Chapter 3: The Unknown World
Seth, this is the name of a remote town, that is, the town where Jiang Zhe now lives.
Although it is only a small town, it has many residents and complete facilities.
The architectural style of the small town of Sette is biased towards the Western culture in Jiang Zhe's impression.
The stone paved streets are neat, and on both sides of the street are wooden houses with strong Western characteristics, and the land in front of the houses is mostly small gardens in their own homes, fenced with shrub-like plants, and some unknown flowers and plants are planted in them, and each house is roughly like this.
The square of the town may be the most lively place in this town, because there is a tavern there that sells drinks similar to beer, of course, Jiang Zhe has never drunk it, first, there is no chance, and second, their living situation is not very good.
There is a blacksmith shop in the town, which is run by a man in his forties, characterized by a scar on his left eye, does not like to talk, and only cares about banging and banging in the shop every day, to be honest, the popularity is not very good, but the business is only in the tavern.
As for the tavern, needless to say, there are many people who drink there every day, some tell about recent interesting things, such as who fell while walking at night in the town, and some complain about their experiences, such as losing their wallets or something......
But those, mostly the men of the town, however, sometimes, some new faces appear......
Those people, often in a few or a dozen people, sat in an inconspicuous corner of the tavern, drank in silence, did not talk to others, and when they drank, they would put their swords, shields, bows and arrows on the table or beside the chairs they were sitting on.
The weapons they carry with them are very old, and the swords are full of chips, but the dark red stains on the sword are scared away by the townspeople who want to come forward to talk, obviously, it is definitely not the stains left by wine.
Mercenaries, or mercenaries for short.
On this unknown continent, it is no stranger.
Of course, not all guests are like this, at least Jiang Zhe saw one, a bard, carrying a harp with him, playing inexplicable tunes and praising inexplicable characters, which was quite boring anyway...... Of course, this is Jiang Zhe's opinion, and the guests in the tavern listened very attentively, and even the mercenaries who were silent and only drank wine showed a knowing smile from time to time.
I remember that the bard also sang the praises of a certain god, anyway, the name is quite long, Jiang Zhe thought about it, but he didn't understand who he was singing about.
However, the owner of the tavern, the slightly fat old man, often mentioned a name......
Dionysus, the god of wine.
Obviously, this is a world where beliefs exist everywhere, at least, the residents of the town have their own beliefs, for example, the man who opened the weapon shop believes in Hephaestus, the god of fire, and most of the residents of the town believe in Demeter, the goddess of harvest......
Since there are gods, there should be so-called magic in this world?
After living in the town for three months, Jiang Zhe finally heard the title of 'magician', but unfortunately, he never waited to see it with his own eyes......
The small town of Seth is just a small town, it is too small, and it is on the border of the empire, and most of the people who come and go are mercenaries.
Speaking of which, in these three months, Jiang Zhe also roughly figured out the composition of this world, of course, these are from one or two drunken mercenaries, tearing off their clothes, pointing to the scars on their bodies, telling about their adventures, and then, in the exclamation of the small town man, he laughed proudly.
Magic exists, and so do magicians!
Magicians were originally called witches, and witches, among them, witches, were called witches, or witches.
And by the way, in this world, in addition to humans, there are some more special existences, for example, dwarves.
Remember, it was a burly mercenary who said he had once seen a dwarf in an adventure party.
At that time, Jiang Zhe, who was outside the window of the tavern, was very interested in it, but unfortunately, the mercenary's description of the dwarf only had one sentence: bearded, very strong, and very good at drinking.
At that time, Jiang Zhezhen hoped that it was the unknown bard who described the dwarf, at least, he could say this short sentence in the form of praise for a long time.
The mercenaries talk the most about the humans themselves, for example, the Empire.
And along with this word, there is another, that is: Holy See!
The human camp is only divided into two parts, in the north, is the Empire, which sounds like a monarchy, and the town of Seth is in the territory of the Empire.
And to the south is the Holy See, and it is difficult to imagine that a religious belief actually constitutes a state, but it is not difficult to understand when you recall the beliefs of the inhabitants of this world.
