After hurriedly bidding farewell to Claire as soon as he found a way, Lackey did not just wander around looking for someone like a headless fly, but did it with a purpose.
Moreover, he was very purposeful. After spending money to hire a carriage, he went to the West Village on the spot and promised the coachman more money. He rode very fast all the way. It took him only half a day's journey.
It only took half a day to arrive at the West Village in the middle of the night.
That’s right!
Lackey went there because Claire had received a commission before, but when she arrived, she found that five lurking monsters, including one of the flying monsters, had all been killed by an unknown person using various weird methods.
That 'West Village' town that was killed by means!
In Lackey's view, since the demons in that small town were definitely not wiped out by a big sword, it was probably the mysterious little girl who did it.
Because he has never heard of anyone other than a big sword who can deal with those terrifying monsters, and there are five of them! Except for that mysterious little girl who can easily suppress the monsters and Claire.
Besides, he really couldn't think of any other possibilities.
Therefore, he felt that if he started investigating from the 'West Village' first, perhaps he would be able to get twice the result with half the effort?
Fortunately, since the demon has been killed and there has been no incident of demons hurting people in recent times, the only hotel in the "West Village" town is still open even in the middle of the night.
Door, this finally allowed Lackey, who was pressed for time, to ask someone directly instead of waiting until the next day.
Then, after paying a few precious metal coins, the hotel owner who was a little rude at first and didn't take seriously a young boy like Lackey soon became enthusiastic and treated him
All the information I know, for example, there was indeed a little girl in a red dress staying in his store some time ago. She stayed in his store for two days and then left for a town in the north a few days ago.
All kinds of information about a certain town that he might have arrived at were told.
Seeing that he had actually obtained the information about the mysterious little girl, and knowing that the direction and ideas of his investigation and search were correct, Lackey didn't bother to thank him or rest, but hurriedly said goodbye to the hotel owner again and paid for the extra money.
, and finally got the hired coachman to agree to take him to a town in the north overnight.
Finally, after a night and a day of non-stop searching, maybe someone in the dark was moved by Lackey's persistence, maybe the towns were not too big and it was easy to find someone, maybe the characteristics of the mysterious little girl were too obvious.
, or is it because the money Lucky gave is really too much?
Anyway!
What makes Lackey himself feel a little unbelievable is that after he paid nearly one-third of the money he brought, he traveled to three or four villages and interviewed at least thirty hotel owners, villagers, vendors, and
After the owner of the restaurant, I finally found the familiar one in a restaurant in the fourth town that was said to be the best. She was wearing a red skirt with a beautifully carved white apron and a belt around her waist.
There was a hideous stuffed bear-shaped toy, and the little girl was feasting on it in a corner booth of the restaurant.
So, he checked again and found that the other party was indeed the mysterious and powerful little girl who had saved him that day, and then easily suppressed the great sword Claire and his 'brother' who was possessed by a demon.
Finally, Lackey took a deep breath, then straightened his clothes and hair, and even wiped his face randomly to make himself look less bad, before he took a big step with determination.
He walked over and walked to the other party's table.
"Eh?"
()
"What do you want to do?"
く()ゝ
Seeing a strange young man who was dirty, smelly and smelling of sweat walking up to her dining table out of breath and staring nervously at her, Anne couldn't help but be startled, then subconsciously scratched her head and asked.
"ah!"
!(;)o
But soon!
After looking at each other for a short while and seeing clearly what the visitor's face, which was also dirty and covered with dirt, looked like, Anne finally remembered who the other person was and exclaimed
Asked aloud:
"I remember it!"
!(;o)o
"Aren't you that stupid guy in the southern village who was almost eaten by a monster and then liked to pee his pants?"
(o)
"Why did you come here?"
(ˊ)?
Anne knew that in this world where magic and technology were extremely backward, and there were monsters raging and eating people, and bandits burning, looting, and killing people, ordinary people rarely had the chance to leave or
Those who dare to leave their own villages and towns, let alone this stupid guy in front of him who is only in his teens and loves to wet his pants.
Furthermore, Anne was very sure how far she was from the other party's village. It would take at least ten days to walk. Therefore, a timid guy like this could still walk for more than ten days.
