Chapter 161: Happiness Gives Birth to Sorrow
Uncle John, who was wiping the wine cabinet and the bar with a rag, looked back, shook his head, and continued to wipe the bar.
Although Uncle John's tavern works part-time as a mercenary quest release point, it occasionally receives bounties from the underworld. However, it is clear that in this era of underdeveloped information, it is difficult to convey the wanted warrant for transnational bounties.
"Hey, here comes our great poet!"
When Levi saw that it was Carl coming, he couldn't help but laugh, raised his glass, and shouted: "Come, toast to the immortal heroic elegy "The Iliad", and toast to our 'soul singer' on the Muse!"
"Cheers!"
"Cheers!"
The joyful shouts sounded together, although it is not known what the "Iliad" is and what the "soul singer" is, but for the drunkard, any reason to drink is worth cheering - there is no doubt that the guys who come to the tavern early in the morning to drink are the drunkards of the drunkards.
Soul singer?
Karl was a little confused, the "Iliad" that he had just recited at Mrs. Loris's ball yesterday had only been a night away, and it had spread so quickly?
"Don't you know?"
Looking at Carl's surprised appearance, Levi couldn't help but laugh and said, "After you recited the Iliad in public at Mrs. Loris's ball last night, Mrs. Loriss urgently sent someone to copy your work and sent it to all the scholars in the Silver Tide City overnight. In particular, the manuscript that you wrote by your own hands was sent to the university scholar Master Rodrich. ”
"Master Rodrich?"
Karl was really surprised this time, he didn't expect Lady Loris to act so quickly, and he didn't expect Lady Loris to think so highly of him that she would send his works to the desks of various scholars, especially Master Rodrich, overnight.
Rodrich, a university scholar, was a real big man and a legend from a civilian background. The master is said to have been the illegitimate son of a baron who was fostered in the home of a grocery store owner and grew up in a small town.
The young Master Lauderrich did not show much talent or have the opportunity to read much, but the town he grew up in was located on a relatively prosperous trade route, where guests from the north and south rested.
From these travelers and guests, Master Laudrich heard countless stories and customs from all over the world, which made him understand the vastness of the world, and also planted in him a curiosity about the world and a thirst for knowledge.
In adulthood, Master Rodrich left the town and began his lifelong wanderings. He traveled all the way around the continent, talked to all kinds of people, met all kinds of friends, listened to all kinds of stories, saw all kinds of scenery and customs, and learned all kinds of knowledge.
Gradually, he recorded what he saw, heard, and felt, and wrote poems, travelogues, plays, or philosophical testimonials, weaving into various tunes, folk songs, operas, or music theories, and he even learned to paint and sculpture, using this more three-dimensional art to record his life journey and life perception.
Because of the deep penetration into the folk and society, as well as the deep perception of life, the works of Master Rodrich carry a sincere touch to life and life, and have an unparalleled deep love for the world and the world, which can deeply move people's hearts.
In short, he was a great philosopher, poet, musician, painter, sculptor, artist, sought after by countless nobles, and kings and nobles of various countries rushed to invite him, hoping that his presence would add a little wisdom to their palaces. Countless young scholars rushed to follow him, hoping to receive the teachings of wisdom under his disciples.
When Karl was a child, he read the works of this scholar a lot, and inspired himself with the life experience of this scholar, hoping that one day, he would be able to be like Master Laudrich, from an ordinary illegitimate child, a commoner without any title, to a university scholar and philosopher who was invited by kings and nobles of various countries and admired and revered by countless people.
"Do you know? After reading your work, Master Rodrich praised it again and again, saying that the text is simple and clean, abandoning flowery rhetoric, returning to the original charm of epic, and using only the rhythm and narrative structure of the language itself to create a magnificent and heavy poetic aesthetics, which is a great work!"
Levi imitated the gesture of Master Rodrich, took a sip of wine, and spat out a winged compliment - Master Rodrich had an interesting quirk, he liked to drink with articles, and when he read a good work, he would take a sip of wine and say a praise.
If a work can be praised by the master, it is enough to be praised by everyone, regarded as a masterpiece, and everyone is vying to read it. And when he read the Iliad, he drank a jug of wine in one go.
