Surdak walked out of the Knights of Helensa City and saw that the young noble was still waiting on the bench across the street. He led his horse and walked over, stretched out his hand to the young noble, and said very politely: "
Surdak! Thank you for your help!"
"Calcasment. You can call me Karl." The young noble introduced himself quite formally, and then asked Suldak tentatively: "Then will you settle in the city of Helensa?"
"We don't have any plans for the moment." Suldak smiled faintly at Karl and then said.
The two people walked out along the narrow alley. The stone walls on both sides of the alley were full of mottled marks, and some purple moss grew in some dark places. It seemed that this place was indeed remote enough. Fortunately, Karl was familiar with this area.
, just walked around in a circle and walked back to the circular garden.
Seeing that he was so familiar with this place, Surdak hesitated for a moment, thinking that he still had no idea how to get home, so he asked:
"Karl, do you know where Wall Village is? I was taken out by the elders of the village five years ago. I think I can't find my way home."
"I don't know!" Calcasement said very bachelorly.
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Before Surdak could react.
Karl changed the topic and looked at Suldak with a smile, and said: "But I know who among us knows these villages best. The tax officer in charge of the area outside the city, I have some friendship with them. Last night we went
We are still drinking together, I can take you to find them to find out."
When he squinted his eyes, they looked like those peach blossom eyes that are quite feminine.
When he looks at the other person, he always seems to have a smile on his face.
"Thank you." Suldak saluted Karl again.
Calcasement waved his hand indifferently, with a hint of cunning hidden in his smile, and said to Suldak: "You're welcome, since you are our knight here, we will have many more places to deal with in the future! There may be many.
Everyone needs your help."
Suldak immediately knocked his chest with his hand and said to Karl: "As long as there is any need for me, just give me your orders."
The two people chatted very enthusiastically along the way. Karl led the way back to the main street and then walked up the street.
Apparently Karl was a local figure in Helensa City. When passing by on the main street, the vendors along the street would take the initiative to stand up straight in front of their stalls and salute Karl.
This mountain town is not that big. The two of them walked through the main street and arrived at the door of Helensa City Hall. The guard at the door also saluted Calcasement.
Karl asked the guard at the door of the city hall very familiarly: "Is Lord Tax Collector Bird here?"
"Sir Carl, Mr. Tax Collector Bird came here this morning and hasn't left yet." The guard at the door of the city hall replied.
Karl nodded, asked Surdak to hand the horse to the guard at the door, and then took him into the city hall of Helensa City.
The city hall of Helensa City looks a bit shabby. From the outside, it looks like just a two-story building. The exterior walls of the building are only painted with some white paint. The pointed roof is a bit Gothic. When you walk into the city hall,
In the lobby on the first floor, there are only a few clerks working in the lobby, and the lobby seems deserted. No one is doing anything here.
When they saw Suldak walking in, every clerk looked eager and expectant. However, when they saw Karl with them, they showed disappointment.
Karl waved to these clerks with a smile, and then led Suldak directly to the second floor.
The tax collector Bird was a middle-aged man with a beer belly. When the two opened the door and walked in, Lord Bird was standing by the window looking down. Suldak followed Bird's line of sight towards the street.
Looking over, I happened to see a plump noble lady walking out of the shop at the corner of the street, twisting her fat ass like a big white goose, and boarding the carriage.
Lord Bird clicked his tongue and looked at the noble lady with envy, but he didn't even notice two people walking into the room.
When he turned around, he found two people standing in the room, which startled him.
His face turned red, probably because someone had spied on his secret. He stared at Karl with a somewhat embarrassed expression, probably complaining that he had barged in without knocking.
However, Karl didn't care about this, and turned to Suldak and introduced: "Aside from being a bit lewd, Bird is quite reliable in other things, but I have reservations about your aesthetics.
, Bird!”
"Karl, why do you come to me when you have time?" The tax collector sat at his desk, feeling a little embarrassed and pretending to ask.
Karl was not polite and directly told Suldak's troubles.
"Wol Village? Of course I know. I have always been responsible for the tax there. Are you a knight from that village?" Tax Officer Bird looked at Surdak seriously, probably wanting to get the tax from Surdak.
From Ke's face, you can tell which family he is a child of.
Unfortunately, after looking at it for a long time, he couldn't tell the difference. In the end, he had to give up. Then he thought of another frustrating thing and began to complain in the office:
"This means that I have one less place to collect taxes. In the past two years, many new knights seem to have emerged in Helensa City!"
"A lot of people died too," Karl added casually.
Tax Collector Bird sighed and cursed, "Damn plane war."
Then Tax Collector Byrd asked Surdak curiously: "So Knight Surdak, which lord do you follow?"
Obviously he is very familiar with the nobles in Helensa City, otherwise it would be impossible to ask such a question.
"Lord Count Mondgos." Suldak quickly stood up from his chair and answered.
Tax Collector Byrd quickly motioned for Surdak to sit down and poured him a cup of lemon tea. While adding sugar to Surdak's cup, he asked:
"I heard that the Earl suffered a defeat in the Warsaw plane. The fifty-seventh heavy armored infantry regiment was almost wiped out."
Surdak did not expect that the news of the failure of the Moyunling battle would reach Hailansa City so quickly, and said seriously:
"Not many of my companions survived the Battle of Moyunling. I was probably the only one in the Sixth Squadron. I happened to be out on a mission that day and did not fight on the front line, so I survived."
Suldak was indeed out at the time, but not on a mission.
It’s just that the Baikal Swordsman filled in Suldak’s retirement resume as follows: Suldak was ordered to escort Baron Sidney’s fiancée Miss Hathaway and the members of the Advanced Swordsman Academy back to Handanar City, so
Missed that failed battle.
Tax Collector Byrd did not have any doubts about Suldak's explanation, and nodded with a sad expression on his face.
During the four years that Surdak has been in the army, many things have been written on his resume. These files will always be kept with the military department. These are all well-documented.
Karl also sat on the chair next to him, curled his lips and said: "Last week I received the bad news that two cousins were killed in battle. Now I don't dare to look at my aunt's grief-stricken face."
Tax collector Bird said angrily: "The damn plane war, I don't know how long it will take to end."
Calcasement probably stayed in the city for too long, so he said to Suldak: "Do you want me to accompany you to Wall Village? Staying in the city is quite boring anyway."
At this time, Tax Collector Byrd waved his hand to Karl, then patted his beer belly and said: "Karl, there is nothing good to go to in that village. I just have to collect taxes for the next season, so it's up to me.