As soon as the red-haired old man said this, Rosen put down the knife, and quietly reached to his waist with his other hand, holding the newly created hand cannon on his waist.

"Sir, do I owe you money?" Rosen asked.

"Nope."

"Then I didn't help you when I crossed the street?" Rosen asked again.

"No, I wouldn't be so old."

"Then what are you looking for me?" Rosen quietly took down the hand cannon, turned the muzzle, and aimed it at the red-haired old man under the table, as long as the other party was not good for him, he would decisively pull the trigger.

The red-haired old man was unaware of Rosen's small movements, and he still had a smile on his face, "Extremely talented, intelligent, young and vigorous, just like me back then, yes, really good!" ”

Rosen couldn't help but roll his eyes, "Old man, are you praising me, or are you boasting about yourself?" ”

"All praise, all praise." The red-haired old man laughed.

Rosen was a little confused when he heard this, he really couldn't understand the other party's intentions, so he took a closer look at the other party's appearance, about fifty years old, hair like fire, but two strands of white hair between the temples, the expression was very rough, the skin was dark and rough, he looked no better than the old farmer working in the field, the clothes he was wearing were not bad, but they were not expensive materials, and the businessmen who had achieved a little could afford to wear them.

For this old guy's inexplicable pretentiousness, Rosen couldn't help but complain in his heart, 'This guy is really inexplicable. ’

"Sir, tell me straight, what are you looking for me? There are good things, and I'm willing to hear about them. If it's bad, please wait until I'm done with this meal, okay? ”

"Of course, you can eat it." The red-haired old man smiled and stretched out his hand to make an invitation.

Rosen continued to eat a few bites, and saw that the other party had been staring at him from the other side, feeling a little uncomfortable, thinking about it, he beckoned to the innkeeper, and when the guy came over, he threw two gold dragon coins to the other party, and said, "Give this old gentleman a bottle of moonlight night too, oh, by the way, get him a high-end wine glass." This old gentleman should prefer to drink elegantly. ”

The guy quickly brought the moonlight night, and the red-haired old man didn't refuse, and said with a smile, "Thank you." ”

He poured himself a drink.

Lawson ignored him and began to gobble up, and when he had eaten all the food on the table, he was considered to be eighty percent full. With a wave of his hand, he motioned for the man to clean up the table, while he himself held a wooden toothpick, leaned back lazily in his chair, and comfortably picked up the shredded meat between his teeth.

"Old man, you haven't spoken until now, that should be a bad thing, right?"

"It's not good, but it's not bad either. I say it now because I'm happy. The old gentleman took a sip of wine and returned what Rosen had just said.

"Uh~~" Lawson was speechless.

After another sip of wine, the red-haired old man put down his glass and said, "Young man, let me ask you, since you are a magician, why don't you go to the academy to study magic?" ”

"No money." Rosen spread his hands and replied casually, he wanted to see what the red-haired old man could say.

The red-haired old man choked for a moment, then smiled dumbly, "I don't think a person who can drink moonlit night as water will run out of money." So you can't convince me with this excuse. ”

"I'm from the south, and the colleges in the north don't accept me." Rosen gave a valid reason.

The red-haired old man nodded, "Hmm~ This makes sense, but as long as you are willing, with your talent, it is not too difficult to enter the academy." ”

"I don't want to go yet." Lawson smiled.

"Why?"

"No why? I just don't want to. ”

The red-haired old man froze for a moment, and suddenly smiled again, "Then I guess, is it that the monster has a good skin, charming and charming, and has a good kung fu when you are in bed at night, so you are reluctant to leave her?" ”

Lawson was even more shocked, he had a feeling that someone had figured out his hole cards, and he frowned, "Old man, I'm very busy, I don't have time to guess riddles with you." If you don't explain what you mean, then I'll be gone. ”

With that, Lawson stood up and prepared to go back to his room.

The red-haired old man actually stood up and followed him.

Rosen stopped and looked at him warily, "What are you doing?" ”

The red-haired old man smiled, "Haven't you been studying runes lately?" I want to see, how far have you learned? ”

"You're spying on me?!" Rosen was shocked and angry.

"Don't be nervous, I have no ill intentions. Let's go, it's not convenient to talk here, go to your room, let's talk about it. The red-haired old man still had a smile on his face, and he didn't look like he was looking for trouble.

Lawson really couldn't figure out the details of the other party, and after hesitating, he still nodded, "Then you can come." ”

The two walked to the room on the third floor one after the other, and when they arrived at the room, Lawson lit the stove, lit the candle, and then found a chair to sit down, "Sir, you can sit too." ”

"Hey~ Okay." The red-haired old man smiled, like a kind little old man, and he chose a chair close to the stove and sat down.

After sitting down, Rosen asked, "Sir, now you can speak directly, right?" ”

The red-haired old man rubbed his hands, sighed into his palm, and looked at Rosen with a smile, "Young man, I heard that you are looking for trouble with Bishop Amran?" ”

Rosen was a little numb in shock, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Who are you, old man?"

"Don't you care who I am? Just tell me, don't you? ”

"I do have the idea."

"Yes, yes, it's good to be young, I don't know how high the sky is, how thick the ground is, anyone dares to find trouble, it's exactly the same as when I was young." The red-haired old man had a nostalgic look on his face.

