Chapter 50 Chapter Four
"Why me?"
"Because they have already seen you last time. It will make people less suspicious."
"You tell the truth and listen."
"Honestly? This is a last resort. No one who sees you will think that you look dangerous. Based on this alone, Shan Sen, Jixisi, and Ai Saihande are not qualified, and then only Carl and Alfred, alas. Wouldn’t it be strange for the two of them to go to such a place? It’s as out of tune as a bull that was taken to a horse market by mistake, right?”
"I agree with what you said, but it will be miserable for me. Can't you go by yourself?"
"What? Are you going to send a girl to that place alone?"
"Ugh!"
Then, I was half-pushed by Nelia, and I ran to that annoying place again.I am doomed.
Fortunately, I went there during the day this time, so those troublesome women hadn't come out yet, but the filth and filth that was covered by the night tent at that time were all presented in front of my eyes.There was a dusty layer of dust all over the building, crumbling roof corners, litter strewn here and there, and vomit and excrement that were sure to accumulate in out-of-the-way places.The pungent smell rushed into my nose along with the dust, making my nose itchy.
I wiped my nose and said, "Isn't it okay to go to them during the day?"
"It doesn't matter. There are only three kinds of people in the capital who don't rest every hour of the day, firefighters, capital guards, and thieves."
"firefighter?"
"The fire brigade, they can help put out the fire. They are mainly composed of some wizard students."
"Really? Then they used magic to put out the fire?"
"Well, during the training period, based on the level of serving the people, the Tower of Light will send students out on duty. Well, this is an agreement reached between the Tower of Light and the city government."
"Hmm."
I really want to see how the fire is put out!Is there a fire somewhere?Ok?What am I talking about!
Although I have been here once before, but this time I came during the day, so it seems very strange.I can only follow Nelia.Nelia found her way easily.What, she still said that you can't ask girls to come to this kind of place alone?
"Well. Actually, it's not easy to come here by yourself."
"Would Nighthawk be afraid of thieves?"
"Of course I'm afraid. I have to be afraid of them."
Nelia walked briskly while talking.So I don't really believe what she says.
Finally, I saw the tavern I went to last time again.It seemed to be squeezed between two buildings, and this image came to my mind again.Although the door was locked, Nelia didn't care at all and knocked on the door.
"Who is it? We're not even open yet."
"Don't be fake! When we entered the alley, you started watching us. Open the door!"
Ok?When we entered the alley, did someone come here to report the news?You really have to be careful about your own safety here!
The door opened.
But only the door was opened, but no one was seen, only the darkness inside.Nelia made a mouth shape and asked me to follow her in slowly.After counting to five in my heart, I started to follow her inside.
When I first went in, I couldn't see anything at all.But after a while, when I was getting used to the darkness, I saw some tables in the hall and the appearance of chairs placed on the tables.It made me feel like I was in some kind of forest.There were no windows in the hall, so the darkness could only be diluted by the dim light coming in through the open door.
"Close the door and stand by the door."
I closed the door like last time, and stood leaning against the door.Perhaps this was to ensure there was a way out.I frowned and saw that there were two men sitting at one of the tables in front of me.They just put the chairs down at that table and sat down.It's the bartender and the moon dancer.
Nelia walked over calmly, put down a chair next to her, and sat down opposite the two men.Because I was standing by the door, I could barely see the expression on Moon Dancer's face, but I could see the lit pipe in his mouth and the smoke swirling in the hall.
Moon Dancer said, "What do you think?"
"no."
"What the fuck are you kidding?"
"Because I have already met the Marquis."
"Have you seen it?"
"Well, that Marquis of Harshtel has already seen me."
"Really, I know."
"I have something to entrust you with."
"Where's the money?"
"I'll go on credit first."
"Isn't this ridiculous for you?"
"You haven't even paid for the money I put on Schroeder's coffin!"
"I didn't ask you to cover it."
"For Schroeder's sake, I only beg you this once."
Moondancer began smoking his pipe again, and a thicker cloud of smoke filled the hall.After a while, he said, "What's the matter?"
"That's what you asked me to do, find a red-haired, teenage girl. Have you made any progress?"
"No. Damn, it's not easy to find a girl like you."
"What, you really didn't go looking for the red-haired girl?"
"Of course I looked for it. But I didn't find it."
"Very good. Then can you tell me who the employer is? Then I will tell you the reason why the Marquis family wanted to find that girl."
"Reason? Why do you need a reason to find your daughter?"
Nelia snorted and laughed when she heard this.
"Hmph, Moon Dancer, I think you'd better stop helping that employer find it."
Moon Dancer stroked his chin beard and said bitterly, "Don't do that. For a man like me, very few people would take the initiative to give me information."
"Okay, let me tell you. The Harshtel family is preparing for the awakening of Clade Meso, so they are looking for that girl."
"What is Cradle Meso?"
"This time it's your turn. Who's the employer?"
"Nex Shulizhe. The son of the Shulizhe family."
I was a little surprised, and almost cried out.It turned out to be Nex Xiulizhe?Why did that young man's name suddenly appear?I barely shut my mouth.Nelia said in a very normal tone: "What is the document he wants?"
"This time it's your turn to speak."
"Klad Methor is a deep red dragon, it once almost leveled the central woodland."
The bartender flinched suddenly.Moon Dancer glanced at him, and then the bartender whispered something in Moon Dancer's ear.Then Moon Dancer took a deep draw on his pipe.
"This is no joke."
"What kind of document is it?"
"I don't know either. I just know it's a book with a blue cover."
"Okay. Then you owe me this one."
"Damn, you really care about everything."
"You have to marry a wife like me, so that you can relax."
Moon Dancer burst out laughing.
"Do you want to join hands with me to create the future?"
"I hate men who smoke. You first think about how to repay the debt you owe me this time!"
"What's the meaning?"
"Let me know if you find a red-haired, teenage girl."
Moon Dancer folded his hands on his chest, showing eyes that seemed to be immersed in thinking.After a while, he said, "That girl must be the envoy of the Dragon Soul?"
"Because she is from the Harshtail family."
"Then, that girl should become the Dragon Soul Envoy of the Deep Red Dragon? This is a very big deal!"
"A big deal? Of course. But don't use your brains."
"What's the meaning?"
"What I mean is, if the girl can't be found, the central woodland will be in ruins again. Maybe the whole Byzos will disappear."
Moondancer's pipe wobbled a little.And I could hear the bartender gasping.
"...So we must find that girl?"
"Ok."
"To save Baizos' crisis? Hmph. It turns out that we got involved in something that couldn't make a fortune. Nelia, you've been really weird lately."
"What are you talking about? How can you say that you can't make a fortune? Only when the world is at peace can we Nighthawks be safe!"
"I see. I'll contact you when I find it."
"Thank you. Tell the brothers outside to go away."
Nelia stood up after saying this.Really, who is there outside?
It turned out that someone was actually guarding outside.As soon as we stepped outside, we saw the men from last time leaning against the wall of the building with the same casual expression, sitting as if dozed off.They didn't look up at us, and Nelia, too, walked away without looking at them.This is really a place where you can't rest assured for a long time!I quickly followed Nelia.
"Are you talking too much to him?"
"Don't worry, thieves can be trusted. Huh? Hehehe, this sentence is really ridiculous!"
"It's ridiculous."
"I'm worried about going to the merchant's Ghisien and Avnaid! Oops. That Mr. Prince can't speak normally anymore. Can he do such things as digging information?"
"Avnaid is a wizard... so let's just trust them. Gee, I'm more worried about Carl, Shansen and Athelhand."
"Hmph. That's true. When I think about it carefully, they will really have problems if they want to find out the news. Uncle Carl, heh, he is too kind to people, so he is a bit dangerous; and Shan Sen? Because it is Shan Sen, so It's very dangerous. As Ethelhand is a dwarf, he must not even know what to say."
We laughed and laughed and walked back to the Unicorn Hotel while laughing at everyone else.
Everyone has made an appointment to meet there after they have finished collecting information.
