Chapter 2: The Shadow of the Past

Starting from the academy city, passing through the only mountain pass in the valley of the academy city, after breaking away from the range of the endless mountains, there is a passage wide and flat enough for horse-drawn carriages to walk, and walking around the southeastern border of the federation in a swollen belly arc, you will reach the largest port in the upper reaches of the "Great River", and the first port not under the direct jurisdiction of the Federation, the capital of the "Lorland Country", "Lorland City".

Of course, neither the country of Loran, nor the port of Loland are completely unimportant to Brunei, but the important thing is that arriving here means that after more than ten days of travel by land and about one-seventh of the distance, the remaining six-sevenths of the distance can be completed by boat for about twenty days. Going down the river, in about a month, he will be able to reach the northeast outlet to the sea, and arrive at the destination of this trip, the land of a thousand islands.

Looking back on the past nearly a year in College City, Brunei is actually quite satisfied. Even if he ended up in the Academy City, the honorable Lord and Dean of the city, His Excellency Skordi, was kind enough to introduce him to an old friend in the Land of the Thousand Islands as an assistant. That "old friend" is a noble third-turn mage, not to mention that even His Excellency Skordi, who is a legendary mage, has a relationship with his peers, and his knowledge and strength are probably far above that of ordinary third-turn mages. The opportunity to be such a character's assistant, in the past, when he was still in Taal Village, was only in daydreams.

If there is any regret, it is probably that in the two days before leaving Academy City, he failed to say a few words to the eldest lady who had been deliberately avoiding him. Although in fact, he himself did not know what he wanted to say.

"See, as I said, no one will die. Or, "I'm sorry I put the cauldron on Mr. Fernando's head without permission." In this way, a new lie that completes the last bit of the lie is also complete? He himself did not understand at all, but he was eager to say something.

However, in the end, he didn't find the right opportunity, and he probably never knew what he wanted to say.

Everything else is clearly arranged. Thrace Fernando also did not contact him after that, but secretly sent 50,000 standard units, which roughly meant to pay off the total gambling debts of 100,000 yuan owed in previous gambling. Brunei didn't quite understand what Fernando was thinking, but he thought that he would never get the money to be sent to his door, so naturally there was no reason to refuse. Twenty thousand of them were given to Jamie, who was a friend, and to Mr. Gerald, who took good care of him anyway, and of course Jamie took a share of Aunt Susan, which he thought he handled quite beautifully.

Don, the mysterious boy Tang who met in the village of Erta in the past, didn't know why he had completely lost contact, and if he thought about it carefully, Brunei didn't have the need to take care of him at all, it turned out that he had been with him because he felt that the system seemed to have a special attitude towards him, even so, Brunei still gave William, who was still rarely close to him- No, it should be said that I don't know why William, who is becoming more and more enthusiastic about him, asks him to take care of Don, who may suddenly lose his mobility after a few months, and therefore does not know what kind of corner will appear from it.

【...... Lately, you've been spending a lot of time on these unnecessary memories. Reluctantly? I didn't miss the home you lived in for 16 years. Hehe, after a few good days, did you become weak?

As usual, Brunei only answered the part of the system's question that was worth answering: "It's not reluctant. It's just that it does feel good. All the problems are solved, the things that need to be dealt with are taken care of, and this refreshing feeling - haha, didn't you say in the past?' 'embarked on a great adventure' or something, and now for the first time I have that kind of anticipation. ”

【...... Ha, that's what I said. It's not like a good adventure to be in a small town for a whole volume - but, hehehe, it's as if you have cut off all the cause and effect and embarked on a journey easily...... Well, it's rare that I'm in a good mood today, so I'll teach you something after a long absence, little Brunei. 】

[This kind of thing in the past, it's not like you can get rid of it. Even if a person thinks he has cut off all connections, his past will eventually haunt him and he will never let go. 】

[Look forward to it, look forward to it as much as I do, my little Bruneith.] 】

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The biggest difficulty in the process of teaching the coachman these level 0 spells is that the coachman doesn't understand what "mental power operation" is, let alone circulate exactly in a specific way. And after a night, the coachman has learned five level 0 spells, among which the most practiced "igniting the flame" has reached the level where it is basically impossible to fail. To say that the process is not arduous is certainly impossible. Even the coachman himself, who was in high spirits at the time, immediately lay down on the bed and fell asleep as soon as he entered the city and found a place - to be honest, the thought that the coachman at that time actually said that he did not need to rest Brunei Darussalam's heart chilled.

Then Brunei also found a place to lie down, he didn't feel sleepy, he just wanted to take a simple rest, but suddenly when he woke up, the sun was already setting in the west, according to the usual experience, it would not be long before a crimson light would shine. "Maybe the system isn't all right...... It's been a bit of a slack during this time. Brunei thought subconsciously, "...... At least compared to when I first entered College City......"

