The village chief saw Betty clutching his clothes and looking at him with hopeful eyes, and under such a double attack, the village chief, who couldn't resist Betty's coquettish blows, immediately disarmed and surrendered.

"Okay, I do have a dress for the party, and since little Betty has asked me for that, then I can't let you down, can I?

This dress can be given to Russell to try, but old man, I'm old now, and it doesn't necessarily fit Russell's body, so don't blame me if it's not suitable!"

After that, the village chief didn't even hold the crutches, and walked directly into the room slowly, and Russell, who didn't know the specific situation, was dumbfounded.

Betty saw Russell's surprised look, chuckled and explained to Russell,

"Russell, you must have been deceived by the weak appearance of the village chief's grandfather, he was the strongest hunter in our village when he was young, if he hadn't suddenly fallen last year, or the village chief's grandfather would still be able to fetch water and go home alone!"

So the two stayed in the hall for a long time, and even changed a few glasses of water in the water cups, and then the door of the house slowly opened.

The village chief held the banquet clothes in both hands and walked carefully in front of them,

"This is what I received many years ago, the lord of the town, inviting me to a banquet, I bought it from the tailor's shop in the town for five silver coins, except for important days, I carefully cherish it and will not wear it!"

"This, such a precious thing, or I wouldn't have worn such precious clothes!"

Russell saw the village chief's inseparable appearance, and was slightly embarrassed to excuse himself.

At this time, Betty took the clothes from the village chief's hand, handed them to Russell, and said, "Since the village chief's grandfather has kindly given you his most precious clothes, then Russell, you have to give it a try, how can you know if this dress fits if you don't try it, right?"

Russell thought about it, such a person is also right, after all, he has never worn rough clothes, and in the bottom of his heart, he does not want to wear these shabby clothes.

Russell found the banquet dress from Betty's hand, and when he looked at it carefully, he realized that it was only the clothes worn by the common people in the city, at most the clothes worn by the wealthy merchants in the city.

However, the village is so poor that even this ordinary piece of clothing is a precious treasure in the eyes of the villagers.

Russell walked to a hidden place and put the dress on his body, and to his surprise, the dress unexpectedly fitted.

Russell happily walked out and showed the two of them what he was wearing, and it could be seen from Betty's cheerful expression that the dress did match him very well.

The village chief also looked at the clothes on Russell's body in shock, and he suddenly realized that he had overlooked a detail, the banquet clothes would be made bigger, and his figure was not rickety at that time, so Russell could wear this dress perfectly.

Betty happily walked up to Russell's side, looked at Russell everywhere like a painter, and sincerely admired,

"It's really suitable for you, this dress seems to be made for Russell, it's really beautiful, don't you say it's grandpa?"

The village chief nodded yes with a sad face, he knew that this dress could be worn by Russell, which meant that he would not come back for this dress in a short time.

Russell also liked this dress at the moment, it was made of close-fitting cloth, unlike the clothes in other villages, rubbing the skin everywhere, it was a very comfortable garment.

Betty kept an eye out for Russell's tattered clothes, which had a lot of intact pieces of cloth with gold threads, which could be used to mend many of the family's clothes.

After Betty finished picking up her clothes, she noticed that Russell was watching her, and she hurriedly explained,

"That, that, I like the lines on this dress, I don't know if you agree with me to take it back. ”

When Russell heard this, he hurriedly waved his hand and explained: "I didn't mean to stop you, I just looked at this dress and couldn't help but think of some past events." ”

"Huh?" Betty tilted her head in confusion, not knowing what Russell was talking about.

It wasn't until Russell had changed into new clothes that the house was quiet again.

The village chief, who calmed down, sat on a chair and took a sip of water, and asked calmly: "The matter of your clothes has been solved, do you have anything else to ask me?"

Russell already had countless questions in his heart, and he hurriedly put out the problems in his heart one by one.

"Village chief, I don't know what kind of place this is, and who is in charge of this place?"

The village chief knew that Russell was from a far away place, so he didn't think much about it, and directly told him the history of coming here.

"Lord Russell, our village is called Seth Village, a small village located on the western border of the Heka Kingdom, and we are under the rule of Lord Baron Albert, lord of the town next door. ”

"Heka Kingdom?" Russell frowned when he heard this, Russell, as a noble lord in an empire, knew the name of every kingdom in his world.

However, the name of this kingdom was unheard of by him, and of course, under the rule of the empire, no one else would be allowed to create a kingdom that was not subordinate to the empire.

Russell knows that the abyss comes from different worlds, so are there many other worlds similar to the abyss?

He vaguely remembered that he had been caught up in the spatial rift in the decisive battle with Edward, and perhaps he had now arrived in another world.

Russell still has a lot of friends there, and they're still holding on to the city.

