Chapter 9: Mitigation (I)
Belparo is a great place to live. The temperature is average all year round, not too high and not too low. Wear a jacket to protect against the wind chill when it's the coldest, and you won't feel particularly stuffy when you're wearing a jacket when it's hottest.
In July and August, there is a lot of rain in Belparo.
Before the sun had cleared, the clouds began to rise from the south, the fog gradually increased, the wind began to grow, and at first it had a warm breath, and gradually it began to get cold and invade the skin.
At the beginning, the rain was very small, sparse and sparse, slightly sprinkled, and after a while, it gradually became heavier, dripping and densely layered. The leaves are green and vibrant under the rain, and the trunks are fresh and old after being soaked in water. Delicate droplets of water hang obliquely from the trunk of the tree. The weeds on the roadside are renewed, and on the sharp blades of grass, strings of water droplets are constantly sprinkled, like curtains strung with pearls. Puddles began to appear on the ground. The water slowly accumulated, flowing slowly, forming a thin trickle that flowed freely. By the time the rain had just started, Bello had already gone home. There is also some dry bread at home, which is not delicious and can satisfy hunger. It's raining, and it's getting dark very quickly.
Bello nibbled on bread as he thought about how he could get some money. Boiling water bread, fortunately there was a fireplace in the house, Bello boiled a pot of boiling water, and in the gradually darkening daylight, nibbled on bread and drank boiling water.
Before he had finished one of his loaves of bread, he heard the sound of "tapping and tapping" coming from the road, and the door squeaked and chirped.
"Is Brother Bello at home?" asked the visitor as he pushed the door open. It was dark, the person who came was carrying the light, and he couldn't see his face clearly, and Belo recognized who the person was by listening to the voice.
Yanel!
Only then did Bello remember that he had asked Yanel to come to his house at night to read the booklet to him.
"Sit down!" Bello sat on the small bench, not getting up, still nibbling on his bread, when he suddenly remembered a problem, there seemed to be no candles or oil lamps in his house. What to do?
"Don't sit down yet, where will you put this thing?" Yanel raised Belo with an umbrella in one hand and a black shadow in the other, and then he remembered that this was the big fish he wanted that seemed to be beginning to evolve in the direction of the dragon.
Bello swallowed the bread in his mouth in two bites, took a sip of water, put the bowl with the opening on the humble low table made by the stump, and got up to take the big fish.
I can't see the fish, but it's supposed to be dead.
Throwing the fish on the table, Bello asked hypocritically, "Did you have dinner?" ”
"It's eaten!" Arnell put away his umbrella and put it outside the door, took out a match from his pocket, and struck with a "snort", and the orange flames suddenly danced in the night. With a match in one hand and a candle from his pocket with the other, he put the wick on the match and lit it, and the brightness of the room rose to a new level.
"You're well prepared!" Bello complimented heartily, watching as Arnell put a few drops of wax on the table and glued the candle vertically on the table.
"Don't dare not prepare, after all, I came to beg you to do something, and I can't let you trouble. "Yanel knew that the Bello family was already in a mess, and what should have been considered had already been thought of. I have to say that people who are mixed in society sometimes think things are beyond the scope of ordinary people.
Taking the booklet from Yanel's hand, Belo began to explain to the candlelight: "As for this book, you need to read the back at the beginning, and the next few pages are written with prescriptions, and it is clear from this book that you need to take these prescriptions to assist in training." Yanel, are you ready for the money?"
"You read first, you read first, I'll listen to the medicine first!" Yanel motioned for Belo to read the prescription written on it to himself first.
"Listen, seven grams of stone flowers, ten grams of five-colored scales, and fifteen grams of the horns of the ghost night owl...... "Belo read the prescription on the booklet, there are many things in the prescription, some are common animals, plants or ores, and some are less common, and there are many substitutes for these less common things in the booklet. Bello felt that these less common items were all related to the beast, such as the horns of the black-scaled beast, the leaves of the flower monster, and so on.
