Chapter 750 Lanqi's Night Tour of the Capital

"Mr. Barton Hall, please take care of that vampire viscount. I will try to avoid contacting your Brilida Mafia in the near future. I have reached an agreement with Iffatier, and she can interrogate this vampire viscount at will."

Lanqi followed Barton quickly, stepping back into the winding passage that led to the surface.

Talia walked silently beside Lanqi.

She pretended not to have particularly high intelligence, just a simple, beautiful, and powerful summon, under his control and command.

"Take care."

Barton understood Landry's thoughts.

The disappearance of a vampire viscount would surely make the vampires understand that the plan to kill Elsa had failed.

Landry would then openly bring Elsa back to the Saint Crithy Monastery from the Mafia's territory.

At that time, the finger would naturally point to Professor Landry.

As for Barton, the Mafia boss, he shouldn't have appeared today.

Although Professor Landry might attract the vampires' hatred for protecting Elsa, it was only natural for a brother to protect his sister. He already had a considerable reputation in Brilida. Judging from the vampires' mode of operation and style, they still needed to abide by Brilida's rules.

Considering the cost, the vampires might not try to move against him again.

If the vampires really wanted to flip the table and use force to solve the problem of a small Professor Landry, regardless of success or failure, they would risk being discovered from the shadows and losing everything, forcing them to enter the game.

The dim yellow light overhead flickered, stretching their shadows long.

The walls, cast in anti-magic steel, gleamed with a cold metallic luster, isolating all the noise from the outside. Only the sound of footsteps was particularly clear.

Turning the last corner, the mana elevator leading to the Mafia headquarters, Hassel Tower, came into view again.

"Before I send you off, is there anything you need me to help with?"

Barton stopped and suddenly turned back to speak.

Iffatier's request to him was to help Landry.

"I heard from Iffatier that you are very familiar with Abigail, the talented female artificer of the Empire. We may not see each other for a while, so I would like to ask you to introduce me to her first."

Lanqi nodded and asked without hesitation.

"Abigail..."

Barton pondered for a moment,

"It's not easy to see her. Her principle is not to easily step out of her safe zone."

He answered the professor with certainty, the sound of their conversation echoing in the empty passage.

Barton had noticed Landry's interest in the spatial enchantment of the palace when he brought him here.

Even if he hadn't observed this, it would be easy to understand why Professor Landry wanted to find Abigail.

As the Empire's only spatial magic artificer, Abigail's position in the Empire's magical engineering world was like an emperor from birth. Even if she didn't need to do any academic research, her voice carried great weight.

However, the Empire's military currently couldn't invite her, this royal artificer.

If Professor Landry could persuade her, the value of Professor Landry's team would be attached to Abigail's value in the eyes of the Empire's military.

"I can probably see that."

Lanqi sighed and smiled.

From Abigail's work—this underground palace—it could be seen that Abigail paid great attention to safety and concealment.

Some magic artificers' ranks might be very high by following shadow world elites as special assistants, but they themselves wouldn't research frontal combat too much.

Abigail's own combat power might be quite fragile, but in her carefully arranged domain, the nature would be completely different.

"..."

Barton's hand rested on the button to activate the mana elevator. His brief silence made the underground passage quiet again.

As the Mafia boss, he couldn't leave this area casually, otherwise it would attract too much attention. Many people in the Empire were watching him. Even if he changed his identity and went to the Brilida Opera House, his whereabouts could easily be deduced.

He couldn't let the vampires discover that he had contact with Professor Landry tonight.

It was certainly impossible for him to take Professor Landry to find Abigail directly.

"Is it possible to contact Miss Abigail using communication magic?"

Lanqi asked tentatively.

He felt that Barton didn't trust communication magic very much, because Barton had said that using it within the Empire carried the risk of being monitored.

What Barton was afraid of might not be reconnaissance methods, but divination methods, which would be difficult to defend against without specific shielding methods.

"...Not very convenient."

