Chapter 10 Figures
At night, the Traveler's Bar is warmly lit and the lobby is not as noisy as expected.
Joyce entered the bar and was immediately greeted by wanted notices posted on a wall.
"Is there a bounty on the criminals?"
Although Joyce didn't look closely, he could feel that the portraits of the people on the wanted notices were very vivid, not handmade, but made using printing technology.
Joyce found himself entering, drawing the attention of a handful of drinkers at the long cast-iron tables, and he showed some trepidation as he walked towards the bar.
"I want to find Mr. Bodean Arthur. ”
Looking at the candlelight of the drinks, Joyce didn't order anything, and whispered to a thin waitress in the bar.
The brown-haired girl looked at Joyce for a moment, then walked out of the bar and walked up to the second floor.
Joyce didn't follow the waitress, and he didn't know much about the Traveler's Bar, wondering if he would see someone guarding him when he went up to the second floor.
This wasn't Joyce's first visit to the bars in Rensu, and in the evenings, the bars were usually chaotic, with a variety of performances, some even featuring small gladiatorial rings.
However, this traveler's bar is very comfortable, and the guests here are more likely to sit at the table and chat, as if exchanging information with each other.
"Mr. Arthur, please go to the second floor. ”
Before Joyce could wait, the skinny waitress had already come down and smiled at him.
"Let me go up on my own?"
Seeing that the waitress didn't mean to lead, Joyce couldn't let go of it.
Walking up the stairs, Joyce saw a leather sofa and a glittering sofa table.
"Good evening, Mr. Joyce Rupert. ”
A girl in a pale ruffled dress and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses got up from the reception table and smiled warmly at Joyce.
"Hello, beautiful young lady. ”
Joyce wasn't dressed well, but responded politely.
"Do you recognize me?"
Joyce was concerned about the name of the burgundy long-haired girl, but there was no surprise.
Following the ruffled dress girl inside, Joyce saw the chubby middle-aged gentleman sitting in the room.
"Mr. Arthur, Mr. Joyce is here. ”
A burgundy girl in her twenties smiled at the chubby middle-aged man in the room and invited Joyce in.
"Is it because he was the military's intelligence service that he wasn't titled?" Joyce silently estimated in his mind.
"I didn't expect you to come so soon. ”
The chubby middle-aged gentleman didn't mean to be too polite after the girl brought the door.
"Because I need to work. ”
Joyce likes to communicate in a straightforward way, and there are so many things he wants to know about that he doesn't have the leisure to go around in circles with each other.
"Young people always like to catch something, do you know anything about us?" said the slightly chubby middle-aged man with a smile, with the intention of grasping the initiative.
Joyce shook his head in ignorance, as if his momentum had been thwarted.
It wasn't that Joyce was deliberately deceiving, he just heard Rupert Sr. say that the Traveler's Bar had something to do with the Imperial Ministry of Military Intelligence.
"To put it simply, the Traveler's Bar is a service for mercenaries and adventurers, you can try to understand this aspect first, and learn to do some work related to marking and identification. The chubby middle-aged man leaned back in the leather chair and said lightly to Joyce.
"So, you're going to hire me?"
Joyce stared at the other party, hoping for a definite answer.
"The monthly salary is four gold luo, and you can also enjoy a small subsidy, and the specific job, Angela Donna will tell you, even the young lady who just brought you in, and she will also prepare the employment contract. Bodean Arthur spoke up about Joyce's concerns.
"Forgive me, Mr. Arthur, for my rudeness, I wonder why you gave me a chance?" Joyce asked, as if puzzled.
"Of all the people who performed the psychic ritual at Totton Manor, you were the only one who survived, which is enough to show that you are special and there is a certain possibility, plus you have relevant knowledge of archaeology, which makes you suitable for working on our side. The chubby middle-aged man smiled and cut his cigar.
"What possibility?"
Joyce had thought about this before, but the slightly chubby middle-aged man's answer was somewhat beyond his expectations.
Seeing the chubby middle-aged man smiling and silent, Joyce knew that the other party would not say anything more in a short time.
"If there are no other problems, you can go out and find Angela. "The chubby middle-aged man behaves more like a boss than with a military background.
Joyce took his leave of the room and was in his place for the first time at the Traveler's Bar.
"The monthly salary is four gold Luo, which is quite a weekly salary of one gold Luo, this salary is not high, but it is okay, after all, I just worked. Joyce's door was open when she entered the room, and she didn't close it when she went out.
Miss Angela Donna had apparently been arranged by a slightly chubby middle-aged man before, and smiled brightly when she saw Joyce come out.