It was indeed quite strange for her to come here.
"Very good!"
"It's really you..."
Hearing what Annie said, Lucky knew that he had indeed found the wrong person. He was shocked at first, and then pursed his lips. Then he endured his fatigue and his sleepy, hungry and tired body, and stepped forward directly to speak.
He begged loudly and sincerely:
"please!"
"Please help Claire!!"
In order to find this place, Lackey had not slept much for a day and a night, and even changed a carriage midway. But now, he finally lived up to Claire's expectations and did not use up those precious three days at all.
Time, it only took a day and a night to successfully find it.
"??"
(゜-゜)
"Claire?"
(_)ヾ
Blinking and thinking for a while, Anne couldn't help but feel a little confused.
Because she couldn't remember who the 'Claire' was who came all the way to find her and then asked her to help.
"Who is Claire?"
(^▽^)
So, Anne, who didn't understand and just asked, naturally asked without blushing or being embarrassed at all, looking like a curious baby.
After all, she has only been focusing on eating, drinking and having fun lately, so where does she have time to think about others?
Anyway, now besides remembering that her father is the mysterious warlock Gregory and her mother is the shadow witch Amorin, who else is there, such as students, apprentices, disciples, disciples, etc.
Or maybe she has almost forgotten all the other messy subordinates, at least she can't think of them now when there is no need.
So, how could she remember the name of a specific guy in this new world that she was definitely not familiar with?
Those people couldn't be eaten, and they probably wouldn't be delicious, and they couldn't be beaten and played with like her little bears. She wouldn't bother to remember those guys!
(…)
(●￣￣●)
"Claire..."
"she……"
When Anne suddenly asked him this question, Lackey's mind instantly went blank. Then, he didn't know where to start with some of the words he had planned.
"!!"
"Claire is a powerful greatsword!"
"That was the silver-eyed witch who defeated that monster with you in our village that day!"
However, when he thought about his mission and something important and urgent that he had to do, he quickly recovered and spoke quickly with some anxiety and helplessness.
"oh!"
(⊙o⊙*)
"You remember, she is the beautiful elder sister with blond hair and silver eyes, right?"
☆(o*)
First, she gently flicked her greasy little hand, and then she nodded with a smile, saying that after the other party's reminder, she finally remembered who the 'Claire' the other party just mentioned was.
"Then what?"
()
"What did you just say?"
(=^^=)
"Help her?"
(~)
"What trouble is she in?"
()
When she remembered who the 'Claire' the guy in front of her was talking about, and when she finally cleared her mind and figured out what the other person probably wanted to do when he came to find her in the dust, Anne blinked, and then
She looked at the other person with her beautiful big blue eyes and continued to ask curiously.
Of course, when Wen Guiwen was asked, she did not stop eating, and she had no intention of agreeing to help. It seemed that she was just preparing to treat what the other party was going to say next as a story about her meal?
(…)
(●￣￣●)
"No!"
"It's not that she's in trouble, it's her friend, the other sword, that's in trouble!"
"Now Claire needs your help!"
"real!"
Being interrupted by Annie, Lackey's thoughts were a little confused, so that his words became a little incoherent.
"??"
()
And in that case, Anne would of course not understand it even more.
"..."
(~)Chew!
But fortunately, she didn't rush to interrupt the other person. She just blinked at the other person with her big eyes, eating her own, and then used her eyes to signal the other person to continue.
"Is such that!"
"It starts with a 'black letter'..."
And soon, after Naraki took a deep breath, cleared his thoughts and organized some words, he slowly told what he knew from Claire in the hotel in that town.
Everything about the black letter and the big sword was told in detail.
"Anyway!"
"That's why I'm here!"
"Can you go help her?"
After saying that, he saw a hint of surprise in Anne's green eyes. After Anne had understood, Lackey asked softly with anxiety and expectation.
"That is to say..."
ヾ(=～=)o
"Your friend, that Claire, thinks that someone might be able to help her suppress the demonic power of her friend, another big sword named 'Elena', and then save the other person from death?"
(=～｀=)
"Is that so?"
