Chapter 179: Peace of mind
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The sound of punching and kicking came from the depths of the alley, and Avi hid in the corner, witnessing the beating of Joan by the strong men. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Tonight, Van and Stitch went to the underground casino to gamble, but Avi didn't follow, because he saw that Joan was surrounded by several strong men, and when those strong men searched Joan for the dice that Joan himself brought to the casino, the young Kestrel Academy student was regarded as a cheater in gambling, and a fist and kick "punishment" must be indispensable.
"Don't kill it! this waste is still two hundred gold coins from our casino!" one of the men with an iron rod in his hand stopped the rest of the strong men, "but I heard that your bakery can't make a lot of money, and the two hundred gold coins will definitely not be enough." ”
Avi saw John lying on the ground holding his head and neck tightly, his body already scarred and shaking.
"I'll tell you, if you don't pay off all your money within a month, I'll send someone to smash your bread shop!"
Avi didn't go over to Joan, he hurried after the strong men from the casino.
"Hey, what are you going to do, you little ghost?"
"Does that guy owe you money?"
"The one just now?" the strong man with the iron rod looked back into the depths of the alley, and John was still lying on the ground, "He owes us two hundred gold coins in the casino, and he is still out of the thousands, just tonight..."
Avi immediately took out a bag of gold coins from his arms, "This is a part, I'll give the rest of the gold coins he owes later." Avi handed over the fifty gold coins that Stitch had given him to the strong man, he didn't expect Joan to owe so many gambling debts, he planned to go home and see if he had so many gold coins, if it wasn't enough, he would have to borrow it from the big nose fan.
The strong man counted, "You are his friend, it's bad luck to make such a friend," the strong man handed the bag of gold coins to one of his subordinates, "Not only are you poor, but you also do such petty theft! We are not unreasonable, as long as you give the remaining one hundred and fifty gold coins, we are not going to pursue this guy's troubles, but he can never come to our casino again..."
Before the strong man holding the iron rod finished speaking, Joan, who was holding his waist with his hand, walked behind Avi, "This matter has nothing to do with you!
Avi's screams made Avi feel sad, and he just wanted to do what he could to help someone who was just as despised as he was, even if that person had always been hostile to him.
"Look, this mad dog isn't happy!" the strong man with the stick raised his iron rod and pointed at Joan, "Your guy's skin is still itchy?
"I don't need your help!" Joan bowed his head, tears streaming down his neck, "You don't know anything at all!
When the strong men saw Joan like this, they all shook their heads and walked towards the casino, and the strong man with a stick said to Avi: "I don't care what grievances you have, in short, we only recognize money, if we don't hand over the remaining one hundred and fifty gold coins to us, this guy named Joan will be finished!"
When the men were gone, John whispered, "You have no right to my business!"
"We're classmates, and I'm not in a hurry to use the money..."
"That money is also the money of the nobles! I'm not rare!" Joan sobbed and whispered, the scarred young man who had difficulty even walking, but he was still so stubborn.
After a moment of silence, Avi slowly reached out a hand and placed it on Joan's shoulder, but when Joan tried to shake it off, he found that Avi's hand was tightly gripping his shoulder.
"I'm not a lackey, I'm the same as you, but you need help at this time. ”
"I don't need to..."
Joan shook Avi's outstretched hand away, but Avi didn't say anything more, just walked straight to the underground casino.
A day later, Avi reappeared in the underground casino, bringing with him the remaining one hundred and fifty gold coins, all of which were paid by Avi for his role as Stitch's bodyguard, as well as his savings from coming to Mallot. After Avi helped Joan pay off all his gambling debts, Avi felt a sense of peace in his heart - he didn't help Joan so that Yoan would no longer be hostile to him, but he saw Joan's weeping face. Avi never thought that the proud and strong Joan would stand in front of him and shed tears, last night's Joan could have run away from the scene directly, but he stood in front of him while crying.
"Actually, he's the one who is acting as a hero, right?" said Avi to himself in his heart. As a poor group, it is impossible for Ioann's friends to be able to help Ioann's debts, and the income from the bakery can only support Ioann and his father, which is a huge difficulty for a young man with a huge gambling debt. But Avi, who found out about this, had no way to turn a blind eye - there were too many people who had helped him through the difficulties, and Joan was not his friend, but he should not be his enemy, the other party was like he was at the beginning, and he might just need a little help to get out of danger.
