Patch's expression was indeed very pitiful, and there was not the slightest hypocrisy in either his expression or his eyes, and I was touched by his love for his niece, but—

"Nope."

My voice was certain, and there was no room for negotiation.

His niece and I have a half-dime relationship? Why should I sell him the equipment I worked so hard to get my hands on?

"No room for negotiation," I held out my hand to stop Patch's incessant pleas, "I can't sell my life-saving equipment for a few gold coins. ”

The old goblin's expression was as desperate as that of a housewife who didn't grab the discounted goods.

But it still doesn't shake my heart.

Turning around again, sword in hand, and about to leave, Patch ran quickly in front of me, outstretched his arm to block my path.

"Hey, you're buying and selling" I said helplessly: "It's an illegal act, and you will be locked up in a small black house by Uncle [Police] to train you." ”

"Could it be. Isn't there anything negotiable? The old goblin looked at me pitifully, trying to arouse my feelings for the Virgin, but his pale green face was full of stripes, and the classic traitor wig trembled with it, how to look like a tease, but he could not activate the sympathy of others.

"No matter how much you plead, you can't do it, some things have to be principled," I shook my head, insisting on my opinion.

I was so resolute, and the old goblin was still like a piece of dog skin plaster attached to my clothes, which could not be shaken off or torn off.

It's definitely not okay to be rude, no matter how fierce the noise is, no matter how happy the scolding is, no one will care, once you do it, it's wrong, it will all be pushed on me, don't say that the handguards can't be saved, maybe you will have to pay a fine.

The aisle is narrow, and forcing it through is not a good way, in case this old man and I play with porcelain, then who can stand it.

But right now, this old man is very entangled, if he delays it for another hour, Phoenix and they will definitely go to the dungeon to find me, then it will be troublesome.

Faced with the rogue demands of the old goblins, and feeling the constraints of morality and law, I stroked my hair and pulled my eyebrows, and spun around in a hurry.

Suddenly, a voice came from outside the door: "This is the forty silver coins borrowed from you, remember to pay me back." ”

The voice was not loud, but it just reminded me that I woke up with a word, and the method came by itself.

"Hey, expert."

"My name is Patch."

"Okay, expert," I continued, "I have a suggestion that I don't know if it's going to work. ”

"What advice?" Patch's expression was eager, as if he had seen a lifesaver.

"That's it.."

Next, I gave a rough account of the weapons loan, and then asked, "When is your niece's next game going to be?" ”

"Tomorrow morning."

"Where is the game played?"

"Right here in the main city."

"That'll be easy," I said, looking around, pulling out a piece of brown paper from his desk, "and I'll lend you the pair of gauntlets." ”

"Oh." Patch didn't seem to know what I was going to do, but when he saw the brown paper in front of him, he took out a fountain pen, dipped it in ink, looked up and asked me, "What am I going to write?" ”

"Didn't you write the IOU," I muttered dissatisfied, "just write when you started borrowing the gauntlet from me, how long you plan to borrow it, when you will return it, and so on." ”

The old goblin understood, and began to calculate seriously: the top 32 is no problem, she can definitely enter the top 16! Top 16. There is no problem in the top 16, and it should be able to enter the top eight smoothly, the top eight. It's a bit of a hassle, but with the gauntlets, you should win, and as for the semifinals, well. It's almost the end of the semi-finals.

In this way, it will take at least ten days.

He wrote as he thought, and in a moment he finished the IOU.

Took the IOU, read it, frowned, ten days. Seems a bit long.

"My niece is very strong, there will be no problem until the semi-finals" The right fist thumped his chest, and I saw a lot of confidence in his eyes.

"Okay, ten days is ten days," I handed him a pen and paper, motioning for him to continue writing.

The old goblin looked dazed: "What else to write?" ”

"Of course, it's the corresponding reward you have to pay!"

I covered my face and was full of black lines, whether this old man didn't have the common sense to borrow, or was he pretending to be stupid at all.

"What are you going to ask for?"

He spread out his hands and said, "As long as I have it, I can give it to you." ”

I smiled maliciously and said blackened, "Do you have a daughter?" ”

"Daughter." He shook his head: "I don't have children."

"Hey, it's a single dog, too." I sighed.

But I have a wife."

Poof!

I fell heavily to the ground and got up with my forehead, helpless.

"I only have one niece, and she's important to me and my wife," Patch said seriously, "Even if I'm not against you being with her, ask her what she thinks and consider her feelings, after all, it's two people.."

I hurriedly raised my hand: "Stop, stop, I'm kidding." ”

Seeing that Patch was puzzled, I had to put away my prank thoughts and said seriously: "I didn't lie to you, I was really joking with you." ”

cleared his throat and continued: "That's it, I won't hack you, you help me melt the sword, but you are not allowed to hide it." ”

I directly pointed out the greedy practices used by the profiteers, and Patch listened, first stunned, and then patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, although I need money, I won't cut off my own back road, after all, I still have to mess around in Ari City." ”

I nodded in satisfaction, and continued, "Also, when your niece's game is over, help me melt the gauntlets." ”

"What!"

"The gauntlets are melted too?" Patch looked surprised and said, "Don't you want to?" ”

I frowned, "When did I say you don't want to gauntlet?" ”

"Then you're still.."

"That's the first half of my sentence," he scratched his head and continued, "The second half of the sentence is 'help me make a more fitting handguard,' and that pair of handguards is a bit big. ”

I swung my wrist twice, and the gauntlet shook from side to side, and sure enough, it was more than a circle larger than my hand.

Patch thought about it for a moment and nodded, "Okay, I agreed, is there anything else?" ”

"No," I pouted, "You're your businessman, so greedy." ”

We signed and printed our handprints on the vellum paper, and I read them carefully again, and put them in my arms with satisfaction.

I took off the gauntlet, poured it a few times, and made sure that there was nothing else in it, so I handed it over with confidence: "How many days can the knife come to get it?" ”

"Three days for the sword, five days after the handguard" Patch carefully put away the double sword and gauntlet handed over, thought about it, and asked me who was about to go out from afar, "Without weapons, how are you going to spend the next few days?" ”

"Watch your niece's game go," I smirked.

Before going out, he turned his head again and said, "Just kidding, don't forget, I'm a man who can use a piece of iron as a knife!" ”