappeared.

Rusalka: (Does this mean she agreed or not?)

Sanita: (Of course I didn’t agree.)

Rusalka: (Phew—don't blame me for being selfish. Actually, for a moment just now, I was worried that if she agreed, I wouldn't be able to play anymore. But then I thought about it, and I really haven't been fair to you lately, always letting you watch from the sidelines. So, when I come back, I'll talk Maomao down and try to make up for the time you didn't get to play before.)

Sanita: (Alas, Teacher Daxiao, remember, you are different from others. Promise me that you will never waste your time on love.)

Rusalka: (Haha, brother, are you kidding me? I've been single for two lifetimes. When other people become lords, the maids take turns choosing one, but why am I the only one who gets to interact with men at close range with a big sword when I'm a lord? Even the favorability bar of my own cat character hasn't moved at all. Why would I waste precious time on love?

Damn, I broke my own defenses, you have to compensate me for my mental damages.)

Sanita: (Haha, indeed, you are absolutely right.)

Rusalka: (This way, you don't have to pay for mental damages. Brother, we are friends who have shared life and death and traveled through time together. Promise me, can you introduce me to a beautiful girl as a girlfriend when you return?)

Sanita: (Haha, I’ll try my best.)

Rusalka curled her lips: (Your occupational disease has come back again, right? You might as well just refuse.)

Sunita: (Oh, then I refuse.)

Rusalka: (I don’t believe it.)

Chapter 61: Royal Capital Front

The previous plan in the black fog and the reverse bunny girl disguised as the saint was as follows: Rusalka would first take some people to Ropa Town, and then summon the first batch of soldiers who had been teleported from Ropa Town to negotiate with Viscount Consenat.

Of course, the negotiations were just a cover. Theresa, the anti-bunny girl saint, made it clear that she would let "Gemini Rusalka" notify the "Lord of Pearl Tears" to find a way to disrupt the negotiations, and then take this opportunity to kill the other party.

Theresa, the anti-bunny girl, said, "My most loyal knights have been assembled, Gemini. Now all we need is a crime to punish the sinner. Although Lord Pearl Tear is a Paladin, I believe there are always people around him who are not Paladins, such as that mage, right?"

Sanita would not use himself as bait, so he planned to return the important task to Rusalka's exposed suit - Custer.

Then someone might ask, why not Phoenix?

Because it's a little dangerous, it's better not to assign dangerous things to Phoenix for now.

Sanitta also considered Rusalka a little bit. He never lies, just like what he said at the end of the previous chapter, "I will try my best."

Rusalka always takes the opportunity to show off her knowledge: (I know, the train and Zhang Zuolin, the Marco Polo Bridge and the missing soldier, Sarajevo and Archduke Ferdinand, the Twin Towers and the best Middle Eastern pilot, the convertible and Kennedy.)

Sunny Tower: (Let me correct you first. The following two examples do not fall within the scope of the above examples. They are not driven by any major historical process. It is just that the excessive use of clichés on the Internet has given you the illusion that they are important.)

Rusalka ignored Sanita's corrections. After failing in the knowledge track, she switched to another track and continued in the private chat: (And Lexington's first shot and her husband Rusalka. Hehe, my wife Lexington, if I could travel to the world of KanColle, I would definitely ask her to give birth to a bunch of baby aircraft carriers for me.)

Sani Iron Tower: (For those who are blind to history, "The First Shot at Lexington" actually refers to a place called "Lexington". It is a place name, but it is translated into Lexington in the book. It is not the Lexington aircraft carrier you think of.)

In front of Bunko, Rusalka, who had been repeatedly slapped in the face for making the wrong jokes, chose to remain silent.

Sanita was afraid that Rusalka would be too embarrassed, so she kindly found a new topic: (Oh, since you mentioned Mrs. Lexington, by the way, do you mean Ship C, Ship N, or Ship R when you said Lexington?)

Unexpectedly, Rusalka instantly activated the unlimited firepower state: (KanColle? What kind of KanColle? I play WoWoShit (World of Warships). This time, I played Lexington against the opponent's Kaga. I lost the aircraft duel. It's not because I'm bad at playing aircraft carriers. In terms of aircraft carrier level, I completely suppressed the opponent, okay? Come and watch the replay, you can see clearly that it was my anti-aircraft cruiser Worcester that was sleepwalking. Why didn't it move forward this time? In this wave, the fighter groups of both sides engaged it in front of it. What is it doing? It is retreating, it is pulling, it is still stretching and retracting! Afraid of death? If you are afraid of death, go back to playing your cute little game and find your paper wife to drink milk. Don't come to the real man's naval battlefield to harm your teammates.

Wow shit, uninstall! Azur Lane, start! Hehe, wives are still the best, stupid (beep——) teammates will just rot in Wow shit playing anti-aircraft cruisers and shooting planes for the rest of their lives.)

Things change, and now it is Sanita's turn to be forced to remain silent - both the pros and cons have been defeated by Rusalka alone, and even if he wants to join in the fun, he really doesn't know where to start.

At this moment, he extremely hoped that Rusalka would meet the leader of his sorcerer profession as soon as possible. It would be best if the two of them could sit down and discuss, and exchange their ideas in depth and detail to see if after the conversation, the other party would recognize Rusalka as the leader.

Of course, Sani Tieta is now in doubt about whether this sect leader actually exists.

Now, getting back to the topic... Well, let's take a deeper look at the biography first. I'm sure everyone wants to know, what was Saint Theresa wearing at the last parliament?

Yes, you heard it right, it is indeed a barefoot reverse bunny girl dress. If you don’t understand, you can search it on Baidu.

Rusalka felt that this broken world had probably been "blessed" by time travelers. Such advanced clothing design was a little hard for him to look at. He exclaimed that it was excellent, or rather, it was exciting.