As soon as the two of us arrived at the Unicorn Hotel, we saw Carl, Shan Sen, and Esaihand already sitting in the lobby, and everyone had a glass of beer in front of them.I don't know if there's something wrong, but Carl and Isaihand are laughing happily, while Shan Sen lowers his head.As soon as Karl saw us coming in, he stopped laughing and said, "Come in, you guys. How's it going?" "Let's talk about your situation first." "We are in the Adventurer's Guild and we are holding on to the people over there. Brother Fisher is very good! He said that he was looking for his sister, and he cried to the adventurers." "Carl, don't talk about this anymore!" Nelia and I looked at Shan Sen with a surprised expression.Huh?Shan Sen?Shan Sen showed an embarrassed expression.Please, don't put on that look!The embarrassing ogres, even in nightmares, are still the most unbearable. Esaihand giggled and said: "I really want you to see that look! I really couldn't stand it at that time! He made an expression that was about to shed tears, clutching those adventurers and guild members tightly, inquiring about the girl's appearance, "She is my only family member in this world!"Please, does anyone know a girl with red hair?Please tell me where she is...' That's what he said. " "Isaihand!" Shan Sen blushed and shouted.Nelia laughed so hard she couldn't breathe. "Heh, heh, heh heh heh heh heh! They must be scared, scared, no, they saw your appearance, and then said to you in disgust, talk to you. Hehehe!" Shan Sen said with a look of no such thing at all, "Why? They didn't do that! They all sympathized with me and spoke to me very kindly!" I decided not to imagine that scene anymore.People should have good dreams at night. Although Shan Sen performed that pitiful scene and inquired about the girl's news, he still didn't get anything.Ai Saihande made a comment, saying that he never thought that red-haired teenage girls would be so rare. "It's just so weird!" "Really? That's strange. We haven't gained anything on our side either." "Really, then we can only wait for the news from Avned and Ghisien now." Hearing Shan Sen's words, Nelia blinked and said, "But, huh. I don't know if Uncle Carl can detect something? I got an interesting piece of information." "Please tell me." "That's right, do you still remember the Moon Dancer you saw last time?" "What's wrong?" Nelia said exactly what she heard from the Moon Dancer just now. Just now someone said that thieves can be trusted, who is that?In any case, Nelia told Moon Dancer that she wanted to disguise herself as that girl and invade the Harshtel family mansion, and that the purpose of the intrusion was to steal a book, and that the one who wanted the book was Nirvana. He told everything about Max Xiulizhe one by one. "Nex Shulizhe? Are you talking about that young man from the Xiulizhe family?" "Yes, well, please think about it. And while you're thinking, I'd like a beer." "Well, I want a beer too!" Seeing how anxious I was, Carl burst out laughing, but then he propped his chin and began to meditate.As soon as the beer came, Nelia and I began to drink the beer in sips. Karl immediately said: "It is difficult to guess anything based on these information alone. However, Nexus Shulizhe is the nephew of Kamu Shulizhe, isn't he? And Kamu Shulizhe once It's the Dragon Soul Envoy of Klad Meso." "That's right. And Nex Shulizhe once asked us if his father died in battle with honor." I said this with a little bit of malicious intent, and Carl nodded after listening.He scratched his head. "This seems to be a question that needs to be reconsidered. What is the reason why Mr. Nex Xiulizhe coveted the book of the Harshtel family? What kind of book is that? Now I really can't What is the result of the inference?" "Shall I show you that book?" Hearing Nelia's words, Carl showed a surprised expression, but then frowned. "Are you trying to steal the book?" "I just want to make things a little bit clearer." "But I don't want to use this kind of illegal behavior. And we are not sure that the book is really important." "Well, okay. But please remember one thing. What I'm afraid of now is that this matter may be in danger to the whole Byzos. I'm not just talking casually." Nelia said these words somewhat sharply, and Karl nodded after listening. "I know. And I've always kept that fact in mind."
Alfred shook his head as he walked in, while Ghisien walked in furiously.I asked in surprise: "Why do you look so bad?!" Ghisien replied violently: "Damn it. I don't even want to say it! I really want to destroy this sword on the spot!" Ghisien's expression looked as if he was about to eat the Duanya sword.Alvned was giggling as soon as he sat in the chair, and Ghisien cast the same look at Alvned.Oh oh no.Ghisien actually wanted to eat Alvned, but Alvned held back his smile and said embarrassedly: "That sword is really a headache." "Enough! I'm going to the smithy now." "No, please bear with me. Anyway, there are no precious metals now, and you probably won't be able to deal with this magic sword if you go to the blacksmith shop." Hearing Alvned's words, Ghisien sat down with an angry expression on his face. The movement of him sitting on the chair was too violent, so the expression of the boss Li Teide looked like he was worried about the safety of the chair. In order not to make Ghisien angry as much as possible, Avnaid just explained quietly: "We went to the merchants to find out. We asked those merchants if they had seen red-haired girls before. But a merchant asked us Why are you looking for such a young girl. As a result, Mr. Gishien said that the young girl is his mother." "Pfft ha ha ha ha!" Although Ghisien was grinding his teeth angrily, Ethhande still laughed nonstop.Of course, Nelia and Shansen also laughed out loud.Alfred has been trying his best to pull down the upward smile on the corner of his mouth, and said quietly: "So, the ridiculous businessman asked him how this is possible, and Mr. Gissien said that the recent children are more Precocious. The businessman gave us a very strange look, and then never said a word to us again." "Wahhaha! Hee, hee hee, ah ah! Hurry up, die laughing, hee hee, I am, wow haha! I'm panting, I can't breathe..." Nelia laughed again, hiccupped, and screamed again.Ghisien kept gnashing his teeth, and Avned looked at Ghisien's eyes and continued: "Then when he was asked by another businessman, he said that the girl was his first woman, but... ..." boom!In the end, Shan Sen still fell backwards.Shan Sen laughed frantically, and when he got up, he didn't support the table with his hands for the second time, and finally got up and sat down again.Alfred continued calmly: "So the businessman looked at him strangely, and asked him when it happened, and he replied that it was ten years ago, and then the businessman looked at us as if he had met us. It's like a weird person..." "Ah! Alvnaid! Go on, please!" "what?" "No, no! Please don't say any more!" In any case, it may be a reward for Ghisien's insult. In short, Avned came back with a little gain. "You mean you have gained something?" Carl asked happily.Alfred replied, "Yes. We have heard that such a girl has been seen in a certain territory in the far western woods. They say that although they can't remember the name of the territory correctly, the girl's name seems to be Jamie. , it seems to be Jamie...what's the matter with you?" "This doesn't seem to be a harvest." Carl replied with a weak expression, and Shan Sen and I also shrugged.oh my god!Is Jamie really that famous?The world is really small!Carl said that there is indeed a girl named Jeminy in our territory, and she has red hair, but he still ignored my strong opposition!He said that she was the noble lady of the knight Shuki Niederfa present, and he even said all of this. Alfred smiled and asked: "It seems that the girl is not an orphan, is it?" "I know both her parents." "Yes. Oh, really. I never knew red-haired girls were so rare!" Alfred sighed.Indeed.Are red-haired girls that rare?Carl touched his beer glass and said, "Well, today is the first day we have started looking for people, so it seems that we have not yet reached the stage where we need to expect something to be harvested. And there is no evidence that the methods so far are wrong. So let's go ahead and ask the people who travel frequently. If we have any news that we have seen the red-haired girl, we will set off immediately to find