Reject me, you damn woman.

In fact, it’s a good thing that no production fee is charged. Being able to get Lynn’s novel blueprint to make and improve it is also a good learning opportunity for an elf like Holly who is obsessed with making strange things.

Moreover, the difficulty of making the Maxim was not too high, and Holly was even confident that she could complete it in one go without making any mistakes.

But the materials made her feel a little troubled.

As one of the best artifact makers in the empire, she is certainly not short of money. The cost of hiring someone to make an artifact is enough for Holly to gain wealth that an ordinary person cannot spend in a lifetime. The problem lies in the materials.

The materials to make one or two can be easily taken out from Holly's inventory.

You have to know that what she promised to make for Lin En was not a Maxim, but an array of machine guns, with at least dozens of them.

With so many materials, normally one could ask the people in the Association of Rare Objects to help collect them. But now the Association of Rare Objects is in a mess and it is barely enough to keep it from collapsing. It is even more unrealistic to ask them to help collect materials for one.

Suddenly, Holly frowned slightly, and her headache expression disappeared, returning to a calm look.

"Haha, Master Holly, you are here. It was so hard for me to find you."

A middle-aged man with a big belly, wearing a black suit and holding a wine glass, walked into the courtyard. When he saw Holly, he nodded in greeting.

The moment she saw the other person, Holly's brows began to frown.

After meeting Lynn a few times, Holly even thought that her aversion to the opposite sex had eased. But after attending the dinner of the so-called five major families, she became more and more aware that Lynn was the only one who was special.

Holly only felt disgusted with other men, especially those treacherous nobles who smiled but hid daggers behind their backs.

But considering the other party's identity, Holly still responded calmly:

"Is there anything going on, Lord Vaughan? Or rather, the purpose of inviting me to this banquet is for this moment."

The man who was the patriarch of the Vaughn family, one of the five major families, smiled and nodded:

"As expected of Master Holly, it's just as straightforward as the rumors say. I'll be frank. I'm only representing the Vaughn family. I hope Master Holly can design a magical item for the family."

Do you want to design your own oddities?

This is nothing new.

"Then, please ask Patriarch Vaughan to describe the requirements."

Holly, who was still thinking about Lynn's affairs, said nonchalantly.

Patriarch Vaughn had not expected that Holly, who was rumored to be difficult to talk to, would agree so readily. His eyes suddenly lit up and he began to describe:

"Then thank you, Master Holly. The item I want to design this time is a weapon. It would be best if it has greater power and a longer attack range. It would be even better if it has a lower ring number or can be used by ordinary people."

Holly almost sneered at his words.

Pretty standard and clichéd layman's statement.

The previous requirements are nothing, the last one is simply outrageous.

The more powerful an object is, the higher the requirements for its user. Isn't this common sense?

Ordinary people just need to carry a rifle on their waist.

Just as Holly was about to reject Patriarch Vaughn, her eyes suddenly lit up and she remembered something:

"Master Vaughan, your request seems a little difficult, but I seem to have a work that meets your requirements."

The head of the Vaughn family, who had already prepared himself for rejection, suddenly brightened up his eyes, and a look of surprise appeared on his greasy face:

"Really? As expected of Master Holly, I dare not hide it from you. Actually, before inviting you, I also asked some other treasure makers to design, but they rejected them as a matter of course. Sure enough, they were just mediocre people who were inferior to you and were just making excuses."

"Yeah,"

Holly responded perfunctorily and asked:

"Would you like to take a look at the design first, Mr. Vaughan?"

"Are there already blueprints?"

The head of the Vaughn family was extremely surprised.

Holly nodded and handed the Maxim drawings to the other party.

She was not worried at all that the Vaughn family leader would plagiarize the design.

In fact, Lin En's drawings were more of concept drawings than design drawings. As an ordinary person in his previous life, Lin En certainly could not design a prototype of a machine gun that perfectly matched his memory. Therefore, he only roughly drew the frame of the Maxim machine gun and some necessary designs.

As for the large sections of details, Lin En basically left them blank or filled them with some random parts, and drew them with the mentality of "I just think and do".

Even Holly herself needed to do a lot of improvements and redoing before production, not to mention the head of the Vaughn family who obviously knew nothing about the design of strange objects.

Therefore, as an ordinary person, Vaughan can only see from the drawings:

"This this this...perfect!!"

The Vaughn family head's eyes were shining.

This is exactly the magical item he dreamed of, tailor-made for himself!

As a mortal noble, the head of the Vaughn family also carries a musket with him all year round for self-protection.

Therefore, he could better appreciate the powerlessness and trashiness of firearms in the wizarding world.

But the things on the drawing in front of him were completely different, and were not even from the same era as the firearms he usually used.

Look at the cool appearance, the intimidating barrel, and even each tailor-made brass bullet exudes elegance and brutality.

The most important thing is that this kind of violent weapon can actually be mastered by mortals!

This is something that those mediocre designers of fancy objects will never be able to make in their lifetime.

