Verse 19: Dreams of gain and loss

The sleepy-eyed Annan opened his eyes.

The sky had not yet fully lit up, and the distant crowing of chickens caused dogs to bark.

It was still a little early, and Annan glanced at Martin, who was on the board, and retracted into the bed to sleep. But it didn't take long for him to be woken up by sparse movements.

Opening his eyes again, Annan saw a butt shaking in front of his eyes.

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From behind came Martin's pleading.

"Cousin, help me, I'm so uncomfortable......"

What made Martin's approach take such a dramatic turn overnight?

A...... A lump of ...... A...... A...... One ...... A rough ass covered in cilia.

The answer is a fine thorn on a plank.

Martin slept with a plank into his pants and got the consequences.

"Aunt Susan!" Annan shouted decisively.

Aunt Susan's heavy, kind voice sounded with heavy footsteps: "Why don't you sleep for a while, the eggs haven't been boiled yetβ€”Martin!" What are you doing!!! ”

Annan hurriedly stopped Aunt Susan's swinging broom and saved Martin's ass in time.

Annan was then eating in the kitchen, and Martin was lying in the yard being picked by Aunt Susan. Annan was about to go out, and Martin was still picking a wooden thorn in the yard.

Come to the library in a good mood and start cleaning the floors and bookcases. Mr. Victor arrived punctually and sat in his sunshine corner, waiting for the light to spill into the library.

Who would have thought that this old man, who liked to bask in the sun and read all day long, was called the top hundred mage apprentices of the "Rikanr Kingdom"?

After cleaning up, Annan sat behind his desk, picked up "The Fairy Tales of Merlin", and flipped to the bookmark sandwiched on the penultimate page.

The old man was reading in the sun, and Annan was reading at his desk, and the silence flowed quietly.

This tranquility is his daily routine these days.

The final story of Merlin's fairy tale is a fable - the gates of purgatory are open, demons walk on earth, the gods of the void bewitch the people, and the soul of pain cannot die. However, a king appeared in the Old World, wielding a war hammer to cut the door of calamity and save the world from collapse.

It's more of a prophecy than a parable.

"Mr. Victor, where is the Old World?"

"South."

Syllable.

Gently close the "Fairy Tale of Merlin". As the first book to be fully read, it may be difficult for Annan to forget the contents in the future.

Now that you've read the whole fairy tale, it's time to move on to the difficulty......

Tucking "The Fairy Tales of Merlin" back into the spaceroom of the bookshelf, Annan swept the books on the shelves, these unknown veils waiting for him to lift-

Lady Wine's niece appeared at the door. Annan paused for a moment, returned to his desk and picked up a quill to register.

"I won't call you uncle......"

"What?"

In the corner of the sun, the palm of the hand turning the page stopped, and an ear slowly popped out of the edge of the back of the chair.

"I won't call you uncle!" For the first time, the robed girl showed emotions other than calm.

Annan asked blankly, "What did she tell you?" ”

"Told me everything...... I won't let you into the Winchert family. ”

The robed girl standing outside the door turned to leave, she was in no mood to do anything today.

Confused eyes retracted from the empty doorway, Annan moved to the side of Mr. Victor and stood in front of the dividing line between the sun and the gloom: "Do you know the Wincht family? ”

There was a dull sound of flipping books from behind the chair, and the old man refused to answer

At least I know the surnames of the Wine Lady and the Mage's apprentice......

Annan thought about it, and was going to ask Mr. Fast again in the evening, and continued to ask: "Mr. Victor, I would like to know something about the kingdom of Rekaner. ”

Victor lifted his staff and passed it over Annan's shoulder.

Annan followed the guide to find a copy of the Geography of Rikaner (Third Amendment), which was written by the Royal Academy of Rikaner.

With the geography book in hand, I returned to my desk and turned the title page.

["The truly great thing is not the vast world itself, but the insignificance of us who measure the world. β€”The Great Sage Ritter Festos]

Annan's desire to explore the world was ignited by these words, and when he reached the first page, he saw those obscure words.

With only three or four hundred words in his head, it was not easy for Annan to read a book full of proper nouns, so he had to continue to open the dictionary and read it word by word.

The Kingdom of Rikanr is located in the middle of the western part of the Allen Continent, with a medium land area. Annan saw the kingdom of Rikanr on the sketch of the continent of Allen next to the introduction. Shaped like a funnel that has lost its upper part, it is wide in the south and narrower the further north you go.

The kingdom has 24 counties, and the county of Plan'enbo, where Breeze City is located, is the top of the funnel and the northernmost county of the kingdom. The eastern border of the kingdom of Fatser is the opposite of narrow at the bottom and wide at the top.

The town of Hirabayashi is too small, and there is no location of the town of Hirabayashi on the map of the kingdom of Rekaner. However, Annan knew that the town was south of Breeze, and used his finger to blur the circle.

Annan looked very slowly, from the subsequent composition of the Wen royal family to the alliance and hostility with other countries. Before seeing the population, climate, and agriculture sections, Victor knocked on his desk.

Dusk sticks through the window, and it's closing time.

Annan closed the doors and windows, locked the library door, and hurried to the Dawn Tavern, which was already open.

Compared to the tranquil library, the tavern with the smell of wine and the hustle and bustle of the tavern is a different atmosphere. Annan tied an apron and helped Martin in a posture that "seemed to be accidentally pulled on his pants to keep his butt still".

There weren't many guests, but there was a strange bustle on the right side of the tavern - for the left was empty, and only Soruman Copperbeard sat there.

This is a human town, and they are not destined to meet other races, and I have heard that the further south they go, the more prejudices there are.

But if it's an elf, maybe it's a different story......

The female dwarf snorted and returned to the cellar.

Annan frequently looked at the empty seat of the wine lady, imagining a different world encounter......

Although a noble lady is not as attractive as a creature like Succubus Desire, it is still just-

"Why do you keep looking over there?"

Mr. Fast's doubts interrupted Annan's reverie, and he hesitated: "It is strange that it has been empty all along. ”

"It's a 'special seat' for the wine lady, and everyone here knows it." Fast looked strange.

"She doesn't seem to be here in days."

"Because Miss Wine has returned to Breeze." Fast suddenly approached Annan: "Do you like this kind of mature woman?" ”

"Nope! Just a little curious! ”

"You can't fool me, that's how people who quibble." Speaking of Fast, he shouted without replying, "Evelyn! Why do you keep staring at this side! ”

"Yes, yes?" Evelyn, who was wiping the counter, suddenly became flustered, and hurriedly straightened the wine bottle, "I didn't stare at Annan all day!" ”

The tavern erupted in laughter, and a shy Evelyn shrank behind the counter.

In any case, the wine lady unexpectedly appeared in Annan's dream of gain and loss.

The next day, Annan received 1 silver from Mr. Victor, and in the evening he received his salary from Mr. Fast.

Now, Annan has four full silver coins.

Only a paltry 96% of the qualification-tested kinnar remained.