Chapter 1,217: Gratitude and Benefits (two chapters in one)
White clouds are floating in the sky, and the sun shines through the gaps between the leaves, leaving mottled light and shadow on the grass.
Lin Fei walked around the charred pit created by the fireball and came to the leafy tree. He raised his head and looked at the elven children hiding in the tree and said.
"Why don't you come down quickly and continue to stay in the tree? Do you want to wait for the spider beasts to come and surround you again?"
"Sand, sand, sand..."
Each of these elven children were like nimble little monkeys, climbing down from the big tree in a few seconds.
"Big brother, thank you." This group of elven children were very polite. After coming down from the tree, they all bowed to Lin Fei and thanked him.
One of the little girls was even more reluctant to part with her, and handed Lin Fei a basket of wild fruits that she had finally picked.
Lin Fei smiled and reached out to take out a wild fruit from the little girl's basket. He accepted their wishes and said, "I want to go back to Lakeside Town. Do you want to stay here?"
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What happened just now really scared these elven children. They all shook their heads and said that they also wanted to go back.
Afterwards, Lin Fei and these elven children walked towards Lakeside Town.
On the rugged loess road, a group of people walked forward in silence. Apart from the occasional sound of passing wind and the chirping of some unknown birds, the only sound left was the sound of footsteps in unison.
However, this situation only lasted for a while, because of the nature of children, they soon couldn't help but start talking, especially Lin Fei's hair color was different from theirs. Driven by curiosity, they began to chatter with Lin Fei.
Fei started chatting.
"Brother, why is the color of your hair different from ours?" A little boy asked, staring at Lin Fei's hair.
Because I am not a white elf... Lin Fei said with a smile, "I don't know this either, I was born like this."
"Brother, you are so powerful! You destroyed those two terrifying beasts in one go." The little girl who wanted to give her wild fruits to Lin Fei said with admiration.
"It's not that powerful! The main reason is that the two strange beasts are too weak." Lin Fei smiled, and then asked doubtfully, "By the way... let me ask you! Since there are strange beasts here, how can you
How dare these children come here to pick wild fruits? Are they going to die?"
"There were no strange beasts here before..."
"This is a safe area. The areas where strange beasts are found are usually a few kilometers away..."
The elven children explained to Lin Fei in a hurry.
Through the narrations of these elf children, Lin Fei had a general understanding.
It turns out that this forest with wild fruits has been cleared by hunters from time to time, and there have been no dangerous wild beasts or strange beasts for many years. It was very strange to encounter those two strange beasts today.
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The sun shines on the mirror-like lake surface, reflecting dazzling light. Occasionally, birds fly over the lake surface and catch some small fish.
The fishing boats have all docked, and there are many people surrounding the stone bridge entrance on the lake shore. The noisy quarrels are getting louder and louder.
"Mayor, please, please, let us cross the bridge! We want to find our children." A crying mother begged the mayor of the small town who was guarding the entrance of the stone bridge with weapons and militiamen.
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"You all heard the big explosion that just happened in the forest. I don't know what the situation is there now. It's too dangerous for you to go there like this to find someone.
Wait patiently, I have reported the situation here, and soon there will be specialized personnel to deal with the matter." The mayor looked at the parents of the crying children and patiently persuaded them.
Although the parents of these children knew in their hearts that it was right to do as the mayor said, they were really worried about their children and how could they have the patience to continue waiting.
Just as the parents of these children were planning to take a detour to find their children, some onlookers pointed behind the mayor and shouted, "Look there, it's Mumu and Huahua."
After hearing this, everyone looked at the other end of the stone bridge. The mayor, who was holding a weapon, saw a group of children following a black-haired young man.
He stared at the young man who was chatting and laughing with the children. His first reaction was how could a black elf appear in his town. When the other person approached, he found that the black-haired young man did not seem to be a black elf.
"Mother."
"dad."
"Grandpa, why are you here?"
This group of elven children came to their families and raised their baskets filled with wild fruits as if they were offering treasures.
Later, they told their family about how they encountered a spider beast, were trapped in a tree, and were rescued by Lin Fei.
"Benefactor, thank you for saving my child." The parents of these elven children were frightened after hearing this, and then they all bowed to Lin Fei to thank them, their heads almost lowered to the ground.
"You're welcome. If something like this happens, anyone will come to the rescue." Lin Fei waved his hand and said.
The mayor, who was holding a weapon and possessing the initial strength of the second stage, used his senses to detect Lin Fei after he approached him. He found that there was no psychic fluctuation in his body, and he thought he was just an ordinary person!
Now that I know that the big explosion just now was caused by Lin Fei, I am really shocked. You know, he used to be a city guard in the capital, so he still has some knowledge.
The big explosion just now, even his old boss, the captain of the city guard with a mid-level third-level strength, might not be able to cause it.
The parents of the elf children who were rescued by Lin Fei kept trying to invite Lin Fei to their homes, saying that they wanted to collect some money to repay Lin Fei for saving his life.
Lin Fei looked at the parents of these children wearing patched clothes and said with a smile, "It's just a piece of cake for me. You don't need to give me money. Just keep the money to buy some food and clothing for the children!"
After Lin Fei repeatedly refused, the parents of the children gave up. They took their children and bowed to Lin Fei several times.
Hey, he slipped away... Lin Fei, who had been thanked by the other party, quickly walked out of the crowd and walked quickly along the street.
"Father, why don't you stop this unknown person for questioning?" The mayor's son looked at Lin Fei walking away and asked his father.
"I may know who he is." The mayor recalled what he heard a few days ago when he was drinking with an old friend who worked as a nurse for a noble family.
"Father, where is he from?" the mayor's son asked curiously.
"He should be the strange man who cured Her Royal Highness the princess' strange disease," the mayor said.
