Chapter 9 The Hard Beginning
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Lucien looked at the strange scene in front of the tavern with amusement and walked towards the door with doubt. The morning was the most deserted time of the tavern.
At the entrance of the tavern, a slim girl was secretly looking inside. Her long blonde hair swayed slightly as her head turned left and right. When she sighed and turned her head, she was startled: "Lucion?"
Another person who knows me but I don't know? Lucien has adapted to this situation and smiled and said, "Go to the tavern so early?"
The girl's wheat-colored skin suddenly turned red: "I just heard that a new bard came to the Tongguan Tavern. She was curious and wanted to come and take a look before helping her mother do things. Okay, there is not much time, so I'll leave first."
Seeing the girl leave quickly, Lucien let out a soft oh, and it seemed that the bard's appearance or singing was extraordinary.
However, this had nothing to do with Lucien himself, so he gently pushed open the half-closed tavern door and walked in.
The dark space, the strong smell of alcohol, the slap of wooden floors, and the messy tables and chairs were Lucien's first impression of the Copper Crown Tavern. Walking in from the outside in a refreshing and bright morning was like coming to another world.
Lucien got used to it for a while before he could see clearly where the bar was.
There were several men who were hangover here in the tavern, woke up by the sound of Lucien trampling on the floor. After cursing for a few words, they lay on the table and continued to sleep soundly.
There was only a man in his thirties with a hooked nose, wearing a tight black coat, sitting quietly on a chair next to the bar, slowly drinking a glass of amber wine, giving Lucien a gloomy feeling.
Regarding Lucien's arrival, the gloomy man took a quick look and continued to taste the wine in his glass.
Lucien looked around and soon saw the dwarf sleeping loudly behind the bar. He sat on a tall one-footed stool, his head leaning against the bar, snoring loudly, and the saliva flowed out made the golden beard wet with a bow.
Seeing that there was no external force, the dwarf seemed to not wake up for a long time, Lucien had to tilt his fingers and knocked on the bar.
Amid the vague curses of the drunkards behind, the elderly dwarf swayed, slowly raised his head, and said in a hazy way: "Hi, Lucien, you have finally grown up and finally understand the meaning of good wine to life. Come, have a drink, and toast to our new guests!"
"Uncle Koon, it's dawn." Lucien carefully called him.
Koen rubbed his eyes and looked at the dim light around him: "I'm not drunk, don't want to lie to me, it's obviously night, what a wonderful night."
After a meaningless conversation, Koon finally woke up completely: "Lucion, there are not many things that suit you, and there is no long-term work for the time being. One of the other things is that at nine o'clock in the morning, the Gucci shop in the market area needs to go from the warehouse to the city gate area, and there is a lack of manpower and three copper ferries. But you also know that this kind of thing is controlled by the Aaron gang, and you need to pay a copper ferries for them, and the rest can only buy the worst black bread."
"There is one more thing. Today, the Musicians Association did a big cleaning. There was a lot of garbage to be sent to the Beren River outside the city. You rent a four-wheeled cart and go by at 1:00 in the afternoon. Eliminate the money from renting a cart, and you can earn eight copper fairs back and forth. It's very good. Of course, you need to give three copper fairs to the Aaron Gangster.
"After one afternoon, there are a few similar things, but unless you are a knight, you can't get back from outside the city."
Lucien nodded. The Musicians Association was the best job, and he thought to himself: "These seven coins on me should be Copper Fair."
"Uncle Coon, is there anything else that is more rewarding?" Lucien asked curiously.
Koon laughed: "Hahaha, of course there are, but none of them are suitable for you. That requires a real man to fight with his life and strength. Lucien, you are still a child who dare not drink ale."
Then he pointed to the open space in the middle of the tavern and became a little serious: "The Dark Mountains are the biggest treasure. There are three, five, six, and seven every year. Forget it, I really can't count them. In short, there are many mercenaries. Adventurers entered the Dark Mountains, but in the end they could come out, only a very small part..." Koon burped, "Of course, they all got rich."
"Don't underestimate these mercenaries and adventurers. There are many real knights among them, even the great knights." A soft and magnetic voice sounded behind Lucien, and the ending of each sentence rose strangely, presenting a strange rhythmic beauty, giving people a temptation and elegant feeling.
Lucien quickly turned around and saw a man with silver hair, who had a thin leg pants, red jacket, and a turtleneck and black jacket. He was wearing it very formally, but he seemed lazy and casual. His facial features were profound and fine, with silver pupils, a firm nose bridge, thin lips, and a soft silver hair, which was strange and handsome. Seeing him, he seemed to have a sense of seeing the silver moon at night.
The young man walked slowly over with a harp similar to Joel in his hand.
"He is the new bard?" Lucien guessed in his heart, and then asked in confusion: "The knights are all real nobles, why do they venture into the Dark Mountains to find wealth?"
Koon greeted: "Hi, Rhine, don't you have a drink?"