Lawson was about to be driven crazy by this tricky guy "old gentleman"

The red-haired old man waved his hand to interrupt Rosen's words, "Don't worry, young man, I'm not here to trouble you today. Let's not talk about the of Bishop Amran, and you don't care who I am. You're a magician, and it just so happens that I'm also a magician, so let's talk about magic today, how about it? ”

What else can Rosen do?

In this encounter, his details were penetrated by the other party, he didn't know anything about the other party, he was at a complete disadvantage, naturally the other party said what it was, then what happened.

"Okay. What do you want to talk about? ”

"Hmm~~" The red-haired old man's eyes looked around, and suddenly, his eyes fell on the hand cannon on Rosen's waist, "Young man, you have a good thing, can you show me?" ”

This is really an impudent request.

Rosen thought for a moment, reached out to remove the magazine, and then handed the hand cannon to the other party.

The red-haired old man took the hand cannon and looked left and right, up and down, and finally squinted his eyes, looked inside the barrel of the black hole in the hand cannon, and said as he looked, "Not bad, what a delicate and good weapon, no wonder it can kill a large number of ghouls." ”

After looking at it for a while, he looked at the magazine in Rosen's hand again, "You have the so-called bullets in there, right?" Can you show me one? ”

Seeing that Rosen's face was hesitant, the red-haired old man handed the hand cannon back to Rosen, "Don't be stingy, I just look at the bullets, and I won't hit you with this thing." ”

Rosen could only pull out a bullet and hand it to the other party.

The red-haired old man held the bullet in his hand, and began to look up and down again, looking at it, he sighed again and again, "It's really an ingenious idea, especially the potion contained in it, it is indeed much better than the power of Thor, and it is worth spending 100,000 gold dragon coins to buy." ”

As soon as these words came out, Rosen's heart moved, and he guessed the identity of the other party, "Are you an academy magician?" You met Lilith and Lilith told you, right? ”

"Hmm~ I did see Lilith, but the girl didn't say anything, everything I knew was from my investigation." There was no surprise on the face of the red-haired old man.

He threw the bullet back to Lawson and said with a smile, "Young man, your weapon is very, very good, and the potion is really good. I can't take advantage of you in vain. However, the college has been short of money lately, so I can't give you such a large sum of money. You don't seem to be short of money, so how about I use the magic book to pay off my debts? ”

Lawson spread his hands, what else could he do, the other party must be a master of magic, the hand cannon and bullets have been watched by him for so long, where is there any secret to speak of. In this era when there is no intellectual copyright, it is useless if he does not agree, and the other party can still imitate it.

"If I'm not mistaken, you have a very high status in the academy and strong magic, so I am naturally not your opponent. But since it's a transaction, it's always fair to say that 100,000 gold dragon coins is not a small amount, and you can't just use a copy of the magician to send me away. ”

The red-haired old man reached into his arms and pulled out a thin manual, on which were written a few words in Cowell's script, "Rune Advanced Compendium." ”

"You're not studying runes. This rune advanced compendium is the most precious rune magic book in the academy, and it is full of good things. Worth your gold dragon coins, it should be enough. ”

"It's really fake, it looks a little thin, huh?" Rosen was skeptical.

The red-haired old man looked serious, "Hey~ How could I lie to you?" Don't look at it thin, but every word in the book is worth 1,000 gold dragon coins. There are about 70,000 words in this book, so you've made a lot of money this time. ”

Lawson had a feeling of being fooled, but he couldn't help it, so he took the magic book and put it in his arms. ”

After giving the magic book, the red-haired old man stood up, stared at Lawson's face all the time, and said as he looked at it, "Very good, very good, you are a very good young man, you have a smart brain, and you are very good at talking. If you can keep your distance from monsters, that's perfect. ”

Rosen was speechless, "Sir, what if I don't?" ”

"Then I will keep persuading you until you change your mind."

Rosen was taken aback: "Aren't you going to go?" ”

"Haha, that's not it, there's more time to come. Let's go. ”

The red-haired old man turned and left.

Rosen breathed a sigh of relief.

Unexpectedly, when the old man walked to the door, he suddenly turned to Rosen and said, "Young man, although rune literature is wonderful, this thing is not reliable. You can do research, but don't delay your own magic cultivation. ”

Rosen felt that this guy was too lenient, and he couldn't help but roll his eyes in his heart, and his tone became a little impatient, "I remember, old man!" ”

Seeing Rosen like this, the red-haired old man shook his head and sighed, "Hey, it's too young, it's too young, forget it, it's good if you touch the wall a few more times." ”

With that, he turned and left.

As soon as he was gone, Lawson immediately packed up his things and prepared to leave the Secret Garden Inn, so that he could get as far away from the old gentleman as possible.

But halfway through the cleanup, Rosen finally stopped, "This red-haired old man is obviously a high-ranking member of the academy and a master of magic, he doesn't seem to have any ill will towards me, maybe he will also guide me in magic, and besides, Nilogaard is such a place, where else can I hide?" ”

Thinking about it like this, Rosen simply didn't leave.

He put things back away, sat back down at his desk, and began to study the basic runes again.

"Hmph, didn't you say that rune literature is not unreliable, I'll make it reliable." When the time comes, I'll make your eyeballs fall to the ground! ’