What Bello didn't know was that the combination of these ingredients was actually the recipe for the poisonous "Curse of the Beast" in him. It's just that this recipe has been modified, and it's already plausible. The booklet writer has minimized the toxicity of the formula, and the mortality rate has been greatly reduced. The corresponding mental stimulation of the human body is also reduced, and the difficulty of mental abnormality is also greatly reduced.
Reading it to Yanel a few times to make sure he remembered, Belo opened the book again and went to the front. Explain the contents to this baby-faced kid one by one.
This booklet explains the eight sword poses in an easy-to-understand manner. Each sword pose is divided into a number of movements, which are exercised in sequence from simple to complex. There are some simple graphics appended in the booklet, but due to the limited content of the booklet, the graphics in the appendix are also limited, and more words are used to describe and explain these sword movements.
While Bello explained to Yanel, he found space in the small room to settle down and gave Yanel a sword style. The room was too small and dark, and many times I accidentally touched something.
It took more than two hours for Bello to finish talking about several changes in the first sword style, and there were many of them that he didn't understand very well, but he just controlled the key points and pointed out the key points to Yanel according to the book.
After Bello's demonstration, Yanel imitated the movements according to Bello's demonstration. Although the potion in the booklet had not yet been configured, Yanel couldn't contain the joy in his heart. He memorized what Bello had explained, practicing it over and over again. Bello almost had a delusion, if he didn't know that this kid did everything he did, eating, drinking, prostituting, gambling, extorting and blackmailing, with Yanel's current level of concentration, no one could help but say that this kid was a good person.
When Yanel had practiced again, Bello motioned for him to sit down and rest for a while, and the two of them drank water from the bowl with a gap, and talked again.
"Do you see the wanted warrant at the door?" Bello asked
"Of course I've seen it, that's what we're doing, can we not pay attention!" Arnell replied as a matter of course.
"Has the wanted criminal been on our side?" Bello asked again.
Yanel laughed out loud while holding the water, and replied while laughing: "You also underestimate our brothers, how many of us are there in this Belparo? This wanted criminal appears in Belparo on the front foot, and I can go to the temple to claim the bounty on the back foot. It's a pity that he doesn't come to our little place. ”
I see, Bello nodded, it seems that there is no way to make money by looking for these gangsters to spy on the news and get a bounty.
"Saunas heard you've been there many times, what is it like? I haven't been to a big city yet. Is it good there!" Bello asked, drinking from his bowl.
As soon as he heard Beloti Saknas, Yarnei suddenly came to his senses, and his mouth began to gush: "I tell you, Sacnas is called a big city. Compared to others, we Belparo are a fart!"
"Have you ever seen a boat as big as a hill?" Arnell gestured to his chest, "Iron boats! There was also a mast on the iron ship that no one could hold, and it stabbed straight into the sky! It was tall and big! The port of Saknath was ten miles long, and it was full of ships of this size. These ships are all carrying cargo, and they have everything. There were silk, ore, grain, and timber, and they were shipped to Sacnas in a boat. Unloaded from Saknaas and shipped to other cities, the ships that come and go every day are like ants, and there are many of them. ”
"The girls of Skornas are also good-looking, wearing skirts, with such a thin waist and such big breasts!" Yanel said, gesturing, "Wearing very little, and the sleeves are so short!"
"White! The girls of Saknaus are so white, powdery, white and tender. While saying Yanel's tone gradually became obscene, the topic went directly to the next three directions.
"What is the most profitable business in Sakhnaus?" Belo asked as if curious, in fact, this is the question he is most concerned about right now. He didn't know much about this world, and he should be able to ask for a lot of useful information from Yanel's mouth. Perhaps the old god stick should get the money from Saknaus. In a small city like Belparo, it's a bit difficult to get some money, and besides, rabbits don't eat the grass next to the nest, so it's best not to toss too much near your home.
Yanel made a fuss about what Saunas had seen, and hinted that Belo could mess with him, and when he was developed, he could take him to Sacnas to see the world.