Later that day, Tina and her sisters sat in the richly decorated living room, at the lavish tables, illuminated by the faint glow of the red candles on the silver candlesticks, waiting for the waiters to bring plates of sumptuous dishes to the table and onto the sparkling silver tableware. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Then, they picked up the food with silver chopsticks and chewed slowly, and tasted fried crab roe, sea cucumber, oyster-stuffed xiaolongbao, white fungus bird's nest corn porridge, steamed tuna risotto, braised sea lobster in oil, roasted suckling pig with special spell spices, pudding fruit with chocolate sauce, and sweet mountain stream spring water mixed with foal milk.

The pig of this world refers to a bloated and fat lizard with two large nostrils. Pudding fruit is a natural jelly from Arebes, which comes in a variety of colors and flavors. Pony-like animals have also been artificially bred to produce milk.

After a full meal and satisfying his appetite, Leonard blushed his stomach and crossed his two legs to the dining table, and folded his arms and shouted contentedly: "Boss, check out——" For mercenaries, they still like to eat in this kind of roadside tavern, not only can they be free to be presumptuous, but they also do not need to use difficult utensils - chopsticks.

Bran, who was leaning back on the seat, saw Leonard hand a silver coin to the waiter, and immediately asked, "Ray." On the other side of the table, the howl, who never used chopsticks and toothpicks, was using the tips of his fingernails to remove the food debris between his teeth, making a striking noise, and the appearance of eating was indeed unsightly. Squeak, squeak...

Leonard hiccuped and asked Bran leisurely, "Uh-about the mysterious merchant, since the mayor of Port Shevis doesn't know where the others are. How would the owner of this shop know?"

Hearing this, he took over and asked, "Then what's the point of us coming here? ”

Leonard closed one of his eyes frivolously and explained the reason: "Since the mysterious merchant has released the news that we have come to him, he will naturally appear. This shows that we are not looking for him. The subtext is: if we look for him everywhere in Port Shevis Harbor. When he knew I was looking for him, he would show up. So, a few of us had been walking around the street beforehand, and it was enough. ”

When Bran and Howl heard this, they couldn't help but suddenly realize: "Oh——"

Suddenly, there was a sound of tapping on the wall. Bang bang... From a window near Leonard's table, an amphibious head with a green nose, a flat nose, ears as sharp as elves, and a long fin on the top of his head appeared, and asked very politely, "Sir, sir, that gentleman with a scar on his face." Could you please come out for a moment?"

Seeing this, a meaty-faced, round-shouldered, thug-like guy in the tavern rushed to the window and shouted at the amphibious man with his head exposed: "—— where did you get the stinky fish!? You thieves and robbers dare to interfere with the dining!?"

Seeing this, Leonard couldn't help but wonder and asked the guy who looked like a thug: "Excuse me, what's going on?"

The thug-like guy clasped his hands on his chest and replied: "Some time ago, the hometown of the amphibians, there seems to have been an earthquake and tsunami on the island of Sarke. As a result, these thieves and robbers poured into the port of Shevis to steal and rob the citizens of food and property. The mayor issued a decree forbidding them to trespass into any taverns, banks, or other commercial establishments, and only allowed them to work as porters at the docks or to fish at sea. ”

When the amphibious people outside the door heard this, they argued loudly and protested: "We are not thieves and robbers...!

When the thug-like guy heard this, he angrily threatened the amphibious: "Why don't you get out of here?—— do you want us to beat you up, or twist you to the police station!?"

Seeing this, Leonard stood up and politely told the thug-like guy, "Please wait a minute." He's a few of our friends. Let's go out and take him out of here. Please don't embarrass him anymore. Immediately afterward, the Great Swordsman led Bran and Howl to the tavern's exit.

The thug-like guy first muttered in a low voice, "Since we're friends, why didn't you say it earlier?" and then he shouted loudly, "Please go slowly, a few of you." Please come back when you have time. ”

Bran, who was following Leonard, could not understand the Great Swordsman's behavior of calling the amphibious man he had never known a friend and immediately asked, "Ray." You are..."