someone." All unanimously agreed with Karl's opinion. After we finished our dinner, we decided to go to bed early so we could do our research tomorrow.Because Athelhand and Avned decided to join us, they also stayed at the Unicorn Inn.When the boss Li Tede saw a young man who looked like a wizard wanting to live in the same room as a dwarf, he looked at them very strangely, but he didn't refuse to let them stay because he felt weird. Karl looked at the document given by the high priest, and when he saw Ethhand and Avned go up to their room, he said, "I think human beings are always elusive." "What does this mean?" "I mean, 'Human beings are living beings favored by both Ubinie and Hoganes.' That statement is sometimes true." "You're a little ambiguous!" "Take King Nissien as an example? When he replaced His Royal Highness Gissien, when he took the throne, he was gentle and scholarly. Many people were happy that he could take the throne. And His Royal Highness Jixien only has such good memories of him at that time.But, now... well, forget it.But look at Alvnaid, that young man, he's changed, he's a whole new man, isn't he? " "Carl. We've only been with him one day." Now everyone has gone up to the rooms, and Carl and I are the only ones left in the hall.Carl smiled and said, "I heard that no villain can fool a dwarf." "You mean Isaihand?" "yes." "I don't know. But I have something to ask you." "What's the matter, brother Niederfa?" It was because of this question that I didn't go up to the room and continued to hang around Carl.I asked straight to the point: "Please tell me a reasonable reason why a father cannot find his daughter?" Karl showed a surprised expression at first, then nodded immediately, and said, "Do you mean the reason why the Marquis of Harshtel can't find his daughter?" "yes." Carl smiled slightly, then ordered a cup of coffee, and continued to read the document while saying, "Didn't you see the high priest talking to me secretly?" "Then please tell me why you can't tell us." Carl looked up at me.His face is always a very ordinary face.And now, what kind of thoughts are going on behind this face?I looked directly into Carl's face and said, "There is no reason to do this. Why should a father stop such a thing from finding his daughter? Although the Marquis of Harshtel may not be looking for her because of his feelings for her." , but her mother obviously asked the Marquis of Harshtel before she died. Well, although this is my guess, the dead maid will go to the Marquis of Harshtel, probably to entrust her daughter For father, isn't it?" "You guessed rightly." He smiled.I was very puzzled and said: "Please don't just stop talking like this, just tell me a little bit." "Well... It's really hard for me to tell you the reason I know, um, the reason the high priest told me, even I don't believe it myself! So I can't tell you exactly what. Of course, Not that I don't believe the High Priest's words." "Then tell me. I can give you the correct judgment and help you judge whether it is credible or not." Karl smiled and said, "No, brother Niederfa." "Absolutely not?" "Yes. There is really no solid basis for that." "what?" "This is something that has nothing to do with you and me. After I find that girl, I will tell the reason I know, and then let that girl decide. I hope she can judge how correct the reason is. See her Is it acceptable? Maybe she will think that reason is ridiculous. Because even I don't want to believe it. But I still have to do it!" "Really? Well, I see." Karl seemed unwilling to say anything.There is no way, because this is Karl's judgment.After I said good night to Caldor, I went up to the second floor.Halfway up, I stood in the middle of the stairs and looked down into the hall. Carl was looking at the document with a serious expression.
After I walked up to the second floor, I entered our room.As usual, Shan Sen immediately fell asleep on the bed.Giseon, on the other hand, took off his armor, pressed the scabbard on the bed, and grinded his teeth as if he was having a nightmare.He may be being tortured by Duan Yajian in his dream.Both of them seemed to have fallen asleep, and it didn't matter whether it was the prince or the captain of the guard at this time. I shook my head and walked to the balcony. Strange things have happened all day today.How can we get involved in this kind of thing? "Are you out?" I looked to the side, Nelia was on the balcony outside her room, looking in my direction. "Do not you go to sleep?" This time it was a voice from the other side.When I turned my head, it turned out that Alvnaid was also on the balcony.Huh, three balconies, standing like this are women, teenagers, and youths.After a while, it turned into women, teenagers, and youths.Because Nelia flipped over to the balcony where I was standing.Alvned clapped his hands lightly. "The action is really beautiful!" I remembered what Carl had said a while ago. "Avned, what are you going to do in the future?" Alfred was suddenly asked by me, his expression froze for a moment, and then he said, "Me? Well. You mean after finding that girl, right?" He crossed his hands on his chest and said in a low voice: "I still need to practice a little more. My wish now is to be able to learn all advanced magic." "Isn't that what you wanted before?" Alfred smiled slightly. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry about what happened in Reynolds." "It's all right. It's over." Nelia didn't seem to understand what we were talking about, she just leaned her back against the balcony railing and listened to our conversation quietly.The night wind blows, disturbing everything around.Alfred smoothed his hair that was blown by the wind with his hands, and said, "If you really want to pursue it, it is because of my desire that it happened." "You mean the desire to become an Archmage?" "That's right. Because it is too difficult to achieve this wish, I want to say that it is better to be a fake. Is this really an unacceptable argument?" Alvnaid turned his head and leaned his elbows on the balcony, looking at the panorama of Byzos Imperial City, only allowing me to see his profile.He speaks like this. "So I went to the countryside to be a minion of a fake baron, and made the subordinates of the fake baron and the people in the village suffer from fear and fear." "There's no need to make yourself so miserable." "Miserable? No. I'm not miserable." Alvned looked into the distance.Another gust of wind blew his hair forward and scattered it in front of his eyes, but he didn't mind it at all. "It's tragic to keep yourself in a state of unwillingness. But I have realized the mistakes I made and I am now going a completely different path. So I am not miserable. It is entirely up to you and your group bestowed." I glanced at Nelia, who was standing on the other side of me.She was still leaning against the railing, leaning on her elbows, raising her chin and looking up at the night sky.I looked again at Alvned. "So, you're going to start working hard now...?" "Before that, I have to repay the debt of favor I owe you." "You don't have to think so." "No. As I said to Mr. Carl, this is also a kind of training for myself. Frankly speaking, I hope that the process of finding a girl will be full of adversity and difficulties." Nelia, who was silent at the side, suddenly said something. "That sentence is scary!" "I'm sorry. Miss Nelia." "It's okay. Well, if it's just a personal desire, what can't you think about?" Nelia replied softly, and looked up at the night sky as before.I asked Alvnaid, "But Alvnaid, is that your first name, or your last name?" "Well, why do you ask that?" "We met a garrison captain named Jonathan Alvned in the palace." Alvned remained motionless, staring straight ahead in a slightly hunched posture.I really couldn't see if he was going to speak or not. "It's amazing. I thought my name was rare!" "Is it someone who has nothing to do with you?" "Ok." "Oh. Ah, I was a little surprised because it's the same name as yours, so I asked you." "Ok." Avned remained in his position looking at Byzos, and Nelia remained in her position looking up at the sky.What a rare scene!The wizard hunched over and looked down at the earth, the thief straightened up and looked up at the sky, and what about the half-toned warrior? I just stood there looking straight ahead.One thing has been circling in my mind. What is the reason why the father cannot find his daughter?
