Chapter Eighty-Four: A Visitor from Far Away
In the next two days, everyone's life was very pleasant, eating, drinking, chatting, pickling girls, etc., almost all of them were entertainment activities, although Dio and others seemed very relaxed on the surface, but they knew in their hearts that the hard-working people were waiting for them, and now they were relaxed, just to recuperate.
Raymond went to the docks, wanted to pay a high price to hire a ship, or go back to the city of Santis, or go south directly through the bay, which is safer than on land, but all the captains refused Raymond, for no other reason, a few days ago there was a ghost wave in the storm sea, which means that the tide of the storm sea is coming in advance, or rather, this year's climate is too abnormal, for those who are familiar with this sea, the tide of the storm sea means death, no one wants to go to sea, all the ships are moored in the harbor, and the sailors are all on holiday.
In fact, not only Raymond, but also a group of caravans were also blocked in the Crystal City, because they were in a hurry to turnover, they offered a higher price than Raymond, but they still couldn't find a captain who was willing to take the risk.
Raymond also tried the method of coercion, but the result still did not work, the captains painstakingly explained the benefits and disadvantages to Raymond, and in the end, Raymond did not convince the captains, but was persuaded himself......
As for the sale of Howell's property, it was going very slowly, and it was good to say that although the merchants had rejected Avery on the surface, they came to the door one after another, hoping to buy the jewels, and all of them, and the false refusal was nothing more than a cover-up, so as not to trouble the Earl of Ruse in the future.
But not a single title deed was sold, after all, jewelry is a small object, you can take it everywhere, you can also hide it, the homestead in the city and the field outside can only be placed there, whoever buys it is unlucky!
However, Dio and the others are not distressed, they are all for nothing anyway, and only half of Sauron and Avery's men are willing to receive severance pay, and the rest are willing to go with everyone, and Dio still has more than 2,000 gold coins left in their hands, which is enough for them to spend a long time.
On this day, several people were chatting in the restaurant, running errands and other things, there were Sauron and Avery who didn't have to show up in person, in the Crystal City, they were the uncrowned kings.
Of course, this is also caused by geographical disparities, it is said that those real big cities can be described as strong as clouds, talented samurai are not as good as dogs, and radiant samurai are everywhere...... Dio and the others were nothing there, but in the Crystal City, they were powerful enough to make them look around.
Today Gordon and Raymond were very idle, and several of the dancers had gone back to rest, but there was another one by Dio's side. As they became familiar with each other, the dancers discovered that Gordon and Raymond were not as scary as they imagined, and their attitudes gradually became natural. And Dio, who always seems to be unsociable, has attracted their attention, three inseparable friends, they have successfully 'caught' two, and one is still outside the 'French Open', they always feel a little lacking, so they sent the most popular and enchanting dancer Taimi in this restaurant to seduce Dio.
Gordon observed Dio from time to time, and he found that Dio's reaction was completely different from that of his peers, when the dancer pestered Dio, Dio was not annoyed, and when the dancer deliberately snubbed Dio, Dio was not annoyed, only people who really did not take this kind of woman to heart could behave so plainly.
Seeing that it was almost noon, Theo was about to ask Taimi to inform the waiter to prepare lunch, when he suddenly saw a heavily armed warrior hurriedly running up, the temperament of the warrior is very different from the warriors of the Crystal City, because the Crystal City is a coastal city, and it is located at the rear of the county, there has been almost no conflict, so the warriors here lack the spirit of killing, and when they stormed the prison a few days ago, they found out that those warriors are just a group of rabble, bullying and bullying ordinary people, it is impossible to expect them to face the real bloody battleγ
And the samurai who suddenly appeared had a sharp eye, and he glanced around the hall, and suddenly saw Dio, he froze for a moment, and then immediately turned around and hurried down.
Although the warrior only stayed in the hall for a few seconds, Dio and the others noticed the change, and Gordon's face turned cold: "Who is that guy? Could it be Count Lez's people?"
"No way. Raymond said, "It's only been a few days? Count Rhodes can't know about the changes in Crystal City now, how can he send someone over?" Avery you go and keep an eye on that guy to see what he is all about. β
"Yes, sir. Avery saw that Raymond had assigned him a task, and stood up in high spirits.
"I feel...... The guy was somewhat familiar. Dio frowned and muttered, "But I can't remember where I've seen it." β
"Think again!" said Raymond.
Dio pondered for a long time, shook his head with a wry smile, and said, "I really can't remember." β
"If you can't think of it, forget it. Gordon said, "Avery has followed, and when he returns, we'll ask him again." β
"That's all it can be......" Dior whispered.