"It's him!!!" The mayor's son was very surprised.
His Majesty the King has informed the world about the return of His Royal Highness to health.
He also knew that the strange man who cured the princess lived in the south of the town on a plain full of estates of dignitaries, but he did not expect that this strange man was so young.
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Due to the earth-shattering explosion caused by Lin Fei, there were fewer pedestrians passing by on the streets of Hupan Town.
After leaving Stone Bridge, Lin Fei walked along the road for a while and came across a tavern.
The area of this pub is not large, it is estimated to be only about 200 square meters, probably less than 250 square meters.
The door is a low wooden door with beautiful patterns carved on it. From the outside, you can see what's going on inside. There are more than a dozen old but clean solid wood round tables with a few round stools surrounding them.
The fragrance of bread and the slightly sour fruit wine came out from inside. Lin Fei also saw several elven men gathered around a table, drinking wine from large brown wooden cups and making loud noises as if no one was around.
He seemed drunk.
After standing at the door of the pub for half a minute, Lin Fei pushed the door open and went in. After seeing Lin Fei, the waitress who had been standing at the counter first stared at Lin Fei's hair, and then shouted enthusiastically.
"Sir, welcome to the Lakeside Tavern. What do you need?"
It turns out that the four characters at the door of the tavern mean "Lakeside Tavern"... Under the surprised look of the waitress, Lin Fei exited the door of the tavern and carefully wrote down these four elven characters.
Although Lin Fei can understand and use the language of the elves with the help of spiritual weapons, he knows nothing about the writing of the elves. In this world, he is considered illiterate!
Therefore, Lin Fei thought that when he was interested, he could learn some of the elven characters.
When Lin Fei, who carefully memorized the four elven characters, walked into the tavern, he saw the waitress looking at him with a strange look. When he thought about it, he knew that it was his strange behavior that aroused the other party's surprise.
"Hello, do you have anything delicious here?" Lin Fei sat on the chair in front of the counter and asked with a smile.
Although this elf waitress is not beautiful, she is young and cute. She has a few freckles on both sides of her nose, big purple eyes, and a sweet smile that makes people feel very comfortable.
"Then I recommend honey bread, salt-grilled fish, and the green fruit wine our boss brews himself from green fruits." The elf waitress also wore linen clothes, but the style looked newer and cleaner than the others.
"Well, give me some!" Lin Fei said with a smile.
"Okay, please wait a moment." The waitress turned back to the kitchen and soon came out with two plates with the cook.
On one plate was a long loaf of bread, which was coated with wax-golden honey. On the other plate was a grilled fish with the fish scales removed and only some salt scattered, but it was full of mouth-watering texture.
"Here are the bread, grilled fish and fruit wine you ordered, for 15 copper coins." The waitress poured Lin Fei a large glass of fruit wine and said with a smile.
It was bread, grilled fish and wine, and it only cost 15 copper coins. The prices in Lakeside Town were too cheap... Lin Fei took out a silver coin from his pocket and handed it over.
Then he noticed that the waitress was looking at her hand with surprise, as if she realized that it was a bit rude to keep staring at the guest's hand. The waitress quickly withdrew her gaze and took the silver coin handed over by Lin Fei.
Go to the cashier to give Lin Fei change.
After the waiter left, Lin Fei looked at his hands and thought, "Are my hands weird? Two hands with ten fingers, aren't they the same as yours?"
Lin Fei, who didn't want to understand, put aside the doubts in his heart, picked up the honey bread on the plate and took a bite, then his expression was very subtle. The honey is the best, and the noodles are also the best, but this honey bread tastes...
But it's not very appetizing.
This bread is a bit hard and solid, and even has an indescribable smell.
Coriander, yes...it just smells like coriander. Although I don't hate coriander, Lin Fei has never encountered coriander-flavored toast.
The waitress who came back put the change on the table. Seeing Lin Fei's expression was very subtle, how could she not know what was going on? She smiled and said to Lin Fei, "Not to your liking? But the bread we have here,
It’s already the best in town.”
"The taste is okay, but the bread tastes a little weird." Lin Fei said truthfully.
"Weird? Our boss added some vanilla to the dough when kneading it," the waitress said.
"Oh." Lin Fei nodded, then picked up the chopsticks and tried to eat the grilled fish. Not to mention, although the grilled fish didn't look as good as the honey bread, it tasted great.
When the waitress saw Lin Fei quickly destroying the grilled fish, she introduced with a smile, "These fish are all caught in the lake that day and killed when needed. It is considered the signature dish in our tavern."
"It's delicious." Lin Fei praised the grilled fish, then he picked up the wine glass made of brown wood and took a sip of the fruit wine.
This fruit wine felt sour and sweet to Lin Fei, and the alcohol content was not high. It was said to be wine, but in fact it was more like a fruit drink.
After a while, after finishing his meal, Lin Fei put away the change on the table, said hello to the lovely elf waitress, and left the 'lakeside tavern'.
"I don't know where this rich young man came from to eat here." The waitress thought to herself as she watched Lin Fei push the door open and leave.
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After coming out of the tavern, Lin Fei wandered around the town for a while. After visiting the town, Lin Fei felt something in his heart. Although the residents of this town were not rich, they were very happy.
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The children chasing each other and playing in the street, as well as the people gathering in twos and threes chatting, everything seemed so peaceful and peaceful.
"What a great place! There seem to be a lot of fish in the lake in front. If I want to fish in the future, I can come here.
It's time to go back to the manor. I don't know if anything happened at home these days when I was away..."
Lin Fei withdrew his gaze from a group of playful elven children, then he found a deserted corner and used his own space to teleport his powers.
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PS: Thanks for the 5,000 points from "The Way Comes from the Heart, the Heart Has No Way".