Leonard: They stepped out of the tavern. The amphibious man standing outside the door thanked him very respectfully: "Thank you, sir." I saw that his skin was grass green, his palms and soles were covered with purples, fins on his back and head, and he was dragging a big tail, wearing a fisherman's short-sleeved gray cloth shirt and gray cloth pants, and his face was full of sincerity and a simple appearance.

After Leonard went out, as soon as he saw this amphibious man, he asked the other party straight to the point: "Just for such a small thing, you don't have to thank me at all." Also, the mysterious merchant sent you, right?"

When the amphibious man heard this, he was immediately very shocked, and explained very honestly: "Sir, how do you know!? It is indeed a human man who claims to be a mysterious merchant who asked me to come to you. He promised to give me a tip as a reward when the work was done. ”

Leonard replied, and asked, "Because, it was this mysterious merchant who asked us to come to him." Also, if you don't take a single copper plate, but do things for him, aren't you afraid that this person will deceive you?"

When the amphibious man heard this, he began to talk endlessly: "Not everyone is a liar in this world. Although many of our compatriots worked for mankind in this port, not only did they not receive a single copper plate, but they were arrested and detained by the police force because they were asking for wages and making trouble. The mysterious merchant didn't look like a good guy either. But in the current situation, as an unfamiliar amphibian, I was able to find a job, and I was quite lucky to be able to do it compared to my own compatriots.

Even if he was deceived, he was just a trip to the mysterious businessman, and there was no other loss. It is indeed the fault of some compatriots of our race who did not go through formal channels to complain about their wages, but instead gathered people to make trouble, and even spread their anger on other innocent human beings, and pickpocketed and robbed them in the streets. But the mayor issued a decree that openly discriminated against all amphibians, and even allowed us to enter places such as taverns that everyone could enter. Doing so will only exacerbate the antagonism between the two races..."

Leonard couldn't help but interrupt the amphibious man's words, and asked the other party impatiently: "In that case, then why do you amphibians stay in Port Shevis and refuse to go back to their hometown?"

The amphibious man further explained: "Just like the security guard who watched the store just said. Not long ago, a major earthquake struck our hometown of Salk Island. The huge tsunami that followed the earthquake washed away many residents' homes and washed away the fishing boats on which they depended. As a result, many tribesmen were forced to come to this human port to earn a living in order to support their families. ”

Amphibians are just a kind of marine lizardfolk and do not have the organs to breathe underwater. However, they spend much longer than humans holding their breath in the water, and they swim faster and move more flexibly in the sea. Therefore, when they go out to fish, they still need to rely on fishing boats for themselves to lie on and rest in the sun, and to hold their catch.

When Leonard heard this, he reminded the other party very kindly: "The mayor of Port Shevis knows each other. In this case for you amphibians, we can help inform you. Please take us to the Mystery Merchant. ”

When the amphibious man heard this, he thanked Leonard with great joy: "Thank you so much." Please come with me. Then he led the way to another block of Port Shevis with Leonard and his party.

!! saw a man with messy blond hair and bangs on his forehead covering his face above his lips with his back against a wall of the mansion, wearing a Taoist robe printed with a pattern of yin and yang fish gossip, and wearing a high black cloth hat on his head, sitting at a square fortune-telling table;

In front of the man, the tablecloth covering the fortune-telling table was also printed with the pattern of yin and yang fish gossip. There is also a bamboo pole with a long flag hanging next to the fortune-telling table. Written on the flag: look, feng shui, fortune telling six bright red eye-catching characters. Leonard and the others followed the prestige, and hurriedly gathered in front of the fortune-telling booth set up by the man.

