Chapter 49 third chapter
After I heard Karl's words, I realized why their conversation had been going around in the same place from just now to now, because the words spoken by the high priest were inconsistent.
The high priest said that if Klade Meso is to be calmed down, the girl must be found.
But he said that the Harshtel family cannot find the girl, and he has never revealed the reason.Karl asked several times, and now even Shan Sen also questioned.
Why can't the Harshtel family find that girl?
Anyway, that girl is the daughter of Marquis Harshtel after all, isn't she?Although if they are found by the Harshtel family, their family will gain more power, but how can they block the Marquis of Harshtel from finding his daughter just because they don't like others?What's more, as a priest, wouldn't it be ridiculous to be so malicious!
The high priest sighed deeply.
"Looks like I have to speak out."
Suddenly, the High Priest's eyes were on Karl's face.After a while, Karl suddenly shivered.
"Huh? What! Is this? Ah, yes. Tell me, please."
Karl looked at the high-ranking priest nervously, while the high-ranking priest was still staring at Karl.What are they doing now?The two were staring at each other in silence.Ai Saihande said with a surprised expression: "What are you doing now? Hey! Are you playing a game of looking at each other?"
Alfred immediately said to Esaihand: "Now the high priest is using the communication technique to talk to Mr. Karl because he doesn't want others to hear what he said."
"What? What a rude attic ghost he is!"
"Because he has something important to say. That's why he did it."
It was only then that the others realized what was going on, and they all nodded.
The words that the high-ranking priest had to say seemed to be very long, and the expression on Karl's face was constantly changing. It seemed that the content of those words must be extraordinary.
After a while, Carl said, "I see. I see. We can't let the Harshtel family find that girl."
What does Carl mean by that?
"You can understand what I'm saying, that's very grateful."
Wait a minute, there's one person here who hasn't understood yet!Did Karl mean to agree to go find the girl?Karl said: "Since the Harshtel family can't find that girl, then after all, someone else must find her! It's only possible to calm down Klad Meso..."
what?There is such a thing?I couldn't take it any longer.How can they look like this!I blushed and asked, "Please forgive my rudeness, I also want to say something."
Everyone looked towards me in unison.Whoa, whoa, this is no joke!An old priest, an old dwarf, two warriors (all of whom looked like they had the words "Guaranteed Purebred Warriors" written on their foreheads), a wizard and a thief, plus a scholar, all of them looking at me.
The scholar looked at the old priest, and the old priest said to me: "Xiu Qi, tell us."
"Okay. So I'm going to tell you that I object."
"Eh? Hey, Xiuqi..."
Shan Sen was surprised and wanted to say something to me.But the High Priest held up his hand to stop him from finishing.
"Would you like to tell me your reason?"
I clenched my teeth, and said quickly: "We have something we have to do. As for the search for the Dragon Soul Envoy of Klad Meso, even other people seem to be able to find it. Well, Isn’t there a lot of people who specialize in finding people? But bringing the hostage ransom to Amtat and ransoming our lord and soldiers is our own business, and no one can replace us. Even If you want to call me a guy who only thinks of himself, I have nothing to say. But finding someone is not allowed or not."
I don't know how fast I said this, after I finished speaking, I immediately forgot what I just said!The high-ranking priest frowned, while Karl sighed deeply and said, "Thank you for your reminder, Brother Niederfa. But it is precisely because it is our business to find someone, so I am It will be very distressing!"
"What do you mean by that?"
"What are we going to do in the capital?"
"It's just to raise ransom for hostages...ah!"
Is there a big rat hole in the Temple of the Great Storm, big enough for me to crawl through?The benevolent God Edbroy should prepare one for me, right?Shan Sen's expression became a little confused, and Carl said: "There are no more gems in the capital, after all, it is because of the Klad Meso's entry into the activity period. One month later, if before the Klade Meso enters the activity period, If we still can't find the girl who can become the Dragon Soul Envoy of Klade Meso, then it will be difficult to see the gems forever."
Ahhh!Mouse hole, where is the mouse hole!Nelia opened her mouth wide, but she quickly covered her mouth again.Ai Saihande smiled and said, "It seems that I have grasped the key point of the problem now!"
The high priest smiled.Karl pressed his thumb tightly on his left temple.Then Shan Sen became excited.
"Say, it's true! If you can't calm down Clade Meso, you won't be able to raise gems! Then we should go find it! We should go find that girl!"
Carl's expression looked determined, and he said, "Brother Fisher, we can stay in the capital for another month at most, can't we?"
"Yes! That's right."
Karl looked directly at the face of the high-level priest, and said, "Although we don't know if we can find it, and it may be difficult to complete this urgent task with our ability, we are willing to try to find that girl."
The High Priest gave a big smile.
"You can definitely find it."
Karl shook his head, but the High Priest said with a happy expression, "Ubines made the scales, and Hoganes made the hammers. Ubines guides you from Starting here, it was Hoganes who protected you and allowed you to reach the capital safely."
Carl smiled slightly.
"Yes... Our journey has indeed been accompanied by a lot of good luck."
The high-ranking priest waved his hand vigorously, and said emphatically with gestures: "Exactly! Even those mounted policemen, with sharp eyes like eagles and the strength of feet to cross three mountains in a day, might not be able to find that The girl. The ones who can find that girl are the weighing hammers that Hoganes prepared for Ubinie's weighing platform, and that is you!"
