Chapter 170 The Right Time
Lao Sen always comes up with something unexpected.

“Lily, show me the list!”

Yuge said immediately, and he seemed to have heard the name of Bi’an. If he remembered correctly, she was the Knight Commander of the Empire. Not long ago, the merchant ship brought back news that the Royal Knights had returned to the Temple of Netheril and were dead in name only. The Knight Commander Bi’an died in battle on the border of the Empire.

When visiting the imperial capital, Bi’an was one of the few people who left a deep impression on him. First of all, his name sounded very different from someone from the Empire. He was a very generous person and knew the delicacies of the imperial capital like the back of his hand. Every night he took them to broaden their horizons. Upon learning of Bi’an’s death, Yuge sighed several times. After that, he had been paying attention to the situation in the Empire, but the caravan never brought back any news.

He read the list carefully and saw what Lily said was the “Lao Sen Magic Technology Phone 2.0 Beta Version”. The front of the list also mentioned that this was a benefit provided by the Lao Sen Magic Technology Store to give back to old customers. The back of the list detailed the method of connecting and communicating. There were several energy storage crystals inside the shell, as well as many devices he had never seen before. By using different knocking frequencies, he could connect to a specific channel.

However, since it is still in the internal beta version, and in order to ensure the privacy of customers, they can only obtain each other’s communication frequency with the consent of both customers.

As the only user outside the empire, Yuge can only contact the customer service desk of Laosen Magic Technology.

“It’s really Old Sen. His shop is getting bigger and bigger. It’s no longer limited to magic scrolls!”

Yuger’s face was filled with joy, but at the same time he was even more annoyed by the parliament’s obstruction of the establishment of magic teleportation sites.

Originally according to his plan, after building the magic transmission site, he would be able to get in touch with Lao Sen soon. He was very optimistic about Lao Sen’s abilities and planned to invest a large sum of money in him. He could also solve problems such as store and materials for his store and establish a long-term cooperation model.

As a result of what the parliament did, everything is too late!

Lily lowered her head, her cheeks flushed.

Just now the phone kept ringing and she thought it was going to shock or bite someone. Now she seemed to be very ignorant.

The last time she returned, she was talked about for a long time and told many jokes to Master Yuge. She also received scalp massage and ear cleaning services. Even the sailors who favored her couldn’t bear to look at the endless ice spikes and said that the master had been fooled. After returning home, the master immediately sent these ice arrow scrolls to the coastal cities where sea monsters were rampant, solving the sea monster problem.

But what happened next was a little hard for her to understand.

Even a maid like her could see the power of these magic scrolls. Logically, the parliament should have been eager to cooperate with Heisenberg, but the result was that they firmly rejected Master Yuge’s suggestion and even put him under house arrest.

“Come on, Lily, I’ll teach you how to use it.”

Yuge interrupted Lily’s thoughts. He moved inside and patted the mattress, motioning her to sit next to him. “You will be an important liaison officer from now on.”

“Liaison officer? … I am just a maid. I am not qualified for such an important job. Master, you should hire someone more capable.”

“I believe in your ability, and more importantly, you are one of the few people I can trust.”

As Lily took her seat, Yug, with the same trepidation, dialed the communication frequency according to the instructions on the list.

At the same time, Bi’an, who was in the imperial capital’s office, stretched lazily.

As a member of Laosen Magic Technology, she also took the initiative to take over the customer service work, which was quite new to her.

This is a cross-era technology. The newly established cabinet has reached a long-term cooperation agreement with Laosen Magic Technology. They are helping the cabinet set up communication points in major cities across the empire, completely breaking the past letter-based communication method.

In the past, information communication in the empire was slow and closed. For example, when such a great turmoil occurred in the imperial capital, many cities knew nothing about it, and half of the people said that she was a ghost after hearing the other side’s self-introduction name.

Bi’an stretched and glanced at Rowena who was lying in an electric wheelchair opposite her. The latter vigilantly hid the remaining bottle of guava juice under the table.

