Chapter Eighty-Seven: Buying Slaves
The snow was drifting, and the girl in the white scarf hat stood ten paces away from Joyce, as if the faint snowflakes around her had lost their brilliance.
Joyce immediately recognized the girl in the tweed coat as the archaeology school flower of his class, Carly Werdaschroe.
"Hello. ”
Joyce stiffened a few steps forward, trying to be polite.
This was the first time Joyce had spoken to Carly Werdashlow, and he recognized the girl, but was not sure if she had previously denied him.
"The academy is on vacation, why are you back?"
The girl in the white scarf hat asked Joyce with a bright smile.
"I got a job before I graduated, so I wanted to come over and ask about my diploma and files. Joyce noticed the girl's gaze looking at his trouser leg and made up a reason.
"Your graduation certificate has been issued, and the file seems to have been taken by the military, don't you know?" the girl's announcement surprised Joyce.
"Looks like that's the case!"
Joyce didn't know about his diploma and files.
"Joyce, you've just come from the Church of the God of Radiance?" asked the girl in the scarf hat with a guessing smile as she observed.
"Hmm. ”
Joyce bent down his rolled up trouser leg and gave the girl a response.
"You didn't participate in the graduation trial, did you?"
In an awkward atmosphere, the girl asked Joyce.
Joyce shook her head, thinking it was obvious.
"It's good that you didn't go, there was an accident in the trial, and more than 20 classmates died in the department!"
Hearing Carly Werdaszlo's words, Joyce was secretly shocked and curious at the same time.
In Joyce's mind, the graduation trial of the archaeology department should be related to archaeology, but he didn't know where the trial was and what happened to cause so many people to die.
"Is there something wrong with you coming to the academy?"
Joyce didn't ask about the graduation trial, and glanced towards the deserted academy gate.
"I've been teaching at Taya University and I'm currently working as a researcher. The girl smiled and told her about her situation.
"Sure enough. ”
Joyce knew that there were apartments in the college, and that a handful of staff would live there.
"I work at the Military Intelligence Reception on Golden Rose Street, so I can keep in touch with you in the future. Joyce scratched her head with the meaning that everyone was classmates.
"Good. ”
The girl nodded and agreed softly, without reluctance.
"I still have some things to do today, so I'll go first. ”
Joyce looked apologetic and said goodbye to the girl in the white scarf.
"Joyce, Yaheng and they have an accident, you have to be careful, his family has come to the academy a few times to make trouble. Just as Joyce was leaving, the girl reminded as if worried.
Joyce was stunned for a moment, then smiled and left.
The reason why Joyce didn't thank the girl was that he didn't want to admit that the deaths of Blaitze, Tongne, Yaheng, and Professor Totton had something to do with him.
It's been a while since the psychic ritual at Toton Manor, and if it weren't for the girl's reminder, Joyce wouldn't have cared too much about the deceased's family.
"Carly Werdashloe is more beautiful than before, and after graduating, people who have decent jobs are more willing to talk about it. Joyce intercepted a cab and rubbed his frozen hands.
"Is it the Military Intelligence Service who came to Taya University to collect the diploma and files? Listening to Carly's statement, it is like a business-to-business matter, and those situations that I didn't care about before will have to be paid more attention to in the future. Joyce felt that the few things that were missed were not as simple as they imagined.
In the snowy weather, the carriage was not moving fast, and Joyce, who was sitting in the carriage, thought about the secret love she remembered for Carly Werdaszlo.
"It's awkward to meet!"
Joyce's face twitched slightly, and he sighed.
When the carriage reached Sixth Avenue in the Burjohn district, Joyce took out his silver pocket watch and looked at it, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon.
"Female pharmacist, nurse, maid, and female guard......," Joyce muttered quietly, thinking that Bernice Matildel deliberately emphasized the woman, and seemed very measured.
It's a pity that Joyce had been to the slave market once before, and it was difficult to buy a slave that he wanted.
After the gladiatorial arena, Joyce put on the mask in his purse before getting off the bus on Prisoner Street, and considered going to the War Deposit Workshop to have a look at it when he was at work, and doing his own thing in the name of investigating the robbery of the War Depository.
"What is wrong with that stupid Borgg Zinedin, who actually delays the child and believes in the god of radiance, this is an opportunity that many people can't get to break their heads. Joyce got out of the car at the gate of the War Depository, still annoyed in his heart.
On this trip to the Glorious Church, if Joyce had anything to accept, it was that although the matter of saving the little girl was messed up, he did not put himself in.
For the major churches, Joyce has always been cautious and fearful, afraid that the unknown powerful existence of the church will discover the secrets hidden in him.
"Your Excellency sees slaves?"
Entering the gate of the War Depository, Joyce was greeted by a young man in a robe.
"Look at the women. ”
Joyce did not identify as a member of the MI Einsatzgruppen, but only nodded in agreement.
Walking into the courtyard inside, Joyce could see that the buildings were damaged.
