Chapter Twenty-Four: Settling and Loitering
The two found the guards who had returned and reported to them that their wallets had been lost. The guard, who had once thrown his spear, listened to their account and said impatiently: "We can't take care of your affairs, this matter must be taken care of by the residents' office." “
Luo Xue hurriedly said to him: "We are from other places, not residents of the city. ”
After hearing the explanation that they were outsiders, the guard expressed his helplessness: "In that case, you can only consider yourself unlucky...... Good luck. He picked up his spear and followed the group, leaving the two men silent in the street. "Are you being taken care of by thieves?" asked an enthusiastic citizen, seeing the two men. After receiving an affirmative answer, the citizen leaned over and whispered, "It's not that these guards don't want to help, in fact, they are quite enthusiastic." If you don't have a task on your shoulders, you're happy to help us. "Recently, there have been a lot of money thefts in this area since a month ago. Not only travelers and adventurers, but also the local residents were stolen, and strangely enough, the thief seemed to know who had the money, and he specialized in stealing people who did not have the strength to bring money. That guy came and went without a trace, and as a result, we didn't dare to take too much money with us when we went out. “
Luo Xue felt that when she heard the citizens say this, she knew that she was invisibly despised. "In the end, the residents' office asked the patrol team to carry out a big search, and in the end they couldn't find the prisoner, so it was over, I didn't expect him to come over to commit the crime again today!" Speaking of resentment, he patted his thigh and raised his voice, as if he had also been stolen. ”
"Anyway, that's it, you must have a heart in the future. Other than that, it's peaceful, but please ignore the weirdo who just preached. ”
Luo Xue and Fan Xi'er glanced at each other and sighed: "We also accept our fate, do you know where there is a hotel here? Someone asked me to come here, but I couldn't find it." ”
"Turn left and turn left and right from here......" he pointed the way, and the two of them reached their destination with ease.
Deep in the residential area, two houses are sandwiched between a deep path that leads to a palatial lamppost and ornate gate with a sign that reads "Adventurer's House".
"There are hotels that will be opened in such a place, and I hope it will not exceed its psychological price. Luo Xue held the purple gold coin tightly in her hand, cheering herself up.
"As soon as you get inside, you hear all kinds of sounds, and the hotel feels like a carnival, with bubble beers colliding with each other, cheers, cheers and laughter, and the whole room is filled with the smell of male hormones. Steel inlays, iron sledgehammers, and fire fox feather arrows, all piled up in one corner, unexpectedly harmonious.
Why can't I hear any sound outside, could it be that there is a mute magic? Luo Xue can only blame magic for these incomprehensible phenomena.
And in any case, such an environment should not be too good.
The smell of sweat filled the room, and I couldn't get rid of it. They covered their noses, squeezed through the bustling crowd of adventurers, and came to the counter to ask for available rooms.
The owner of the pavilion with an apron in his hand came out of the kitchen with a vegetable spoon in his hand, and said with a gentle smile: "5 silver coins cover one day's food and accommodation, and the bath at the back of the hotel is free to use!" The kind smile seemed to have magical power, and it instantly infected Luo Xue and Fan Xi'er. But the fat body with the warm and sunny sound doesn't match at all. "It's so expensive, the hotel in Fanshui Town only costs 1 silver coin. "But maybe it's all the prices in the city, Luo Xue weighed the pros and cons and decided to stay for a day and try it. "Bring me two rooms-" Before Luo Xue finished speaking, Fan Xi'er tugged at the corner of his clothes, her face was slightly red, and then she whispered: "One is enough, we don't have much money." “
"Okay Rat, this is your room number plate, take it. He handed Luo Xue a tag.
"It's time for dinner, so I'll let you eat an extra meal, and when you're ready, just find a place to sit down and take the food yourself. ”
Entering the room, the space is quite large, and all the luggage on her body is put in the room, but there is only one bed, so Luo Xue is worried. "You can sleep on the bed, and I'll just sleep on the ground. ”
"Yes. Fan Xi'er responded, not polite at all. You can excuse yourself, or say something else, Luo Xue suddenly felt uncomfortable.
I went downstairs to eat and took a closer look around, where elves, dwarves, and humans gathered together, all talking about the heroic deeds of returning from the adventure.
"I rushed up with a sledgehammer alone, and I killed the tiger with a jump split!"
"Hey, don't go, don't look at its small size, but it's even more difficult to deal with than a lot of big people!"
"I saw a deer horned rabbit in the city today, although it is very cute, but after all, it is a monster, who would raise such a monster?"
