Chapter 151: Arrost's Question and Answer Game
"Mirror, mirror, who is the most beautiful woman in the world?"
This is a classic scene from the Roselle fairy tale.
When this fairy tale became popular, it became a dream for many people to have a magic mirror that could ask all kinds of questions and answer all questions.
Arrodes is such a magic mirror.
Of course, it is a little different from the magic mirror in the fairy tale.
It likes the principle of equivalence. If you ask it a question, it will ask you a question in return. It adheres to the principle of honesty. If you lie, you need to accept a certain punishment.
It sounds fair, well, it just sounds fair.
When the members of the Mechanical Heart brought an ancient silver mirror with strange patterns and eyes decorated with black gems on both sides.
Max Livermore, who had been uneasy, had a bitter smile on his face, but in the end he gritted his teeth and came to the magic mirror.
Arrodes, a living sealed object 2-111
It has extremely high wisdom and can answer the holder's questions through the revelations and information obtained from the spiritual world. Similarly, it will also ask the holder to answer a question.
"Dear Arrodes, my question is, who sneaked into the Roselle Memorial Exhibition last night to steal a bookmark?"
Max Livermore calmed down and finally asked his first question.
Circles of water light rippled on the surface of the silver mirror, and soon a picture emerged in the water light: a sky full of twinkling stars.
Apart from this, there was no other useful information.
What kind of answer is this?
Max Livermore was confused and at a loss, and the team members beside him also did not understand what this picture symbolized. Even the Archbishop who stood silently by the side showed surprise.
Before Max Livermore figured out the question, a few lines of ancient Fusak words appeared on the silver mirror:
"According to the principle of reciprocity, it's my turn to ask questions."
"If you answer wrongly or lie, you will be punished."
The word punishment was as red as blood, and even dripped liquid.
Max Livermore's facial expression twitched for a moment, and then became extremely solemn.
Then, the mirror surface was floating, and a new line of text appeared.
"Do you like women who are much older than you?"
Max Livermore's face froze, and his teammates around him also cast curious eyes.
Finally, he gritted his scalp and nodded: "Yes."
Just when he thought it was finally over, the archbishop next to him called him away, and after a few instructions, he walked to the front of the magic mirror with heavy steps.
He took a deep breath, showing a look of fearlessness, and reached out to touch the surface of the silver mirror three times.
After a two-second pause, he asked in a deep voice: "Respected Arrodes, my question is, is the person who came last night still in Backlund?"
"Yes."
The short answer made Max Livermore's mood tighten again.
Soon, a new line of text appeared on the surface of the silver mirror.
"Which part of your lover's body do you like most?"
"..."
After a short silence, Max Livermore's cheeks flushed and he answered: "Toes."
This time his teammates turned sideways, probably because they didn't want him to see the irrepressible smiles on their faces.
At this point, he simply broke the jar and asked the third question: "Who are the apostles of the stars?"
The surface of the silver mirror flashed, and a sea appeared. A ship only had time to reveal a small part of the hull, and the picture was soon covered by a starry sky.
No one noticed that the light of the silver mirror was much dimmer than at the beginning.
"Where did you spend the night the night before?"
Max Livermore's expression was completely stunned, and all the members of the nearby Mechanical Heart cast their eyes over.
Because their captain is already married.
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In Backlund's gray sky, no matter how dazzling the sun's rays are, it is difficult to penetrate the layers of gray fog and reach the ground. Only some weak places can enjoy the treatment of sunshine.
Hasta sat on the balcony, bathing in the breeze, flipping through the information in his hand.
This is the relevant information about the investment projects that Butler Neil has searched for.
He plans to select the projects and industries suitable for investment from here.
He read it from beginning to end and circled the projects that he is more optimistic about.
In order to ensure that the investment will not lose money, he plans to verify these projects one by one.
Go to the Hall of Stars and use the ability to spy on fate to try to see the future prospects of these projects.
Of course, no matter how good the project is, it is not necessarily guaranteed to succeed.
Sometimes it may be the problem of the project leader.
