038: Another decade.
Returning to the cave, Roshi simply packed his bags, it was indeed a lot more convenient to have Geraint's space ring, one cubic meter of space was enough for him to stuff a lot of things, much more practical than his previous space button.
In fact, in addition to the space ring and space button, Roshi also carried another piece of space equipment on his body, which was a unique brooch, which Karina entrusted him to send to his hometown before leaving the Black Tower, and it was because of this incident that he was lucky to get out of the Black Tower.
He wasn't prepared to do the thing Karina had entrusted him, at least not yet, but he wasn't ready to throw away the brooch either, and he couldn't say exactly why he had such a mentality.
Thinking back to her indifferent attitude at that time, it was indeed as if a princess from above looked down on an old beggar in rags.
Angry, angry, sad, all of them, but more often it was confusion and incomprehension, wondering why she seemed to be a different person after a retreat, was it really because of the chasm between wizards and mortals?
But to be precise, these emotions should belong to the remnants of the soul of the original owner of this body, Roshi and Karina are strangers in the first place, and how she thinks of herself actually has little to do with him.
It's just that after all, another soul has inherited the memories of others, and deep down he still has a trace of nostalgia for this matter.
So after thinking about it, Luo Xi decided to wait until he was promoted to a full-fledged wizard before thinking about what to do with this brooch, and in his mind, maybe he could only understand the other party's thoughts from the perspective of the same wizard.
Shaking his head and waving away the messy thoughts in his head, Roshi took his sword and left the cave, walking briskly towards the foot of the mountain.
It was already a few days later when he arrived at the foot of the mountain, and he couldn't tell what year or month it was, but judging from the lush trees around him, it seemed that it was summer.
He had gone to Rogue Town beforehand, and the town had not changed much, except that the windmill was gone, and there were many fewer people in the town.
When Roshi came over, he saw an old man fiddling with a peg rake on the grain pile next to him, this is an old man who looks about sixty years old, his skin is already very loose, and his waist is slightly stiff.
"Hello, uncle...", Roshi walked over
Through the communication with the old man, Roshi learned that ten years had passed since his retreat, and that the town's windmill had been broken down by lightning on a thunderstorm night, and that most of the townspeople had moved to Eiffel City, so the windmill mill had not been repaired.
It was the kingdom's decision to move the townspeople, and it should be Allen's attention to be exact.
According to the old man, ten years ago, Allen's marriage with an old nobleman in the kingdom and his courage and good fighting won the love of the king, and he entrusted him with important responsibilities and successfully entered the core class of the kingdom.
During this decade, Allen carried out a series of drastic reforms in the kingdom of Pru, the two most important of which were the establishment of a professional army directly under the central government and the popularization of education.
In order to accomplish this, he remodeled and expanded several cities in the kingdom and relocated the townspeople from the vicinity to create a true city-state culture.
Roshi does not delve into the art of power, but it can still be seen that Alan is preparing to replace the old feudal system with a feudal centralized system.
Under his hard work over the years, there have been some good results, the territory of the Prussian Kingdom has more than tripled compared to its heyday, and the population has reached a scale of one million, ranking among the top three in the Norsland continent.
This is good news for Roshi.
The rise of the city-state culture also meant that the population was concentrated, and the corresponding knowledge and ideas of the people were also concentrated.
And Roch was going to look for clues about the painting, and the original loose cultural heritage was undoubtedly improved a lot in terms of efficiency, and the old man in the town said that there was a library dedicated to all kinds of books in the academy in Eiffel City.
"Oh, that's it, thank you so much. After understanding the general situation, Luo Xi expressed his gratitude, and at the same time took out two gold coins and handed them to the old man's hand.
"You're so kind. The old man hurriedly shook his head and shirked: "I just answered some simple questions from you, these are too precious..."
"Nope. Luo Xi shook his head and smiled lightly: "You can take it, just as the payment for those tomatoes and pumpkins you sent in the first place, brother." ”
Although he hadn't been in Rogue for a long time, he had seen most of the townspeople in the town, and with his ability to memorize them, even after all this time, Roshi still remembered the names of each townsman clearly.
I didn't recognize this old man when I came over just now, but because time had passed too long, his appearance had changed a lot, and in a previous conversation, Roshi also recognized his identity.
This is the strong man in the town, Arech, who used to bring some vegetables for himself, although he is full of silver hair, but in fact he is only about fifty years old, but he looks older when he works in the country, Roshi still remembers that he has a son, who is the naughty ghost of the town, and he also took the lead in coming to his house to play adventure games, the name is ...
"Dad, what are you doing here? Didn't you want to go back to the house and rest?" At this moment, a young man in his twenties came over with a hoe, with dark skin and a strong body.
Oh, yes, it's Barbary.
You've grown so big...
"A little cold, I'm not old. Arech shook her head and subconsciously straightened her back, as if she still wanted to show her strong side in front of her son.
After a pause, he turned his head, looked at Roshi suspiciously, and asked, "This gentleman, are you... What did you just say, a tomato, a pumpkin, that I don't understand?"
"I'm Luo..." subconsciously wanted to identify himself, but after glancing at Arishi's height being a head shorter than before and his old appearance at this time, Roshi thought about it and swallowed his words back.
He shook his head and said kindly, "It's nothing, it's just that you remind me of a friend of mine, so don't shirk the money." ”
Speaking of which, Roshi ended this brief conversation and said goodbye: "Then, thank you for telling me so much, I will leave first." ”
Declining Arech's invitation to come to his house for lunch, Rosie turned away, identified the direction of Eiffel City and walked that way.
"Dad, what are you looking at?" Barbary asked curiously, glancing over at the direction where his father's gaze was lingering, the stranger's back
"Barbary, don't you think this person seems to have seen it there?" Arethia's cloudy old eyes were full of doubt, and he subconsciously touched the long beard on his chin.
"You remember wrong. Barbary shook her head, and continued, "Alright, let's go home, Sally should have lunch ready." ”