Volume 1 The Scourge of Witchcraft and the Enemies of a Thousand Years Ago Chapter 44 The Man Who Lived on the Fourth Floor
"Is the rest, referring to us?" asked Riel.
"Hmm...... Let's go. Alan replied simply, and then followed the crowd in the direction of the dormitory. There was an indescribable emotion in his heart, because he could instantly see the purpose of such a room allocation.
"Oh. Riel hastened to follow.
When they reached the front of the building, they found that no one had entered, and they all gathered around the door and looked inside. Because the lights on the first floor are on, but the doors are locked.
One by one, while waiting anxiously, they whispered about what was going on.
"What's going on? aren't you going to let us sleep?" asked Riel.
"I don't know. Alan shook his head.
Just when everyone didn't know what was wrong, a thin and short old man slowly walked out of the corridor on the left side of the first floor. He was so short, just up to Alan's knees, and hunched as if he had never straightened up his waist in his life, he looked skinny, as if he had never had a full meal, his hair was thinning and disheveled on his head, his gray-white eyebrows were long and thick enough to almost cover his eyes, he was dressed in a tan sleeveless coarse cloth vest that looked extremely old, and he had a large set of keys hanging from his chest.
He shuddered and opened the door, then made a "please" gesture for the students to come in.
"It's a dwarf. Alan whispered to Rare.
"Gnomes?"
"Hmm. The book says that they, like the giants, are the product of some magical failure, but to the opposite extreme. "They don't have a high IQ and are usually driven by humans to do work that no one wants to do in exchange for some gold in return. However, they don't ask for those gold coins to buy any valuables, they are just born with no resistance to these shiny things, they like to collect and take the trouble to do so, so they are truly 'misers' in the eyes of people. In fact, they usually eat and drink very little, have a tenacious vitality, have an extremely long lifespan, and have a good memory. ”
The building was warm inside, not as cold as outside.
When the old dwarf saw that everyone had come in, he locked the door again and led them into the hallway.
When they turned the corner and looked at the sides of the corridor, they were surprised to find that the interior, which looked like the size of a room from the outside, was so spacious, with no end in sight to the corridor, and at least four or more common rooms on each side.
"It's probably the effect of the high-level telescopic spell combined with space magic. Alan seemed to understand, and whispered to Rare.
The old dwarf pushed open the door to one of the lounges, and a warmer breath came over his face, even making it feel like spring had arrived. The lounge is spacious and luxuriously furnished: a thick dark red carpet with intricate patterns on the floor, comfortable single sofas on chairs, steaming coffee, milk and other hot beverages on round tables, and a fire in the fireplace.
Alan saw the old dwarf with "Sipheus" written on his back.
Is that his name?, Alan thought.
Serera Winslow, Kevin Temnabo. At this point, Seapheus shouted, his voice sounding hoarse.
Two fat, richly dressed children, one of whom had blonde hair and looked particularly fat.
Sieverus took two of the keys from his chest, held them in the palm of his left hand, and then stretched them out with his right hand, which had nothing at all, keeping his head down.
"What is this doing?" Riel didn't understand.
Alan didn't speak, staring at their every move.
The two children each took out a gold coin from their pockets and put it in the palm of his hand, and then Sieverus's hand holding the key was released, and he said, "Second floor, room one." ”
The two children pushed the door open and went out.
"I want money!It's disgusting!Greedy!" Rare exclaimed, "Our tuition fee is only a hundred gold coins a year!"
Riel tried to continue, but Alan stopped him, but because he was so loud, Seapheth heard it. But to Allen's surprise, he didn't seem angry, nor did he look up, but said slowly: "This is the rule, the master's orders." ”
"Floyd Stewart, Zach Bilber. Sieverus read again, as before, and at the same time stretched out two hands, and the two children each placed a gold coin in his palm.
"Room 2, opposite room 1. Syphus put the gold in his right pocket.
"Oh, poor uneducated ghost, I guess you must be the ones who live on the fourth floor, can't you afford this money?" the kid named Stewart sneered as he glanced back at Riel before pushing the door open.
