Inside the square door is a long corridor, and a row of crystal candlesticks hangs from the top, the candlelight was originally soft, but it became dazzling under the refraction of the crystal.

Catherine was a little uncomfortable as she rushed into the hallway, covering her eyes with her hands to see what was ahead. After all, although there is light in the slaughterhouse, it is generally dim.

The four white cats ran methodically with the broth, and it seemed that they were used to doing this job. Rhythmic footsteps echoed in the empty hallways. Don't look at the white cats carrying the cauldron, but the speed is not slow at all. Catherine hadn't taken a few steps behind her with her knife in her hand, and they had reached the end of the hallway, and had disappeared through the door at the other end.

Catherine simply slowed her pace, panting and looking around. On both sides of the corridor are lifelike animal skull specimens, which accurately represent their expressions in the moment before they were killed. Catherine scanned the taxidermy and found that many species she didn't even recognize.

She approached a specimen - a round golden fish's head, as big as a fist, with a gray feather stuck in its eye. The feathers run through the head of this fish and pierce out of the eye of the fish on the other side.

Catherine didn't recognize what it was, but the gray feather was familiar to her. Out of nowhere, she reached for the feather and pulled it out without much effort.

As soon as the feather left the fish's eye, the golden fish's head suddenly opened its mouth. A gold coin fell out of the fish's mouth and landed on the stone floor with a "ding".

Catherine curiously picked up the gold coin. A gold coin has no designs, patterns or imprints on it, and is a very pure gold coin. "Ding". With another bang, a second coin fell out of the fish's mouth. "Ding", "Ding", "Ding", ...... , the third and fourth, a steady stream of gold coins kept falling out of the fish's mouth. A pile of gold coins soon piled up under the fish's head, and the gold coins in the fish's mouth were still pouring out like water.

Catherine was dumbfounded, and she subconsciously inserted the gray feather back into the fish's eye, and the fish's mouth "snapped" shut, leaving only a pile of gold coins that were already knee-high.

That's a thousand gold coins. It's a lot of money. Catherine's mercenary group couldn't earn a tenth of the pile of gold after a few years of hard work. Her mind drifted back in time. If I hadn't taken that damn mission, I'm afraid I wouldn't have ended up in the situation I'm in. Anvil, Ferry, Green Wind, as well as Ace and himself, everyone's fate will be different. How did all of this happen? It all started with Ferry meeting the customer......

Memories are flooding. Catherine stood in front of the pile of gold coins and fell into deep thought.

Behind the female mage. On the wall on the other side of the hallway. A specimen of a horse's head suddenly moved its ears. It's a strange horse, and if you look closer, you'll see that the head is made of liquid. The translucent liquid is always in a flowing state, but the surface of the liquid retains the shape of a horse's head. Countless small black bubbles flowed inside.

But now the surface of the horse's head is slowly softening, like a gelatinous thick wet dough flowing downward. Out of the "wet dough" comes a long strip of soft pulp, which flows to the ground and reshapes - a pony. The pony was knee-high enough to snap its nose and "da-da" toward Catherine.

Catherine heard the sound of the horse's hoofs, awoke from her deep thoughts, and looked back at the little horse. The pony circles Catherine and stops in front of the pile of coins. It stops and chews on two gold coins in its mouth, giving it to the pony in three or two bites.

"Chirp-tweet-" It seemed to find something tasty, and ran around Catherine with a scream of joy, before continuing to munch on the gold coin.

Catherine slowly retreats as she sees the pony growing as it eats. And as it grows, the pony's dark coat color is mixed with gold.

One by one, the coins disappear, and the ponies grow little by little. No, it's no longer a pony, it's a tall horse after eating the gold coins. It has dark golden fur all over its body, and its body is muscular and graceful.

"Hmph" it snorted, shook its head, and moved its ears. The gold coin was eaten clean, and it turned to Catherine's side, rubbing its neck against the mage's face.

Sensing its kindness, Catherine gently patted its neck and stroked its back. How smooth and beautiful, the fur shimmered in the candlelight.

"I'm not a good rider. Catherine whispered in its ear.

It just shook its head and snorted, and continued to rub against Catherine.

"If you don't care, follow me. Catherine patted it on the neck gently, "Do you have a name?"

It nodded, walked around Catherine, and whipped its tail at the specimen made of the golden fish's head.

Catherine looked at the fish head and smiled and asked, "You shouldn't call it a fish head, right?"

It shook its head.

"It had to be golden. ”

"Chirp-" Golden cried, a cry of joy.

"It's been a long wait, it's time for us to hit the road. Catherine grabbed the golden horsehair and flipped onto the horse.

Riding a bare horse is not an easy task, and Catherine is not good at riding. Of the members of her mercenary group, only Ace is an equestrian expert. However, it is not easy to raise horses, and people who live in the royal city of Dastri Catherine are not in a position to raise horses.

But riding on a golden back, there are no signs of instability at all. Catherine could feel that the golden back seemed to sink a little, allowing herself to latch into its back. In short, the feeling of stability made the female mage feel that even if the golden gallop at this moment, she would be able to ride the horse without any problem.

But the gold was just walking, slowly walking through the corridor with small steps. The sound of horses' hooves is very rhythmic. Catherine listened to the sleepiness in her ears, and before she knew it, she fell asleep on her horse's back.

With a "clang", the sharp knife in her hand fell to the ground. Catherine woke up and leaned down to look down, but she didn't see the sharp knife.

Gold stood still, and Catherine jumped off her horse, and circled around Gold, not finding the knife.

"Do you see my knife?" Catherine asked Golden, for a moment's notice.

The steed rolled its eyes and shook its head.

Catherine stared at the gold and said, "You really didn't see it?"

The steed still shook his head.

Catherine walked forward, gold following her. After taking two steps, the female mage turned around. "If you tell me the truth, I'll give you this. ”

She raised her hand, holding a glittering gold coin in her hand, the first coin that came out of the golden fishhead's mouth. (To be continued......)