The restaurant of the Barov Family is not much smaller than the banquet hall of Lordaeron, but there are only a few people in the restaurant and it looks a bit empty.
There were five people sitting at the dining table, and the person sitting at the head table was a dignified middle-aged man who looked younger than Terenas. The expression on his face was very serious, but he looked at However, he would show some warmth when he was Illucia. Aaron judged that this person was the contemporary head of the family of the Barov Family, Alex·Barov.
Illucia sat on the left hand side of her father, and next to her sat a middle-aged woman who was smiling and talking to her at the moment. It was the hostess of the Barov Family, the mother of Illucia, Jandis Barov.
Opposite this mother and daughter are a pair of brothers who have similar faces. Judging from their extremely similar facial features to Alex, these two people are naturally the two brothers of Illucia.
Just when Aaron was looking at Barov's family, the housekeeper Lusen had already walked a few steps and walked to Alex and whispered a few words to the male host. Alex glanced this way, stood up in a hurry, and called his family to come over and greet everyone.
"Lord Uther, I didn't expect you to come here. What do you want to do?" It turns out that Alex recognized Uther's identity, but his attitude towards Uther was not good. After all, everyone knows Uther is absolutely loyal to Lordaeron. Even though Uther has a high reputation as a Paladin, Alex is hostile to the entire Lordaeron, and his attitude is naturally not much better.
"Lord Barov, long time no see." Uther saluted, but pushed Aaron in front of him. "I was just ordered to come with Lord Aaron."
"Lord Aaron?" Alex didn't react at first. He looked at Aaron and wondered why he had no impression of such a young lord. But soon he remembered, glanced at his daughter, looked back at Aaron, and repeated what he had just said to Uther.
Aaron looked at Alex's expression and thought to himself: Why does this person have such a bad attitude towards me? He is also your daughter's boss. He just shows such a bad attitude. Is that really okay?
I don't understand Aaron. Everyone in the Barov Family hates anything related to Lordaeron. If there is Uther again, I will take by the way. Aaron's group's favorability has dropped. Fortunately, Illucia has been in Covenant City for a long time and has not been affected by his family. Otherwise, Aaron's Covenant City might have been managed like this.
However, although he was a little dissatisfied with Alex's attitude, Aaron couldn't show it. At the same time, he knew in his heart that he couldn't just say that he was here to investigate Cult of the Damned's affairs. If Barov Family and the others were already determined to join Cult of the Damned, then he and his group might be kicked out.
But it's not that easy for Aaron to make up a justifiable reason. No wonder Uther pushed him out. I guess he knew it was hard to say.
After thinking for a moment, Aaron reluctantly said, "Lord Barov, we are actually here for..."
"Father, the lord is here for the timber trade." Illucia saw Aaron's hesitation and blocked the lame reason he was about to say before Aaron could. As the consul of Covenant City and the eldest daughter of the Barov Family, she had enough information to organize a reasonable reason.
Illucia said that Aaron wanted to discuss the timber trade business with the Barov Family. The scale of Covenant City destined them to Northrend's lumber business was not doing well, so Aaron planned to seek financial support. With Illucia's relationship, Aaron decided to seek financial support from the Barov Family.
But since Aaron got Covenant City from the Alliance, some things must be supported by the Alliance, especially Lordaeron, so Aaron also went to Lordaeron before coming to Caer Darrow.
In general, Illucia's rhetoric actually has loopholes. After all, there is no need to bother Terenas when it comes to business matters. Moreover, even if Aaron intends to show favor to Terenas and Terenas also wants to get involved, then he should not send a pure military attaché like Uther over.
However, perhaps because these words came from the mouth of Illucia, Alex did not express any doubt, and his attitude towards Aaron also softened a bit, and invited everyone to have dinner with their family.
Due to the arrival of guests, everyone's seats were slightly adjusted, and Aaron was arranged next to Illucia. He happened to talk to Illucia about the incident just now. "Are we really going to do business?"
"Excuses, just excuses," Illucia whispered, "Northrend's timber business is almost monopolized by Kul Tiras people, and those Orcss are getting lazier and lazier. It's not enough for us to use it ourselves. How can we still need to seek external funds to expand the scale? In other words, my family doesn't like doing business very much, otherwise I would have known that there was something wrong with what I said."
Illucia was full of resentment when he said this, obviously he was very dissatisfied with the behavior of Kul Tiras people.
What Aaron is more concerned about is the attitude Illucia unconsciously revealed when he spoke. Obviously, after staying in Covenant City for several years, the consul has a considerable sense of belonging to this city.
Out of the courtesy of the nobles, Alex did not mention the business during the meal, but made an appointment with Aaron to discuss the matter tomorrow. The housekeeper took advantage of everyone's meal and chat to arrange everyone's residence. Barov Castle has a huge area and has many guest rooms for entertaining guests.
After everyone was settled, when Aaron was about to enter his room, he noticed that the butler Lusen was hesitating in front of his and Uther's room door. He looked around and saw that there was no one around, so he walked to Lusen, patted the butler on the shoulder, and asked, "Mr. Butler, do you have something to tell Sir Uther?"
"Ah? Yes... so, but..." Lusen spoke hesitantly. It seemed that he had many things hidden in his heart but didn't know whether he should say it or not. However, after seeing Aaron, Lusen's eyes lit up, "Master Aaron, you are also a Paladin, right?"
"Yes, I am Paladin." Aaron waved his hand and gave Lusen the word "Holy Light". Whenever others asked him if he was Paladin, he liked to do this.
"In that case, I am looking for you as well. Can I go to your room and disturb you for a while? There are some things I think it is necessary to tell you." Lusen finally made up his mind and said to Aaron solemnly.
Aaron nodded, returned to the room with Lusen, and closed the door. "It's my pleasure."