The high priest finished these words with confidence.Huh, if you think of it as God's will, it is of course very simple.But alas.As Carl once said, how do we know if it is God's will?Maybe God has already prepared the Mounties who can find the girl, and then we can only play the frustrated role of not being able to find the girl, which is also possible.Hahaha.
oops?I think it's really possible!We're not cops!What are we?How could it be possible to find that girl in this vast continent with just two clues of red hair and fifteen to twenty years old?It would be better to simply think of it as God entrusting us with the task of finding that girl!Ouch!My head hurts!I just can't get too close to theology!
"I have something to confirm first."
Karl to the High Priestess.The high priest tilted his head and looked at Karl suspiciously.
"As you said just now, the Marquis of Harshtel went to find that girl because the Dragon Soul Envoy who got Klad Messo can have very powerful power."
The high-ranking priest smiled wryly and said:
"Yes. Then maybe you will think that I want to use the power of the Great Storm Temple to find the Dragon Soul Envoy."
Esaihand looked at the high priest with a surprised expression, but Karl nodded and said, "I have to think so."
"You're right."
But Esaihande said to Karl as if he couldn't stand it any longer: "Hey! Do you mean you don't believe in priests?"
Carl looked embarrassed.The high priest rushed to rescue Karl.
"Knocker, you are a dwarf, and Karl is a human. Humans understand humans better than dwarves, don't they? What's more, humans who are as wise as Karl must understand humans better."
"What are you talking about? Attic ghost, aren't you a priest? How can a guy who is the scepter of a god summon a dragon to destroy the continent?"
"Human beings... are creatures that are favored by both Ubinie and Hoganes."
"I really can't understand it. Really. Then how do humans live? If even priests can't be trusted, who else can they trust? In this way, even the relationship between parents and children, or between husband and wife You can't trust each other, can you?"
Karl's face was flushed, and the high priest smiled slightly.The high priest said to Karl: "Karl, I swear to God. You are a very wise man, and you should know what will happen to the priest if he breaks his oath to God."
Karl looked at the high priest with moved eyes.The high-ranking priest nodded and said, "I am the scepter of God, so I have to assist the footsteps of God. But the scepter will not guide the person holding the scepter. I don't want to find Klad Meso Dragon Soul Envoy, come to increase the power and prestige of our church. What I want is peace. Just like what I said just now. Go find that girl, and then ask yourself to bring her to Klade Meso. I hope That's enough to do."
"I believe what you say."
How is it so simple?Oh, really.How could Karl believe the words of the high priest so easily?Well, since it was decided by Karl, it should be the correct judgment!The High Priest was now looking at Ghisien.
"What are you going to do?"
"What do you mean?"
"Adventurers never plan their lives for the next day anyway. Wouldn't you like to join in the good business?"
Ghisien said with a smile: "Does the Temple of the Great Storm want to hire me? How much are you willing to pay?"
Nelia's eyes lit up, what exactly does this mean?The high priest laughed out loud, and said, "Adbroy will provide free healing and free healing potions forever."
"Very good. Hee hee!"
Ghisien giggled, but suddenly a high-pitched shout drowned the laughter.
"Do you need a nighthawk, please?"
Ouch, OMG!Shansen and I both pressed our foreheads at the same time.The high-ranking priest saw the two of us making a tacit gesture that even Ubinie would admire, then tilted his head and thought for a while, then asked Nelia: "Do you want to recommend someone?"
"Yes. She has a very, very good brain, beautiful appearance, exquisite figure, and there is often a terrible strong wind between her sharp fingers. After a hundred years, she will become a legendary figure-there is such a night bird Eagles are in our day."
"Hoo, Xiu Qi. Give me a hammer on my back."
"I'm serious, you help me first..."
The high priest seemed to understand who the legendary Nighthawk was after seeing the reaction of the two of us.
"Is that what you do?"
"I'm trying to add some lightness with my charisma to a profession that can feel a bit dark and gloomy."
"Shansen...my last words are..."
"No. Don't say your last words to me...I'm about to die too..."
After Nelia lightly beat the two of us with her fists, the high priest said that Karl should choose the members of the group, so Nelia tried her best to put on a cute expression for Karl to see.As a result, Karl said with a slightly disgusted expression: "This can be said to be a matter with little hope. Since it is what the Temple of the Great Storm wants us to do, I think you should have other clues."
"Why do you think so?"
"Because there is a possibility of success, that's why you entrusted us, right? And more clues are needed to increase the possibility of success in this matter."
The high-ranking priest lowered his head and thought for a while, then said: "Yes, I have clues. But besides Harshtel, only I know these clues. Please keep this a secret."
"Yes, I know."
"Okay, then I'll leave this to you."
The High Priest reached into his long pocket and took out a few sheets of paper, which he handed to Karl.
"You are alone. But if you think it is necessary, you can pass these clues on to someone who needs to know."
"Is this the clue that can help find that girl?"
"I think these clues can be helpful."
"yes.".
The high-ranking priest turned his head and said to everyone: "Everyone present now knows the disaster that this continent may face. I hope that you will try not to tell this matter as much as possible. Byzos is now at war with the enemy country. This matter If it spreads, it will definitely cause panic among the people. You are all wise people, and you should be very clear about this."
All of them promised to keep their mouths shut.The high priest said to Alvned: "The Beater and Karl must find the Dragon Soul Envoy. Others, like Ghisien, Miss Nelia, and Mr. Alvned, what are you going to do? If there is no other plan, can you help Karl and his party? The Temple of the Great Storm is willing to provide assistance on both material and spiritual levels, and there will be satisfactory rewards."
