Chapter 375 Who likes to give advice at the dinner table?
The "other side" that Kira mentioned is naturally Urrutia and the other two.
When Princess Emerald and the others left, Kira ordered the three of them to follow quietly, firstly to confirm their identities, and secondly to determine their purpose.
It's the same reason. Although the IQ of the Emerald Princess is not high, there is no guarantee that she will not use the "beauty trap" and "torture trap". Before, Kira told Jellal that the other party might suspect that he intended to approach her. In turn, Kira naturally also suspected whether the other party intended to approach her.
This may make me seem overly sensitive and self-righteous, but what just happened is not completely without doubt.
For example, who would dare to attack the royal family? How did the dark guild know the princess's schedule? Was there no guard around the princess? Why was such an important task of kidnapping the princess given to three such incompetent people? As nobles, their first reaction when they encountered danger was to run to the men's bath?
Of course, the most important thing is that she didn't recognize herself... ahem, the most important thing is, three ability wizards couldn't catch the weak girl with only a bathrobe on her body in the first place? How is this possible? !
After soaking in the hot springs, it is natural to enjoy a delicious meal.
So half an hour later, in a medium-sized suite, several people who had just come out of the bathtub sat around the dining table, eating a hot pot meal while continuing the previous topic, discussing the two things "future plans" and "the kidnapped princess" .
The group invitation ticket only provides free admission and hot spring bathing, but food, drink and lodging still require money. Fortunately, the people here are not poor, so they can afford it - everyone was once a well-known figure in the magic world, how could they not have some savings?
Even Melty's small treasury was not taken away by Urrutia in the name of "Mom will keep it for you"!
The money used for the hot pot dinner was the organization's public funds, which were the savings of the "Six Demon Generals" in the past, so no one felt bad about spending the money and directly ordered the most expensive set meal, which they called "saying goodbye to the past as soon as possible", "clearing away the sins of the past at once", and "transforming the symbol of sin into a better future".
This is a long table, but Kira, as the boss, did not take the main seat. Instead, he sat with everyone else casually, with the reason being that "our organization does not have hierarchies."
He sounded so righteous and heroic when he said this, but no one believed it - not even Melty - they thought Kira didn't take the main seat simply because he couldn't reach the plate while sitting there.
Kira used his unique ability to do two things at once, chopsticks in his right hand and fork in his left hand, and ate heartily without a care in the world. While eating, he asked, "You mean to say that the princess went to the women's bath to take a hot spring bath like nothing happened?"
"That's right. You can't tell at all that she's a princess who's just been kidnapped."
Urrutia's eating movements were very elegant and ladylike, but her speed was not satisfactory at all. Most importantly, the plate in front of her was always full. Kira seriously suspected that she had secretly changed the plate with the Arc of Time - so he sat next to Urrutia and ate more happily.
Hearing Urrutia's answer, Kira showed an expression of "as expected" and said: "I knew there was something wrong with that woman! Her whole face revealed a calculating look, and that stupid aura was simply suffocating. Before..."
Before he could finish his words, Gerald interrupted him unhappily: "You knew she had problems, and you still let me get close to her?!"
Kira said as a matter of course: "You have the highest comprehensive data of appearance, IQ, experience, strength and experience among this group of people. If I have to choose someone to be an undercover agent, that person must be you! Don't you agree?"
"That's right...it's you, Jellal! We all think you're the best!"
Several people immediately laughed and agreed. Their gloating looks made Gerard more and more angry. He simply buried his head in his food, as if he wanted to eat up all their savings.
"Hey, do you really think so?" Urrutia leaned over and asked in a low voice.
"certainly……"
Kira glanced over and found that Jellal was not paying attention to his conversation with Urrutia, so he whispered, "No! The previous "Red Haired Girl Love Story" sold well at the box office. I plan to release a second part while it is still a little popular. The name is "Blue Haired Boy Love Business."
“Puchi! Cough cough…”
"Eric, what's wrong ?"
"Nothing... nothing... I just ate too fast..."
