"I'm struggling with something."

"For example?"

"For example? For example, I haven't eaten for two days, for example, I have no support, for example, just now, I had the idea of saying goodbye to this world. ”

"It's better not to do that, it's cold in the underworld."

"Haha, what a weird little girl, I don't know why I would confide my sorrow to a child, but I will seriously consider your words."

That's a conversation between Nancy and the down-and-out man.

Seeing that Nancy seemed to be interested in this passerby, Nie Yuan slowed down a little and let her divert her curiosity.

"That's good, the sorrow will always pass, I have experience in this area, and now I am very happy, every day."

"I think what you said is very right, little girl, although your words are very strange, but I can hear it, you are self-contained, and the family conditions should be very good, there is a rich area in front, you are the residents inside, right?"

As he spoke, the down-and-out man slowly stood up and nodded politely to Nie Yuan in greeting.

An awkward emotion came up, but Nie Yuan still replied, "No, we're just here to work." ”

"Do you work, which store are you employees of, and do you need to bring children with you for work?"

"I can't answer that, but if you don't have anything else to do, don't leave it at that, friend."

Nie Yuan replied like this, he definitely can't tell the truth, the relationship between Earl Lilian and Buck's bookstore has always been in the shadows, and it is impossible to resort to the open, let alone be known by a down-and-out passerby.

The down-and-out man, but faintly, crossed the path of Nie Yuan's progress, and said:

"Just now the little girl asked me to think about it seriously, don't rush to the underworld in such a hurry, I think what she said is very reasonable, I thought about it clearly, and decided to pick myself up again."

"Congratulations on that, so can you get out of the way?"

"Of course, but sir, have you noticed that there is no one on this trail now?"

Nie Yuan looked around and found that except for a few scattered figures at the mouth of the alley, the surroundings were indeed very deserted.

"So what?"

"So could you lend me ten silver coins, thank you, I'm so hungry."

As he spoke, the man looked innocent, took out a rusty dagger from the placket of his clothes, and aimed it directly at Nie Yuan.

Nie Yuan looked at this tetanus blade and was a little stunned for a while.

He wasn't frightened, after all, he had seen the projection of the ancient gods, and he had seen the prosperous face of Lady Auston, so where did he go.

When this down-and-out man stopped in front of them just now, Nie Yuan had already sensed a wisp of awkwardness, so he was still a little mentally prepared at the moment.

The reason why he was stunned was that a strong sense of déjà vu suddenly came to mind.

Robbery?

Am I really being robbed?

At that time, the nonsensical question asked to the yellow paper called "Handwriting of Truth" came to mind.

Is it a coincidence or what?

I mentioned the word "robbery" when I went out, and it didn't take long for it to come true.

So at this moment, has anything changed about the yellow paper sandwiched in the book?

Did I ask it such a question, so that I could encounter the vision in the dark?

Although he was full of sight, Nie Yuan was stunned for a moment, but instinctively, he still took a half step forward and tried to use his body to block Nancy's cutie behind him.

Brother, he should shelter his sister from the wind and rain and resist disasters.

But in the next moment, Nie Yuan immediately reacted.

That's not right.

Now I'm the one who is weak!

How could Nancy use me to protect her?

The character is wrong!

Thinking like this, in the surprised gaze of the down-and-out robber, Nie Yuan took Nancy out from behind him and blocked him in front of him.

This move was very embarrassing, and Nie Yuan himself felt embarrassed, after all, Nancy's cute and immature appearance really didn't look like she should be sheltered from the wind and rain as an adult.

So while blocking Nancy in front of him, Nie Yuan couldn't help but explain:

"I didn't have my master key with me."

If this scene just made the down-and-out robbers dumbfounded.

Then the next scene was that the robber and Nie Yuan were both dumbfounded.

Nancy, who was used as a humanoid shield, did not rise up directly as Nie Yuan imagined, rushed up and used her immature little hands to shave the robber's big ears, and then stepped forward again to educate him that he could not be so unmartial arts.

If you don't talk about martial arts, it's no different from Mrs. Alston.

If I had the master key on my body, I would have to give you two clicks on the head.

As a result.

As a result, instead of being upset, Nancy looked at the down-and-out robber with sympathy, and the tetanus blade hanging over her head in front of her did not make her feel any threat.

Nancy glanced at the stunned and down-and-out robber with pity, then turned to Nie Yuan and said:

"Nie Yuan, he's really, really, really, too pitiful!"

"I have lost my love for the world and life, and I am lonely and helpless......"

"Thankfully, my words have reinvigorated him."

"But I haven't eaten for two days, I'm hungry, and I have to come out to do such a risky job in order to live."