Then, Nelia made a very whiny voice and said, "Ka...er...uncle...uncle...?"
Karl replied with a embarrassed smile: "If you can help, of course it's the best. Because Miss Nelia can give me some information about the night world."
"Shall I give you a kiss?"
"Ah! There's no need for that one!"
Alfred said with some hesitation: "Carl, I owe you some debts of gratitude. Although you must not be able to happily agree to let me go, I hope it can be helpful to everyone. And... I have some I want to achieve my personal desire. Although I am here to find my teacher, if I can follow excellent adventurers like you, I can also cultivate my wizard qualifications. Please promise to let me go together!"
"We are not good adventurers. And I never thought of rejecting you!"
Ai Saihande said simply: "I have a very big reason to find that Dragon Soul Envoy. So, can I go with you?"
"Of course you can come with us."
Karl agreed with an unconditional smile.Ouch, of course Karl is happy whoever joins.Everyone present, except me, all have good skills, of course it doesn't matter.
However, Ghisien did not speak until this time.Karl and the high priest looked at Ghisien, and Ghisien immediately said with a calm expression, "I'm an adventurer, and I'll go wherever there are adventures and rewards. However, I have a problem with my companions. It's really hard for me to walk with you. Carl, you should know that too? I can't move with my companions."
The high priest, Esaihand, and Avned all showed surprised expressions, but our group nodded to show that we understand.Ghisien was once hunted down by unknown assassins, who wanted to get rid of Ghisien just because they were afraid that Ghisien would pose a threat to the kingship.And Giseon is afraid that we will be hurt in the process of conflicting with those assassins.That's why we couldn't go find that girl with us.
Carl said in a gentle voice: "If we are in the capital, isn't it okay?"
"Having said that, we don't know if the girl is in the capital."
"Then when we are looking for that girl in the capital, please help us find it together."
Giseon looked at Carl silently, and Carl looked back at Giseon with a smile.Giseon burst out laughing suddenly.
"Although I have lived a long life as an adventurer, I have never had an adventurous companion, so I am a bit of a strange adventurer. Now it seems that I should slowly find an adventurous companion. Although I can only try my best It’s a small effort, but I’m still willing to help as much as I can.”
Carl said with a happy expression on his face, "It would be extremely gratifying if His Royal Highness could go find it together."
"I'm not Your Highness! I'm Ghisien, Ghissien!"
"Ah, yes..."
The high-ranking priest finally warned us, saying: "Because Klad Meso will enter the activity period in one month, so we set a one-month deadline for finding people. This will definitely work harder for everyone. We can't expect this trip The arduous journey can always be very lucky, but the Temple of the Great Storm has provided all the information that can be provided. If there is anything else that is needed, no matter what it is, I will help to the end. The command of your group will come from Karl In charge, please act according to Karl's judgment."
Carl took a long breath and said, "Yes."
"May all of you be with Ed Broy."
I watched the High Priest for a long time.But the high priest didn't notice my gaze.
As a result, we formed a team under the call of the high priest, with the purpose of finding a certain girl.In fact, if a girl is to be found, it is better to leave it to a traveler or a merchant.The high priest asked us to form this team just because the news that Klad Meso was about to wake up and our arrival in the capital happened at the same time.
This is really... Is this Edbroy's teaching?The solution to things is often not far from the surroundings of things?
Been talking for quite some time so far and my head really hurts! We're all assembled in a large meeting room in the Temple of the Great Storm.The High Priestess wants us to use this meeting room as we please, and the shrine will provide us with meals and sleep if we need to.Wow!Save money on hotel bills!But Carl solemnly said that he would only hold a meeting there, and he still had to go back to the hotel for accommodation.well! The ceiling of that meeting room is very high, and there is a staircase on the beautiful balcony, which can be connected to the balcony of another building. The beautiful windows are made of tinted glass, and even ordinary sunlight can be emitted. It's amazing how beautiful the praises of God are.It was a nice place, and Shansen and I always feel a little out of place every time we enter a nice place, and it's the same this time.Esaihand said with a very proud expression: "This temple was built by dwarves." "Ah, is it? That's right. To build such a building, it must be built by dwarves." Avnaid answered very appropriately, so Athelhand smiled grinningly.As soon as everyone took their seats, I asked the question I asked not long ago. Carl was surprised when he heard my question: "How do you know this? It's not wrong. The key to solving a problem is always not far from the surroundings. This is one of Hoganes' laws! " Yavnaid added: "It is correct to say that Ubigne created the key to solve the matter, and Hoganes hid the key. And the hiding place is usually not far from the matter. Because That kind of place is the hardest place to find." "Then it's not so much that the high-ranking priests are intelligent people, but because we happened to appear at this time, they believed that we could accomplish this, right?" Hearing me say that, Carl nodded. "The high-ranking priest should also have this idea. Hehe. What should we do if we let him down?" Immediately, Ai