In the mayor's study, Rhodes from the Iron Cross Regiment was sitting on a chair, looking at the bookshelves full of tissue paper books, and said with a smile: "Lord Myne, it seems that you have written new works in the past few years at the plantation.
"
Several windows on the wall were closed tightly, blocking out the cold wind outside, and making the light in the study dim. Several crystal candles were lit on the desk, and the dazzling candlelight became soft and bright through the special crystal lampshade. Myen was lying on his back.
At the table, while writing text with a quill pen, he complained: "Where are there any new books? They drove me from Luoye City to Braun Town, and they didn't even let me bring a book. I'm older, and my memory is not as good as
In the past, how could an old guy like me write something new without books for reference? The tissue paper books on the bookshelf were all memories I had written down while killing time in the past few years... Some of the tissue paper books were already rotten.
If you drop it, the rest won’t last long.”
He put down the quill, rubbed his sore wrist, and said to Rhodes: "These lamps you gave are good. It would be better if you could give me another box of animal skin paper."
Rhodes' smile remained unchanged and said: "My sage, you can't even bring your own collection of books. How dare I, the leader of a small adventure group, give you a box of animal skin paper? Not to mention a box, just
I don't have the guts to give it to you. With your wisdom, I should be able to think of the ears and eyes placed around you and understand my difficulties."
Myen's eyes turned gloomy, and he felt sulky for a while, but finally sighed helplessly, "Those people just want to trap me in the border plantation."
"You don't have no chance at all." Rhodes lowered his voice and took the opportunity to say.
The old mayor looked at him sideways, showing a playful and sarcastic smile, and asked: "What? Do you have a way to get me back to Luoye City? Do you know that I committed a crime and was expelled by the council?"
Main has lost power in the past few years. In the past, slave traders like Rhodes were not even qualified to talk to him. Main did not believe that Rhodes could know his affairs, even if he heard some half-truths.
I can't afford to get involved in half-false rumors. If the slave trader is really involved, no matter what the final result is, he is not as simple as he usually behaves.
Rhodes didn't seem to notice Sage Myen's contempt for him, and continued: "Of course I am not qualified to know about your affairs. I only heard that your Excellency was suddenly arrested the night before he took over as the governor of the Fallen Leaf City State. Until you
After being escorted to Braun Town, the Luoye City Council urgently approved the appointment order for Sage Myen to succeed the mayor of Braun Town."
"You didn't commit anything, you were just demoted."
Mine put away his contemptuous attitude, looked at Rhodes again, nodded indifferently and said, "In other words, I am under house arrest."
"Whether it's demotion or house arrest, you and Mr. Joseph are not guilty." Rhodes said with a reserved smile: "Luoye City stipulates that the border guard changes its defense every two years. In a few months, it will be Braun Town's turn.
The guard changed, and you and Captain Joseph have been working in Braun Town for four full years, and have been separated from your relatives and friends for four full years. Don't you want to go back next spring and reunite with your family? "
"Well, keep talking, I'll listen." Mayor Main said calmly.
Rhodes said in a deep voice: "Of course, I'm just a small person and can't help much. However, some of my friends are people with means, and together with your old friends in the Luoye City Council, there may be a chance to help.
Let you resign as mayor and return to the main city to retire. Luoye City is a city with four states. I am afraid you have no hope of returning to Highland City, but you can choose any one of the four states under the jurisdiction of Highland City... What I said is OK
It’s all the truth.”
Mayor Main clasped his hands, looked at the other person deeply, and asked: "What do you want from me?"
Rhodes asked, "Mr. Wiltok was studying writing with the Sage yesterday and suddenly fell asleep. How is he now?"
Myen sneered: "As a slave trader, you are really plotting against that child... Are you planning to sell him to that big shot?"
Rhodes shook his head and said: "Most of the half-elves in the main city think that slave trading is a black-hearted business, but I firmly believe that slave trading is a good deed. Mr. Sage has lived in the border plantation for such a long time, you should understand
, without slave traders like me, many barbarians would not be able to survive. I found a way for them to survive, and I just made a little money from it."
"Your so-called 'good deeds' are actually poaching the alliance..."
Mine shook his head, unwilling to have an in-depth conversation with a slave trader about this topic, and instead said: "The child's amnesia is very serious and has damaged his mental state. He will become sleepy or even faint as long as he concentrates.
...How much value does such a half-elf boy have to you? Who are you going to sell him to?"
"Sell? No, no, no, sir, you misunderstood. I only sell barbarian slaves and half-elf slaves. It is not the turn of a little person like me to get involved." Rhodes waved his hand and continued: "As knowledgeable as you are.
A sage should not stay in a border town with poor living conditions, and the same goes for Mr. Wiltok. The stable and prosperous main city is where he should go. I am willing to introduce Mr. Wiltok to a rich, elegant, and powerful person.
A distinguished family came to adopt him. Even if I gain some trivial benefits from it, you should believe that this is completely a noble act, just like I would rather offend some big shots, but also help a sage return to a civilized city-state, which can only be done out of
Noble purpose."
Successful businessmen always know that they need to use different methods to deal with different people, and to deal with a wise man, they need to reason with him.
Myne must admit that what Rhodes said makes sense. Interests and noble behavior do not necessarily conflict. Rhodes does noble things for personal gain, and he cannot deny nobleness itself. Unless Myne himself is not noble, he cannot deny Rhodes
This set of rhetoric.
