Chapter 2: Jimmy
Chris chose a room close to the inner courtyard, and when he opened the window, he could see the man-made garden in the inner courtyard, and the air was fresh. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
After a short rest, Chris walked out of the inn.
Coming to Chasi's blacksmith shop, this bold dwarf came forward with a hug, but in order to take care of his enthusiasm, Chris had to crouch down to meet him.
Chris took out the claws from the bag, and it had become unrecognizable.
Henry's charge had struck Chris the night before, and the shockwave had caused the claws to fall apart before striking the wall, its inner circlip and outer walls flattened and deformed, and it was placed on the table and scattered with a clatter.
The dwarf's eyes widened, "Oh, my friend, I think you're using it as a hammer, God of Light!"
The dwarf's obsession with blacksmithing also extends to his own work, and the so-called love house and wu, at this time, his face is full of distress, and he stretches out his rough and broad hands to gently caress these traumatized parts, as if they are his children.
Chris shook his head: "I bumped into it during the fight." ”
The dwarf remained the same, stroking and sighing.
Chris handed over the talon to Chasi for repair, and the simple dwarf did not forget to tell him to take care of his weapons and tools as if he were his own child.
"If you are good to him, he will be good to you. ”
These were Chassi's exact words, and Chris also noted that Chassi used the name "he" to refer to the object, and for Chasi, the things he had created by his hands were already alive.
But in any case, Chasi's dedication to the craft is worthy of praise and learning.
Perhaps it is because of such a dedication that the blacksmith skills of the dwarves can crown the continent.
Out of the door, to the street, the street is full of people, today is not a large bazaar, but this is the imperial capital, the center of the mainland, even if there is no bazaar, here is just as prosperous.
The closer you get to the palace, the more solemn the building becomes, and the streets outside the palace are bright and neat, with patrolling guards on tall horses, dressed in magnificent armor and even the horses under them. The shops on the street are also richly decorated, and the shops here also sell the most luxurious and expensive items, such as apothecaries, hedron shops, equipment stores, and clothing stores.
But in fact, the most lively place is not here, the imperial capital is a slum, and naturally there are middle class residences except for the nobility, and most of the people here have a more decent job, such as the servant of the knights, the gardener of the nobles, and so on.
In the middle of the middle-class and slum settlements, there is a large square, in the center of which is a fountain with the statue of the current emperor Pegasus whipping, and the place on the edge of this fountain is occupied by bards, jugglers, and stalls of all kinds of snacks and knick-knacks.
This is the most lively place.
Chris came here, with great interest to see the juggling, a taste of snacks, the imperial capital has a distinct climate, so there are basically snacks everywhere, Chris was very surprised to find that people in this world are also very good at eating, such as this thing called "Ding Lingguo" in his hand at this time, although there is a word "fruit" in the name, but its main ingredient is actually not a fruit, but a kind of pupa called "Puza" insect chrysalis.
Locals mix this thing with mupu flour - similar to the tapioca flour of the previous life, add some honey and zhixiang, then put it in an oil pan and fry it, and after it is fully cooked, it is skewered together with wooden skewers, and it is crispy and refreshing in one bite, leaving a fragrant taste on the lips and teeth.
Chris had never eaten so many snacks in his father's territory, and since he came to the imperial capital, he had not been so relaxed since entering the academy, and he was in a very good mood, so he decided not to practice physical fitness and meditation today, just go shopping and relax, and it would be good to give himself a vacation.
He walked slowly through the crowd, looking at the small shops and knick-knacks on the streets, and eating the Ding Lingguo in his hand.
Jimmy was a pauper, or rather, a wandering beggar, who, since he was sensible, had not known who his parents were, what he could eat for his next meal, and where he could sleep at night—there were many such children in the slums, who had longed for a good life, but had ended up pinning their hopes on the gods rather than on their own hands.
But as despair grows, they have to rely on their own hands - they pick up everything they can use or eat to make their lives better, or they take things out of their pockets when people are not looking.
Compared to the former, the latter can enable oneself to live a good life for a longer period of time.
So, most of the time, Jimmy doesn't bother to go to the old quarters to pick up things they don't want.
Jimmy has been living this life for several years, and he has gradually become a skilled hand in this circle.
For a skillful hand, the most important thing is not to see whether the other party has money, but whether the other party can do it, Jimmy remembers that there were a few guys in the circle who were not bright enough to steal someone who should not have stolen, and they were caught and beaten to death or sold almost on the same day.
In Jimmy's opinion, it is very simple to analyze whether or not a person can be disobeyed: when he goes out, he will take a few retinues with him, and he can tell whether he is a foreign merchant or not, most of the people who come to play will walk together with several people of the same age - many of the students in Rantis are in this category, and as for whether they are nobles, it goes without saying that no nobleman will go out without an entourage, and if he does not - then he is unlucky.
And the boy that Jimmy was eyeing - sixteen or seventeen years old, dressed simply, probably not a nobleman, without an entourage, and judging by his pale face, it was evident that his body was not strong, and he was so interested in the things in the street that it was not a local.
It should be a guy who came to the imperial capital with his parents to do errands, but forgot to bring his entourage when he went out, the threat is not great, you can start!
As Jimmy drew closer, Chris was eating the dice in his hand, his eyes looking into the center of the square, where there was a juggler.
Golden opportunity!
Jimmy walked past the man to the right, and because he was eating a clove fruit, he raised his hand high to expose his waist—most of them had money bags in the lining of their clothes.
Jimmy quietly pulled out a small knife, in fact, this knife was only the length of a finger, once the hand was held, it was almost invisible from the outside, as long as he approached him, the tip of the knife exposed by the tip of the finger could cut through the opponent's clothes, and then, the other hand had to follow quickly, took out the money bag, and then turned and fled.
This sequence of movements was already very skilled for Jimmy.
However, this time it was a little different, the tip of the knife in Jimmy's hand was pierced through the sleeve by a wooden stick before it touched the man's clothes, and Jimmy screamed in his heart, and without any extra movements, he withdrew his hand, turned around, and ran.
Then, with a flower in front of him, his cheek had been firmly pinched.
Almost in tears, Jimmy took the hand in both hands and looked up.
It's the object of his own attack, the boy who is five or six years older than him.