Chapter 17: What Makes a Demon King?
Yu Youzi and Aisha rode through the forest on stolen horses. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Although the little maid was held in front of her at first, after the horse had been running for a while and felt out of the danger zone, Aisha insisted on sitting in the back, and Yu Youzi let her sit on her side behind the horse as she pleased.
With the sound of horses' hooves, Aisha gradually calmed down from the shock caused by Shinib's surprise attack, and couldn't help but ask, "How did you find the rebels?"
"To start again, Uncle Halkin is no less powerful than Joman, if not greater. I compared it to Joman. Yu Youzi recalled the feeling of wrapping Halkin in a sheet, and he felt that for a moment he was wrapped in what seemed to be a barrel of dynamite, but that feeling was fleeting, and Halkin was tightly wrapped in himself, making him think that it might be his own delusion when he first arrived in this world.
"Hey, the village chief of Halgin is also a rebel?"
"Didn't I tell you that the villagers are all rebels?"
"Isn't it just the wave of knights just now?...... Maybe add the spearmen from before?"
"Have you been listening to me before? ”
"You can't trust the Demon King easily...... Wait! Stop! The villagers are all rebels, so aren't they dangerous, Lord Shelley! I want to go back!"
"Aren't you unbelievable, why do you believe what I say now?"
"It's different!
"It's so annoying, if I'm really the Demon King, I should eat you right now!"
The little maid was stunned for a moment, as if this was really the case, and said in a daze: "Does the demon king eat people? Doesn't the demon king only kidnap people?"
“...... I've watched too much drama, you. ”
After a long time of noisy noise, suddenly my eyes lit up, and a wide stone avenue appeared in front of me. There are many pedestrians coming and going on the avenue that can be used for six horses in parallel, and there are not a few people who drive cars and ride horses, and silently count the sixteen people who pass in front of them in one minute.
The passers-by on the road looked sideways at the pair of men and women who suddenly appeared out of the woods, and the appearance of the two was indeed very eye-catching now, it was not just a mess, the man's sleeves were tattered, and the blood in the woman's dress and abdomen coagulated to form a dark stain, and both of them felt greasy.
"You can go west along this road to Mulimu City, right?" Yu Youzi asked Aisha behind him, turning his head sideways.
At this time, Aisha stopped making noise, and thought that she should maintain the demeanor of a good maid in front of the crowd. He looked around and said, "It should be, we just came all the way along the avenue, and then we got on a fork in the dirt road to Bark Village." ”
Not far away there is a four-storey watchtower of pure stone, the base of which is a large stone house with towers for climbing, one end above the ordinary trees of the forest, and a ring of wall stacks on the roof, which is a building that provides security along the road mentioned in the book.
Yu Youzi threw away the spear he had snatched, and the palm of his right hand was worn out by the spear shaft when he snatched it, and now he could simply treat the wound. Although he had been watched, no one stopped watching, and Yu Youzi smiled at the people looking at him in return, and began to tear the long hem of his robe for bandaging.
Aisha obviously also saw the four-story stone watchtower, and said in surprise: "Shall we go to the front guard post to report the rebels!"
"Let's go, report to the past. Yu Youzi urged the horse to walk slowly towards Muli and Mu City.
"Hey, it's the other way around!"
"No, you can report it when you go to Mulimu City. ”
Aisha was anxious to find helpers to help her master, but considering that the large number of enemies encountered in the forest was indeed beyond the power of one guard, she had to go to the town to find troops. Putting this question aside, he took a deep breath, recalled the previous topic, and said, "Just because Haljin is very powerful, you can judge that the villagers are all rebels? I think there are many very powerful people who don't want others to know that they are powerful...... Anyway, it's the kind of ......."
"It's the kind of hiding everywhere and hiding your strength, right?"
"Yes!"
"I can imagine the socio-ecological ...... of the climbers in a highly competitive and hierarchical environment."
