Chapter 63: Take care, little ghost
"Great! Great! The goblins are almost extinct since that damn munitions factory was built, and we were all afraid that they would abandon the Monodic, and now it looks like they're still there! Hahaha!
"Yes, it's still there. The corners of Werther's mouth www.biquge.info raised slightly, although he still smiled politely, there was not much smile in his smile, "Now can we talk about the price?"
The shopkeeper, who was excited, raised his face, saw Werther's smile, said two "of course" in a row, and smiled a little embarrassedly.
Arthur put his hands behind his back, he had no interest in discussing prices, and simply wandered around the store, unconsciously dangling outside.
Arthur casually looked around, and he confirmed that Monodic was a very ordinary town, and that there was nothing special about it, as the tavern owner of Thean had said.
He wondered if it would be boring to live in a place with no features.
Just when he was disappointed because he thought that Monodick probably didn't have any special food, something suddenly hit him, and the force was not small, but fortunately Arthur reacted quickly and forcibly stabilized his center of gravity after being hit, otherwise he would have fallen to the side of the street.
"Who hit me!?"
Before he could turn his head, Arthur could see with his peripheral vision that the "object" that had hit him had continued to move forward.
Arthur turned around quickly, and saw that the "object" was a tall man in a coarse cloth cloak.
The boy didn't want to make trouble, but it was really not his nature to endure silently.
"Hey, don't you even apologize when you hit someone!?"
The man who was hurrying away was surprised, and he half-turned to look behind him and saw the young man who was righteous.
The man grinned, red juice running down between his teeth.
Arthur was first surprised, then frowned, "You're so dirty!"
The man burst out laughing as if he had heard some great compliment, and he took a big bite of the beetroot, and with the laughter and the shaking of his body, the dark blonde curls were stained with a lot of red again.
"Hahahahaha! I'm just going to scare a little ghost like you!"
The development of things was completely unexpected by Arthur, he was stunned at first, and then confirmed that the man was laughing at him, Arthur couldn't understand why the man laughed at him, Arthur didn't want to think about it, he straightened up, frowned, with a hint of fierceness in his eyes, and said in a low voice: "Do you think I look like I'm scared?"
"In that case...... "Turning completely, Martin Vank lifted half of his cloak, revealing a sword almost thigh-length length, "did that scare you?"
Seeing the sword, Arthur was relieved all of a sudden, he thought that the worst result would be just a fight, and he could solve things by force, which would make the boy much easier.
Just as Arthur was pondering what words could best express his sarcasm, the smell of beetroot wafting down from the wind as the cloak was lifted suddenly choked and he covered his mouth and coughed, and his thoughts on mockery were broken.
"What's this!?!
The boy's words caused the man to look up and laugh again, straighten the cloak and cover his entire body, Martin Vank looked at Arthur's frowning and staring, the corners of his mouth rose a shallow curvature, he stepped forward, and his thick palm stretched out directly.
Arthur could barely open his eyes with the thick smell of beetroot, but he could still see the man's outstretched palm, and the slow movement allowed him to see even the dirt and messy palm prints in his palm.
Martin pressed the top of the boy's head and stroked it roughly with his big hand, because it was an unfamiliar movement, it was obviously a soft force, but it made people feel rough and grasping.
"Let go of you dirty devil! Who allowed you to touch my head!"
Through Arthur's face, Martin Vanck saw his younger brother and saw Merlot Vank as a child.
"Take care, little ghost. ”
Martin didn't know why the young man in front of him let him see his younger brother's figure, but he knew that this sentence of taking care was for his relatives who were far away.
The man's eyes, when he stroked the palm, revealed emotions that had never been revealed when he said this.
Such an outpouring of emotion made Arthur, who was originally angry, stunned and dazed.
With Arthur's abilities, he could have avoided the palm of his hand and attacked when his head was touched, but he didn't do any of that. As for why, he himself can't tell. It's just that he knows that he doesn't hate the feeling of being touched by that big hand on the top of his head and gently scratching his hair, and even has a kind of kind of affection and expectation, even if that big hand is dirty and smelly.
After a brief stroke, Martin withdrew his hand and turned around and quickly left.
When Naine ran to ask what was going on, Arthur was still thinking about the man, still remembering his wild and uninhibited smile.
Arthur was surprised to find that he was attracted to a rough man.
Because of the maturity, vicissitudes, boldness, strength, and kindness and righteousness that seem to be hidden, Arthur still wants to see him again.
Witt walked out of the grocery store and showed his companion the bag containing the gold coins.
Looking at Werther, Arthur realized that he was longing for his father, who had been missing.
While searching for the blacksmith's shop, the trio passed by the Hunters' Guild, and Witt was attracted by the various arrows and traps displayed on the stand.
Seeing Werther's attentive expression, the hostess of the association hurriedly stepped forward and enthusiastically explained to him that this was an arrow that was highly recommended by a great hunter, what kind of prey was suitable for hunting, or what kind of animal trap was developed by a great hunter, and it was widely acclaimed.
Witt just looked at those things, and the warm hostess didn't seem to listen to a few words.
"Does Werther want to qualify as a hunter here?" it was Nain's question that brought him back to his senses.
Witt quickly replied, "No, I want to get to the Holy Capital first." ”
Arthur didn't notice the way Witt looked at the equipment, Naine did, she was a little worried, Witt had always been the image of a big brother, she knew that he took some things very seriously, so heavy that even if he was tired, he wouldn't give up.
After the three of them left, the hostess guessed that Werther was not a hunter, whether he had no money or no identity, anyway, he was a guy who only looked at and didn't buy, and the previous enthusiastic hostess made a disgusted and contemptuous expression at the backs of the three.
After turning a corner at an intersection, a street full of blacksmith shops, weapons and armor shops suddenly appeared.
The street was neither long nor wide, only wide enough to accommodate two horse-drawn carriages side by side. In addition, the streets are lined with shops that extend their wares to the road, so there is even less for pedestrians.
The three of them stood at the entrance of this street, all more or less shocked by the momentum presented by this street.