Book II, Chapter 10
"Why don't you pour wine for the two adults?" said with a smile on his face, "Two adults, this is what the villain just bought, and the two adults are tired from traveling...... This and this...... Hey...... They're all virgins!"
I stiffened my hands and feet as I watched as the girl next to me set the wine glass for me with trembling hands, and poured the red wine from the flask that I had been holding in front of my chest. As soon as the glass was full, she immediately brought the flask back to her chest, blocking a place where a girl should not be seen, her head tilted slightly, and the two droplets of water were already sprinkled on the dust.
"Cheers, cheers, cheers...... My lord?"
"Oh, wait a minute...... "I said, taking out the chicken leg that had been in my mouth and placing it on the table, "this campfire is so big, I need to take off my cloak." β
I put a black cloak over her somewhat thin body, and after thinking about it, I put Abu, who was still asleep in my arms, into her arms, hoping that the cute Abu could make her feel better.
"Come on, come on!" I picked up my glass, "Drink and drink!"
"Ah, it's the first time you've spoken!" said Sunset, "Are you satisfied?"
I want to beat this fat pig to death.
Bathing in the sunset and clapping his hands, several dancers began to dance around the campfire with unknown names, and Fichette asked him something about the city of Wanpu. And I, on the one hand, hated bathing in the sunset, and on the other hand, a young man with strong blood was not very suitable to turn his head and talk to the girl in an empty dress nearby, so I had to drink without a sip.
"Pop" has too much oil on his hands, wine glasses fall on the table, and red wine is splashed everywhere.
"What's wrong, my lord!" said Bathing Sunset earnestly. "Isn't she serving well? I'll teach her a lesson right away!"
"No!" I said. "The wine glass is a bit small. I didn't hold it steady for a while!"
"Ah, I see!" Bathing Sunset nodded, "I see......! You, go and make one of our special wine glasses for adults, quickly! Also, put silver-edged wine glasses for adults......"
I don't have anything to say about people who have practiced this kind of flattery to the end.
In the middle of the feast, the servant bathing in the sunset came up with a silver plate covered with a red cloth in his hand. Bathing in the sunset, the servant knelt all the way to me. Put the silver plate on my desk.
"If this is a wine glass...... Fischette said, pointing to something under the red cloth, "isn't it a little too big?"
"My lord, this wine glass is a little bigger, but it is very suitable for the identity of an adult...... "Bathing Sunset" said Bathing Sunset, "Please take a look at ...... adults"
I lifted the red cloth from above, and sure enough, there was a large wine glass underneath, and at this time, the girl next to me let out a low exclamation.
"What are you doing! Shouting and scaring adults!" "Bathing Sunset scolded her, "Don't pour wine for adults!"
"Yes......" the girl replied, choked up. The hands that poured the wine trembled more than they had just now, and the tears that had been stopped flowed involuntarily.
I looked at the new glass. Under the light of the campfire, I couldn't really see its color, its shape, the mouth of the cup was very large, the bottom was relatively shallow, like a watermelon cut off in half, so big that I couldn't hold it with one hand. Luckily, the silver lace on the glass was just right for my four fingers to pass through, so I could hold the glass. It should be said that although this wine glass is a bit strange, the craftsmanship is still very good! Especially the silver ornaments on the wine glass, they are made into an olive branch to wrap around the whole wine glass, and the leaves are shining in the firelight.
"It's good, it's a beautiful glass. Fichette on one side said, "It's chic." β
"Do you want one too?" Hearing Fichette's compliment, his eyes lit up in the sunset, "It's not troublesome at all......!
"No!" the girl next to me suddenly spoke, her lips turning bloodless, "Please, don't!"
"You want to rebel! Do you dare to intervene in the affairs of adults?" bathed in the sunset scolded, "You shut up!"
I glared at him so hard that he swallowed the swear words he was about to utter.
"I don't think this glass is right for me. "I held the hand of the girl next to me, her hand was cold, there must be something strange.
"Sue me," I looked at her and said, "what's wrong with this wine glass?"
"Wine glass............ "yes ......" she cried.
"What is it?"
