"Jingle Bell~"

"Welcome."

With the crisp sound of the tavern door, a young man in uniform spoke behind the bar.

Her medium-length white hair is simply tied behind her head with a tie and looks smart. But the most special thing is his temperament, although he looks very young, but like ebony, with the precipitation left by the years.

The inside of the tavern is bigger than it looks from the outside, and there is even a second floor, and the decoration is very stylish, at least in this small place.

But there were very few customers here, or rather, only one sitting at the bar. It should be a regular customer of this store.

Because at the moment the guy was playing a game of chess with the white-haired bartender behind the bar, and it seemed that the young man was slightly superior, and the guest was frowning and meditating.

Niko hadn't passed the street much, but he had never seen a tavern here, because it had almost nothing to do with commerce, it was the very corner of the city, and no one would come here to consume it.

And I know that it has cost a lot of money to renovate at a glance, and I just don't think there is a lot of money to spend.

However, Niko apparently did not have the time or interest in criticizing the man, and pleaded anxiously to the white-haired young man.

"Hello, sir, there is a group of bad people chasing us in the back, can you help us?"

The white-haired young man frowned slightly and looked behind them, but he didn't hesitate, just said.

"Hide in my cellar."

So saying, the young man motioned for them to come, and opened the door of the cellar which he had placed under his feet.

The door almost melted into the floor, and if he hadn't opened it, no one would have noticed.

As soon as it was opened, there was a faint aroma of wine, and it was pitch black, almost without seeing the bottom, and there was only one staircase leading to the bottom, as if leading to an abyss, which made people feel hairy.

Niko couldn't actually guarantee that the tavern's owner would be a good man, but what he knew was that if Nauda was captured by the group, he wouldn't survive.

They had come to kill the mouth.

So Niko can only use dead horses as live horse doctors.

He led Nauda down the stairs with him, and Char silently closed the lid of the cellar.

He looked through the glass door into the street, where the men in black soon appeared.

They searched from house to house, but they went straight past the tavern.

It's like yes. I didn't see this tavern at all.

The man who was sitting on the opposite side of the chessboard, thinking for a long time, finally raised his hand and grabbed the "elephant" in the black chess piece and took a step.

Char, on the other hand, lifted the "rook" in white, knocked down his "back" and put him in the position of "back", and this move directly made the "king" have no way out.

"General."

"Huh."

The man sighed.

"It's been getting harder and harder to win you lately."

"Because your heart is not pure." Char said.

He was speechless, and said in silence for a moment, "When are you going to release Hypnos?" ”

"He's been locked up for more than a hundred years."

Yes, the man in front of him is the great god of death in Hades-Tanatos.

"Do you want me to let him go?" Char said.

"Just wondering about an exact time." He said, "All these years He was gone, and he left a lot of trouble in Hades for him to clean up." ”

"It depends on whether he really repents." Char said, "Fate will choose the best time." ”

Thanatos was silent for a moment, then let out a long sigh of relief, "I see. ”

"Well, I won't bother too much, you seem to have your own chess to play." He slowly got up and left.

For a while, he was the only one left in the entire tavern.

Char didn't open the cellar in a hurry, but silently put away the chessboard, and then picked up a kerosene lamp from the cabinet on the side, opened the door of the cellar and walked down.

Niko and Nawda, who had been shrouded in darkness, shook each other's hands tightly.

It was so dark that there was no light at all, and they didn't dare to walk around at all, and there was a faint smell of wine all around.

Their hearts were very apprehensive, and they could hear each other's breathing and beating hearts quietly.

Darkness is always the most primitive fear in people's hearts.

The cellar door that opened above apparently saved them.

They looked up and saw the tavern keeper coming down the stairs with an oil lamp, the bright but not dazzling kerosene lamp that was now shining like the sun.

He soon came to their side, and they finally got a good view of the whole place.

A large row of marble staircases can be seen, and at the bottom of the staircase is a long gallery flanked by many paintings on the theme of Greek mythology.

This is the wine cellar of Semmel.