“Aren’t you too stingy?”

“Although the value of guava juice itself is not high, the price of some goods will skyrocket in special circumstances and periods.”

Rowena brought out her theory, “This is the situation now. I only brought three bottles with me. If I finish them, I have to go home to get them. It takes nearly an hour to go back and forth in an electric wheelchair!”

She was foresighted and understood the nature of customer service work. She knew that this job was very demanding on the throat, so she had made full preparations when she came in the morning. But unlike Bi’an, she came with empty hands but a greedy mouth. She would instead of drinking water, she would set her eyes on her guava juice.

“I’ll treat you to lunch, so that makes it even, right?”

“That can.”

Rowena thought for a moment and said, “You’d have to treat me to a lunch worth more than 64 silver antelopes to equal the value of the guava juice.”

“Is your guava made of gold?”

“Dululululu——!”

The shell phone on the table rang. Bi’an opened the shell. She was already familiar with the process after working all morning. “Hello, this is Bi’an. This is Lao Sen Magic Technology Store.”

“The other side? Knight Commander? Is it really you?”

Familiar questions.

“It’s me. I’m not a ghost.”

Bi’an responded fluently, and she seemed to understand Ethan’s mood who always said “I’m not a god”.

“I’m Yuge, do you remember me? We met some time ago, and you took me to taste many delicacies of the imperial capital.”

“Oh, it’s you. How are you doing?”

“To be honest, it’s not very good… I have something I want to discuss with Lao Sen, can you help me find him?”

Yuge on the other end was full of confusion. He really couldn’t understand how Lao Sen and the Knight Commander of the Empire came together to open a shop.

Bi’an said, “No problem. I’ll transfer the call to him. He has been studying at the Craftsmen’s Association these days.”

“Lao Sen Magic Technology Phone 2.0 Beta Version” is the advanced version completed after Ethan discussed with the current great craftsman of the empire. Compared with the roughly made 1.0 version, Ethan found that electrical elements as a communication source can better restore the information on the other end, and the advanced application of energy storage crystal technology solved the problem of private communication, and there is no need for everyone to squeeze into the same chat room.

The Imperial Capital Great Craftsmen’s Association was bustling with activity. At this moment, the Great Craftsman’s father, a 90-year-old man, was describing with great excitement the use of energy storage crystals and magic technology in the field of warfare. When he heard that Ethan was visiting the Craftsmen’s Association, the old man sat up in shock from his dying illness, dragged his aged body, and threw himself into this great plan with even greater enthusiasm than when he guided his son in the past.

Their discussions soon produced concrete results.

Shell Phone, a magical product that the craftsmen could never have imagined in their dreams, was created. They all knew that once this technology could be popularized, the era of information isolation would be completely ended.

In the hearts of the craftsmen, Ethan’s greatness has surpassed the Goddess of Life and the Lord Knight.

After spending a few days together, Ethan also learned the reasons why the Craftsmen’s Guild was gradually declining. In addition to many technological gaps, the development of theocracy was accelerated during the reign of Henry III. Starting from Turzain, the Holy See has always held a negative attitude towards the inventions of the Craftsmen’s Guild.

They believed that these overly active craftsmen were using their technology to deconstruct the power of God. After they seized power, denial soon turned into suppression. Later, the struggle between the Elemental Shapers and the Astrology Guild dealt the final blow to this already declining association.

He needed the craftsmen’s knowledge of the world’s strange materials, such as these shells that could store sound, which were told to him by the craftsmen.

Now, the old man got inspiration from the electric wheelchair. After several nights of thinking and organizing, he believed that as long as they could make use of electrical elements as energy, they could achieve a leap forward in the field of transportation.

The ringing of the phone interrupted Ethan’s thoughts. He walked out of the association’s door, found an empty corner and opened the shell.

Almost immediately, Yug’s excited voice came from the shell, “Lao Sen, it’s really you!”

“Master, please stop jumping on the bed!”

