【Chapter 25】Silver Spirit City
After a long journey of nearly a month, Izzy and Yanna traveled all the way from the Misty Isle in the southwest corner of Sapro to the central city of the north, Silver Spirit City. The pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info is still entering the city, and the appearance of Yinling City has already come into the eyes of the two. The tall city wall exudes a silver light, because of the special products of frost sand stone and other stones, so most of the buildings are built by it, under the refraction of the sun, the whole silver spirit city seems to be covered in silver, as if like a silver castle in a dream, exudes fantasy beauty.
Izzy is used to this, because it is a day's trip from Tyre to here, and it is not a long distance, and if there is not some mountainous obstruction, it is possible to look here from Tyre. But Yanna had only seen Silver Spirit City in the book, and when she Silver Spirit City appeared in front of her, she still felt extra surprised and delighted.
"It's even more beautiful than what I've seen in ...... book"
Yanna's eyes looked at the Silver Spirit City close at hand in surprise, and she couldn't help but sigh. Seeing that Yeona was a little excited, Izzy couldn't help but laugh.
"Of course, those boring books are colorless after all......" Before Izzy could finish speaking, Yeonna pursed her lips and interrupted Izzy.
"That's not right, books are simple descriptions of things, so we can get a general idea, and the real details, such as colors, are in our imagination. Seeing that Yeonna's cute little face became serious, Izzy had no choice but to smile and nod.
"Well, you have the final say, I don't like to read anyway. ”
"So you're a very rigid person. Seeing that what Yanna said made sense, Izzy had no choice but to raise her hand in surrender and agree with her words.
The two of them talked and laughed along the way to the front of Silver Spirit City. Under the huge city gate, countless people of different shapes come and go. On both sides, more than a dozen Cold Light Guards dressed in neat silver and bright armor, pressing the sharp long sword at their waists with one hand, stood majestically in place, ready to deal with unexpected situations at any time.
Izzy took Yanna's small hand and walked straight inside, their figures were inconspicuous in the mixed flow of people, even though Izzy was wearing a trench coat of the Order, but due to the situation along the way, he was covered with dust, and he looked no different from the fleeing people, except that he had a long narrow knife hanging from his waist.
"What kind of person are we going to meet?"
Yeonna asked curiously as she walked, only to see Izzy think for a moment, "A man." ”
"What kind of man?"
Apparently not satisfied with Izzy's answer, she asked. Izzy, on the other hand, took her by the hand and walked in the direction of the bustling bazaar, answering her without looking back, "A man who is not strong-willed." ”
"I heard Lord Bai Ling say that Nivendon of Silver Spirit City is the younger one among the lords. ”
Hearing this, Izzy nodded, "Well, so he's not strong-willed. ”
"Why is that?"
In the face of Yeonna's repeated questions, Izzy had no choice but to continue to answer her questions helplessly.
"He was always worried that if I were the lord of Silver Spirit City, I wouldn't let Kurad's army go from his doorstep. ”
As Izzy spoke, his long and narrow eyes cautiously watched the dense crowd around him.
"Oh..."
Yeona nodded as if she didn't understand, although she didn't understand what Izzy said, but looking at the determined expression on Izzy's face, she thought he was right.
The two of them passed through the bustling market, and the cries of the people on both sides of the street gradually faded away. They turned the corner and walked into another narrow street, which was deserted, and no one seemed to live here, and on the street, there were only one or two old men, with crutches in their hands, walking by the two of them.
Yeona always had a curious look on her face, as if she had never seen anything, whether it was a small house or an old well, she always had to come up and take a look, and Izzy looked like she was used to it.
"We're here," Izzy whispered, and stopped.
Yanna looked up and saw that they had reached the end of the road, and in the middle was a small church building, a dilapidated wooden door, because no one had cleaned and repaired it for a long time, the wooden door showed tiny gaps, and this two-story building looked even more dusty.
Izzy stepped forward and gently pushed open the wooden door. As the wooden door moved, a puff of dust was immediately kicked up, and Yanna coughed repeatedly. Izzy waved her arms and pulled Yeona in. It was indeed a small church, with a few benches in a mess, and in front of them was a small pulpit, and there was nothing left but that. In the dark hall, Yeona covered her mouth and nose with her hands, breathing carefully, as if as long as she breathed, the dust could be sucked into her mouth.
It's a familiar place for Izzy. Generally on some festivals, the priest here will lead the people to do activities and prayers, and the mercenaries of the Order in Tyre Town will sometimes deliver the information issued by the bishop to the nearby church, and some necessary materials, and even accept some commissions from the people here, as mercenaries, which is also a small amount of income for them, after all, the people's remuneration is not high, and there is very little money for issuing commissions.
But then, for unknown reasons, the priest left, and the chapel was abandoned, and the Order's mercenaries never even came here again.