The next morning, we still dispersed to find out the news.Alfred and Ghisien went to find the merchant, while Shan Sen, Carl, and Esaihand went to the adventurer, and then I was pulled by Nelia's ear and ran to the Thieves Guild.Oh, I'm screwed. "Are we going to the Thieves Guild? It's scary!" "It's going to be all right, it's going to be all right! Only one of the three people going in will die, but there are only two of us!" "Do you want me to feel at ease now?" "I guess so." Nelia just dragged me to the Thieves Guild.The streets of the capital seem familiar to me now.I've only been through it a few times and it's starting to get familiar.hey-hey. The sky in late autumn weighed heavily on the earth, but it was still a clear day.I saw that some people had already started to wear autumn clothes, but even so, they still looked very energetic.After a while, everyone should have to cover their red noses and breathe out white smoke, walking on the streets like this. However, there are no colorful leaves in this city at all, which is really an unpleasant autumn scene.Huh, so I had to watch those living beings that could slightly dilute the gloomy atmosphere.After carefully watching a girl passing by me, I said to Nelia: "Can we really find someone with the method we are using now?" "There's no other way, is there? If you have a good way, tell me." "What if I ask His Majesty the King to search for red-haired girls in various territories or cities?" "Didn't the plan be mentioned at that time, but the high priest said no, didn't he?!" "I still remember this incident. Because looking for someone by the king's order is tantamount to looking for someone officially and openly, and that will make the girl enter the Harshtel family." Nelia nodded. "That's right." "Don't you think it's weird?" "Ok?" "Anyway, that girl is the daughter of Marquis Harshtel, isn't she? Why can't the father find his daughter?" "Huh? Huh, it's very strange!" very good!Come over, come over to me.Nelia seemed to be annoyed, and said: "Oh, but it's okay. There are always many more troublesome things happening among the nobles living in the capital. The high priest has clearly explained to Uncle Karl, And Uncle Carl agreed, didn't he? Just stop thinking about it." Uh.It was about to fall to my side, but... then I will try again. "Let's inquire about the reason, what do you think?" "Huh? What do you mean?" "The reason why the Marquis of Harshtel can't find his own daughter! Don't you find it very curious?" "That? I'm not very curious!" what does this mean?Does it mean to be curious, or not to be curious? Nelia stretched after touching her chin, and said, "Are you curious about that?" "very curious." Nelia giggled and looked sideways at my face. "Is it because you miss your dad so much?" "It's not just because of that." "Well, when the high priest told Uncle Carl, he even used magic to say it secretly, didn't he? I don't want to pry into any secrets among my companions." Huh?Didn't Nelia have the slightest curiosity?I nodded and said, "Hmm, well, forget it." I followed Nelia, this time to the shopping street on the main road.There are shops of all walks of life everywhere.Nelia passed a large cloth shop and a hay merchant, and turned into a small leather shoe shop. Leather shoe store?Hmm, the location is quite special! Nelia opened the door and walked in.On all four walls are piles of scissors, leather, and unfinished shoes.In a place with better lighting, an old man bent over was sitting on a low chair, slowly moving his thick hands, doing needlework.He was wearing a leather apron, and it looked like his whole body was moving, or maybe only his fingers were moving.Moreover, the movement of his hands is not very fast, he is sewing the leather shoes with very slow movements.He looked like a shoemaker statue. Nelia blocked the light as soon as she stood in front of him.Then the old man who looked like a statue raised his head.It looked like an old man with a bald head and bad teeth. Unexpectedly, his voice was still very clear. "We don't make women's shoes here." Nelia carelessly touched a leather shoe hanging on the wall.The old man frowned and looked at her back.Nelia turned to him and said, "What's trending recently?" The old man seemed to be muttering something, and said, "Of course it's the same as ten years ago." "What was popular ten years ago?" "Of course it's the same as twenty years ago." "What will be popular in ten years?" "Of course it will be the same as now." "Can you go in?" "go in." "Thank you, Jack." Is that old man's name Jake?Nelia pulled down the leather shoes she had been touching just now.what?There was a rope attached to the leather shoe, and as soon as Nelia pulled the rope, there was a creaking sound from the corner. 妮莉亚对我做了手势，然后走到角落墙边去。妮莉亚一推那面墙，墙就如同一扇门似的，被往后推了开来。嘎吱开门声。呵，真是神奇！我很紧张地走进里面。进到里面之后，我看到有一条长长的垂直通道，是一条可以走下去的螺旋阶梯。我小心迈开脚步，踩着螺旋阶梯走下去。这也太神了！皮鞋店的墙后居然会有这种地下室！ “这里是公会吗？” "That's right." “那么刚才那个老人是守门人吗？” “嗯。只要说错一句，可能我的鞋子也会被挂在那里的墙上呢！贾克事实上并不太会制作皮鞋。” “咦？是吗？刚才你们说的是暗语吗？” “是暗语没有错，但是你不要以为可以拿到哪里去用。事实上内容不是很重要，语调高低与手势才是更重要的。” "I see." 我们走完了螺旋阶梯之后，四周就变得很昏暗。这是因为是在地底下，而且没有照明的关系。但是妮莉亚毫不犹豫地找到了门，敲了敲门。Knock knock.从里面传来一个低沉的声音。 "Who is it?" 妮莉亚抬起下巴，说道：“你最疼爱的女人。你夜夜梦想的女人。” “……进来吧。妮莉亚。” 真是肉麻的话。妮莉亚开了门。突然间出现亮光，使我不禁眨了眨眼睛。虽然不是很亮的光线，但是一路顺着昏暗的螺旋阶梯走来，眼睛已经适应于黑暗的环境，才会如此。 里面可以说是一间又脏又乱的地下室。 一边是杂七杂八的东西堆得满满的书柜，而且还有另一扇门，门的对面有书桌和椅子。另一面墙边放着长椅，在那上面的男子好像睡着了，侧躺着，有几个酒瓶滚落在地板上。那个男的身上甚至还裹着一条毛毯。 有一个健壮的男子坐在书桌上，正在等候我们。 他手拿一把匕首，往书桌刺了之后又再拔起来，如此反复这个动作，并且看着我们。在他那毫无表情的脸上的目光，并没有固定在任何地方，所以很难和他对看。不过，妮莉亚对于坐在书桌上的男子连看都没有看他一眼，就直接走向躺在长椅上的男子。 她摇一摇躺在长椅的男子，并且说：“起来了，老爸！” Dad?他是她的父亲？我用惊讶的眼神，一下子看看妮莉亚，一下子看看那个男的。坐在桌子上的那个男的噗嗤笑着说：“他喝了三瓶酒。二个小时之内是醒不来的！” “要不要赌啊？我如果能让他醒来，你要付多少？” “十赛尔。” “小气鬼。好吧。十赛尔。” 接着，妮莉亚就把裹在那个男子身上的毛毯给拉了下来。随即那个男的就骨碌碌地滚到地上。一眼看上去就知道是一个醉得不醒人事的中年男子。下巴胡须被酒沾湿之后就这样凝固了，看起来乱七八糟的，而头上几乎已经秃到头顶了。他滚落之后就直接停住，很用力地打呼。 “噗噜噜……呼噜噜……噗噜噜……” 毛毯没了，所以打呼的声音听起来更加太声。我有些不知所措，只好先就以往的姿势，倚靠在门边。妮莉亚像是早就知道这样子是弄不醒他的样子，马上开始下一个步骤。妮莉亚很是从容不迫地走过去，把挂在墙上的提灯拿了过来。坐在书桌上的男子睁大了眼睛。 “天啊，你想做什么？” “我要叫醒他。” 妮莉亚从毛毯上稍微拉了一些毛线线团，脱了那个男的鞋子。 啊，天啊！我知道她想做什么了。妮莉亚好像打算用非常直接且惨忍的方法。妮莉亚把毛线团塞在那个男的脚趾之间，点火之后，就赶紧往后退。 不久，那个酒醉的男子用非常快的速度醒过来了。 “呃啊啊啊！水！水！” 他一边喊着一边拿起身旁的瓶子。不可以！那是酒瓶啊！根本没有人来得及阻止，他就往脚上倒下去了。call!fortunately!酒瓶里一滴酒也不剩。那个男的坐到椅子上，像是发疯了似的跺着脚，眼泪还一点儿一点儿地滴下来，妮莉亚用呆傻的表情说：“下次我应该要先把酒瓶全部拿开！” 