Chapter 103: Knowledge is Priceless
Some of Iron Shield's adventurers stepped forward to argue, "What did you say? This is the team escorting Miss Moira. Except for knights, guards, and adventurers, what taxes do they pay?"
No one likes this fat tax collector, but it is said that he has a very stable position in the town hall and has the support of the noble lord behind him.
The carriage door in the procession was pushed open, and a blonde girl in simple clothes stepped down, it was the noble lady named Moira, but her simple dress did not look like a nobleman.
"Welcome back to Senkin, Miss Moira, and say hello to your father. ”
Moira's face was calm, she glanced at him and asked, "Why are you collecting our taxes, it's not in accordance with the rules." ”
Rosen's fat face squeezed out a few folds, and said with a smile: "Miss Moira, you are a future druid, don't dare to deceive, I saw unfamiliar faces in your team. ”
"The important thing is that he's still a half-elf and doesn't look like an adventurer, and of course he needs to pay taxes. ”
Following the tax officer's finger, Moira saw in her ranks, the half-elf with a large bag on his back and dressed like a commoner, with long golden hair curly behind his ears, and a stronger figure than an ordinary half-elf, and a little half-elf girl, who should be his sister.
This half-elf really doesn't look like an adventurer. Moira usually lived in a carriage, but she remembered that it was a traveler who had followed the group a few days earlier.
Achill said indignantly: "Loki also saved me, he has the strength of an adventurer......"
The fat tax officer smiled disdainfully, "What about his adventurer badge, recognized by the adventure union, does he not need to pay taxes, does the half-elf have it?"
Loki frowned, for some unknown reason, he was clearly targeted by this human tax officer.
Little Fatuna was unobtrusive on the side, but she had a small face, and she also looked angrily at the richly dressed and ugly human.
Moira waved her hand, stopped the swaggering tax collector, and without saying anything, asked one of the servant knights who followed to pay the tax.
The fat tax officer put on a smiling face: "Miss Moira, what a generous, sorry, I also follow the rules of the town hall." ”
Five silver coins, the tax collector was not ordinary greedy, registered some simple name information, and then the team entered Senjin Town.
After receiving this favor, before parting, Loki made a point of thanking the noble lady.
But the other party's expression was flat and he didn't mean to say much.
Loki actually had other plans, he was cheeky and asked about the druid masters in the town.
"Want to be a druid? IMHO, you don't look like you're naturally gifted, and while it costs a lot to become an apprentice, the teacher values talent more. ”
Loki went on to ask, "What about the Druid apprentice, how much is the tuition?"
Moira frowned, looked at him and said, "Do you think this is martial arts training? Druids' knowledge is priceless. ”
The noble lady didn't want to say a word, and let the servant knight drive the half-elf away.
Loki left in disgrace, and Archer on the side comforted the half-elf, saying that the professional is the most suitable path for him, and that the great adventurer should be the goal of his efforts.
Near the tavern, it was agreed that they would drink together before they were separated from the Iron Shield Adventure Party.
Loki took little Fatuna by the hand, followed the path he had already inquired about, walked for a while, and found the 'Hammer Weapon Shop' in a wide street.
Looking at the familiar words on the sign, Loki felt a little complicated.
When he walked into the weapons store, there were no customers, and what surprised him even more was that the shelves were empty, only a few scattered weapons were still full of dust, and no one looked at the store at the counter.
'Ding~Ding' patted the metal bell on the counter.
It took a while for a dwarf in a blacksmith's leather skirt to come through the inner door.
"Haha, hello, half-elf customer, what weapons and equipment do you want, I have all Seiko here, the traditional craftsmanship of the dwarves, Tong Su is not ......"
The dwarf cocked his beard and greeted him warmly, his beard and appearance were obviously related to Daddy Hammer in some way.
Loki asked, "Pigou Brutehammer?"
"Of course, the customer comes first, the dwarves are at your service, what weapons and equipment do you want?"
Unlike Daddy Hammer's stubborn and foul-tempered nature, his nephew, Pigou Hammer, is less of a dwarf, but more of a philistine......
Loki took out the dwarven mine hammer that he had been carefully storing, it was a token given by Daddy Hammer, and it was also inscribed with the deeds of Daddy Hammer in some of the dwarves to prospect for weapons.
"Oh my God, you're the one, the ......"
Pigou Brute took the hammer and jumped in surprise.
"That...... Little half-elf, little half-elf in Fog Castle City, my uncle wrote to me and said that you would come, but you are not small at all......"
Loki nodded, "That's right, because of a little thing, after five years of delay, I've changed a lot." ”
Pigou said, "Well, Loki, I remember the name on the letter, you are safe, so I can explain it to my uncle." Now that you're here, you'll have to stay here. ”
"Who is this? Why aren't you alone? There aren't many rooms, so I'll have to charge for that." ”
After chatting for a long time, Pigou found out about the half-elf girl, and after asking, he learned that Loki had a younger sister, but the letter didn't say so.
Well, my name is little Fatuna, and my uncle's letter didn't mention it, so I should charge some fees appropriately?
Loki smiled and turned to ask about the weapons shop.
The dwarf talked about the situation with a tangled face, it turned out that it was because of taxes, so that his business here was getting worse and worse, there were not many iron mines near Senjin Town, and most of the iron ore needed to be transported by merchants, counting heavy taxes, so that the cost of weapon building was greatly increased.
There were also taxes to run the shops, and there were other merchants who brought in cheap finished weapons from other places. For these reasons, the business of the Brute Hammer weapon shop is getting worse and worse, and only some powerful adventurers who don't care about the price will occasionally patronize to keep the dwarves from starving to death.
Pigou Hammer simply cleaned up two empty rooms.
But little Fatuna said that she would not live alone, claiming to save money for Rocky's brother.
Eventually, the cot was moved to a larger room, and the little girl succeeded in fulfilling her wish, as she had become accustomed to life by Rocky's brother's side.
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It was the most reassuring night after escaping the lock.
Little Fatuna tossed and turned, lying on her small wooden bed and couldn't sleep, looking at Brother Loki, who was simply moving her body, the little girl's heart was full of happiness.
While doing repetitive anaerobic exercises, Loki began to practice arm fixation and explosive power after exercising the overall muscle strength of his waist and back.
The dynamic model of 3D spatial vision keeps monitoring its own joints and muscles to ensure that the movements have the greatest efficiency.
He alternately supports the ground with the fists of both hands, and does push-ups one at a time, which not only increases the strength of the arms and the whole, but also improves the hardness of the wrists and phalanges.
Little Fatuna giggled and jumped on his back, making it a little more difficult for him.
Loki kept his breathing steady and said, "Seeing that you can't sleep at leisure, recite the multiplication table." ”
It's not the multiplication formula of Loki's previous life, but the basic mathematics education in India, 19X19, a multiplication table with more than ten digits, and the average person really can't remember it.
The half-elf little girl had a bitter face and complied aggrievedly......
“11x15=165...... 16x17=262......”
"Wrong, start over...... You can't sleep anyway......"
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