He was of medium stature, richly dressed, with gold trim on his clothes, and even the buttons looked golden, and he looked like a child of a rich family. It's just that the face looks sharp-beaked and monkey cheeks, the two eyes are narrow and long, and the corners of the eyes are still hanging upward, which looks funny and a little uncomfortable.
"What's the fourth floor and not the fourth floor, who do you call the poor ghost?" Riel is a straight man, and when he heard this, he got angry, and rushed up to reason with him, but Alan didn't stop him if he wanted to. However, Riel had just taken two steps forward when he heard Sievers snap his fingers, and in an instant a lot of other gnomes suddenly appeared out of nowhere, grabbed Riel's legs, and tripped him to the ground.
They wore the same off-white sleeveless vests and looked much younger than Sievers, but oddly enough, they all looked alike of each other.
The host also instructed the guests to live in harmony. Sieverus still didn't look up, and said with a blank face.
There was a burst of laughter in the lounge.
"Hahaha, the reptile should be lying on the ground!" the kid named Stuart laughed when he saw Riel and pushed the door out.
"That's right, just by him, he still wants to fight against the heir of the Stewart family? The thin, short-looking boy named Bilber quickly chimed in, as if the two of them had known each other for a long time.
Having lost such a big person in public, Riel couldn't say anything, but felt that his lungs were about to explode, and his face was flushed.
Alan hurried over to help him up, and the gnomes scattered and retreated. Fortunately, there is a thick carpet here, and it doesn't hurt to fall.
"Bear with me for now. Alan whispered.
"Bullying!" Ariel puffed up and sat down on the couch. Alan sat down with him and poured a glass of hot milk for Riel.
"Mark Wells, Leonardo Sephos. Seeing that Riel was no longer noisy, Sypheus continued to hand out the keys.
As Alan had said, Seapheth's memory was so good that he didn't have any list-like stuff in his hand, but he assigned a room to everyone accurately. It's just that I don't know when the names that Seapheus reads each time become four.
Seeing that there are fewer and fewer people, it is never Alan and Riel's turn.
Riel waited a little impatiently, "Did you forget about us?"
It wasn't until about ten minutes later, when only they and two others were left in the room, that Seapheus finally heard Seaphers say, "Alan Paterna, Rare Connor, Ian Laven, Ivan Laven." ”
"Why are we four?" asked Riel disgruntled as he walked over the side.
Eren didn't seem to hear it, didn't react.
They walked up to Seapheth, Alan pulled a gold coin out of his pocket, and Riel reluctantly took one out and put it in Seapheus's hand, but the other two stood aside and didn't move, looking a little helpless.
Listen to the name this should be two brothers. Alan looked at them and saw that they both looked almost identical, both of them were short stature, dark skin, unkempt brown hair, and small eyes. Looks like twins. It's just that one of them is slightly fatter, and the other is quite thin. The clothes on their bodies also looked very old, and the clothes on the slightly chubby child looked newer, but they were also tightly attached to the body, and they no longer fit, it looked like they had been worn for a long time, and the stitches were very thick, and the threads were open in many places.
Alan immediately understood what was going on. He took two more gold coins out of his pocket, put them in Seapheus's hand, and said, "These belong to both of them." ”
The Laven brothers were in a dilemma, and they didn't expect someone to help them pay for it, and the thinner one hurriedly thanked him: "Thank you!" Although he didn't say anything else to thank him, it could be seen from the expression on his face that he was really grateful in his heart.
Seapheus nodded, let go of his hand, and said, "Fourth floor, at the end of the west corridor." ”
"Thank you. Allen said.
"Why do you want to help them, and you don't know them. Riel seemed to be a little distressed by the two gold coins and asked in a low voice.
"After all, we're going to live together for three years. "And they look so pitiful." ”
Riel wanted to say something, but Alan gagged him, patted his pocket and smiled, "Don't worry, I'm in my own measure." Before leaving, Uncle Dean gave me the little savings my parents had left me. ”
"Let's go!" With that, Alan turned his head and beckoned the Laven brothers and walked to the fourth floor together.