This kind of country night is usually dark and boring, unless one can have the leisure and elegance to look at the vast stars and listen to the green insects.

But this kind of person is generally a rich man who eats too much, lying in his country house, and thinks he is full of noble tastes.

Obviously, there are no such people in Shire, so everyone usually rests early to save energy for the next day's work.

It's just that tonight, there's something extraordinary.

In the blackberry tavern on the edge of the square in the center of the town, the smell of toast and the aroma of ale waft around. The sound of men's glasses clashing, the laughter of children in the crowd, and the whispering and laughing of women gathered together make the tavern, which is usually quiet at this time, full of vitality tonight.

In the corner of the tavern, Mesa and Lottie sat at a small wooden table, drinking a glass of blackberry juice in front of them.

"Well, although this is the first time I have drunk this thing, the taste is very novel, there is a refreshing texture, and after a little bitterness, there is an endless sweet and sour aftertaste, I like it. Messa looked at the glass of blackberry juice in front of her, and her eyes glowed strangely.

"This blackberry juice can be said to be our specialty here, the blackberries grown in the cliffs are the best quality, there are no other places as good blackberries as we have here, in short, you just like it." Lottie had a look of pride on her face.

At this time, a figure suddenly sat down beside them, "Hiccup~, big guy, hiccup~, it's so enthusiastic, I feel dizzy, are you drunk?" Jiang Heng's face was flushed, and he kept hiccups.

"Okay, you kid," Lottie stared at Jiang Heng, who was lying on the table without grace at this time, "The ale wine that other men drink, just the blackberry juice you drink, everyone thought you didn't give face at first, and you were embarrassed to get drunk like this." ”

"Hiccup~, that's not what I said, as the saying goes, quantitative changes cause qualitative changes, and the alcohol content in blackberry juice is not low, God knows what I just did, Hiccup~, one cup per person, how many glasses I drank. ”

"Master, are you alright? After all, you haven't drunk alcohol when you were at home. Meisha looked at Jiang Heng and asked worriedly.

"It's okay, there's nothing wrong with this guy, a big man can still be put down by a few glasses of juice. Lottie didn't seem to care.

At this moment, a bowl of steaming, pungent smell, and an unknown liquid with a slightly yellow color was placed in front of Jiang Heng, "Come and give it a try, our signature decanting soup here." ”

Judging by the voice, this should be a girl.

"Hiccup~, thank you. Jiang Heng couldn't even lift his head, so Meisha scooped a spoonful and sent it to Jiang Heng's mouth after blowing it cold.

Jiang Heng selectively ignored the white eyes of Lottie next to him. "Suck," just after taking a sip, Jiang Heng suddenly felt a force spread out from his mouth, stimulating his nerves and his glands at the same time, "It's so spicy!"

Jiang Heng jumped up from the table suddenly, his face was flushed at this time, his sweat glands continued to secrete sweat outside the skin and mucous membranes, and his tongue stretched out, "Tongue, tongue, it seems, I don't feel it." ”

The smell was too strong, but the smell seemed to hit the depths of his soul, "It's this feeling again." This feeling reminded him of another thing he had tasted, ginger soup.

"How's it going? This voice came again, and this time Jiang Heng could finally see the comer.

He has medium and long red curly hair, fair skin, a delicate and flawless face, a slender figure, and wears a light green dress.

Jiang Heng stared at her intently, of course, not because she was beautiful, but because of her ears, "You are an elf?"

The 'girl' in front of her just smiled and didn't answer. "Why do you ask such an unreasonable question as soon as we meet," Lottie walked over to the girl, grabbing her shoulder, "She's the proprietress of our Blackberry Tavern, Sercia." ”

"Fortunately, Jiang Heng is," Sercia stretched out her hand to Jiang Heng, "The name Lottie has already said, Sercia, I am not an elf, or rather, a purebred elf." Jiang Heng also politely stretched out his hand and shook it.

"Are you a half-blood, half-elf?"

"I guess," Sercia smiled a little self-deprecatingly, "I've lived with my sister and mother in Shire for as long as I can remember, my mother is a Terran, and my father is supposed to be an Elven, but I've never met him. ”

Feeling as if he had asked something that shouldn't be asked, Jiang Heng lowered his head a little embarrassed, "I'm sorry." ”

But Sercia smiled and responded, "There's nothing to be sorry for, I'm happy with my life now." Except for a sister who left her hometown after her mother's death, she didn't go home for a long time and could only communicate through letters. ”

Jiang Heng suddenly thought of something, "I didn't sense any demon source fluctuations outside the tavern just now, was it Miss Sercia, did you do it?"

"It's too much to call Miss, right? Just call me sister in the future, don't look at me as a half-elf, I'm actually only two years older than you. Serthia first corrected Jiang Heng's name, "I did it just now, after all, you are also a transcendent, you can sense the fluctuation of the demon source to identify the crowd, if I don't do that, there will be no surprise." ”

"The magic of the elves is naturally hidden?" "That's right!" Sercia looked in surprise, "Do you know anything about the magic of the elves?"

