Chapter Fifty-Eight: Katrina's Origins
With the addition of Minister Rostry, the atmosphere became even more lively. After a while, the table was already full of cups and plates, large and small.
"The candied moss here is the best I've ever had. It's just too little, and I drank it all in two sips. Elena reluctantly put down the small cup in her hand, and there were already four or five of them in front of her.
"This cup is only ten copper coins, and it won't cost much if you drink it full. After Felder finished speaking, he broke the purple potato bread in his hand in half, sandwiched an air-dried barracuda into it, and bit off the head of the barracuda with a "cluck". He chewed and slurred, "This is a deep-sea barracuda from Casali, fifty copper coins each." ”
"I say, Felder, you are like an upstart. Elena looked at Felder with disgust. Felder didn't care, and ate his bread to himself.
Ace held a honey chicken wing in one hand and nibbled on it. The fragrant grilled chicken wings are coated with a layer of honey and look really appetizing. Simpson sat next to her and ate even more, he had already eaten four or five plates of the ancient thick-cut steak on a plate of silver coins.
"I really envy young people, my appetite is good, and I can only drink honey and fragrant fruit tea to moisten my throat. Rostry's hand reached for the spicy beef jerky next to him.
"Ahem...... Minister, is Katrina really just a soothsayer?" Vane took a big bite of the honey shrimp burger in both hands, and the tender shrimp meat with the sweetness of the honey instantly made him feel the beauty of life.
"Hmm, Katrina?" Rostri was spicy from the beef jerky, and quickly poured a sip of Qixiang fruit tea, and after a while, he spoke: "Katrina is indeed not just a soothsayer, she is also a high-level dark magician in the Wizards' Guild. ”
"High-level Dark Mage?" Vane's eyes widened.
"Haha, you don't think all high-level magicians are old men like me, do you?" Rostryy laughed.
"Sister Katrina must be the eldest lady of some magical family, right?" asked Ace in an envious tone.
Rostry's expression darkened, he sighed softly, and said slowly, "Speaking of which, it was already twenty years ago...... That winter, heavy snow covered every corner of Obojar. At the time, I was a teacher at the School of Magic, teaching courses related to the theory of magic. ”
Rostri took a sip of tea and continued, "One day, after completing the course tasks, I was walking home as usual, only to find that there were strong and weak magic fluctuations behind me, as if someone was deliberately trying to hide them. I pretended not to notice and walked on, and soon a hand reached into my pocket containing the coins. ”
"As you might have guessed, the owner of that hand is Katrina. As soon as I grabbed her hand, she was immediately exposed from the state of invisibility. I was amazed that she looked like she was only five or six years old, and that she had learned to use magic, and more because of the way she looked. She was unkempt and shivering in the snow in her shabby clothes, and she smelled like she had just crawled out of a garbage heap. Rostry's words were silent, and he drank his tea one after another.
"And then?" asked Elena.
Rostri slowly put down his teacup and spoke, "Since you want to know, I'll tell you." I later learned that her mother, a prostitute, had died in childbirth while giving birth to her, and that her father, whose name had never been left behind, had never appeared. She became an orphan and was adopted by the nuns in a convent. But as she grows older, her magical talent is revealed. She was seen by the nuns when she performed the magic she had learned from the books, and despite her pleadings, she was cast out of the convent as a demon. ”
"I didn't expect so much to happen to Sister Katrina, no wonder she didn't seem to be easy to approach. Ace whispered with her hands on her cheeks.
"I've been through so many things, if it were me, I'm afraid I would have disguised myself. Vane said.
"Katrina's child is really not easy, and if I hadn't met her that day, she would have ......," Rostri said, his eyes slightly reddened.
Everyone is infected by Katrina's story, and even Elena, who had hated her a little before, feels sympathy for her. Everyone lowered their heads and ate their food, and the atmosphere was a little dull.
"Minister Rostry, about the fact that I canonized the knight......"
Felder had barely finished his sentence when the window of the tavern was slammed open, and a large bird flew in with its wings flapped, and there was some commotion in the tavern. The big bird came straight to Vane and the others, and it turned out to be an eagle. Before everyone could see it, the eagle had already flown to Rostry's raised arm.
The eagle quickly turned to powder and vanished, and Rostry's brow furrowed more and more, both eyebrows almost huddled together.
"Minister, what's wrong?"
Rostri looked a little nervous: "There's something going on in the Everfree Forest, I'm going to go over." He fastened his hat to his head, picked up his staff, and stood up to leave.
"Minister, I canonize the knight ......"
"Felder, Count Hackett has told me that your knighthood ceremony has been waived, and you are now a registered apprentice knight of Oberhar. Rostry's head turned and said quickly. "By the way, I may be out for a long time this time, and you can contact Vice President York if you have something. ”
Rostri quickly disappeared into the tavern doorway.
"It still feels a little strange that I became a knight without any ceremony, even though I was only a trainee knight. So where are we going now?" said Felder with a full hiccups.
"I'd suggest going to the Giant Bat Flying Point, we might have to book a Giant Bat to the Duchy of Lukan in advance, and I remember there was one not far from the east gate of the city. Vane suggested.
"Isn't it, do you have to sit on such a horrible thing?" said Ace, with some resistance.
"Isn't that the most common way to travel long distances, or do you want to ride a split-hoofed ox?" said Vane, scratching his head.
"Vane, I suggest you give me the rest of the gold coins, as you seem more fit to be a poor man. Felder took a spicy beef jerky and chewed it in his mouth, and said slowly, "I guess none of you have ever been on an airship......
The crowd was speechless, as if you had sat down.
The airship, also known as the goblin airship, is a masterpiece of goblin technology. Obojar's goblin airship dock is on the tallest spire tower.
Half an hour later, everyone was standing at the ticket office on the first floor of the tower.
"Excuse me, when is the next airship bound for the Duchy of Lucan?" Felder looked at the green-skinned goblin in front of him with a smile on his face.
"The Duchy of Lukan has long been grounded!next!" the green-skinned goblin dismissed Felder with a word.
"Grounded, when will it resume?" Vane interjected.
"Don't think about it, I can't recover at the moment. The number of strange animals in the air has suddenly increased, and the attacks have occurred repeatedly, and we are responsible for the lives of our customers. Next!"
Felder shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly, "It seems that you can only choose one of the giant bat and the split-hoofed cow." ”
"Please give way. A slightly immature voice came from behind him. Felder turned sideways, and a boy who was only as tall as his chest squeezed forward. "Two regular tickets to Casali City!"