The Low-Key Life of a Necromancer

Chapter 450 Poor Lady

He saw with his own eyes that the troops he sent out pulled the most advanced equipment in the North back to the castle.

Sir Norton opened a bottle of high-end fruit wine and poured it into a clear crystal glass.

"Well done, take the reward that belongs to you~"

Norton prepared a large bag of gold coins and threw it to the captain of the thugs who was most loyal to him.

As for how the captain of the thugs will distribute the tasks, that is not under Norton's jurisdiction.

After completing the plunder, Norton was in a very good mood, but his old butler was a little worried.

"Master, those northerners have not been wiped out. They have been watching from a distance until the looting is over. Should we hide the things and let them find them..."

"Why, even if they saw something being brought into the castle, would they dare to come and search it?"

Norton is a nobleman, a noble registered in the kingdom.

Those people in the north may seem powerful, but they are just a group of civilians in name only.

Civilians are not qualified to search noble castles. If the people from the North dare to come, they will be subject to the strict laws of the empire!

Norton was very good at playing tricks like this, and he didn't take the Northlanders seriously at all.

If the Northlanders weren't really capable of making good things, he wouldn't even have allowed Li to enter his castle last time.

"I really want to see the pitiful expressions of those northerners when they are hit by clubs~"

When Norton was celebrating without permission, the captain of the thugs who had left earlier suddenly ran back in a hurry.

"Sir, it's not good!"

"Why are you panicking? Are those stupid northerners really coming to attack us?"

"…Yes, those northerners are right in front of the castle gate."

Hearing that the Northlanders were coming to settle accounts with him, Norton became a little nervous, and the wine in his hand tasted bland.

Norton thought about it and was considering whether to gather soldiers and fight the Northmen.

"My Lord! The people from the North have presented a letter of visit."

A soldier came to Norton to report with a letter written by Lucy.

Norton immediately opened the letter and found that Lucy was not coming to fight.

"Respected Sir Norton, we lost an important trading item yesterday. We would like to ask for your help in spreading the news to other nobles?"

Norton read the contents of Lucy's letter, but he didn't quite understand what Lucy was trying to say.

After hesitating for a while, Norton made a decision.

"Let a few people in, and keep the soldiers outside the castle!"

Norton arranged an ambush inside the castle. If Lucy dared to take action, she would be killed by swords and axes.

After getting ready, the castle gate opened and Lucy walked in riding a white horse with a sad face.

Lucy's face showed an unconcealable sadness. She was led in and sat in the seat where Li had sat a few days ago.

Seeing Lucy crying, Norton didn't react for a long time. He still didn't understand why this woman came to see him.

"Lord Norton, I'm sorry to have embarrassed you. I encountered robbers yesterday and it was too much of a blow to me!"

As soon as she said this, Lucy started crying again. She kept wiping her tears with her handkerchief, as if her father had died.

"Oh, poor lady, I'm so sorry for what you've been through... Could you please tell me the real purpose of your visit today?"

Lucy didn't look like she was here to settle a score, so Norton was conflicted but still asked the question that was in his mind.

"Wow~ Sir Norton, my family invested a lot of money in the mechanical equipment shipped yesterday, but it was stolen by robbers, which caused my family to suffer a huge loss!"

Information about Dalai Lucy's family is very easy to find in the North.

Lucy is the only one left in her family now, so she must have invested a lot in the trading machinery.

Norton felt a little pity for the woman in front of him, but no matter how pitiful he was, he would not return the goods he had stolen from the castle.

"How can I help you, ma'am?"

"I will bring another device from the North to trade with the nobles here. I hope Sir Norton can help contact the surrounding lords and tell them that the transaction has been postponed."

Lucy had already lost some money, and now she just wanted to keep the business going.

Seeing that Lucy was preparing to deliver the second machine here for the transaction, Norton's eyes suddenly lit up.

"It's just to pass on some simple information. I am very happy to serve you, ma'am. However, I cannot guarantee whether the surrounding lords are willing to participate in a transaction that has been broken once."

"Sir Norton! I won't let you waste your time."

Lucy asked the servant next to her to take out a bag of gold coins and handed it to Norton respectfully.

Norton weighed it and found that this bag of gold coins was no less than those he had just distributed to his men.

That’s a lot of money!

"this…"

"Sir Norton, can you help tell the lords that the price of the new equipment will only be 5,000 gold coins for the next transaction. Please do me this favor!"

Lucy once again showed her fragile appearance, which made people feel pity for her.

Norton didn't expect that Lucy was willing to make so many concessions, which made him realize how much water there was in the true value of the new equipment.

"Ms. Lucy, please rest assured. I promise that you will hold a successful auction. There will be many people present and it will definitely not be deserted."

Lucy bowed in gratitude, left the gift, and led her people out of the castle.

After watching Lucy go away, Norton and the old butler immediately started discussing.

"Master, that Ms. Lucy has suddenly reduced the price of the equipment by a thousand gold coins. Will this be a problem?"

"…What's the problem? Isn't this just a poor woman who wants to recover her losses?"

Norton also suspected that there was a trap behind Lucy's behavior, but he couldn't figure out what the trap was.

Norton didn't want to show weakness in front of his servants, so he had to act as if he had everything under control.

But Norton didn't know that Lucy, who walked out of the castle, laughed so hard that her stomach hurt.

Norton is indeed smart and extremely sensitive to changes in things, but people cannot guard against traps they have never seen before.

As long as Norton still thinks like an old aristocrat, he will never imagine that the immediate interests are pushing Norton into the abyss.

Of course, it was not only Norton who fell into the abyss, but also all the nobles who were wavering between the kingdom and the North.

Li's main purpose in instigating the Civil War this time was to eliminate these fence-sitters and conservatives who were of no benefit to the development of the kingdom and the North.

At night, when everyone let their guard down, a few mice crawling in the shadows came to the castle's kitchen.

A fat cook was preparing hot soup for the guards on night watch. He first served himself a large bowl and scooped away the largest pieces of meat and vegetables in the soup pot.

The chef tasted his own work and found the rich flavor after adding northern spices was so tempting that even he, who had been in the kitchen for a long time, couldn't stop.

"Thank you Lord Lord!"

Today, in order to reward those thugs who have made meritorious services, the lord allowed the chef to add more spices. Otherwise, this kind of good stuff would not be available on a normal day.

After the chef licked his bowl clean, he went outside to get firewood.

The big pot for cooking soup is just slow cooking on its own.

With a splash, it seemed as if something fell into the water.

The cook who came back from outside did not see this scene.

After the soup was ready, some soldiers came in and took away the evening snack.