Chapter 38: Incomplete Answers
The busy day had finally passed, and by the end of the night, there were only a few guests left in the Flame Girl, and the tavern staff had been free.
At this time, Obi would step out of the kitchen and chat with familiar guests.
Alice and Lisa, on the other hand, would get together and talk quietly about women.
The tavern's business would have lasted until one or two o'clock in the evening, but most of the late-night customers came to drink to relieve their boredom, and since the Flame Girl didn't sell much alcohol, there were far fewer late-night visitors.
In fact, Rowan is consciously reducing his wine-related business, and he even considered removing the word "wine" from the tavern and changing it directly to a restaurant.
On the one hand, this is because there is no channel for drinking, and on the other hand, it is also because drunk people are easy to cause disputes!
Drunken trouble can be found everywhere, and it's even more serious in this place where adventurers gather!
Rowan didn't like to deal with those troubles, so he simply cut back on the liquor business.
However, the Ice Goddess Tavern opposite has aimed at this, not only has it put a lot of effort into the type and quality of wine, but also made several exquisite appetizers, which have brought back a lot of popularity in the past two days.
"Bang!"
The wooden board with the text on it flew out of the Ice Goddess, and it crossed the street and even smashed into the door of the Flame Girl!
When Rowan went out, he saw a drunken man making trouble in the tavern opposite.
"Don't stop me, I'm not drunk!"
The big man waved his thick arms, and kept shouting the drunkard's favorite words, and the two men who seemed to be his companions hugged his waist hard, pressing his hands desperately, and the guests around him avoided it, watching the farce with disgust.
"Bastard thing! I'm not drunk! Don't let me meet you in the depths of the labyrinth, John, that bastard, or ...... Otherwise, look at me? What to watch? Lao Tzu's head is not green! ”
The incoherent roar kept ringing, startling the birds and beasts on the roof beams to take off, and the quiet night sky was pierced in an instant.
Rowan leaned against the door frame and watched the drunken man's troublemaking scene boredly: "So, it's not good to drink." ”
……
At one o'clock in the morning, the Flame Girl closed her business early.
The four of them sat around and had a friendly supper, and then Lisa and Alice left the tavern laughing, holding each other's arms.
Rowan sent Obi away again, closed the door, and he was the only one left in the tavern.
He first put the tomatoes and potatoes he had collected in the Misty World into the cellar as usual, and then he took a little money, picked up the dog Doudou, and slipped out the back door of the tavern.
"It's a little over an hour until three o'clock, so I'll take a stroll around here first."
Speaking of which, he has been in this world for quite some time, but he has not even visited this East Street, let alone gone out shopping in the middle of the night.
He felt his way out of the door and walked down the street.
East Street is a civilian street, where most of the people who live here are grassroots adventurers and ordinary civilians, and the shops in the neighborhood are also some cheap shops, the storefronts are not dilapidated, but they are not new.
It's two o'clock in the morning, and many shops are still open, like those blacksmith shops and medical halls are still open 24 hours a day, and the sound of blacksmith shops has not stopped from morning to night.
Rowan and his family walked over one by one, and when they saw something curious, they took a look, but he basically didn't buy it.
It's not that he's stingy, it's just that he doesn't want to buy. Hopefully.
By almost three o'clock, he had walked around the whole circle and only bought a collar for Doudou to put on.
There was a sign on the collar, and Rowan asked the store to engrave the words "Flame Girl, Doudou" so that even if it was lost, it could be recovered.
"After going out for a walk, even my spirits are much better."
Back at the tavern, Rowan sent Doudou back to the kennel in the Misty World, and went to the kitchen to make some royal chicken burgers.
After a while, Bai Lao, who wrapped himself like a zongzi, sneaked in.
When he saw Luo Wen, he lifted his hood and said with a little excitement: "Little boss, I'm here!" ”
Looking at his almost glowing eyes, Rowan shook his head helplessly and brought up the steaming royal chicken burger.
"Hehe, you still know me!" Bai Lao rubbed his hands, picked up the hamburger and ate it!
After he finished eating a whole burger, Rowan asked, "How's it going?" Did the study come out of the results? ”
"Of course!" Bai Lao raised his head and took out a crumpled piece of paper from his arms very proudly.
He pinched the paper and shook it in front of Rowan before placing it on the table and spreading it out with his hands.
Luo Wen's brows moved, and he suddenly looked at it intently.
What was drawn on that piece of paper was nothing else, but it was the Demon Palace!
It's just that this magic palace is already full of characters, some of which are already there, but more characters are new!
According to Bai Lao, those are the words of Hérault in Sin City, and each word contains mysterious powers.
But Luo Wen took a closer look, but found that there were still a few empty grids in this Demon Palace Technique: "Bai Lao, isn't this Demon Palace Technique still unfinished?" ”
Bai Lao said nonchalantly: "Isn't it basically done?" It's just three words missing! ”
Luo Wen couldn't help frowning and said, "Since so many words have been filled, why are there three left unfilled?" ”
Bai Lao scratched his head: "No way, there is a fault in logic, and the last three spaces really can't be deduced!" But that's a big step forward, and we're getting a lot of results from it that we never thought possible! As long as you continue to study, sooner or later you will be able to successfully decipher the Hérault text! ”
Rowan couldn't help but ask, "Haven't you deciphered Harrow's text yet?" So what did the text on this magic palace rely on to fill in? ”
"Use here." Bai Lao pointed to his head, "We have very little Hero literature, so there has been no progress in research all along. However, after a long period of research, we still have some necessary things. For example, the potential connections between certain scripts, or the syntax rules of some Hérault scripts...... But in the absence of an external framework, our research is of little use until we obtain the magic palace mastery! Your magic has a very complete set of rules, with strict limits on words and sentences, and that's exactly the framework we've dreamed of! In the past two days, we relied on past research results and logical analysis to fill in the magic palace without completing the text decipherment, and the things on this piece of paper are our final research results! Because there are still three blanks missing, we can't guarantee that this magic magic will be filled in correctly, but this is the limit of what we can do so far. ”
Rowan shook his head slightly, he didn't understand these things very well, but he understood Bai Lao's last few words: "Then can you tell me the sequence of words that may be filled in these three spaces?" ”
"Of course that's fine, but ......" Bai Lao looked at the burger on the plate with a sigh of relief.
Rowan said very respectfully: "How many?" ”
Bai Lao was also polite: "Let's start with ten." I'll take it back for the old guys to taste! ”
Then, Rowan went headlong into the kitchen and made the burger with heart.
And Bai Lao took a piece of paper and wrote it!
After the Royal Chicken Burgers were all ready, Rowan packed them into two bags and put them in the takeaway bag, and then exchanged the answer sheet from Bai Lao's hand.
Bai Lao carried two large bags of hamburgers and smiled: "This is only a possible answer, I will inform you again when there are official research results!" It's a pity that those old guys are too wary and don't want to be violent about their identity. Reveal it, or I'd like to take you to meet them. ”
Rowan smiled, "It's okay, I understand." ”
After he sent Bai Lao out of the door, he silently read a sentence in his heart:
"I don't want to see them either."