"Wait a minute, now I'm asking! It's about my judgment on whether or not you're the 'Demon King'. ”
Yu Youzi smiled: "Then please ask questions." ”
"The matter of the village chief of Haljin is not counted, how did you find out that the villagers are rebels? I suspect that you are the demon king recruited by the rebels. ”
"Her Majesty dares to run around, then the security of the country should be good, at least the hinterland of the kingdom should be very safe, and there should be no rogues. But he was poisoned by the collective food, so since this enemy is not a bandit, it is natural that he is a rebel. Besides, the only people who dare to touch the queen are traitors......"
"Then why aren't you poisoned? Sure enough, you're in league with the rebels, and you have an antidote!"
"Hey, I'm also poisoned, okay, I was so sleepy when the effect of the drug started, I thought I was missing a nap. ”
"You're really a demon king, such a strong poison just makes you doze off a little!"
"Not at all!" "It's not at all!" "It's because of Aisha's nonsense, and the wanderer was speechless for a while: "It's because my body's physiological mechanism is different from yours, which causes the drug to decline......"
"I don't understand...... It's the Demon King's physique, right?"
“...... What I mean by this is the inherent differences in the structure of the body, as an alien, the flesh modified by the XK project, absolutely exempt from inspection, does not contain any biochemicals that harm the world, and is fully adapted to the basic particle properties of the world...... But structurally, it still retains the characteristics of human beings on Earth...... But what is worrying is that although I am exempt from testing, there may be biochemicals in this world that are seriously harmful to me...... Ah, I still have to solve the memory problem quickly and find a way to leave, I don't want to stay in the biochemical pollution area all the time, I have a habit of cleanliness. ”
Aisha couldn't understand what Yu Youzi was saying at all, and all kinds of words that she didn't understand were mixed with strange pronunciations of foreign languages. For the first time, the little maid really realized that the guy in front of her, who looked no different from an ordinary boy except for his hair and pupils, was actually an otherworldly person summoned by Lord Shelley, and blinked: "You are indeed the Demon King!"
“...... The Demon King is the Demon King!
At this moment, the carriage, which had been walking not far away, suddenly approached, and the coachman was an old gentleman in a neat black dress and a decorative feather hat.
After leaning over, he first took off his hat and owed a debt, and then he spoke, and said in a very charming tone: "Good afternoon, two of you, I take the liberty of disturbing and am very frightened. I'm Ma Di, the housekeeper of the Scarlet Orchid Chamber of Commerce, and the eldest lady of our family wants to invite the two of you to get in the car for a talk, I don't know if it's okay?"
"Scarlet Vine Orchid?" Yu Youzi looked sideways at Aisha.
"It's a big chamber of commerce that seems to be in decline lately. ”
"Chamber of Commerce? Many businessmen have banded together to do business and monopolize the market?"
"Probably right?"
At this time, the curtain of the carriage that was traveling at the same speed one meter away was opened, and I saw a woman wearing a draped round hat in the window, and the drape of the brim of the hat just covered her face, but her voice was very crisp and good: "It's not the same, the Chamber of Commerce has interest alliances, joint venture partnerships, small books, collective cooperation, etc., and our Scarlet Orchid Chamber of Commerce is family-style." ”
"Sole proprietorship?"
"It's different...... How to say, the members must regard our chamber of commerce as their home, everything is in the interests of the family, and no matter what business behavior is carried out, they must absolutely obey the patriarch, and the patriarch is responsible for protecting the personal assets, safety, and so on of all family members......"
"Oooh, it sounds like the underworld. ”
"Underworld?"
"Well, that's a name for the Adventure Guild. Yu Youzi remembered the concept of "guild" that he saw in the book.
"Oh, you really look like an adventurer's guild...... It's just that we don't live by fighting adventures. ”
Aisha, who had been listening from the back of the horse, took advantage of the fact that there was no topic between the two sides and said softly: "Our Silver Sword Jue Bird Regiment also often sells the items collected in the tower to raise living expenses. ”
"This world is really interesting, the economic system is not only based on capital, but also on the one hand, right-if the Scarlet Vine Orchid family has enough high-level members, will it transform into an adventurer's guild and open up new markets......