被火炙醒的男子一听到她的声音，看了看妮莉亚。 “真是的！原来是你！” “好久不见了，老爸。” “不要老爸老爸的一直叫！你这样会害我这个光棍娶不到老婆的！” 光，光棍？哦，天啊！妮莉亚耸耸肩，说道：“对不起，老爸。” 那个男的用不安的眼神看着妮莉亚说：“你只要用鼻子哼一声，我就会很不安。这次又想来剥我几层皮啊？” 我差一点就脱口说出'没错'这两个字。妮莉亚嘻嘻地笑着说：“请不要把诚实的夜鹰说得好像是骗子。” “像月舞者那种人才是骗子。你先坐下来吧。” 刚才坐在书桌上的男子拿来了二把椅子。妮莉亚对我做了手势，于是我有些忐忑不安地和妮莉亚并肩坐下，和长椅上的男子对看着。那个男的一面看着我一面说：“这个野人是谁呀？” “他是我的同伴。” “又不能拿他来当牛郎，他能做什么？能在床上用吗？” 这番话真是令人听起来很不舒服。我冷冷地看了他一眼，随即那个男的就用讶异的表情回视我。好像一副'你看什么看？ ' expression.妮莉亚说：“请不要乱来哦，老爸。” “你想要什么？哦，等等，贾克！你去拿水来。咳嗯。” 那个中年男子的表情看起来像是很口渴，接着，一直在玩弄匕首的男子就把放在书桌上的水壶的水倒在杯子里，递了过来。这个青年的名字也是贾克吗？青年贾克递完杯子要走回去的时候，妮莉亚拉住贾克的手。 贾克叹了一口气，说道：“真不愧是精打细算的妮莉亚！” 那个男子摇摇头，从口袋里翻找出一枚十赛尔银币，拿给妮莉亚。她嘻嘻地笑着把银币丢到空中之后接起来，就放进裤子口袋了。 楼上的那个皮鞋匠老人也是叫贾克，这个男的也是叫贾克。我想了一下，看一眼我面前的中年男子。难道这个中年男子也叫贾克？ 妮莉亚说道：“我有个请求，贾克。” 我猜得没错耶！中年贾克搔了搔下巴胡须，想了一会儿，说道：“什么请求？” “帮我寻找一个人。你向那些夜鸟探听看看，可以吗？” “找谁呀？” “一个红发的少女。” “我现在当场就可以找到一个了。” “除了我以外。” “干嘛找她？” “不要问这么多。” 中年贾克这一次开始捻他的下巴胡须，一下子就把胡须弄得乱成一团。 “商人和冒险家他们在传，说有人在探听这个。” 妮莉亚微微笑了笑。 "yes?" “所以有几个夜鸟跟踪他们，跟到了独角兽旅店。” I was shocked.what?这家伙早就知道我们一行人了？妮莉亚咧嘴笑着说：“嘿。老爸什么都知道嘛！” 这一回，中年贾克也嘻嘻笑了出来。 “因为外面都有风声了。想必这是大件的喽？” “是非常非常大件的。” “嘻嘻。我早就猜到了。听说月舞者他们那些家伙也在找那样的女孩。” “真不愧是老爸！” “我刚才说过，你不要一直叫我老爸老爸的。” "Hey." 我开始觉得气氛不大对劲了。 妮莉亚外表看来像是心情非常好的样子，嘻嘻哈哈地在笑着，而中年贾克也是，像是一个老好人似的在笑着。但是我可以感觉得到某种紧张的气氛。我往后瞥视了一下，青年贾克仍然还是坐在书桌上，面无表情地把匕首刺进书桌，又拔起来，如此重覆这个动作。拍子一点也不紊乱，非常机械式地做动作。 妮莉亚仍然还是微笑着，说道：“怎么样啊？” “有多大件？你说来听听。” “我要是告诉你，你的心脏可能会受不了哦。因为实在是太大件了。” “那么，轻轻地告诉我吧。” “这件事大到会让整个拜索斯都被毁掉。” 中年贾克嘻嘻地笑了笑。而青年贾克则是不为所动地，照样在刺书桌。这些人怎么一点也不惊讶呢？ “整个拜索斯都会被毁掉？这让我很感兴趣哦！” “什么，老爸？” "Ok?" 虽然妮莉亚继续在笑，但是我仔细一看，她的手正在慢慢地往腰部方向移动。我紧张了起来，在脚掌上出力。准备一看不妙就从椅子跳起来。 “真奇怪，贾克。你在隐瞒什么？” 连妮莉亚的说话语气都变了。中年贾克咯咯地笑着。 “我的意思是，这没什么了不起的，最近拜索斯会被毁掉的这种话我已经听太多了。” "What's the meaning?" 妮莉亚现在像是气喘嘘嘘似的在说话。我是不是该站起来了？ Is it now?中年贾克说：“我想介绍一个人给你认识。” 嘎吱开门声。一旁墙壁的门被打开了。我一听到那个开门声，就立刻从椅子跳了起来。那一瞬间，有一道快速的光芒从我眼前飞过去。call out! 是匕首。一直坐在书桌上的那个青年贾克掷出了匕首。幸好我从椅子跳起来，他才会射歪了。而在此刻，妮莉亚一下子跳了起来。 “快逃，修奇！” 妮莉亚飞跳了起来，直接跳到青年贾克那里，但是青年贾克轻轻地避开了。妮莉亚踩到书桌上，踢了他一下。青年贾克的脸猛地转过去的那一瞬间，我看到进来的人了。 原来是涅克斯·修利哲。
As soon as the two of us arrived at the Unicorn Hotel, we saw Carl, Shan Sen, and Esaihand already sitting in the lobby, and everyone had a glass of beer in front of them.I don't know if there's something wrong, but Carl and Isaihand are laughing happily, while Shan Sen lowers his head.As soon as Karl saw us coming in, he stopped laughing and said, "Come in, you guys. How's it going?" "Let's talk about your situation first." "We are in the Adventurer's Guild and we are holding on to the people over there. Brother Fisher is very good! He said that he was looking for his sister, and he cried to the adventurers." "Carl, don't talk about this anymore!" Nelia and I looked at Shan Sen with a surprised expression.Huh?Shan Sen?Shan Sen showed an embarrassed expression.Please, don't put on that look!The embarrassing ogres, even in nightmares, are still the most unbearable. Esaihand giggled and said: "I really want you to see that look! I really couldn't stand it at that time! He made an expression that was about to shed tears, clutching those adventurers and guild members tightly, inquiring about the girl's appearance, "She is my only family member in this world!"Please, does anyone know a girl with red hair?Please tell me where she is...' That's what he said. " "Isaihand!" Shan Sen blushed and shouted.Nelia laughed so hard she couldn't breathe. "Heh, heh, heh heh heh heh heh! They must be scared, scared, no, they saw your appearance, and then said to you in disgust, talk to you. Hehehe!" Shan Sen said with a look of no such thing at all, "Why? They didn't do that! They all sympathized with me and spoke to me very kindly!" I decided not to imagine that scene anymore.People should have good dreams at night. Although Shan Sen performed that pitiful scene and inquired about the girl's news, he still didn't get anything.Ai Saihande made a comment, saying that he never thought that red-haired teenage girls would be so rare. "It's just so weird!" "Really? That's strange. We haven't gained anything on our side either." "Really, then we can only wait for the news from Avned and Ghisien now." Hearing Shan Sen's words, Nelia blinked and said, "But, huh. I don't know if Uncle Carl can detect something? I got an interesting piece of information." "Please tell me." "That's right, do you still remember the Moon Dancer you saw last time?" "What's wrong?" Nelia said exactly what she heard from the Moon Dancer just now. Just now someone said that thieves can be trusted, who is that?In any case, Nelia told Moon Dancer that she wanted to disguise herself as that girl and invade the Harshtel family mansion, and that the purpose of the intrusion was to steal a book, and that the one who wanted the book was Nirvana. He told everything about Max Xiulizhe one by one. "Nex Shulizhe? Are you talking about that young man from the Xiulizhe family?" "Yes, well, please think about it. And while you're thinking, I'd like a beer." "Well, I want a beer too!" Seeing how anxious I was, Carl burst out laughing, but then he propped his chin and began to meditate.As soon as the beer came, Nelia and I began to drink the beer in sips. Karl immediately said: "It is difficult to guess anything based on these information alone. However, Nexus Shulizhe is the nephew of Kamu Shulizhe, isn't he? And Kamu Shulizhe once It's the Dragon Soul Envoy of Klad Meso." "That's right. And Nex Shulizhe once asked us if his father died in battle with honor." I said this with a little bit of malicious intent, and Carl nodded after listening.He scratched his head. "This seems to be a question that needs to be reconsidered. What is the reason why Mr. Nex Xiulizhe coveted the book of the Harshtel family? What kind of book is that? Now I really can't What is the result of the inference?" "Shall I show you that book?" Hearing Nelia's words, Carl showed a surprised expression, but then frowned. "Are you trying to steal the book?" "I just want to make things a little bit clearer." "But I don't want to use this kind of illegal behavior. And we are not sure that the book is really important." "Well, okay. But please remember one thing. What I'm afraid of now is that this matter may be in danger to the whole Byzos. I'm not just talking casually." Nelia said these words somewhat sharply, and Karl nodded after listening. "I know. And I've always kept that fact in mind."
