Chapter 17: The New Tenant (Part I)

Room A51 was held indoors for a dinner and meeting of the guests, but fortunately the stone house door was wide enough and the roof was high enough, the unicorn of the Rose Knight meekly knelt in the center of the room, and the huge body of the head of the room curled up in front of the window, blocking the sunlight. Petite girls sat on his shoulders, legs dangling in the air.

"Uncle, what's the name of the new guy?" the girl glanced up and down Jonah's thin arm with disdain.

"Don't, respect your lordship. Taba nervously reached out to cover her mouth.

"J. Jonah, astrologer's apprentice. Jonah straightened his chest, trying to maintain the nobility of the five guild professionals.

"Cut, rookie who hasn't been out of school, what do you rely on to get out of the mix? I can kill you twenty times with a fork. The girl spun the fork in her hand.

Jonah looked directly at the girl's defiant gaze without being shocked, but in fact he had no confidence in his heart.

In the long career of astrology study, he was expelled from the astrology tower by the teacher as soon as he came into contact with the skin of star power, and looking back on the knowledge he learned, except for the useless knowledge of geometry, arithmetic, star maps, and geographical calculations, his skills for self-defense were almost zero.

Be sure to find your deerskin pocket, in addition to gems and crystals, there are also a few textbooks and practice questions left by the instructor, and you will have to rely on yourself in the future, Jonah thought.

"Sibby, be polite. Elliott said as he gently cut off a piece of food.

"I am Sibi, a native of Bazeral. How old are you, dude, with a dejected face?" said the girl, pointing at Jonah with her pointed chin.

Jonah noticed that she also wore a shiny silver ring around her neck, and her wheat-colored hair poured down like the sun, tied in the silver ring, and sprinkled over her shoulders. She wore a short pale green coat and black shorts, her long, healthy-complexed legs were naked in the air, she wore deerskin boots on her feet, her left hand wrapped around the thick neck of Toba, the head of the room, and her right hand danced a dinner fork, the tip of which forked a piece of dark red food, like meat.

Toba's fellow countrymen. Jonah mused.

"I'm 17 years old. He replied honestly.

With a whoosh, Jonah's eyes flickered, and Sibby was already standing in front of him, poking the bridge of his nose with the tip of the fork with food: "Really 17 years old? ”

"Star God testifies, I don't have to lie, ma'am. Jonah endured the unhappiness in his heart and took a step back, hurting his leg for a while.

Who knew that Siby walked closer, the tip of his chin almost to his chest, and shouted with his head held high, "Ma'am, you try again?"

Jonah looked around in confusion and saw that Toba had covered his eyes. The Rose Knight put the food in his mouth and chewed it, signaling that it was inconvenient to speak.

"Ma'am, open your eyes and see clearly, I'm a lady, do I look that old? you say, you say, you say?" Sibby glared at a pair of turquoise eyes and poked Jonah on the forehead with a fork.

"Uh, wait, no, you listen to me......" Jonah was forced to step back, stumbling on his feet, and stumbling against the edge of the bed.

Sibby's little face became bigger and bigger in front of his eyes, and the fork was still poking tirelessly, "Well, you say, you say, you say, you say, you say?"

"I was wrong, little sister!" shouted Jonah inarticulately.

"Very well, man, I hope we get along. Wheat-colored hair drew a fan in the air, and Jonah stood up with his cane, and Sibi was back on Toba's shoulder, concentrating on the food at the tip of the fork.

Elliott gave him a sneaky thumbs up.

Toba took off his small round hat and wiped his cold sweat and said, "This ...... My lord, she is my fellow countryman, a girl who doesn't grow up, please don't be surprised, especially don't mention that ......"

"Huh?" Sibby glanced at him.

"No, nothing, hehe. The head of the room lowered his head and rubbed his hands together,

"Long Ji. A clear female voice spoke.

Jonah turned his head. A woman leaned against the corner, as if to merge with the shadows, but as she walked in, she caught the eye of the whole room.

"Jonah. Jonah said. He had never seen a woman with eyes so dark, like a pair of dark crystals with the magic of the stars.

"I see. Ryu Ji said. She had long, black hair hanging down, and intricate silver threads were woven into her hair, like the Milky Way in the night sky.

"Nice to meet you. Jonah said. He had never seen a woman who could wear simple black tights so gracefully.