"No, we Scarlet Vine Orchid will not interfere in the mercenary industry, mainly doing some long-distance trade and the like. ”
"Oh, by the way, is it through the airship to continue the voyage?"
"The cost is too high, and generally only valuable luxury goods, cherished materials, seafood, magic potions and other time-sensitive items are transported by air......" Miss Veil sighed secretly in her heart: I haven't handled goods that can be transported by air for a long time.
"Is the airship private?"
"There's a part that's private. ”
"Oh, are most of them national?"
"No, we still have the data for each family, after all, Scarlet Vine Orchid has had its own airship before......"
Yu Youzi felt that the veil lady smiled, and did not mean to explain further. Come to think of it, there's no reason to mumble a lot of your trade secrets to a stranger you meet on the side of the road.
"Introduce myself, my name is Iyeni Scarlete, I'm so happy to see you Miss Aisha again......"
Yu Youzi looked sideways at Aisha, and the little maid shook her head and said that she didn't know Yicheni, and a lot of thoughts crossed her mind, but in the end it only turned into one question:
"So, what is the matter with the eldest lady of the Scarlet Vine Orchid family looking for us?"
"I happened to hear two people discussing Her Majesty, so I wanted to ask for a moment...... I have no ill intentions!, I just want to do my best as a member of the Karelian Kingdom. ”
Yu Youzi secretly pondered in his heart: Aisha sat on the side of the horse, just facing the middle of the avenue, and he wanted to talk to her sideways, so every conversation was equivalent to speaking to the middle of the avenue. He was already very attentive, and every time someone in this direction was in the middle of the road, he kept silent, or said something inconsequential, and only told Aisha something important when the pedestrians in front and behind him were at least ten meters away from him.
The carriage of the Scarlet Tenglan family had long been noticed by herself, but it had been hanging far away from her guard, how did she hear the conversation between the two of her?
Looking up at Madi, who was driving the horse in the royal seat in front of the carriage, he didn't open his mouth again except for greeting the eldest lady at first. Ma Di's equestrian skills are very good, the moment the eldest lady of his family opened the curtain, he drove the carriage on the front half of the body, so that the eldest lady's window was facing Yu Youzi, and then kept moving at the same speed as Yu Youzi, as if the two were walking side by side and talking.
Yu Youzi made a mistake, secretly changed the speed a few times, sometimes fast and sometimes slow, and the old housekeeper Ma Di could immediately adjust it and continue to maintain the same pace. Let Yu Youzi secretly sigh in his heart: This is an old driver.
Yu Youzi looked back at Aisha, and saw that she put her hands folded in front of her abdomen, her eyebrows were low, as if she was not sitting on horseback but standing respectfully in the palace, and she had always behaved very ladylike and very maid in front of people, quite quiet and submissive. I thought: Isn't it because I met my peers and raised a sense of competition?
"Aisha, let's get in the car and talk, it's really inconvenient to talk on horseback like this......"
But ......, "But what if they are rebels?" the little maid had a worried look in her eyes, but she did not dare to say it in front of anyone.
"It's also ......"
If the rebels' hands could be stretched out so long, there would be no need to frantically intercept them in the woods, and the quiet and peaceful people coming and going here is not a sign that the rebels have arrived. As for whether this Miss Scarlet Tenglan is a collaborator or simply a fake, so she can find the two of them from afar, so it is really dangerous to get in the car. Martial arts can't be written, if there is any poison or mechanism on the carriage, it is really planted.
After thinking about this, Yu Youzi looked at the veiled lady who seemed to be looking forward to her consent, and joked: "We don't know each other well, and the novel tells us that it's not good to get into a stranger's car casually." It's been a pleasure talking to you, so don't leave it at that!"
After saying that, he clamped the horse's belly, and the horse neighed, and opened its hooves and ran.
Yu Youzi saw Aisha's current performance and knew that she had recognized the fact of the rebels, and temporarily recognized that she was a companion, so things would be easy to handle when she arrived in the town.