Chapter 261: The Vibrating Trinket
At this moment, Owen, who was staying in the castle, was a little nervous, because Maya’s suggestion to him was to pursue the Ninth Princess Thea, form an alliance with Count Dekla, a traditional noble, and befriend Marquis Bergasos, an Imperial noble.
This was a posture of winning over all three parties, but the seemingly opportunistic approach was a common practice among nobles.
No noble would casually make enemies. It was best for everyone to be on good terms. At most, when a good friend fell from grace, they would kick him into a well and then move a few nice-looking stones to weigh him down, preventing him from turning over. This was the elegance that belonged to nobles.
Owen expressed his understanding of this. What he was worried about was another matter, and that was how to pursue a princess.
In this life, the few women he had met, as long as he was willing, had never been rejected, so there was no reference value.
As for his previous life, he had gone on dozens of blind dates without a second meeting. He was able to get married all because of good luck, and there didn’t seem to be any reference value either.
Spending money like water, being cool and handsome, being gentle and elegant, being mysterious and cold, Owen pondered for a while what kind of character he wanted to play, but in the end he gave up this idea, because he didn’t think his acting skills could deceive two old foxes. The other one, although young, was a princess who had been immersed in politics and palace struggles since birth. Innocent, foolish, love-struck, these descriptions did not apply to them at all.
Besides, Owen’s essence was not bad now. Maybe he wasn’t much to look at at first, but after personally creating the foundation he had now, and having achieved considerable results in personal strength and knowledge accumulation, he had already been reborn.
In other words, he had gotten rid of his mediocre nature and become more confident.
At the same time, as a transmigrator, as a cheater with a system, Owen had full confidence and pride from the bottom of his heart, which made him instinctively think that he was no worse than anyone else. After all, he had a system.
This was still because he was middle-aged in his previous life and had already been physically and mentally exhausted by life. Even if he transmigrated, it was difficult to completely let go of himself.
But fortunately, this prevented Owen from acting like a teddy bear in spring, spending all day either looking for fertile soil or digging holes. He also wouldn’t exterminate a whole family just because they were disrespectful to him.
Speaking of which, the personality of this kind of protagonist was simply anti-human. Anyone who had received nine years of compulsory education could not cultivate such a thing. And who knew how this kind of idiot who killed people at the slightest disagreement had lived so long without being beaten to death or shot. Maybe it was because when he didn’t have power, he liked to disguise himself as an innocent waste.
Anyway, after deciding not to pretend, Owen actually relaxed a lot and quietly waited for the arrival of the guests. This would also be the first step for Hydra to extend its tentacles into the Empire.
As the carriage continued to drive, getting closer and closer to the castle, the three of them saw that the castle in front of them actually had no walls or moat.
However, none of the three dared to underestimate this ancient castle, because the magic trinkets on their bodies were constantly warning them how dangerous this place was.
This was a supernatural world, with battle qi and magic, so for the powerful, in addition to ordinary assassination methods, all kinds of unimaginable magic were also the focus of prevention, such as trinkets that could sense magic fluctuations, which had almost become standard equipment for all nobles.
In this way, as long as a person or object with magic power approached within a certain range, they would be reminded, thus avoiding danger.
The three of them had high-quality goods in their hands, with high sensitivity. Through different vibration frequencies, they knew that the entire castle was shrouded in one or several hidden magic barriers. Although they didn’t know the function of the magic barrier, it was better than walls and moats.
“I am the butler of the castle. The master is waiting for you in the banquet hall. Please follow me.” Jialun, dressed in a well-fitting butler’s uniform, appeared in front of the four with a popping sound. He put one hand behind his back and the other in front of him, speaking with a touch of British style.
Through the reminder of the magic sensing trinkets, the three of them knew that this was an intelligent magic creature, and if they had just seen correctly, it was a rare spatial teleportation.
Small size, coupled with teleportation at will, if such a creature were to become an assassin, I’m afraid few people would not be afraid. Hydra actually used it as a butler. What a terrifying family.
Compared to the relatively ugly appearance of house elves, the three of them paid more attention to the other party’s abilities, so they came to a not low evaluation.
The vigilance in their hearts made the three of them unanimously increase the sensitivity of the magic sensing trinkets to prevent being tricked.
However, after entering the castle, they had to turn off this function, because there was too much magic and magic items here, such as moving, talking, and even visiting portraits, and active armor full of curiosity about guests. As for magic restrictions and guard golems, they were all over every corner of the castle, causing the magic sensing trinkets of the three to vibrate every few steps, and they would also adjust the vibration frequency according to the strength and distance of the sensed magic power. Who could stand this? The Ninth Princess Thea could barely lift her legs.
After turning it off, Thea couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. In order to cover up the numbness in her body, she focused her attention on the decorations in the corridor to distract herself.
As a princess, even if she was treated as a vase, royal education was essential, including art and appreciation.
Because these two things were useless to those without power and influence, and they were not qualified to learn from capital, how could they learn without seeing it? Therefore, those who understood were all upper class people, so in the early days, art and appreciation were one of the thresholds to distinguish ordinary people from upper class people.
Later, the number of people who pretended to be elegant increased, but because their horizons and the number of contacts were limited, the real threshold still stuck most non-nobles.
Thea was not a real connoisseur, but she was born into the royal family, and she was immersed in it. After all, her daily necessities and decorations were all related to art and antiques, so she had some discerning eyes. Therefore, she quickly recognized that the items placed everywhere in the castle were all real antiques with hundreds or even thousands of years of history.
The Ninth Princess had this discerning eye, so how could Marquis Bergasos and Count Dekla not recognize it? It was just that they were more curious about the other party’s identity, because the style of these ancient items was something they had never seen before.
Visitors from another world, the three of them thought of this one after another, but their deep composure did not reveal any flaws. They walked into the banquet hall of the castle one after another.
The original castle hall was not very big, but after merging with the hall of Hogwarts, the area was enough to fight a war.
At the moment, a magnificent long table was placed in the middle, with exquisite silk tablecloth as the background color, dotted with gold dinner plates and mithril knives and forks. The candlesticks lit at intervals in the middle were like fire trees, illuminating the surroundings and emitting a faint fragrance.
After judging that there was no problem with the fragrance through experience, Marquis Bergasos and the other two were in the mood to look at the mysterious Hydra III.
