25. Corot
The arrival of Balthazar was not small, and almost as soon as the caravan restarted, the whole caravan knew that the lord of Yorkshire had suddenly arrived on the caravan and would be accompanying them afterwards.
It's a surprise to be able to walk with the lord, even if you can't talk, even if you see each other from afar, it's a very good conversation after you go back.
Therefore, although they could not break through the guards of the Knights, many brave merchants still lingered on the periphery in anticipation of taking a look at the Marquis.
And Izumi, who not only saw the Marquis, but was also allowed to share the car, became the object of envy of everyone.
Although he didn't think it was good at all.
The Marquis of Balthazar may be a charismatic nobleman, but Izumi is not only a commoner but also a child, and the other party will see him as cute and kind to him, but will not give equal communication rights. So when Izumi had said all that had to be said, they were sent back to their carriages.
After that, except for the occasional little trouble with the cubs, they would go over to have a look, and by the way get the cubs' rations from them, there was basically no intersection between the two sides.
Fortunately for Izumi, the great nobleman's attention seemed to be on how to make peace at the moment
The cub cultivated his feelings, and he was not interested in Izumi's griffon, and the only time he wanted to meet him was stopped by Izumi on the grounds that "he has the smell of cubs, so as not to let the mother beast smell it, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble".
After that, Balthazar didn't mention looking at the griffon again, but Izumi always felt that there was something strange about the way he looked at him at that time, and this strangeness became more and more in his eyes in the next few encounters, and he couldn't think that it was his own delusion.
After paying special attention, Izumi began to see through the identities of himself and Shanaiduo.
It's not that Balthazar discovered that Shanaido is not human, but he seems to have seen through the fact that between Izumi and Shanaiduo, it is actually Izumi who is in charge.
Although there is no clear evidence, Izumi feels this way, so Izumi began to consciously avoid this big nobleman, and if he needed to deliver milk or something, he basically asked other people to help run errands.
Anyway, it's only a few days, and when they get to Corot, they won't be anxious.
It's just a pity that his bottle is probably not coming back. You must know that it was prepared by Izumi for his elf eggs that have not yet hatched, although there are spare ones in the backpack, but one less I don't know if I can buy another here.
If you want to say whether Balthazar really noticed something, that's of course, he was suspicious from the beginning that Shanaiduo was not a sixth-order Warcraft doctor, so more or less, he would observe him, and Izumi himself was not a character who was good at lying, especially when he talked about things related to breeding, that sense of disobedience was even more obvious, so almost after a few words of dialogue, Balthazar found the clue.
However, he was originally only suspicious of Shanaiduo's rank, but he didn't expect that the other party was likely not even a Warcraft doctor, but Izumi, who was still a child, looked more like a Warcraft doctor.
This was completely unexpected, but given that the method Izumi had said was indeed useful - the griffin cub had become very dependent on the Balthazar expression he had seen for the first time after opening his eyes under Balthazar's care, and he believed that as long as it was maintained, their relationship would only get better and better, and the result was even better than he had expected.
In addition, Izumi didn't show any special behavior, and deliberately avoided him, so Balthazar turned a blind eye and didn't notice it.
So until the caravan arrived in Corot, Izumi's lies were not exposed.
As soon as the caravan entered the city of Corot, Balthazar left with his men and cubs, and soon after he left, the small merchants who accompanied the caravan also left one after another.
"Let's go too, shall we?"
"Leave is to go, but what about this thing?" This is, of course, talking about griffins.
Although the griffin was now in the spring, the carriage was still Charles's, and it was better for them to take the other man's carriage with them.
Fortunately, this question did not bother them for long, and had already received a clear answer, and Charles, who was soon to become a knight, did not forget to bring him this honor.
After sending Balthazar away, Charles came to find them, and said that he could send someone to give them a ride, and when they arrived at their destination, he would return the carriage to him, and at the same time, he also gave them all the jerky made of the demonic beasts killed by the mercenary guards along the way, which was hundreds of catties.