"Why are you eating so fast? Are you competing with Sawyer? You can't beat him..."
Kira looked smug: "Haha... now you know it's not good to eavesdrop on other people's conversations, right?"
Eric: You guys were talking too loudly!
After a few jokes, Urrutia continued, "It seems that the princess really just encountered an accident while taking a hot spring bath. There is nothing special about her except that she was too calm. However..."
"But what?"
"I heard that the relationship between the Kingdom of Fiore and the Kingdom of Bosco has become tense recently, and there seem to be signs of war!"
When Urrutia said this, everyone was stunned.
The Kingdom of Bosque is located to the east of the Kingdom of Fiore, and the two countries are adjacent. In that country, magic is also one of the mainstream professions, and its importance is even greater than that of the Kingdom of Fiore. It is said that even the royal family is learning magic. Unfortunately, both the development of magic and the comprehensive strength of wizards are far inferior to those of the Kingdom of Fiore.
The reason why they were stunned was that Fiore's position was consistently neutral and it did not participate in the conflicts between other countries. After the Second Trade War, it had lived in peace with its neighbors for many years. Logically, it would not provoke other countries.
"You mean to say that the kidnapping of the princess might have been done by a neighboring country? Isn't that a bit too despicable?"
"Despicable? You are still too naive! If the two countries really go to war, kidnapping hostages is just a minor punishment!"
"Is this true? Doesn't Fiore always stay away from other countries' wars?"
"The sea near the Kingdom of Fiore is an important location for trade between Ishgar, Alakitasia, and Kiltina. It is normal for our neighboring countries to target us! In fact, if it weren't for our advanced magic , we would have been annexed by other countries long ago!"
"If we go to war, don't we have to worry about other countries around us? There are also the several 'Holy Ten' stationed in the Kingdom of Fiore, and the deterrence of the Council."
"I see. No wonder the Council invited me to become the 'Holy Ten' a few days ago. It seems that they want to show their strength to other countries in Ishgar."
"Speaking of which, the Bosk Kingdom has always been small and weak, how come it suddenly became so brave?"
"Could it be that he has gained some powerful power?"
"perhaps……"
There is a very strange phenomenon in this world. When boys talk about the international situation, they can always say a word or two about it - regardless of whether they have any relevant knowledge about it before.
Kira thought this phenomenon was very strange.
The people in front of them were clearly a group of "criminals" wanted by the Council, but they were talking about the international situation at the dinner table, from national strength to regime change, from magic guilds to trade wars, from geographical locations to continental crises... They even confidently expressed their own opinions and responses.
Things like “If I were the king, I would do such and such” and “Under this situation, country X cannot do such and such”. With that kind of air of commanding the country, coupled with his stern face and calm voice, if you don’t know him, you might think he is a descendant of the royal family.
Of course, it was Kira, Jellal, Dark Night, Eric and Urrutia who were mainly talking. The others were either eating or listening. Only Melty was staring at Urrutia with her eyes glowing.
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The next day, at the entrance of Winter Hot Spring Hotel.
Kira did not teach Sono magic in the end, but gave her a set of Angel series magic cards (the power of which was basically the same as Cana's summoned beasts) as compensation, so that she would have the ability to fight and not become a vase in the team.
"I'll leave the task of eradicating organized crime to you. Remember to do it cleanly and don't leave them any chance... Why are you looking at me like that? We are all here to deal with the Dark Guild and Zeref... Don't forget the most important thing. You have to come to Magnolia to pay the money once a month. The rest of the time, we'll keep in touch via the communicator..."
After a long list of instructions, Kira said goodbye to everyone.
According to the plan, Jellal and Urrutia will lead the team to wipe out the dark guild and seize their assets as start-up capital for the next plan.
Kira felt relieved to hand over the organization to Jellal and Urrutia, as they were not reckless people, and even if they couldn't make money, at least their lives would be safe.
As for himself, he would naturally return to Magnolia to be his wizard and businessman again, and at the same time build the organization's base!
