Chapter 28. Do I look like the kind of bad guy who knocks on a girl's door in the middle of the night?

Chapter 28. Do I look like the kind of bad guy who knocks on a girl's door in the middle of the night?

"Victor!!! Do you really want to be scolded?"

A roar resounding through the courtyard came from the mansion.

After hearing it, the servants outside shrank their necks in fright.

They whispered to each other in a low voice: "Mr. Victor and Miss have quarreled again."

"It's really a long-lost quarrel..."

The two shook their heads. Regarding this, they were already used to it. As long as Victor was at home, Miss Lia would definitely have a quarrel with him.

Lia angrily pointed at Victor's nose and scolded: "I've been waiting for you for so long, but the first thing you said when you came home was to ask me if I hid someone in the house?"

"How narrow-minded are you to think of such a thing!"

Victor stood at the door, still with a poker face. Listening to Lia's scolding, he didn't retort.

After scolding for a while, Lia vented her unhappiness. Then, she touched her head and sighed.

She had thought that it would be fine without explaining, but for some reason, she still explained one more sentence.

"That's a subordinate from the territory. He just came to report something. When you came back, he had already left."

Victor nodded.

"I see."

As soon as he entered the room, he smelled a fragrant smell coming from the room.

That obviously wouldn't be the smell on a man.

He had wanted to add a few words after saying "Did you hide someone?", so as to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings for Lia.

Unfortunately, Lia started scolding him so quickly that it was like an instinctive reaction. Before he could even react, he was scolded.

And then?

Then he just let Lia scold him.

If the other party can vent their anger by scolding him, Victor naturally doesn't mind being scolded a few words.

This is also a way of communicating between the two. He is already used to it.

Victor sat back in front of the desk again and didn't ask Lia if she had any difficulties recently.

He believed that Lia could handle everything well.

If there was a problem she couldn't solve, Lia would take the initiative to say it.

Sure enough, although Victor didn't ask, Lia herself brought up the matter of the store with some embarrassment.

"The situation at the item store is not very ideal."

"The explosive popularity as you expected didn't happen."

"Hmm? What's going on."

Victor tapped on the table. This was somewhat unexpected.

He was interested in hearing Lia explain the reason.

Lia reported the financial income of the item store.

"Except for selling some on the first day, in the following days, no customers were attracted."

Victor was a little puzzled. Judging from his marketing strategy, theoretically, this situation should not occur.

Because there will always be people who know the goods and come to buy.

Lia also said that potions were sold on the first day.

The word-of-mouth of those who use the potions should have an explosive effect.

Is there a problem with the player's potion?

This is almost impossible.

Store management problem?

Also impossible. If Lia can't even manage such a store well, she couldn't have developed her own territory so well.

So, only an unexpected situation could have occurred.

"So, what happened?"

Lia began to explain:

"On the first day of opening, the duke's daughter bought some potions."

Hearing this title, Victor's eyes twitched slightly.

"Erika Du Cloy?"

Lia glanced at Victor and sneered.

"Oh, are you still thinking about your little lover you miss so much?"

"You even remember the name so clearly."

"This joke is not funny. Go on."

Victor took the initiative to stop Lia's sarcasm.

Lia folded her arms and pouted.

"I thought that before long, with Erika's reputation, the effect of the potion would soon be revealed, and a large number of mages would naturally come here because of her reputation."

"But on the second day, something happened to Mount Vesuvius."

At this time, Lia noticed that Victor's hand tapping on the table paused.

She had some answers to some guesses in her heart.

However, she still patiently explained to Victor.

"A large number of mages went to the volcano. Only some ordinary first-level mages were left in the royal capital."

"Not to mention whether these people can afford it. Even if they can afford it, this thing is too wasteful for them."

In short, first-level mages don't deserve to use this thing.

"A few days later, these mages all came back. As a result, they began to unite and impeach the duke collectively."

"Even the emperor personally appeared and summoned the duke and those noble mages to prepare to reach the final conclusion."

Speaking of this, Lia sighed helplessly.

The main target customers of potions are mages. Recently, the royal capital is in chaos. The mages are all busy. How can they have time to visit the store?

Victor listened to all this expressionlessly.

He had been fighting with Groudon inside the volcano. Naturally, he didn't know what had happened in recent days.

No wonder, after he finished fighting with Groudon and appeared at the crater of the volcano, the first person he saw was Erika.

He still thought it was an illusion. After all, after that, he had no subsequent memory.

When he woke up, it was Vigar who told him why he had fainted.

'Vigar's ability should be used as little as possible in the future.'

Victor thought to himself.

After this battle, he was in a coma for a full four days.

