Chapter 30: The Death of the Blue Butterfly
"Hey, buddy, long time no see, would you like to have something?" Ram asked with a smile as he raised his glass to Roger.
With this enthusiasm, no one would believe that this was the second time they had met.
"No, I don't really like to drink. Roger sat down across from Ram.
Only then did he notice that beside Ram sat a shy young man with a white face, who looked no more than sixteen or seventeen years old, sitting there with his head bowed and not saying a word.
It wasn't until Roger sat down that he raised his head slightly and nodded at Roger.
Roger also responded to him, but because he couldn't figure out what the relationship between the young man and Ram was, he couldn't ask for a while.
"I don't come often when I see you, how can I not drink when I come to this Butterfly Tavern? Ram smiled mysteriously, arched Roger's shoulder, and then shouted at the bar, "Old Barton, give me this Roger brother a glass of 'Blue Butterfly' and put it on my account." ”
"Okay!" came the voice of the fat boss Barton in the middle of the bar.
After a while, Angela, the shy butterfly-winged maid whom Roger had seen last time, came over with a tray on which was a goblet, and in the goblet, it contained a glass of royal blue liquid, and a small blue umbrella was inserted on it as a decoration.
"Mistress Roger, your wine. Angela approached, still looking shy.
"Excuse me, Ann. Roger smiled and took the goblet and thanked Ann.
"Hmmm......"
Angela answered with a red face and flew away.
Ram looked at Roger in surprise and said, "You know each other?"
"I don't know each other, I just know the name, I talked about it the last time I came. Roger replied.
"It's nothing to just talk about, but remember, although the girls of the Butterfly Clan are very charming, don't get too close, by all means!" Ram whispered into Roger's ear.
"What do you mean?
Hearing this, Roger immediately thought of the name of the tavern, as well as the pair of butterfly wings that the fat boss Barton and the shy waitress Angela had behind them. He had some speculation about the name of the tavern and the peculiar appearance of Barton and Angela when he first came, but he was not sure.
"Looks like your mentor didn't tell you about it......"
Ram had the same sympathetic look he had shown when he first met Roger, when he learned that Roger was the bloody wizard's apprentice. This time, Roger didn't have a good idea to argue with Marcus, because Marcus really didn't tell him about the Butterfly Clan.
Seeing that Roger made a statement of listening, Ram didn't sell it, and said directly: "In the Southern Regions, there are four extremely special neutral organizations, they are located in various regions, and even in the headquarters of some large wizarding organizations, they also have their branches......"
"These four neutral organizations have never actively antagonized anyone or wizarding organizations, at least not in the recorded history of these wizarding organizations in the Southern Regions, but not actively opposing anyone does not mean that they are easy to mess with. For tens of thousands of years, there have always been more or less self-righteous wizarding organizations or powerful wizards who will ignore them, and even provoke these four neutral organizations, these organizations or people, without exception, will disappear from the Southern Regions one day!"
Speaking of this, Ram paused and added, "There is no shortage of large wizarding organizations among them, and even the existence of high-ranking wizards......"
"What?!" Roger didn't have much idea when he first heard Ram's introduction, but when he heard this, he couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice.
He currently only knows one of the large wizarding organizations, and that is the 'Chaotic Sky Canyon' affiliated to the academy, and he has also come into contact with one of the upper wizards, that is, the former master of Little Ash...... Either of these two is an inaccessible level for Roger now, but according to Ram, in front of the four neutral organizations, these two are probably nothing.
"Don't you tell me that the Butterfly Tavern is a branch of one of these forces?" Roger snapped to his belief that Ram wouldn't tell him this for no reason.
"Clever! The Butterfly Tavern is one of the four neutral organizations! Its branches are all over the Southern Regions, operating more than ninety percent of the mercenary task system in the Southern Regions, so the Butterfly Tavern has the nickname of 'Mission Guild'!" Ram snapped his fingers and said, "However, the location we are where we are now is not strictly speaking, the real Butterfly Tavern. ”
"Why is that?"
"The real guests of the Butterfly Tavern are always only official wizards, and wizard apprentices like us are eligible to enter the real Butterfly Tavern...... Do you know why Old Barton is always in the inner room? Because at the other end of the inner room, the real Butterfly Tavern is stationed in the 'Chaotic Sky Canyon'......"
"Besides, as an organization all over the Southern Regions, how can we use contribution points as a reward for tasks, the Butterfly Tavern where we are located is actually just a form that they made at the request of the academy to facilitate the students to adapt to the wizarding world. Ram shook his head helplessly.
"I see, that's the way it makes sense. ”
Roger nodded and muttered, "Then what are you talking about the Lost Butterfly Clan?"
"The members of the Butterfly Tavern can only be the Butterfly Clan! They are not humans, but humanoids, like Old Barton and the girl just now, they are all Butterfly Clansmen. When Ram said this, he lowered his voice again and said: "The Lost Butterfly Clan has a rule that it is not allowed to intermarry with foreign clans, once this kind of thing happens, no matter who the other party is, the Lost Butterfly Clan will not let it go easily...... Now, you understand why I advised you not to get too close to that girl, do you?"
Roger realized this, but he immediately smiled and said: "You are too worried about this, I just saw that the girl is more pleasing to the eye, and I know it, and I don't mean anything else." ”
"Hehe, that's good, I'm also afraid that you will be confused for a while, man......" Ram made an expression that you understand, "Look at me, patronizing and talking to you, you haven't drunk this wine yet, come on, come on, you hurry up and taste this wine first, I promise you won't regret it!"
"Huh?"
When Roger heard Ram say this, he immediately felt that there might be something mysterious in this.
Picking up the wine glass, he first raised it flat in front of his eyes and observed it, "The name of this wine is very good, is it the death of the blue butterfly...... What is the reason why Ram is so sure that I will be satisfied with this wine?"
After looking at it for a while, he didn't see any mystery.
Immediately no longer hesitated, brought the cup to his lips, and tasted it gently.
Suddenly, a sour and astringent taste swept over, and in the sour and astringent taste, there was a slight sweet taste, alternating between the two, making Roger's taste buds beat uncontrollably.
"Is that all?" Roger frowned.
Although the taste of this wine is rather peculiar, it is not very rare, at most it is just a good concoction, where is it as exaggerated as Ram said.
"It seems that I am thinking too much, just a glass of wine, no matter how good it can be. Roger smiled and shook his head, and was about to put down his glass when his movements suddenly stopped in mid-air!
"No! what does that feel!?" Roger's frown furrowed again.