"Nice to meet you. Ryu Ji said. She wore a silver pinch, which was patterned with a cloud monster that Jona had never seen before. A black-sheathed dagger hung from her belt, and the hilt was inlaid with a brilliant sapphire, the only bright color in her body.

"Where are you from?" asked Jonah. He had never seen a woman so much like a woman, and so unlike any woman he had ever seen in his seventeen years of life.

"Far East. Ryu Ji said. Her slender eyebrows furrowed slightly, as if a little annoyed, her mouth pursed slightly, as if a little annoyance, a few strands of hair were scattered next to her crystal earlobes, as if she was a little annoyed, and her eyes were so deep that she didn't know if they were hiding trouble. It makes you want to fall deeply.

"She is the guardian of my second Silver Rose. In search of that man, we came here from that magical land in the far east. The Rose Knight looked at her, his hand touching the hilt of his sword.

The words slammed into Jonah's head like a five-hundred-pound boulder, causing a bang in his head.

He shook his head, looked away from Long Ji, suppressed the pounding heartbeat, and pretended to be calm and asked Toba, "Director, where is the other tenant?"

"There, he doesn't like to talk, I'll introduce you. The Bazeral peasant stood up, and Sibi jumped lightly from his shoulder to avoid touching the roof.

The head of the room lowered his head and moved to the door with great difficulty, "His name is Yekong, a native of the Southern Continent. ”

Jonah saw a very strange young man.

He must have been standing here all along, and everyone had tacitly agreed not to look at him, not to talk to him, and Jonah looked at him, but deep down there was a voice in his heart that said don't look at him, don't talk to him.

It was only when Toba's massive body covered half of the man's body that Jonah felt relaxed that he realized that this feeling was called danger.

This is a dangerous man.

The southerner named Jerkon was a tall, thin man, with red hair fluttering like a flame, a rust-colored fur coat, a sword of astonishing length, a thin face, hollow slender gray eyes, and a scarf embroidered with some kind of script or charm wrapped around his neck to cover his mouth.

"Hello. Jonah nodded at him.

There was no response, not even the focus of the gray eyes condensed on Jonah.

The head of the room smiled and agreed on his behalf, "This guy doesn't talk much." Okay, that's all in room A51, everyone eats and eats. My lord, try the black gold gopher meat, which is a specialty of Cherry Crossing. Out of nowhere, he conjured up a plate and handed it over.

The crowd stopped talking and began to enjoy their late lunch.

Jonah opened the cotton bag and pulled out a dark red piece of jerky and placed it on his plate, then pulled out a water bag, a bottle of salt, a bottle of pepper, a piece of hard bread, a handful of unknown wild fruits, and a pair of knives and forks.

The meat had an eerie aroma, and Jonah tried to cut a small piece that was not as hard as he thought, and after a moment of thought struggle, he put it in his mouth and chewed it. The taste is actually quite good.

Jonah, who hadn't eaten since last night, devoured his food quickly, and the feeling of his stomach gradually filling up made him feel like he had been reborn.

After drinking the last drop of water from the water bag, he sat down on the bed contentedly with his belly and watched as the others were still chewing their food slowly.

The Rose Knight's dining action withstood the strictest criticism of aristocratic etiquette, Sibi was still playing with the small piece of meat at the tip of the fork, the head of the chamber was holding a huge piece of bread and biting it, and Jekong even looked at the void fifty yards away when he cut the meat, and Long Ji had finished eating, standing in the corner of the room, holding her cheek with one hand, looking at him with interest. Jonah felt his gaze burn, his neck heated, and he turned away.

"Great, sir, have you eaten it all?" said Toba, who suddenly dropped his bread and stood up in shock, his head hitting the roof with a loud "thump", and the dust fell, and he seemed to feel nothing, staring at Jonah's plate with bloodshot eyes.

"Meat? yes, it tastes good. Jonah replied, puzzled.

Sibi threw away his fork, put his hands on his waist, and laughed. Elliott was also taken aback, and made a helpless expression.

The head of the chamber strode over, grabbed Jonah's shoulders and shook it and asked loudly, "Is there anything uncomfortable? Great, sir, are you okay? How could I forget to tell you about the properties of black gold gopher meat!"

"Huh, what?" Jonah was shaken like a lonely boat in the wind and rain, and a smile slowly appeared on the corner of Long Ji's mouth.