Saihande said: "What disappointment are you talking about? There is really no need to worry about the outcome of things that you haven't done yet!" "You are not wrong at all. So now, do you want to read the document given by the high priest?" "That document? Just read it. Didn't the attic ghost just say that you only need to read it?" Carl seemed to think about it for a while, then nodded, and began to read the contents of the document.We all backed away a little, not looking in the direction of the document, but Nelia quietly approached Carl's shoulder, and then backed away unhappily pouting because of Shan Sen's reprimand. Carl looked at the document with a heavy expression, there were about ten sheets in it.While he read the papers, we went out to the balcony to watch the construction of the temple.Looking down from above is even more dizzying.Those cultivators should shout "Adbroy, please show me a path", right?But why haven't I heard anyone shouting like that? Everyone rested their hands on the railing, except Esaihand who rested his chin on the railing (how pitiful...). "By the way, everyone, is there anything special about the Dragon Soul Envoy that is different from other people?" There are four people standing on the balcony: me, Ghisien, Alfred, and Ethelhand.Nelia was staring blankly, trying hard to peek at the document Carl was looking at; and Shan Sen did not go out to the balcony in order to stop Nelia.In any case, after I heard what Esaihand asked, I began to think hard about this question.Will Githion answer?Or will Avnaid answer? Giseon opened his mouth.Oh! "I don't really know!" ...What a boring prince.Alfred replied: "As far as I know, there is no special difference from other people. No, there are, but only dragons or other dragon spirits can tell the difference. Humans can't tell the difference." "Only the dragon and the Dragon Soul Envoy can tell the difference? How to tell the difference?" "I don't know about this. But this kind of plot often appears in ancient books, doesn't it?" "I don't like reading very much. But if it's a songbook, it's another matter. Tell me." "Yes. It's like this. After the dragon recognizes that it is the Dragon Soul Envoy, it will say: 'Your Excellency has the fate of the Dragon Soul Envoy. Do you want to choose me?' Then the Dragon Soul Envoy will say: 'I choose you. You want Choose me?' A lot of these kinds of episodes, don't you? The dragon soul sees a certain teenager one day and says, "You have the qualities of a dragon soul.I'll take care of you. 'Anyway, it's such a legendary plot! " "Really? Well, the dwarves definitely can't see it, what about the elves? Can't they also tell the dragon soul messenger?" Alvnaid tilted his head in thought. "Did you say elves? Well... Ubinie's young children, that is, elves, may be able to tell the difference, but I really don't know." Immediately, Aythahand looked at me. "That Iluli, I heard that she went to Daiharpa Port?" "yes." "What was she doing there?" "She didn't say it." "Really? Huh. If the elf lady is here, she should be more clear." "She should be back in two weeks." "Oh?" At this time, Carl's voice came from inside. "Everyone, please come in. I have read all the contents." As soon as we entered, we saw Carl put away the documents in a hurry, Nelia had puffy cheeks, and Shan Sen had a smug expression.Then, we all sat around the central table, and Carl said: "The high priest asked me not to publish the contents of this document because there are private secrets of the Harshtel family in it. If it is released, it will make Disgrace to the Harshtel family." "Really? Well, then, we won't tell." Isaihand simply answered Karl.Wow!I want to hear it too!If it is someone else's secret, it will be of great interest.Karl shook his head and said: "But I still have to tell you a few things, it will be better. This way you will have a basic understanding. Just after you get outside, please don't tell the content. Because nobles are very Value things like reputation." Nelia giggled.Everyone nodded, making expressions that would not be spoken, and then Karl said slowly: "I will tell you as briefly as possible. Well, when the current Marquis of Harshtel was very young, he seemed to occasionally Bring the maid to bed. Although this is not a good thing, it is not a rare thing in noble families." Esaihand snorted disdainfully.Karl continued to explain: "But the Marquis of Harshtel didn't seem to be just playing around. Because there was not much time left in the agreement with the Dragon King at that time, so the Marquis of Harshtel seemed to want to have a child as soon as possible. .This is because the Dragon Soul Envoy has not been born for many years, so the Marquis of Hastel began to panic. That's why he started to touch the maid at home." Nelia frowned and said, "It's really... like a beast." "You can also say that." Oh my god, my face turned red when I heard that.What a jerk!The face of the Marquis appeared again in my mind.Hmph, that uncle actually looked like this when he was young?Carl continued to explain: "But those maids didn't give birth to any children. So the Marquis thought that there was something wrong with him, and almost gave up hope. Then he began to make a plan to find children with the qualifications of dragon soul envoys. .” "Hmm, what then?" "But recently, a very strange woman went to the Harshtel family. The woman was dressed in shabby clothes and looked sick. She fell in front of the Harshtel family's mansion. People thought she was a beggar and didn't care about her life or death. But a servant recognized this woman. It turned out that she was a maid who once worked in Harshtel's mansion." We all looked at Carl nervously. "People from the Marquis's family took her inside and asked her why she came