Chapter 55: The Missing Man
The girl walked over gracefully. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info her slightly curly dark brown hair, two royal blue satin ribbons tied in double ponytails, and her slender but divine eyes reveal the self-improvement of her character. Her appearance is not as striking at first glance as Veronica, but it is also beautiful and moving, giving people a different feeling. At this time, Lance had to wonder if Idiris was a place rich in beautiful women.
Lance suddenly remembered who this girl was. Isn't this Captain Bag's daughter, Anne, who had met that night at Redwood Cathedral? Lance couldn't believe she was Captain Bag's daughter.
"Annie, my good daughter, you're here. When Captain Bagh saw his daughter Anne, he smiled like a sunflower.
"Dad, I'm bringing you breakfast. As she spoke, Anne saw Lance on the side, and then smiled and said hello:
"You're Lance. My name is Anne and I work as a clerk in the center of town. I watched Grandpa Andre carry you into the mahogany chapel that day. Thanks to the Naherni Magic Flower you sent in time, everyone was spared. How's your wound going? Out of the way, right?"
"Well, thank you Miss Anne for your concern. I'm fine. ”
"It's okay, we're all worried about you. Anne smiled indifferently and said, "But don't call me Miss Anne, just call me Anne." Now in Menise, only Grandpa Andrei has an official title, and the others are only honorary titles. Therefore, only Sister Veronica can be called Miss Veronica. ”
Lance also looked at Anne blankly. Only then did Lance realize that he hadn't noticed that Veronica was actually a young lady from an aristocratic family.
Originally, Lance listened to the healer knight, and he only cared about the word "healer", so he naturally regarded Veronica as a girl from a civilian family. But Andrei was a knight in the end, a nobleman. It's just that this nobleman not only collects rent, but also treats people.
Think about all the physical encounters I've had with Veronica before, and the lies I've made up about couples. This must be very embarrassing for Veronica, a young lady who has received an aristocratic education. Lance then remembered why Veronica was blushing and panicking at every turn along the way.
"Alas, I was only 2 heads away from becoming an official knight, but it's a pity that I missed the best opportunity. As he spoke, he picked up a loaf of bread and began to eat it.
Anne smiled and handed the water bladder to her father, Bag, who had gobled it up, "I think it would be nice to be a freeman, to own land and not be bound by the laws of nobility." ”
Lance asked suspiciously, "Two heads, how many people can be killed to become knights?"
Bagh took a sip of water, swallowed the bread, and said in a reluctant tone, "First of all, you have to have 80 kills. And it had to be a kill by the regular army. Secondly, there must be nobles who are willing to canonize you. At that time, Azi, the Duke of Idiris, announced that anyone who could kill 80 regular demon legionnaires could be canonized as knights. As a result, I only killed 78 of them at the end of the war, and in the end I was only an honorary knight. It's just that from a commoner to a free people. ”
"Is there a difference between a commoner and a freedman?"
Anne handed a jug of water to Lance, and said, "Yes, commoners cannot own independent farmland, they can only rent it. But freedmen could have their own arable land. Because the land was state, commoners could only rent the land of freedmen and nobles and then pay taxes. However, the merits accumulated through military exploits can be exchanged for the status of a free citizen. And the highest rank of freemen is the Knight of Honor. ”
Soon Captain Bagh also finished eating bread. He burped, then sat down on a nearby rock, and asked between his teeth, "Anne, there's nothing big in town?" ”
Anne packed up the basket, looked at Lance and said, "It's not a big deal, it's just that everyone is a little busy." Like the ruins of the five buildings that were burned, everyone is clearing the ruins. The Rogier family, whose houses were burned, all lived in the idle houses of other dead villagers. But now a third of the houses are idle, and I don't care about burning a few houses. And Grandpa Andre's secret passage was also blocked by Mayor Cowbert. ”
Lance was now embarrassed, avoiding Anne's gaze. After all, those houses were burned by their own fire.
Seeing Lance's embarrassed expression, Anne snickered a little, and then continued:
"There are also too many casualties and a clear shortage of labor. Much of the arable land has been abandoned, and we now have to take care of the land of three people by ourselves. Everyone is busy. However, there are many vacant houses now. ”
"Have you counted the exact number of casualties five days ago?"