"I just happened to read a few books about elves. Jiang Heng snorted. "But I feel like Sister Sercia, your technique doesn't seem to be the same as in the books. "After all, I haven't received any special instruction, and my strength is only at the Grey Feather level, and this skill is still something I have developed from the Bard's book......

Seeing that the two people in front of her seemed to have signs of deviation from the theme, Lottie hurriedly reminded her, "Don't forget what we're doing here today." ”

"Well, yes, the topic has been diverted, but today I am here to celebrate your joining our Shire town. After Sercia finished speaking, she turned to face everyone in the tavern, "Today, in order to welcome Jiang Heng and Meisha to join our big family in Shire Town, I have let go, and all the ale and blackberry juice are free. ”

The crowd suddenly erupted in fierce cheers, "Thank you boss!" "Thank you little brother Jiang Heng!" "Sister Sercia is the most beautiful!" "Sister marry me!" ......

Looks like something bad has been mixed in.

Sercia just smiled slightly, "Snacks, fruits, and a separate checkout." ”

The crowd suddenly burst, "......"

But after a short period of silence, the crowd reached a climax again, looking at the crowd rushing in front of him, Jiang Heng looked panicked, "Sister Sercia, please help me prepare a little more of your signature decanting soup." ”

......

The next morning, Jiang Heng, who was sleepy-eyed, heard a knock outside the door and put a pillow on his head, "Meisha, give me another five minutes, just five minutes." ”

"Jiang Heng, you kid, when has it been here, haven't you gotten up? If you don't get up again, I'll break the door directly!"

Hearing the sound of intimidation outside the door, Jiang Heng woke up instantly.

Forget it's not at home. "Don't, don't, don't, the five minutes I just said are for dressing and washing, get up immediately, right away. ”

There was a voice at the door that was getting farther and farther away, "I threw you the uniform you want to wear today, you stinky boy hurry up for me, don't leave me early on the first day of work." ”

"Whew," Jiang Heng wiped the sweat from his head, thinking about how much he drank last night, vaguely remembering that it seemed that Meisha was going to carry herself back, but she was dragged back by Lottie's collar.

In retrospect, I can't help but chatter my teeth, the townspeople are too enthusiastic, and Lottie's predecessors are too terrifying.

With a sigh of relief, he looked at this room again, he hadn't had time to look at it after Meisha had set it up yesterday, and now it seemed that compared to yesterday's empty room, there was more of a homely atmosphere here.

'Some' shouldn't be quite accurate, it's what it's like to redecorate the whole room. The walls were painted his favorite silver-white, the desk was covered with a black and gold-encrusted tablecloth, two large red rugs were laid out in the center of the room and at the entrance, a floor-to-ceiling mirror was placed in one corner, and in the other a pot of his favorite flower, Twilight Sumire, resembling a hyacinth on Earth.

It's really worthy of Mesa, no matter where he goes, everything is arranged according to his room at home.

With a slight sigh, Jiang Heng walked to the door in his bear pajamas, brought in a set of uniforms on the ground, and changed them in.

Looking at himself in front of the floor-to-ceiling mirror, his thin, undressed and fleshy figure was perfectly revealed by this set of silver-gray uniforms, which should be a silk product, quite similar to his previous college uniform, but the school emblem on his chest became the national emblem of the Rhine Empire, a ship riding the wind and waves, symbolizing the history of the Rhine Empire. There is a hanging slot on each side of the waist of the garment, which seems to be used to store equipment.

Walking to the bathroom, after washing up, Jiang Heng, who was refreshed, came to the kitchen downstairs, after all, the kitchen and the dining room are basically connected together in this kind of place.

As soon as Jiang Heng walked in, he saw Lottie lying on the dining table gobbling up, if he held a basin-sized sea bowl and held a planer, it wouldn't be a wolf.

"Eldest sister, haven't you eaten?" Jiang Heng stood at the door dumbfounded, not daring to move.

"You kid is down, come and sit down, I have to say, you nobles really enjoy it, no, it should be said that Meisha's craftsmanship is so good?" Jiang Heng glanced at her bowl, well, I don't know what I ate this morning.

Jiang Hengyou glanced at the dining table, it was quite sumptuous, a plate of poultry egg scrambles, sliced nectar bread, mixed cabbage, and at this moment, Meisha and Aunt Rona brought a plate of fried dough sticks and a plate of bean paste balls.

"Young master, are you up?" It's okay, seeing that Jiang Heng was already sitting at the dining table, he brought a bowl and put it in front of Jiang Heng, Jiang Heng glanced inside, "It turns out that there is mushroom egg porridge this morning." ”

"It's okay, you're amazing, how do you make it?I've never heard of these dishes, do their nobles eat them every day?"

"I don't know what other people's families eat every day, but we do have it in our family. And in fact, it's not that I'm so good, most of these dishes were thought up by the young master when he was a child, and I just learned from the young master. Meisha looked a little embarrassed.

Then Lottie looked at Jiang Heng in disbelief, "You can actually cook, or have you been able to cook since you were a child?"