He thought for a moment and then asked: "There are five famous pillar families in Luoye City. Which family are you going to introduce Wiltok to?"
Rhodes shook his head and said with a smile: "I can't say that. I'm just a small character. Please don't embarrass me."
Mine nodded and asked again: "So, how can I help you?"
"My lord is wise, so I didn't need to provide you with a solution. But..."
Rhodes showed a wry smile and said: "My business is mainly in Braun Town, Lord Bartome of the Adventurer's Home, and I dare not offend Master Bartome in any case. Therefore, I hope that Lord Myen will take care of him when he returns to Luoye City.
Take Wiltok with you too. He is free. As long as he is willing to move to the main city with you, Lord Bartom has no right to detain him. I don't have to offend the Adventurer's House."
Mayor Main said with a half-smile: "You are using me as a shield."
Rhodes stood up, stroked his chest and saluted, and said humbly: "For adults, it is just a matter of convenience."
Myen did not comment, but said: "I still want to think about it. Captain Rhodes, please go back first."
While they were talking here, the conversation between Wiltok and John came from downstairs. Rhodes didn't want Boss Bottom's henchmen to see him and Myne, so he hurriedly said goodbye to the mayor and quickly left the study. But he forgot
One important thing is that Wiltok is particularly good at identifying smells.
Therefore, Wiltok took John and broke into the mayor's study. He sniffed it out of habit and immediately said, "Hey, Captain Rhodes was here just now."
Main originally wanted to scold Wiltok for not knowing how to knock on the door, but when he heard what he said, his eyes widened in surprise, "Is your nose so good?"
The mayor admitted that Captain Rhodes had just arrived, but did not explain. John was suspicious, but Wiltok did not take this matter to heart and said hurriedly: "I want to continue learning to write."
He recovered his writing memory, but there was still a difference between the cursive characters of the Disa half-elf and the characters he remembered, which required special learning to master. Moreover, when Mine taught writing, he would say some things, which is what Wiltok expected.
of.
Mayor Myen said funnyly: "What? You haven't slept enough and you want to sleep for another day?" He waved his hands and sighed: "My child, your illness is not cured yet and you need to rest quietly. But I don't dare to sleep again.
I teach you how to write so as not to increase your mental burden. When your mental state improves, come to me to learn how to write."
Without saying a word, Wiltok walked to the desk, grabbed Myne's quill pen, and wrote five different cursive characters on the cotton bark paper. He stared at the old man and asked: "These
Do you recognize the word?"
Mayor Myen's expression changed drastically. He gently touched the text written by Wiltok with trembling fingers, and murmured with excitement: "Secret text... No, not entirely. Judging from the deformation style, these two
It should be ancient writing... I seem to have seen it before, oh, by the way, I remembered that it was the clay tablet writing in the Tuolin ruins. It is the oldest cursive writing unearthed so far! It is the alphabet of the half-elf cursive writing.
!”
He suddenly raised his head, across the table, grabbed Wiltok's wrist, and asked enthusiastically and excitedly: "Child, what are you writing? Why do you use 'cursive letters'? Who are you?"
His disciple?"
Wiltok took the opportunity to press on the old man's arm. He immediately noticed that there was a faint elasticity in the mayor's seemingly loose arm, which could offset his grip. This feeling had also been felt in John's arm, but it was more severe.
Obviously, grabbing his arm was like catching a slippery loach.
"Hey, the muscles and bones in your arms are very similar to John's."
Mayor Main said angrily: "Don't interrupt! Tell me quickly, what are you writing? Whose disciple are you?"
Victor shook off Myen's hand, shook his head and said: "These words I wrote are all about 'Who am I?'... I don't remember other things. You must tell me, whose disciple I am?'
What's the alphabet?"
Myen blew his beard and said loudly: "I know whose disciple you are, do I still need to ask you? The so-called 'alphabet' is the original writing of the half-elf civilization. It has been rarely circulated, except for the great sage more than 1,000 years ago.
Malfoy, I haven't heard of any sage who has deciphered the 'alphabet'."
John interrupted curiously and asked: "Mayor, is the 'letter' important?"
"Important? More than important?! It's very, very important!" Myne shouted: "The great sage Malv deciphered the 'alphabet' of the ruins, but did not teach the 'alphabet' to anyone. He left behind a private
The notes are all written in 'alphabets', which no one can understand, but everyone wants to understand... Wiltok, it doesn't matter if you can't remember who taught you, you are writing a few 'alphabets' for me to see.
look."
Myne mentioned that the notes of the Great Sage Marv were written in "alphabetic letters" that no one could understand, so Vertok decided not to teach this type of writing to anyone.
He is very smart now.
Wiltok was about to ask about the personal notes of the great sage Marv, when there was a burst of ghostly cries and howls outside the house. He curiously walked to the wall, opened the study window, and saw the barbarian boy Yog with a strange scar on his face.
, naked, running around obstacles and screaming.
A group of half-elf guards were laughing and watching the excitement, while the barbarian slave leader Ingrid and several strong barbarian female slaves were chasing Yog with sticks and ropes.
They and Yog all spoke barbarian language, and Wiltok couldn't understand it, so he asked: "What are they doing?"
Mayor Maien came over to take a look and said nonchalantly: "Ingrid wanted to circumcise the barbarian boy, but he didn't want to, so he escaped."
"Circumcision? What does this mean? Can I go and see it?" Wiltok asked enthusiastically.