"What a wretched man abandoned by the world!"

"Well, I still have some money here, give it to you, remember to change to a less risky job after you are full."

The down-and-out robber took a handful of silver coins handed over by Nancy in a daze, and took back the tetanus blade in a daze, and couldn't help but bow, and stammered:

"Thank you, thank you."

Nancy said with pity: "It's really polite, no thanks, you have to live." ”

"Okay, okay!"

Looking at the robbers who were confused, as if they had regained their confidence in life, they quickly turned the corner and disappeared.

Nie Yuan lowered his head stupidly and looked at Nancy.

For a moment, I couldn't speak at all.

At this moment, he had a new understanding of his companions, especially Nancy, who had a strange view that was completely different from the whole world.

People hand you a knife, can you still be in the mood to take care of his pitiful?

In your eyes, robbery is just a risky job?

Take the money you give, bow to you and say thank you, and conclude that the robber is polite?

Ou ~ My dear Nancy cutie.

You shouldn't be called the God of Distress.

You are the Virgin Mary on earth.

It is the embodiment of kindness and love.

It's the Buddha who sees it, and he will be ashamed of himself!

Are you still saying that you are vicious, cruel, dark, dangerous, and insane?

The scariest monster?

I really believed it!

"What's wrong?" Nancy said in surprise, tilting her head.

"Not much, it's just a little emotional in my heart."

"Aren't you heartless?"

"yes, so it's just an illusion, let's go, Count Lilian is still waiting for us."

"Good!"

The two walked across the trail and left.

Nie Yuan's feelings were indescribable.

He will be regarded as a scattered wealth, and it is not his own money anyway.

If you find this robber after you go back, and really let yourself find the clue to the handwriting of the truth, it will be considered "worth the money".

If you still don't have a clue, this matter is purely a coincidence, and when you find out that guy is still doing this kind of "risky" work, then there is nothing to say.

In the city of Rui Eucalyptus, which is controlled by Count Lilian, as long as he speaks, it is not difficult to catch a little thief.

The two of them came to the pawnshop with a secret passage underneath.

The pawnshop owner knew them, and after a few words of exchange, he opened the secret passage and asked them to go to Count Lillian to present the paperwork themselves.

At the end of the road, there is still the same hall underground.

But this time, Count Lilian did not wait for them here, but a courtier sensed the movement of the secret passage, walked out of the corridor of the main hall, looked at them, and asked:

"What are you doing?"

"Submit the paperwork."

"Okay, come with me."

After the words fell, he directly led Nie Yuan and Nancy through the corridor to the surface space, walked up a majestic curved staircase with a red carpet with gold edges, and walked towards the second floor.

Nie Yuan stepped on the luxurious carpet, and his palm stroked the glossy wooden handrail carved with delicate totems and waxed surfaces, feeling very smooth and smooth.

This texture, this decoration, this style, you should just break a small piece of wood and carve it down, so that you and Nancy can "return to the basics", right?

Ten silver coins is enough for a family of five to live a generous life for a month.

But when he entered the castle on the ground where Count Lilian lived his daily life, Nie Yuan looked at anything, as if it was not something that could be taken down by ten silver coins, even if it was just a random small object carved out of the hollow under the handrail of the stairs.

The splendid and luxurious scene around him made Nie Yuan feel as if he was going to meet the king, not an earl.

Maybe he really didn't know anything.

In his eyes, this scene is exactly the same as in the movie of his previous life, in order to set off the luxurious life of the aristocracy, the director deliberately lit the luxurious furnishings in the lens.

Everything from the floor to the walls, to the murals and staircase handrails, is as if it were really shining.

It's not dazzling, it's just invisible, and it really gives people an indescribable shock.

This must be the strangeness of another world.

After all, even if the stair handrails are forgotten, they can be seen as the luster created by waxing, but how can they wax the walls.

This sense of resplendence is definitely not what an object should be.

For the nobles in the upper echelons, they can come into contact with some strange powers, and they may really use some kind of power to shape everything around them into such a shocking one.

There is clearly no light source in the dark passage when it came, but those obscure runes can make the stone slab also emit fluorescence.

It's just that it's quiet here at night, right?

After all, there should be no nobleman who wants to face such a glimmer of light when he wants to get up at night, it is not splendid, but the special effects of the underworld.

Following the stairs all the way to the second floor, the courtier led the two to a brown open door, and bowed slightly, with one hand behind his back, and the other hand made a "please" gesture to the two of them.

Nie Yuan didn't doubt him, and when he went up, he knocked on the door "bang bang".