Then the man introduced himself in a rambling and self-contained manner: "I have been waiting for you here for a long time. This mysterious merchant is a very mysterious, very mysterious, extremely mysterious, super mysterious, invincible mysterious, and extremely neurotic mysterious merchant. ”

When the amphibious man heard this, he was the first to reply: "Mysterious merchant." I have brought you the man you wanted. ”

Immediately after, Leonard also opened his mouth to remind the mysterious merchant: "Hey. Friend, don't pretend to be forced. We're here to get down to business. ”

As soon as the mysterious merchant heard this, he was furious and scolded: "When you are presumptuous and —— nervous, and you are not a mysterious businessman, you are a little pretending to be forced, and you don't know where it is!?"

Snapping !! followed closely, the mysterious merchant slapped the shocked wood with his left hand again, and asked angrily: "Moreover, are you guys the only ones coming?"

Leonard also imitated the arrogant drag of the mysterious merchant, held his head high, tilted his gaze at the sky above the other party's head at forty-five degrees, and asked in a tone that was not polite at all: "It's just a few of us." OK?"

When the mysterious merchant heard this, he jumped up and down in a rage on the seat, brandished a peachwood short sword in his right hand frantically, and threatened loudly in an extremely vicious tone: "No!!—— the princess of the Lars Empire dares not to come! I only sent a few of you insignificant pawns to send this mysterious merchant!? Tomorrow is the deadline. If she doesn't come to visit Bennerve, no, the mysterious merchant, she'll be here!"

Seeing that the mysterious merchant was completely arrogant and arrogant, the person's favorability instantly dropped to zero, and the first image was very poor and asked the other party loudly: "Who do you say is an insignificant pawn!?" Out of nowhere, a large puff of purple smoke suddenly appeared, enveloping the stall set up by the mysterious merchant.

After the amphibious man saw that the purple smoke had dissipated, the figure of the mysterious merchant had disappeared, and he hurriedly held his hands to his lips and called out loudly: "Mysterious merchant—— I haven't paid my tip yet?——...

The arrogant voice of the mysterious merchant immediately resounded in the sky above the mansion: "These guys who have come today make this mysterious merchant feel very unhappy! You go to them and ask for them!" Leonard, Bran, Howling and amphibians, and passers-by who had gathered around to watch the excitement looked up, and saw that there was nothing in front of them except the sunset reflected in the ethereal sky.

Bran stood beside the courtyard wall of the mansion, and the location of the stall set up by the mysterious merchant just now, carefully inspected it for a long time, and Leng did not find any mechanism, so he had to sigh convincingly: "What a naughty and weird fellow." ”

Leonard immediately corrected Bran's realization: "It would be more accurate to say: moody, nervous, pretending, eccentric and crazy. ”

Still haunted by the mysterious merchant, he walked up to the amphibious man and took out a silver coin from his bosom: "This is your tip." Count us as the bastard's pay. ”

The amphibious man waved his hand and replied, "This is your money, I can't take it." Please take me to the mayor. I have only one such request. Besides, that's too much to tip. ”

Seeing this, the anxious and righteous howl was immediately annoyed, and pulled the amphibious man's arm, and forced the silver coin into the palm of the other's hand: "This is what you deserve." If you are told to accept it, you will accept it, what are you talking about?"

The amphibious man could not shirk the kindness of the howl, so he had to accept the silver coin, bow and thank him: "I am really grateful." ”

Howling then turned around and asked Leonard, "Ray." He said, please take him to the mayor. No problem, right?"

Leonard agreed very cheerfully: "Of course it's no problem." ”

Then, Leonard turned around again, looked into the amphibious man's face and asked, "But tell us, who are you, and why do you want to see the mayor?"

Rosie did not beat around the bush at all, and replied bluntly: "My name is Rosie, and I am an amphibious, and the purpose of wanting to see the mayor is only to discuss with him a series of questions about the treatment of our people in Port Shevis in Harbor. ”

Leonard heard Rossi's words and felt as if he was still hiding something, but when the other party reported his name and purpose, the speed of his speech was balanced, and his expression did not change superfluously, and he should not be lying, so he simply agreed to the other party: "Okay." We'll take you to the mayor. So saying, he led Bran, Howl, and Rosie to Cliff's mansion.