"They're gone." Char said, "But I should still be looking for you nearby, you can wait here for a while." ”

"Come with me."

As he spoke, he walked forward.

Niko and Nauda exchanged glances, but followed the strange tavernkeeper through the corridor.

They came to a circular hall, which was not as dark as it had been before, and a morning light penetrated through the glass skylight of the dome, and the cathedral grandeur was still visible in the dimness.

The labyrinthine area is filled with wine cabinets with various barrels, stretching from the floor to the spire.

The place was much bigger than they had imagined, like a beehive of tunnels, staircases, platforms, and bridges that formed a huge liquor storage room with an incredible geometric structure.

Niko thinks the owner of this tavern should buy all the houses in the neighborhood.

But

He frowned slightly, his mind always seemed to feel that the area of the house outside was completely different from here

The tavern keeper led them to the middle of the hall, where there was a circular resting spot with a circle of sofas that looked cozy.

There was a coffee table in the middle, and there was a crackling sound from the fireplace burning wood on one side, but the fireplace was glassed, so I was worried that the sparks would ignite the surrounding wine cellars.

Char motioned for them to sit down as well, while he picked up two wine glasses from the coffee table and opened a faucet stuck in a barrel from the fruit wine shelf on one side.

Some sparkling wine flowed from the faucet and landed in the glass.

After filling both glasses with cider, he placed them in front of Nauda and Niko, and sat down across from them.

Niko didn't touch the wine, but said, "Thank you for saving us, sir." ”

Now he understood that the person in front of him should be a very rich invisible rich man, and the tavern above was completely open for fun.

Char picked up the wine placed on the table, accompanied by a crisp "Peng", and the tantalizing aroma of wine permeated the surroundings.

He poured a little wine into the glass in front of him, then picked it up and shook it.

"Those people, why are they chasing you?"

Niko had anticipated this question early on and spoke.

"The Nauda family is very rich, and her relatives covet her family's money, so they killed her parents, her uncle, and now they are ready to kill her in order to inherit her family's huge inheritance."

"Oh." Char said sympathetically, "It's really pitiful. ”

"What are you going to do next?" Char said.

"Nauda's aunt is in Beichen." Nico said.

"By boat?"

"On empty boats, their power is very strong, and there may be their people in the port."

"It's this year. A single airboat ride can be a lot of money. Char took a sip of red wine and said.

"There's an empty boat yard nearby, and my uncle used to work there, and I'm wondering if I can get them to lend us one." ”

"Capitalists can't afford to make a profit." Char teased.

Niko bowed his head for a moment and said, "But that's the best I can think of." ”

"I have an empty boat." Char said.

Hearing this, Niko and Nauda both looked up.

"Don't look at me like this, I was an adventurer when I was young." Char said, "I've been to many places in the world. ”

"When you were young?" Nauda looked at Char, "But you look young now. ”

"Have you ever seen a young man with gray hair?" Char said seriously.

They shook their heads.

"I thought it was born with you." "You know, there are some people in this world who do. ”

Char drank the wine glass and said, "My airboat has not been used for a long time, but I can borrow it from you." But. One question is, do you know someone who can fly an airboat? ”

"I will." Nico said.

"Oh?" Char's face showed a little interest, "It seems that you have abilities that don't match your age. ”

"Where have you been?" Niko asked, curiously.

"I've been to every country in the world, and I've been to the North Pole." Char said.

Niko raised his eyes in surprise, "It's easy to go to the North Pole by airboat, but it's not easy to come back. ”

There was once an expedition that tried to cross the North Pole by airboat and land in the Americas, but the airboat fell and no one survived. The news made headlines on the front page at the time, and it was widely circulated in airboat circles.

"I've had good luck all the time." Char said.

"What are you doing in so many places, just to take risks?" Nauda asked curiously.

Char raised her eyebrows, "Part of it was for adventure, and part of it was for finding a legend." ”

Nauda and Niko looked at each other, and she continued, "Skye? ”

"Looks like you've heard this rumor too." Char teased.

Niko lowered his eyes, "You probably didn't find it either." ”

"No, I actually found something."

(End of chapter)