29 CHAPTER XXIX
"Hee-hee ~ Brother Moeller is smoking, it's fun, I'm going to play too!"
Perhaps sensing the fluctuations in his magical power, Rex, who had been asleep for most of the day, woke up and saw Moller jumping around wrapped in orange smoke, and he suddenly became playful and asked to join. Moller swept over and picked up Rex and took him around in the air, and the little one looked very happy, which reminded him of the days when they flew side by side in the forest, when Rex was a better flight than him, and Rex, who was now a human like him, had lost the ability to fly.
Thinking of this, although Rex was still smiling very happily, Moeller felt a pang of regret in his heart, and he rubbed his fingers against Rex's very pink cheek and said, "Do you want Rex to smoke like this?"
Before he suffered the curse of becoming a human, Rex's strength was almost the same as that of Moeller, so at this time, he should also have a certain amount of magic power to use, and the reason why it has not been reflected is that Moeller feels that it should be due to the lack of guidance and control.
It was not easy to teach Rex to learn the light body technique, although the magic fluctuation pattern diagram of this basic magic could be drawn with simple toes in Moller's eyes, but for Rex, whose brain circuit was very simple, it was as complicated as the book from heaven.
Fortunately, Rex is very persistent in being able to smoke and then scurry around like Mole's brother, so his interest in learning has not diminished, and finally after hundreds of experiments, Rex also released the magic smoke formed by the light body technique, which is different from Mole's orange red, he is pure fiery red.
However, Rex obviously didn't know how to control the power of this magic, and the whole person was like a balloon that was full of air and released its mouth, and if it weren't for Moller's ability to catch him in time, he would have hit his head full of bags.
In any case, the problem of controlling power can be practiced slowly, and as long as Rex is sure that he can use magic power, Moller is relieved.
While learning magic, Moller also often stayed in the bar on the first floor of the hotel, many people liked to make friends with this generous and often invited people to drink, and within a few days he was able to figure out the general situation of the town of Froder, and then under the introduction of the innkeeper, he met a clerk in charge of civil affairs, this bald middle-aged man who liked to drink and gamble a little money, after receiving a bottle of good wine from Moller and ten gold coins of filial piety, he opened a new account for the two poor "war orphans" of Moller and Rex.
After officially becoming a member of the small town of Froed, Moller rented a small two-story house with a courtyard and a firewood house in the affluent area to the south, and Moller rented all four rooms on the second floor.
The landlord is an old lady who has never married, lives in the master bedroom on the first floor, although she is very strict, but she has a good heart, and after hearing about the "tragic background" of Moeller and Rex, he takes good care of them.
"Good morning, Miss Meryl. ”
Moeller, who walked downstairs early in the morning, greeted the landlady with a smile, because she had never married, so even though she was now in her fifties, she was still politely called "Miss".
Meryl was directing the only maid to put some wood into the kitchen, when she heard Moeller's greeting, she stopped and turned slowly, the knife-like wrinkles on her emaciated cheeks were touched twice, and she nodded with a warm smile and said, "Good morning, Mr. Moeller, Ellie has already boiled hot water, and I will ask her to bring it to you in a moment."
"There's no hurry. ”
Moller smiled and walked over to help open the window on the sunny side of the living room, letting the morning air in, "Rex needs to sleep a little longer." ”
Meryl nodded and said, "A little more sleep for a child is good for the body, and Rex is a healthy boy." ”
After saying that, she looked at Moller, a look of desire and stoppage, and after a while finally made up her mind, and then said: "Mr. Moller, please forgive me for my rash talking, although I know that I should not interfere in your private life, but considering your actual situation, as an elder, I think I should be concerned about your plans for the future, even if it seems that your financial situation is good at the moment, but you should always plan early to take care of your brother!"
Moeller struggled to understand Miss Meryl's harshly worded words, and understood that the stern old lady was genuinely worried about her and Rex's livelihood, probably because he had been staying here for seven or eight days, but he had been staying in his room studying the magic notebook, and had not gone out to look for work like his normal peers.
"I very much welcome the care of the elderly. Moeller thought for a moment and said with a smile: "It's just that I think what I need most at the moment is to study, such as reading some books, I wonder if you can recommend me some reputable bookstores and books worth reading?"
Moeller knew that although the old lady was alone, she lived a full and elegant life, and had many interests and hobbies, especially reading and knitting, so he asked her to recommend it to him.
After hearing this, Miss Meryl nodded approvingly and said, "Reading is a very good thing, and the accumulation of knowledge can one day change fate." I'll talk to you about recommendations after breakfast. ”
After a simple breakfast, Miss Meryl not only introduced him to the bookstore in the town of Frod, but also took three large brick-thick books, which she lent to Moeller to read: "The Travels of Visby 6", which introduced the customs and people of various places, "The Wisdom of Heyman", which was an allegorical story about the philosophy of life, and "The Gentleman and the Lady", which introduced the etiquette to be observed on different occasions.