back again. The maid asked the Marquis to come out to see her. But of course this is impossible! Just because I have stayed in the mansion before, I will When they said they wanted to see the Marquis, the servants were all at a loss. But this maid said something surprising. She said that she gave birth to the Marquis' child." "Huh?" Shan Sen blurted out a very strange exclamation.Hmph, Karl nodded, and continued: "The Marquis of Harshtel was surprised, so he hurried to see the maid. Seeing her sick appearance, he tried hard to cure her. But that woman was already returning home. It looks like the sky is exhausted. In any case, the Marquis stayed by her side until her deathbed. It is said that he may have asked her why she did not tell him the truth, or whether the child was still alive or not. .But it is impossible to determine what they said.Because only the Marquis and the woman were alone together, no one else knew the content of the conversation.But after the woman died, the Marquis suddenly ordered to find the red-haired, orphaned girl between fifteen and twenty years old. " "That may be her last words!" Hearing what Alfred said, Karl nodded and said, "It seems so." "But, relying on these two clues alone, you can't recognize the girl, can you? If you only know that it's a red-haired girl between the ages of fifteen and twenty..." "Moreover, this girl has the qualifications of a Dragon Soul Envoy." Nelia said this.Alvned looked at Nelia. "Maybe I'm looking for someone in this way: first find a girl with red hair who is fifteen to twenty years old, and then see if she has the qualifications of a dragon soul envoy, right?" Ah, these words are exactly what Nelia and I said yesterday.Ashhand nodded. "That's right, didn't you say, not long ago, Yavnaid, that a Dragon Soul Envoy can tell if it's a Dragon Soul Envoy?" "Yes, this method should be used to find someone. So, that means the girl is in the capital?" Karl shook his head and said, "I don't think so. The Marquis seems to have sent people all over Byzos to look for this girl." Alfred said with an unbelievable expression: "It's really as slim as finding a needle in a haystack. It seems that the dead maid didn't correctly tell the location of the girl?" "It seems to be so. The Marquis seems to have asked the businessmen he has a good relationship with to find this girl all over Byzos. Although this seems like a nonsensical method, if you think about it carefully, the red-haired, fifteen-year-old Twenty years old, orphans, there are not many children who meet these three conditions." "But at least there are more than a hundred?" "yes?" Carl smiled.Esaihand frowned and said, "Speak quickly." "I don't know who wrote this document, but he seems to be pretty good at math. This part really impressed me, and I'll miss it for everyone." Carl flipped through the documents, found part of it, coughed a few times, and said, "Well, please listen to this paragraph." The population of Byzos is about 350,000. Here, using the elimination method, find For those who meet the conditions, first of all, women account for half of the population, so after eliminating men, there are 170,000 people. Then, judging from the ratio of girls aged 15 to 20 among the total population at this age, it is about 100%. Fifteen or so. Well, we should investigate the number again. See if it is the correct number. All in all, 15 percent of 170,000, so 25,500." "Yes. And what about redheads? How do you figure that out?" Hearing Alfred's question, Carl smiled and said: "There are rare colors and common colors in hair color, so this part may need to be troubled. So, write this The guy with the papers stood on the road all day, counting the people passing by him and the redheads among them." I couldn't help laughing.No matter how I think about it, it seems absurd to do so. "Haha! Isn't this too ridiculous?" "Huh? How should I say it, brother Niederfa?" "Isn't his method just to conduct surveys on people walking on the road? But women are not very good at walking on the road. However, the required number is the percentage of red hair among women, isn't it?" Everyone showed surprised expressions.Shansen said: "Whether it is a man or a woman, the ratio of hair color should be the same?" "Oh, that's impossible. Then the ratio of height or weight is the same for men and women? And if you investigate in this way, is it the same ratio for gray-haired old women or old men? The required ratio should be ten." The ratio of red-haired girls among girls between the ages of five and twenty. Also, the color of hair varies from place to place, isn’t it?” Carl nodded. "That's right. But let's read on first. Even if the hair color ratio of women and men is different, it's not much different. And of course the person who wrote this document is someone who has lost gray hair. There will be differences in There are different degrees of difference, what you said is very reasonable, but the Baizos Imperial City is in the central capital of the country, where many people gather, so it can be seen that there is a certain degree of reliable value. " "Hmm...so how much is it?" "According to the calculations of the person who wrote this document, among the people who walk on the road, the ratio of red hair is about 4 percent." Nelia scratched her red hair and said, "Four percent? Is it that little?" "It seems to be. Calculated in this way, out of the 25,500 people, if the ratio of red hair is calculated, then there are about 1,020 people." Ai Sehande seemed to have a very headache because he kept hearing the numbers. "Really, that guy is playing a numbers game. Is it over then? There are about a thousand girls in Byzos who meet these conditions, does that mean?" "No, there is another condition, and that is the condition of