Zhang Shilu: Newsboy
This was Sheldon's second day from Merlinism.
He wasn't very familiar with everything Lilac Street had just moved in, after all.
Lilac Street is a street located in a small city in the middle of the Vatican, close to the city center, with basic facilities, and besides, this is also the imperial capital, it cannot be so shabby.
Yesterday during the day, he took his newly issued Yulu to buy some food.
However, yesterday he took the gold coins to make someone change, and almost made people unable to pay it, which became a big joke in the bazaar......
These days, is there really a fool who uses gold coins to buy things?
In the end, he had to go to the bank and exchange five gold coins for one hundred and twenty-five silver coins, so that he could support his daily expenses.
He still had fifty-nine gold coins in his hand. It is enough to support a family of three to live tightly for more than half a year.
The house he was in was not big, but it was not small, with two floors and an attic, facing the sun, unlike the opposite floor, where there was only a haze as a companion every day. The sunlight that streamed through the windows hit the guest tables in the hall, warming the room.
"Hah...... Ah......h
Breakfast was plain white cream wheat bread and a lettuce fruit salad dipped in tea sauce with a hint of vanilla.
Sheldon crossed his legs, and a little regretted why he didn't stop by to order a newspaper, maybe he would-
Tuk tuk!
The door, as if knocked.
"Hello! Would you like to buy a newspaper? The freshest news! Merlinism and the new King Charles! Don't you want to take a look? Sheldon was stunned by the sound of a little boy outside, and he looked back at Merlin, who seemed to be awake, took out a handful of copper coins, put down his upturned legs, burped a little, and ran to open the door.
"Good morning, little one."
"Good morning! Big guys! Standing in front of Sheldon was a newsboy in a brown beep newsboy suit, with brown hair and a fairly handsome appearance, but there were a little more pockmarks on his face.
"What's your name?"
"I'm the newsboy from this side of Lilac Street, Russell!" The little boy said excitedly, "I didn't see anyone here before, but now the sun is really coming out in the west, isn't it?" This dear new resident? I come to deliver the newspaper on time at eight o'clock every morning, meticulously! Very punctual! ”
"My name is Sheldon, and yes, I just moved in yesterday." Sheldon's eyes immediately saw the vivid World Tree phantom on the newspaper, and his eyes couldn't leave it at once, "Little Russell, how much is this newspaper?" ”
"Not much, not more! Just charge you a copper coin! ”
"Hmm." Sheldon nodded, and pulled out two small shiny things from his pocket, which looked so bright in the early morning sun, "You can go buy a candy to eat." ”
"Thank you, generous gentleman!" Russell bowed deeply to him, pointed his right hand together, said hello, and ran happily to the opposite side, knocking on the door as usual.
"Hmm......" Sheldon's brow furrowed suddenly, he turned to close the door, opened the room with his hand, and waved the chestnut wand in his hand, and the milk in the milk pot around him floated out, and a pitch-black pill flew from the depths of the room and fell into the cup.
With the stirring of his wand, the pill and milk fused rapidly, and it looked like normal milk, with a little white heat bubbling on it.
Obviously, Sheldon was kind enough to heat up the milk.
"Grade 1 magic weapon leaked? I really want to think of it......" Sheldon muttered under his breath, "can this still be called a magic weapon?" This magic division is too perfunctory. ”
Kiss! The bottle on the table opened suddenly, and the mild milk flew in, swayed, and stuffed into Little Merlin's hand.
He will drink it himself, of course he will, he is hungry.
"Uh-huh......" Merlin was no different from a wolf who saw meat, he needed energy, a lot of energy.
After a while, he drank the milk and waved his fist for another glass.
Sheldon raised an eyebrow in confusion, a little curious.
It seems that at this age, a glass of milk is enough, why does the baby in front of him still seem hungry?
The baby's nightmare soul was constantly agitated, and he was now largely immune to the effects of this weak potion.
Nightmares are just a little stuffy now, and the feeling of not being able to control their bodies is really not very pleasant.
But the risk of being discovered made him decide to lie dormant for a while.
After all, the little guy next to him can't communicate through words now, but only through soul contact, and is just intimate with little Merlin.
It's not just Sheldon who needs to take care of the children, but even the noble nightmare has to help with the children......
That's enough for that.