"That's it, Master Holly, I want it! You can decide the price!"

The head of the Vaughn family rubbed his hands excitedly.

At this time, it was Holly's turn to smile:

"In that case, I won't be polite. Let's start with the materials."

The head of the Vaughn family nodded. The materials were provided by the buyer, which was an unwritten rule.

"First, the high-level magic stone that serves as the energy core,"

Holly held up a finger.

Patriarch Vaughn was not the kind of idiot who really thought that this was the only way, so he nodded happily:

"Ten bucks? No problem."

"One hundred dollars."

"One hundred dollars?!"

After hearing this number, the head of the Vaughn family was still a little stunned.

It is true that the five major families are rich, but that doesn’t mean they are willing to be suckers!

"Don't be so nervous, Mr. Vaughan,"

Holly said calmly,

"You can see that the current drawings are just concept drawings. It will take a lot of revisions to replicate the real thing. Moreover, even I cannot guarantee success in one try. Therefore, even one hundred is just an approximate number. We may have to add more in the future."

She paused again:

"Of course, if you feel dissatisfied, you can reject this deal from the beginning."

"By the way, since I am also very interested in this blueprint, I won't charge any extra fees. Just provide enough materials."

Although she said this, Holly was not worried at all that the head of the Vaughn family would refuse.

A normal person cannot resist the temptation of such a work. What's more, for the head of the Vaughn family who is not short of money, what he lacks is the sense of security that a mortal can give in front of a large number of arcanists.

And there is no doubt that Maxim is the thing that can give him the most sense of security.

As expected, Patriarch Vaughn not only did not refute, but was even very moved:

Master Holly didn’t even charge any extra fees, I cried my heart out!

What reason do I have to shirk my responsibility?

"I'll give it to you, Master Holly. I'll give it to you. The remaining materials will be borne by the Vaughn family. However, you have to give me five sets of the finished product!"

Patriarch Vaughn gritted his teeth.

"Oh, it feels good."

Holly's lips curled up slightly.

Xiao Lin En, you gave me the purpose, complete the spicy ~

Holly couldn't wait to share the good news with Lynn.

........

A while later, inside Lynn's dormitory.

"It's done."

After receiving the news from Holly that all the materials were ready, Lin En finally felt relieved and put away the crystal ball.

And Theresa in the corner, the expression on her face as she looked at Lynn had gradually changed from disgust to fear.

This man is so fuckable.

As an outsider who watched everything Lin En did, Theresa knew more about how terrifying Lin En was.

With just a few words, he made Holly change her mindset from "needing to be hired to make strange things" to "actively wanting to help Lynn complete the production."

Ten Theresias couldn't hypnotize one Holly, and Lin En could even make Holly sell everything she had to help him raise money, and he enjoyed it.

Even the choice of Holly to contact the other party during the banquet of the five major families was the result of Lin En's deliberate act.

For a moment, Theresa even doubted the use of the mental arts she had practiced so hard.

I am just a shitty psychic arcanist. The real psychic master is Lin En...

Just as Theresa made up her mind to be more vigilant in her behavior with Lin En and never agree to his request easily, Lin En suddenly turned around and said cunningly,

"Ms. Theresa, are you interested in watching the banquet?"

"You...you want to invite me?!"

Theresa instantly threw her guard aside and spoke with shining eyes.

Chapter 107: Lin En knows how to choose a female companion (4.8k)

As time went by, the Dragon Blood Festival finally arrived before the final exams.

On the day of the celebration, the entire imperial capital was filled with a joyful atmosphere befitting a festival. People began enjoying fine wine and offering sacrifices in the morning, and tied redbud vines to door frames in memory of the first king of Purple Gold Flower, who was good at drinking and laughing.

At noon, it was time for the modern kings to gather.

Nine dragon dancing teams consisting of hundreds of people, ready to go, led the way and ran through the most prosperous main road in the imperial capital, with the long tail of the giant dragon winding forward.

Afterwards, the float carrying the Red Dragon Queen made its grand appearance, and during the parade, it sprinkled dew for blessings.

The cheers of the people who had been waiting on both sides of the street reached the sky. Even the most unruly nobles had to bow their heads and salute in this atmosphere, because at the front of the paying homage team, the Lion Duke of the North had already placed his right hand on his heart, lowered his head slightly, and took the lead in performing the most standard knight's salute.

No one expressed dissatisfaction with this, because this respect was not all given to the empress, but included the nine previous kings of Zijinhua who had also bathed in dragon blood.

If anyone had to express dissatisfaction during this joyous festival, it would only be the priests in the deserted churches of various gods in the corners of the imperial capital.

"Good afternoon, Father Eris. It seems that you don't have many customers today."

At the entrance of Holy Light Church, the tall and thin priest sneered and said to the opposite side.

"It's the same with you. It's the same as always with you. The number of believers this month will not exceed 20."

The pot-bellied Father Moon also has a dagger hidden behind his smile.

Afterwards, the two people who had spoken harshly showed relieved smiles.