Counting the three days of fighting with Groudon, it was exactly a week.

However, he didn't expect that the battle with Groudon would affect the real volcano.

Although the volcano didn't erupt, the impact of this incident spread to the royal capital.

At this time, Lia was still complaining beside him: "Others also said that Duke Levi stopped releasing the magic formation because his daughter was missing."

"This is really ridiculous. Not to mention whether the war magic will tear his daughter apart. If the volcano erupts, won't Erika who is still on the mountain die just the same?"

Victor didn't speak, but he agreed with Lia's statement in his heart.

At that time, Erika climbed up the volcano. It was undoubtedly seeking death.

The difference is that under the war magic, only Erika who appears on the top of the mountain will die.

And if the volcano erupts, all the mages and the residents at the foot of the mountain will have to be buried with Erika.

He didn't believe that the duke didn't understand this truth.

After Lia finished speaking, she shrugged.

"By the way, there's one more thing."

"The emperor's edict has been delivered to our doorstep. On the day of the summons, you also have to go to the palace."

"You came back just in time. If you come back one day later, you will miss it."

"Why?"

Victor was a little curious. Although he already had a guess in his mind.

"You want a reason? Alright."

"Before the volcano erupted, who was the only accompanying mage who disappeared without a trace?"

Sure enough.

After getting the answer, Victor's expression still didn't change at all.

Seeing this, Lia didn't ask any more questions. She yawned and walked to the door.

"It seems that you already have a solution. Then I'll go to sleep."

"I will close the door of the room well. Don't sneak into my room in the middle of the night just because we haven't seen each other for a long time."

With a bang, the door was slammed shut.

Victor: "...."

Do I look like the kind of bad guy who likes to knock on a girl's door in the middle of the night?

On second thought, he had actually done this.

Maybe Gwen said something to Lia.

Victor didn't pay much attention to it. Compared to this, he was more curious about why the duke did that.

Suddenly, Vigar's voice sounded abruptly.

"If the volcano erupts, everyone there will die, including Duke Levi himself."

"Only that little girl can survive."

"But if the magic formation falls, she will definitely die."

Victor narrowed his eyes and asked faintly:

"If I fail and the volcano erupts, then Groudon will also be released."

"Do you think a second-level little girl who is also seriously injured can survive the natural disaster caused by the fire disaster?"

Vigar looked up and looked at Victor with deep eyes:

"She can talk to disasters."

Hearing Vigar's words, Victor was slightly stunned. This time it was his turn to be confused.

Vigar quickly caught Victor's reaction and was very happy.

"This is the first time I've seen you so surprised."

Vigar obviously knows something because he is sure that Erika will not die.

"Actually, I'm very curious. What kind of thing did that duke give birth to her with?"

"By the way, have you seen that little girl's mother?"

Victor became even more silent.

In the game plot before, this daughter of the duke is also an astonishing genius.

If nothing unexpected happens, she will be nineteen years old - that is, two years later.

After Victor's death, she will step into the ranks of third-level mages, breaking Victor's genius record and becoming the youngest third-level mage in the history of the empire.

Because of this, when the imperial regime changes and the new emperor ascends the throne.

Because of her talent, Erika Du Cloy protected the duke's family who supported the eldest prince.

For the time being, Victor can only think of these plots.

But after hearing what Vigar said, he really noticed it for the first time.

For such an NPC with a fairly good reputation, no player has ever seen her mother.

There is not even a trace in the background story.

Is she dead? Or...

There is really too little information that Victor can sort out, and he can't guess.

Vigar was satisfied when he saw him like this. It turns out that there are also things that Victor doesn't know.

It opened its beak and chirped:

"So, what are you going to do?"

"Not only the duke but also you have to go to the palace for the summons tomorrow. It's better to think about how to get through the difficulties first."

"But no one can help you."

Victor looked out of the window. The moonlight fell on his cold and handsome face, full of melancholy.

"It's normal that those who have virtue will have many supporters while those without virtue will have few."

"In short, in terms of being a father, Duke Levi is very remarkable."

That's right. He stopped the formation. He would rather let himself and the mages be buried in the natural disaster, and even innocent people can be given up.

He also wants his daughter to live.

In addition, the duke's actions are indeed infuriating.

"The emperor will not let his ministers who have followed him for a long time feel cold-hearted, but he also has to give everyone an explanation."

"The worst outcome is nothing more than taking off the title and returning to the countryside."

"This is still when I don't show up."

Hearing Victor's last sentence, Vigar was quite interested and let out an 'oh?'.

"You want to help him?"

"This is called providing timely help."

In Victor's eyes, a cunning light like that of a businessman flashed.