Chapter 6: The Magician of the Red Light District
"I don't believe he can really cut off the back road of Bay City, what if he's Ser Tyranny's son?
Mr. City Guard's voice echoed in his living room, his voice clearly filled with anger.
Apparently he was still haunted by what had happened before.
Keith, who was sitting across from him, was not so excited, but his uncertain face also proved that he was not very calm inside.
"You need to be calm. Keith said, even though he was in a mess.
"Calm down, let me tell you, as long as I'm on this day, that bastard won't want to get in touch with policing smoothly!" Carter became more and more angry the more he thought about it, and even a little unscrupulous.
However, there was no one else around, so Keith didn't pay much attention to this, but despite this, he still didn't have a good face, and said with a sneer: "And then, all the back roads are cut off? Don't forget that the fish-man is about to go ashore, if you really want to do this, you will only be unlucky in the end." ”
Carter exclaimed, "I don't believe he dared to do that! Sir Taryn could not have agreed to such a request!"
"It's the lord, not the lord. ”
"What"
"He's a lord, not a city lord!" Keith said in an accentuated tone, "I got some bad news in Reef City, Sir Tyron may not have let his youngest son come to live in name, but really gave this place to him, Bay City, completely, everything!"
Keith smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "If that's the case, then no matter how much we resist, it won't help." Theoretically, a liege can customize the laws within his realm at will, no matter how absurd. ”
Carter's complexion changed.
"He can also increase taxes without any scruples, and if he is in a bad mood, he can even kill people at will..."
Patting the gloomy Carter on the shoulder, Keith sighed, "Including you and me." ”
In fact, this is just his speculation, and it is not sure whether Alan is the "real lord" or not, but in the face of Allen's unceremonious and unscrupulous appearance before, Keith has to think carefully.
If it is true, then they will be on the verge of death if they confront Eren again.
The lord can kill any non-nobleman in the realm, but Keith and the Chrissy family are so close that they are not afraid that Alan will kill him.
But if he is transferred back to Reef City, it is better to kill him...
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Perfume Street is located in the eastern part of the business district, which is the famous red light district of Bay City, and there is a lot of traffic at night, but during the day, especially in the morning, there are basically no people here.
At this time, Alan walked here with curiosity.
After communicating with the two disobedient subordinates, Alan discovers that they have inadvertently arrived in this legendary large health area.
God knows how they got here.
From the outside, it's cleaner than anywhere else in Bay City, with neat bluestone paved streets, endless pubs, few pedestrians...
The taverns here are no different from normal, the only feature is that the names are mostly metaphorical.
For example, the Mermaid Tavern, the Rose Tavern, the Fire Fox Tavern, and so on.
Regardless of his previous life or now, Alan has never been to this kind of place, so he is naturally more curious, but he is still followed by a group of guards, and he can't blatantly stay too long, lest he stab himself to Reef City, and he won't be able to eat and walk around...
Looking around regretfully, Alan was about to leave here when a noise suddenly sounded from behind.
"I don't have any money and still want to play here, you're an idiot to be sisters, are you all upside down!
"Hmph~"
Alan looked back and saw that he had passed by the door of the tavern called Mermaid, where a disheveled yellow-haired woman was kicking a drunkard in gray.
The drunkard may have drunk a lot of alcohol and collapsed to the ground, hugging the yellow-haired woman's thighs and not letting go, his eyes were hazy, and he only snorted a few times when he was kicked.
"Ah Lian, you are so gentle, I love you so much. ”
No matter how the woman kicks, he just says this, or simply hums.
The noise was a bit loud, and it spread far away, and in the group of taverns on both sides of the road, a large number of windows on the horizontal line on the second floor were opened, and their heads were sticking out, and pedestrians on the street were also looking at it.
"Fuck off!"
Seeing that the number of people watching the excitement around her gradually increased, the woman called Ah Lian was furious, and her legs became even harder: "You said this to the women on the whole street, don't try to fool me again!"
"But I really like you, Ah Lian. The drunkard muttered vaguely, only to be kicked mercilessly by the woman outside the tavern door, and then slammed the tavern door shut.
