Chapter 6 You can't do without money
The potholes in the ground seemed to be still steaming, and Daddy Henk and Satyr cautiously stepped over the broken bricks and stones and the blackened sawdust of the windows that could still be seen in their original shapes: "Master, what's going on? Are there any eyeless thugs running to the inner area? Are you hurt?" It shouldn't be an adventurer, it's like a magic effect, but those magicians shouldn't come to attack the young master?"
Although Satie shouted respectfully to the young master, but when he walked in, he didn't look at Liu Song standing there at all, no wonder, Satie was originally an adventurer who fished in the mouth of the monster, although he only had a little bit of fighting spirit, but most of the adventurers were like Satie, who had a little bit of fighting spirit and cultivated a little higher, and he had already gone to the battlefield to make meritorious achievements and ask for a title, and low-level adventurers like Satie were unruly and unruly, and no one obeyed the lord, if it weren't for Henk's father who saved him from being sold as a slave by his opponent in the slave market, Satie was a very righteous lord, he has long left this down-and-out family, where will he still serve Liu Song, a useless young master in his eyes.
Liu Song didn't notice anything wrong with Sati's attitude, touched his nose, and said to Daddy Henk: "I'm fine, Daddy, nothing happened, just an accident, well, that's right! It's an accident!", Daddy Henk turned his head to look at the terrifying pit on the ground, and turned to look at Liu Song, how could he not believe that what Liu Song said was just an accident: "Erin, did you see a magician passing by while guarding here just now?"
Ai Lin, who was still standing on the side, shook his head and hurriedly came back and forth: "No, Dad! No one passed by here just now, and it seems that this was made like this from the young master's room", as he said, Ai Lin looked at Liu Song with a look that seemed to have no idea of his own young master at all.
"Hmm, what?" Father Henk also looked at Liu Song in astonishment when he heard this.
"Ahem, what, Daddy, I'll introduce you to a friend. Liu Song hurriedly explained, turned away slightly, and put Anne, who had been hiding behind him, as if she was in trouble and afraid of being punished by her parents at home, and pushed her in front of her, "That's it, well, she's a friend I made before, well, it's a fire magician!"
"Eh?" Looking at the cute little girl in front of him, who was only seven or eight years old at most, Father Henk was stunned, "Master, are you kidding, how can there be a magician at such a young age, looking at the traces must be at least a third-level magic to cause the effect, how can such a young child be? How could you possibly know those venerable magicians!
Liu Song pressed his temples, a little headache, he had long expected that it would be a little troublesome to explain Annie's origin, after all, in this world, most magicians are passed on by word of mouth, and the number of magicians is extremely rare, even if he has been exposed to magic since childhood, there will be no child magician as young as Annie. "Well, forget it, Annie, you cast 'Shattered Fire' one more time, remember, this time on the ground over there. Liu Song could only use the facts to explain to Father Henk.
"Yes, Summoner. Anne replied obediently, and with that, she put her little hands together again.
"Summoner, brother?" Before Father Henk could think about the meaning of this title, they were attracted by the terrifying scene in front of them.
There was another loud "boom", and a moment later, Daddy Henk and the three of them looked at a larger, freshly baked hole next to the original hole on the ground, and their mouths were wide open, and they were stunned. "Is this really Your Excellency the Magician?!"
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In the living room of the Grylls family, Liu Song looked at Daddy Henk, who insisted on Anne sitting in the first seat, and Little Lori Anne, who was obviously frightened by Daddy's enthusiasm, and had another headache. Since seeing the powerful power of Anne's "Shattered Fire" with his own eyes and confirming Anne's identity as a magician, Father Henk has begun to be so enthusiastic about Anne, Liu Song can also understand, after all, the status of magicians is much more noble than that of ordinary small nobles, and powerful magicians are not humble even in the face of royal families, after all, strong strength is everything, and magicians are the existence of nuclear deterrent weapons in this world.
"Erin, do you know when our young master met His Excellency the Magician?" Saty, who was guarding the door of the living room, secretly glanced at Annie who was at a loss in the seat, and asked Arryn beside him, "I don't know which girl I thought that Your Excellency was deceived by the young master", and Erin, who was also frightened by the powerful power of magic, also replied secretly, "You don't know? Doesn't the young master always take you with him when he goes out to have fun? If you don't know, what chance does the young master have to meet such a big person?" Sati's puzzled eyes swept towards Liu Song, and he suddenly felt that he couldn't see through this useless young master.
"Dad, don't be so restrained, I said it, Anne is a disciple of a wandering mage I accidentally met, and a friend of mine, don't ask more!", in the living room, Liu Song persuaded Father Henk to try his best to make up lies to explain Anne's origin. "Okay, I won't ask more, but the young master is okay", Father Henk sighed, and he didn't believe his young master's words at all, wandering mage?
"Well, also, Dad, Annie's teacher has passed away, that's why Annie will come to me, and she will be our family's worship mage in the future!" Liu Song secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then said to Father Henk.
"What?!" Daddy Henk was once again startled by the bomb dropped by his young master, "But, but, young master"
"What's wrong?" Liu Song looked at Daddy Henk, who was eager, and wondered, isn't it good to have a magician in the family?
"Young Master. Father Henk lowered his head and sighed, feeling that he sighed more in a day than in a month before, "Our family can't afford to worship mages, we can't provide the magic crystal core, magic staff, or something that mages need, and we can't even provide the minimum cultivation needs of mages every day." ”
"Ah?!" Liu Song was stunned and patted his head, why did he forget about it. The little nobles can't afford to hire mages not only because those magicians look down on the smaller nobles, but also because they think that those small nobles and businessmen with little financial resources can't afford to raise magicians at all, even if the lowest magic materials are very valuable, what do those small nobles who can't even provide these use to attract magicians to join their family?
"It doesn't matter, Anne doesn't need those magical materials and supplies, and she doesn't need our family's offerings. Liu Song lowered his head and thought about it, "But there is no money, this is really a matter that must be solved." Dad, how much money do we have in our house now?"
"There are 7 gold coins, 43 silver coins, and 18 copper plates left. Father Henk looked at the young master in front of him who suddenly made him feel a little strange, the young master would actually care about the situation at home, didn't he only know how to ask the attack to get money, and if he didn't have money, he would use the things in the house to settle the account?
"Huh?!That's all there is left?" Liu Song was taken aback, he knew that his family was almost defeated by him, but he didn't expect that he was already so poor. Although this money is enough for a common family for a month or two, for the Grylls family, although it is dilapidated, it costs a lot of money every year to repair the house in this inner district, not to mention other miscellaneous expenses, which is enough for the family to live for five or six days. "But young master, it's still a few days before the kingdom pays out the allowance. Daddy Henk said dutifully. What those nobles in the inner district did for their own face at the beginning, but now it has become the only remaining source of income for this family, every year Young Master Fei Lin can receive 500 gold coins to maintain the family, which is already a little tight, not to mention that Young Master Fei Lin has to go out every day to spend all day drinking, after a few years, not only is there no allowance left, but even some of the things passed down from the family have been mortgaged a lot, if it weren't for Satyr and Henk's father, they would go out to earn some subsidies for the family, but I am afraid that this mansion will also be out.
"Well, it looks like we're still going to have to find a way to get some money. Liu Song touched the stubble on his chin and thought thoughtfully.