Chương 285: Crisis and Opportunity

Lywind and the others' doubts were destined to remain unanswered.

As the Velvet Fang Guard and the arriving Imperial Guard sealed off the Roland Group, they were "invited" out of New Sprout Street.

Fortunately, the Red Dragon Augustata also stayed with the Roland Group, so Bizan didn't dare to go too far. He only left two teams of superhumans stationed at the Hot Water Workshop Plaza in accordance with the contract to assist in monitoring Roland.

He himself returned to the harbor district and began to frequently contact high-ranking nobles to prepare for the arbitration conference.

Now, Roland is bound by the Dragon Clan's restraining ring, which imposes gravity and spatial restrictions, leaving her with no possibility of escape.

When the arbitration conference is held, it might even be used to completely expel Elizabeth and the Fifth Prince's forces from the center of imperial power.

As for the refined crystals consumed by bribing the nobles, consider them as initial investments.

On the other hand, Roland first convened the management team and issued an order to appease the group's employees, restoring normal production in all industries.

After sending the eccentric red dragon to the spicy snack factory, he returned to his cathedral.

By the time these matters were dealt with, it was already night.

Roland walked along the brick path in the garden, where the magical streetlights on both sides of the path had already lit up, emitting a warm glow.

The energy source for these magic streetlights is generally a magic array engraved inside, and the power is not high.

However, its advantages lie in being maintenance-free and requiring no magical transmission lines.

The downside is that it's a bit expensive to make, because industrialization in this world hasn't yet extended to magical products.

Therefore, the main lighting tool used within the group is a plant called fluorescent grass, and the church has planted a great many of them.

The average height of the glowing grass is about the upper thigh of Roland. Its head is a large, round fruit with a tough, semi-transparent skin filled with a luminous gel-like substance.

It emits different colors of light depending on the elemental forces around it.

A single glowing grass has only average brightness, but when there are many of them, the effect is amazing.

With Ms. Tree, a botanical expert, Roland successfully planted glow grass all over the entire group. Every night, New Sprout Street looks like a fairy tale movie set, which is quite beautiful.

With improved aesthetics, employees find the place pleasing to the eye, leading to increased housing satisfaction and higher efficiency in Roland's Faith Point collection.

It also significantly increased foot traffic on New Sprouts Street, especially among citizens and the aristocracy with higher spending power.

It has even attracted many tourists from other races, such as elves, woodland fairies, and halflings, who love nature.

Roland suddenly had an idea.

According to the agreement reached between Dead Tiger Head Bizan, Red Dragon, Lywind, and others, the Roland Group will become the temporary venue for the Noble Council.

In other words, in the near future, all the prominent nobles around the capital will come to the Roland Group.

"Hiss... this seems like a golden opportunity!"

Roland couldn't help but stop in her tracks, her gaze thoughtfully sweeping around her.

With the resources at hand, we are fully capable of taking this opportunity to vigorously promote the group's products and develop the tourism industry.

In terms of novelty, there is absolutely nothing in the entire capital that can compare with the Roland Group.

With its modern urban planning, large-scale landscaping in a unified style, and civilized, harmonious, and respectable employees, the Roland Group's style, compared to the outside world, can be described as a next-generation style.

Unfortunately, she currently has some wealth, but her magic skills are lacking, and her businesses are not yet advanced enough.

Otherwise, she would have to reproduce every modern gadget on Earth one by one.

While satisfying his homesickness, he could also shock the people from another world so much that their eyes would pop out of their sockets.

However, the current Roland Group is already enough to surprise the nobles.

Some of the young nobles who came with Bizan to watch the spectacle today have already settled in at the Roland Group, treating the group like a tourist attraction.

"Sigh, I should have developed the entertainment industry earlier."

Roland muttered something with a hint of regret.

The Roland Group's main focus is still on factory production, with almost no involvement in the entertainment industry.

The card and board games played by commoners were of no interest to the nobles, and naturally, they couldn't extract money from noble tourists.

Should we consider developing luxury entertainment?

Roland pinched her chin and began to think, her gaze sweeping across the floor tiles.

This glance brought Roland's attention to the exquisite crimson metal ring hanging from her ankle, interrupting her thoughts.

Oh right, I'm still bound by the dragon's restraining ring.

Roland reached out and patted her head, shaking the idea of developing the entertainment industry out of her mind.

Given the current situation, it's too early to consider ripping off the nobility.

Her bloodline crisis hasn't been resolved yet!

If their Golden Fox bloodline is confirmed and they are stripped of their noble status, then the Imperial Guard and Dead Tiger will truly be able to search the group.

If the administrative beast girls of the Sky Garden are found out, they'll really be in deep trouble, even if they're not in a good position.

"Tsk, what a load of crap luck."

"If Serafie hadn't gotten into trouble, I might have saved up enough faith points to fully activate my fox transformation skill."

Roland swished her tail unhappily and started hitting the glowing grass by the roadside like a punching bag to vent her frustration.

"Things just keep piling up, I haven't even had a peaceful period of development."

"If I discover the mastermind behind this, I'll turn him into a succubus and throw him into Pink Harbor, making him atone with his body and his nagging!"

After venting for half a minute, Roland finally let go of the glowing grass in front of her and walked towards a side path.

This path leads to the side entrance of the church.

She wasn't going to her own room, but to Vina's bedroom, so it was shorter to go through the side door.

She wanted to thoroughly question that unreliable, secretly passionate goddess about the very reason she had brought in reinforcements.

That 1. 3-meter-tall, dark-skinned elf actually made himself wear a restraining ring.

Although it doesn't affect Vina's final teleportation method, this thing will constantly reveal her location, and it's also a mysterious dragon technology that seems to be able to interfere with spatial magic.

In case something goes wrong during the transfer, Roland is left alone in the capital.

That would be the end of it; they'd be arrested and tortured!

The more Roland thought about it, the more resentful she became. If it weren't for that dark-skinned elf named Koolin constantly giving her meaningful glances, signaling her to cooperate, she would never have worn the restraining ring.

Roland mentally tormented the unreliable Vina and Secretary Corinne as she turned into the side door of the church without stopping.

The church today is no longer the cramped, three-story brick building it once was, but a huge villa.

The vast area naturally required a large number of maids for maintenance, and maids were also stationed at the side gates.

Upon seeing the suddenly appearing figure, a catgirl maid instinctively pulled out a spiked club hidden under her skirt, but upon realizing it was Roland, she quickly shoved it back in.

"Oh my, it's Lady Roland!"

"I'm so sorry, I thought you were an intruder. My apologies!"

The catgirl maid hurriedly bowed deeply, her ample breasts dangling in mid-air, swaying in an alluring curve.

Roland looked at the maid's skirt with some shock.

"Um... how did you manage to get it in?"

"Lady Roland, what do you mean?"

"Well... never mind, just pretend I didn't ask. And you don't need to apologize to me. You were just fulfilling your duties as a maid, and I'm very satisfied."

Roland reassured the maid and walked up the stairs.

The guest room at the end of the second-floor corridor has the largest open-air balcony, which was Vina's special request.

As soon as Roland approached the door, she immediately noticed something was wrong.

A faint, delicate fragrance of marigolds lingered at the doorway, but it did not escape the keen sense of smell of the golden fox.

And this scent was exactly the body fragrance of the short, dark-skinned elf whom the monkey had summoned as reinforcements.

When she put the anklet on Roland, Roland remembered the scent.

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