Charles's heart is very good, he can use a carriage and a bunch of dried meat to make friends with a sixth-order Warcraft doctor, how can he not lose anything, but he is not good at doing too obviously, so he will compromise and only send some meat that the griffin beast needs, and then help send people back, by the way, you can also find out the addresses of these people, and if there is anything to worry about them in the future, it is easy to find someone.
For his suggestion, the people who were distressed naturally did not refuse, and after smiling and thanking them, they also left.
As a first-tier city in Battlelands, Corot has higher walls, wider streets, and more people than Kabia, and the consumption here is also high and scary.
This huge city is divided into three districts, the upper part is the area where only the nobles can live, while the middle city is inhabited by the vassals of the nobility and rich merchants, and the lower city is naturally the living area of ordinary commoners.
Carter and the others are just low-level mercenaries, their income is limited, and their status is civilian, so everyone lives in the lower city.
After the carriage stepped into the lower town, the uneven ground made the carriage, which was already not shock-resistant, even more bumpy, but fortunately none of them got sick.
After driving down the city for some time, the carriage stopped, and before it could be stopped, Arthur couldn't wait to jump out of the carriage and rush out with a shout.
When Izumi and Shanaido also got out of the carriage, they saw a woman holding Arthur and asking for warmth, and next to him stood a man who was seven points similar to Carter.
"That's my brother Abel and his wife Lucy." Carter finished introducing him and raised his hand to greet his brother.
"You're finally back," Abel walked toward them, "How's it going?" ”
Carter looked at the spring beside him and said with a smile: "Very good, let me introduce you, this is Koizumi and Shanaiduo." ”
"Oh, that's the kid you're talking about?" Abel had received a letter from Carter before, knowing that Carter wanted to adopt a child, and asked him to help find out how the adoption process would be handled.
Abel greeted him with a smile: "Hello Xiaoquan, I'm Abel, you can call me Uncle Abel, this is your Aunt Lucy." ”
Lucy, who was sure that her son was not injured when she went out this time, also came over, and her eyes lit up when she saw the spring, there are many children in Xiacheng District, but it is rare to see such a cute and white appearance, "What a lovely child, you can tell me anything in the future." ”
Quan was a little embarrassed by her, and didn't know how to answer, so she just smiled and called someone, "Uncle Abel, Aunt Lucy are good." ”
After greeting each other, Carter and everyone removed the griffon's cage from the wagon and sent the coachman sent by Charles.
"Uncle Carter, is this thing moving to your house?" Such a large cage and pestle were on the street, and there were already several onlookers in just a few moments.
"Well, move in first."
Unlike Carter, who is his brother, Abel has no talent for a professional, just a very ordinary ordinary person, he and his wife Lucy opened a grocery store selling all kinds of daily necessities in Downtown, because things are cheap and kind, business has been very good, otherwise they can't afford Arthur to learn magic as a costly profession.
And next door to the grocery store is Carter's home.
However, compared to Abel's remodeling of the house and opening a grocery store, Carter's house is also on the street, but it is just an ordinary residence, because the owner is not at home all the year round, the periphery of the house is surrounded by a high wall, open the door and enter, there is a small yard, the yard is clean and tidy, and there are a lot of flowers and plants, you can see that someone is usually taking care of it, and in the middle is a three-story building, and at the back of the house, there is a yard like the front yard.
While everyone was carrying the cage and moving the jerky, Arthur and Izumi, who couldn't help, watched from the side.
Seeing that Izumi was looking at the flowers and plants in the yard, Arthur whispered: "The deceased Aunt Anne and my mother have been good friends since they were very young - I heard that my parents will be together or she arranged for them - Aunt Anne and my mother are very fond of flowers and plants, so when Uncle Cater built the house, he deliberately left the front and back yards. Originally, it was the same pattern in my house, but later our family opened a grocery store, and the original yard was converted into a warehouse, and there was no place for my mother to play at home, so she came to Uncle Carter's house to toss the yard with Aunt Anne, but since my aunt passed away, only my mother is cleaning up the yard here. ”
His voice was low, and as he spoke, he was paying attention to whether Carter was looking at this side, and Carter had always missed his deceased wife, which he and the others knew very well, so Arthur was worried about the sadness that would cause him to be heard.
Fortunately, Carter didn't hear him.