Section 6 Gifts from the village chief
"Teaming up, do you mean recruiting mercenaries?"
"No, I don't want to call people who only know money and not people. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ infoβ
β...... Anyway, I'm also a mercenary. β
"Daron is an exception. β
"Haha, I'm honored to be said by you. β
"Daron recognizes Miss Ben's color"
"......" wanted to complain, but Darlon, who felt that he had no strength, lowered his head helplessly.
"I'd like to recruit some interesting and strong messy guys to be my escort team. After all, if you want to travel such a long distance to the royal capital together, you have to act together every day in the future, you must be a group of interesting guys. β
"And where are you going to find these interesting guys?"
"Well~~ I know it in my heart, but now I am missing something very important and important. β
"What is it?"
"Funds!"
"Oh, it's a lack of money. β
Bang! As if he had been beaten again, Daron touched his head and looked at Alicia very wrongedly.
"Don't use such vulgar terms, it's money!
"Okay, okay...... Then I'll have to think of a way to make money. β
"Squeak~" At this time, the wooden door of the hotel was opened, the early morning sun poured in, and there were two tall and burly men standing at the door, one of them glanced at the guests present, and asked: "I heard that the warrior who defeated the forest bandits lives here, which one is it?"
When Alicia heard this, she raised her hand excitedly: "Here! here! What are you doing?"
The two men couldn't help but look at each other with a puzzled expression when they saw that it was a 16-year-old girl who was answering, but they accepted a little when they saw Talon sitting across from her. They walked over to Alicia's table and pulled out a yellowed piece of paper.
"What is this?" Alicia took the piece of paper with curiosity on her face and began to look at it, and soon burst out laughing, causing Daron to look dazed. So he took the piece of paper from Alicia and looked at it, and smiled bitterly.
"Isn't this a wanted warrant? I didn't expect that guy at the head of the bandits to be worth a bit. β
The two burly men nodded, and the same person who asked before asked: "I heard that the village chief said that it was a man and a woman who fought against the bandits, and I didn't believe it was Your Excellency at first, but now that you look at your reaction, it should be right." β
Daron looked at the wanted notice and then at the two visitors, "Is there anything else going on with the village chief, the old man? β
"Did you forget to sleep and want to give us one more time?!" Alicia's whispered self-talk was heard by Daron, who could only smile helplessly.
"If you really sleep and forget, you should find the thief who broke his pillow and stole his coins......"
The man who spoke smiled and said, "Don't get me wrong, it's like this, the village chief reported the matter of the bandits to the adventurers' union in the neighboring town, and the union issued this wanted mission. But after all this time, no one was willing to take on this task to help us eradicate the bandits, until the two of them appeared. β
Daron nodded, "I see, we didn't go through the Adventurers' Guild but completed the mission on our own, so the necessary formalities were not registered, and now this wanted notice is still hanging on the Guild's billboard, right?"
"That's right. β
"Is the village chief trying to tell us to write it off?"
"Well, because the bounty has already been received, the village chief wants to trouble the two of you to go to the neighboring town again. β
Alicia stretched and said in a lazy tone, "We've already completed the task, and we're still going to do errands?"
The man who spoke scratched his head embarrassedly: "Of course, this trip will not let you run in vain, the village chief said, our village is shabby, and there are really not many things that can be handled, so I am willing to give a small gift, not a tribute." β
With that, the two men walked out of the hotel on their own, and motioned for Alicia to follow. Alicia and Daron glanced at each other, but obediently followed.
They went out of the gate, bypassed a few pillars, and came to the stable of the inn. At this point, Daron had already guessed what their gift was.
"Wouldn't it?
"Do you really want to give them to us? Can you?" Alicia asked, but the meaning in her eyes was obvious, "If you don't give them to me, I'll grab them."
"Hehe, do you want to try it first?"
"Yes, yes, Darlon, I want the white one!" said that, Alicia jumped and ran over.
"Well, it just so happens that the black one suits me well. β
At this time, in the stable, two horses, one black and one white, were quietly eating the hay in the trough. Alicia walked up to the white horse and stroked its mane along its neck, and it made a "puff" sound, but did not resist.
"Because it's an old horse, it's very tame. The disadvantage is that it runs a little slower. The man explained.
"It's okay, it's okay. Jennivae, I will take good care of you in the future~" Alicia rubbed her face against the white horse's body, looking at her, like a child receiving a holiday gift.
"How quick to get a name......," Daron muttered, looking at the dark horse beside him, "Should I give you a name too?"
At this moment, the man, who had not spoken, walked up to Alicia's side, took the reins of the horse, and led it out of the stable. During this period, Alicia kept dragging the horse's neck, for fear that Jennivae would be snatched away by others, but she herself was dragged away by the horse for a long time.
"This is our village's horse trainer, and he won't steal your horse. After the man had finished speaking, the trainer lifted Alicia up, taught her to step on the stirrups, and pushed her onto the horse.
"Wow wow! I'm so tall! The world is so spacious~ Daron, Daron! Come up~"
"Got it......" Daron smiled helplessly, and when he saw that the trainer wanted to come and help, he stretched out his hand and made a stop gesture, and jumped on the back of the black horse with a strong stride.
"Whoa, how did you do that, teach me, teach me!" said Alicia, who wanted to jump off and get back on the horse again, but the two men hurried to dissuade them, and if they broke the benefactor of the village, the village chief did not know how long he would recite the sutra to them.
"Good ...... You can do the same when you become proficient. Are you riding a horse for the first time?" Daron comforted.
"yes, I've only ridden a wooden horse before. Alicia swayed on her horse, making people look in a cold sweat, and Daron kindly drove her horse to Alicia's side, and helped her to correct her posture with one hand. "What about you, Daron, look like you ride a horse a lot?"
"Please, have you ever heard of a knight who can't ride a horse?"
"Black Whirlwind, it seems that you have a good master~" Alicia patted Darlon's horse lightly.
"Don't name other people's horses......"
After an hour of special horseback riding training, the trainer looked satisfied.
The man in charge of speaking nodded: "Well, then it is estimated that there will be no problem, then the matter will be left to you." β
"Uncles are really tall, you all think you're tall on the horse. With that, Alicia looked at herself again, as if lamenting something.
"Little Beanding, don't look at it, you will always be your dwarf winter melon. β
"Da~~Long~~!"
The two men laughed, drawing a sideways glance from Alicia, which only made them laugh even more fiercely with Darlon. At this time, the morning mist has lifted, and the crisp morning air makes you feel refreshed while breathing, which is really the perfect time to travel.
"Darondalon, let's go quickly, we must hurry to the neighboring town to go to the adventurer's union to cancel this mission, if someone takes the task and runs for nothing, won't it be a loss?"
"Actually, you just want to get out on the open road and ride a horse, right?"
"That's it, I can't help it~Darlon, let's go~" Alicia couldn't wait to see Jenevere running at full speed. She was itching all over her body now, and she really wanted to shout "Drive!" and rush out.
"Okay, let's go now, we should be able to arrive at noon, so please tell the village chief and thank him for his kindness. Daron shook hands with the two burly men one by one on his horse. Alicia also gave a perfunctory salute.
"Don't worry, the words will be brought, goodbye, benefactor. β
"Drive!" Seeing the two men say goodbye to her, Alicia finally couldn't wait any longer, and ran straight down the village road onto the road.
"There will be a time later, drive!" Daron shook his head, and chased after him.