The maid seemed to be trying to stop Yuge from behaving in a manner inconsistent with aristocratic etiquette.

“A lot of things have happened here, and I hope to hear your advice. Of course, just name the consulting fee, it’s no problem!”

The call lasted nearly ten minutes, and the main content was about Yuge’s strange nightmare.

He sounded like he was being stared at by an oversized octopus.

Living in the deep sea, with a huge body that cannot be described in words, and gradually sinking to the bottom of the sea…

“I need to consult some professionals.”

Ethan said cautiously that it was indeed unusual to have the same nightmare for 20 consecutive days, especially in a world where the evil god was about to revive. With Lily’s occasional concern, he also realized that Yuge, the VIP client, was seriously ill. If the illness could not be resolved, he would either die or fall into madness and turn into something like an octopus face.

After the mysterious Kane’s disappearance, Winter became his most important consulting partner.

But she has been going to the royal court every now and then recently, saying that Queen Margaret invited her, and no one knows what she is discussing with the queen.

After cutting off the communication, Ethan said goodbye to the craftsmen. The 90-year-old old man hugged his arm and said goodbye reluctantly. Before leaving, he did not forget to put a blueprint in Ethan’s hand.

This former great craftsman seemed ambitious to build the world’s first train, but the current energy problem still could not be well resolved. In the design drawings, the coal used as fuel was replaced by a large amount of energy storage crystals, as well as several elemental shapers proficient in electrical magic as power generation devices.

When Ethan saw Winter in the royal court, she was wearing a gorgeous dress, and her long white hair was braided with exquisite ornaments. Under the queen’s command, the maids were tightening her waist straps behind her, while Winter was admiring herself in the mirror with a puzzled look.

When she heard Ethan’s name, she suddenly panicked and felt guilty. She had been going to the royal court every day recently to seek advice from the queen, who had experienced it before. No one around her could give her advice on exploring the mysteries of life.

Ivy is an emotionless work machine, and the other side is even more of a negative example. This knight commander is an extraordinary woman who can turn lovers into brothers.

As for Rowena, she was only good in words. Even the innkeeper could see that she was a weakling with zero practical and theoretical experience.

Winter looked around and was shocked to find that she was the most experienced one in the team.

Although she had no practical experience, she had at least read many forbidden books on the mysteries of life and had a fairly rich theoretical foundation. Now, she needed to consult another practical master for experience.

Queen Margaret was undoubtedly the best choice.

This class is about how to improve your charm, including dressing style, etiquette, and basic court dance practice.

Wearing this gorgeous dress, Winter couldn’t help but admire Queen Margaret – they could dance gracefully in such heavy clothes and high heels.

“How did you come?”

Lin Dong lifted her skirt and walked quickly to Ethan with the small steps of a noble lady.

Ethan was suddenly in a trance.

Lin Dong rarely dressed up carefully, but she had already reached the ideal image in his mind. Now she changed into a white court-style dress, put on light makeup, and had a slightly flustered look and an anxious and uneasy expression…

Seeing this, the master Queen Margaret smiled at Ethan where Winter couldn’t see, made a “chance has come” gesture to him, then coughed lightly, signaling the maid to leave with her and leave this space for the two of them. Although Winter had never explained to her in detail the reason for studying, all young girls in love looked the same, even witches were no exception.

In her opinion, Winter was almost writing his thoughts on his face.

Seeing Ethan’s eyes, Queen Margaret let go of her last bit of worry. She was worried that Ethan looked down on Winter. After all, in the eyes of ordinary people, Winter’s hair color and pupils were indeed a bit strange. Many people in the imperial capital regarded the Northern Tribe as descendants of the devil.

Isn’t it great that two people are in love with each other?
The queen thought about it for a moment and thought that Ethan might have spent too much energy on his “great plan” and had no time to pay attention to the things in front of him.

She had also been dealing with Ethan quite a bit lately, and at least in her daily life, he was still in the realm of being human.