"Izzy, what are we doing here, are we going to settle here?" asked Yanna, confused, and Izzy wiped the dust from a bench with her hand.
"No, we're going to wait for someone first, and then we'll take you to the tavern to find a place to stay. ”
With that, Izzy patted the dust off her hands and posed a sign to Yanna, motioning for her to sit on the bench she had just cleaned. Yeonna nodded and sat down, her hands still tightly covering her mouth and nose, and only a pair of big eyes full of doubts appeared on her white little face.
"I thought we'd go straight to Nevandon. Yeona said leisurely, her tone more like a hint of complaint.
"Without complete certainty, we would be sent to death if we went to Nivandon, not to mention that he has always been indecisive. ”
As Izzy was explaining, suddenly the wooden door of the church was pushed open with a creaking sound, as if with a little more force, the dilapidated wooden door would shatter to the ground.
At this time, I saw a person walk in, and the dust that had just been kicked up choked him coughed repeatedly. His exaggerated appearance, his unkempt hair, and the trench coat of the Order on his body all felt so familiar to Izzy.
"Hey, Cedric......" Cedric, who he hadn't seen in a long time, Izzy smiled and stretched out his hand to say hello.
Cedric coughed vigorously twice and strolled over to Izzy's side, his razor-sharp eyes looking Izzy up and down, a masked smile on his lips.
"Hey, boss, you're back, except for Tiara, I'm the one who misses you the most. ”
"Who is Tiara......"
Yanna asked softly, and Cedric noticed the cute little girl sitting on the bench, "Tiara is ......".
"Cedric, borrow a step to speak"
Before Cedric could finish, Izzy interrupted him softly and turned his head to gesture. The two slowly came to the podium, and Cedric even smiled evilly.
"Boss, you have someone to accompany you wherever you go, your fate is really good, tell me who this lovely girl is, where did you pick it up?".
"I have a better fate, this is the king's daughter"
As soon as Izzy finished speaking, Cedric immediately showed a shocked expression, he exaggerated his hands and turned his head to look at Yanna sitting on the bench, and Yanna, who was sitting in the distance, couldn't hear the conversation between the two, but saw Cedric looking at him, she still covered her mouth and nose, and nodded.
"The king's daughter, then, is the boss going into the royal family? Then we can be as domineering as those nobles, right? ”
Cedric bent down to Izzy as he spoke, and performed a set of etiquette for meeting the nobles. Yanna watched Cedric's funny appearance from a distance and couldn't help laughing.
"Shut up, Cedric, and get down to business. Izzy said solemnly, and Cedric slowly straightened up, turned and waved a respectful gesture to Yanna in the distance.
"It's just that I don't understand why she is doing this. Cedric looked at Izzy quizzy and reached out to cover his nose and mouth.
Seeing this, Izzy sighed slightly, "Maybe you're allergic to dust, or you're a little clean, or maybe your ugly appearance makes her unbearable to look at it." ”
Izzy simply mocked, Cedric's appearance was naturally not ugly, and he was quite handsome.
"Well, Boss, why don't you just head back to Tyre, Tiara and Farnes are waiting to pick you up. ”
"I have something else to do here, the Olga have been killed, how are you guys okay now?"
Hearing Izzy's words, Cedric's smile gradually disappeared at this time, he took a deep breath, and a sad expression slowly appeared on his face, Cedric pondered for a moment, and was about to open his mouth, only to see Izzy glaring at him angrily and shouting "Say it quickly!"
"Uh... Since the day we received your letter, the Order has sent supplies as usual......" Cedric told Izzy the truth. Izzy listened to Cedric's words, his expression gradually became solemn, and on that serious face, the narrow scar made people feel extra terrifying, and couldn't help but make Cedric's heart nervous.
"Hey, did I tell you to do it?"
Izzy said in an airish voice, pacing the podium with his hands behind his back. "Tiara was afraid that something would happen to Faense, and I couldn't stop him that day. ”
As soon as Cedric's words fell, Izzy stopped and snorted angrily, "Hmph, Faennes is fine, but he killed Jack." ”
"Faennes also lost a ...... in his arm," Cedric added, looking down.
"Why, are you quite satisfied with the results?" Izzy asked angrily, they grew up in Tyre, they were close, Izzy often bullied Cedric and Jack when he was a child, and although Faense always quarreled with Izzy, he was always forced to surrender, so in their hearts, they were still more afraid of Izzy. Seeing Izzy's angry look, Cedric also bowed his head and fell silent.
And Yeonna, who was sitting in the seat, heard Izzy's shouts and saw his angry demeanor, but she didn't know what was going on, so she just sat in her seat and looked at the two people on the podium seriously. After a brief silence, Cedric lowered his head and asked silently.
"So what do we do now?".