Alfred shook his head as he walked in, while Ghisien walked in furiously.I asked in surprise: "Why do you look so bad?!" Ghisien replied violently: "Damn it. I don't even want to say it! I really want to destroy this sword on the spot!" Ghisien's expression looked as if he was about to eat the Duanya sword.Alvned was giggling as soon as he sat in the chair, and Ghisien cast the same look at Alvned.Oh oh no.Ghisien actually wanted to eat Alvned, but Alvned held back his smile and said embarrassedly: "That sword is really a headache." "Enough! I'm going to the smithy now." "No, please bear with me. Anyway, there are no precious metals now, and you probably won't be able to deal with this magic sword if you go to the blacksmith shop." Hearing Alvned's words, Ghisien sat down with an angry expression on his face. The movement of him sitting on the chair was too violent, so the expression of the boss Li Teide looked like he was worried about the safety of the chair. In order not to make Ghisien angry as much as possible, Avnaid just explained quietly: "We went to the merchants to find out. We asked those merchants if they had seen red-haired girls before. But a merchant asked us Why are you looking for such a young girl. As a result, Mr. Gishien said that the young girl is his mother." "Pfft ha ha ha ha!" Although Ghisien was grinding his teeth angrily, Ethhande still laughed nonstop.Of course, Nelia and Shansen also laughed out loud.Alfred has been trying his best to pull down the upward smile on the corner of his mouth, and said quietly: "So, the ridiculous businessman asked him how this is possible, and Mr. Gissien said that the recent children are more Precocious. The businessman gave us a very strange look, and then never said a word to us again." "Wahhaha! Hee, hee hee, ah ah! Hurry up, die laughing, hee hee, I am, wow haha! I'm panting, I can't breathe..." Nelia laughed again, hiccupped, and screamed again.Ghisien kept gnashing his teeth, and Avned looked at Ghisien's eyes and continued: "Then when he was asked by another businessman, he said that the girl was his first woman, but... ..." boom!In the end, Shan Sen still fell backwards.Shan Sen laughed frantically, and when he got up, he didn't support the table with his hands for the second time, and finally got up and sat down again.Alfred continued calmly: "So the businessman looked at him strangely, and asked him when it happened, and he replied that it was ten years ago, and then the businessman looked at us as if he had met us. It's like a weird person..." "Ah! Alvnaid! Go on, please!" "what?" "No, no! Please don't say any more!" In any case, it may be a reward for Ghisien's insult. In short, Avned came back with a little gain. "You mean you have gained something?" Carl asked happily.Alfred replied, "Yes. We have heard that such a girl has been seen in a certain territory in the far western woods. They say that although they can't remember the name of the territory correctly, the girl's name seems to be Jamie. , it seems to be Jamie...what's the matter with you?" "This doesn't seem to be a harvest." Carl replied with a weak expression, and Shan Sen and I also shrugged.oh my god!Is Jamie really that famous?The world is really small!Carl said that there is indeed a girl named Jeminy in our territory, and she has red hair, but he still ignored my strong opposition!He said that she was the noble lady of the knight Shuki Niederfa present, and he even said all of this. Alfred smiled and asked: "It seems that the girl is not an orphan, is it?" "I know both her parents." "Yes. Oh, really. I never knew red-haired girls were so rare!" Alfred sighed.Indeed.Are red-haired girls that rare?Carl touched his beer glass and said, "Well, today is the first day we have started looking for people, so it seems that we have not yet reached the stage where we need to expect something to be harvested. And there is no evidence that the methods so far are wrong. So let's go ahead and ask the people who travel frequently. If we have any news that we have seen the red-haired girl, we will set off immediately to find someone." All unanimously agreed with Karl's opinion. After we finished our dinner, we decided to go to bed early so we could do our research tomorrow.Because Athelhand and Avned decided to join us, they also stayed at the Unicorn Inn.When the boss Li Tede saw a young man who looked like a wizard wanting to live in the same room as a dwarf, he looked at them very strangely, but he didn't refuse to let them stay because he felt weird. Karl looked at the document given by the high priest, and when he saw Ethhand and Avned go up to their room, he said, "I think human beings are always elusive." "What does this mean?" "I mean, 'Human beings are living beings favored by both Ubinie and Hoganes.' That statement is sometimes true." "You're a little ambiguous!" "Take King Nissien as an example? When he replaced His Royal Highness Gissien, when he took the throne, he was gentle and scholarly. Many people were happy that he could take the throne. And His Royal Highness Jixien only has such good memories of him at that time.But, now... well, forget it.But look at Alvnaid, that young man, he's changed, he's a whole new man, isn't he? " "Carl. We've only been with him one day." Now everyone has gone up to the rooms, and Carl and I are the only ones left in the hall.Carl smiled and said, "I heard that no villain can fool a dwarf." "You mean Isaihand?" "yes." "I don't know. But I have something to ask you." "What's the matter, brother Niederfa?" It was because of this question that I didn't go up to the room and continued to hang around Carl.I asked straight to the point: "Please tell me a reasonable reason why a father cannot find his daughter?" Karl showed a surprised expression at first, then nodded immediately, and said, "Do you mean the reason why the Marquis of Harshtel can't find his daughter?" "yes." Carl smiled slightly, then ordered a cup of coffee, and continued to read the document while saying, "Didn't you see the high priest talking to me secretly?" "Then please tell me why you can't tell us." Carl looked up at me.His face is always a very ordinary face.And now, what kind of thoughts are going on behind this face?I looked directly into Carl's face and said, "There is no reason to do this. Why should a father stop such a thing from finding his daughter? Although the Marquis of Harshtel may not be looking for her because of his feelings for her." , but her mother obviously asked the Marquis of Harshtel before she died. Well, although this is my guess, the dead maid will go to the Marquis of Harshtel, probably to entrust her daughter For father, isn't it?" "You guessed rightly." He smiled.I was very puzzled and said: "Please don't just stop talking like this, just tell me a little bit." "Well... It's really hard for me to tell you the reason I know, um, the reason the high priest told me, even I don't believe it myself! So I can't tell you exactly what. Of course, Not that I don't believe the High Priest's words." "Then tell me. I can give you the correct judgment and help you judge whether it is credible or not." Karl smiled and said, "No, brother Niederfa." "Absolutely not?" "Yes. There is really no solid basis for that." "what?" "This is something that has nothing to do with you and me. After I find that girl, I will tell the reason I know, and then let that girl decide. I hope she can judge how correct the reason is. See her Is it acceptable? Maybe she will think that reason is ridiculous. Because even I don't want to believe it. But I still have to do it!" "Really? Well, I see." Karl seemed unwilling to say anything.There is no way, because this is Karl's judgment.After I said good night to Caldor, I went up to the second floor.Halfway up, I stood in the middle of the stairs and looked down into the hall. Carl was looking at the document with a serious expression.