At least, this little guy doesn't seem to have really made much trouble until now.
Last night, his kind, as if he had not yet gotten rid of his low tastes, walked around, fortunately not disturbing the baby with whom he was in the same room, otherwise he would have suffered again.
"Eat, eat, little one......" Sheldon thought that nightmares might affect the baby's body growth, and it was no surprise that he thought about it.
Naturally, he wrote down this possible conjecture in a notebook and handed it over to the person who took it over when the time came.
"I don't know what happened yesterday." Sheldon muttered in a low voice, teasing Merlin with his fingers who was happy after a full meal, "I was so smart when I was a child, and what happened when I grew up." ”
At this moment, Russell outside the door has finished delivering his newspaper, leaving only a few copies hanging on his shoulder, which will become one of the free newspapers at the roadside newsstand.
"Hey! And voila! He walked into a small alley, opened the cloth bag around his waist, and counted the gains of the day one by one.
There are twenty-four copper coins in total.
Turning around, the alley was very dark, and from time to time water dripped from the eaves, Russell was familiar with the road and avoided the dripping area in time.
Eventually, he stopped at a dead end, in front of him was a wall, made of loess and painted with a layer of red paint.
Russell coughed lightly, puffed up his chest, solemnly stretched out his right hand, and knocked on a protruding part of the wall three times.
"Newspapers, today's newspapers." He whispered.
"What newspaper?" A calm male voice came from the other side of the wall.
"World Tree." Russell lowered the brim of his hat and said.
Karala –
The earthen wall began to shake inexplicably, and debris kept rolling down from the top!
Soon, the wall had completely collapsed.
"Welcome, Mr. Russell."
Standing in front of Russell was a man in a top hat and a black suit.
This is the Dream Division, the headquarters of the Vatican.
"Well, what's breakfast today?"
"Cheese bread with milk, here's your voucher." The man handed over a flat, clean piece of parchment with today's breakfast items printed on it.
"Thanks, buddy." Russell smiled at him and jumped into the depths of the Dream Division.
The Dream Division is very large, like a huge anthill, with various departments branching out and performing their own duties.
For example, the Nightmare Research Department, which is closest to the entrance, is crammed with all kinds of magic testing equipment, and there is a huge eyeball hanging from the roof, which is said to be the embodiment of a powerful nightmare.
Of course, the closest to the entrance is relatively speaking, and every moment, in various places on duty, strange doors open in places that are basically unknown to everyone.
That's when it's time to work as a guide for your colleagues.
This man was apparently one of the guides, and they were responsible for handing out meal tickets, giving directions, and resolving scuffle disputes, among other things that anyone who did not do the duty of the Dream Division.
In addition to the Nightmare Research Department, the largest department of the Dream Division is the Human Resources Department, which is composed of staff lounges and demon-slaying equipment rooms, as well as conference rooms.
On weekdays, the Dream Watch Team basically conducts a series of training and coaching here during the day.
There aren't many people now, and most of them are not much different in age from Russell.
This is a newsboy secretly planted by the Dream Division, responsible for reporting whether anyone is anchored by the Nightmare so that it can be cleared up.
Each of them has a monitoring device, but no one sees it.
It was because of this that Russell discovered that 27 Lilac Road had a new resident.
"Hmph~" Today, Russell is in a good mood.
The generous gentleman gave him an extra copper coin so that he could save an extra penny for his brother, who had not yet been engraved.
He was only seven years old now, and he didn't have a magic sign.
One gold coin is equivalent to 2,500 copper coins, a price that is unacceptable to an ordinary family.
It is estimated that one-third of the country's civilians will not be able to engrave the magic pattern in the future.
The change is enormous.
"Yo, isn't this Martin? Morning! ”
Seeing a familiar figure, Russell subconsciously greeted Martin.
After all, they are people who work together in the same street.
I saw that Martin was followed by four serious warlocks, who were not good, and then looked at him with an embarrassed face, it was estimated that he was deflated.
"Haha, haha! That, I'll go first! Russell hurriedly fled into the distance, not forgetting to look back.
I don't know what happened to this guy.
Five figures, silently, walked towards a small room in the corner.
It was a small conference room.
As everyone here knows, there are many roles for meeting rooms.
This includes, but is not limited to, interrogation.