"Anyone? Lillian? ”

At this time, Nie Yuan saw the courtier's expression, as if he was a little stiff.

He reacted to it, was he a little rude.

When I knocked on the door just now, I slapped it directly with the palm of my hand as if I was in a hurry to go home to cook, although the force was not great, but in the empty castle, it still caused a slight echo.

It was very different from the way Buck entered the door of the main dining room in Auston City that day, tapped it with two fingers, leaned his head close to the door, and asked in a slow voice.

But how do I know these etiquettes, the twists and turns in the aristocratic circle, it seems that I can't learn them by myself.

"Nie Yuan? Come on in. ”

The voice of Count Lillian could be heard from inside the room.

When Nie Yuan heard this, he pushed the door straight in.

I saw that today's Count Lilian was dressed very capably, dressed in a beige riding suit, with long golden hair tightly tied behind his head, light makeup and elegant makeup, and a heroic posture.

Sitting behind a heavy wooden desk, two legs in equestrian boots stacked on top of each other, peeking out from under the desk.

In her hand, she was still playing with a small object, and when she saw Nie Yuan leading Nancy in, there was a teasing smile on the corner of her mouth, and she said:

"There was a powerful knock on the door, and it was the first time I had heard someone do that at home...... Licentious? ”

Although Nie Yuan is not very embarrassed, his image has to be maintained, and he will rely on his acting skills to eat for the time being.

His eyes were deep, and he glanced up at Count Lilian, and said lightly:

"This is very familiar, it seems that the city lord of Auston said the same thing last night, but his door is no longer closed."

Not lying.

Although what the city lord of Auston said last night was to the humanoid city breaker Gustav.

But I also have an output, and the door locks were all broken by me with a master key.

Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, the momentum was suddenly pulled up.

The teasing smile on the corner of Earl Lilian's mouth instantly converged, and the legs that were stacked together under the desk were also retracted, leaning forward, and approaching Nie Yuandao:

"Then there is a stool, sit down, can you tell me what the situation is with the city lord of Auston? Also, did you get the paperwork? ”

Nie Yuan picked up Little Nancy and put it on the stool next to him, but he didn't sit down, walked slowly to the desk, and said:

"The situation is very complicated, we can't solve the problem there for the time being, it will take a few days to prepare, and your subordinates have also found it, but the state is not very optimistic, and it has been infected by something.

As for the paperwork, I'm here to deliver it to you. ”

As he spoke, Nie Yuan took out the envelope containing the documents from the inner pocket of his clothes, put it on the table, and pushed it in front of Count Lilian with his fingertips.

Count Lillian did not immediately inquire about the condition of Alston Castle, but instead set her eyes on the paperwork that had been unsealed.

Putting the small object in her hand aside, she picked up the envelope and took out the documents inside, while looking at Nie Yuan with a smile, and said:

"How did it get opened?"

"When we got it, it was like this, it should have been done by the city lord of Auston."

"It's reasonable, it's normal for him to open it and see it in that state, but ...... You didn't peek, did you? ”

Count Lilian's expression, in Nie Yuan's opinion, turned out to be the same innocent as the robber just now, staring at him with big eyes.

Nie Yuan immediately denied it and said, "Of course I haven't seen it, this is the professional ethics we should have." ”

"Really?"

"Are you doubting me? Of course it's true. ”

"I don't want to doubt you Nie Yuan, it's just a normal person, it's hard to suppress that curiosity, it's already been opened anyway, right?"

"I swear by my conscience."

Count Lilian looked at Nie Yuan, who was so eloquent, and then laughed and said, "Then I hope you have a conscience, Nie Yuan." ”

No longer dwelling on the topic, Lilian lowered her head and opened the folded gilt paperwork, quietly reading the contents.

Nie Yuan, who pretended to be indifferent, muttered to himself, then I also want to have a conscience.

It's a hardware gap, and it's not something I can change if I want to.

There was still no timidity on his face, taking advantage of the gap between Count Lilian's reading papers, Nie Yuan even picked up the small object on the desk that she had put aside and played with.

Count Lillian and the courtier standing in the shadows behind her both looked at each other.

But he didn't say much, he just thought that Nie Yuan had never seen this kind of novelty gadget that had only recently become popular in Wang Cheng.

They never imagined that Nie Yuan had not only seen this thing, but had also played with it many years ago.

When I entered the door just now, I was surprised, why Count Lilian was still interested in the Rubik's Cube.

When I walked into the desk here, I realized that the Rubik's Cube should be a very strange object in this world.

Because Nie Yuan had also visited the grocery store in Ruian City, he didn't find the existence of this thing in the shop.