being an orphan." Esaihand scratched his scalp fiercely, and asked, "How do you calculate the ratio of orphans?" "He seems to have referred to the research data of the Royal Academy. He said that due to the recent war, the incidence of orphans will be relatively high. But he can only quote recent data. The children he is looking for are between fifteen and twenty years old...so using the records from ten years ago to calculate the result, the ratio of orphans is three out of 200 people are orphans." As if he was about to be out of breath, Esaihand patted his chest. "Avned!" Alfred quickly replied: "That is to say, there is a rate of 1.5 percent." "Really? Well, you said a thousand and twenty, didn't you? So how many of them were orphans?" "Fifteen or six are orphans." Ai Saihande's thick eyebrows moved greatly. "There are only so few?" Huh?Are there really so few?In this vast country, are there only those who meet these conditions?Everyone showed surprised expressions, and I looked at Nelia. "Hey, so Nelia is also one of the fifteen or six people here? Although she is still a little younger." “什么话！带点神秘的诱人脸孔、美丽到几乎是罪过的窈窕身材、还有优雅的举止动作、善良的一颗心，你还没有将这些条件都一起算进去吧？如果连这些条件也一个个算进去，那比率搞不好会更低哦？” “杉森，杉森！我的遗言是……” “我已经死了。死因是听到恶心的话气塞身亡。所以你不要对我交待遗言！” 就在我们被妮莉亚弄得快性命不保的紧急时刻，吉西恩说：“那么很简单啊，把整个大陆翻找一遍，将这样的少女找出十五、六个人就可以了，就是这样喽？” 卡尔听了吉西恩这么说之后，点了点头。 “当然，计算出来的数字纯粹只是纸上空谈而已，和现实有很大的出入。不过，由此可知，我们要找的并不是数百名少女吧。所以可以说是大大地减轻了我们的压力。” 亚夫奈德摇摇头说道：“虽然如此，我们也不可能在拜索斯里到处绕来绕去地找符合那些条件的少女，这样不知道要花费多少日子，而且我们的时间已经所剩不多了。” Carl nodded.好像只要有人讲话，他就会点点头的样子。 “说的也是……我们从西部林地来到中部林地就花了大约一个月的时间，而且我们是骑马赶过来的。万一要在每个村落和都市寻找符合条件的少女的话……那实在是太难了。” 大家都各自按照自己的方式做出了很是伤脑筋的表情。艾赛韩德看起来最为动态，卡尔最为文雅沉静，但是不管怎么样，每个人都是一副伤脑筋的表情。这时候，有着带点神秘的诱人脸孔、美丽到几乎是罪过的窈窕身材、优雅的举止动作、以及善良的一颗心的人说话了。 “反过来想不就可以了？” “什么意思啊，妮莉亚小姐？” 妮莉亚弹了一下手指，说道：“不要考虑这个少女过去的条件，而用现在的条件来找找看。十五岁到二十岁的少女，而且是孤儿，是吧？万一她还活着的话，会是在做什么事呢？在这个世上，孤儿少女能做的事实在是少之又少。就我的经验而言是这样子的。” 卡尔点点头说：“我知道你的意思了。那么你有什么妙法？如果有，请说出来给我们听听。” “首先，先丢点鸟饲料出去。最好是到商会、合作社去问看看。” “丢鸟饲料是什么意思？”
Been talking for quite some time so far and my head really hurts! We're all assembled in a large meeting room in the Temple of the Great Storm.The High Priestess wants us to use this meeting room as we please, and the shrine will provide us with meals and sleep if we need to.Wow!Save money on hotel bills!But Carl solemnly said that he would only hold a meeting there, and he still had to go back to the hotel for accommodation.well! The ceiling of that meeting room is very high, and there is a staircase on the beautiful balcony, which can be connected to the balcony of another building. The beautiful windows are made of tinted glass, and even ordinary sunlight can be emitted. It's amazing how beautiful the praises of God are.It was a nice place, and Shansen and I always feel a little out of place every time we enter a nice place, and it's the same this time.Esaihand said with a very proud expression: "This temple was built by dwarves." "Ah, is it? That's right. To build such a building, it must be built by dwarves." Avnaid answered very appropriately, so Athelhand smiled grinningly.As soon as everyone took their seats, I asked the question I asked not long ago. Carl was surprised when he heard my question: "How do you know this? It's not wrong. The key to solving a problem is always not far from the surroundings. This is one of Hoganes' laws! " Yavnaid added: "It is correct to say that Ubigne created the key to solve the matter, and Hoganes hid the key. And the hiding place is usually not far from the matter. Because That kind of place is the hardest place to find." "Then it's not so much that the high-ranking priests are intelligent people, but because we happened to appear at this time, they believed that we could accomplish this, right?" Hearing me say that, Carl nodded. "The high-ranking priest should also have this idea. Hehe. What should we do if we let him down?" Immediately, Ai Saihande said: "What disappointment are you talking about? There is really no need to worry about the outcome of things that you haven't done yet!" "You are not wrong at all. So now, do you want to read the document given by the high priest?" "That document? Just read it. Didn't the attic ghost just say that you only need to read it?" Carl seemed to think about it for a while, then nodded, and began to read the contents of the document.We all backed away a little, not looking in the direction of the document, but Nelia quietly approached Carl's shoulder, and then backed away unhappily pouting because of Shan Sen's reprimand. Carl looked at the document with a heavy expression, there were about ten sheets in it.While he read the papers, we went out to the balcony to watch the construction of the temple.Looking down from above is even more dizzying.Those cultivators should shout "Adbroy, please show me a path", right?But why haven't I heard anyone shouting like that? Everyone rested their hands on the railing, except Esaihand who rested his chin on the railing (how pitiful...). "By the way, everyone, is there anything special about the Dragon Soul Envoy that is different from other people?" There are four people standing on the balcony: me, Ghisien, Alfred, and Ethelhand.Nelia was staring blankly, trying hard to peek at the document Carl was looking at; and Shan Sen did not go out to the balcony in order to stop Nelia.In any case, after I heard what Esaihand asked, I began to think hard about this question.Will Githion answer?Or will Avnaid answer? Giseon opened his mouth.Oh! "I don't really know!" ...What a boring prince.Alfred replied: "As far as I know, there is no special difference from other people. No, there are, but only dragons or other dragon spirits can tell the difference. Humans can't tell the difference." "Only the dragon and the Dragon Soul Envoy can tell the difference? How to tell the difference?" "I don't know about this. But this kind of plot often appears in ancient books, doesn't it?" "I don't like reading very much. But if it's a songbook, it's another matter. Tell me." "Yes. It's like this. After the dragon recognizes that it is the Dragon Soul Envoy, it will say: 'Your Excellency has the fate of the Dragon Soul Envoy. Do you want to choose me?' Then the Dragon Soul Envoy will say: 'I choose you. You want Choose me?' A lot of these kinds of episodes, don't you? The dragon soul sees a certain teenager one day and says, "You have the qualities of a dragon soul.I'll take care of you. 