"Yes......" Perhaps it was my warm hand that gave her courage, she said it, "It's made of human heads......"
"You...... What do you say?" Fichette's smile froze on his face.
"People are made of living people!" she finally cried.
There was silence, there was silence in the courtyard, only the bonfire was "crackling".
Fichette and I both looked at the glass and didn't speak.
"Hehe...... "Hehe the silence broke with the sound of bathing in the sunset, "Two adults, haven't you ever seen a wine cup like this? We make a lot of it every year!
"You say......" Fichette smiled, "you do a lot a year?"
"Yes, my lord, the villain's wine glass is famous far and wide, and many beginners in magic even buy it as a magic weapon......"
"Well," Fischette turned to me, "and he said he does a lot of ...... a year He also said that many people buy ......"
"What's your name?" I hugged the girl beside me, "Don't be afraid, I'm a good bad person." β
"I ......," the girl looked at me and said, "I don't have a name." β
"It doesn't matter if you don't have a name," I said, "and you have the scent of flowers and plants, so I'll call you Lily." β
"Yes......"
"So...... Lily," I said, picking up the glass on the table and placing it in her hand, "you can help me get it first." β
I stood up and nodded to Fischert, who was talking about the third time "He said he does a lot a year and sells a lot of ......"
In the quiet night sky, a long whistle sounded. I blew it, and although I always thought I whistled well, I still didn't want to blow it too often.
"Boss!" Almost at the same time, Marfa showed a head on the wall. "What's the matter. β
"Blockade the village. No one is allowed to escape. I said. "Fichette and I have something to do. β
Without waiting for Marfa to reply, Fichette kicked over the table in front of him, already with a long sword in his hand, and walked towards the bathing sunset with a blank face.
"My lord!" said loudly as he retreated, "My lord, does the villain have any offended you? What are you doing with your sword, my lord...... You, you're not a mage of the temple, you're coming, you're coming, you're coming......
Kill them!" a few thug-like men howled past their master and lunged at us, their expressions fierce and fierce. But...... It's a pity that they don't have the ability to match the fierce expression. Knocked to the ground with a clean stab from Fichette's sword.
"Go up, go up!" shouted Sunset, who was hiding in a corner, "Kill them!"
I don't know if these people were there just now, but they are now rushing out of the yard, from the cellar, from the house.
I jumped in front of Fischet, too lazy to say anything, and killed with a swing of my sword.
"Ahh With his shout, a golden fighting spirit began to appear around him. Little by little, they gathered around him. In the night, his entire body was wrapped in gold, like a statue made of gold.
"Shock!" Fichette shouted, and the fighting qi that wrapped him exploded violently, turning into gold stars that flew evenly in all directions, and the people around him didn't even have time to scream, and his body was pierced by the many stars of fighting spirit, and then he was shocked by a large stream of golden fighting qi later, and even his body was scattered......
I knew ......that Fischette was still screaming "ahh First, I couldn't hold them that much, and secondly, they didn't know me very well, so I kicked them all out of the door.
Bathing in the sunset screamed miserably, and crawled to the backyard with his hands and feet, Fichette slowly followed him, killing the thugs who came to save their master. His white mage robe was already splattered with blood, and his whole body was shrouded in golden fighting aura, and even the sword in his hand was covered with a faint layer of gold.
Fischette was not in a hurry to kill the bathing sunset, so naturally he wanted to cut him down to the roots. Of course I had to cooperate with him, but I had a big living man in my hands, so I had to walk behind Fichette and hang up the guys who wanted to sneak up from behind him, and the sneak attackers behind me would naturally have other people to take care of.
There is only one large house in the backyard with no lights in it. With nowhere to escape, I shuddered and crawled in, and I grabbed Fischette in the doorway, and put a light spell on it before stepping inside.
As soon as I stepped into this room, Lily, who was held in my arms, trembled violently, as if this was hell.
Across a wooden platform, bathing in the sunset, he stuck his back to the wall, crying bitterly.
"Don't kill me...... I don't want to die......" he muttered, "I didn't offend you...... Don't kill me......"