And Count Lilian's Rubik's cube is also very exquisite, even luxurious, with different colors of gems to divide the color of each side, and the frame is also a very textured metal material.

On top of that, Count Lilian is obviously a rookie, and it took so long to put together one side completely.

The other side is completely messy, and it's almost the norm for rookies.

said that Lilian is a rookie, but it's not that Nie Yuan is really a player with amazing IQ and talent.

It is the Rubik's Cube in the previous life, which has completely derived a mature circle, and has also sorted out a lot of formulas that can be quickly restored.

Even if it is an ordinary passerby, let him spend two days to study, memorize and practice those formulas, and he can easily restore the Rubik's Cube in one minute.

It is precisely because of the existence of the formula that the third-order Rubik's Cube is actually a hand speed that is comparable, and some hand speeds are fast, and they will be restored in a few seconds, even if they are blindfolded, they are all solved in ten seconds.

Coincidentally, when Nie Yuan was in middle school, he had nothing to do in class, and he also memorized those formulas.

After becoming familiar with it, even if he knows that he is a handicap party, he can always show off his hand in front of the whites who don't know the existence of the formula, and then shamelessly, calling himself a "high-IQ player".

After reading the paper from cover to end, Count Lillian folded it and put it back in the envelope, then looked up and said:

"You just said that you can take down that thing and infect my subordinates and the city lord of Auston into monsters, right?"

"Yes." Nie Yuan raised his eyes and responded.

"Then I'll leave it to you, I should be able to hide it from the church for a while, and you must erase the source of the infection of Auston Castle before this matter is revealed, because once the church intervenes, whether the Auston City Lord and my subordinates can return to normal or not, it will fall into their hands, and it will be difficult for me to intervene in name, and it may lead to a lot of trouble during this period."

"No problem, can we talk about the remuneration?"

Nie Yuan raised his head, smiled at Count Lilian, and as he spoke, he easily put the Rubik's Cube that had been put together in his hand back to its original position.

Count Lillian glanced at the Rubik's cube and was about to speak, when suddenly, his expression changed from serious to disbelievable shock.

She lowered her head, looked at the Rubik's Cube that had been put together with all the faces in a daze, picked it up, looked around, up and down, left and right, and after confirming that it was really completely put together, she held the Rubik's Cube with three slender fingers, shook it to Nie Yuan's side, and said:

"You...... Spelled out? In such a short period of time? ”

Nie Yuan said with a surprised expression, "Is there something wrong?" ”

Count Lilian paused for a while, then put down the Rubik's Cube in his hand, pressed his hands on the desk, looked at Nie Yuan with burning eyes, and said, "How can you know anything, know everything?" ”

I know a!

It's just that he can speak a few words in his mother tongue and has received basic compulsory education.

When I came, I had already made up my mind that whenever you asked me a complicated question or wanted to exchange so-called ancient knowledge, I would avoid talking about it, change the subject, and ignore you.

I'm really, really, I really don't want to pretend to be forced, and I don't have the strength to pretend to be forced.

But didn't you send me to the door and let me pretend!

It's not that I know everything, I know everything, it's just that you always bump into what I'm good at.

Before I met you, I didn't know I was such a genius!

So knowledgeable, knowledgeable, and superhuman!

Nie Yuan just said lightly and honestly: "I'm just an ordinary, even a man who lacks knowledge to the extreme, it's you who always like to think about Lilian." ”

And when it came out of his mouth, all who knew him would not believe it.

The magnetic voice, the understated tone, supplemented by the gloomy and deep temperament, really make people look up to its profound heritage.

Count Lilian clasped his hands together, pillowed his head on the back of his palm, tilted his head to look at Nie Yuan, his eyes were full of exploration, and said:

"If you are ordinary or even dull, then what about me, what am I?

This gadget is something that has only recently been developed and has become popular in Wangcheng, and its creator says that assembling it can open up intelligence, but even he himself can hardly restore a completely disordered Rubik's Cube.

I started it two days ago, and after the disruption, it took several hours to restore it, and I could only stitch it together.

As for you, just when I was reading the paperwork, you restored all the sides in the blink of an eye.

Are you mocking my IQ Nie Yuan?

Or are you fooling around like I'm a little girl? ”

Before Nie Yuan could speak, Nancy, who was sitting on the chair with her two little feet shaking, said with a sword:

"I can't fool the little girl~ I always knew that Nie Yuan was a very different person, he was very powerful!"

Count Lilian greeted Nancy with a smile, then looked at Nie Yuan and said:

"Look, I can't even fool the little girl, do you really think I'm so stupid? I think I'm pretty smart, of course, compared to other people, not you. ”

Nie Yuan really didn't know how to continue this, so he had to change the topic lightly and said:

"Let's talk about pay."