Barton hesitated for a moment and opened the door to the mana elevator.

"That's okay."

Lanqi took Talia and followed Barton into the silver-white anti-magic steel elevator car.

Seeing Barton's reaction, he guessed that Barton might really have a way, but Barton might have weighed the risks and still thought it couldn't be used.

Lanqi wouldn't make things difficult for Barton, because Barton was already a very sincere and honest person. This Mafia boss must have his principles and difficulties.

With a loud "creak," the elevator slowly ascended, and the surrounding air gradually became warmer.

"Later, I'll help you contact her again. I'll help you arrange a time to meet her."

Barton suggested to Lanqi and Talia.

"That's really too kind of you, Mr. Barton, but I also have to arrange my subsequent schedule."

Lanqi calculated his already full schedule. If he wanted to meet Abigail, he could only push back some agendas.

"Or..."

Barton thought for a while and continued,

"Or what?"

Lanqi asked softly, seeing that Barton was still thinking undecidedly.

"You can go directly to find her, try to contact her, and tell her that you were introduced by an acquaintance, and it will be easier."

Barton gave another safest plan.

"As long as Abigail can give you a chance to talk to her alone, you can tell her that I introduced you, and she will at least give me some face, but how to persuade her to help you will depend on yourself."

This way, there would be no risk, and Professor Landry could meet Abigail as soon as possible, and the process would be quite natural, so the vampires wouldn't notice the relationship between the three parties.

After seeing that Landry could even persuade the boss, Iffatier, Barton wouldn't question Landry's negotiation skills, nor would he need to worry about Landry's safety.

"Can we go find her tonight? Do you know where she is tonight?"

Talia immediately showed a look of anticipation.

She knew that if they went to find Abigail later, Lanqi's already dense schedule would become even denser. She still hoped that Lanqi could rest well and not overwork himself.

"Yes, she lives on the top floor of the Brilida Opera House, or rather, the entire top floor is hers. She is also a famous director in charge of literary and artistic work."

Barton raised his hand from his long coat and roughly drew the direction of the Brilida map in the air in front of him, indicating the safe route for Landry and them to go from the Mafia territory to the Brilida Opera House.

He believed that Professor Landry must know this famous opera house in the Empire.

It was located in the Manhot center of Brilida City, 33rd Street on Broadway, next to famous art institutions such as the Brilida Voice Orchestra and the Brilida City Royal Dance Troupe.

It was founded during the Seros Empire, the predecessor of Crithy, and the current building was completed in 1662. It had approximately 3,800 seats, and the performance season was from September to May of the following year, staging various classical and contemporary operas and inviting the world's top actors, singers, and conductors.

Now October was a good time.

Since recent years, the Brilida Opera House had begun broadcasting live performances through Crithy Broadcasting, with a large audience nationwide and even in South Continent before the war.

Now this historic theater was bought and taken over by Abigail with a huge sum of money. It was thanks to her unique and distinguished status that she could live on the top floor of the theater.

"She's really rich."

Lanqi imagined that even Hugh wouldn't casually buy the entire Iklit Opera House.

Probably only Duke Mi Gaia would have such financial resources and such face to make the city government willing to sell him that opera house.

"What? Are you envious of others? If I work hard, I can also earn a lot of money through the magic artificer's license."

Talia snorted.

She was no longer an unregistered unemployed person, but a successful 25-year-old platinum card maker with a successful career. Even if South Vantina found out that her household registration had some problems, they would beg her to settle in South Vantina.

If Lanqi had financial troubles at that time, calling her a rich woman, she might be willing to take care of this disciple for a few more years.

Noe Wilfort must also hope that she can teach Lanqi more.

"Then why don't I just look for Hyperion?"

Lanqi asked the question.

Hyperion was not only a rich woman, but also younger.

"..."

The air suddenly became deathly silent.

Talia seemed unable to answer this question.

