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"First of all, when I went to my neighbor's house in the first half of the night, I stumbled upon the lord's guard going out from the gate on the east side of the mage district, they were well organized and armed, there were about twenty people, I guess most of them didn't go to the city."

Peggy said.

Matthew bowed slightly.

The Lord's Guard is the absolute elite of the Blood Banner family, a team that is independent of the garrison and is at the disposal of Rhaegar alone.

They don't leave the camp next to the lord's palace most of the time.

Only war or rebellion could have seen them elsewhere in town.

"Rhaegar has been holding back for half a month, and it seems that there is a big move."

Matthew gently kneaded the fluff at the end of the quill, and his eyes gradually brightened:

"It should be a mole's business."

Peggy shrugged, "I don't know, I'm just sharing the funny or suspicious signs with you as you asked." ”

"But if your judgment is correct, then that traitor is probably not a small person, it is very likely that he is a knight with a fief, otherwise he would not need so many people."

Matthew nodded approvingly.

"This is important, but it has nothing to do with us, so what about the next one?"

"The next one is especially important!"

Peggy stared at Matthew with great seriousness and said word by word:

"Matthew, you've got to get a class!"

Matthew was taken aback: "Don't we have enough money?" ”

Peggy flung over a stack of bills and a ledger with a variety of items and numbers written on them, and looked at Matthew dumbfounded.

"Here's the ledger for the last quarter, and the budget for the next quarter that I just prepared.

Let's talk about income first.

You've been out a few times lately and brought back some one-time income, which is around seven hundred.

And since you took a leave of absence from Seaver College, Principal Wren has stopped doubling your salary, and you only earn 50 gold coins a month on the subsidy of the sheriff's office.

With these numbers in mind, then let's talk about spending –

In terms of room and board, you have high requirements for three meals a day, and I am also changing my tricks to provide you with them, but many ingredients are very expensive; Fortunately, those goblins will send some fresh seasonal vegetables and mountain delicacies every once in a while.

But even so, we have to spend a lot of money a month. Well, this is very clear, your food expenditure is about 5 gold per month, and I need to buy negative energy stones to maintain life and physical strength, recently I have been deliberately reducing consumption, but there are about 25 gold per month.

Look, you and I have to pay 30 gold for a month's food! ”

Peggy danced and said:

"It's too extravagant!"

Matthew pinched the bridge of his nose:

"It's a luxury."

"However, the biggest expense is still in the greenhouse, in order to ripen a large number of seeds at the same time and cultivate them into saplings, you need to open the growth circle in the greenhouse all the time, which requires a lot of silver dust and sun stones, and the monthly expenditure is more than 100 gold coins!

And that's not even counting the cost of buying seeds.

And next, you should go and buy a whole set of attribute amplification scrolls, even if the shemale mage in White Rock City is willing to give you a discount, you will get 200 gold coins for a set.

I also know that you want to buy a new magic book, a new magic bag, and that ring that increases your energy limit.

In this case, your deposit will be depleted within 7 months!

We'll be bankrupt then! Matthew! ”

Peggy looked very nervous, not the slightest bit of security.

Matthew thought for a moment: "I have also calculated the expenditure situation, and there is one thing you may not have noticed, the major factor causing the spending gap is actually the greenhouse, and after this spring, I will greatly reduce the consumption of the greenhouse......"

"But that's still a stretch, isn't it?"

Peggy stared at him, then covered her mandibles with one hand, and said rather pompously, "Why don't you let me go back to the negative energy plane, where I don't need additional negative energy stones to live!" Although I don't like that place very much, at least it will ease the burden on you. ”

Matthew looked at her speechlessly.

"Or do you go back to class? Silverfield School can't live without you, you're an excellent history teacher! ”

Peggy tries to move with reason.

"But the salary given to me by Severll College is only 60 gold coins a month, and according to your algorithm, we still can't make ends meet."

Matthew spread his hands, indicating that he was already a salted fish who didn't want to go to work.

"No, as far as I know, as long as you are willing to go back to class, your salary will rise to 100 gold coins a month!"

Pai Kit Poor Dagger:

"So, go back to class, Matthew, this family needs your income, and the girls in the school are waiting for you to go back, well, I heard that there are a few boys who like you too."

