Steampunk Era: Mad Abield
Chapter 1069: Section 674: Art (4)

Chapter 1069: Section 674: Art (4)

The Thanans seem to have some hidden motives.

This is the unanimous opinion of several old members of the Westland diplomatic delegation responsible for the negotiations.

But they couldn’t figure out what these Thanans would want—the city they see, so prosperous, is merely a remote port in the south belonging to the Thainan Union. If such a port can still be considered remote, then when they arrive at New Hangzhou Bay—the first deep-water port in the south of this vast country—what kind of enormous city will appear before them? It’s completely unimaginable, completely incomprehensible.

What do the Thanans want? In recent years, if it weren’t for Mr. Malin’s push in the military industry, there is absolutely nothing in Westland that the Thanans would desire.

Someone indeed thought of requesting Mr. Malin to exchange technology with the Thanans using weapon blueprints as a condition, but this idea was quickly rejected by Ambassador Sidney Roben Messiah among others.

The original ambassador declined his work, so Roben was brought forward.

He is the only one in the ambassadorial team who feels that what the Thanans desire has to do with Mr. Malin.

However, this view isn’t accepted by others because everyone believes that unless the Thanans are insane, they wouldn’t target Mr. Malin due to his legendary status.

But Roben does not think so, because he feels that the Thanans do not aim to seduce Mr. Malin (speaking of seduction, Roben really isn’t worried, because everyone says Malin isn’t interested in pure humans, and it’s believed that for Malin, the half-bloods are what truly enhance his liking), that girl surnamed Meng is only aligned in spirit with Mr. Malin, Roben senses this girl and Malin are more like good brothers.

So, what the Thanans truly desire is to gain something through Mr. Malin.

But he can’t figure out what the Thanans want through Mr. Malin—weaponry? Roben has seen Thanan weaponry, those clip-loaded semi-automatic weapons are somewhat different from the new semi-automatic models introduced by Malin, but their firepower is definitely assured.

What else could there be apart from weapons?

Could it be people?

How can that be, Mr. Malin is a legend, a legendary Mage, someone capable of opening a teleportation channel directly to Westland at any time.

"Why hasn’t the Sage invited us into the city to sightsee?" someone asked in confusion.

"Don’t mention us, not even their own people have disembarked from the ship," someone responded.

"Why can Malin and Miss Meng disembark?"

"Don’t be silly, they’re legends." Roben laughed as he finished responding, and then his doubts were answered.

Yes, Malin is a legend, so he has the privilege to go ashore, and Miss Meng, being his friend, was invited too.

Hmm, I understand now.

At this moment, like a Detective, Roben realized the truth behind the issue—Malin is a legend, the shore so bustling, with Miss Meng alongside him... should they not return to the ship for the night, wouldn’t it be a natural occurrence?

Damn, I’m so envious, why can’t I go ashore and experience some natural occurrences!

Is it just because I’m not a legend?!

...You’re right, Roben, you’re not a legend, so don’t take it too seriously, find a cool place to sit.

Thinking of this, the helpless Roben returned under the canopy that was just set up, took the ice wine handed over by the delegation’s servant, and felt somewhat better.

At least this enchanting foreign land still has his favorite wine.

......

"Although I may not have much goodwill towards these guys from the kingdom and union, these old men, after all, are not fools. They’ve discovered our intention to delay them at the port, but they certainly won’t think it’s because of Malin," the Sage Lin asked the young woman beside him on the city wall of the harbor area, watching the delegation ship docked at the port pier: "How is our Mr. Malin?"

"The issue with the statue appeared in spirit once, now the deeds of True Lord Malin are spreading, which is very beneficial for our actions... Currently, Mr. Malin is running around the streets with that half-blood from the Meng family, the latest intelligence reports that they’re sitting at a quad islander’s stall eating noodles... Our little entourage claims they’ve never seen anyone eat noodles at such a terrifying speed, let alone just two hours ago, Mr. Malin had just eaten a good amount of barbecue." The young woman looked at the report in her hand: "Right, our little entourage claims the half-blood from the Meng family seems to have an extraordinary relationship with Malin."

"Although I do not favor Westland’s multi-marriage relationship, considering Mr. Malin is such a powerful deity on earth, some mortal regulations are better set aside. So, to what extent has our little half-blood with Mr. Malin gone?" Sage Lin turned around, his pair of shining prosthetic eyes full of expectation.

"They seem like siblings of different fathers and mothers, having a great time together." Speaking of this, the young woman laughed: "Indeed a child lacking feminine prowess, with such excellent paternal genes, even if just for oneself, she should use whatever means possible."

"Don’t speak like you’re a gene thief." Sage Lin smiled, then he turned and walked toward the steps down the city wall: "We should go, Mr. Malin has Bixiu and Bei Luo over there, their contact with Mr. Malin, in terms of effect, is sure to be better than us useless descendants from eight thousand years later."