()
After thinking for a while, she licked her fingers that were full of greasy food and food smell, and then looked at the young man in front of her named 'Laki', whose parents must be uneducated. Annie quickly concluded who he was.
Find your why and primary purpose.
"That's right!"
"That's it!"
"That kind of thing..."
"You can definitely do it, right?"
Hearing what Annie said, he knew that Annie must have understood it, so Lackey hurriedly and subconsciously approached Annie's table again, and leaned over the table with hope and expectation and asked.
"sure!"
(*^▽^*)
"That kind of thing is very simple for people!"
(ｏ^-^)o
It is indeed very simple!
For Annie, let alone suppressing that super boring demonic power, even if the other person is burned to ashes, even if the other person's soul has been scattered or wiped out, she can easily save the other person again in 10,000 ways.
There is no doubt about that!
"but……"
(▽)
"Why do people do that?"
(￣▽￣)o
"I don't seem to be familiar with you or that Claire..."
()
"There is no reason at all..."
╮(╯▽╰)╭
Yes, with her shoulders slumped and Lucky stunned, Anne finally expressed her position, saying that she, the other party and that big sword Claire were just strangers who had met each other once. Even before the conversation, she had
I can't even remember the person's name.
But now, it's better, when the reputation of each other is neutral and indifferent strangers, the other party comes to find me, and then asks her, Queen Anne, to help, and can't give her any reasonable and impressive reasons.
, how could she agree to this kind of thing easily?
In fact...
Annie felt that if she hadn't happened to be eating and had nothing to do, and she was in a good mood, the other party might not be able to talk to her, and she would definitely not be able to deal with such troublesome things.
Finished?
"!!"
"I……"
After a pause, he opened his mouth again, and felt that what Anne said seemed to be right. After feeling that he really had no reason to ask Anne to help, Lackey thought about it, and then suddenly took the heavy bag he was carrying.
The metal was placed on the table and let it make a dull metal collision sound.
"I can pay you!"
“A lot of money!”
"All for you!"
"How about just a commission?"
Then, completely ignoring the surprised, greedy or other looks from the diners around him, he just opened the opening of his pocket and revealed a large pile of long metal rod-shaped coins inside.
This is the main currency of the world, a metal rod made of precious metal. Even if the average person lives in a hotel and eats three meals a day, just two rods are enough to survive for several days, and Lackey’s pocket
, but has a big bag, which is wealth that ordinary people may not be able to earn in half a lifetime!
In Lackey's view, with so much money, even if he issues a commission and asks the mysterious organization to send a sword to kill the demon somewhere, it is probably enough!
"??"
(~)
"But……"
(,,,,)
"I don't seem to be short of money!"
(￣～￣)Chew!
Looking at the pile of 'metal rods' on the table, Annie still had the same inexplicable expression on her face, with no change at all.
After all, not to mention anything else, just by virtue of her status as the head of the Federation of Heroes of the Koprulu Sector, she can make countless fleets and cargo spaceships fly to this planet with just one sentence without using any personal power.
Here on the planet, it is not difficult to use one-meter-square gold bricks to directly cover the surface of the planet!
Anyway, if it's just about wealth, she can be so inhumane!
So, if the other party wanted to use money to bribe her and ask her to help, they obviously used the wrong method, which completely failed to arouse her interest at all.
"this……"
"Then, what do you want?"
Hearing Annie's words, Lucky was dumbfounded.
"Whatever you want, as long as we have it, we can give it to you!"
"real!"
"I swear!!"
To be honest, the reason why Lucky found this place so quickly, besides being a little clever, was mostly because he brought the large amount of money that Claire gave him.
But now, the money that had always gone before had no effect, and the relationship between them made it impossible to directly ask Anne to do anything for them, so he couldn't help but feel a little overwhelmed and nervous and anxious.
"what do you want?"
(*⊙~⊙)
Anne herself was a little surprised by that statement, and then she began to be very curious about the answer to the question, so she began to think about it seriously for the first time.
"Um……"
(￢''￢)
But in the end, after she thought about it again and again, her head was about to explode, and after using enough energy for countless quantum computers to simulate the evolution of countless universes for countless billions of years, Annie sighed in frustration and said
said:
"All right!"
