Chapter 360 - Bad News
The two of them only exited the meeting room when it was time for lunch. Nobody knew what they had been discussing this whole time. However, everyone—including Herza and Gavin—saw the two of them linking arms and looking chummy as they exited the meeting room, the smiles on their faces looking slyer than usual…
“Right, I forgot to ask you. The inauguration ceremony is in two days, surely you’ve more to do besides scolding me since you’ve come to Black Clouds Town so early?” After having lunch at Black Clouds Town, Lin Li invited Macklin into the study at the Tower of Dusk, and they started chatting away.
“Why, you mean I can’t scold you?” Macklin glared at him haughtily.
“Of course you can…” Lin Li brushed his nose. “But besides scolding me, I’m sure there are more meaningful things in your life?”
“Nonsense…” Macklin gave him a petty glance. “I rushed over here from Alanna because I wanted to warn you, rascal…”
Lin Li paused. “What do you mean warn…?”
“The Marathon Family and the Dwarf Kingdom made an agreement last month to build a Forging Workshop in Breezy Plains. The Marathon Family will provide the funds, and the Dwarf Kingdom the skills. Wilhelm’s nephew, Gaud, will be sent here to oversee it. Oh, and Wilhelm’s second son, Lauren, will be sent here too…”
“I can’t believe it, no idea which bastard is behind this…”
Lin Li knew which bastard it was—it had to be the Marathon Family. They were building a forging workshop in the Breezy Plains, and while the Dwarf Kingdom would be providing the skilled workforce, they could not rely entirely on the dwarves for blacksmiths. Given their wealth, the Marathon Family could even have hired all the blacksmiths in the whole Doland.
Lin Li was not worried, however, for the number of low-level blacksmiths they had merely determined the amount they could produce, while the fate of a forging workshop ultimately relied on the best blacksmith it had. The Time Consignment Store would hold an auction in a month’s time; they would see if the Marathon Family was really able to monopolize the blacksmithing industry of the Breezy Plains.
When Lin Li returned to the Tower of Dusk, it was around evening. Everyone knew that the inauguration ceremony was the next day, and thus nobody went to disturb him—even Macklin. Hence, Lin Li enjoyed a rare night of undisturbed sleep.