"I only drink at night." Rhine sat down next to the bar with a smile. "In many countries in the east, there has not had a war in two or three hundred years. The need for knights is not so urgent. After all, a knight is enthroned to a manor and land. So there, even if the civilians stimulate blood power, they will at most get the identity of knights and cannot become real nobles. Some of them went to other countries and became knights from other countries, and some went to the Duchy of Vaurit, which is closest to heretics, pagans, dark creatures, monsters, etc., to establish meritorious deeds and find wealth."
"In addition, there are many bankrupt poor knights, convicted knights, noble knights who abide by family mottos, noble knights who travel to the mainland, and dark knights who have inspired bloodlines, but because of their dark nature, they are not recognized by the church, or even pursue them."
Koon mumbled a few words, a little unhappy about Rhine not drinking with him: "Lucion, this is the new bard Rhine, Rhine Karendya, who wanders around and is well-informed. He has just gotten rid of the enthusiasm of the noble ladies of Tria and comes from the Kingdom of Syracuse."
"The Kingdom of Syragu?" Lucien nodded to Rhine with a smile. The dark mountains are so dangerous that even many real knights died inside. Therefore, Lucien temporarily gave up the idea of taking risks for wealth. No matter when, it is very important to have a clear understanding of his own strength.
Koon laughed loudly, his long golden beard shaking violently, and his wrinkled dwarf face said in an ambiguous way that men knew: "Yes, it is the passionate, unrestrained, and love is above everything else."
When a drunken ghost appeared in Rhine, he woke up, stumbled to the bar, hibernated, and asked with yearning and envy: "Rhine, the ladies of Tria, are they as beautiful as the legendary, yes, so enthusiastic?"
Rhine said in her unique, elegant and rhythmic tone with a faint smile: "Well, they have bright eyes as bright as the morning star, long silky smooth hair, delicate lips as roses, tender skin as milk, and perfume full of charming smells. Several countesses and the Viscount's Miss even spit out a warm and moist fragrance in my ears, and invite me to visit their secret manor."
The drunkard asked expectantly, "Then you went? What does it feel like?" His breathing became rapid.
Lucien is not unfamiliar with such scenes. When a group of men get together, discussing women is always inevitable. While listening enthusiastically, he thinks about how to inquire about learning words from Koen.
Rhine's expression did not change, and she still replied with a faint smile: "I told them that I don't like dirty items that have been used. I only love beautiful, pure, and clean lives. Whether men or women, they are the most delicious things in the world."
"Puff, Rhine, you really know how to brag, ladies, ladies accept such insults?"
"Haha, if you really say this to the palace ladies, you may have been thrown into the famous prison in Tria, hiccup."
"Many of those noble ladies are knightly. If you dare to answer this, you will be torn to pieces."
Rhine didn't care about Koon's drunken laugh and shrugged gently: "So, I fled from the Kingdom of Syragu to Alto."
Koehn laughed and kept pounding the bar, waking all the drunks. He shouted loudly in amidst the scolding: "Thanks to Rhein for the good story that we can happily welcome the new day and have a drink!"
These three or four drunks were very sensitive to "go-drying". They immediately laughed and stumbled over, took the ale from Koon's hand and held it up:
"For the bragging Rhine, have a drink!"
After the noise, Koon saw Lucien still there and asked in surprise: "Lucion, do you have anything else?"
Lucien organized the language and said carefully: "Uncle Koon, after all these days, I have a new idea. I want to learn words."
"Yo, learn words? Has our little Lucien also been infected by Rhine and started bragging?"
"Writing, Ou, that's a lofty and outstanding ideal!"
"Lucion, don't worry about them, men have no dreams, hiccups, that's better to die!"
Koen smiled for a while, then looked at Lucien: "You really want to learn words? You don't have any foundation. If you want to learn words in advance, it is said that it will take at least two years. Do you have so much money and time?"
"No matter how many thorns are in front of you, if you don't take this step, you will never be able to move forward. Uncle Koon, I have already thought about it." Lucien replied seriously, and for an adult who has experienced many years of learning and knows how to learn, the most important thing is that it is that it can fluently speak the language of this world. It may only take one or two months to learn words.
Seeing Lucien so serious, Koon replied seriously: "If you are young, you can go to the monastery to learn writing and knowledge through the selection of the church. Now, you either become someone else's apprentice, sign a ten-year contract, or spend money on your own, and study at the scholar's house. Of course, becoming someone else's apprentice may not learn writing. For example, many blacksmiths in the Blacksmith Guild will not, and spend money on your own, the entire Alto is at a standard price, with five silver ners a month, and more than ten scholars are willing to teach."
Lucien subconsciously ruled out the method of becoming an apprentice of others. This is not a problem with a ten-year contract. Once he decides to learn magic, the contract does not need to be followed at all. If he becomes an apprentice, he will learn, eat and live every day, and it is easy to reveal his secrets, and it is not convenient to learn magic. Therefore, Lucien asked to himself, "Five silver ners?"
Koen nodded: "Well, five silver ners, unless you are busy from morning to night every day and only eat the worst black bread, you can save enough for more than half a year. How much can you learn in a month? Do you really have to learn words?"
"Yes." Lucien answered firmly. According to this calculation, one hundred copper ferries are equivalent to one silver ner.
This is a really difficult beginning.
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