Volume I: The End of the Outlaw 68

The girl's name was Felicia Duane.

Stayed in the tavern for almost a week and she took good care of me. Although she is not meticulous, but fortunately, she does not talk much.

On this day, I felt that my arm was fine, so I went out and went around the foothold. The blood on the floor of the first floor is still there, the second and third floors seem to have been turned over again, and Ralph's horses and I don't know where they were.

After walking around the embassy again, and making sure that Fred hadn't left Lordaeron, I circled back to the hotel.

As soon as she arrived at the door of the room, she heard a man's snoring and panting sound and her uncontrollable moaning from her room.

Maybe it's because of the way she feels to me, or maybe it's something else. As for her care and care for me, I don't think it's because of the gold coins in my pocket.

I gave her two gold coins to stop her work. It seems that this can only be temporary......

She is a relatively quiet girl, and in addition to taking care of my diet and daily life, she basically embroiders in the room every day. She said that this could be exchanged for a silver coin. One silver coin could be exchanged for a week's worth of her rations.

I asked her how much money you would need to make to change your life. She shook her head and stopped talking.

The room suddenly fell silent after the sound of the bed shaking violently. After a while, the door was opened, and a middle-aged man walked out.

He glanced at me and threw out a sentence: "Soft life." He smiled and turned around and walked downstairs.

I glanced at him and followed him downstairs. Sitting on the edge of the bar, I stared at the bubbles of beer in my glass.

"What's wrong?" The bartender came over. "You've recently become a thinker, and it's not like you."

I ignored him.

"Isn't Felicia serving well these days?"

I blinked and came back to my senses. "No, that's good."

"Hmm...... I didn't expect you to be a lover. Want to open up, bro. ”

"Don't guess."

"Your face is full of grievances, like a little resentful woman who has fallen out of favor." He quipped.

"You know again."

"It's written on your face. I don't have to persuade you, but ...... Hi, either want to open a point, friend. Or you take possession of her completely. ”

"You do business like this, does your boss know?" I glanced at him.

"No, I'm just matchmaking for free. Lovely Felicia is actually very pitiful. He said.

"Then why don't you marry her?"

"She turned out to be a rich lady, and she had a high eye."

"I'm not a rich kid either. Don't worry about this nonsense. I bowed my head in disgust, not wanting to talk to him.

I turned around, and Felicia was standing in the doorway on the second floor, looking at me. Her eyes made me feel sad in my heart.

"You're having a good time here!" A voice came from behind me.

As soon as I turned around, I was stunned!

"You...... How did it come? ”

"If you're reassuring, I can't use it at all."

"I'm sorry about that!"

Winston pulled out a stool and sat down beside me. "What's the matter with you?" He stared at me and said.

"Ralph was seriously injured. I settled him in and went to follow Fred's New Year's party. But by the time I got back, Ralph was gone. ”

"Did you find a clue?"

"Find the clue, now it's the two of us talking to you here."

"You seem to be hurt."

"How do you know?"

"How do you think I'm going to find you without hearing from you?"

"Hah......" I let out a dry laugh from my throat, and I didn't know how he found me.

"Who did that?"

"A bunch of guys with no tongues." I looked at his face and said. "Gilnesians."

Winston frowned. "Are you sure?"

"In addition to seeing it with my own eyes, I almost kissed them."

"How did you get hurt?"

"A week ago, the day after Ralph's disappearance. I waited for them at the place where I was staying for the night, but when it was dawn, I was suddenly attacked. There were six of them, I killed two, and that's it. ”

Ralph just looked me in the eye, and he seemed to be thinking about something.

"Are you sure Ralph isn't dead?"

"Of course I'm not sure, but the chances of Ralph being killed are relatively low, and if he were to be killed, he would probably be slaughtered that day."

"Let's hope Ralph is still alive now." His voice sounded a little strange to me.

"How did you talk to Barov?" I asked suddenly.

"How's that?"

"The Barov family is anxious about this, isn't it?"

"What do you mean?"

"Didn't the Barov family do it?"

"Of course not." He affirmed. "Do you suspect Barov? What are you suspecting? He asked solemnly.

"It's impossible for anyone else to know." It was the first time I had stared him in the eye like that.

"As long as it happens, it can be known by others. What do you want to say? ”

"Oriden kept telling me to kill Fred."

"You're doing the right thing."

"Ravenhod's opinion?"

"Just execute it."

"Could it be someone Oriden is looking for?"

"No, it won't."

"I can't think of anyone else who could do something like that."

"Beat your curiosity, Bill." The lone wolf said coldly.

"I almost died."

"So you've got to be more careful." He turned his head to look behind him. "You seem to be very feminine."

"Life shouldn't be all about killing." I said lightly.

Winston got up and walked out, and I immediately followed.

"Are you going out again?" The bartender suddenly called out to me.

"What's wrong?" I stopped.

"Be careful, people have been suffering from cough all over the city lately."

"I'm not going to bring the illness back." I glanced at him.

"I wish you good health." He smiled and nodded at me.

I glanced at the lone wolf, and he glanced at me and said, "I don't know. ”

Staring at the door of the embassy from afar, Lone Wolf finally asked, "What about Ben?" ”

"It's not time yet." I blurted out without thinking.

"It seems that you guys are not very productive."

"The woman next to him doesn't sleep much at night."

"Can Fred stand it?" Winston's tone was skeptical.

"Fred slept well, but this woman ...... Her sleep situation made it difficult for me to get started. ”

The lone wolf looked at me. "You'll have to remember what Farad taught you."

The lone wolf told me to keep an eye on Fred, said he would contact me again, and hurried away.