Jiang Heng just smiled, the other life of his own over there is not as superior as his own side, and he can vaguely remember that he has to cook for his family every day.

I just reproduced the practices in my memory, and although the materials of the two worlds were different, I could always find a substitute.

"One thing to say, although I can think about recipes, but I can't do as well as Mesha, after all, I was still young at the time, and my imagination is wild, and the recipes I make up must be revised by Mesha, otherwise I might poison people. Jiang Heng reached out and took a fritter and took a bite, and said with a smile.

The fritters made from root tree flour instead of flour and fruit oil instead of vegetable oil are the same as the taste in memory.

"It seems that young people are still energetic, and people like me are already old. Aunt Lorna looked at Meisha with some shame.

"No, Aunt Rhona, if you want to learn, I can teach you, and maybe you can make a better dish. Meisha hurriedly comforted.

"Then Meisha, I'd like to discuss something with you. Lottie seemed to think of something, "Are you willing to become a caregiver at our security center with Aunt Lorna, if you want, I will submit your application and Jiang Heng's letter of employment to the Biyan City official, in that case, you can also get a monthly salary of seven gold coins every month." ”

"Yes," replied Mesa with a smile, "then there is Miss Lawland." "No trouble, no trouble!"

Looking at Lottie's sunny face, Jiang Heng probably guessed what she wanted to do.

"By the way, I don't know what my monthly salary is?" Jiang Heng asked Lottie while holding a poultry egg scones.

"You're just a rookie in the internship period now, and your monthly salary is only fifteen gold coins a month, and an old man like me, who has been employed for a year, is now twenty gold coins a month. Lottie looked proud, but she immediately thought of something, "I almost forgot, you are still a nobleman, you should not be short of this money, right?"

"You are wrong, I am now in a period of detachment from my father, independence, and self-reliance. Since I was able, I didn't want to use a penny of my family's money, and if I wanted to use it, I earned it myself. Looking at Jiang Heng's righteous face, Lottie was a little surprised, "You are really different from what I imagined." ”

"If you receive a gift from your family on your birthday every year, I'm sure you'll be self-reliant. Jiang Heng could only think in his heart.

Speaking of gold coins, it is a kind of universal monetary system in this world, from low to high, copper coins, silver coins, and gold coins. It's all decimal system, and the weights and measures are unified by the Terrans. The purchasing power of one gold coin is about equal to 500 Huaxia coins from another world.

Jiang Heng thought that Lottie was fooled yesterday and only spent five gold coins, and couldn't help but sigh that this girl's self-control ability was really poor.

After breakfast.

"Today I will take you to learn about the first step in the work of a sheriff, patrolling. Lottie and Jiang Heng stood in the hall of the security office.

"Originally, the patrol was supposed to start when the sun first came out, almost six o'clock, but it was postponed today because of the way you looked last night. But patrols are essential, and they must be perfected twice in the morning and in the evening, because they are responsible for the people of our town. Lottie explained to Jiang Heng at a glance.

"In order to be safe, equipment is essential. He pulled out two weapons from under a desk.

A rune pistol, an Imperial sheriff's sword.

"You use a sword, it's assigned from above, and it's put on your body. ”

Jiang Heng took it, and finally understood what the two small openings on the left and right sides of the uniform were for. Then he glanced at Lottie's waist.

An identical rune pistol and a pair of open-finger enchanted fists. No wonder this girl is so energetic.

Then he took a closer look at his weapon.

This rune pistol is engraved with the Wind Rune and Burst Rune, which uses lead bullets to deal damage, and is more expensive than the standard Magic Ray Gun, after all, it cannot be mass-produced, and it is also more powerful.

"I thought it would be a special magic spear, but isn't the cost of these two about the same?" Jiang Heng was obviously a little unaccustomed to using rune guns.

Lottie gave him a blank look, "Nonsense, the magic spear uses a magic crystal tube, even the cheapest pan-magic tube costs ten gold coins a tube, one tube is enough to support the night lighting of our entire town for a month, and we have to write an application description every time we use it." ”

Jiang Heng shook his head and looked at the long sword in his hand again.

At first glance, it is a mass-produced standard longsword, but it is obviously a high-level workshop, because the whole body of Mithril is a magic material, and the workshop of the first class cannot process it at all.

After playing with a few sword flowers and getting familiar with them, Jiang Heng put the two weapons on their feet. "So, do we need to go out on patrol now?"

"That's right, junior, pay attention, our next actions are responsible for the safety of the entire town, do you understand?"

The last sudden high-pitched questioning made Jiang Heng stunned, and he didn't know why, a hot current surged in his heart, and then he used a higher voice, "I understand! senior!"

"Okay!go!" "Yes!"

Before the two of them stepped out of the door, Aunt Rhona's voice came from behind them.

"Lottie, the fruit rice in the house is almost gone, remember to go to Old Peake's house to buy some when you come back from patrol. "No problem, Aunt Rhona. ”

The momentum that had just come out dissipated.

Is this going on patrol, or going out for a walk!