"Sibi, take the adults to Pit No. 6 immediately, be careful, hurry! Toba said urgently.

"Uncle, people are girls. Sibi couldn't stop laughing, and took the time to show a shy expression.

"Go, be obedient. Long Ji spoke.

"Okay, Sister Long Ji. In case I don't have time to come back, you guys stay safe. Sibi nodded, jumped over like the wind, and grabbed Jonah by the neck with one hand, "We'll go, see you later." ”

Tobal opened the door, and the sun shone in, leaving a shallow footprint in the house, and in the dust, Jonah had gone away.

"Flutter. Long Ji couldn't help it and laughed.

Toba looked distressed: "What are you laughing at, adults are the hope of my life, in case an adult is called by the Lord, I will never have a chance to get a surname in this life!"

Elliott couldn't help but smile and said, "Your Excellency, please rest assured, eating a little more black gold gopher won't kill people." I'll take a look. The unicorn leaped out the door lightly.

"Why don't you laugh?" Ryuji put away her laugh lines and turned her head to ask Yekong, the red-haired man muttering something as he chewed his food.

"Don't mess with him. Toba waved his hand, sighed, and snapped the little round hat over his head. "Why do I have to be the head of the room, I'm so tired. ”

Jonah heard the wind whistling in his ears, and he couldn't count the number of stone houses he passed, and finally his neck was light, and his ass fell to the ground, and he held back for a while before he screamed: "You...... What are you doing?"

Sibi burst out laughing again, and took the time to point ahead.

The frightened Jonah was startled again. This is the edge of Cherry Crossing, a circle of stone houses half a mile away, and in front of it is a large pit a hundred feet in circumference, I don't know how deep, and the fertile brown earth on the riverbank is covered with broad-leaved plants half a man high, and this ugly hole in the green is extremely abrupt.

"What is this for?"

Needless to say, Jonah found the answer a moment later.

With a sharp cramp in his abdomen, he glanced at the girl in green who was laughing with a pale face, staggered to the edge of the pit, chose a place where the ground was higher and not easy to fall, unbuckled his belt, and squatted down.

Diarrhea is the most painful. But there are also those who believe that in some ways, there is a kind of exhilaration.

Either way, Jonah had never used such an unfathomable and huge toilet, so the feeling was hardly pleasant.

"Dude, this is Cherry Wata's first lesson. Sibi stepped into the limelight, looked at the holy river flowing in the distance, and said leisurely.

Jonah groaned, not having time to answer. The girl with her hands behind her back and continued to talk to herself.

"You must have grown up in a noble family with no experience of independent survival. "—I'm a farmer's child, Jonah thought.

"When I was your age, I was already fighting wolves in the mountains for meat. "Wait, how old are you?" Jonah was surprised to catch this detail.

"Food and water are the first elements of survival, and people who don't check food and water can't be qualified adventurers. I am not an adventurer, I am a follower of prophecy, and in my body there is a demon. Jonah thought indignantly.

"The black gold gopher is a specialty of the north bank of the Holy River, one of the favorite foods of the Colombo people, the main food of Cherry Crossing, this kind of gopher has a very long lifespan, the female can live up to about 80 years old, come out to forage every autumn, and spend the rest of the time dormant in the burrow, their body's ability to store energy is very strong.

Colomboites are able to sniff their hiding places, dig through the ground to catch them, kill them and air dry, the jerky will last for decades without spoiling, and every pound of black-gold gopher meat can provide an adult man with a week's worth of energy.

If you eat too much gopher meat, the indigestible meat will suck water in the stomach and expand, turning into a semi-solid, squeezing, squeezing, squeezing, grunting and squeezing out of one place. Speaking of which, Sibi couldn't pretend to be serious anymore and continued to laugh on the ground.

The endless starry sky, the nameless great prophet, all the gods in heaven - is this the first test for me? Thinking of the smile on the corner of Long Ji's mouth, he suddenly felt that life was better than death.

Some kind of indecent squirting and Sibby's laughter were heard by the Rose Knight watching from afar, and the elf floated gently to the knight's shoulder, and Elliott turned his head and smiled at the little thing, "This Lord Jonah is an interesting man, isn't he?" The unicorn snapped its ears twice and snorted contemptuously.