Starting with the sentries on the frontier

Chapter 104 An Unintentional Act Leads to a Success

Chapter 107 An Unintentional Act Leads to a Success

Just as she said, Lyra didn't disturb Ruili and Zag's "council" about cats too much. Instead, she stood guard outside the meeting room, looking more like a knight than a mage.

Ruili's housekeeper, with a long face, stood next to Leila, as if ready to criticize Leila's every move at any moment—

The two did have some conflicts. Last week, when the association inspected the houses, Leila ignored the housekeeper's anger and turned the house upside down. It's understandable that she's not popular.

Inside the house, Mara was initially just curious about the mushroom claw pillar, just like Snowball was seeing something for the first time; she had no idea what it was used for.

Zag deliberately repeated what he had told Ruili about the claw-grinding pillar at the door, and also thoughtfully told Ruili how to make it: "Use a wooden core, then wrap the outside with newspaper to make it thick enough, otherwise it will be difficult to stand up, and then wrap it with hemp rope. Remember to apply glue. I used the most common Lyon glue. Of course, if you want to make any shape, you will have to find a carpenter to make it custom-made."

As they were talking, Mara was already happily sharpening her claws.

Ruili was very pleased: "It seems Mara likes it very much. Thank you, Mr. Zag."

As she spoke, she instructed the maid beside her to give Zag a recipe that had been prepared in advance.

"This is the recipe for grilled fish pie. It's a bit complicated to make, as it requires an oven. Once my chef has finished making it, I'll prepare some for you. Take it back and let Snowball try it. Mara and her other calico friend who often comes to visit really like this food."

"Thank you so much."

The two then chatted at length about their cat-raising experiences, until Ruili invited Zag to see her collection. First, there was a huge pile of all kinds of cat beds and cat cushions, then a bunch of clothes and accessories that were clearly Mara's size. Finally, when they moved to a normal collection room, Zag saw an exhibit that surprised him: "What is this? Made of glass!?"

Zag looked at the exquisite arrows in the glass case with great surprise.

Weapons really are made of glass!?

Its arrowhead is made of polished blue-green glass, and its tail is also a beautiful green feather tail. The shaft is made of golden oak with golden patterns, and it is also carved with Elvish language.

"It's a glass arrow that pure-blooded elves like to use. To be honest, it's for ritual purposes and its lethality is quite average unless you enchant it with runes, but that would make the cost of an arrow staggeringly high—although the lethality after enchanting is quite good."

Ruili explained, "I acquired these from merchants from Lunaran. I simply thought they were pretty. The names of the craftsmen who made these arrows are engraved on them; it should be Connor o' Murcada," she said, referring to the rather famous master craftsman from Lunaran.

"What an amazing collection."

Zha Ge promptly stepped in to flatter him.

In fact, he had no idea what a master craftsman of Lunaran was, nor had he ever heard of the name "Connor O'Mulkada". But as a guest, and a guest who needed his help, Zag would of course do his best to provide emotional value to his host.

"You flatter me. Weapons made of glass are indeed rare. I also have a longsword in my collection, also for ceremonial purposes. They're ceremonial weapons from Lunaran; in reality, they themselves don't use these things in battle, but—"

It looks beautiful, doesn't it? I like pretty things.

As Ruili spoke, she led Zag to admire the longsword, which was indeed very beautiful, but also obviously flashy and impractical.

While arrows with glass arrowheads might possess some special lethality, longswords made of glass are purely decorative. Again, enchanting them is useless; this is determined by the inherent properties of glass as a material.

After all, the glass of this era was not the kind of composite glass material or fiberglass product of modern times.

but----

Upon seeing so many artifacts, he was no longer concerned with the glass weapons, but rather with how to extract money from Ruili's pocket.

This noble lady is clearly someone who doesn't lack money, and she's very interested in collecting weapons. Most importantly, she's also a cat lover, so it's easy to please her!

After some thought, Zag steered the conversation at the opportune moment: "None of these seem to be enchanted?"

Ruili was very frank about money, or rather, because she was wealthy enough, she didn't care whether others looked down on her for not being able to afford enchanted items. So she answered directly, "Yes, to be honest, enchanted items are much more expensive, and these are all made by master craftsmen from Lunaran. If they're really enchanted, the price will probably more than double!"

"If you're interested, I can help," Zag immediately seized the opportunity, revealing his true intentions. "I know a little about enchanting and can enchant these things for you, for free, as a gesture of goodwill as a fellow cat owner. Of course, you'll have to reimburse me for the materials and the enchanting table rental."

Ruili's eyes widened: "You're an enchanter!?"

Zag replied modestly, "No, not really. I only know a few enchanting spells, and I'm not an expert, but I can use the ones I know quite well. At least the success rate of enchanting is not a problem."

"That makes them an enchanter! That's truly remarkable!"

I don’t know if it’s just my imagination, but Zag felt like the little girl’s eyes were sparkling.

Then, after the two returned to the reception room and sat down on the sofa again, Ruili finally said impatiently, "I can pay you! I have many collections, if you can enchant them all—I mean, if it doesn't take up too much of your time!"

Zag replied regretfully, "I'm sorry, I only know about weapon enchanting; I can't help with other types of enchanting."

How could you not feel regretful after losing such a large sum of money!

However, being able to earn money from weapon enchanting is not a complete waste; it's like an unexpected bonus.

"Ah—that's a real shame. No, I mean, uh, sorry, I got a little excited because I've been looking for an enchanter for a long time. I apologize for making you laugh, Mr. Zag."

Ruili's arrogance had long since vanished. She was as excited as a child who had just received her favorite toy, her face flushed. Just as she was about to say something more, her gaze suddenly passed over Zha Ge and went to the window behind him.

The window had been opened at some point, and a black cat was sitting on the windowsill, looking at Zag with a displeased expression.

Zag instinctively sensed something was wrong and turned around abruptly, just in time to see the black cat looking at Mara, who was happily sharpening her claws on the carpet.

Oops!

Snowball was watching the whole time he was making this mushroom-shaped claw post for Snowball!

Zag felt a strange pang of guilt and shame, as if he'd been caught in the act. He quickly stood up and stammered to Snowball, "I came to ask Mara for help, and I couldn't come empty-handed. I don't know what it likes, but you know I can make you more claw sharpening posts, so I'll give this to it first—Snowball!"

Before he could finish speaking, Snowball glared at Zag and ran away again.

"Excuse me, I have to go find Snowball. The sharpening post for Mara was originally made for Snowball, and it seems unhappy about it."

Zha Ge gave a casual explanation, then turned and ran, without even bothering to exchange a few more pleasantries.

Seeing this, Ruili wasn't angry at all. Instead, she chuckled and picked up Mara, watching Zag's retreating figure as he hurried away. She whispered, "Do you think Mr. Zag can outrun a cat? Hehe, Snowball is as clever as you!"

Meow~

[Separator]: Gelatin produced by factories under the Queen Lyon Company on Queen Island. It is inexpensive and widely praised.

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