"The master praised your writing for being thicker than the snow-capped mountains of Temur, for carrying a great civilization in your works, and also said that only a soul singer who has listened to the whispers of the gods on the Muse and talked to the heroes in the ancient wars can write such great works!"
After relaying Master Rodrich's praise enthusiastically, Levi then stared at Karl with the eyes of a monster, and said with a smile: "Man, you are really developed this time! In the field of literature and art, Master Rodrich's praise is more effective than the king's words!"
"You know, last night, we happened to be visiting Master Rodrich, when your work was delivered to Master Rodrich, we were still betting that your work would make Master Rodrich drink a few glasses of wine, and we were all stunned when we took it, Master Rodrich drank a whole pot of wine, and we lost all the money we bet, only Georgie, who sat in the bank, made a cunning ......"
Carl didn't expect that last night's incident would cause such a big sensation, and he was a little surprised and a little surprised. I was even more surprised by Mrs. Loris's arrangement, I didn't expect her to help him operate so hard.
"Hey, man, you're about to become a great poet in all countries, why don't you give me a drink to celebrate?"
"Of course, I invited this cup, and I invited all my friends to this cup!"
Hearing the good news, Carl couldn't help but feel good and generously invited everyone to a drink.
"Oh, cheers!"
"Haha, cheers, and good luck to the generous little Carl!"
"Haha, that's right, I wish the great poet Karl!"
The guests who were drinking burst into cheers, and although they did not know what Master Rodrich's praise represented, it did not prevent them from cheering for Karl's generosity.
"Uncle John doesn't have a beautiful hostess here, why are you here?"
Karl first asked Uncle John for a regular breakfast, and then unceremoniously sat down next to Levi.
"Uncle John doesn't have a beautiful hostess here, but he does have a lovely silver lake!"
Levi yawned, rubbed his eyes, which were a little red from not sleeping all night, and said helplessly: "Who made me a historian, with a little bit of skill in identification, and I owe a lot of money for wine! Damn, that lovely Seti girl from the Siren Tavern asked me to come over yesterday, but I had to deal with a bunch of things that have been buried in the ground for thousands of years......
Carleton understood that Levi, a historian, had probably been invited by Uncle John to come here to identify some of the things that had been put on the table in the right way. After all, a tavern like Uncle John will more or less have some business involving the underworld.
"Oh!"
Karl did not continue on the subject, but instead followed the topic he had just bragged about, and asked, "You just said that you seduced a Duchess in Bohemia?
"Haha!"
At the mention of this matter, Levi looked particularly proud, he put down his wine glass, cocked his two crooked mustaches, and said triumphantly: "Sorry, there is no duke in Bohemia, only a duchess, the silver dragon lady Adjani!"
“......”
Carl was speechless for a moment, the information contained in Levi's words was really a bit big, and as soon as he thought about it deeply, he had the urge to punch this guy in the face.
"Be careful, be happy, be sad!"
Carl couldn't help but sneer, this guy is so terrible, it's best to be unlucky right away, such as being caught by an ugly girl and reinventing a hundred times or something.
And at this moment, as if the heavens heard Karl's grievances, there was a bang, and the door of the tavern was slammed open, and a tall and sturdy figure walked in.
It was a very tall woman, with broad joints, more than two meters tall, and she looked taller and stronger than most men, and she had to bend down in order to get through the tavern door.
She wore knight's armor and carried two knight's swords, one slightly longer and the other shorter, at her waist. When she entered, she had taken off her helmet, revealing a slightly charred hair, her face was very rough, her nose was wide, her lips were curled, and the thick muscles of her face seemed to be very stiff because of her unrestrained smile, which looked very scary.
Her arrival made the tavern completely silent, not only because of her ugly countenance, but also because of her tall and sturdy figure, which made her seem like a giant who had entered Lilliputia, contrasting with the shortness and thinness of the people in the room.
The knightess looked around the tavern and walked straight in the direction of Carl and Levi.
And the moment Levi saw this tall female knight come in, he couldn't help but widen his eyes, and his face suddenly turned pale.