Anne put the basket on her arm and said: "The statistics are out, and the entire Viscount of Menice is 168 dead and 315 disabled. However, most of the people or bodies were recovered, and only one person was missing. ”
Bagh asked, "Who?"
"Old beggar Marcus. Everyone had seen him that night, but the next day he was gone. ”
Bagh touched his goatee and said lightly, "Maybe this old fellow Marcus thinks Menice is too dangerous and leaves." ”
"Perhaps, see you at noon, Dad. Lens, goodbye. With that, Anne took the basket and walked away.
But the faces of Lance and Loxani were full of doubt. Lance touched the ring that the old beggar Marcus had given him on his hand, and his mind was full of speculation. Could it be that the old beggar Marcus gave himself the ring and then left? Is it really a mission?
"Hey, red-eyed boy, what are you thinking?" Captain Bagh woke up Lance in a daze, and said, "Would you like to hear my guide to traveling in Menise?"
As soon as he heard the travel guide, Roxani came back to life with full blood, and said excitedly: "Old man, old man, say it quickly." ”
Roxani and Captain Bagh excitedly began to discuss, but Lance kept thinking. But soon, Loxani, who got the complete strategy, said goodbye to Captain Bagg. dragged Lance out in high spirits.
And after getting Captain Bag's travel guide. Loxani took Lance to see not only all the buildings in the town of Ménice. He also ran out of town with Lance. Turned around a radius of five miles.
However, Lance also gained a lot, and through chatting with many people, he at least figured out a lot of common sense.
For example, the mayor of Menice is the "good old man" Corbett, and if you want to buy a house or something, you can go to him. Aunt Mia is not only the proprietress of the grocery store, but also runs a war orphanage to adopt war orphans. Quincy also volunteers at the orphanage.
And Menizhe is most famous, in fact, Andrei's medical clinic, which is famous throughout Idiris. Many people have gone to great lengths to come from all over the world to see a doctor. But now Andre is no longer out of the clinic, and he basically leaves everything in the hospital to his granddaughter Veronica.
Lance hears from Martin, a hunter who has traveled all the way from Piercing Town, a subordinate of the Earldom of Rowlai, that Veronica's medical skills are not inferior to his grandfather Andre, and even better than blue. Hunter Martin's stubborn shoulder pain as soon as he arrived on a cloudy day has not been cured for ten years. But when a friend recommended Veronica, he came to visit. Only under Veronica's meticulous treatment, after half a year of recuperation, she basically didn't get sick again.
He now crosses the forest of Clay every two months, regardless of the danger, and takes a shortcut to Menize through the forest paths that have long been deserted. Just to give Veronica's family, who healed their shoulders, some leather goods obtained from hunting.
And every family within a radius of hundreds of miles, almost every family as long as they are sick, is basically cured by Veronica. That's why Veronica's popularity is very high in the vicinity of Ménice. It has gradually become the favorite goddess of many young people.
At the same time, Lance also learns of Veronica's origins. Veronica's parents are actually divorced. But what surprised Lance the most was that it was actually Andre who divorced Veronica's mother, Angela, and his son Brian. The reason is that Andre feels that his son Brian is a waste and an alcoholic, and Angela will not be happy with Brian.
So after asking Angela's opinion, he forced his son to divorce. And under Andrei's introduction, Angela remarried a baron and lived a normal life. Veronica has lived with her grandfather Andre since she was a child.
As for Veronica's father, Brian, after being stripped of his inheritance rights by Andre. is to eat, drink, prostitute and gamble all day long, and be abducted. André no longer has contact with his son Brian, but only pays him some money on time every month so that he does not starve to death.
Now Lance dragged his tired body and silently watched out the window at Veronica's infirmary as they began to go home.
When I went out in the morning, Chaoyang lazily showed half of his head. By the time they returned to the infirmary to find Veronica, the sun had already gone down and slept. Tomorrow is about to embark on a new journey. Lance's heart was also a little more curious and expectant.