“Sometimes a combination of work and rest may bring unexpected results, and…”

When she went out, she winked at Lin Dong and said, “Don’t forget, going from 0 to 1 is often the most difficult step.”

Winter blushed.

Queen Margaret had said the same thing to her before, but there was one more sentence after it.

Once you take this step, going from 1 to 100 will become as easy as eating and drinking water.

“Actually, I’m here for consultation…”

“You came just in time!”

Winter interrupted Ethan forcefully.

Now, it doesn’t matter why Ethan came. What matters is that there are only two of them here. “What do you think of this dress? Queen Margaret picked it out especially for me.”

“suitable for you.”

Winter seemed dissatisfied with this answer. She closed her eyes, gritted her teeth, took Ethan’s hands and pressed them against her waist outlined by the corset.

Today’s cold winter seems to have turned hotter.

It was no longer as cold to the touch as before, but his fearless expression made him look as if he was heading to the execution ground.

Ethan couldn’t help but become nervous. In fact, his situation was somewhat similar to that of Winter. Both of them were theoretical players. Before coming to this world, his plan was to make enough money first and then consider the next thing. However, before he achieved his goal of making a lot of money, he died halfway.

The reason why his relationship with Lin Dong has not progressed further is not only because of his busy schedule, but also because he has not been able to find a suitable opportunity.

But, what is the right time?

For academic theorists, this is an extremely difficult problem that may require a paper of tens of thousands of words to explore and research.

So, would today, at this moment, be the right time?
Ethan found that not only did Winter become hotter, but tears seemed to be dripping from his eyes.

Theoretically speaking, this should be an unexpected opportunity. After all, all this was not in his plan. The reason why he came to the royal court at noon was because of Yuge’s illness.

But Winter seemed to see through his thoughts, and held his face with her warm hands, making him fix his gaze on her face, “Now you can only look at me and think about me in your heart, okay?”

Many days have passed.

They stayed in a cave in the north every night. Winter still liked the feeling of his own home. Ethan renovated the cave and put a lot of furniture in it to facilitate living. Many of them were his inventions inspired by the Craftsmen’s Guild. Their life in the imperial capital became stable, but there was one thing that had not made any progress.

This made Lin Dong a little annoyed.

On the other hand, she could understand Ethan’s restraint. Although she had read many theoretical masterpieces, she always backed down when it really came to the final push.

Some things are hard to say directly.

She thought Ethan might think the same.

“you……”

However, now she decided not to think about those complicated theoretical knowledge. Her eyes became more and more fiery, and her tone was somewhat complaining, “Do you really have to tell me?”

Ethan smelled the sweet scent of cherries, “Are you sure?”

He seemed to see a flash of electric arc.

Sure.

Sure.

Sure!

Very sure.

It’s a pity that all the props were left in the cave.

He didn’t know if it was an illusion, but he seemed to hear the voice in Lindong’s heart. However, she didn’t say anything, but just pressed her hot body against him in response.

Ethan also saw that Winter was full of determination. She stood on tiptoe and bit his lips.

Her inner voice continued.

Today, don’t think you can get away with it with just a kiss!

……

A moment later, in a noisy tavern in the imperial capital, Rowena, who was feasting, suddenly shuddered violently. She straightened her body as if she was stressed.

“what happened to you?”

Bi’an, who had been stuffing himself with barbecue, stopped and asked her. The golden hair on Ivy’s head also turned his head and looked at Rowena curiously.

Having dinner together is their regular event, but the Shell phone seemed to be malfunctioning and the two could not be contacted.

“I always feel like something bad is happening somewhere we don’t know about.”

Rowena muttered to herself.

Outside the hotel, a woman with long white hair finally smiled – Rowena is a dangerous person and must be strictly guarded against, and she must not be allowed to ruin the plan!
The residents around here came and went, seemingly not noticing her at all.

Not long after, the woman sensed something and suddenly closed her eyes. Her breathing became a little rapid and she leaned against the door of the tavern with a flushed face.

It is really a day worth remembering.

(End of this chapter)