No one paid any attention to him, me, Fischett, Jack and Marfa, and all the members of the Guards who had arrived, all eyes on the wooden platform...... I, and the members of the Guards around me, have all been on the battlefield, and those who have brushed shoulders with death are certainly no strangers to corpses. But in front of this wooden platform, someone's weapon fell to the ground, and someone rushed out to vomit.
On that wooden platform, a naked woman lay with her hands and feet held in place by iron hoops. She must have been very young, her smooth skin was covered with dirt and scars from various people, her ten fingernails were all cracked, full of coagulated blood, and she had been deeply embedded in the plank, her upper body was tied a little higher, her head was rigged into two thick iron bars, her mouth was stuffed with rags, and her skull was missing......
"Pull this pig out......," I said, putting down the lily in my arms, and speaking to the members of the Guards behind me, "put him to death in the most cruel way you think you had!"
"Fischet!" I patted Fischette on the shoulder, "Ahh
"Are you going out for a meeting?" I asked him with concern.
"No, I'll be better with you......" he shook his head, "She died because of us, right?"
I nodded, and then I told them to fetch water, and I told them and Lily to release the others, and to bring another piece of clothing.
With Fichette's help, I removed the silver ornament from the "wine glass" and placed it on the woman's head, and Fichette restored it with magic. When Lily gets her clothes back. We've washed her.
Get dressed. She put her hands on her chest. His face was very serene, "The flowing water proves that you are pure and immaculate......
The breeze proves that you are pure and immaculate......
The earth and mountains prove that you are pure and immaculate......
The sun, moon and stars prove that you are pure and immaculate...... "We bid her farewell, and when the first flames were lit by the wood piled under her body, the lily next to me was already crying "wow......
(Note 1.) Christian name: Given to ordinary people by the official mage of the temple, those who have a religious name have a higher status than ordinary people, and can more easily oppress civilians. οΌ
(Note 2, the host's seat is facing the main door, and the guest's seat is on both sides.) οΌ
In the early morning, the village was very dry inside and out, and there was not a trace of blood or anything left. Fichette and I didn't care too much about the end of Sunset and his men, and their screams continued all night, but I didn't want to know how he would die. Because I want to make this a stronghold. So a few members of the regiment were left in the village.
The remaining slaves were released by us, but Lily never went with them to the Dark City. I looked at her. I'm in a bad mood, if I hadn't hugged you last night, I wouldn't have bothered to care about you to die!
"Anyway, my best friend is gone, and if you don't want me," she clung to Abu, "just make me into a wine glass." β
"I said Cohen," Fichette said to me, "and take her with you, so that we can no longer ask for a maid when we get to Wanpu." β
Hearing her talk about the wine glass, my heart hurt again for no reason, nodded, and took her on the road. Before leaving, I kindly reminded her that if she didn't let go of her hand, Abu would die of rage.
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On the third day, we arrived, Wanpu! Wanpu! This is Wanpu!
Our group stood on a hill outside the city of Wanpu, taking a closer look at the emerging city. It was not very large, and most of the city was densely packed with small houses built next to the port, and a street that seemed to be spacious clearly divided the city into two parts, and the dwellings with small gardens on the inland side were conspicuous.
"Is this our money jar?" I have to admit, Lamp is a little different from what I imagined.
"I'm sure it's Lamp," Fichette said, "but it's up to you whether she'll be your money jar......
I will kill people and set fires, but I will make money...... I'm not feeling well, I have a headache, my stomach hurts, I want to lie down, I want to moan while rolling on the ground...... By the way, I still want to use foul language.
"Master......" Lily looked at my face cautiously, "May I speak?"
"Aren't you talking about it now?" I didn't look at her angrily, I really couldn't say foul words to her, "Also, don't call me master, you can call me a son or a young master!"
"Yes, young master. She said, "I don't think you're familiar with this place...... But I've been here before. β
"Really? β
"That's right, I'...... When I wasn't sold...... she said, bowing her head, "I've always been here, with my good friends." β
Fichette came over and patted Lily on the shoulder, but couldn't say anything.