'Anyway, it's such a legendary plot! " "Really? Well, the dwarves definitely can't see it, what about the elves? Can't they also tell the dragon soul messenger?" Alvnaid tilted his head in thought. "Did you say elves? Well... Ubinie's young children, that is, elves, may be able to tell the difference, but I really don't know." Immediately, Aythahand looked at me. "That Iluli, I heard that she went to Daiharpa Port?" "yes." "What was she doing there?" "She didn't say it." "Really? Huh. If the elf lady is here, she should be more clear." "She should be back in two weeks." "Oh?" At this time, Carl's voice came from inside. "Everyone, please come in. I have read all the contents." As soon as we entered, we saw Carl put away the documents in a hurry, Nelia had puffy cheeks, and Shan Sen had a smug expression.Then, we all sat around the central table, and Carl said: "The high priest asked me not to publish the contents of this document because there are private secrets of the Harshtel family in it. If it is released, it will make Disgrace to the Harshtel family." "Really? Well, then, we won't tell." Isaihand simply answered Karl.Wow!I want to hear it too!If it is someone else's secret, it will be of great interest.Karl shook his head and said: "But I still have to tell you a few things, it will be better. This way you will have a basic understanding. Just after you get outside, please don't tell the content. Because nobles are very Value things like reputation." Nelia giggled.Everyone nodded, making expressions that would not be spoken, and then Karl said slowly: "I will tell you as briefly as possible. Well, when the current Marquis of Harshtel was very young, he seemed to occasionally Bring the maid to bed. Although this is not a good thing, it is not a rare thing in noble families." Esaihand snorted disdainfully.Karl continued to explain: "But the Marquis of Harshtel didn't seem to be just playing around. Because there was not much time left in the agreement with the Dragon King at that time, so the Marquis of Harshtel seemed to want to have a child as soon as possible. .This is because the Dragon Soul Envoy has not been born for many years, so the Marquis of Hastel began to panic. That's why he started to touch the maid at home." Nelia frowned and said, "It's really... like a beast." "You can also say that." Oh my god, my face turned red when I heard that.What a jerk!The face of the Marquis appeared again in my mind.Hmph, that uncle actually looked like this when he was young?Carl continued to explain: "But those maids didn't give birth to any children. So the Marquis thought that there was something wrong with him, and almost gave up hope. Then he began to make a plan to find children with the qualifications of dragon soul envoys. .” "Hmm, what then?" "But recently, a very strange woman went to the Harshtel family. The woman was dressed in shabby clothes and looked sick. She fell in front of the Harshtel family's mansion. People thought she was a beggar and didn't care about her life or death. But a servant recognized this woman. It turned out that she was a maid who once worked in Harshtel's mansion." We all looked at Carl nervously. "People from the Marquis's family took her inside and asked her why she came back again. The maid asked the Marquis to come out to see her. But of course this is impossible! Just because I have stayed in the mansion before, I will When they said they wanted to see the Marquis, the servants were all at a loss. But this maid said something surprising. She said that she gave birth to the Marquis' child." "Huh?" Shan Sen blurted out a very strange exclamation.Hmph, Karl nodded, and continued: "The Marquis of Harshtel was surprised, so he hurried to see the maid. Seeing her sick appearance, he tried hard to cure her. But that woman was already returning home. It looks like the sky is exhausted. In any case, the Marquis stayed by her side until her deathbed. It is said that he may have asked her why she did not tell him the truth, or whether the child was still alive or not. .But it is impossible to determine what they said.Because only the Marquis and the woman were alone together, no one else knew the content of the conversation.But after the woman died, the Marquis suddenly ordered to find the red-haired, orphaned girl between fifteen and twenty years old. " "That may be her last words!" Hearing what Alfred said, Karl nodded and said, "It seems so." "But, relying on these two clues alone, you can't recognize the girl, can you? If you only know that it's a red-haired girl between the ages of fifteen and twenty..." "Moreover, this girl has the qualifications of a Dragon Soul Envoy." Nelia said this.Alvned looked at Nelia. "Maybe I'm looking for someone in this way: first find a girl with red hair who is fifteen to twenty years old, and then see if she has the qualifications of a dragon soul envoy, right?" Ah, these words are exactly what Nelia and I said yesterday.Ashhand nodded. "That's right, didn't you say, not long ago, Yavnaid, that a Dragon Soul Envoy can tell if it's a Dragon Soul Envoy?" "Yes, this method should be used to find someone. So, that means the girl is in the capital?" Karl