All three books were very useful to Moeller, who was anxious to get acquainted with the world, and he happily thanked Miss Meryl.
"Mr. Moller, I wonder if you can write?"
Hearing the old lady's question, Moeller was only stunned for a moment and gave an affirmative answer, there are records of various human characters in the inheritance memory of the dragon clan, and he naturally knows how to write, but he is not very proficient.
"That's great, I want to write a letter to my niece in McCannell City, but I'm too old to see clearly, I wonder if you'd like to do me a favor?"
Moeller readily agreed, and Miss Meryl asked her maid Ellie to fetch a piece of parchment, and an emerald quill, and dictated it herself for Moeller to write.
Because he didn't have much experience in writing the words of this world, he was not very proficient in writing at first, but with the accuracy of the perennial depiction of the magic array, he wrote quite neatly, and the layout of the words on the paper was also very coordinated, and it looked beautiful, judging by the curvature of the wrinkles on Miss Meryl's face, she should still be satisfied.
Moeller thought that the matter was over, but Miss Meryl told him the next day that there was a job offer for him, and that it was for the town magistrate to be a scribe, and to copy letters, letters, etc., which was already a very decent job for the common people.
Although there was a job that would allow him to fit in better, Moeller considered his situation and politely declined.
"Miss Meryl's kindness is impressive, but I still have to take care of Rex, and I'm afraid I'm not up to the job. ”
Miss Meryl looked at Rex, who was yawning in Moller's arms, and understood that Moller was showing that he was unwilling to leave his brother in the care of others, so she said apologetically, "I see, I didn't think it through." ”
Although he refused the job offer offered by Miss Meryl, Moller was still very committed to this care, and when he was not reading in the room, he would always take the initiative to help with some heavy work, which not only made the maid Ellie grateful, but Miss Meryl looked at his watch much softer.
During this time, Tong Guò read the book "The Travels of Visby Big 6" borrowed from Miss Meryl, and Moller learned that there are currently four big kingdoms in the whole Big 6, namely: the Kingdom of Ristan, the Kingdom of Tibarabi, the Kingdom of **Li, and the Kingdom of Sherja.
The kingdom of Ristan is the country where he is now, mainly agricultural, with simple and free people, and many gods.
The territory of the Tibarabi Kingdom is mountainous and forested, so the people live by hunting, and almost all the people believe in the god of fire, and the people are fierce and aggressive, but they are also famous for their righteousness and bravery.
**The Kingdom of Li is the most powerful and rich of the four kingdoms, occupying the most fertile plains, rich in rivers, lakes and waves, rich in products, and the prestigious fountain of youth.
The Sherja Kingdom is the oldest and most mysterious, with a territory deep in the vast primeval forests of the southern part of the Great 6, where the snake god is worshipped. With the exception of some necessary trade, the people seldom interacted with the people of the other three countries, and were regarded as barbarians by the people of the other three countries.
In addition, there are a number of small countries, but with the exception of a few geographically isolated countries that can still maintain their independence, most of them are dependent on the four major powers and survive in the cracks.
In addition to these human nations, the book also mentions other inhuman intelligent races, such as the elves in the forest, the dwarves in the mountains, the gnomes in the swamp, etc., but the book is quite general, and only devotes a lot of space to how the elves are beautiful and have powerful and mysterious natural magic, how the dwarves are hot and stubborn, and are skilled in forging all kinds of tools, while the gnomes are savage and ferocious, worshipping ancient and evil witch gods, and still have the custom of cannibalism.
These introductions seem to be substantial, but in fact nothing useful is said, and Moeller can't help but think of something called "CCTV" in another world. The foreign countries expressed in CCTV are Americans who are warm and open-minded and adventurous, French who are romantic and unrestrained and chase love, and British who are gentlemen and pay attention to tradition. As for some specific aspects, such as racial discrimination, regional prejudice, slander and insult, historical contradictions, etc., those are all things that do not exist!
As far as Moeller knows, these inhuman intelligent races, their relationship with humans is not very good, at least the dragon inheritance memory mentions, in fact, human beings have had very bloody and cruel wars with these intelligent races, among which the elves who are proficient in magic and the dwarves who are well-armed and powerful have used blood lessons to let humans know that they are not easy to mess with, so they not only keep their territory, but also win a certain amount of respect.
And some weak races, such as giants, gnomes, orcs, lost their recuperation territory in the battle, as a result, the giants were slaughtered and disappeared in the long river of history, the gnomes hid in the harsh environment of the swamp, and the orcs only left some half-orcs with some human blood, becoming the most lowly remnants in human society, and the pure-blood orcs have long been extinct!