"Deputy Captain Sula just said that the battle storage workshop was robbed the night before, and there was chaos for a while, and more than a dozen slaves escaped, but what kind of chaos can cause damage to the stone house, this destructive power is quite great. Passing by a ruined stone house, Joyce found no signs of burning, and didn't feel like it had been blown up.
"Your Excellency, what kind of female slave do you need?"
The tall young man asked Joyce with an earnest smile on his face.
"Pharmacists, nurses, maids, and female guards. ”
Joyce wanted to say that it was cheaper, but in consideration of the need to make it happen, he still talked to the youth.
"Female slaves with medical expertise have. ”
The young man didn't say anything more, and led Joyce to a stone house in the second courtyard.
"She was a slave from Shester County in the north, and she was good at making food, and she had the strength to work, which she could buy for two gold coins. The young man said to a darkened woman in the cell.
"Although it doesn't look good, it looks quite healthy, and most importantly, it's more convenient to hear about Lawson and the price is right. Joyce looked at the darkened woman, and secretly estimated in her heart.
"Is it safe to buy it back?"
Joyce questioned the robed young man, confirming that the slave girl was disobedient.
"As long as these slaves are not treated too harshly, they will not easily have dissenting hearts, disobey their masters' orders or run away, they know what will happen, and there is not much time left for them on the side of the war storehouse, and being bought by someone is equivalent to being rescued, and they should be grateful. The young man in the robe told the truth, but his expression was somewhat evasive.
"Arrange for someone to take her out. ”
Joyce agreed to buy the slightly darker-skinned woman, more with a try-and-see attitude.
Some things still have to be taken forward, and the maid is relatively ordinary, so you can find it again.
"If Your Excellency is not worried about the slave, the Zhan Cun Fang can pour worm soup on it, and as long as you take the Worm Stabilizing Pill regularly in the future, you can save your body and life, but the investment will increase a little. After the young man in the robe explained to the steward, he reminded Joyce.
Joyce, who has read a lot of canons in the volume library, knows about the insect soup.
There are many types of insect soup, which contains insect eggs, corresponding to different insect stabilizing pills, which are more like the insect Gu in Joyce's cognition.
"Although it is cruel to pour the insect soup, it is better to be careful in the face of these unknown slaves, especially the slaves captured on the battlefield, my master is obviously not fierce enough. Joyce pondered silently.
Leaving the second courtyard, Joyce followed the robed young man to the depths of the War Repository, and he was more observant of the damage to the Trench.
When they arrived at the Wujin Courtyard, the robed young man led Joyce into a stone house.
"The war doctor of the Apocalypse Empire, she should have some skills. The robed youth introduced Joyce to the dark-haired woman in the cell.
The woman is lean, with deep nasolabial folds, really not very good-looking, a pair of big eyes with a sense of seriousness, and a slave brand on the right side of her face.
"Aren't most of the female slaves in the market very beautiful? Joyce sighed in his heart, the young man in the robe was quite pragmatic.
"Does she speak Lawson?"
Joyce didn't see that the lean woman was a secret cultivator, and thought that she could buy it and learn more.
"They will say, this slave gets twenty gold coins. ”
The robed youth made Joyce an offer, asking for his opinion.
"Yes. ”
Joyce agreed, not mentioning the insect soup.
"This female slave is a doctor, and pouring insect soup may not achieve the desired effect, and secondly, it is relatively rare for her to be branded with slave marks directly on her face, and there may not be a place to run. Joyce thought that the important thing about such a female slave was not her appearance.
"Your Excellency, there are a few in this room that are suitable for female guards. The robed youth took Joyce to another stone house in the Liujin Courtyard.
"This female slave of the Apocalypse Empire, three or five soldiers can't hold her. The robed young man pointed to a stout woman.
"This ......"
Faced with the calm gaze of a woman in her thirties, Joyce secretly used the power of her left eye to discover the many scars on her body.
"It's not too ideal, the one just now is from the Apocalypse Empire, and there is another one, I'm afraid that they will conspire behind their backs to do bad things. Joyce shook her head.
"How's it going in the Lun Boiling Kingdom?"
The young man in the robe looked a little strange at first, and then pointed to the tall woman in another prison.
"No, the vice-captain Sula is a Lun Boil, if he finds out that I have a Lun Temper slave, I am afraid that he will have a bad opinion of me. "Joyce has a lot on her mind.
"The war slaves of the Xingluo Empire in the north. ”
The young man in the robe observed Joyce's expression and introduced him to a bodybuilder.
"Huh?"
Looking closely at the gray-haired woman in the prison, Joyce cared not about the woman's tall figure and delicate appearance, but about the secret source of three damages in her body.
"No way. ”
This surprise was not trivial for Joyce, and the gray-haired woman seemed to be about twenty-four or five years old.
Joyce could not have imagined that the gray-haired woman had reached the point of unlocking the three secret sources.