Matthew was immediately alert: "You took Principal Wren's money?" ”

Peggy confessed:

"Actually, that's the third thing I'm going to say - Miss Seve came here today, she said she had something to look for you, I said you weren't there, she was going to wait for you in the drawing-room, I told her you probably won't be back tonight, she looked a little disappointed, after sitting in the kitchen for about an hour, she left with some regret, but she told me that she would come back to visit you tomorrow at the same time."

Matthew rubbed his temples: "You didn't help me refuse?" ”

Peggy glanced at him, "I helped you agree." ”

Matthew asked, "Why?" ”

Peggy clasped her hands to her chest:

"Because that girl is very cute, she chatted with me in the kitchen for more than an hour about the recipes, and took the initiative to ask you what dishes you like to eat, and she promised me that when I came over tomorrow, she would bring me the secret purgatory recipes hidden at home, as a skeleton who aspires to become a top chef, of course I can't refuse!"

Matthew was a little amused: "So that's why you're encouraging me to go to work – is it what Sieve meant?" Also, that's what you're talking about? ”

Peggy rightly said:

"It's a virtue to get to work on time, Matthew."

"Besides, it's about my dreams and your happiness, why doesn't it matter?"

"I want to warn you - Sif is different from other girls, she has a much more mature mind than you think of an underage girl, and I think she is a good fit for you."

Matthew spread his hands and joked, "It's a pity that her dad is not suitable for me." ”

Peggy said seriously: "I think so too, so I gave her a suggestion, I asked her to get rid of her father who likes to stalk her daughter when she comes to you tomorrow!" ”

Matthew scratched his head with a broken head:

"So Rhaegar is behind Sif today? He doesn't have his own work to do! ”

"Who knows, he's a poor man, but this sick protection may not give Sieve happiness, he should learn to let her grow up on her own." ”

Matthew teased, "You seem to have a lot of experience with children." ”

Peggy was stunned for a moment, her soul fire flickering again, and she didn't speak for a long time.

"Uh, new memories?" Matthew lowered his voice.

"Nope." Peggy shook her head: "It's just this sentence, I seem to have heard it from another person's mouth, I don't know if you have had a similar experience - a certain moment, a certain sentence, that strong sense of déjà vu, as if you have experienced ......"

Matthew nodded.

The two were silent for a moment.

Peggy suddenly asked, "So would you like to go back to class?" ”

Matthew blinked: "The reason why I was willing to go to class was because of lack of money, and on the other hand, I wanted to use the school library and the books at the students' homes to make up for my knowledge. Now that neither of these reasons is so urgent, I suggest you forget about the suggestion. ”

He paused: "But I really should find myself a legal and stable business with fast money." Do you have any thoughts on that, Peggy? ”

Peggy yawned, looking disinterested, "How do I know, I'm just a muddy skeleton." ”

"Good night, Matthew."

……

The next night.

Matthew, who had been busy in the woods for a long day, returned home early to the town.

After dinner, he took a shower, then waited in the living room with a book in his hand.

Although the content of the book is not boring, reading Matthew is a little absent-minded.

He was mainly thinking about how to tactfully persuade Seve not to come to him every once in a while.

He had a good impression of Sief.

So I don't want to hurt her even more.

Seven o'clock in the evening.

It's almost time for Seve to visit yesterday.

Outside the house, a bell rang out.

Matthew put down his book and quickly got up to open the door.

However, to his surprise.

Standing outside the fence was another woman.

"Samantha?"

Matthew looked at each other in some surprise.

"Please forgive me for being uninvited, and please don't blame Ella, I begged her to tell me your address."

Samantha looked a little tired.

But there was a strange look in her eyes.

At this time, she was wearing a dress that was in line with the trend of human towns, but it didn't fit well.

The chest is swollen and trembling slightly.

Her expression also looked a little cramped.

"Well, I'm a little uncomfortable with a human gathering place, can you let me in?"

Samantha asked quietly.

"Of course you can ......"

However, he didn't wait for Matthew to open the door and welcome her in.

Not far away, a terrible roar erupted: "No! ”

The man roared as he approached:

"Samantha, what are you doing, why are you going to this necromancer's house!"