After marking, Hasta put the information on the table, took a sip of a fruit drink next to it, and then began to think about how to bribe Earl Hall.
As for Duke Negan, with the last Qilingus incident, it is basically stable.
Next is Earl Hall, a great noble who also holds real power.
According to the information given by Greg, Earl Hall is indeed a good life style and a decent person. It is said that he has never accepted bribes.
It can be regarded as a hexagonal barrel, without any shortcomings.
But no one is perfect, not even an outstanding person like Earl Hall.
He likes to go hunting, especially in autumn, when he often goes to a large manor in the suburbs and takes a group of people into the dense forest to hunt wild animals.
He even spends a lot of money to buy the best hunting dogs. Susie was given as a gift.
This is a hobby that can be cracked, and it is also a breakthrough for bribery.
There are always some officials who don't like vulgar things like money. At this time, you can only target their hobbies.
If you like cultural relics, give cultural relics, and if you like calligraphy and paintings, give calligraphy and paintings, in the name of letting adults evaluate and evaluate.
In addition to this, Greg also provided him with a direction, which is to pursue Audrey and become the son-in-law of Earl Hall.
In this way, Earl Hall, as the father-in-law, will help a little in the matter of promotion to the title.
Hasta directly killed this suggestion and prepared to choose to break through the fact that Earl Hall likes hunting.
"If we can find a better hound than the one Earl Hall has, we will probably be able to attract Earl Hall's attention, and then give this hound to Earl Hall, and we should be able to complete the bribe."
"But an excellent hound is worth tens of thousands of gold pounds, which is too expensive..."
Hasta thought for a while and made a decision in his heart. If there is no good hound, then train one, which can also help Greylint digest the trainer's potion.
At about three o'clock in the afternoon, Hasta came to Greylint's house and invited him to go out and choose a suitable pet.
Greylint laughed and said, "Hasta, even if you don't come to me, I will send someone to find you. I just found a group of guys selling pets recently. The breed is excellent and it's very cheap."
"Where is such a good thing?"
"Hehe, that group of guys used some improper means, and then they were detained by a friend I know. We can just pick up a leak."
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When we arrived at the destination, Hasta really understood what Greylint meant by picking up a leak.
It's just a thief eating a thief.
Those pet dealers used improper means to steal good-quality pet pups in other places, and then secretly transported them to Backlund and sold them to the nobles here at a high price.
This time, they were unlucky and were targeted by the local gangs in Backlund. They directly robbed all the pets, just because they were sure that the other party would not dare to call the police.
Even if they called the police, there were still friends of Grellant who could help bail them out and solve the matter.
"Grellant, is this the Baron Campbell you always mentioned? He looks younger and more handsome than you described."
Baron Bull, Grellant's friend, looked to be in his early twenties, not tall and fat, with flamboyant and gorgeous clothes, a dazzling gold watch on his wrist, and two attendants behind him, each holding a dog leash in his hand.
Those were two dogs that looked very ferocious, with black and shiny black hair on their backs, and only a small patch of yellow hair in the area below the calves. Their eyes were sharp and cruel, and they were baring their teeth at the group of pet pups in the cages in front of them.
From time to time, they let out two terrifying roars, which frightened the pet cubs and made them curl up and tremble.
These should be two Rottweilers.
"You are Greylint's friend, so you are my friend. You can choose from these cubs today. I promise to give you a suitable price."
"Then I will not be polite."
Greylint could not wait to start choosing. Hasta followed him and looked at these pet cubs slowly.
Greylint was an expert in choosing pets. He only needed to choose from the pets selected by Greylint.
Hasta had high requirements for the pets he wanted. As for choosing a suitable hound, Greylint was in charge.
He followed Greylint and looked for a while, then left the pet dog area and came to the cat area.
The cages for kittens here were obviously much smaller than the dog cages next to them.
A rough count showed that there were only more than 20 of them.
There were not many, so Hasta could observe them one by one slowly.
He first looked at the cat's eyes and fur, then their overall shape, and finally their individual personalities.
In this regard, he was still a layman and could only rely on his own feelings most of the time.