"Dio, what's wrong with you?" Raymond noticed that Dio's expression was a little unusual.
"I don't know why, it feels ...... I was a little nervous and my heart was beating hard. Dio let out a long breath.
Gordon and Raymond couldn't help but glance at each other, they have known each other for so long, they know Dio's style too well, no matter what kind of opponent they meet, they have never seen Dio flinch, why are they inexplicably nervous this time?
"Taimi, go get us lunch, hurry up. Gordon suddenly said, "Maybe...... We'll have something to do in the afternoon. β
"Okay. Taimi grinned as she left Theo's shoulder, shook her steps, and walked towards the inner porch.
It didn't take long for lunch to be ready, and Gordon and Raymond were busy eating, because they had something on their minds, and they had very little to say, and when lunch was almost over, Gordon ordered two more jugs of wine, until they had drunk one of them, and Avery never appeared.
"Avery this guy...... Usually he looks quite clever, but what's going on today?" Gordon was a little impatient.
As soon as Gordon finished speaking, footsteps were heard at the staircase, and Avery stiffened as he walked upward, and what made him stiff was that he had a hand on his shoulder, and a strange, heavily armed warrior followed closely behind Avery.
When Dio saw the visitor, he only felt that his head was buzzing, his eyes became a little straight, and his mouth was slightly open, but he couldn't say a word.
The warrior reached out and nudged, and with a bang, Avery slammed his back against the wall, his face full of panic, and he was looking at Dio and the others with a distressed gaze, and the warrior turned around, and his gaze swept away, and his eyes fell on Dio.
Immediately afterward, one after another samurai came up from below and lined up beside the samurai.
"The pomp is not small......" Gordon looked at the wine in the glass and said lightly.
"yes, yes, it's been a long time since it's been this lively. Raymond's face was full of smirks: "Come, Gordon, let's have a drink." β
Gordon smiled, raised his glass and touched Raymond gently, those warriors were obviously coming for them, even if Raymond was careful in everything, he would not be afraid that others would deliberately find trouble, let alone Gordon, and, whether it was a fight or a killing, the first strike was always to take some advantage, they drank this glass of wine, and then they had to throw away the wine glass and move in a dashing manner.
At this moment, another figure slowly walked up, her steps were very light and calm, she looked graceful and atmospheric, and when she stood at the top of the stairs, she first lowered her head and was silent for a moment, as if she was preparing something, then raised her head, her gaze swept to the hall, and then, like those warriors, her gaze also fell on Dio.
Perhaps because the sunlight outside was too dazzling, the figure was covered with a faint golden light, which filled her whole person with a sacred and inviolable taste, and her white cheeks were more flawless than the purest paintings in the world, and her beauty did not belong to the youthful and lively type, nor did she belong to the mature and glamorous type, but a kind of elegance and softness to the extreme.
The whole hall suddenly became different, as if an invisible sun had risen here, and the hall was silent, and Gordon and Raymond, who had been murderous just now, were also stunned, they had seen many, many beautiful women, but none of them could be so suffocatingly beautiful, and Taimi's eyes showed a look of jealousy, close to crazy jealousy.
The woman took off her cloak, pushed Avery against the wall, and the warrior took a respectful step forward, taking the cloak in her hand, and the woman walked slowly towards Dio, the eyes of everyone in the room following her figure.
Some people are born to be the center of the world, and even if he or she doesn't do anything or say anything, he or she will attract the attention of countless people.
The next moment, the woman slowly sat down opposite Dio, she first looked at the messy plate on the table, and then smiled: "Dio, it seems that you are having a good time. β
has decided to enjoy it, of course Dio and the others will not be wronged themselves, this lunch is calculated, it will cost at least two gold coins, and things are naturally a little more, and for ordinary people, this is definitely a life of poverty and luxury, a lunch is enough for ordinary people for half a year, although this is one of the few high-end restaurants in the Crystal City, but the cost is too high.
Gordon and Raymond's eyes immediately shifted to Dio, their eyes widened one by one, and their eyes were full of self-suppressed questioning, if it weren't for the indescribable beauty of the woman that stopped them, it is estimated that they would have grabbed Dio and interrogated him loudly, when did you kid know this kind of superlative beauty?!
At this moment, Taimi suddenly made an unexpected move, she did not expect that the woman was coming for Theo, and Dio was her inevitable prey, because of her crazy jealousy, she suddenly wanted to do something to hurt her opponent fiercely.
"Lord Theo, you were so powerful last night...... Taimi sat down in Theo's arms and exclaimed, "People can't do it...... Is it okay to let them go tonight? Okay......"
(There's another chapter tonight...... οΌ