Alien world

Chapter 1384 18. Good morning, Barros

"Master, the young lady is very calm."

Butler Zorro walked into the most luxurious suite of the merchant ship and reported to the Duke of Violet who was standing in front of the window with a scepter.

He had been prepared that the young lady would insist on her own ideas as before, and even have a big quarrel with the master. Unexpectedly, after only one day of house arrest, the young lady was willing to go back with them.

"...The young lady has grown up." The butler said with relief.

But Duke Violet didn't think so. He just felt that he couldn't even protect his daughter.

knock --

……

Faru Barros looked at Annan in front of the door in surprise.

"Want to go out and talk?" he asked.

A few minutes later, Annan and Faro Barros arrived at the park.

There are not many people in the park at night, as young men and women have not yet learned how to go on dates and take walks at night.

"You're the second person I called out at night." Annan joked.

"Who's the first one?"

"You should know, Little Small."

In Faru Barros's recollection, Annan continued, "After he came back from the North, he was a little... hesitant, so I appointed him."

Annan took out a letter.

"Look at this, the letter she wrote to us."

……

"Katerina..."

Duke Violet, who had his back to the room, turned around and looked at his daughter, who seemed to have grown up suddenly, standing outside the door with a complicated expression: "I hope you won't blame me."

"How could that be? It's just a role. Compared to the difficulties you, my father, are facing, it's nothing."

Duke Violet remained silent. If his daughter treated him with silence or complaints as before, he would just laugh and coax her.

But looking at his sensible and quiet daughter in front of him, he just felt his nose sore.

Duke Violet took a deep breath and suppressed the urge to turn the merchant ship back immediately.

"When I get back, I'll find the best magic imaging master in the south and have him create a character tailor-made for you!"

Catalina said softly, "It's no longer necessary. Although I couldn't play that role, I already understand his spirit..."

"Father, can you tell me about the situation in the south?"

……

[I hope Mr. Faro Barros can play Truman. I feel that he is more suitable for Truman than me... He was born for this role]

[Teacher Faro Barros, on the day when the filming of The Truman Show is finished, I will look forward to going to the Huadu Grand Theater to enjoy your performance]

Faro Barros read Catalina's letter silently.

"Katerina went home with her father just to let you play Truman."

Annan added: "Don't let her down."

"I'll act..."

Faro Barros thought back to what he had taught Catalina. He knew exactly how to please others by controlling expressions and movements.

No one is better at playing Truman than him.

……

"Good morning, Mr. Barrows."

"Good morning."

In the early morning on the streets of Liberty City, Faro Barros was jogging in a fast coat. "Good morning, Mr. Barros."

"Good morning……"

The vendors who knew him greeted him one after another, and Faro Barros responded one by one.

"Good morning, Mr. Barrows."

"morning……"

Faro Barros stopped, holding his chest. For a middle-aged man who never exercises and has a weak heart, running is a bit too much.

But he had to lose at least 20 pounds in ten days.

Annan didn't say what Truman looked like, but he obviously shouldn't be a fat man.

In addition to losing weight, Faro Barros also had to correct his accent and some habits he had developed over the years.

If Katerina was the first person to be changed by the yet-to-be-released "The Truman Show," then Faro Barros was the second.

In addition to these, Faro Barros also asked Annan to send him to Silstovis to learn from those stage actors, just to find that feeling.

Annan never knew that Faru Barros was a perfectionist...but the fact that he could thrive among the nobles did show that he had some ability.

The Truman Show is a one-man show, and almost all the plot focuses on the protagonist. The harder Faro Barros works, the less trouble Annan has to worry about.

He deliberately gave Faro Barros an extra week to let him find his form.

In addition to shooting a perfect magic video, I also don’t really need the eighth magic video to help raise money at the moment—

As savings houses opened one after another, the total amount of savings quickly exceeded one million kina. Once merchants became familiar with the rules of the savings houses, they found that they could no longer do without them.

The only thing that prevented them from spending all their assets was the lack of trust. Fortunately, Magic Image had accumulated a lot of goodwill over the years, and some businessmen decided to come to Liberty City to actually inspect the headquarters of the savings bank. Their arrival also promoted the prosperity of business.

It has formed a virtuous cycle.

There is still half a month left before repaying the 750 million debt, but Annan is not in a hurry at all. He hangs out with Olmedo all day, reading the intelligence about their intrigues with local nobles sent from commercial streets in various places.

The Southern Alliance was not the first force to see what the deposit represented, but they were the first force to negotiate with Annan in person.

Most other nobles set their sights on local savings banks.

If the nobles were to use soft tactics, the commercial street would show the contract they had signed and say that everything was done in accordance with the rules. If they were to use hard tactics, they would dare to show Annan's resume -

Annan Reeves, a name that was not as famous as Jack and Dracula, suddenly became a household name.

After learning that Annan dared to let the lowly commoners overthrow the nobles, they were filled with hatred, but dared not provoke him, and could only watch his savings make a lot of money.

But it is only temporary. The nobles' desire for wealth is like a vampire's desire for blood - it exists in instinct.

It won't be long before new guests come to visit.

Whether they are bad guests or friends depends on how confident Liberty City is.

But Annan didn't expect that the second visit would be to the empire.

……

The morning light pierced through the mist on the sea, and the ships that had spent the night in the quiet harbor came to life.

Fishermen also pushed their small wooden boats out to sea to fish in the waters outside the port.

The fisherman's small wooden boat was floating on the sea. He had just luckily caught a net of silver-scaled fish, which was the white dragon's favorite, when the entire sea surface suddenly darkened.

He looked up and saw a huge ivory-white wall emerging from the mist.

It was a giant warship whose side was the only thing visible. Compared with it, the merchant ship docked at the port that could carry hundreds of people looked as weak as a child.

The roar of the scarred ram ploughing through the waves caused barrels of wine to roll off the distant freighter. The fisherman's boat was spinning in the waves, and he held on to the oars tightly, trying to escape the gravitational pull of the warship.

Fortunately, the wind magic engraved on the bottom of the battleship pushed the out-of-control wooden boat away little by little, avoiding the fate of being crushed into pieces.

The fisherman got rid of the shadow. He raised his head and looked with his mouth wide open at the back of the giant warship and the two-headed lion flag unfurled on the top of the mainmast that pierced the sky.

(End of this chapter)