As mentioned earlier, the town of Set is located on the border of the empire, and what is beyond the border, Jiang Zhe doesn't know, because those mercenaries haven't mentioned it, or they don't want to mention it.
Since the human countries only have the Empire and the Holy See, and those mercenaries are secretive, Jiang Zhe secretly guessed that they might not be friendly races.
In the past three months, at the risk of being discovered by the old man in the tavern, Jiang Zhe finally collected the above information, and the only thing he was interested in was magic.
But unfortunately, not to mention magicians, Jiang Zhe has never even seen magic, and what can be paired with magic is the only church in the town......
Speaking of the church, Jiang Zhe hated it so much, in this paragraph, he finally understood why he crossed over, it was all to blame for the broken painting in the broken church in his previous life, damn it!
But scolding and scolding, Jiang Zhe didn't regret that he touched the painting, at least, he finally came to a world that interested him, a world of magic.
It stands to reason that since you've come to a world where magic exists, it doesn't seem like it's okay to learn a few hands, right?
But unfortunately, Jiang Zhe's current situation is not very good......
It should be said that he and his so-called 'sister' are not in a good situation......
Regarding the profile of the two, Jiang Zhe guessed correctly, the two are indeed orphans, the elder sister is called Nina, and the younger brother is called Soth, as for the surname, the 'sister' didn't say, and the 'younger brother' is not easy to ask......
Why is it difficult to ask?
It's a bit ridiculous to say, the little ghost possessed by Jiang Zhe turned out to be mentally retarded...... Ah no, it's a bit exaggerated to say that it's mentally retarded, according to Jiang Zhe's many temptations, it seems that he hit his head, his head is a little abnormal, people usually look confused, and they don't like to talk...... In short, it's a lot of trouble.
Otherwise, when Jiang Zhe opened his mouth to call Nina for the first time, the girl would not be so happy, but in addition to being happy, she taught Jiang Zhe step by step: I want to call my sister.
Jiang Zhe was a little speechless about this, and said in his heart that his twenty-year-old self called a seven or eight-year-old ghost his sister?
So, Jiang Zhe didn't hear this, and over time, Nina stopped mentioning it, because compared to trivial things, the 'younger brother' can listen to what he says and be close to him, which is already a very happy and gratifying thing for Nina.
Indeed, it is close, but Jiang Zhe will not be close to the so-called 'sister' for no reason, for Jiang Zhe, this so-called 'sister' is still unfamiliar until ......
Speaking of which, Jiang Zhe originally scoffed at what Nina said, 'My sister will take care of you', but with the passing of the sentence, Jiang Zhe did feel the weight of this sentence.
To be honest, as two orphans, a seven or eight-year-old girl said that taking care of a four or five-year-old brother was indeed a bit funny, but Jiang Zhe couldn't laugh.
Looking at Nina holding two cold, steamed bun-like food, looking at herself with a smile, and then looking at the bruises on her arms that had not subsided, Jiang Zhe couldn't laugh.
Especially......
I remember one day, Nina came back in a panic and hurriedly dragged Jiang Zhe to hide in the church in the town for a night, Jiang Zhe felt a little inexplicable about this, but Nina didn't say a word, just looked at the door of the church with a nervous expression.
It wasn't until the next day, when Nina found two gold coins out of nowhere, that Jiang Zhe suddenly felt very heavy, because he gradually understood where the bruises on Nina's body came from......
In the future, Jiang Zhe and his sister Nina lived in the church, of course, this was not approved by the old priest in the church.
It may be that Nina is really afraid that her brother will get lost again, so she asked Jiang Zhe to stay near the church and not go far, but it is also possible that it is for another reason......
Because, in a festival in the town, Jiang Zhe saw Nina and saw something, and Nina seemed to see her younger brother too, and panicked and put her hands behind her with the Dongzang Province in her hands, with shame in her eyes and faintly crying.
It seems that I really have one more sister......
It's good that I'm not alone......
Jiang Zhe laughed at himself again, and said to himself seriously.
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