Chapter 4: The story always has a trip

"Food?" the man in the cloak stood next to two sturdy-looking horses, and in front of him, the young woman was sorting a lot of things into her bags.

"Eight pieces of hard bread, four kilograms of jerky, two pieces of cottage cheese, a small bag of salt, and a small jar of honey. The young woman replied methodically without looking up as she sorted out the bag of seasonings that had been a little messy from her movements.

"Where's the equipment?"

"Twenty feet of rope and six iron clasps were added, and the previous whetstone was already too thin, so I bought an extra one, and in view of the last broken backpack, I also asked the hunter to buy a treated deerskin. ”

"Well, how much did you get for a deerskin?"

"Four silver coins, sir. The woman's hand slowed slightly, as if she realized something.

"The standard price of a travel bag is six silver coins, but the materials used to repair it cost four silver coins, and you only buy leather, and you don't buy the matching tools and materials, and the needlework tools we prepare can only be used to sew clothes, not leather goods. ”

"I'm sorry, sir, but I didn't think it through. The woman frowned slightly with remorse, "I didn't take these issues into account. ”

"It doesn't matter, eat a trench and grow wise, and don't forget the teacher of the future. The man didn't pay much attention to these things, he casually comforted a few words, "Everyone has impulse consumption, not to mention that you just chose to buy these things considering the situation that you might use them, it's not a problem, just remember not to make mistakes again in the future." ”

"Yes. The woman nodded, then picked up the bag that had been sorted out in her hand, and hung it on the leash fixed to the horse beside her, and she also reinforced it with the belt to prevent it from falling off during the journey. When she had done all this, she turned to the man, "Sir, where are we going next?"

"We went north, through the forest in front of us, and then gave the horses a rest at Beliobuck, where we took a ferry across the Aisne River into Picardy. The man paused, "After crossing the river is the plain, and we can follow the main road all the way to Laon, where we can add east and west and continue north to Saint-Quentin, where we should be able to find a boat to take us to Saint-Valéry." ”

"Saint-Valéry......" The woman was a little stunned, she reacted a little, and only then did she find a match in her memory bank, and then she couldn't help but get a little excited, "Sir, are we going to sea?"

"That's right, according to the clues I found in Bourges, one of Dracula's seals should have been placed on the Isle of Man and closely monitored by the Protestants, and sooner or later the countess will find out about this and send her ......" The man suddenly stopped, looking at the somewhat excited woman in front of him with a knowing expression, he smiled gently, "Yes, we are going to sea." ”

"Ah, sorry, I'm a little too excited. The woman quickly reacted to her performance and was a little excited, so she took a few quick deep breaths to relax her body, which was a little stiff from excitement.

"I remember you came straight to this timeline, right?" the man didn't care, but continued to say in a tolerant tone.

"That's right. The woman nodded, "I was already in this world when I woke up." ”

"Where is Toulon?" the man asked.

“…… No, in the wilderness outside of Toulon, actually. The woman was silent for a moment, and then replied with some gloom.

"In this way, it is a special combat unit that has inherited the name of the battleship, but it has not seen the sea since it came to this world. The man smiled, "Then let's look forward to our first encounter with the sea in this age when the sea has not yet become deep and dark." I think it's at least much more beautiful and quiet than the ocean you remember. ”

"Hmm!" the woman nodded vigorously.

"Okay, let's just leave the small talk on the road and talk as we go, it's time for us to hit the road after such a long delay. With that, the man turned over and got on the horse, and the woman saw that there was also a neat turn on the horse, and then steered the horse and followed the man towards the gate of the town.

The scenery of the forest and the small talk between the two men along the way are not pressed for the time being, and the distance from Reims to Bailiobuck is only a dozen miles, which is a three-hour drive in modern times, and about an hour by train—most of which is used to get on and off the train and wait at the station. Although the two of them did not rush for 800 miles, they still had two tall horses instead of foot strength, and under the horse's hooves kicking all the way, the two who set off at eight o'clock in the morning arrived near Bailiobuck at about one o'clock.

Belliobuck is a typical medieval French village, made up of a group of poor people who formed families with each other and then subsisted by clearing the wilderness or hunting for fish, and the merchants were the main source of the rest of their goods most of the time - which meant that they maintained at least a friendly attitude towards the merchants or caravanserais.

But when the two rode into the village, they found that many carriages were parked in the village, and some merchants were gathering together with sad faces to talk about something, while the villagers rarely did not go to work, but gathered together and seemed to be discussing something, and even a few merchants could be seen joining in.

At this time, one of the merchants gathered together looked up and happened to see two men riding into the village, perhaps with good intentions, and he opened his mouth to the two and said, "You are also going to Laon, try your luck upstream or downstream while it is still early, the ferry here will not be able to run for the time being." ”

"Is there something going on?" the man asked, turning over and dismounting, and then led the horses to the side of the merchants.

"I don't know where the fish-men who migrated from made their home nearby and used it as their fish pond, and several fishermen were attacked by them and were seriously injured. Another merchant saw that someone came to ask about the situation, and took the initiative to explain, "Originally, these things should have been solved by the demon hunters, but since a large number of demon hunters gathered eastward some time ago, people have rarely been able to see them. The army needs some necessary work, so now the villagers and a few guys who often pass by here are discussing whether to hire some mercenaries. ”

"But mercenaries, unlike demon hunters, generally bid very high on this matter. The merchant who had spoken at the beginning took over and explained, "After all, we are going to fight those monsters, and they are not as strong as the demon hunters, and it is normal for them to pay more for their lives - but there is not much money in such a small fishing village, and I don't know how much the villagers can make up." ”

"Well, that's ......" The man nodded clearly, he first glanced at the villagers who were still arguing not far away, it seemed that there was a big dispute over how much each family should pay, several people were there to expose each other's shortcomings, just to reduce the silver coins or two, and then looked back at the woman who was leading the horse and standing behind him in a daze, the woman saw that he turned his head and turned his head to the side with a questioning look, so he groaned for a while, and asked, "Have any of you seen what those fishmen look like?" Is it freshwater or saltwater?"

"When we got here, the villagers were already under martial law, and the fish-people didn't dare to come when they saw so many people. The merchant tapped the pipe in his hand on the upper of his shoe, shook off the ash from the pipe, and then put the pipe back to his nose and sniffed, "But it must be an ordinary freshwater species, although those villagers were injured, they didn't seem to have deep wounds, they shouldn't be those terrible guys in the sea." What's going to try?" he said, looking at the man's figure, "Well, it looks like a powerful man, judging by your posture...... You've been a soldier, haven't you?"

"In the early years, I was a big soldier for a while, but then the lord was gone, and I didn't do it. The man said, "Don't talk about this, since it's freshwater, I can still deal with it, and since this matter has caught up, I'll take a hand." ”