ε=(ο｀*)))Alas
"I don't seem to have anything I want..."
(*^-^)ρ
Yes, Anne thought about it seriously, she indeed lacked everything.
In fact, if she needs something, she can easily get it with just a thought; and even if she doesn't use the power of rules, as long as she wants something and tells it, there are countless worlds and countless billions of people.
People lined up to deliver it to her.
So, it seems that it is never the turn of this stupid guy in front of her to show her courtesy and negotiate terms?
(…)
(●￣￣●)
"..."
Plop!
"I beg you!"
"Please help Claire!"
"That's her only friend..."
"The only bond!"
Seeing that money was ineffective, seeing that Anne was still indifferent, and thinking of Claire's kindness to him and what the other person might be suffering now, Lackey finally couldn't care much anymore, and at the moment when tears burst out,
He immediately knelt down and begged loudly, even a little hysterically.
"But now..."
"Now she is going to kill her with her own hands..."
"Their swordsmen have sacrificed so much for everyone. In order to kill the monsters, they had to endure all kinds of physical pain and turned into monsters that were neither human nor monsters. And now they have to endure that kind of mental torture.
…”
"They have paid so much, isn't it worth saving?"
As he talked, he didn't expect that he had worked so hard to find this place, but the result was like this. Lackey couldn't bear it anymore. Tears and snot flowed down uncontrollably. All the grievances and unwillingness were there.
This moment broke out.
"..."
(**;)
"No! It's too much trouble!"
()
Although the other party looks very pitiful, and those big swords sound even more pitiful, but... there are too many poor people in this world, and poor people must have their own hateful qualities, maybe because they are deceived, maybe
It was because of ignorance, maybe because of other reasons, etc., but no matter what, Anne only knew that the other party's crying, pleading and money were not enough to move her.
After all, she is a very principled little girl. If someone can make her change her mind and help by just crying and begging, I'm afraid she will have 110,000 or even billions of incarnations.
None of them are enough.
What's more, the way the other person was crying had seriously affected her appetite, especially when the food was not very tasty to begin with.
"Anyway, what you just said is not the reason why people must help you."
()
"Goodbye! I'm going to find something delicious somewhere else now!"
(｀)
With that said, Annie, who didn't want to be entangled by the other party, jumped to the ground with her little bear, and was about to leave the restaurant, so as not to continue to be watched.
"I……"
Raising his face with tears in his eyes, looking at Annie who was standing up to leave, and looking at the money on the table, Lackey opened his mouth, wanting to say something and continue to plead, but he had no idea what he should do.
Where to start.
"..."
"??"
but!
When Lackey saw the table full of food and saw only a little bit of each food, he found that Annie seemed not to be satisfied with the food in this restaurant, although she felt that such conditions might not be of much use.
, However, for the last glimmer of hope, he still bit the bullet and whispered weakly:
"I……"
"My cooking skills are pretty good, and..."
"Not long ago, Claire and I discovered an animal in the desert. It's delicious even if it's roasted. If there are enough materials and kitchen utensils, I think..."
"It tastes better too..."
"??"
However, before he could finish his submissive words, he was surprised to see that the little girl came back again, then walked up to him slowly, and looked expectantly with her beautiful big green eyes.
Look at him and motion for him to continue.
"I……"
"I can make a delicious dish for you... as a reward, in exchange for you helping Claire and the others..."
"What, how?"
He thought that Annie was definitely going to take action against him, so Lackey was so frightened that he squatted down with his head in his hands, and quickly said what he had not finished saying that should definitely be impossible to convince anyone.
However……
Next second!
When Lucky closed his eyes and prepared to accept Annie's beating, he unexpectedly heard the cute and crisp scolding sound.
"oops!"
(ψ｀▽′)o
"You should have said it earlier!"
(-)
"If it's really that delicious..."
|▽)
“I can totally agree with that!!”
(*)
Then, when some dumbfounded trash raised his head, he saw at a glance the sly smile on the delicate and baby-fat little face of a bad little girl.
seem……
The condition that he originally thought was impossible was actually accepted?
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Chapter completed!