Chapter 60: Scars
It turned out that Yi Fan's worries were indeed a bit unnecessary, at least he didn't need to hold Anthony hostage.
As it turned out, Guy would have believed that Brown's words were indeed well-founded, and as senior residents of this continent, they obviously knew more than Yi Fan.
Facts have proved that even in a city lord who can't distinguish between good and evil, the fear of God and obedience to God are still the most basic characteristics of human beings on this continent.
It has been proven that in the face of a larger position, even if both sides are still opponents one moment, they can shake hands and make peace the next second, and even choose to stand on the same front for the sake of another goal.
Brown didn't mention Anthony again, and didn't even think about learning more about the identities of Yi Fan and his party, it seemed that he knew very well how to keep a proper distance from people.
Correspondingly, Yi Fan did not intend to intervene in Brown's housework, whether it was the little Ross who appeared in the market and was called his younger brother by Anthony, or the woman who hid in the back of the room and secretly looked at Yi Fan and his party with resentful eyes.
According to common sense, this potential threat should naturally be eliminated first, but Yi Fan finally chose to remain silent, firstly because it would inevitably have some bad conflicts with Brown, and secondly, because Yi Fan was also worried that he was too sensitive, of course, the most important reason was because it was just a woman - Yi Fan was unwilling to do anything to women, at least for now.
That's not because of any machismo in his heart, nor is it some simple hypocrisy, but because Yi Fan has always known that a woman's death will often have a greater impact than a man, and the most ordinary woman may also become an inducement to the turmoil in the world, just like countless years ago, a certain village girl happened to give birth to an emperor.
Since neither side intended to touch the other's forbidden area, the conversation became much easier, even if the content exceeded Yi Fan's previous expectations, but without any prompting, Guy was still able to respond to Brown's proposal according to his own judgment, because the latter knew that Yi Fan would choose the same answer as himself.
A simple and quick conversation is suitable for interlocutors who are already scrupling with each other, because it can be assured that the other party does not have enough time to think about the perfect lie, so the matter that should be very important is finally decided after only spending about an hour in the castle lord's mansion.
As it turns out, if a simple thing takes too much time to get out of the water, it often doesn't work as well as it should, so Brown and Guy, who are smart people, have wisely avoided it, rather than being like someone who is still babbling on and on.
Yi Fan and the others finally decided to stay in the City Lord's Mansion for the night, because according to Brown, the planned arrangements would be realized by the next morning, and they really needed a little more time to confirm their trust in each other.
"Then the matter has been settled for the time being, I have prepared a room for Her Royal Highness the Princess and you, and dinner is already being prepared. Brown seemed relieved to end the not-so-lengthy conversation, and he bent down slightly and said respectfully to Caroline.
"Well, then it's going to be a trouble for the Brown City Lord. "The king still has absolute dominance in the empire, so Caroline doesn't particularly care about the former's deference.
The food in the City Lord's Mansion was indeed much better than that in the inn outside, and Yi Fan had such a feeling - of course, if the eyes of the City Lord's lady on the other side were not so terrifying, maybe for Yi Fan and the others, this would indeed be a very good dinner.
After dinner, the group went to their respective rooms under the guidance of the servants, but it seemed that because of their status, although Caroline and Guy were each given a room, when they arrived at Yi Fan, they had only prepared one room.
Obviously, in Brown's eyes, Yi Fan and Saber, who seemed to be close from the beginning, obviously not only have the identity of being the princess's subordinates - as for Oselle, after knowing her identity, Brown also seemed to be very careful and didn't say much.
Ocelli ended up going to Caroline's room, and even though they had an intimate relationship, it didn't seem like the first time they had slept in the same room, after all, they didn't have any minds on their faces.
Sleeping in the same room with Saber is of course a little mindful for Yi Fan, and of course there is nothing wrong with saying that it is heartbeat, strictly speaking.
But he obviously can't do what he wants to do, after all, he is not a very experienced man in this regard, as mentioned in the previous chapter, and of course, it may only be due to the reserve of a man......
The dawn of the next day came quickly, although for Yi Fan, who had not rested well all night, it might have come a little late.
Saber, who could have directly entered Yi Fan Zhihai to rest, didn't seem to think of this method until the end, so the two spent a not too long night in the same room in an awkward and somewhat ambiguous situation.
