Chapter 36: The moon is dark and the wind is high
The bottle that Zhu Jue brought into the dream realm was the size of an ordinary one, and although the wind chimes filled it to the brim, Zhu Jue drank a lot along the way, so Attar only drank two glasses, and the moonshine in the bottle could make a thin sound.
Fingers touching the ivory white wooden table in front of him, Zhu Jue's eyes wandered around the tower, which could be built on the central high ground of Usa Town, the interior of the entire tower was elegantly decorated, the marble tiles on the floor were printed with the light of candles, and the ivy extending outside the window frame conveyed green vitality.
Zhu Jue was waiting for the strange Great Elder of the Church to be full of wine and food......
Well, after glancing at the old man, seeing that he was still tilting his neck to see if there was any excess moonshine left in his bottle, Zhu Jue thought that it was unlikely that he wanted him to drink enough.
"Lord Attar, this is what I just learned from it...... What is the use of the gem you got from your friend?"
While feeling sorry for his moonshine wine, Zhu Jue always has to reap some rewards.
His wine is not from the roadside stream, and he drinks it when he says it.
"That's a gem from the depths of Nas Canyon.,That canyon is not ordinary.,There are a lot of monsters living in it.,As for the effect.,Hiccup~~"
An extremely imageless wine burp brought up to hear it clearly, and Attar scratched his thigh, and continued,
"The gem is not for you, it's for the cat...... Hey, what is it doing!"
Probably felt Zhu Jue's depression, the wind chimes who were wandering next to him didn't know when they found the black cat that brought them here, and now the latter was being pressed to the ground by the wind chimes and kept struggling, but unfortunately its strength was obviously worse than the wind chimes, under the gaze of Attar and Zhu Jue, it stopped moving after two minutes, and collapsed on the ground and looked at Zhu Jue and Attar with resentful eyes.
looks like he's ready to enjoy if he can't resist.
"Interesting, hahaha~ It's the first time I've seen him look so aggrieved, young man, I'm optimistic about you, and even more optimistic about your cat, call it over now, I'll go get something, and then teach you how to use gems. ”
Attar seemed very happy at the fact that his friend was being bullied, laughing and getting up to get a candlestick and a glass of water from somewhere.
The wind chime had already returned to Zhu Jue's side at this time, lying in his arms and staring at Attar's movements.
"Gems for me. ”
Reaching out to take the gem, Attar held it between two silver chopsticks and roasted it on the candle, and said,
"The gems in the Nas Valley are generally covered with a special layer of keratin, which is invisible to the naked eye, and if you want to use them, you have to burn them first, and then soak them in water or put them in your mouth, in return for the moonshine you just gave me, I decided to use divine water to strengthen the gemstones...... Sorry, get used to it, it will work better to soak it in clean water. ”
"You're quite chic. ”
Saying that clean water is divine water, this guy won't be a god stick, right?
It's just that his knowledge seems to be really profound, and he even knows the use of this gem, so he is obviously not an ordinary person.
Zhu Jue thought so in his heart, but his face was silent.
"Even if you don't show your face, I know what you're thinking, I know that the former Great Elder of this tower has a bad character and likes to cheat, but you can't preconceive that I'm also like that because of this, that's unfounded speculation, I don't like that......"
Attar suddenly glanced at Zhu Jue, and then said with a sad sigh.
"And are you?"
Zhu Jue took a small dried fish and put it in his mouth and chewed it, looking at Attar with a strange look in his eyes.
"Of course...... Oops~ I'm going to eat.,The prayer coupons issued before were all covered by a fool.,There's no time to make it recently.,There's a lot of luck with praying for people.,I really want someone to send money and moonshine wine to me.,Hiccup~"
Faced with this direct question, Atal replied "with confidence".
This ideal can be said to be quite unpretentious.
Zhu Jue secretly stuffed the prayer coupon he had just touched back into his trouser pocket, thinking that Mr. Wild Boar was really as ...... as he looked on the surface Intellectual retardation.
