Chapter 21: The Friendly Arm Says Friendliness
The "Friendly Arm" hostel, as his name suggests, is friendly and helpful to travelers.
Passing through the tall walls, past the chaotic markets, the stables full of mules and horses, the bustling crowds, and through the cracks of the narrow streets, you will find the tall military castle made of huge stones, the Friendly Arm Hotel.
Push open the door of the hotel, and a hot breath will rush to your face, instantly penetrating into your bone marrow. You can see people in the vast halls chatting, having dinner or listening to the bard's performances. You see the rich sitting with their servants, the nobles and the wanderers talking happily, and everyone here is a traveler, and everyone can let go of their estrangements for a moment and spend a short time with strangers, which is also the true meaning of the Friendly Arm Hotel.
Safe and friendly.
"What is needed? Mr. Eating, drinking, finding someone, or resting? "A girl in a brown dress ran up and almost knocked over a drunken man with a beer on the way.
"Hmm...... You are? ”
"Jessica, you can call me Jill, I'm the new lobby!" Jill said excitedly, her delicate fingers gesturing as she spoke, and the speed of her speech was like a cannon, but the words "New Lobby" were spoken slowly, emphasisedly, and very clearly.
"Ah, good, I get it! Miss Jill, the new lobby! ”
Lu Yuan replied pretending to be serious, and also emphasized it on the "New Lobby". Sure enough, the girl smiled brightly and stepped forward to help him take off the cloak that travelers usually use. The kind of mud felt can be used to protect from rain during the day and as sleeping bag clothing at night.
"It turned out to be Mr. Mage!" Seeing Lu Yuan wearing a mage's robe, the kind of clothes with many pockets and patterns on the sides were easy to recognize, Ji'er's eyes flashed, "Can you perform a spell?" Please. ”
Miss Jill clasped her hands in front of her chest, her big eyes flickering, and she looked at him with excitement.
"Ah, me, I think I'm supposed to be a guest, right? Is that appropriate? Lu Yuan looked at the bar for help. You new lobby lady doesn't seem to be very reliable, no one will change it? It's a pity that the dozen or so lobbies in the hall all look busy.
"Naa, that's sorry, guest!" Miss Jill immediately looked listless, and said the word "guest" heavily.
"Cut, so young, maybe not even an apprentice", hey, you talk to yourself so loudly, do you think I won't be able to hear?
Lu Yuan looked around helplessly, and found that no one noticed here, so he stretched out his hand and snapped his fingers.
Hanging her head in frustration, the girl Jill who had already left the guests aside was still drawing circles on her toes, and raised her head when she heard the noise. I saw a small spot of light like a firefly appear in front of me.
"Wow!" The girl shouted out in surprise, and Lu Yuan put her finger to her lips, "Shhhh ”
Then he continued to gesticulate.
The dots of light fluttered around the girl, growing in size until they took on the shape of a bird, and their wings flew between the girl's hair, scattering the light of stardust. The girl clasped her hands, puffed out her mouth, and looked with wide eyes, full of surprise inside.
The bird soared for a while, and as soon as it turned over, it turned into a black falcon, which flew at a sharp speed, and then turned into a white pigeon, a large colorful butterfly, an emerald green hummingbird, and finally turned into a small red dragon and landed on the girl's outstretched palm, flapped its wings and roared a few times, turning into a ball of flame-like brilliance, and dissipating without a trace.
Lu Yuan shook his head, ignored the still addicted girl Ji'er, and walked straight to the bar. There were a few waiters who were busy going in and out, and an old dwarf was polishing his wine glass, and when he saw him coming, he put down the wine glass and rag in his hand and said.
"Guest, that kid didn't cause you any trouble, did he?"
Lu Yuan shook his head, "Lu Yuan, a traveler from the north, who are you?" ”
"Bentri Mirror, the owner of this hostel. Welcome to the Arms of Kindness. ”
"Xie Lu Xie, Mr. Jingying, it's a pleasure to meet you. Ah, this is for me? I don't drink ...... All right. ”
Lu Yuan took the beer handed to him by Bantri Jingying, took a sip gently, a delicious and refreshing breath filled his mouth, and he couldn't help but give a thumbs up, "This, this is really good, you have to bring me a small keg of this!" I think that with this kind of beer, even the most boring journey can become exciting! ”
"Hehe, many people like the beer I brewed, the ancestral secret recipe, for three hundred years!" Bantri Mirror smiled and said, "Okay, now let's talk about it, what do you need?" Guest. ”
"Oh, I need a nice room, preferably bigger and more independent. Then, if possible, can you introduce me to a blacksmith shop? I have something I need to build myself. Well, it would be nice if there were a few obedient people. That's it, Mr. Mirror, I'll pay a good price. ”
"Want to make your own things? That's pretty good. When I was young, I was also obsessed with alchemy and forging, and then I ...... You're too young to understand this. Getting married, having children, raising a family...... Hobbies and everything will be returned to Gal Flashgold. Ah, if I keep talking, I'm going to have tears in my eyes. ”
The old dwarf pretended to wipe his eyes with his dirty sleeve and continued.
"In this way, young man, I will arrange a room for you at the back of the third floor, next to my old studio, and I think the alchemy workbench in it can still be used, you can use these, twenty gold coins a day, what do you think?"