Joyce combined with Bodean Arthur to ask him to find Angela, and he could feel the confidence that he would choose to work here.
"Didn't you mention the relationship between the Traveler's Bar and the MIA, because you didn't want me to know too much about it for the time being?" Joyce smiled politely at the burgundy long-haired girl, thinking about the details.
"From now on, we're colleagues?"
Angela smiled with the cunning of a girl and confirmed Joyce.
"I may try to learn to do some work related to marking and identification, and I hope that Miss Angela can take me through the working environment. Having not brought the door to the room where Bodrian Arthur was, Joyce had no doubt that he would have heard.
In the morning, even though Joyce was talking to the guards at the Lunsu Museum at a distance, Bodean Arthur and the woman in the trench coat could hear him clearly.
"There are a lot of bars on Golden Rose Street, but the Traveler's Bar is different from other bars, there will be some employers here to issue tasks, mercenaries and adventurers come and go more to receive tasks, the second floor of the bar is a place for internal personnel to work and rest, the identification work is mainly to coordinate the completion of the contract signed between the person who receives the task and the employer, if it involves grading, it is necessary to go to the underground vault. The ruffled dress girl led Joyce down the second-floor hallway.
A soft, clattering sound came from one of the rooms on the left, and Joyce saw a girl sitting in front of a typewriter.
"This is the contract room, and it's mainly for the employment contracts, and it's Lucia Heidi who types it, and Arrlin White does the work, and he's a selfish nuisance when he rests at night. The burgundy girl didn't enter the room to disturb the small girl's work, and whispered to Joyce.
"Miss Angela obviously doesn't have a good opinion of the other one in the contract room, and it seems that she will have to pay attention to her own work in the future!" Joyce sighed, and it was not easy to earn four gold luo a month.
"If there's nothing to do, you can play cards in the lounge, coffee and tea are provided free of charge, and you can consider whether you work during the day or at night, and Mr. Briley Burton, who is currently doing the work of identification and grading, comes during the day. The girl said that later, there was a reminder to Joyce.
"It's not an opportunity for any choice!"
Joyce sneered, of course he didn't want to work at night, and it was very painful to turn day and night upside down.
"Inside is the place for field staff, in addition to the salary, we also have a lot of allowances, night work and field work, you can receive a certain amount of subsidies, and you can also enjoy a free meal every day. Angela whispered to Joyce, wondering if it was tempting.
Joyce speculated that the field was likely dealing with mercenaries and adventurers, which could be dangerous, and even more dangerous if it was related to archaeology.
"The vault and gun depot are also underground, and there are also special people in charge. Angela only gave Joyce a brief introduction, and didn't take him underground.
Motioning for Joyce to wait on the couch at the top of the stairs, Angela stepped into Bodrian Arthur's office.
Not long after Joyce sat down, she suddenly felt a headache inexplicably.
"Shhh
A sharp headache, as if something had exploded in Joyce's mind, and almost instantly, his face was flushed, his forehead was bruised, and his body trembled.
"It hurts!"
Joyce subconsciously endured the sharp pain in his head and instinctively became vigilant.
However, Joyce's vigilant attack did not arrive, and no one was seen on the second floor of the bar, and a scene of numbers 28-57 outlined by white light came to his mind.
The strange numbers outlined by the white light did not appear in Joyce's mind for long, and gradually disappeared, as if they had been erased little by little.
"What's going on?"
The pain in his head subsided, and Joyce was extremely surprised, which could definitely be called abnormal.
"28-57, why do I perceive two sets of numbers, and does this mean?" Joyce forced himself to compose, fearing that Angel would come out of Bodrian Arthur's office at any moment and be seen to be physically abnormal.
Taking a few deep breaths, Joyce loosened his vaguely clenched fists, and he didn't even touch his head with his hands.
"Is it because of the sequelae left by the previous psychic ritual?" Joyce couldn't imagine what the consequences would be if frequent physical abnormalities were noticed.
Joyce sat on the couch and waited for a while, the headache had subsided, and just as he was considering whether to find an excuse to say goodbye later, Angela walked out with a contract open.
"Joyce, this is a work contract for you, you see if there is no objection, sign the name and time and it will take effect. Angela shook the contract book in her hand and said that Joyce had a sense of familiarity.
"Okay, I need to take a closer look. ”
Accepting the work contract, Joyce thanked him, but did not show rashness.
Looking at the work contract one by one, but also to understand the nature of the work, Joyce found the death agreement on the contract.
"If you don't join the field team, not only will the job be safe, but working at the Traveler's Bar, unlike anywhere else, you still have to sign a contract, Joyce, you don't have to worry too much. Seeing the change in Joyce's face, Angela smiled and comforted him.