Chapter 295 148. The first day of conflict
Wearing a cloak and a crow mask, he looks like a standard scavenger. The key thing is that her voice is familiar to Annan.
Playful, a little rough, or a scavenger...
"Centurion?"
"Oh, I was recognized."
Annan suddenly reached out to take off the centurion's mask. She made a dodge movement, but stopped and allowed Annan to lift the mask.
Seeing the familiar brown-orange hair and ferocious scars, Annan pressed the mask back: "Why are you here?"
The centurion slapped Annan away who was in a hurry and put on the crow. Mask: "Because I was transferred to the royal capital."
"No..."
A few days ago, Annan saw the figure of the centurion in Breeze City. No matter how fast the centurion is, Not as fast as the legendary mage's teleportation... He came to a reasonable conclusion: "Are you twins?"
"Who knows."
It seems that the cowhide will not be broken, Annan continued what he said before: "Why not? I killed countless bread er ratmen in Breeze City, and also prevented the ratmen from overthrowing In Breeze City, you can’t become a centurion with such achievements?”
The centurion didn’t speak, but looked at Annan playfully through the crow mask, which made him a little uneasy, and he changed the subject tactfully: “Wang What’s going on?”
The waiter who brought the food on the plate also relieved the embarrassment just right.
“Don’t you know?”
"That's why I asked, the entire king's capital, including the Mage Tower, Scavengers, Holy Grail Knights, Knights, Academy, and the Royal Family, were allowed to be invaded by rat men? By the way, I still remind the heroes of the rat plague."
< br>The centurion ignored the part where he asked for credit: "The royal family is solving the problem."
"Are you sure? When I came here, I saw people celebrating the defeat of the Ratmen everywhere... The Ratmen emerged from the underground of the royal capital. Attack me, and there is a whole clan heading north. I can't understand your celebration at the beginning of the war."
The centurion sighed: "This is complicated..."
"I won't interfere."
Annan said seriously.
He hates trouble. The incident in Breeze City was because he was involved in the conspiracy. He was too lazy to take care of the affairs in the capital, and it was not his turn - he was just a small lord in a remote village.
"Whatever you want, have fun in the capital."
"Of course I will have fun..." Annan muttered and continued eating.
The portion of lamb soup was very small, and the soft bread was too large for even a young lady to eat. The waiter came over with the bill, and Annan touched his pocket, then froze there.
He has no money.
Annan, who is used to doing everything in Breeze City without spending money, only has a few coins in his pocket.
"Centurion..."
"I didn't eat." The centurion who said this left the restaurant.
Annan faced the waiter alone: "Can you tell me how much it costs again?"
"Two silver coins, sir."
"Two silver coins? This doesn't cost fifty coppers in Breeze City. The most I can give you is 80...1 silver coin."
"Sir, this is It's the rules of Charles Restaurant, please don't make things difficult for us..." At this time, the head waiter, who was leaning at the counter and staring here, came over and said, "Is the stinky Yankee King coming to eat?"
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At this time, Annan has three options: summon a large element to punish the foreman who looks down on others, and feel proud; open the portal to ask Olmedo for money, and use the money to knock the foreman unconscious; or express the difficulties sincerely.
Annan raised his head: "I'm sorry, I didn't bring that much money... Can I owe you some first and deliver it later?"
The one silver coin and thirteen copper coins in his pocket were placed on the table.
The foreman who was about to scold suddenly looked into those mysterious and magnificent black eyes like black gemstones:
“...We have free activities in the store, you are our lucky one , Congratulations! Tell me if you’re full.”
“Really?” Annan put away one silver coin and thirteen copper coins in surprise, “I’m full, thank you...”< br>
"Nothing..."
The foreman watched Annan go out and leave with a doting smile.
“When will we have this event?” The waiter next to him woke up the foreman. The foreman shook his head and seemed to be more awake: "You just got it, go to work for me!"
......
The penniless Annan stopped wandering around and returned. When he arrived at the manor, he said to the elderly head maid: "I spent two silver coins at Charles Restaurant, which is about 500 meters away. Can you send it there for me?"
"Okay, Master Annan."
Next, Annan buried himself in the study and read many local works describing local customs and customs that were only available around the royal capital.
One day passed, but the royal family never summoned Annan. Anyway, Kerberos' teleportation scroll is with him, and Annan can wait - until the rats in the Far North County advance southward to the royal capital, and those big shots who are plotting something have to do something.
He also wanted to wander around and revisit the church where he fought, but his shy pocket restricted his steps.
On the afternoon of the second day after arriving in the royal capital, the first humiliation arrived: the bodyguard assigned to Annan by the Secretary of the Interior—a kobold.
The kobold guard wore a cool cloak and wore nothing underneath. He held a spear and stood upright - almost reaching Annan's chest.
"What's your name?" Annan asked it.
"Odo! Lord Annan!"
They thought they were humiliating Annan, and everyone in the royal capital was waiting to see Annan's joke. In fact, Annan was very happy. There were a large number of kobolds on the outskirts of Pinglin Town and in the Haunted Gold Mine. They drove away the miners and were driven away by the blue dragon. When Breeze City was founded, the kobolds followed the gnolls. Later, in Bethal City, because of Kobolds are worthless and invisible, which prevents Annan from having the opportunity to come into contact with the imaginary creatures he encountered for the first time in this world.
They are called kobolds, but they are actually more like lizard men, with dragon-like heads on short bodies. Annan felt that dragons looked at them like humans looked at dwarfs.
"Do you know me?"
"You are the King of the North! A well-deserved big shot!"
The kobold can't think of anything too complicated. When Annan asked why it was a guard, Odo honestly said that it was a slave kept by the Department of Home Affairs. There were many kobolds there who did the same dirty work as it did. Then he was lucky enough to be called by the big shot to serve as a slave to the Northern Territory. The king serves as a bodyguard.
An invitation letter was also sent with the kobold guards: it was signed by Duke Leandre Albert, inviting Annan to attend tonight's banquet.
Learning about Duke Leandre Albert's manor from the old maid, Annan set out in the evening, but because there was no carriage, he rented a carriage with the kobold.
The kobold obviously didn't know how to drive a carriage, so Annan took the reins himself. Dozens of minutes later, Annan, who had crossed half of the inner city, arrived at the manor of Duke Leandre Albert.
"Please also be careful not to let your 'guards' enter the banquet."
Annan handed over the invitation letter and asked the kobold to stay outside the manor, and walked towards the house under the meaningful eyes of the butler. Noisy and lively banquet.
(End of this chapter)