Then, after hastily eating the breakfast that Brown had prepared for them, the group set out on the road again, accompanied by more than a dozen soldiers, towards the Chamber of Commerce in the city of Colo.
"Hello, hello, are you the team that the city lord ordered?" As soon as he walked to the door, a fat face appeared in front of Yi Fan and the others with a smiling expression.
"Well, are you the president of the Chamber of Commerce, Kibei?" Guy stepped forward first, and now he had to play the role of the leader of the team.
According to what Brown said yesterday, Yi Fan and the others will join the caravan in Kibei as merchants, and then use this as a cover to go to the imperial capital of the empire, which is a long distance away from Kulo.
"Yes, the villain is Kibei. The smile on the fat face suddenly became brighter, and the expressions of looking at Guy and the others suddenly became more enthusiastic.
However, what makes people care is that the three girls on the side have extraordinary beauty, but Kibei just glanced at them casually and didn't care too much, but it was Guy who spoke to him at the beginning, and he kept looking at him with strange eyes.
This guy shouldn't like men, right! Looking at the fact that while talking to the captain of the guard, he also looked back at himself and Guy's Kibei, Rao is Yi Fan was very determined, and he couldn't help but feel uncomfortable goosebumps all over his body.
"Well, can you let me join your team?" At that moment, a nervous voice came from the side.
Following the source of the voice, a young man dressed as a businessman was standing there with a frightened face, and the object of his speech did not seem to be the Jibei or the side guard, but Yi Fan, who happened to be standing in front of him.
"Are you?" When he asked this question just now, Yi Fan had actually recognized the identity of the other party, after all, the conflict with Anthony yesterday was largely because of the young man in front of him.
- Little Rose, the boy who claimed to have wiped out an entire pack of Tempest Wolves, of course, judging by his later performance, he lied.
"My name is Roger and I'm a businessman. Speaking of this, Xiao Ross's tone became hesitant, "That, after seeing Your Excellency's strength yesterday, I sincerely hope that I can become Your Excellency's student." ”
"Huh?" Xiao Ross's request made Yi Fan a little dumbfounded, after all, a peer said in front of him that he wanted to worship you as a teacher, no matter how you look at it, it's a little difficult to accept.
"Okay, you can come with us on the road. Without waiting for Roger to answer Yi Fan's question, Caroline, who had nothing to do on the side, took the lead in agreeing for Yi Fan, "But if you want to leave this city, have you already made a decision?"
The girl's face didn't know what kind of expression it was, just as Yi Fan didn't know what she was thinking, but in the latter's opinion, making such a decision for Yi Fan seemed to have some special meaning for herself.
"Hey, I said......" Yi Fan was obviously unwilling to accept such an inexplicable request.
However, his reaction was clearly expected by Caroline, who pulled him over and whispered in his ear.
"Yi Fan, have you forgotten what we will do after we arrive in the royal capital? Ampenoen Academy, you don't want to be a student, do you?"
"Okay, I see, you can join our caravan all the way for the time being, but the students or something, it depends on your subsequent performance. Caroline's words made Yi Fan really moved, and Roger's identity should be safe in all senses, so Yi Fan gave such an answer for the time being.
Without giving any real promises, Roger had to follow a few of his people on the road, which was of course also to test how conscious the latter was - if he chose to retreat just because he was not guaranteed, then Yi Fan, a man of this level, did not feel the slightest need to accept it.
"Yes!" Roger nodded heavily, apparently more than he had expected, "Yuanyuan, pull my carriage over." ”
With Roger's voice, not far behind him, an ordinary-looking middle-aged man appeared in front of everyone with a carriage - it was clear that Roger had not only made up his mind, but even the luggage seemed to be ready.
"All the things I have left are yours from now on. Taking the package handed over by the middle-aged man, Roger's expression was a little complicated, but after only a short hesitation, he said seriously to the middle-aged man.
He had truly decided to say goodbye to the city, or rather, to this small world, for he had seen the wider sky just a few days earlier.
And yesterday, Yi Fan let him know that even in such a vast sky, there is a more vast world outside......
So, after leaving Brown's City Lord's Mansion, with enough wealth to squander on the road, Yi Fan and the others appeared in a large caravan, in the name of a merchant, and an additional retinue named Roger by his side.