"That's ...... You say slowly," I look at the sky, "and if you're sad, Fichette and I will lend you one of the shoulders." β
Lily smiled and pointed to Hope to explain to us. Only then did we realize that this small city in my territory was actually a commercial city in the truest sense of the word, and every day, dozens of cargo ships docked at the port, and all kinds of transactions were in full swing...... There are so many people of all colors, and the three religions and nine streams are flooded...... However, because there is no official management, the city is rather chaotic.
"Looks interesting...... "I said," I said, "so I can fish in the water, hehe......"
"What are you laughing at?" Fichette asked me.
"It's nothing, but there's so much business to do, it's just a little exciting......" I thought for a moment, "let's have a light and a dark!"
"What's the light and the dark?"
"Tell the darkness to send a city lord!" I made up my mind, "take two hundred soldiers, scrape the land and collect taxes......"
"Think about it, how much can you collect in a moment?" said Fischet, "what is the use of two hundred soldiers?"
........................The lord of the city is nothing but a faΓ§ade!" I think I must have laughed exaggeratedly, for Fichette frowned, "I'm going to turn Wanpu into the biggest smuggling port on the mainland!"
"Smuggling?"
"Yes!" I said, "that's what I just thought, and since there are such good conditions here, and we can't ban it altogether...... Then the best way is that these smuggling controls are in our hands, and we have to make the smuggling sound and impressive, and we must be very formal. And I'm going to train some special people here......"
"Who?"
"Smuggling, we can't do it ourselves!" I said, "Besides, Lily just said that Wanpu's civil management is very good!"
"You mean......" Fischette understood at once, "what we can't do, what we can't do, what we can't do......
"Yes, it's up to them to do it. Also, I'll take your share of the smuggling!"
"Oh my God...... Fichette held his head, "and count me in?
Am I not the one who digs the corners of my house?"
"Either you're going to smuggle, or you're going to ask your dad for the money. β
"I'm afraid of you," said Fichette bitterly, "I think I'd better smuggle it." β
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After entering the city, we first found a hotel to stay in. The members of the Guards who pretended to be mercenaries also moved in, but they were not so good, and I immediately sent a lot of people out, and before occupying a city, shouldn't the small villages around the city be cleaned first?
"If there's anything like bathing in the sunset, you don't have to let me know. "I put my hand on my neck, and after a day of rest, Fichette and I wandered out into the streets, stopping by to see what business was going on. Of course, Lily also followed us with Abu in her arms.
Because we thought that we might be present in some social situations, we all showed up as businessmen.
I'm Mr. Turner now, Fichette is now Mr. Phil, and Lily is now ...... I think she's better called Lily.
After walking around for a long time, my feet were sore, and I still didn't see any business that looked particularly lucrative, so I decided to buy Lily a dress or two, because she would look tasteless when she wore something inappropriate.
But I didn't expect that there was not a single proper clothing store on the streets on this side of the wharf! Why do people here like to buy horses of cotton cloth, handfuls of needles and threads, and baskets of scissors to go home and make clothes? Damn! Why do you even sell pepper in big bags here?
"Young Master......" Lily said as she approached me, "this is a wholesale ......."
"Yes, young master, Abu seems to have seen a shop selling clothes," Abu in Lily's arms sent me a consciousness, "just on that wide street......
With a dark face, I turned left and right and walked up the only wide street in the city, and finally saw the legendary ready-to-wear store.
"Lily, you pick it yourself," I sat down on the chair specially prepared for customers in the store for the first time, "Young master, I'm tired." β
"Oh......" Lily hugged Abu and looked in the store.
I rubbed my calves and began to look at the shop.
It should be said that the owner of this shop is very good at business, which can be seen from the endless flow of customers in the store. The layout of the store is also well organized, and all kinds of men's and women's clothes are hung by the shopkeeper in just the right place on the two walls, which not only does not look messy, but also makes you feel very pleasing to the eye. What surprised me even more was that next to each dress, whether it was formal banquet wear or casual wear, whether it was men's or women's clothing, there were more than two sets of tassels, lace and buttons for people to choose from. (To be continued......)