In the center of the village is a small plaza with a totem pole carved from a whole linden tree.

The totem pole is divided into seven layers, each of which is carved with a strangely carved beast-shaped totem, which from the bottom to the top are giant tortoises, wild deer, wolves, violent bears, lake trout, falcons, and cyclops.

At this moment, around the totem pole, there are many villagers from the lake village. Most of them were female villagers, with a few young boys in between. After all, at this time, most of the men are busy outside in small boats.

In the center of the crowd is a young bard wearing a tricorn hat with bright feathers on his head, a brown cloak covered with flower motifs, and a lyre in his hand.

The bard leans on the totem pole and plays a beautiful piece of music with the lyre in his hand, while singing an intoxicating ballad through the slightly sad tune.

The young bard has a handsome face, a soft smile on the corner of his mouth, and a macaw with a body length of almost a meter rests on his shoulder. His eyes are sometimes lowered, melancholy and melancholy along with the music, and sometimes they are raised, conveying his heartache to the listeners around him.

Whenever the girls and women of the village looked at him, their faces gleamed with excitement and shyness. They laid down the nets they had knitted, forgot the clothes they were mending, and each of them stared at him in fascination, wandering through his songs like a boat.

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At this time, outside the crowd, there were two contrasting figures, one tall and one short.

"You mean that this bard is our third companion?" Barrett asked with a frown, in a skeptical tone.

"Yes, that's him. Next to the barbarian, the little mage affirmed, "His name is Felix, and he is a wonderful bard. Don't you see that the villagers can't help but revel in his music? In fact, Felix is very famous throughout Clover City and its surroundings. When I was in Shamrock Castle, I listened to him play in the 'Conquest Square'. At that time, there were thousands of listeners around him. Elegant ladies and young maidens would fight for the nearest position, but at the slightest hint of unhappiness on Felix's face, they would obediently stop arguing and look at him with a broken face. ”

Cut, bard, that's it, he likes to win the hearts of women with beautiful faces and rhetoric. Barrett thought to herself.

"What are you doing with a bard?" said the brute, with some disdain, "how does he fight?

"No, in fact Felix doesn't know how to fight, maybe a goblin with a twig will chase him down. Theodore Shinkin straightened the pointed mage hat on his head, "But Felix does have his own unique role. For example, we recorded our great adventure and made it into a song that was widely sung so that more people could know about it. That's where he comes into play in our small team. ”

"Why do you need this?" Barrett didn't know. Why is there a need for someone with a quill to keep recording during a battle? Doesn't that seem ridiculous?

"Ahem, that's right. The little mage actually showed a slightly embarrassed expression, "Didn't you tell me before, my name is destined to spread on this continent and be known by everyone." After you left, I thought about it and felt that what you said really made sense......"

There's a, I'm just trying to get more good.

So, I wanted to speed things up a little bit—things that I knew to everybody about. So, that's what Felix does. "And, you know, this adventure is very important to me! So, this adventure needs to be carefully documented as the first step in the rise of I, Theodore Shinkim, a master of magic. I thought that if Felix could experience it himself, it would be more intuitive than what I would have told him later, and it would have helped him to compose better songs. ”

Are you kidding me?Barrett looked at the dwarf mage with a blank expression, you also know that this adventure is important, so bring a drag oil bottle with you? If it's really dangerous, I have to protect not only you, the great mage who will get tired when you put on a spell, but also the handsome but useless bard, and the big parrot on his shoulder?

"Hey, big man, why don't you speak?" the master who controlled the magic looked up at Barrit, and after discovering the latter's dissatisfaction, he said comfortingly, "Don't worry, this journey is not very dangerous, I am fully sure of this, maybe when we enter the mage tower, as long as we report my name, the entire mage tower will be directly owned by me." ”

Hopefully, Barrett doesn't know what to say.

"And you're certainly mentioned in Felix's ballads, and you think it's so appealing to have your name sung in the taverns. ”

Not uncommon......

After the bard finished, the square was silent, and the surrounding audience was still immersed in the beautiful music. It took three heartbeats for the audience to react and stand up and applaud the bard excitedly.

Our bard, accustomed to this, bowed gracefully and deeply, and walked in the direction of Barrett over the women who wanted to pounce but did not dare.

"Hello, brave Nords. With a melancholy smile on the bard's face, "You must be the adventurer named 'Barrett' that Master Theodore said." Look at your sturdy appearance, you know that you must be a very strong and trustworthy companion,"

The melancholy smile of the bard made Barrett feel a little sick, and his flattering words made the brute feel uncomfortable beyond words.

At this moment, the big parrot standing on the shoulder of Felix, the bard, suddenly spoke. "Put away your disgusting smile. "I've told you many times that this smile can only be used by women." ”

"Oh, sorry. The smile on the bard's face vanished, replaced by a dumbfounded, somewhat wooden look, "My name is Felix, and this is my companion ......." ”

"My name is Phyllis. After interrupting the bard, the parrot politely introduced himself, and Barrett bowed slightly, "I've heard of your name, Barrett. ”

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