Chapter 33: The Two Faces of the Aristocracy
Leave the present, say goodbye to Lormine and Granty, and return to your hotel.
Hendrick looked at the black tea in front of him, but he didn't mean to drink it for a long time.
Of course, he didn't live in a cheap hotel, and the black tea he was provided was not of the highest quality, nor was it inferiorβhe used to taste it patiently, enjoy the aroma of the tea, read a book, or make some plans, and would not waste time.
"Whew...... Is my heart in turmoil? β
Looking out the window, Hendrick muttered to himself, as if the faces of the two men appeared in front of him.
Granty, as well as Login.
If Luo Ming had seen it, he would have known that his guess had been wrong. On that face, the regret of missing talent can only be said to be fifty percent.
And the other fifty percent is the look of jealousy that appeared on his face for some reason.
Knock, knock...... There was a knock on the door.
"Guest, do you need hot water?"
Those abnormal expressions disappeared from Hendrick's face in an instant, and were replaced by a polite smile to his subordinates.
That's a very normal aristocratic demeanor, and the better nobles will have this trait, and it doesn't seem strange.
"Yes, I need to. Come in. β
When the maid entered the house and changed him to a pot of hot water, she almost lost her mind because of his smile, completely unaware of the truth beneath the gentle surface.
I'm afraid that even among the nobles who are accustomed to hypocrisy, he can be regarded as a very abnormal one.
And in the other direction of Bijin City, there are also things related to Luo Ming and involving nobles that happened not long after.
"President, are there really no gold-level mercenaries?"
"Not really, maybe in big cities, we really don't see it here. β
"Then the silver level is fine, and five or six silver-level mercenaries can also be used!"
The handsome boy gritted his teeth and pulled out a delicate roll of parchment and placed it on the table.
"I'll pay the mercenary's remuneration separately, it's just an intermediary fee for the guild!"
The old man glanced through his monocle and knew what it was, and he couldn't help but feel shocked.
It included two hundred acres of arable land, two serfs, two oxen, and the title deed of a small mill - seventy or eighty gold coins would not be a problem if sold for a price.
It wasn't that he hadn't seen this amount, but the intermediary fee for a mission was obviously much exceeded.
The mercenary guild in Bijin City can receive this amount of intermediary fees in the past two months.
And the incident that happened not long ago, although everyone didn't want to mention it, it was impossible to avoid a serious fact - because of that damn necromancer, there was a huge loss in the number of mercenaries in Bijin City.
The appearance of a necromancer disguised as an employer lured a mercenary to the door and be killed - even if the necromancer has been eliminated, it makes the mercenaries not too happy to come here.
Without enough mercenaries, there are not many tasks that can be completed, and naturally, this greatly affects the guild's income.
Now this land deed is an urgent need for the Mercenary Guild.
But the president, though he desires, can't just accept it.
If the mercenary guild wants to operate for a long time, it can't be greedy for this moment's profit and ruin its reputation.
"I'm sorry, but we don't have five or six silver-tier mercenaries right now...... There were only four people left, and two of them were wounded in an extremely dangerous mission.
There are still a few more Bronze-level mercenaries, but I'm afraid they won't solve your problem. β
Looking at the ugly face of the young man in front of him, as if he was about to cry, the old man sighed: "In this way, you can go find the remaining two silver-level mercenaries." I'll write you a letter of introduction, because the risk of failure is not small, you can't post this quest in the guild, you can go to them yourself.
Those two are stronger than the average silver-level mercenary, and they may be able to help you. β
As he wrote, the boy calmed down and regained his determination.
After receiving the letter of introduction, he did not take the title deed.
"Thank you for your help. β
After a salute, he departed.
Help...... The old man smiled bitterly twice, sighing at the boy's politeness.
"I didn't help anything. β
There is no domineering, and he is not angry when he is rejected, and finally confiscated the title deed, this young man is a good person among the nobles, but good people don't live long......
At this time, Lormine and Grant are fighting each other.
Because Grant retrieved his fighting spirit, he can now be regarded as a swordsman, and he already has the ability to use his fighting spirit to protect his body in a short period of time, so Luo Ming also let go of his hand to attack, but he didn't have to hurt people with fighting energy.
The swordsmanship level of the two is about the same, maybe Luo Ming is a little stronger, but after all, there is a gap in the realm of fighting spirit, and Grant is only defending and not attacking - besides, she also wants to see Luo Ming's true ability.
The clouds and the hidden moon, the moonlit night and the stars, the deep secret abyss, the dawn of the stars, the majesty of the sun!
The so-called Kaifeng Shinto Stream, in fact, is only a shell with a nice name. The second master used her swordsmanship to shock the past and the present, and studied dozens of famous swordsmanship in ancient and modern China and foreign countries one by one, and then selected the mysteries of them into a furnace and turned them into her own exclusive secret tradition.
The seventy-two styles handed down from the genre were deleted and modified by her to twenty-four styles, and she added more to make up one hundred and eight styles, each of which belongs to the essence of ordinary genres, and in addition to the one hundred and eight styles, there are also foreign techniques such as hand knives.
Luo Ming was rated as extremely talented, but it also took him five years to master all the moves, and another three years to be able to use them flexibly.
Many of the moves correspond to special situations, so naturally it is impossible to use them all at once, and Granty can't understand them all.
Since it is an exchange, you have to have contacts and contacts, and you have a human target that can't be hurt, so you can't just care about your own happiness, but also consider the other party.
Luo Ming just concentrated on making these few moves, turning them over and over, while Granty defended and understood.
Just looking at the appearance, you basically don't want to learn these moves, but every move and every style can be called the essence, even if you see the moves, you will have a lot of benefits, not to mention the artistic conception of it.
From the clouds, the moon, and the night to the dawn of Venus and the rising of the sun, these swords have a lot in common with what Granty has learned.
In this pair, both sides benefited a lot, and they didn't stop until they gradually exhausted themselves, and there were still some unfinished things.
On the way back to the hotel, the two chatted non-stop...... Eighty percent is the topic of swordsmanship.
"Tsk, your performance today is really hopeless, and the girl has a heart-to-heart with martial arts, hehe......" Back in the room, Luo Ming poured water and wiped his face, Aya suddenly said a poisonous word at this time.
Luo Ming's smile froze, and it took a few seconds before he responded: "My two masters are married because of martial arts, and the two of them don't speak anything sweet, and they just hang out together and look at the scenery on a date, so it's still done...... Wait a minute!
Besides, I'm practicing martial arts now, not falling in love, you can figure it out!"
Aya just smiled and didn't respond.
Why bother to meet this joking fellow like this? Luo Ming thought like this, and it was much happier at last.
"Someone is looking for us!"