"Such a rich tyrant, why don't you die?" The orc shopkeeper stood at the door of the tavern, his bucktoothed face vicious as if he was about to bite. Obviously the business is booming, but he is not happy.

At noon, a young man came to charter the tavern, and the innkeeper couldn't say a few words of ridicule, but got into a fight. The orcs are tall and strong, and their strength and agility far surpass that of humans, but they didn't expect to be knocked down by a punch at the beginning of the duel.

If you lose, you lose, and it's not that orcs can't afford to lose this face. But then the young man asked him to stand at the door of the tavern to greet the guests, and to greet the scholars who had come to eat.

In less than an hour, there was an endless stream of people who came to 'fight the autumn wind and eat big households', and the number definitely exceeded 100.

These people first saw the orc shopkeeper with a fierce face, and became honest. And there is a half-orc surveillance, only people like intellectuals can enter, and the scoundrels who come to eat white food when they hear the news don't want to get in.

Although the people who can enter the tavern can sit down and eat and drink, they basically don't know Zhou Qingfeng. Whether you can have the next meal after eating this meal will have to pass the second test......

Seth was also once a member of the scholars, and his father, Rubio, tried his best to make him a civil servant in Coldwind City, but was ruthlessly driven away because of his humble background. He understands too well the mentality of being a down-and-out scholar.

People who enter the tavern will be greeted by Seth, who will ask and chat like an interview to find out the details. Many people who come still think that he is the one who treats them, and they are often tricked by him in a few words.

Wine, meat and food are served together, and the atmosphere is relaxed. It is easy to judge the talent and character of the person who comes. All conversations are fed into Sophia's controlled information network, along with a polygraph and psychological evaluation.

It's not enough to have Seth interviewed, Adrian will do another cross-filling. In the same way of asking and probing, Adrian's perspective is completely different, and he tries to be as detailed as possible.

No one expected that just such a happy meal would decide the fate of many people. Lorraine, for example, who was stealing food in the corner of the tavern, stared left and right, and stuffed a few pieces of bread into his clothes.

For Lorraine, the meal came inexplicably. He was only sixteen years old and came from a small town in the Northlands, where he learned to read and write with a priest of Ilmat, the town's god of suffering.

Not long ago, a plague broke out in the town, and the whole town fled in all directions. Lorraine's family of five hurriedly fled into the Banshee Castle. But they can escape the plague, but they cannot escape poverty.

Lorraine's parents tried to find a job, and he himself racked his brains to figure out how to survive. Because the family of five has no money, they can't afford to live in the basement of the hotel.

At noon today, someone ran back to the hotel and said that there was a local tyrant who had a treat, and anyone could go to dinner. The Lorraine family ran out without even thinking about it.

But with the exception of the young, thin Lorraine, who was allowed in, his parents and siblings were kept out because they didn't look like a student—it was the orc owner's job to keep out those who came to eat for nothing.

Entering the tavern, the panicked Lorraine was attracted by the table full of food, and she really didn't need to spend money to eat openly. While everyone else rushed to the table in disbelief and irrepressibility, he tried to calm himself down.

Calm down, there is no such thing as free food in the world.

Ilmat's pastor taught Lorraine a lot, and he benefited greatly from it. While fleeing the town, he is told that if he wants to win the favor of his superiors, he must show enough composure and show his talent as best he can.

But Lorraine was not very talented, he only knew how to write the lingua franca, and the books he read were quite limited. He never had the luxury of becoming a wizard or something high, and it was his biggest dream to become a scribe in the town.

Lorraine slowed down, he didn't grab the nearest table, but was lucky enough to make it to the corner. As soon as he sat down, the other person opposite him was eating and hiding, without any scruples.

Is it really casual to eat and take whatever you want?

The thought of her family, who had been kept out of the tavern, was starving, and Lorraine was relieved. He couldn't help but pick up a piece of dough and stuff it into his mouth and take a bite, and when he found that no one was really looking at him, he quickly stuffed the dough into his clothes and hid it.

After doing this, Lorraine's heartbeat skyrocketed. He was ashamed of his actions, but he couldn't help but want to hide another piece of bread, "Dad, Mom, brother, sister, let me take another piece, take another piece." ”

When Lorraine was hiding the fourth piece of bread, a medium-sized man came up to him and said, "Hey...... kid, that's not good." You took all the bread, what did others eat? ”

Lorraine blushed and her face was hot, and she took out the bread hidden in her clothes and said ashamedly, "I'm sorry, sir." I just wanted to bring some food for my family, who had been hungry for two days. ”

Oh...... the man who came to question looked at the other man who was hiding food, "What about you?" Also have a family member who is hungry? ”

"Yes, yes, my family is sick and I have to get them something to eat." The other man who hid the food nodded hurriedly.

The questioning man sneered indifferently, and Sophia's lie test result came to his mind: 'That kid is telling the truth, and the other is lying.' ’

"No one is allowed to take food away, that's the rule. Break the rules and fuck off, got it? If you have had enough, leave. Liars are not welcome here. ”

Lorraine was about to say, 'I'm not lying,' but the man who questioned him started asking other questions, asking him where he was from, asking him about his family, asking him what he had learned, and then turning around and leaving.

It's so inexplicable.

The other man who hid the food breathed a sigh of relief, but instead of listening to the warning, he said to Lorraine: "Don't be afraid, they can't do anything to us." Should we take it or should we take it. ”

Stupid ......, still take it?

Lorraine's mind became active, and as he ate, he looked at the person he had just spoken to, and found that he didn't care about the sumptuous eating and drinking on the table, but had been wandering around looking for people to talk to.

This must be some kind of test. There must be a deep meaning to this inexplicable meal.

Lorraine wasn't sure, and was preoccupied. He was thinking about whether he had just done it right, and regretting why he had stolen the food, which must have given a very bad impression.

But does anyone really care about how they react to food? Lorraine is more uncertain.

When he was eating slowly, and was about to support himself, another man came and shouted, "All right, when you are full, give way, and someone will come in for dinner." ”

Lorraine stood up and reluctantly left the table. He had never eaten like he did today, and this pain was a blessing. And when he turned around, the man who drove him suddenly said, "Son, don't you go away without a little food?" ”

Yes......?

Lorraine was surprised that he had made up his mind not to take any food with him. But now the man allowed him to take the food with him. Is this another test? It's definitely a test.

"I heard you still have a hungry family, why don't you bring them something to eat? That's your family, free food is so rare, bring some to them. ”

The man who drove people had a kind attitude, and pointed to the eating and drinking on the table nonchalantly. Lorraine hesitated again, her mind fighting fiercely - did the other party really allow me to take the food or pretended to test me?

It's too hard to choose, and who knows what the point of the other party setting this test is?

Thinking of his family being blown by the cold wind just outside the tavern, Lorraine couldn't resist the suggestion to take the food with him. He returned to the table and picked up a piece of bread, didn't care about the other party, gritted his teeth and brought a few more, and took a piece of bacon.

The man didn't say anything the whole time, just smiled. After Lorraine had enough food for a family of five, he asked again, "I just picked up a money bag with gold coins and a silver brooch, has anyone dropped anything?" ”

Lorraine was surrounded by a few other people who had come to eat. Hearing the word 'gold coin', someone immediately shouted: "I ......, I dropped the money bag." ”

Lorraine was relieved, it turned out that the test was here.