"What do you see I've gotten in the forest? a large piece of 100% pure Mithril, there's definitely a small vein there!"
The bright magic lights mixed the sound of triumphant bragging, proud ostentation, and all kinds of envy, jealousy and hatred, and evenly conveyed it to everyone present.
Luo Xue originally thought that she would hate it, but she didn't dislike such an environment. He casually found a place, put his hand on his face, and listened to them quietly.
"What are you looking at?"
"Look at you!"
Two strong men suddenly began to roll and scuffle when they didn't say a word, and a bunch of people stood around and coaxed, lest the world be chaotic.
"Just slap your face!" "Don't defend if it's a man, let him fight!"
The crowd pushed away, and a kind face emerged, it was the shopkeeper who was still holding a vegetable spoon. The two of them suddenly saw this face in the midst of a grinning fight, and they both sat down on the ground in fright. "Would you two please leave?" the shopkeeper smiled and narrowed his eyes, and his steady and warm words caused goosebumps to rise on both of them.
"Yes! Yes, let's go at once!" the two men immediately got up and rolled out of the inn, not even daring to take the weapons on the table.
"Hey, the boss is serving the food!" the others were dissatisfied.
"Alright, it's almost there!" the owner replied loudly, and went into the kitchen to help the cook. This one thing is like throwing a pebble into a pond that ripples slightly and then passes quickly.
The people who made the coax broke up unhappily and went to do their "business" one after another, and the whole hotel was still staggered and lively.
Luo Xue was puzzled in the center of her eyes, so she casually pulled over a person who was stuffy to eat, and asked a person with two or three big chicken legs in his mouth, "Does this kind of thing often happen in the hotel?"
"Hey, look at the mud is the new Laide, and the philosophical oil and water don't know the Ming Dynasty. He explained vaguely, and then ran to the sea of delicious food.
Luo Xue's forehead jumped with black lines, although he didn't understand it, but he understood why this hotel was in a good environment.
After enjoying the delicious meal, Fan Xi'er, who was sitting next to him, leaned over and said to him, "I don't like it here, go out and breathe." Originally, he wanted to stay here for a while longer, and he was embarrassed to see this, so he accompanied Fan Xi'er out of the alley and walked on the street.
The evergreen trees around are luxuriant, blocking the moonlight, but not the lights under the trees. The streets are crowded with pedestrians, unlike in Fanshui Town, and there are a lot more than during the day. She stroked her hair with one hand, and the other hand loosened and shook slightly, as if trying to grab something. Luo Xue saw it in his eyes, and suddenly remembered something very important, he stuffed the forty silver coins that the store manager found into Fan Xi'er's open hand, and said with concern: "You can just say this, I haven't thought of storing the money separately to prevent it from being stolen." ”
"Stupid. "Fan Xi'er's voice is like a mosquito.
It seems that they have walked to the shopping street, and many vendors have set up stalls and are shouting hard. All kinds of strange gadgets are dazzling, Fan Xi'er has never seen these things, she ran forward in surprise and picked it up and put it down, as if she remembered that she didn't have any money on her, and she was a little lost.
To be honest, these things are also quite attractive to Luo Xue, ahem, he tried to maintain his majesty, but the corner of his eye unconsciously glanced at them.
Time flies, and before I know it, I see a wall standing here silently, announcing that my route has come to an end.
It's the end of the road, let's go back, the place is too big, I always feel like I can't go back to the original place if I take a wrong step.
Suddenly, Fan Xi'er pulled Luo Xue and pulled him into the shadows. "What's wrong?" he felt inexplicable, and just as he was about to speak, she covered his mouth.
Look!" Luo Xue looked at her finger and noticed a small thing moving in the dark corner of the street.
This is a staghorn rabbit! Luo Xue looked at it and confirmed the shape of this little thing. The hare lacked one ear and had a silver cloth bag in its mouth. One of the intact ears twitched, alertly listening for all the subtle sounds. It looked around for a moment, then ran back against the corner.
"Silver thread, that's my sac. Fan Xi'er whispered, pulling Luo Xue to follow quietly.
After another round and turn, the jackaloe climbed the high earthy yellow wall and slipped into a large building.
It can't be such a coincidence, the place where I was supposed to sign up for study tomorrow has now arrived...... Luo Xue looked up at the building in front of him, and four big yellow characters appeared in the sky on the building - Imperial Earth Academy.
"We'll leave the lost money to you. Fan Xi'er said to him seriously, and there was no room for doubt in her words.