Chapter Twenty-Seven: Cleverness
The charm of money is endless, and it can even make people stop crying.
For example, the second gold coin that Dreis threw to the apron aunt made her stop the girl's crying.
"If you cry again, if you cry again, I'll marry you to that carpenter named Joey!"
The aunt said this, and the freckled girl immediately stopped quietly.
This gave Deres a new understanding of Joey......
"He has to come across as withdrawn and unapproachable in order to hide himself better." Khloe explained that it dawned on Dresses that the work of Shadow Footsteps was not easy......
William gave Derex a grateful look, and then continued to ask the freckled girl, who then gave a twitch to explain the ins and outs.
It turned out that she was the little girl next to Janssen a few years ago, and the two of them were also "childhood sweethearts". It's a pity that this girl doesn't have a good tutor, and she was led crooked by the talkative subordinates of Sainsa Manor, so that it became the direct cause of Janssen's depression.
In the beginning, she was Janssen's personal maid.
At that time, Janssen was introverted and shy, and naturally had a hazy liking for this opposite sex closest to him. So he wanted to express his "love" in his own way, so he exempted her from other jobs, and only asked her to turn the pages for him and read with him.
But the ignorant girl saw it as a punishment, even a captivity.
In her opinion, she is not as good as those who sweep the floor and build flowers and plants, they have a craft to make a living, so that they will not starve to death, but what does she have? Flip books? I'm afraid no one will believe it.
So one free afternoon, when the servants gathered to gossip, some people expressed envy for her work, saying that such a simple job should be paid the same commission as them. The freckled girl was not happy at the moment, and cried out, "Isn't what I'm doing the most ridiculous job in Falan City?" There are still people who are so wasted that they can't even turn the pages of a book. ”
Later, the phrase came out of whom's mouth, bypassing the butler and reaching Janssen's ears, after which he began to become reticent and dismissed the freckled girl.
Maybe it was the housekeeper who was aware of it that got in the way, and after she was fired, not only did she not find a job in Falan City, but even the entire Jialan was driving her away. Whether it's a maid, a laundry, or a bakery, any job offer will be ruined because of her name.
Later, she came to Morningstar and stayed in the laundry, which is why she was so scared when she saw William, and feared that she would be deprived of her final destination.
……
After hearing the ins and outs, William didn't feel angry, he was just secretly dissatisfied with himself and Dodge's negligence back then, and then left with Deres after leaving ten gold coins.
Walking down the street, Deres could not bear this unspeakable silence, and was the first to speak: "Lord Chancellor, Janssen...... Did something happen? ”
William glanced at him, "You want to ask that kid named Mu Yan, right?" ”
Dreas scratched his head and smiled sheepishly.
"He's good, he's good in every way." William sighed, as if remembering, and said with a smile: "That's really an excellent young man, if he was trained by Jialan, it would be even better." Oh, by the way, why are you here? Is it a mercenary mission? And why does this kid Kohler follow you? Well...... Do you know he's following you? ”
"It's a mission, Lord William." Hidden in the air, Kohler replied, "Dreis is a newcomer, and I am his introduction and mentor. ”
"You? Mentor? William looked incredulous, "If I'm not mistaken, your road blindness hasn't gotten any better, right?" ”
“…… Don't mention this, I'm talking about combat guidance. ”
"Instruct him on how to return to the arms of the lost god?"
"Headmaster's ......"
"Alright, alright." After teasing the former students, William seemed to be in a much better mood, and said with a straight face: "I'm glad to see that you have new blood joining, so that Deres doesn't have to carry out dangerous mercenary commissions anymore, right?" ”
Deres smiled reluctantly, his thoughts a little tangled right now.
He felt that Principal William was one of the most powerful people in Fa Lan City, and if he told him about the current situation of Shadow Footsteps...... Perhaps things will turn around.
But...... What if he's not Ricky's opponent either? Wouldn't that hurt him too?
It's really tangled......
"Are you uncomfortable?" William noticed something strange about him.
"I ......"
"You've influenced him, Lord William." Kohler diverted the conversation without a trace. "This kid was not convinced that I was his instructor, and I guess now he regrets how he became a road idiot instructor."
"Hahaha......" William patted Deres on the shoulder and comforted: "This guy is not as unbearable as I said, he has no other bad resume except for being trapped in the mine in the Hilde Hills for a month two years ago, after all, he has rarely acted alone since then, except for not identifying the direction, this guy is still very reliable." ”
Deres stopped talking, he felt Khloe pinch his neck in the back, and naturally understood that it was a hint.
"Well, since you've said so......" he pretended to be reassured, "after all, my sense of direction is still great." ”
……
William accompanied the two back to the hotel, borrowed their room to draw the teleportation array, and left, until the light of the teleportation disappeared, and Deres looked lost.
Khloe suddenly appeared, wearing the standard leather armor of the shadow footsteps, and the dark gold trim exuded a solemn aura, making him look rather cold.
"Boy, what you just did was dangerous."
Deres lowered his head and did not answer.
"Did you hear that?"
Khloe suddenly looked cold, grabbed his neck and pressed Deres against the wall.
"Boy, I know you're smart, and Mr. Wade admires you, but don't overdo it. You may not understand what a terrible enemy you are facing, but I know it, from the moment I was stuffed into the barrel by him. ”
Deres felt that the oxygen in his lungs was gradually running out, and his neck was stuck very uncomfortable. He struggled, but he couldn't get rid of the hand.
"Do you feel this despair? I don't feel much better in front of him than you do now, don't think too highly of yourself, you and I are just rats struggling to survive.
"Understood?"
Deres blinked desperately, signaling that he had heard, and Khloe let go of his hand.
He fell limply against the wall, and sat on the ground, panting for breath.
The former crouched down in front of him and continued, "That blue-skinned short man, he now controls the entire shadow footstep. This means that everything we say and do will be known to him, including the scene when we just met Principal William. If you don't want to involve him, Janssen Jr., and the entire Jialan Academy, be honest with me. ”
Dres rubbed his neck and nodded, and crawled back into bed without saying a word.
……
Three days later, the two got Mu Yan's information. This detailed identity information is two centimeters thick, as detailed as what Mu Yan ate when he first appeared in the Horse Plain. It is recorded in the most primitive form of pen and ink and parchment, and is guaranteed to be impossible to detect and reproduce by any magical means.
And because it was written by Eric, the wording was quite exquisite, and the reading process that the two of them thought would be tedious turned out to be as easy as ...... This feeling was also affirmed by Wade.
"It's like watching a knight." He said so, but he couldn't get out of the way.
So soon, all kinds of "legendary stories" about Mu Yan spread in the Jialan aristocratic circle, and even spread to the mercenary circle, to the Dusk Tavern, and back to Eric's ears......
"I didn't expect my first popular work to be an autobiography written for someone else?"
Someone is smitten about it.