Chapter 71: The Streets of Boenigs (Part II)
"Of course we have to go to the tavern first," Arroyo turned to Raymond and the half-elf girl who had been holding hands with him all the way, "How about we settle dinner first, and then find an inn to spend at least tonight there?" ”
"Well, then do as you say." Raymond looked at Arroyo and nodded.
Then, he lowered his gaze to his side, looking down at Tina, who was also looking up to meet him, and happened to see the girl with beautiful silver hair staring at him blankly for two seconds, and then smirked.
Poets often say that Liv, the goddess of life, shed a tear at the beginning of the creation of the gods, and the crystal teardrop fell like a clear gem to the mortal earth and turned into the lake of fairies, so the lake of fairies is also called the lake of tears, and the creatures born from it are as pure and immaculate as the tears of the goddess, and even the ugliest things cannot defile their beauty.
Tina wasn't a pure-blooded goblin, but half of her bloodline was enough to make her innocent smile adorable.
Raymond watched this beautiful little girl smile at him, and for a moment he felt that the fire in his heart had somehow dropped, but his cheeks were a little hot.
So he immediately glanced to the side a little embarrassed, pretending to be looking at the scenery.
Since splitting up with Finn's group, Arroyo has served as a temporary leader on their side, so Tina has spent more time alone with him.
As a result, a half-fairy girl named Tina seems to feel an unprecedented sense of security from him, so she always clings to him on the road.
It's as if the future Sword Master has become her closest person at some point.
Both Raymond and Arroyo are sure that Tina definitely shouts "Brother Raymond" more often than "Brother Arroyo".
Like now-
"Brother Raymond." The little girl blinked her clear snow-blue eyes, took Raymond's wrist with one hand, and raised the other hand to point in a direction on the side of the street. Whispered, "Look there." ”
Following the girl's slender fingers, Raymond and Arroyo looked sideways in the same direction, and the two of them saw that several young men and girls of their age were standing hunched over in front of a dirty beggar sitting on the ground, taking out a few copper coins from the money bag they carried with them and placing them in a broken wine glass at the beggar's feet.
Arroyo guessed that it was mostly a kind-hearted young adventurer, but it was also less likely that it was a few small nobles traveling together.
In this era when aristocrats generally did not care much about the lives and deaths of commoners. The word young often means immature, but sometimes it is more visible to people than the old fritters who have already figured out the rules of society.
Because when people are young, they will always have a romantic spirit in their minds like the one sung in the stories and legends, so that some people are willing to go out on adventures with their dreams, fantasizing that they are the knights and heroes in those bedside stories, helping those in need on the way to adventure, and those whose pupils have faded with the years may still feel a little warmth from such young people at that time.
This made Arroyo suddenly think of Finn.
The young paladin who was worthy of his initiative to follow seemed to have hinted to him again and again like this that mercenary intentions could indeed bring benefits to people. But acts of kindness are not just words.
"Brother Raymond, Brother Arroyo, are they all good people?" The innocent half-goblin girl pointed to the young men on the side of the street who were handing out coins to beggars, and then tilted her little head back to look back at the young thief and the future Juggernaut.
Raymond and Arroyo looked at each other at the expressions on each other's faces.
Then, the thief young man stared at the stunned expression in front of him and couldn't help but smile for a while, and then looked into Tina's eyes, and answered for Raymond gently, and she replied to her, "Uh...... Does Tina think those people are good people? ”
The half-fairy girl nodded with a pure smile.
"Why?" Arroyo asked again.
"Hmm...... I don't know. The little girl's eyes were confused for a moment, and she shook her head honestly.
Arroyo looked down at the lovely child, and then turned his head to look at the beggar sitting on the street. After discovering that the young men who were traveling together before had already walked away after giving away the copper coins, he hesitated in his heart. Then he also took out a small copper coin from his money bag, stretched out his hand to Tina, and encouraged: "Go and try, maybe you will know." ”
The little girl watched Arroyo bend over the copper coin that was handed to her, and froze.
After a second, she seemed to grasp something, and then nodded her head firmly with an "um". She took the copper coin from the big palm of the thief youth, let go of Arroyo's wrist, and ran with her small steps in anticipation towards the beggar.
Raymond looked at the little girl's excited back, watched her trot all the way to the beggar's side, and turned his head to the back in a daze. looked at the companion who had been with him for more than half a month with disdain.
"What's wrong, do I have dirt on my face?" Sensing Raymond's gaze, Arroyo suddenly turned his gaze sideways at him, his expression a little uncertain.
The future Juggernaut clasped his hands.
He tilted his head and was silent for a long time, and then he seemed to grasp a certain point, and he held back a sentence from his mouth and complained: "You are really good enough to pick the door." ”
"Me?" Arroyo frowned.
"Ahh Raymond opened his mouth and lifted his chin at him.
"Uh...... Don't say it. Realizing that he didn't seem to be very generous, the thief boy scratched his hair and stifled an embarrassed smirk, "All in all, our money has to be used for us all the way to Perades, and how can we use it without saving some flowers?" You say yes, right? ”
After that, he stretched out his hands and loosened his shoulders, as if he was justifying again: Aren't I helpless?
Raymond looked at the companion who was indeed a little stingy beside him, and felt a little speechless for a while, but he felt that there seemed to be nothing wrong with what the other party said, and it was difficult to say anything at once, so he turned his gaze to Tina's side again.
When the gaze in his eyes returned to the little half-fairy girl with beautiful silver hair, Raymond's eyes suddenly widened, and he saw that the beggar sitting in the street had raised his head, as if he had captured something from Tina's body that he was very concerned about.
Suddenly, the beggar lifted his hand and removed a broken hood from his head, revealing his disheveled hair, his eyes lit up like a wolf that had spotted his prey, and he leaned over to Tina and stretched out his hand.
Before Tina could put the small copper coin in her hand into the broken wine glass at the beggar's feet, she was frightened by the dirty fellow, and then took two steps back with a nervous face.
"Tina!" Immediately, Raymond didn't think much about it, and immediately stood on the street and shouted at the little girl, then pulled up his legs and rushed over there. (To be continued.) )