However, Avi realizes that he has miscalculated the true situation, and Joan's bread shop is sold a few days later, and Joan does not continue to attend classes at Kestrel Academy due to personal reasons.
"Hey, have you used all your savings to save a gambler?" Fan asked suddenly one night.
"His name is Joan, and he was one of my classmates. ”
"The kind that is very good?" After Fan asked, Avi didn't know how to answer, "If it's not a particularly good relationship, don't help that kind of person, it's not as simple as a gambling debt." ”
Lying on the bed, Avi asked puzzledly, "What do you mean?"
"I have asked the people in the underground casinos, and they say that the young man named Joan is not a gambler, he is just trying to get enough money from gambling quickly to do something, but he fails. ”
"What does he want to do?"
"It seems that he wants to buy some valuable items, and he may need more than a thousand gold coins for help! Otherwise, he would not always choose the most risky dice and the shortest gambling time. In the end, there is a thousand old people, and this kind of person will usually have his hands broken, but fortunately he met a good old man like you. ”
Avi knows that he is not a good old man, he just wants to resolve the conflicts and misunderstandings between himself and Joan, and just wants to help a classmate who is in trouble.
For the next week, Avi didn't meet Ioann in the city, and he couldn't be seen in the Kestrel Academy's classrooms, until the head of the Kestrel Academy found Avi.
"I heard that you had contact with Yoan, the squad leader of Class 4, and he has lost news recently, when was the last time you met him?"
Avi truthfully told Dugol about the situation, and Dugol let out a long sigh after hearing this. He told Avi that the Kestrel Academy takes great care of poor students, especially students like Yoan who have good qualifications and are usually diligent. However, if you have to leave the Kestrel Academy because of your family, the Kestrel Academy may have to consider canceling Yoan's degree, otherwise Yoan will have to make trouble elsewhere and affect the reputation of Kestrel Academy.
"You can tell the students who are friends with Yoan about this, and ask them to contact Yoan, if he can't come to me to explain the situation within ten days, it will be regarded as automatically giving up his Kestrel Academy degree. Dugol's tone was also full of pity.
Avi had no choice but to gather the followers who usually followed Yoan, and those students all said that they didn't have a deep relationship with Yoan, but Yoan's usual courageous and self-confident attitude allowed them to follow him in front of the students in other classes. These followers also kept apologizing to Avi after losing Yoan, saying that they were hostile to him because of Joan's intentions, and they didn't mean to target Avi.
"You want to borrow the power of the 'cat's nest' to find Joan?" Fan was making some handmade dolls next to the table, and he didn't look back after hearing Avi's words, "It is estimated that it only costs five gold coins to find a baker's son, and I won't pay this for you!"
"Well, I'll pay the 'Lord' honorarium, but I must find Joan within ten days, or he will be discredited. ”
Big-nosed Fan pinched the doll's nose, "But I've heard Stitch say that the guy named Joan is the bully in your class, and he has a bad attitude towards Stitch and you, why do you want to help that kind of person?
This question has also been haunting Avi's mind in the past few days. Truth be told, Avi doesn't think he's a good guy, but on the surface, he should be a bit more loyal than Van and Stitch, or even the other seniors of the Potato Mercenary Regiment. So until now he has become a noble guard and a knight squire, Avi feels that this identity is more suitable for him, rather than a mercenary who has really been contacted and tried. The selfishness and cunning of the mercenaries are sometimes too disobedient for Avi, and the seniors of the Potato Mercenary Group are already very good mercenaries, but Avi still wants to have a simpler relationship, which also makes him very much looking forward to the school have the idea of wanting to get along with his classmates.
He is not used to swaggering aristocrats, and Yoan is so hostile to himself because he has been treated unequally, right? This misunderstanding makes Avi feel very uncomfortable, and because of this, when Avi notices that Ioann needs help, he is willing to lend a hand as soon as possible - at the moment of help, Avi suddenly finds that doing so can make him feel very comfortable.