Matthew watched the menacing Eli in silence.

"Look, this ......"

He looked at Samantha again.

The next second.

The uneasiness on the female druid's face disappeared in an instant, replaced by anger and fierceness.

"Eli, I warned you, no! Want! Follow! Tracks! I! ”

At the end of the sentence, Samantha's voice was as heart-wrenching as the roar of a beast.

She turned and ran towards Eli.

Every step of the way.

Her body swelled a little.

After three steps.

A beautiful and flawless brown hair draped over her body, and she changed from a human female of about one meter seven to a brown bear more than three meters tall!

"Please wait, Mr. Matthew."

Samantha looked back, softly apologetic.

"You've never said that to me."

Eli is still angrily accusing.

The bear lunged at him, grabbing Eli's body and rushing out of town as if she were dragging a mop!

In the blink of an eye, the figures of the two disappeared one after another.

Only the cobblestone ground left a shallow mark.

Ten minutes later.

A dark shadow appeared at the end of the sigil.

It was a leopard.

She jumped lightly in front of Matthew:

"I'm sorry, but Eli won't bother us."

Matthew thought about it, but didn't say anything after all.

He politely led Samantha into the living room.

"Peggy, there's a guest!"

Matthew shouted.

Paige reluctantly came out of the kitchen, she glanced at Samantha, snorted again, and turned back to bring a cup of herbal coffee from the kitchen.

Right now.

Outside the house, the bell rang again.

"Sorry, I missed you."

Matthew had to go open the door first.

This time it was indeed Seve standing outside the fence.

Instead of wearing that dark red cloak today, she changed into a white dress.

She is tall and has slender thighs, her legs are together, her hands are behind her back, and she has a sweet smile that gives a healing feeling.

"Good evening, Matthew!"

Seve greeted with a smile.

Matthew smiled back:

"Good evening."

"Well, let's talk first, right?"

With that, he stepped out of the way.

Seve took half a step forward.

It's in the process.

She turned sharply and looked at the opposite alley, a look of helplessness on her face.

"You wait for me Matthew."

She trotted over.

In the shadows of the alley.

Seve poked a section of the wall, and the next second, a red blanket appeared on the wall.

The blanket fell, and an embarrassed middle-aged man appeared in front of her.

"Father, you promised me no more interference with my freedom."

Seve said angrily.

Rhaegar's face flushed, and he quickly retorted:

"But you promised me that I would take care of my own safety!"

Sif's eyes widened:

"But I'm going to Matthew's house, and it's not a dangerous place?!"

Rhaegar grimaced, and said to himself that it might be the most dangerous place in Rolling Stone!

But he didn't dare say that to Siv.

In the previous quarrels and conversations with his daughter, they did have an agreement that he was the first to violate the party and could not be ignored.

So he talked badly, which coaxed Siv's dissatisfaction.

"I promise you, I'll leave."

Finally.

Reggar reluctantly touched Sif's head.

Under the latter's gaze, he turned and left the neighborhood.

However, less than five minutes later.

And he slew a rifle!

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"Abominable necromancer!"

Rhaegar gritted his teeth with hatred, but it was really inconvenient to do anything to Matthew.

He watched Siff's back and Matthew's smiling face disappear behind the door, and the uneasiness in his heart grew stronger.

"No! You can't just wait outside! I'll have to see what they're doing! The living room, they are in the living room, I have to find a place to see the living room! ”

Rhaeggar's gaze frantically searched around.

Soon.

He found a red roof with a towering chimney.

Rhaegar was agile and jumped up in a single leap.

He took two steps up, and his face was beaming:

"You can see Matthew's living room from here!"

It's just that the roof is sloping upwards on both sides.

I want to see it more clearly.

He still has to go up.

So he felt the masonry and stepped forward.

All the way up to the top of the ridge.

Suddenly.

He bumps into an equally sneaky, wild figure.

The man's face was unwilling, and his eyes were fierce.

When Rhaegar bumped into him, he was staring intently at Matthew's living room!

Rhaegar was stunned for a moment, and then as if he thought of something, he instantly became angry!

At that moment he grabbed the wild man by the shoulder and asked:

"Your daughter went in too?"

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