The arrival of the lone wolf did not make me feel reassured, but rather made me feel a little indescribable, and I didn't believe in my sixth sense, because it was never possible.

"Are you leaving?" In the evening, Felicia sat down at the table in the corner and put down what she was doing. She didn't look at me, she just kept her head down.

"I don't know, maybe not." I say.

"That person makes me feel bad." She was mouthy for the first time.

"What's wrong?"

"It's just a feeling."

"A woman's sixth sense?"

She kept her head down and didn't say a word for a long time. "Yesterday I had a dream." She said.

"It can't be that I'm dead." I smiled.

"No, I'm dead."

"Ah...... "I don't know what to say." You're just thinking nonsense. ”

"What will they do with me if I die one day?"

"What nonsense are you talking about, what's wrong with you?"

"Today a sister had a cough and was taken away by them."

"You'll be fine." I say. "You can get out of here now and live a different life!"

She shook her head and cried.

I don't comfort people, especially women. Even if I can empathize with the other person's feelings, in other words, empathize. I didn't know how to comfort her.

"Are they forcing you to stay here?"

"It's not." She wiped her tears.

"Why is that?"

"I can't get out of here, they bought me."

"That's a ...... There is such a thing. And what about the money I gave you? Those two gold coins! ”

"They searched it."

"I always thought you were ...... Occupation...... Uh, free ...... "I suddenly couldn't find the right words to express it. "No wonder that guy said that......" I remembered what the bartender had said during the day.

The weather suddenly got colder. The sky was also gloomy, as if it was about to be pressed down. More and more people are suffering from cough in the city. The number of guests in the tavern was also more than half.

Ever since he was separated from the lone wolf, he disappeared all of a sudden, and never came to me again. But I can't be idle, I have to see people and dead people, and finding Ralph is what I have to do.

On the thirteenth day of the new year, suddenly the bell rang in the city! All the bell towers in the entire city of Lordaeron rang one after another. Suddenly there were bands of cavalry on the streets.

The cavalrymen were dressed in ornate armor and carried the royal banner, and behind them were the monks of the royal monastery. The monks carried the incense burner and sang songs I didn't understand as they went.

There was a guy in official uniform walking at the back of the line. He cried out loudly, "The gods bless Lordaeron!" The prince is born! The Light blesses Lordaeron! The prince is born! ”

Birth of the Prince! The queen gave birth to ......

Is that him?

Standing on the street, I watched the procession slowly walk down the street, the people on the road stopped one after another, and some people opened the doors of their houses and came out into the street, standing on the balcony to watch.

There was a lot of talk around them, some people clasped their hands in front of their chests, prayed, and some even burst into tears for some reason. Some people looked disdainful and even cursed in a low voice.

Is it really him?

I suddenly felt a kind of uneasiness in my heart, but I was looking forward to something.

Back at the tavern, the tavern was sparsely populated. "Hey Bill, you're back? Do you see what's going on outside? "The bartender saw me walk in and hurried to greet me.

"Hmm. No, what's wrong? ”

"The queen was born, and a prince was born!" He had a smile on his face.

"There are a lot of boys born every day, and it's not unusual." I didn't seem very interested.

"No, no, no, you don't know!" "The king promised last year that if the prince was born safely, he would reduce all taxes by half for a year," he said mysteriously. ”

"How did he know it would be a prince."

"The things you care about are really different."

"Do you know what's going to be your next birth?"

"Of course I don't know, who is the king? Countless prophets, sages, and archmages have predicted for the king, and the prophet Basarzadeh once swore that if the queen did not give birth to a prince, he would sacrifice himself to the gods. ”

"It seems that he doesn't have to sacrifice himself."

"Hah! Who called him a prophet? ”

"Will the king keep his promise? A year? Half of all taxes? ”

"That's right, half!"

"Is it so happy for you?"

"Ha, of course you don't have any feelings for a guy like you who doesn't have to pay taxes."

"In that case, what are you going to do with the girls upstairs?"

"Hey, Mr. Bill. We've taken good care of them. No matter where you go to any tavern or inn, the resident girls are not treated as well as here. If you've been to other taverns, you'll know that our girls are the best. ”

"Can they get out of here?"

"Ah, it seems that the esteemed Mr. Bill seems to have a place in his heart. Of course, of course they can get out of here. ”

I didn't go down, I just kept staring at him.

He smiled and said, "However, not everyone can leave at will, they all have contracts. ”

"Ha, there's even a contract. Can it expire in my lifetime? ”

"You're really joking, stop at any time, if you want."

"Say, profiteer."

"I am not a profiteer, honorable Mr. Bill. I'm just a handyman, a hard worker. ”

"Stop talking nonsense, tell me about it."

He held out five fingers.

"Five gold coins? It's too expensive. ”

"Hahaha, you're really humorous, it's fifty."

"Are you going to blackmail the wrongdoers?"

"Ah, you don't know this, they used to be the families of big families and even officials. The one who slept with you, her grandfather was a tax collector under Minechil I. One of the fattest errands in the kingdom. ”

"How did you end up here?"

"That's a long story. But she's a celebrity here. Countless people heard about it and wanted to have a fight with her. ”

"She's not pretty."

"You don't understand that. In the past, when her family was in power, there were too many people who proposed marriage, but she refused them all. After her father was executed for treason, there were naturally many people who watched her family's jokes. Some of those who had had their marriage proposals rejected heard that she had brought three or four of her grooms or swineherds to her after that. The bartender had an ugly expression on his face and his mouth was sluggling.

"She's our cash cow." The bartender looked at me with a frown.