The rest of the journey will not be as comfortable as in College City, and you will have to be nervous. Brunei ended his divergent thinking with a simple conclusion, stood up, briefly cleaned up, and walked out the door.

The coachman was still sleeping, and even if he wasn't, Brunei didn't intend to disturb him. There was no specific time requirement for the assistant job that His Excellency Skordi had introduced him to - even if he had, the possibility of a trip of more than a month would have made the so-called time limit a joke. So, compared to this long journey, a day's rest is nothing.

Besides, Brunei himself wants to rest. Before the sun set, Brunei stepped out of the cheap inn that seemed to be covered in dust, wanting to see the scenery of the town, in other words, to understand the basic conditions of the town.

The name of the town is Shad, which is said to be the name of the first mayor. There were no fields, no rivers, and other industries were desolate, completely devoid of the countryside, but the desolate and dilapidated state without even a wall on which the sign was located was really not a city, and Brunei was the first time to come into contact with a place called a "small town", but there was really nothing new to speak of.

According to the coachman, from Shad onwards, they officially entered the territory of the country of Loland. The country of Loran is one of the largest pieces in the long line of fragments sandwiched between the Federation and the Empire, but at the moment Brunei has no real sense of it. Leaving aside the unhindered entry, the town itself was as gray and dusty as the cheap inn.

The road is narrow, rugged, and uneven, and the subtle smell of the land in front of the dwellings can evoke ominous associations and make people want to go closer. But all the inhabitants were accustomed to it, and walked apatheticly over it—even these people seemed to be covered with dust, a bit like the scrawny people that Brunei had seen outside the academy in the past, expecting to be paid a little reward for guiding the townspeople. The people of the town may be slightly stronger than those people, but they are a little less angry—even compared to them.

Brunei Si found a few people to talk to him, maybe because Brunei's newly changed black robe has not been very clean these days, and many people are willing to chat with him. Fortunately, a few copper coins in exchange with the coachman made them change their minds.

However, apart from obtaining some of their personal information, Brunei didn't know much new information, to be precise, he was the only one who confirmed that the residents of the area did have a habit of spilling excrement and other waste water at the door.

After tossing and turning for about an hour, he found the building called the "Casino". Contrary to the opulence he had envisioned for gold coins, the casino looked even inferior to the cheap inn, with smudges on the doorways and walls exuding an ominous smell of more than just excrement.

After knocking on the door, there was an astonishing heat wave, and unlike the slightly cold door, where the snow had just stopped, there was a damp and stuffy gas flowing inside the door, and obviously due to poor ventilation, the smell of sweat, fox odor and other unpleasant smells was particularly strong in the wind that suddenly blew out of the house. The guy who appeared on this gust of wind was not particularly strong, but the fierce face showed that his duty was not to welcome customers.

Looking back around the cannibalistic face, you can see people sweating in the dim light, the ground is more scruffier than their dress, the table is dirtier than the ground, and what is better than the table is probably the cards and chips they use to gamble.

Brunei replied in resignation, silently retreating as the face that was about to eat opened its mouth with jagged teeth and a subtle smell to scold him. He didn't plan to gamble any more money in the casino, but it didn't seem like the place he imagined would be a place for him to rest and have fun.

I just turned around for a long time, and when I returned to the hotel, it was almost dark. Brunei, who had completely lost interest in the town, returned to the room with a little disappointment and a little hazy idea that he didn't even know what it was.

Outside, Brunei noticed that the lights had been lit, and when he came in, he saw that the coachman had woken up, and was crouching in the corner, with his back to him, muttering something that he didn't know what he was saying. Brunei tilted his head, but the coachman's long coat completely covered the corner, and it was not a crooked head to see what he was doing.

"I'm back. Brunei opened his mouth to speak, and the coachman seemed to nod, but there was no other reaction, making Brunei feel that the nod seemed to be a delusion, "What are you doing?"

The coachman ignored him completely this time.

Brunei yelled again, and at the same time walked to the coachman: "What's the matter there?"

The coachman's muttering seemed to get a little louder, but he still couldn't hear the content clearly.

Brunei walked up to the coachman and reached out to pat him on the shoulder: "What's wrong with you-"

Just before his palm touched the coachman, the coachman suddenly turned at an incredible angle at an astonishing speed, and at the same time as the bones "clicked" crisply, his right hand stabbed at Brunei's abdomen. The movement of the hand was so rapid that he saw only a vague black shadow, only a little candle-like light reflected, leading Brunei to speculate that he was holding a sharp knife in his hand.

"Scared!"

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