"You, you don't understand the good of slightly older women! Aren't you always talking about charm, charm? Will a girl younger than you have the kind of charm you like? I, I actually don't care, really, what you like has nothing to do with me, but I have a friend, yes, I'm talking about Antanas, Sinora, Almis, Iffatier, all of them are older than you? If they realize your thoughts, they will definitely break down..."

Her tone became a little hurried, and she resisted the urge to hold him down and theorize, sending a long message to him mentally in her heart.

"...Then I'll find someone who is both rich and old, okay."

Lanqi responded speechlessly.

"Of course, that's right, tasteful."

Talia proudly tossed her hair, instantly becoming refreshed and praising Lanqi.

"Meow..."

The cat boss on the ground couldn't hear what Lanqi and Talia were secretly talking about, but it could probably guess that the runner-up was opening champagne.

"If you booked tickets for tonight's opera in advance, you can enter the Grand Theater."

Barton's explanation of the map to Lanqi stopped halfway, and his hand paused again, with a slightly embarrassed look on his face.

"Maybe there's a chance to see Abigail, who is supervising the scene there as the director, more directly, otherwise you can only find a way to sneak in... but that ticket is very difficult to buy."

Barton said in a deep voice.

The opera version of *Holy War Romance*, which was recently staged, was widely praised. The three groups of actors took turns as much as possible in the schedule, but tickets were still difficult to get.

It was said that Abigail's strict selection and high-intensity rehearsals almost exhausted some of the actors before they barely reached her satisfied effect. Correspondingly, the performance effect was also well received.

If Barton had known earlier, he would have prepared tickets for Landry, but now that the show was approaching, it was also difficult for him to get tickets.

"In addition, Professor Landry, you'd better bring a companion, like a normal date to watch the opera, otherwise going to Abigail is too obvious for the purpose of magic engineering, and she will be very unhappy."

Barton added, feeling more and more difficult,

"Abigail, a genius whose interests and talents deviate, has her own stubbornness in her character. What she likes is actually opera. Magic engineering is just an innate talent, and she doesn't value it much. Therefore, she is tired of those who fawn on her because of her magic engineering and don't value her main business at all."

Professor Landry's identity was also quite sensitive. Going directly to see Abigail, the purpose was clear at a glance. He might not even get a chance to be alone with her and tell her about Barton's relationship before he was turned away.

Barton believed that Landry understood what he meant—to show respect for Abigail's arranged drama, to watch it seriously with an appreciative attitude, and then discuss other things with Abigail, instead of directly ignoring the drama and going straight to the magic engineering theme, which would make Abigail's favorability very bad.

"Ah? Is that opera called *Holy War Romance*?"

Lanqi and Talia looked at each other, not having time to consider other things Barton said, and asked Barton in surprise.

"Yes, do you have tickets that you just happened to buy?"

Barton looked up and asked.

As long as this problem could be solved, everything else would be easy to say.

"Maybe I really do."

Lanqi remembered that Elsa came to find her brother this afternoon, just to ask him if he had time to watch the play tonight, and the location happened to be the Brilida Opera House.

Elsa and Ursula were definitely not in the mood to watch the opera tonight. They needed to go back to the safe Saint Crithy Monastery, so no one would watch the tickets there.

They bought them all.

Lanqi raised his wrist and looked at his watch.

It was only a little after seven o'clock in the evening now.

The play started at eight o'clock.

It was still too late to send Elsa and Ursula back to the Saint Crithy Monastery!

"Want to go to the play?"

Lanqi tentatively asked Talia.

It was just right to let Talia use the new identity that Nigel had arranged for Talia.

This would not disrupt his work plan for next week, and he could complete an important task in advance!

But he was worried that Talia couldn't accept the performance content of that opera and would evoke some rather embarrassing memories between the two of them.

"Let's go."

Talia's cheeks were slightly red, and she raised her chin and turned her head to the side, crossing her arms and saying proudly.

It's not like she hasn't dated Lanqi before, what's there to be afraid of.

As long as Lanqi can sit still, she can also sit still.

(End of chapter)