After I walked up to the second floor, I entered our room.As usual, Shan Sen immediately fell asleep on the bed.Giseon, on the other hand, took off his armor, pressed the scabbard on the bed, and grinded his teeth as if he was having a nightmare.He may be being tortured by Duan Yajian in his dream.Both of them seemed to have fallen asleep, and it didn't matter whether it was the prince or the captain of the guard at this time. I shook my head and walked to the balcony. Strange things have happened all day today.How can we get involved in this kind of thing? "Are you out?" I looked to the side, Nelia was on the balcony outside her room, looking in my direction. "Do not you go to sleep?" This time it was a voice from the other side.When I turned my head, it turned out that Alvnaid was also on the balcony.Huh, three balconies, standing like this are women, teenagers, and youths.After a while, it turned into women, teenagers, and youths.Because Nelia flipped over to the balcony where I was standing.Alvned clapped his hands lightly. "The action is really beautiful!" I remembered what Carl had said a while ago. "Avned, what are you going to do in the future?" Alfred was suddenly asked by me, his expression froze for a moment, and then he said, "Me? Well. You mean after finding that girl, right?" He crossed his hands on his chest and said in a low voice: "I still need to practice a little more. My wish now is to be able to learn all advanced magic." "Isn't that what you wanted before?" Alfred smiled slightly. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry about what happened in Reynolds." "It's all right. It's over." Nelia didn't seem to understand what we were talking about, she just leaned her back against the balcony railing and listened to our conversation quietly.The night wind blows, disturbing everything around.Alfred smoothed his hair that was blown by the wind with his hands, and said, "If you really want to pursue it, it is because of my desire that it happened." "You mean the desire to become an Archmage?" "That's right. Because it is too difficult to achieve this wish, I want to say that it is better to be a fake. Is this really an unacceptable argument?" Alvnaid turned his head and leaned his elbows on the balcony, looking at the panorama of Byzos Imperial City, only allowing me to see his profile.He speaks like this. "So I went to the countryside to be a minion of a fake baron, and made the subordinates of the fake baron and the people in the village suffer from fear and fear." "There's no need to make yourself so miserable." "Miserable? No. I'm not miserable." Alvned looked into the distance.Another gust of wind blew his hair forward and scattered it in front of his eyes, but he didn't mind it at all. "It's tragic to keep yourself in a state of unwillingness. But I have realized the mistakes I made and I am now going a completely different path. So I am not miserable. It is entirely up to you and your group bestowed." I glanced at Nelia, who was standing on the other side of me.She was still leaning against the railing, leaning on her elbows, raising her chin and looking up at the night sky.I looked again at Alvned. "So, you're going to start working hard now...?" "Before that, I have to repay the debt of favor I owe you." "You don't have to think so." "No. As I said to Mr. Carl, this is also a kind of training for myself. Frankly speaking, I hope that the process of finding a girl will be full of adversity and difficulties." Nelia, who was silent at the side, suddenly said something. "That sentence is scary!" "I'm sorry. Miss Nelia." "It's okay. Well, if it's just a personal desire, what can't you think about?" Nelia replied softly, and looked up at the night sky as before.I asked Alvnaid, "But Alvnaid, is that your first name, or your last name?" "Well, why do you ask that?" "We met a garrison captain named Jonathan Alvned in the palace." Alvned remained motionless, staring straight ahead in a slightly hunched posture.I really couldn't see if he was going to speak or not. "It's amazing. I thought my name was rare!" "Is it someone who has nothing to do with you?" "Ok." "Oh. Ah, I was a little surprised because it's the same name as yours, so I asked you." "Ok." Avned remained in his position looking at Byzos, and Nelia remained in her position looking up at the sky.What a rare scene!The wizard hunched over and looked down at the earth, the thief straightened up and looked up at the sky, and what about the half-toned warrior? I just stood there looking straight ahead.One thing has been circling in my mind. What is the reason why the father cannot find his daughter?
The next morning, we still dispersed to find out the news.Alfred and Ghisien went to find the merchant, while Shan Sen, Carl, and Esaihand went to the adventurer, and then I was pulled by Nelia's ear and ran to the Thieves Guild.Oh, I'm screwed. "Are we going to the Thieves Guild? It's scary!" "It's going to be all right, it's going to be all right! Only one of the three people going in will die, but there are only two of us!" "Do you want me to feel at ease now?" "I guess so." Nelia just dragged me to the Thieves Guild.The streets of the capital seem familiar to me now.I've only been through it a few times and it's starting to get familiar.hey-hey. The sky in late autumn weighed heavily on the earth, but it was still a clear day.I saw that some people had already started to wear autumn clothes, but even so, they still looked very energetic.After a while, everyone should have to cover their red noses and breathe out white smoke, walking on the streets like this. However, there are no colorful leaves in this city at all, which is really an unpleasant autumn scene.Huh, so I had to watch those living beings that could slightly dilute the gloomy atmosphere.After carefully watching a girl passing by me, I said to Nelia: "Can we really find someone with the method we are using now?" "There's no other way, is there? If you have a good way, tell me." "What if I ask His Majesty the King to search for red-haired girls in various territories or cities?" "Didn't the plan be mentioned at that time, but the high priest said no, didn't he?!" "I still remember this incident. Because looking for someone by the king's order is tantamount to looking for someone officially and openly, and that will make the girl enter the Harshtel