Chapter 3: Strange Changes

"You should go out and find something to do! instead of living in this house all day. We don't have much money left. After eating, Rye sat at the table on the stump, and said to Barrett with one hand on her chin, like a woman complaining that her husband was too angry.

After saying this, as if she remembered something, she walked up to Barritt by herself, and skillfully untied a leather bag from Barrit's waist, returned to the table, and began to pull things out of the leather bag.

The cowhide bag was only the size of Barrit's two palms, but it contained a lot of things, because it was a magical piece of equipment, and it was connected to a miniature enclosed half-plane of about 6 square meters. This was something Barrett had bought at great expense from an acquaintance of a mage, and it was the second most important thing on him. And the first important thing is naturally the long sword that never leaves his hand.

From the bag, Rye pulled out a few heavy chitin shells, a gilded candlestick, a fiery red feather from an unknown bird, a piece of magic iron, a few sheepskin scrolls, a brooch with a skull, a small packet of barbecue spices, a petrified cowhide with scales, a stringless lute decorated with python skin, and so on......

There are still some valuable things in it, but of course, if you find a good buyer first. Anything else, the scaly hide of the petrified cow alone would be enough for Barrett and the girl for an entire year, provided there were no surprises.

However, these things did not enter the girl's 'picky' eyes, she didn't look at these 'messy' things, but laboriously took out the only 7 silver coins and 12 copper coins left in the bag, and then took 2 silver coins and 5 copper coins from them, and put the rest of the money and those 'messy' things back into the cowhide bag, and finally naturally tied the cowhide bag back to Barrit's waist, and even tugged at it with some anxiety to ensure that nothing went wrong.

She seems to think of herself as the mistress of this 'home', if this broken place is considered a 'home'. Barrett thought to herself speechlessly.

"I've always heard people say that it's easy to make money in this place, really?" the girl held the two silver coins in her hand and carefully compared them. One of the silver coins features a griffin with its wings spread on the reverse, while the other has a double-edged battle axe on the reverse.

The 'Silver Griffon' is the currency issued by the Griffon Kingdom, and in fact the 'Bay of Pigs' is also part of the Griffon Kingdom's territory. And the 'Tomahawk Coin' belongs to the 'Nord Kingdom' further north, where Barrett was born. He lived there until he reached adulthood, then left his hometown and never returned.

"It's as easy as breathing. Barrett replied, only breathing in lethal gas. It's easy to make money, but it's also easy to lose your life, and sometimes you can't tell the difference between the two.

"Silver coins are a good thing! Ryan held the coin in the air, and the sunlight that shone through the cracks in the windows and walls of the cabin made it shime.

The light reflected in the girl's eyes, and her eyes bent into a crescent moon again: "If there is anything better than it, it is only gold!" she exclaimed cheerfully.

Everyone knows that gold coins are a good thing, and the kings of every human nation will print their own portraits on the back of gold coins, in the hope that their people will love their kings as they love the 'kings' in their hands.

"Money is not an issue. He said to Rey, "You don't need to worry about that. ”

"Ha, money is not an issue, it's really good. The girl smiled exaggeratedly, "The miller used to say to my parents that money is not a problem as long as I get married; when my stupid brother wanted meat, my father said to him that as long as your sister is married, meat is not a problem, and when I wanted a new dress, my mother said to me that as long as you get married, the skirt is not a problem; ha, as long as I get married, everything is not a problem!"

How nice it would be if you could get married. Barrett thought. Your parents, your brother, the miller who has taken a fancy to you, including me, will be happy. Maybe except for you, but that's not the point.

Of course, Barrett would definitely not say such a thing, he just thought about it in his heart. However, he really thinks that it is better for this girl named Rye to marry, at least it will give the whole family, including herself, a more stable life.

But many people in this world, like this girl, are always unwilling to live a dull and mediocre life. They always want to find or chase something, even if what they want to pursue is, they don't know what it is.

"If I could have had your physique, I would have been rich!" the girl stroked the silver coins in her hand, "I will earn more gold coins than I do! I will buy the miller's house and his damned mill with the money, and I will make him homeless!"

"At least the miller has more gold. Barrett was noncommittal: "He can use these coins to build a new mill, to buy a new wife, and to build a new home better than before, and all of this is thanks to you." ”

"Then ......," Barrett's words made the girl's expression a little depressed, and she thought through gritted teeth, "then I'll hang him on the gallows, with the 'hammerhead sharks', and then send the crows to peck at their eyes!" she said hatefully.

Just because he wants to marry you?" "Then you must at least earn more gold than the goblins, and then use them to buy the entire griffon kingdom." "This is a girl who will be rewarded, but fortunately she is not a king.

The sarcasm in Barrett's tone made the girl very upset, "I will, we'll see!" she said aloud as she stood up, and then went out again angrily with silver and copper coins in her hands. As always, she opened and closed the door with the 'weapon' on her feet, as if the poor wooden door were the miller who wanted to marry her.

When the girl went out, the hut was quiet again, except for the slight 'crackling' of the firewood in the fireplace. Sunlight shines through the cloudy glass windows, and smoke clouds and dust dance freely in the pale yellow sunlight, casting a layer of mist in the room.

In Barrett's opinion, money is really not an issue, at least not the main one at the moment. What really made him care and felt terrible was the changes that had happened to him, some strange changes that he still couldn't understand.

Barrett sat back on the edge of the bed, recuperating her sword in her hand, her eyes unblinking, as if she were looking at her lover.

About 1 or 2 minutes passed, and suddenly, a strange line of font appeared in the air above the sword. The shape of the font was square, not lingua franca, nor Norde, nor dwarven. Barrett knew only a little about the last language. It shouldn't be elven, orc, or even dragon.

Although Barrett was not very knowledgeable, his extensive adventures led him to see the writing of many races, including the cuneiform script of the dragons, which resembled dragon claws. Judging from his experience, these strange words in front of him should not belong to any race on the continent at present.

What is even more peculiar is that although Barrett does not know any of the words, this does not prevent him from understanding the meaning of these words. It was a strange feeling, and when he looked at the words, they imprinted the meaning he wanted to convey directly in his mind.

The text reads:

[Iron Bride: One-handed longsword, Barrett Mungo's sword.] The blade of the sword is forged from stainless steel, and it was broken once when slaying an adult Earth Walking Dragon, and when it was rebuilt, it was mixed with magic iron to aggravate the blade. The reforge sword is 1.27 meters long, 0.98 meters long, and weighs 6.22 kg. - When her owner touches her, you will understand the meaning of the name]

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