Even if the Abyss Lord Edward was as dead as he expected, the few remaining leaders, such as the Minotaur Toruń, were a threat to his companions.

And the dawn he relied on the most was completely broken in the decisive battle with Edward, and his family crest was also lost in the spatial crack.

Russell today doesn't even know the specifics of the world he is in, and he doesn't know how to get back into his world.

Where is the future? Russell looked up at the cobweb-covered roof and sighed.

Seeing Russell's move, the village chief asked with concern, "Your Excellency Russell, are we very far away from your hometown? Have you never heard of our place?"

Russell nodded and said, "Village Chief, it's true that as you said, I don't know anything about this place.

Thank you for lending me precious clothes, I'm still not familiar with this place, I wonder if I can stay in Saith Village for a while?"

"Of course, everyone is welcome in Seth Village, and besides, little Betty, she really wants you to be here, haha!"

The village chief looked at Betty, who was behind Russell, and couldn't help but laugh.

"Grandpa the village chief, why did you suddenly say that!" Betty looked at the village chief complainingly, her face quietly turning red.

Russell was just about to say goodbye and leave, when there was a knock at the door,

"Village Chief, the subordinates of the lord of the town are here again, and they have an important matter that they must tell you personally!"

The village chief sighed silently when he heard this, his expression became complicated, and he looked reluctant.

The village chief's attention caught Russell's attention, and he opened his mouth to ask, The village chief,

"Village Chief, why did you suddenly become serious when you heard the news? Is there something unspeakable in your heart?"

The village chief looked up at Russell sadly, and explained the reason for his sorrow.

"Russell, you are an outsider, you don't know that our lord here is greedy, and he can collect many times in the same year the taxes and fees set by the kingdom.

Recently, the world has changed, and there are more and more wandering bandits and ferocious beasts, and in order to send troops to exterminate these people who want to kill their lives, the lord has been collecting the fees for sending troops recently, and we can only tighten our belts to pay the collected money in order to seek protection.

It's just that our village obviously paid the expenses for the recent period three days ago, but now they are here again, alas, I really don't know what to do!"

Russell's mood was also much heavier, and this kind of indiscriminate taxation was also common in his world, but he was not a nobleman who could not say anything, who did not know that the luxurious life of the aristocracy was built on the starving peasants?

Russell was silent for a while, but still said to the village chief: "Village chief, I'll go with you!"

The village chief glanced at Russell in surprise, he didn't expect that when he encountered difficulties, Russell, as an outsider, did not retreat, but took the initiative to move forward and face the lord's subordinates with him.

This act of bravery was enough to make the village chief look up to Russell.

"I'm going too!, Grandpa, village chief, just let me go there with you!" called Betty loudly from behind, a little worried about Russell's safety, and wanting to go with them.

The village chief straightened his face and said to Betty: "Betty, be obedient, that is not the place where a child of your age should stay, you hurry back home, I will let Russell go back after the matter is over!"

Betty knew that this matter was very important, and she was not a willful child, so she had to reluctantly agree to the village chief's request, and walked in the direction of home with some unfinished thoughts.

Russell and the village chief walked out of the house, and the village chief took Russell and walked towards the entrance of the village.

Along the way, the water was murmuring, the birds were singing and the flowers were fragrant, and Russell even relieved the pain on his body a lot, and this is indeed a good home to live in.

Russell found that the village chief was alone with him, and he looked indifferent, so he said what was in his heart.

"Village Chief, aren't we going to discuss things with the lord's subordinates, why don't we bring the other men with us?"

The village chief laughed in front of him, "What you said is very funny, why are you bringing so many men with me? Can you still make the lord collect less taxes? They are all guarded by soldiers, if there are more people, it will be effective, then I can't wait to call all the men, women and children of the whole village over!"

At this time, Russell knew the helpless feelings of the villagers in the face of the lord's taxation, he had only heard of it before, but it was not until he witnessed the embarrassment of the village chief that he knew that the peasants' real life was not easy.

The whole village was not too big, and Russell and the village chief quickly walked to the entrance of the village, and Russell could already clearly see the armor of the people standing at the entrance of the village.

Their armor was generally silver, and the armor reflected bright lights in the sunlight, and some of them were so shaky that people couldn't open their eyes.

However, their outfit caught Russell's attention, this kind of full-body armor should be very expensive, can the soldiers under the average lord wear this kind of armor?

Russell looked at the village chief beside him and noticed that his expression had changed slightly, and it seemed that the village chief didn't know who it was, after all, their equipment was so far away from the tax collectors he knew well, even an old man like him couldn't recognize their identities.

Finally, Russell and the village chief arrived at the entrance of the village, and the two and this group of strangers looked at each other speechlessly, looking at each other, Russell stared closely at the long sword equipped on each other's bodies, revealing a solemn atmosphere at this moment.