"Deal. Thank you very much for your help, Mr. Mirror. ”
"Mr. Mage! Mr. Mage! Once again, Mr. Mage! At this moment, the girl who found him also ran over, grabbing his robe and swinging it. Maybe it's just a girl? Lu Yuan cut off Ji'er's age again.
"Hey! Jill! Don't disturb the guests. You go and clean up the room on the third floor, and ask this gentleman for lunch, and go quickly. ”
Watching Jill pouting and turning around, Bentri Mirror shook her head and said in an explainative tone, "My friend's child has been fostered with me for many years, and her parents may have been ...... She's like my baby. ”
"Understood." Lu Yuan nodded and continued to drink beer, "Mr. Mirror......
Bantri Mirror interrupted him with a wave of his hand, "You can call me Bantri. ”
"Well, Mr. Bentley, have you had any guests from the south lately? Probably an adventurer, it should be...... Half-elf", Lu Yuan took out a dozen gold coins and put them on the table, "Another glass of beer." ”
Rules are rules, and it is common sense to spend money to buy news from a tavern.
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As the master craftsman picked up the folded Forest Dance Steps armor, Twilight couldn't help but pout, sulking for the first time.
It all started when I returned that day.
Twilight, who was indulging in love, naturally didn't notice what a sensation this dark green armor had caused among priests and believers! Whether it's the style of the armor, the color matching, or the unicorn emblem on the chest, it's as simple and bright as a work of art. Even the Dawan chrysanthemum knotted by the rope is so natural and perfect.
The harmony between this armor and the forest is so consistent with the teachings of the goddess of the forest that even the goddess has sent down oracles.
The oracle is verbose, and Balabala says a lot. Roughly speaking, Ms. Alona suddenly remembered that the church should establish the style of the pastor's combat uniform (what about your mountaineering suit!). Well, prepare some armor styles for the Knights (where did the Knights come from!). ), especially women's clothing. This matter was specially handed over to the Church of the Forest Goddess in the Cloak Forest, and after the design was completed, a light green ...... was made That one...... Ahem...... Make an offer......
After seeing the way Twilight Star walked in the "Forest Dance Steps", and then looking at the oracle specially given to the cloak forest, how could the main priest not understand what was going on? But this thing is difficult to do.
The mother took a fancy to the beautiful clothes her daughter was wearing, and she was embarrassed to say it directly, so she asked someone else to borrow it for research and research, and maybe she had to try it on......
That's it, right? However, as soon as he thought that this would become the standard armor of the church in the future, and he would leave his name in the church history books, the priest was also on fire, and finally contacted the master of Twilight Star to ask for the "Forest Dance Steps" to study.
The master craftsman took the armor, and Twilight was sulky.
"Ah Fu, what is he doing?" Twilight asked.
"Oh, he's just played a trick on a pretty little girl named Jill, and he's sitting drinking not far from her." Ah Fu replied very honestly.
Spend all day drinking, four words appear in my mind. Even Twilight Star has to sigh, what a good image. I couldn't help but laugh a little, and my depression dissipated for the most part. "Ah Fu, where is he?"
"Hmph...... Hall of the Friendly Arm. ”
"Who is that little girl?"
"The New Lobby."
"Hmph, you're really lying to me. Ah Fu, you don't seem to like him very much? ”
"Ahhhh Nini was raised by him and fell in love with eating fish, bastard! Shadow Leopard who eats fish, how can I go to see her mother! ”
"Haha
And in the temple not far from them, where only a few large trees were used as a roof, the chief priest, the master of the martial arts master Twilightstar, and two priests sat around the "Forest Dance Steps" armor, looking at each other.
Some of them are proficient in armor making, but the structure of this armor is extremely sophisticated, and the various parts are inlaid and hooked almost as one, and it is completely impossible to copy it. What's more, after enchantment, the entire armor tends to be integrated, and it is even more difficult to analyze.
And that's just scratching the surface, not to mention the designs that come from the earth. is the selection of materials, and the digging insects are not born to make armor in order to kill people, this complete armor uses hundreds of armor pieces. When you put it on, you are bent over and sideways. But when it comes to which piece of armor is hard and which piece is soft, what part of each piece of armor is taken from, what kind of processing should it be, and how to know the way? I can't tell the difference!
"Or ...... Take it apart and take a look? The priest suggested.
"Smack! Syllable! Two swords slapped on the ground one after the other, indicating strong opposition to this proposal! One is from the Twilight Master, and the other is ...... Everyone smiled wryly and pretended not to see it, and the other one fell from the hand of the idol of Lady Alona.
"That'...... Or do we still imitate the armor style of the past, and don't want the skirt armor? "The priest again suggested. The skirt looks simple, but it takes a lot of work to achieve both protection and natural swing like a long skirt.
"No way!" The woman who was a priest and warrior slapped the stone platform and stood up! "The most important thing is the skirt armor! That's a brilliant idea! ”
She clenched her fist on her chest and said in a deep voice, "Don't you think that walking into battle in a skirt and wielding a long sword is a woman's romance?!" ”
The chant is swirling, the light slowly spills over the woman's head, and the grace of God descends.
I'll go, and all the men will complain together. As soon as everything involves Twilight, Ms. Alona will become extremely uncool, it's a daughter, it must be a daughter!
"Then, I think we'd better discuss with the original author, right?" The master craftsman suggested after the end.