shook his head and said, "I don't think so. The Marquis seems to have sent people all over Byzos to look for this girl." Alfred said with an unbelievable expression: "It's really as slim as finding a needle in a haystack. It seems that the dead maid didn't correctly tell the location of the girl?" "It seems to be so. The Marquis seems to have asked the businessmen he has a good relationship with to find this girl all over Byzos. Although this seems like a nonsensical method, if you think about it carefully, the red-haired, fifteen-year-old Twenty years old, orphans, there are not many children who meet these three conditions." "But at least there are more than a hundred?" "yes?" Carl smiled.Esaihand frowned and said, "Speak quickly." "I don't know who wrote this document, but he seems to be pretty good at math. This part really impressed me, and I'll miss it for everyone." Carl flipped through the documents, found part of it, coughed a few times, and said, "Well, please listen to this paragraph." The population of Byzos is about 350,000. Here, using the elimination method, find For those who meet the conditions, first of all, women account for half of the population, so after eliminating men, there are 170,000 people. Then, judging from the ratio of girls aged 15 to 20 among the total population at this age, it is about 100%. Fifteen or so. Well, we should investigate the number again. See if it is the correct number. All in all, 15 percent of 170,000, so 25,500." "Yes. And what about redheads? How do you figure that out?" Hearing Alfred's question, Carl smiled and said: "There are rare colors and common colors in hair color, so this part may need to be troubled. So, write this The guy with the papers stood on the road all day, counting the people passing by him and the redheads among them." I couldn't help laughing.No matter how I think about it, it seems absurd to do so. "Haha! Isn't this too ridiculous?" "Huh? How should I say it, brother Niederfa?" "Isn't his method just to conduct surveys on people walking on the road? But women are not very good at walking on the road. However, the required number is the percentage of red hair among women, isn't it?" Everyone showed surprised expressions.Shansen said: "Whether it is a man or a woman, the ratio of hair color should be the same?" "Oh, that's impossible. Then the ratio of height or weight is the same for men and women? And if you investigate in this way, is it the same ratio for gray-haired old women or old men? The required ratio should be ten." The ratio of red-haired girls among girls between the ages of five and twenty. Also, the color of hair varies from place to place, isn’t it?” Carl nodded. "That's right. But let's read on first. Even if the hair color ratio of women and men is different, it's not much different. And of course the person who wrote this document is someone who has lost gray hair. There will be differences in There are different degrees of difference, what you said is very reasonable, but the Baizos Imperial City is in the central capital of the country, where many people gather, so it can be seen that there is a certain degree of reliable value. " "Hmm...so how much is it?" "According to the calculations of the person who wrote this document, among the people who walk on the road, the ratio of red hair is about 4 percent." Nelia scratched her red hair and said, "Four percent? Is it that little?" "It seems to be. Calculated in this way, out of the 25,500 people, if the ratio of red hair is calculated, then there are about 1,020 people." Ai Sehande seemed to have a very headache because he kept hearing the numbers. "Really, that guy is playing a numbers game. Is it over then? There are about a thousand girls in Byzos who meet these conditions, does that mean?" "No, there is another condition, and that is the condition of being an orphan." Esaihand scratched his scalp fiercely, and asked, "How do you calculate the ratio of orphans?" "He seems to have referred to the research data of the Royal Academy. He said that due to the recent war, the incidence of orphans will be relatively high. But he can only quote recent data. The children he is looking for are between fifteen and twenty years old...so using the records from ten years ago to calculate the result, the ratio of orphans is three out of 200 people are orphans." As if he was about to be out of breath, Esaihand patted his chest. "Avned!" Alfred quickly replied: "That is to say, there is a rate of 1.5 percent." "Really? Well, you said a thousand and twenty, didn't you? So how many of them were orphans?" "Fifteen or six are orphans." Ai Saihande's thick eyebrows moved greatly. "There are only so few?" Huh?Are there really so few?In this vast country, are there only those who meet these conditions?Everyone showed surprised expressions, and I looked at Nelia. "Hey, so Nelia is also one of the fifteen or six people here? Although she is still a little younger." “什么话！带点神秘的诱人脸孔、美丽到几乎是罪过的窈窕身材、还有优雅的举止动作、善良的一颗心，你还没有将这些条件都一起算进去吧？如果连这些条件也一个个算进去，那比率搞不好会更低哦？” “杉森，杉森！我的遗言是……” “我已经死了。死因是听到恶心的话气塞身亡。所以你不要对我交待遗言！” 就在我们被妮莉亚弄得快性命不保的紧急时刻，吉西恩说：“那么很简单啊，把整个大陆翻找一遍，将这样的少女找出十五、六个人就可以了，就是这样喽？” 卡尔听了吉西恩这么说之后，点了点头。 “当然，计算出来的数字纯粹只是纸上空谈而已，和现实有很大的出入。不过，由此可知，我们要找的并不是数百名少女吧。所以可以说是大大地减轻了我们的压力。” 亚夫奈德摇摇头说道：“虽然如此，我们也不可能在拜索斯里到处绕来绕去地找符合那些条件的少女，这样不知道要花费多少日子，而且我们的时间已经所剩不多了。” Carl nodded.好像只要有人讲话，他就会点点头的样子。 “说的也是……我们从西部林地来到中部林地就花了大约一个月的时间，而且我们是骑马赶过来的。万一要在每个村落和都市寻找符合条件的少女的话……那实在是太难了。” 大家都各自按照自己的方式做出了很是伤脑筋的表情。艾赛韩德看起来最为动态，卡尔最为文雅沉静，但是不管怎么样，每个人都是一副伤脑筋的表情。这时候，有着带点神秘的诱人脸孔、美丽到几乎是罪过的窈窕身材、优雅的举止动作、以及善良的一颗心的人说话了。 “反过来想不就可以了？” “什么意思啊，妮莉亚小姐？” 妮莉亚弹了一下手指，说道：“不要考虑这个少女过去的条件，而用现在的条件来找找看。十五岁到二十岁的少女，而且是孤儿，是吧？万一她还活着的话，会是在做什么事呢？在这个世上，孤儿少女能做的事实在是少之又少。就我的经验而言是这样子的。” 卡尔点点头说：“我知道你的意思了。那么你有什么妙法？如果有，请说出来给我们听听。” “首先，先丢点鸟饲料出去。最好是到商会、合作社去问看看。” “丢鸟饲料是什么意思？”