Chapter 68: The Army Bazaar
On the periphery of the Emperor's coalition forces, vendors from Milan spontaneously gathered to form a large bazaar.
It is also known as the army bazaar.
On the one hand, these bazaars are responsible for buying the trophies that soldiers have obtained on the battlefield, such as scrap metal, circuit boards, drone wreckage and even prosthetic limbs of ChΓ©ng RΓ©n. Since the soldiers were completely unaware of the value of the technology, the traders could buy it in bulk at a low price.
On the other hand, it is natural to exchange all kinds of drinks, entertainment, and small items for the bounty obtained by the soldiers for their military exploits.
Asker followed the three girls through the bazaar, where the vendors had set up countless small tents, and the stalls and goods were placed directly at the door of the tents.
The girls walked around this, looked at that, and shuttled back and forth between the stalls. Medea even found a beautiful silver bracelet and wore it on her hand to look left and right, and it was clear that she liked it between her eyebrows and eyes.
"Do you want to buy it?" Asker asked, seeing that she was reluctant to leave.
"Nope." Medea said simply, putting the bracelet back in the stall.
"I thought you liked it." Asker said.
"I love it." Medea raised her eyebrows, "But guess why the market next to the barracks sells such small items that only women like?" β
"I see." Asker looked at the largest tent in the bazaar, where heavily powdered women were greeting customers at the door.
The nest of the wandering warbler, anyone who understands knows what kind of place it is. These small objects on the periphery were bought for the soldiers to curry favor with the women inside, and it is no wonder that Medea disliked them.
"Would you like to go in and have a look?" Seeing Asker's gaze staring over there, Medea rolled her eyes and asked with a smile.
"Hmm." Asker really wanted to go in and have a look. Not for anything, just out of curiosity.
After all, in order to pass the trial in harmony in the original game world, there is a so-called "invisible wall" at the door of the Wandering Warbler's Nest. Many players even constantly change poses and positions by the wall, just to capture the indescribable scene (if any) inside the tent door curtain when it is lifted.
You can never imagine how boring a player can be.
Therefore, due to the habits left by veteran players, Asker is also curious about what is inside...... However, Medea quickly pinched the flesh around his waist and spun it vigorously.
Asker turned his head expressionlessly. This little injury is not even an itch for his current body.
"Don't think I don't know what the hell you're up to!" Medea threatened him viciously.
"Of course you know, don't you know how to read minds." Asker frowned and said, "Then why are you still pinching me?" β
"Ahem." Medea said, "Actually, I didn't read your mind just now. I thought it was ...... You want to go in and have some fun. β
"Since I didn't read minds, how do you know I didn't want to go in and have some fun?" Asker asked rhetorically.
Medea: ..................
"What are you talking about?" Nora, who was walking in front, suddenly turned around and asked.
"Asker said he wanted to see the Warbler's Nest." Medea immediately arched the fire.
"I don't believe it." Nora said.
"Why don't you believe it? He just said it himself. Medea continued to stir up.
"Because I just read his heart." Nora smiled as if she had everything under control.
Medea: ..................
Wait, when am I in my head, I can't even compare to Nola!!
For the first time, she had strong doubts about her own intelligence, and Nora, with a triumphant smile, grabbed Asker's arm.
"Look there's a flower seller over there, Captain! Let's go check it out! β
As we all know, Nora is a girl who likes flowers very much, so when she saw a stall selling flowers, she immediately pulled Aske and ran over.
Medea was still standing a little lost in her place, only to hear Sheila's faint voice behind her:
"Aren't you going to chase it?"
Pursue? Medea reacted suddenly.
It's not good, it's a trick! It's the ability to implant thoughts!
"Let's go!" She grabbed Sheila's arm and shouted, "Quick, light!" β
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When Asker and Nora reached the edge of the flower stall, they saw a blonde girl with a perfect figure and long legs bending down and picking a bouquet of white flowers.
"Eleanor?" Nora was surprised, "Why are you here?" β
Didn't you go to the family meeting in Weissbach?
"Nola?" Eleanor's mouth opened for a moment, and she looked at Asker, who was holding her arm, as if she wanted to say something, and finally just shook her head.
"Nothing. The family meeting was over, and I came out for a walk. She paid the stall owner and smiled reluctantly at Asker, "I won't bother you." β
Eleanor left in a hurry. Nora stared at her back and muttered to Aske:
"It's greasy."
"What's the hell you don't know?" Asker asked her rhetorically.
"Actually, I didn't read her mind just now." Nora explained.
Then why do you always read my mind? Asker was completely speechless.
Nora smiled apologetically, "Can this be the same?" and then pointed in the direction Eleanor had left, "Shall we go along and have a look?" β
"Hmm." As soon as Asker answered, his other arm was also embraced.
"What's the fun you've come up with?" Medea leaned her face over with a big smile.
"We want to buy flowers." Nora's gaze fell on where she was holding Asker's arm.
"Did you pick any good flowers?" Medea had a smirk on her face and her arms tightened.
"No, they're all unsightly old flowers." Nora grinned too.
"Do you two want to fight?" Sheila said as she took the box of melons in the back and ate it with a toothpick.
The two girls were stunned for a moment, and Asker took the opportunity to pull out his arms and skillfully change the subject:
"I think Eleanor did have a problem just now, and there was something wrong with her expression."
"You just met Eleanor?" Medea was really fooled and was aroused by curiosity, "What does it mean that the expression is wrong?" Did she get a boyfriend? Don't want us to know? β
"It's not!" Nola's heart said what this is and what, "I just saw her buy flowers and leave, and her expression seemed to be a little sad. β
"So it's a broken love?" Medea guessed, interested, "Let's go ahead and have a look!" β
So the group quickly searched for Eleanor's traces. A few minutes later, she was found on the edge of the bazaar.
To the north of the bazaar is a small hill where many tombstones have been hastily erected.
The Imperial soldiers who died in the recent war naturally could not bring their bodies back to the Empire, so they could only be buried on this hill nearby. There are tombstones and crosses for knights, but more often than not, they are the resting places of ordinary soldiers, with only a shallow layer of tombs.
Eleanor came to one of the tombstones, placed the bouquet in her hand on the ground in front of the tombstone, stared at the words on the tombstone, and remained silent for a long time.
"Come out." She said with a sudden tilt of her head.
The crowd walked out in a daze.
"How did you find out?" Sheila asked.
"Will." Eleanor was succinct and authentic. The high-level ability from the Will Sequence allows her to turn her Will into a mist and place it around her, thus acting as a surveillance and reconnaissance agent.
"Ellie, this is ......" Nora pointed to the tombstone with the bouquet of flowers, and stopped talking.
"Remember Uncle John?" Eleanor whispered, "This is his grave." β
Captain John Knight? Aske reacted, it was the captain of the guard knight of Mingxing City, and he had trained with Sidlifa before, and it was said that he grew up watching Eleanor.
Did he die in the recent war?
Everyone had some impressions of the knight John, but they didn't remember it well. However, seeing Eleanor's gloomy expression, she was silent for a while.