Count Lilian glanced at Nie Yuan contrivedly and said, "Don't you know how much Buck owes me?" I think that money alone last time, plus the 'Bio-Mechanical Energy Core' he commissioned me, would be worth the reward for erasing an infect.

Although it is still a bit premium, you should know what kind of energy is hidden in a 'biomechanical energy core', which is a terrifying thing that once it explodes, there will be no survivors within a radius of thirty meters.

It would cost a lot of money to keep this kind of thing stable all the time and transport it all the way from the other side of the royal city.

So, the remuneration, I think is more than enough.

But......

If you're really short of money, you can move out of Buck's Bookstore and live with me, I'm very short of a knowledgeable personal assistant who pays absolutely well, what do you think? ”

"I think the pay is more than enough."

Answering like this, Nie Yuan was secretly muttering, that is not the source of infection you think, but a higher-level source of disaster.

Although it is only a primary source of disaster, these two are completely different things, and your reward really doesn't sound enough.

However, Buck said that for the time being, Count Lillian could not be aware of the serious threat from Buck's Bookstore, so that she thought that she could still control the situation, continue to use Buck's Bookstore, and maintain the relationship between collaborators.

Otherwise, something might go wrong.

Once you find that your group of people has the power to erase the source of the disaster, then it is easy for Lillian to perceive the threat and have a sense of vigilance against herself and others, and it is difficult to carry out the next cooperation.

Therefore, Nie Yuan still acquiesced, what Lilian said that the thing that occupied Auston Castle was the speculation and rhetoric of the source of infection.

In addition, he heard more from Lillian's words.

It turns out that the [Biomechanical Energy Core] that Buck commissioned her to transport has that much energy.

Once it gets out of control, will no one survive within a radius of thirty meters?

Nie Yuan knew that Bak asked for this thing in order to build a heart for himself.

And it's just a material for the heart.

The key material is Mrs. Alston, the source of the disaster.

Since the energy of the blind materials is so large, it is completely enough to blow yourself into ashes.

If the heart is intact and put into your own chest, then ......

Can you afford it?

Won't you be immediately shattered by such a powerful energy?

Without much thought, Count Lillian spoke.

The tone was very resentful, and he said: "It's really unkind, you are the person who has rejected me the most times in the history of Ruian City Nie Yuan, in a sense, you can be proud enough."

Because of the city lord of Auston, he only rejected me twice, and then there was no third chance. ”

Nie Yuan said noncommittally: "So this matter is settled, at the cost of erasing the source of infection, Mrs. Auston, to settle the debt that Buck owed to you last time, we will solve it as soon as possible."

If nothing happens, then I'll leave, and I'll go to church later. ”

Earl Lilian nodded, "If it weren't for my appointment in the afternoon, I would hunt with Sir Hughes and them, and I would have to leave you for a meal and have an in-depth exchange."

Wait two days, wait for two days when the alchemy materials that Buck needs arrive, I'll have someone send them to you, and then invite you to come and talk about it.

Don't say no, don't allow, at least today, you've run out of opportunities.

Other than that...... Which deity do you believe in? ”

At first, he blocked Nie Yuan's refusal in a domineering manner, and Count Lilian became curious about the gods that Nie Yuan believed in.

Leaving from himself, he will go to church to worship later, it seems that Nie Yuan is still relatively religious.

"The god of power."

Nie Yuan's face was not red or breathless, and he replied: "Strength, it is the romance of men, no, strength, it should be the romance of all living beings." ”

"Strength, is it a man's romance?"

Count Lilian repeated this sentence and said with a smile: "Interesting words, I have written it down, so let's stop here for today, I will invite you in two days, you must, you must come." ”

Nie Yuan still gave Count Lilian a lot of face, saying that he had used up the opportunity to refuse today, so let's treat it as if it was used up.

Instead of answering directly, he pulled Nancy off his chair and said seriously, "I forgot one thing just now. ”

"What's the matter?" Count Lillian wondered.

"Reimburse us for ten silver coins, which were used on the way to deliver the paperwork to you just now, which should be regarded as labor expenses."

"You're here in a carriage? The carriage doesn't cost more than ten silver coins. ”

"It's not."

"What's that?"

"I'm embarrassed to say, you just need to reimburse, I won't lie to you."

“…… Okay, then give you this Rubik's Cube, next time I want you to teach me how to restore this thing. ”

"No, I want ten silver coins."

"But it's worth three gold coins."

"Bring it."

"Huh?"

"Gone."