"Count Norton." Claire nodded slightly. As Shane's father, the other party was considered his elder.
Norton also smiled and nodded at Claire, without saying anything, and sat far away from Sophia and Claire.
There were already four or five people in the salon at this time, but no one spoke. They were just chatting quietly with the people next to them. Now their casual words may be a huge wave outside. Sophia didn't say anything to attract anyone's attention. People hadn't even arrived yet. He lowered his head and followed Claire to talk about the next thing for him to help.
"I will handle the supplies on the kingdom's side, and you will be responsible for Blazing Flame Plane's side. I have already greeted His Majesty King and will give you a temporary official position. By then, all supplies from here to Blazing Flame Plane will pass through your hands."
Claire was slightly surprised, "Leave such a big thing to me? You really can rest assured."
"I mentioned it to His Majesty King. His Majesty is very optimistic about you and said that he will give you a temporary official position. When you arrive at Blazing Flame Plane, you can manage the supplies of other nobles." Sophia said with a smile.
Claire blinked, closed his mouth and said nothing, and began to think deeply, Norris What does this mean?
Seeing that Claire was silent, Sophia thought something had happened and asked, "Is it too much? If you can't control it, tell me and I will respond to His Majesty."
Claire shook his head, "That's not the case, I just might be a little tired."
Hearing that Claire was fine, Sophia also smiled and stretched out his hand to pinch Claire's face, "I knew you could do it. Don't worry, I will report to His Majesty King when the matter is completed."
While the two were talking, an older middle-aged man with a bald head and a gold-wrapped black cane came over. When Sophia saw him, there was undisguised disgust in his eyes, and he smacked his mouth and made a sound.
The middle-aged man also saw Sophia, his eyes flickered a few times, and he looked away, not wanting to meet Sophia's eyes. The person sitting on the sofa was not a human being. When he saw the situation, he immediately shouted, "Prince Albert, come sit here. I have something I want to talk to you about."
Only then did Claire realize, oh, it turns out that this bald head is the Prince Albert that Shane said before, causing Sophia to lose a lot of money. I saw him last time at Duke Charlie's wedding banquet, but he was wearing a top hat at that time. Now he took off the top hat, revealing his bald head, and for a while he was unrecognizable.
After Prince Albert arrived, people arrived one after another, and then Claire discovered something was wrong. Opposite them, a man with a high nose and a haggard look was staring at him intently. He looked familiar but couldn't remember where he saw it. He originally wanted to ask Sophia who that person was.
But when everyone arrived, Sophia stood up first and introduced to Claire, "Let me introduce to you, this is Viscount Claire, a good friend of our August Family. He is also the logistics officer responsible for traveling between the two worlds in this war. Everyone's supplies go to Blazing Flame Plane through his hands."
Claire stood up, showed a polite smile, and did not speak. Sophia has already said it. That sentence is equivalent to letting the top powerful nobles present know that a new person is about to join them. In the future, when encountering helpers who can help, don't get in trouble with those who can't.
Before Claire could sit back down, an inappropriate voice sounded, "Lady Sophia, I'm not questioning you, but he looks like a kid of only seventeen or eighteen years old. Can he take on such a heavy responsibility?"
Claire looked in the direction from which the voice came, and it was the haggard man who had been staring at him closely just now.
Sophia heard this, and there was a lot of fire in her eyes. She said this just after the introduction. This was a slap in her face.
"What's wrong? I've been in charge of the August Family since I was eighteen years old. Age doesn't mean anything."
The man didn't seem to hear the different tone in Sophia's words, and continued, "You are you, and your ability is obvious to all, but we don't know this kid. Let's entrust our supplies to him. If something goes wrong, who will be responsible?"
The anger could already be seen in Sophia's eyes, and he said coldly, "This is an order personally issued by His Majesty King. Do you want to say that there is something wrong with what His Majesty King did?"
"Sophia, you don't need to put such a big hat on me. I think Count Pulan is right." Prince Albert on the side said. He really didn't want to stand up at first, but if someone stood up, he wouldn't mind pushing him. Sophia was tired of him, so he naturally didn't deal with Sophia.
"He is so young that it is difficult for him to take on a big responsibility. I will report it to His Majesty and let him think about it again." Albert said. It doesn't matter whether he reports it or not. What matters is that Sophia is stuck at this moment. E This made her lose face in front of so many top nobles. You must know that what she did back then was even more outrageous than this, making it known to everyone in the royal capital, and he, a prince, lost all face.
Sophia's chest rose and fell with anger. Claire stood up again, put his hand on her shoulders and pushed her back to the sofa. He whispered in her ear, "Don't worry, leave it to me."
Sophia was not as strong as Claire. After being pressed down, he looked at Claire with a hint of surprise in his eyes.
Claire clapped his hands, looked at the haggard man first, and pretended to think for a moment, "Oh, Count Pulan, right? First of all, I want to say sorry to you."
Sorry?
Everyone watching the excitement was in a daze. Where did the words "I'm sorry" come from?
"You are Beck's father, right?" Claire continued. He had just thought of why the other person looked so familiar. He was the father of Beck who had been beaten twice by him. According to the news, Edith is also the son of Archmage. No wonder he dares to attack Sophia like this.
Claire continued, "Why are you saying sorry? Because I beat your child, but you can't target me like this just because I beat your son twice. He came to your door every time."
As soon as Claire said this, the situation reversed instantly. From questioning Claire's ability, it suddenly turned into that the other party was seeking revenge.
Count Pulan suddenly stood up, pointed at Claire's nose and cursed, "How dare you mention it! Just because of those two battles, my boy's current cultivation has stopped at a standstill!"
Sophia smiled cheerfully when he heard this, it turned out to be like this, then the matter would be much easier to solve.
So he immediately stood up, pointed at Count Pulan's nose and mocked. "What? Your son is allowed to win the duel? If you don't have good talent, don't duel with others. If you lose, now the parents will come to find trouble, right?"
Count Pulan's face suddenly turned red and he shouted loudly, "Who's to blame for not having enough talent!" That voice attracted the attention of the nobles talking outside.
Sophia didn't show any weakness at all, and said softly, "Claire can't beat us at the same level, isn't it because your kid is not talented! What's there to say!"
The other party had no intention of giving her face in the first place, and it's no wonder that Sophia is being harsh and mean at the moment. She is not the kind of person who endures losses.
"You didn't inherit your magic talent from Duke Carl. After practicing for most of your life, you are only Archmage! Is there a problem that your son's talent is not as good as ours Claire?"
"You, you, you!" Count Pulan's extended hand was trembling, and his face was red. As the son of Archmage, his own cultivation has stopped at the Archmage stage. This is a pain that Count Pulan can never mention in his heart.
"Me, me, me! What's wrong with me! Did I say something wrong!" Sophia replied unceremoniously. The two of them have similar statuses. His father is Archmage, and her ancestor of Sophia might as well be Archmage! In terms of strength, the strength of their ancestor August Family is not even a bit stronger than that of Karl, who has just been promoted to Archmage for less than a century.
And it was the other party who started the trouble in the first place, so Sophia didn't need to coddle him.