"Although I said that Olga was killed, the Black Prince thought that we didn't know, so Jasmine sent supplies in advance to appease us. Nothing happened, but it's good to tear up with them in advance. ”
"We're afraid that the knights of the Order will attack us......"
Cedric whispered a defense, which made Izzy angry, and before he could finish speaking, Izzy stepped forward and interrupted him, "Then who do you blame?"
"Faens said blame your letter for not coming at the right time. ”
"Damn Faenns, always wishful thinking. ”
"What are we going to do next?" Cedric whispered, looking up at Izzy to see if his frightening face had eased. At this time, Izzy took a deep breath, trying to calm his mood, but a trace of worry still appeared on his face.
"What was the last batch of supplies sent by the Order?"
"A whole box of silver coins and soft armor. ”
Cedric said as he pulled open his collar and showed Izzy the white shirt he wore underneath from the Order. Looking at Cedric's appearance, Izzy couldn't help but frown.
"Don't be ashamed, Cedric, your collar is dirty. ”
"Well, this shirt is a special material, it's very comfortable, I've tried it with a blade, it's not easy to puncture, but if you use force, it will still pierce. ”
Cedric said, arranging his collar again, blocking his shirt. "Hehe, those old guys will only fool you kids with these cheap gadgets, how much silver will you send?" said Izzy nonchalantly, as if he were a more mature middle-aged man.
"Well, I haven't counted, it seems like there must be three or four thousand. ”
"It's unexpected, it's enough money to reorganize an army. ”
Hearing Izzy's voice calm down, Cedric scratched the unkempt hair on his head, "It seems that the Order's intention is to let us expand so that we can continue to be dogs for them. ”
Izzy thought about it and nodded, and then Yanna, who was sitting in the distance, became a little impatient, she looked at Izzy a little angrily, and just wanted to stand up. Seeing that Izzy waved her hand softly, signaling that she was waiting patiently for a while, Yanna had to sit down impatiently again.
"Well, Cedric, you bring the money here alone, I'll be useful. ”
"When?"
"Tomorrow night, in the dead of night, remember that you are alone, and do not let anyone else know. ”
"Why?" Cedric wondered.
"What, why are you going to go around the world with a box of belongings?"
"Oh. But I'm afraid Faense won't agree. ”
Hearing Cedric's words, Izzy slapped him on the head hard, "I said don't let them know." Only then did Cedric rub his head and nodded.
"Okay, that's it, what's the specific situation, we'll talk about it then, you can let the Faens and them stay in Tyre with peace of mind, at least the Black Prince won't take us seriously now. ”
Hearing this, Cedric agreed with a smile and walked out quickly, and when he passed by Yanna, he didn't forget to stop, bowed solemnly to Yanna, and then walked out of the church quickly.
For a while, Yanna felt inexplicable, she took a light step and silently came to Izzy's side, "Who is that strange person?"
At this time, Izzy sighed deeply, and the corners of his mouth showed a gentle and kind smile, and the oozing scar on his face no longer looked so terrifying, "It's the funny Cedric I often say." ”
"Oh, no wonder the behavior is so absurd......"
Along the way, Cedric was most often mentioned by Izzy, because when Izzy was talking to Yanna about the mercenaries of the Order, there was always a shadow of him in all interesting things, so Cedric also left a deep impression on Yanna.
At this time, Ichi pulled Yanna out, which seemed to Yanna to be finally relieved, and in the dusty room, she felt unusually uncomfortable with every breath. For a little girl who had been living in a clean room before, suddenly came here. So Yeonna's actions didn't surprise Izzy.
"Shall we go to see a man who is not strong-willed?"
"No, we're going to see the cunning man. ”
Izzy's words made Yanna puzzled again, and she repeated softly, "Cunning man?" Hearing Yanna's question, Izzy smiled.
"Yes, we're going to ask that cunning man for a room and some food. ”
Looking at Izzy's smiling face, Yeona knew that Izzy was referring to the owner of the tavern, but she didn't understand why Izzy said that, maybe for him, every sanctimonious merchant was cunning. Merchants are careful about money and make their lives higher than those of others by harming the simple-minded people. This is the highest opinion that Izzy has for the merchants, and although the merchants also have a good side, it may not have been seen by him.
"Aren't we going to see Nivendon directly?"
"We'll go see him early the day after tomorrow, at least I'll have to make sure that when we meet, I won't feel embarrassed that I'm empty-handed. ”
"And what are we going to give?"
Yanna asked, she knew that although Bai Ling had asked Afra to send a lot of money to herself when she was in Misty Island, the cost along the way was also relatively large, and until here, they had very little money left, not even enough to stay in the tavern for a few days, let alone buy any gifts for the lord.
"Give a gift that people love...... Izzy said silently, the corners of his mouth curling as he took her hand and walked straight down the bustling street in the distance......