Chapter 3 The Old and Unscrupulous People of Sanctuary Village
() "Girl Lucia, and this young adventurer, you are finally awake." An old man with white hair and beard appeared behind Austin at some point, looked at Xiao Yu with a smile and said, "I
It’s the village chief of this holy village, Merlin.”
Xiao Yu had naturally heard of the name Merlin, but it was only in real-life myths and legends, so he didn't know what level this person in front of him was.
"Ah, Grandpa Merlin." Lucia greeted Merlin quickly when she saw Merlin appear.
"Well, you're such a good girl," Merlin looked at Lucia kindly, and then said, "I wonder what I should call this adventurer?"
"My name is Fallen Black Wing, hello, village chief." Xiao Yu introduced himself generously.
"Oh, Fallen Black Wings..." Merlin looked at Xiao Yu with a smile, "Yes, yes, you are the one who turned hell upside down a few days ago?"
"Uh...yes." Xiao Yu nodded and thought to himself, isn't it that the map of hell hasn't been opened yet? How could the village chief know about his affairs?
"I wonder why I know this?" Merlin seemed to see through Xiao Yu's mind and said with a smile, "Although hell and heaven are not open to adventurers and low-level people for the time being, they are open to us old people.
For guys, not to mention it’s a piece of news, just drinking tea and having a fight every day is very casual.”
"Oh..." Xiao Yu nodded mechanically again.
"Well, you little guy is very good," Merlin continued, "Don't call me the village chief so politely in the future. Just like Lucia, just call me grandpa or grandpa Merlin."
"Well, then it's better to be respectful than to obey." Xiao Yu replied quickly.
"Ouch, old man Merlin, why are you always so nice to outsiders but so serious to your own people?" Austin, who had been silent until now, suddenly interjected.
"Really?" Merlin raised his eyebrows.
"Tah, no?" Austin said without giving in.
"You have it," Merlin shook his head, and then said, "But can you not take something away from me every time you pick on me?"
"Pfft..."
Lucia, who was standing next to Xiao Yu, suddenly covered her mouth and chuckled. Obviously, this situation before her was not the first time.
"Oh, Merlin, you old guy, why do you get discovered every time? It's not fun!" Seeing that his little tricks were discovered, Austin managed to start cheating without panicking.
I have to say that Austin is indeed a living treasure in Sanctuary Village. If you want to find an adjective to describe this old guy's character, it would be mean; if you need to add an adverb to modify this adjective, it would be very mean.
Basically, everyone who meets Austin will quarrel with him, but no one will really be angry with him.
But then again, even if someone is really angry and wants to do anything to the old guy Austin, it is unrealistic. Austin, who has the power of the Thief, is the best at two things in his life, stealing things and escaping.
But at this moment, Austin had stolen something and had no intention of running away.
"Merlin, you are such a stingy guy. You don't even know how to get some gifts when you meet a junior. Do you understand that I am helping you protect your reputation?" Austin said confidently.
"I..." Merlin felt like he was holding back his breath.
Austin completely ignored Merlin, and took out the things he had just stolen from Merlin, and then handed them to Xiao Yu: "Little guy, your Grandpa Austin likes you very much, so he helped you get it from that stingy old man."
A ghost got this good thing and treated it as a meeting gift."
Xiao Yu quickly stretched out his hand to take it, and when he took a closer look, he felt like he couldn't laugh or cry.
"Austin, you old man, you fart!" Merlin also saw the "meeting gift" that Austin handed to Xiao Yu, and suddenly said angrily.
It turned out that this gift, which was said to be stolen from Merlin, was actually a copy of "The Golden Book"...
(Author's words: Hehe, you can guess what it is...)
"Hey, hey, Mr. Village Chief, I didn't expect you to have such a collection..." Austin looked like he had succeeded and the villain had his way.
Everyone present understood at once that Austin had played a trick and sent a gift to Meilin on behalf of Meilin. However, under his manipulation, he not only gained Xiao Yu's favor with pretense and generosity, but also acted in a small way.
It has ruined Merlin's reputation a little. After all, it was Austin who stole the thing. Maybe this "**" was really stolen from Merlin by him.
"boom……"
There was a loud noise, and Austin, who was laughing obscenely just a moment ago, was suddenly hit in the head by a big hammer falling from the sky, and then fell to the ground unconscious.