Watching the lively hahahaha laughter around, some regular customers pointed at the drunkards who had already begun to snore, with a sarcastic face:
"Raphael, this drunkard has started eating and drinking here for nothing again, it's shameful. ”
"It's really strange that Ah Lian didn't fall for it this time?"
"Even if Ah Lian is stupid, he has been deceived three times, and he will not believe him anymore. ”
"That's right. ”
"You say this guy is a prostitute all day long except for drinking, and his family doesn't care about him?"
"Maybe he doesn't have a family, alas, it's probably a poor man again. ”
"What is the pitiful, poor ghost, it's not good to find a job to make money, fooling around here all day long, and he doesn't lack arms or legs, and he can't starve to death when he goes to work on the docks. ”
"I heard that he knew the twin brother of Hill's grocery store, so he wouldn't go to the docks to work as a stevedore. ”
“.....”
Listening to the voices of the people around him, Alan was thoughtful, and he sensed a glimmer of opportunity from it!
This is a magician who is short of money!
Yes, the drunkard not far away was a mage, and although he looked drunk and didn't seem to have anything to do with magic, his feverish left hand couldn't be faked.
After thinking about it, he motioned for the guards to bring the drunkard with him, and Alan and his party left the place under the strange gazes of the people around them.
"Who are those people, and why did you take Raphael away?"
"I don't know, maybe I know, right?"
"Don't be a bad guy, although Raphael drinks all day, he is still a good person, and once he invited me to drink, everyone knows that he is a poor man, but he doesn't have much money. ”
"Hey, you'd better mind yourself, and you're still in the mood to worry about others. ”
“.....”
There were few stops along the way, and it didn't take long to get back inside the castle. During this time, the drunkard named Raphael almost vomited on the bodyguard due to the bump on horseback, but fortunately, the leader of the guard named Kyle was agile and dodged.
"I hate alcoholics. ”
Disgusted, Raphael was still in the castle hall, and Kyle complained, "Master Alan, what are you bringing him here for, I don't think a drunkard can be of any use." ”
Alan smiled and replied, "He's a bachelor with some kind of knowledge, I've heard of him before and need his help." ”
Raphael's identity as a magician is not yet available to the public, although he is facing his loyal chief of guard.
It's not that there is any concern, but that there must be something unspeakable about the drunkard who is slumped on the castle carpet in front of him since he can mix it up so much.
It would be rude to reveal his identity as a mage without his consent, and Alan would like to ask him for help, but he would not act in a way that would damage his impression.
Yes, he hadn't deceived his chief of guard, in fact, Eren did need the help of a magician.
He had cultivated magic before, but he didn't have a clue how to use it to release magic.
Alan has met a lot of mages, but because of his age, no one wants to accept Allen, an adult man, as an apprentice, despite his noble background.
Mages are basically trained from a young age, for some reason, mages who are halfway out of the house rarely have high achievements, and they are basically swaying in the apprenticeship stage, although it will be more convenient to accept Alan as an apprentice in some aspects, but it also directly bears the responsibility of teaching Allen to become a talent.
But this is unlikely, although the mage halfway to the monk is not necessarily without achievements, but can be promoted to a formal mage, it is very good to have one out of a hundred, Alan has met a very ordinary mage before, but he is not confident that he can teach Alan to cross the threshold of a formal mage.
And the golden family, with their high status, would not be satisfied with their second young master just stopping at the mage apprentice.
Coupled with the six-pointed star after awakening, Alan subconsciously felt that this was a big secret. If you worship under the mage's door, it is inevitable that you will not show your feet.
So he didn't take the initiative to find a mentor for himself.
Therefore, if Alan wants to go far on the path of a mage, he can only rely on his own exploration and exchange some benefits for the guidance of the mage.
However, mages care very much about what they have learned, and they generally don't really exchange it for those "mundane items" with Alan
Therefore, Alan can only ask for "help" from some mages who are greedy for money or lack of money, such as Oliver, the dwarf of Reef City, or the drunkard in front of him.