Meow~
The black cat, which had escaped the claws of the wind chimes, jumped up to the window frame on the second floor of the tower and called softly.
"Quick, help me hide all these things, and so are you, just find a place to hide, and the one who came to deliver the money came. ”
The Great Elder, who heard the sound, seemed to have discovered something, threw the roasted gem into the cup full of water, and patted Zhu Jue's shoulder to tell him to hide quickly.
Hurriedly put away all the things and put them behind a pillar on the inside of the tower, and Zhu Jue easily climbed up the beam on the side of the window frame where the black cat was just now with the help of the scavenger, which was a place where the moonlight could not shine.
By the candlelight below, Zhu Jue watched as the Great Elder of Attar tidied up his clothes as quickly as he could, and took out the thing that he hadn't used as tiptoe a minute ago from under the table just now and rolled back and forth to play with the "magic staff", trotted to the door, looked sideways at the black cat on the window frame, and immediately turned around to open the door when it barked again.
Zhu Jue finally understood why this guy was able to find out in the first place......
However, when Zhu Jue saw the person who came to visit the house as mentioned by the Great Elder of Attar, his eyes subconsciously widened.
Who else could there be?
Gentleman!
"Grand Elder Attar, how are you doing?"
Compared with the state when he was with Zhu Jue and his party, facing Attar at this time, the gentleman's posture was extremely low, and he smiled and lifted the things he was carrying, and then said,
"This is the moonshine I just got from the Enchanted Forest, and I know you like to drink this, so I asked someone to find some, and these are appetizers, I hope you are satisfied. ”
A full bottle of moonshine and a specially made pumpkin pie!
In addition, the gentleman even took out a heavy money bag and handed it into Attar's hands.
Send money and moonshine, as well as pumpkin pie, in Zhu Jue's opinion, the gentleman is simply the Santa Claus of the Great Elder of Attar.
"Hehe, thank you for your donation. ”
In the face of the gentleman's generosity, Attar's attitude was unexpectedly not salty, or deliberately showed "not eating the fireworks of the world", and stopped talking after taking the things.
"Something about the Codex Nackert...... You promised to give it to me this time. ”
When the gift was offered, the gentleman was naturally not ready to give it away in vain, and said in a deep voice.
"I'm sorry, I've been working on an excerpt of a manuscript lately, and as you know, this ancient book is the only one, and although I promised you, I need to leave a copy here as well, so you'll need to wait a little longer. ”
"What?
The gentleman's face darkened almost at a speed visible to the naked eye, and he could only try to keep his voice as steady as possible,
"I've given you so much and you're going to give me a copy?"
"No, I said it, what you gave you is the original, and what I left is a copy. ”
"Is there a difference?"
The gentleman, who was still bowing down to show humility, didn't know when to straighten up again, and there was no longer the politeness just now between his words.
He never thought that he had worked hard for so long, and it would be such a consequence.
Scarcity is expensive!
If the Codex Nackert were a book that could be copied or transcribed at will, the gentleman could not accept that he had paid so much for what he had done before.
"If you feel that there is no difference, I can give you a copy. ”
Attar seemed to be completely unaware, and his tone remained flat.
"yes, that's a great idea...... Your Excellency the Elder, I don't want the Codex Nackert and I just want to look at it now, what do you think?"
The gentleman's eyes narrowed, and his right hand, clutching his cane, tightened suddenly.
"Then what can be done, the Codex Nackert is a treasure left by the gods, how can you say that you can read it, Sir Nelson, please go back, when I finish the excerpt of the manuscript, I will naturally hand over the original to you. ”
At this time, Attar also sensed that something was wrong, and put his hands on the left and right doors to see off the guests.
"What if I have to see it today?"
The gentleman's tone grew colder and harder, his thumb hooked in the beak of the bird's ornamentation, and his index and middle fingers holding the lower end of the wooden staff.
The moon in the night sky was obscured by dark clouds at this time.
A sudden cool breeze swept in from afar.
The moon is dark and the wind is high.
Killing Night!