"Finally we hit it!" A bearded dwarf took big steps and came to the three of them. He greeted Merlin and said, "Village chief, how about noon."
"Oh, Morpheus," the village chief turned his head and said with a smile, "This hammer does a good job. It will be better if I hit it earlier next time."
Afterwards, Morpheus and Merlin exchanged pleasantries.
Xiao Yu, who was left alone, suddenly felt spartan for a while, and thought to himself, it turns out that no one in this village is a normal person? I thought that the village chief was an upright man, but after working for a long time, he turned out to be a scheming old man?
"Hey, Wings, let me introduce you." At this time, the village chief Merlin, who had finished the greetings, pulled Morpheus to Xiao Yu, "This is the only saint-level blacksmith in our village, Morpheus."
"Hello, Grandpa Morpheus!" Xiao Yu is also sensible, and it is always right to call someone grandpa.
"Well, hello, little one," Morpheus replied gruffly, "Not bad, not bad. It matches the little girl Lucia very well. Here, I will give you a little thing as a meeting gift."
With that said, Morpheus conjured a small object out of thin air and handed it to Xiao Yu.
With Austin's lesson, Xiao Yu did not take it recklessly this time, but carefully looked at what Morpheus had in his hand.
"Hey, little guy, what are you doing? Just take it if it's given to you!" Morpheus said with some confusion.
"Morpheus is different from that old guy in Austin," Merlin said next to him at this time.
Only then did Xiao Yu take it with peace of mind.
What Morpheus handed him was a white oval egg-shaped object, or in other words, an egg. However, this egg was so ordinary that another person would definitely take it.
Don't give it away without giving it away.
"Grandpa Morpheus, what is this?" Xiao Yu asked.
"An egg." Morpheus replied neatly.
"Um..." Xiao Yu was a little dizzy, but still asked weakly, "What kind of egg is it specifically?"
"I don't know either!" Morpheus replied cleanly again.
"..."
Everyone present, whether it was Xiao Yu, Lucia or the village chief Merlin, were all speechless. This dwarf seemed to be too nervous?!
"Hey, little guy, don't look at me like this..." Morpheus said a little embarrassedly, "Look, I picked up this egg near the village. You know, the things near our village are basically the same.
All the above are good things. Besides, you only need to drop a drop of blood to hatch the egg, so you’ll know what it is.”
Recognize the Lord with a drop of blood...
Xiao Yu naturally didn't dare to shed blood to recognize his master again. The last time he shed blood to recognize his master, he was struck twice by lightning. If he shed blood to recognize his master again, he would probably be struck twice more. This feeling is really not good.
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"Hey, little guy, why don't you hatch?" Morpheus asked doubtfully.
"Oh, this..." Of course Xiao Yu would not tell the real reason, and could only say perfunctorily, "Pets are more expensive to keep, so I'd better wait until I have money.
"Oh, that's right." Morpheus nodded dubiously.
"Gulu...Gulu..."
When Xiao Yu wanted to change the topic, his and Lucia's stomachs protested again.
"Ah, what is that," Xiao Yu said with a blush, "Lulu and I haven't eaten all day. Grandpa Morpheus and Grandpa Merlin, why don't we talk next time."
"You haven't eaten for a day? You're going to starve to death! Let's go for a walk. Grandpa Morpheus will take you to eat delicious food." Morpheus immediately suggested after hearing this, and at the same time said to Merlin, "Village Chief, I will take you here
The two little guys are going to eat at the same place, and you can come with us when the crooked old man Austin wakes up."
"Well, okay." Merlin smiled and nodded.
"This..." Xiao Yu hesitated, a little embarrassed.
"What is this? Do you look down on your Grandpa Murphys?" Murphy immediately glared at Xiao Yu, then pulled Xiao Yu up and walked to a small restaurant in the village.
Lucia, who had been standing behind Morpheus, said goodbye to Merlin and left with the two of them.
However, when the three of them left, Merlin's faint sigh floated from behind: "Oh, young people nowadays don't know how to exercise restraint. As the saying goes, people are like iron rice or steel!"
Hearing this, Xiao Yu finally couldn't bear it anymore, rolled his eyes and fainted...