family." Nelia nodded. "That's right." "Don't you think it's weird?" "Ok?" "Anyway, that girl is the daughter of Marquis Harshtel, isn't she? Why can't the father find his daughter?" "Huh? Huh, it's very strange!" very good!Come over, come over to me.Nelia seemed to be annoyed, and said: "Oh, but it's okay. There are always many more troublesome things happening among the nobles living in the capital. The high priest has clearly explained to Uncle Karl, And Uncle Carl agreed, didn't he? Just stop thinking about it." Uh.It was about to fall to my side, but... then I will try again. "Let's inquire about the reason, what do you think?" "Huh? What do you mean?" "The reason why the Marquis of Harshtel can't find his own daughter! Don't you find it very curious?" "That? I'm not very curious!" what does this mean?Does it mean to be curious, or not to be curious? Nelia stretched after touching her chin, and said, "Are you curious about that?" "very curious." Nelia giggled and looked sideways at my face. "Is it because you miss your dad so much?" "It's not just because of that." "Well, when the high priest told Uncle Carl, he even used magic to say it secretly, didn't he? I don't want to pry into any secrets among my companions." Huh?Didn't Nelia have the slightest curiosity?I nodded and said, "Hmm, well, forget it." I followed Nelia, this time to the shopping street on the main road.There are shops of all walks of life everywhere.Nelia passed a large cloth shop and a hay merchant, and turned into a small leather shoe shop. Leather shoe store?Hmm, the location is quite special! Nelia opened the door and walked in.On all four walls are piles of scissors, leather, and unfinished shoes.In a place with better lighting, an old man bent over was sitting on a low chair, slowly moving his thick hands, doing needlework.He was wearing a leather apron, and it looked like his whole body was moving, or maybe only his fingers were moving.Moreover, the movement of his hands is not very fast, he is sewing the leather shoes with very slow movements.He looked like a shoemaker statue. Nelia blocked the light as soon as she stood in front of him.Then the old man who looked like a statue raised his head.It looked like an old man with a bald head and bad teeth. Unexpectedly, his voice was still very clear. "We don't make women's shoes here." Nelia carelessly touched a leather shoe hanging on the wall.The old man frowned and looked at her back.Nelia turned to him and said, "What's trending recently?" The old man seemed to be muttering something, and said, "Of course it's the same as ten years ago." "What was popular ten years ago?" "Of course it's the same as twenty years ago." "What will be popular in ten years?" "Of course it will be the same as now." "Can you go in?" "go in." "Thank you, Jack." Is that old man's name Jake?Nelia pulled down the leather shoes she had been touching just now.what?There was a rope attached to the leather shoe, and as soon as Nelia pulled the rope, there was a creaking sound from the corner. 妮莉亚对我做了手势，然后走到角落墙边去。妮莉亚一推那面墙，墙就如同一扇门似的，被往后推了开来。嘎吱开门声。呵，真是神奇！我很紧张地走进里面。进到里面之后，我看到有一条长长的垂直通道，是一条可以走下去的螺旋阶梯。我小心迈开脚步，踩着螺旋阶梯走下去。这也太神了！皮鞋店的墙后居然会有这种地下室！ “这里是公会吗？” "That's right." “那么刚才那个老人是守门人吗？” “嗯。只要说错一句，可能我的鞋子也会被挂在那里的墙上呢！贾克事实上并不太会制作皮鞋。” “咦？是吗？刚才你们说的是暗语吗？” “是暗语没有错，但是你不要以为可以拿到哪里去用。事实上内容不是很重要，语调高低与手势才是更重要的。” "I see." 我们走完了螺旋阶梯之后，四周就变得很昏暗。这是因为是在地底下，而且没有照明的关系。但是妮莉亚毫不犹豫地找到了门，敲了敲门。Knock knock.从里面传来一个低沉的声音。 "Who is it?" 妮莉亚抬起下巴，说道：“你最疼爱的女人。你夜夜梦想的女人。” “……进来吧。妮莉亚。” 真是肉麻的话。妮莉亚开了门。突然间出现亮光，使我不禁眨了眨眼睛。虽然不是很亮的光线，但是一路顺着昏暗的螺旋阶梯走来，眼睛已经适应于黑暗的环境，才会如此。 里面可以说是一间又脏又乱的地下室。 一边是杂七杂八的东西堆得满满的书柜，而且还有另一扇门，门的对面有书桌和椅子。另一面墙边放着长椅，在那上面的男子好像睡着了，侧躺着，有几个酒瓶滚落在地板上。那个男的身上甚至还裹着一条毛毯。 有一个健壮的男子坐在书桌上，正在等候我们。 他手拿一把匕首，往书桌刺了之后又再拔起来，如此反复这个动作，并且看着我们。在他那毫无表情的脸上的目光，并没有固定在任何地方，所以很难和他对看。不过，妮莉亚对于坐在书桌上的男子连看都没有看他一眼，就直接走向躺在长椅上的男子。 她摇一摇躺在长椅的男子，并且说：“起来了，老爸！” Dad?他是她的父亲？我用惊讶的眼神，一下子看看妮莉亚，一下子看看那个男的。坐在桌子上的那个男的噗嗤笑着说：“他喝了三瓶酒。二个小时之内是醒不来的！” “要不要赌啊？我如果能让他醒来，你要付多少？” “十赛尔。” “小气鬼。好吧。十赛尔。” 接着，妮莉亚就把裹在那个男子身上的毛毯给拉了下来。随即那个男的就骨碌碌地滚到地上。一眼看上去就知道是一个醉得不醒人事的中年男子。下巴胡须被酒沾湿之后就这样凝固了，看起来乱七八糟的，而头上几乎已经秃到头顶了。他滚落之后就直接停住，很用力地打呼。 “噗噜噜……呼噜噜……噗噜噜……” 毛毯没了，所以打呼的声音听起来更加太声。我有些不知所措，只好先就以往的姿势，倚靠在门边。妮莉亚像是早就知道这样子是弄不醒他的样子，马上开始下一个步骤。妮莉亚很是从容不迫地走过去，把挂在墙上的提灯拿了过来。坐在书桌上的男子睁大了眼睛。 “天啊，你想做什么？” “我要叫醒他。” 妮莉亚从毛毯上稍微拉了一些毛线线团，脱了那个男的鞋子。 啊，天啊！我知道她想做什么了。妮莉亚好像打算用非常直接且惨忍的方法。妮莉亚把毛线团塞在那个男的脚趾之间，点火之后，就赶紧往后退。 不久，那个酒醉的男子用非常快的速度醒过来了。 “呃啊啊啊！水！水！” 他一边喊着一边拿起身旁的瓶子。不可以！那是酒瓶啊！根本没有人来得及阻止，他就往脚上倒下去了。call!fortunately!酒瓶里一滴酒也不剩。那个男的坐到椅子上，像是发疯了似的跺着脚，眼泪还一点儿一点儿地滴下来，妮莉亚用呆傻的表情说：“下次我应该要先把酒瓶全部拿开！” 被火炙醒的男子一听到她的声音，看了看妮莉亚。 “真是的！原来是你！” “好久不见了，老爸。” “不要老爸老爸的一直叫！你这样会害我这个光棍娶不到老婆的！” 光，光棍？哦，天啊！妮莉亚耸耸肩，说道：“对不起，老爸。” 那个男的用不安的眼神看着妮莉亚说：“你只要用鼻子哼一声，我就会很不安。这次又想来剥我几层皮啊？” 我差一点就脱口说出'没错'这两个字。妮莉亚嘻嘻地笑着说：“请不要把诚实的夜鹰说得好像是骗子。” “像月舞者那种人才是骗子。你先坐下来吧。” 刚才坐在书桌上的男子拿来了二把椅子。妮莉亚对我做了手势，于是我有些忐忑不安地和妮莉亚并肩坐下，和长椅上的男子对看着。那个男的一面看着我一面说：“这个野人是谁呀？” “他是我的同伴。” “又不能拿他来当牛郎，他能做什么？能在床上用吗？” 这番话真是令人听起来很不舒服。我冷冷地看了他一眼，随即那个男的就用讶异的表情回视我。好像一副'你看什么看？ ' expression.妮莉亚说：“请不要乱来哦，老爸。” “你想要什么？哦，等等，贾克！你去拿水来。咳嗯。” 那个中年男子的表情看起来像是很口渴，接着，一直在玩弄匕首的男子就把放在书桌上的水壶的水倒在杯子里，递了过来。这个青年的名字也是贾克吗？青年贾克递完杯子要走回去的时候，妮莉亚拉住贾克的手。 贾克叹了一口气，说道：“真不愧是精打细算的妮莉亚！” 那个男子摇摇头，从口袋里翻找出一枚十赛尔银币，拿给妮莉亚。她嘻嘻地笑着把银币丢到空中之后接起来，就放进裤子口袋了。 楼上的那个皮鞋匠老人也是叫贾克，这个男的也是叫贾克。我想了一下，看一眼我面前的中年男子。难道这个中年男子也叫贾克？ 妮莉亚说道：“我有个请求，贾克。” 我猜得没错耶！中年贾克搔了搔下巴胡须，想了一会儿，说道：“什么请求？” “帮我寻找一个人。你向那些夜鸟探听看看，可以吗？” “找谁呀？” “一个红发的少女。” “我现在当场就可以找到一个了。” “除了我以外。” “干嘛找她？” “不要问这么多。” 中年贾克这一次开始捻他的下巴胡须，一下子就把胡须弄得乱成一团。 “商人和冒险家他们在传，说有人在探听这个。” 妮莉亚微微笑了笑。 "yes?" “所以有几个夜鸟跟踪他们，跟到了独角兽旅店。” I was shocked.what?这家伙早就知道我们一行人了？妮莉亚咧嘴笑着说：“嘿。老爸什么都知道嘛！” 这一回，中年贾克也嘻嘻笑了出来。 “因为外面都有风声了。想必这是大件的喽？” “是非常非常大件的。” “嘻嘻。我早就猜到了。听说月舞者他们那些家伙也在找那样的女孩。” “真不愧是老爸！” “我刚才说过，你不要一直叫我老爸老爸的。” "Hey." 我开始觉得气氛不大对劲了。 妮莉亚外表看来像是心情非常好的样子，嘻嘻哈哈地在笑着，而中年贾克也是，像是一个老好人似的在笑着。但是我可以感觉得到某种紧张的气氛。我往后瞥视了一下，青年贾克仍然还是坐在书桌上，面无表情地把匕首刺进书桌，又拔起来，如此重覆这个动作。拍子一点也不紊乱，非常机械式地做动作。 妮莉亚仍然还是微笑着，说道：“怎么样啊？” “有多大件？你说来听听。” “我要是告诉你，你的心脏可能会受不了哦。因为实在是太大件了。” “那么，轻轻地告诉我吧。” “这件事大到会让整个拜索斯都被毁掉。” 中年贾克嘻嘻地笑了笑。而青年贾克则是不为所动地，照样在刺书桌。这些人怎么一点也不惊讶呢？ “整个拜索斯都会被毁掉？这让我很感兴趣哦！” “什么，老爸？” "Ok?" 虽然妮莉亚继续在笑，但是我仔细一看，她的手正在慢慢地往腰部方向移动。我紧张了起来，在脚掌上出力。准备一看不妙就从椅子跳起来。 “真奇怪，贾克。你在隐瞒什么？” 连妮莉亚的说话语气都变了。中年贾克咯咯地笑着。 “我的意思是，这没什么了不起的，最近拜索斯会被毁掉的这种话我已经听太多了。” "What's the meaning?" 妮莉亚现在像是气喘嘘嘘似的在说话。我是不是该站起来了？ Is it now?中年贾克说：“我想介绍一个人给你认识。” 嘎吱开门声。一旁墙壁的门被打开了。我一听到那个开门声，就立刻从椅子跳了起来。那一瞬间，有一道快速的光芒从我眼前飞过去。call out! 是匕首。一直坐在书桌上的那个青年贾克掷出了匕首。幸好我从椅子跳起来，他才会射歪了。而在此刻，妮莉亚一下子跳了起来。 “快逃，修奇！” 妮莉亚飞跳了起来，直接跳到青年贾克那里，但是青年贾克轻轻地避开了。妮莉亚踩到书桌上，踢了他一下。青年贾克的脸猛地转过去的那一瞬间，我看到进来的人了。 原来是涅克斯·修利哲。