Chapter Ninety-Nine: "Obscure" Kindness (I)
Isaac's patrons are the Bellini family?
Hearing the words, Loren immediately thought of something, and he even felt that he was beginning to faintly come into contact with some "truth", but this time he sincerely hoped that he had guessed wrong. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
After seeing the "fate" of Mentor Dalton, the black-haired wizard also didn't want his friends to have anything to do with the Night's Watch, especially this time when the other party's target was the Bellini family.
Root Infinit, the second not-so-foolish guy Loren met -- the first was his mentor, Dalton Kander. And compared to his mentor, who was not interested in getting to know him, this Mr. Root was obviously much more dangerous and difficult.
To deal with such a dangerous and difficult guy, it is more appropriate to be alone. Because the lower limit of such a person can often fall below the human imagination, considering that he is still a wizard, he may be more curious than the average villain leader.
"I'll rent this room. Looking at the hospitable innkeeper in front of him, Loren said bluntly: "And it is estimated that it will be rented for a long time, there are no requirements, as long as it is quiet, and there is no need for dinner and cleaning." ”
"This ...... Absolutely. Once again, the innkeeper looked embarrassed: "But you may not know that Mr. Isaac actually owed a lot of rent when he left......
Happily throwing a full silver coin to the other party, Loren looked at him without changing his face: "I don't think we should discuss the issue of rent yet, what do you think?"
"Of course!" the sneering boss nodded sharply, and just after weighing, there were at least twenty silver coins in the money bag.
It's just a small inn south of Ebberden, and twenty silver coins can fill the room.
As the wizarding advisor to the Earl of Deepwood, Ruben Fried can be said to be very generous to Loren, and he has been in the Ancient Wood Forest for a long time and has nowhere to spend money, so he has saved some savings.
But since the money is paid, it will definitely have to pay for itself. Loren's face suddenly had a little more "sincere" smile: "Since you agreed, I wonder if I can invite you to have a drink?"
You see, I'm just a wizard from out of town, and I don't know anything about Ebolden, even if I want to find my friends, I don't know where to start. ”
"No problem, it's on me!" The innkeeper patted his chest and said with so much enthusiasm that he couldn't be more enthusiastic: "As long as it's about Ebotden, there's nothing I don't know, and I know everything about the big people in the whole city!"
"Thank you so much, I don't even know how to show you my sincerity. The black-haired wizard replied with a "terrified" reply, "I wonder if there are any taverns around here?"
"You're a guest from afar, how can I make a guest pay for it?!" The money bag in his hand jingled, and the innkeeper waved his hand very "generously": "It's right here for me - although there is no good wine, it will definitely make the honored guests have a good drink!"
After speaking, the boss who took the money bag had already turned around and left, and closed the door for Loren very politely.
Almost as soon as the door closed, the black-feathered eagle on Loren's shoulder once again transformed into a human form, and Asriel, with a lazy smile on his face, lay directly on the bed, rolling back and forth on it with great enjoyment, not minding that the little red and black dress was twisted and covered with dust.
"I remember someone telling me to be careful. Looking at the young man who was still tossing on the bed, Loren couldn't help but the corners of his mouth mockingly: "You shouldn't forget that this is Eberden, where you can throw a stone at three wizards when you go out!"
"Rest assured, they won't come to the door right away. The lazy boy lay on the bed, his voice weak: "My dear Loren, after standing on your shoulder for so long, poor Asrael is almost thinking of himself as a bird!"
"I wish you could stay that way forever- huh...... It would have been even better if there were fewer words!"
"Are you really going to go to that friend of yours first?" the lazy boy perfectly ignored Loren's grumblings, supporting his body with his hands and resting his little head on his shoulders, "That Mr. Rutte Infinit's threat is genuine, aren't you worried?"
"Even if I'm worried, I don't know anything about Ebolden right now, I don't know where to start. Loren shrugged his shoulders and didn't care at all: "What's more, he's not here, and I haven't been in touch with the night watchmen in Ebotden, so he can't do anything to me!"
In fact, the more Root Infinit threatened Loren with all sorts of means, the more he convinced him that the Night's Watch was on the verge of collapse at Ebberten, otherwise he should have been more relaxed when trading with him.
So there's no way he'll find himself now, at least not so quickly - he'll have plenty of time to figure out Isaac's whereabouts before he's discovered.
"And I need to have a formal identity at Eberden now, at least to be able to make sense of it. The black-haired wizard sighed, "It also takes time, and it can be used as a good reason." ”
An alien wizard would be limited in his actions in a place like Ebolden, and if he was out and about, he would be targeted sooner or later - even if it was just for safety, he had to avoid it.
"Is your official identity like your wizard advisor in Deepwood?" the young man asked, crossed his legs, curiously.
"Pretty much, but not to that extent—as long as I can get in and out of most places unnoticed, that's enough. The black-haired wizard shrugged his shoulders and looked at Asrael in front of him playfully, "But compared to this, I'm more curious about why you're so vigilant?"
"Alert?" the boy smiled stupidly, "We're in Ebolden, and it's full of wizards. ”
"Don't interrupt, dear Asrael, you know what I'm talking about. The smile on Loren's face grew: "I'm talking about the time when you were in that caravan, you never recovered the prototype once—not even once!"
Did you perceive something, or to put it another way, discover something...... Something that can threaten you?"
As his voice slowed, the black-haired wizard narrowed his eyes, staring carefully at every subtle change in the boy's expression, trying to discover something.
"Dear, dear Loren, you must have misunderstood, I was just in case, I didn't mean anything else, really!" Asrael, who pretended to be sincere, obviously sensed Loren's intentions, and put on a "I'm just pretending to be stupid": "How can you doubt me so much?"
"Hmm...... Let me think, maybe it's because some guy didn't tell me what Metzka was until I was going to fight hard?"
"I can tell you very clearly that I didn't find anything, but that caravan was no ordinary caravan either. The young man slowly hooked the corners of his pale mouth, and his scarlet eyes gradually became cold:
"As you remember, my body is actually a vampire, and one of the greatest strengths of a vampire is that it transcends the human senses and allows me to discover many, many interesting things.
For example, the wagon was filled with more than just salt and spices, or rather, the spices were only used to conceal their real 'goods'. ”
"Cover up the real cargo?"
"That's right, because the carriage is filled with piles of corpses!"
Loren raised an eyebrow, as if he had been told an answer he had guessed a long time ago.
And that's not the most interesting part. ”
Asriel's smile grew, "Maybe you didn't notice, but those ghouls were actually following the caravan back when they were in the Duchy of Lothair. But you waited until you were about to arrive at Ebolden.
Don't you think that's a coincidence?"