"The first thing is, when I went to visit my neighbor's house in the middle of the night today, I accidentally discovered that the Lord's Guards had gone out from the east gate of the mage area. They were well-organized and fully armed. There were about twenty people. I guess they were probably not going for an outing.
of."
Paige said.
Matthew nodded slightly.
The Lord's Guard is the absolute elite of the Blood Banner family. It is a team that is independent of the garrison and only obeys the orders of Rhaegar.
Most of the time they will not leave the camp next to the Lord's Mansion.
It is only possible to see them elsewhere in the town during a war or rebellion.
"Lega has been holding it in for half a month, and it seems that he has made a big move."
Matthew gently kneaded the fluff at the end of the quill, his eyes gradually clearing:
"It should be a traitor thing."
Peggy shrugged: "I don't know about that. I'm just sharing interesting or suspicious signs with you as you requested."
"But if your judgment is correct, then the traitor is probably not a small figure. He is most likely a knight with a fiefdom, otherwise we wouldn't need so many people."
Matthew nodded in agreement.
"Although this matter is important, it has nothing to do with us. What about the next one?"
“The next thing is especially important!”
Peggy stared at Matthew very seriously and said word by word:
"Matthew, you need to find a new class!"
Matthew was shocked: "Don't we have enough money?"
Peggy threw over a stack of bills and a ledger, filled with a variety of projects and figures, and looked at Matthew with dazzled eyes.
"This is last quarter's ledger and the budget I just compiled for next quarter.
Let’s talk about income first.
You have gone out a few times recently and brought back some one-time income, which is about 700 gold coins.
Since you took leave of absence from Silver Public School, Principal Lane has stopped your double salary. Relying solely on the subsidy from the Sheriff's Office, your monthly income is only 50 gold coins.
With these numbers in mind, let's talk about expenses -
In terms of food and accommodation, you have very high requirements for three meals a day, and I am also supplying it to you in various ways, but many of the ingredients are very expensive. Fortunately, those fairies will send you some fresh seasonal vegetables and delicacies every now and then.
But even so, we still have to spend a lot of money in a month. Well, what is said above is very clear. Your food expenditure is about 5 gold per month, and I need to buy negative energy stones to maintain my life and physical strength. Recently, I have been
I deliberately reduced my consumption, but I still only have about 25 gold every month.
Look, the food expenses for you and me for a month actually cost 30 gold!"
Peggy danced and said:
"This is such a luxury!"
Matthew pinched the bridge of his nose:
“A luxury indeed.”
"However, the biggest expense is still in the greenhouse. In order to ripen a large number of seeds at the same time and cultivate them into saplings, you need to open the growth circle in the greenhouse all the time. This requires a lot of silver powder and sun stones. Every day
The monthly expenditure is more than 100 gold coins!
This does not include the cost of purchasing seeds.
Next, you should buy a complete set of attribute increasing scrolls. Even if the shemale mage in White Rock City is willing to give you a discount, a set will still cost 200 gold coins.
I also know that you want to buy a new magic book, a new magic bag, and a ring that increases the energy limit.
But if this situation continues, your savings will be exhausted within 7 months!
We will be broke by then! Matthew!”
Paige looked very nervous and insecure.
Matthew thought for a while: "I have also calculated the expenditure. One thing you may not have noticed is that the major factor causing the expenditure gap is actually the greenhouse. After this spring, I will greatly reduce the consumption of the greenhouse..."
"But that's still not enough to make ends meet, isn't it?"
Peggy stared at him, then covered her mandible with one hand, and said rather grandly: "How about Matthew, please let me go back to the negative energy plane, where I can survive without additional negative energy stones.
Get down! Although I don't like that place very much, at least it can relieve your burden."
Matthew looked at her speechlessly.
"Or do you go back to class? Silver Public School can't live without you, you are an excellent history teacher!"
Peggy tried to reason with her and show her affection.
"But the salary that Silver School gives me is only 60 gold coins a month. According to your calculation, we still can't make ends meet."
Matthew spread his hands, indicating that he no longer wanted to go to work.
"No, as far as I know, as long as you are willing to go back to class, your salary will be increased to 100 gold coins a month!"
Peggy’s picture shows:
"So, go back to class, Matthew. This family needs your income, and the girls in the school are also waiting for you to go back. Well, I heard that a few boys also like you very much."
Matthew was immediately alert: "Did you take money from Principal Lane?"
Paige confessed:
"Actually, this is also the third thing I want to say - Miss Sif came here today. She said she wanted to see you for something. I said you weren't here, so she planned to wait for you in the living room. I told her you might not be here tonight.
When she came back, she looked a little disappointed. After sitting in the kitchen for about an hour, she left with some regret, but she told me that she would come to visit you again at the same time tomorrow."
Matthew rubbed his temples: "You didn't help me refuse?"
Peggy glanced at him: "I agreed for you."
Matthew asked: "Why?"
Paige crossed her arms:
"Because that girl is very cute. She chatted with me about recipes in the kitchen for more than an hour. She also took the initiative to ask you what dishes you like to eat. She promised that when I come over tomorrow, she will bring me the secret recipe of purgatory at home.
Looking back, as a skeleton who aspires to become a top chef, of course I can’t refuse!”
Matthew was a little amused: "So this is why you encouraged me to go to work - was it Sif's intention? Also, is this the big deal you said?"
Peggy said of course:
"Coming to work on time is a virtue, Matthew."
"Besides, this is about my dream and your happiness, why is it not important?"
"What I want to remind you is that Sif is different from other girls. Her mind is much more mature than what you think of an underage girl. I think she is very suitable for you."
Matthew spread his hands and joked: "It's a pity that her father is not suitable for me."
But Peggy said seriously: "I thought so too, so I gave her a suggestion. When she comes to see you tomorrow, she must get rid of her father who likes to stalk his daughter!"
Matthew scratched his head nervously:
"So Rhaegar is following Sif again today? Doesn't he have his own work to do?"
Peggy said: "Who knows, he is a poor person, but this kind of pathological protection may not bring happiness to Sif. He should learn to let her grow up on her own."
Matthew joked: "You seem to have a lot of experience in raising children."
Paige was stunned for a moment, her soul fire flickered again, and she didn't speak for a long time.
"Um, are there new memories?" Matthew lowered his voice.
"No." Paige shook her head: "It's just that I heard this sentence from another person. I don't know if you have had a similar experience - a certain moment, a certain sentence, that kind of strong feeling
The feeling of déjà vu, as if I have experienced it before..."
Matthew nodded.
The two were silent for a while.
Paige suddenly asked: "So are you willing to go back to class?"
Matthew blinked: "The reason why I was willing to go to class in the first place was partly because I was short of money, and partly because I wanted to supplement my knowledge with the help of the school's library and the books at the students' homes. Now I have neither of these two reasons."
It’s so urgent, so I suggest you forget the suggestion just now.”
He paused: "But I really should find myself a legal and stable business that can make money quickly. Do you have any ideas about this, Peggy?"
Peggy yawned and looked uninterested: "How would I know? I'm just a confused skeleton."
"Good night, Matthew."
…
The next night.
Matthew returned home to the town early after a busy day in the woods.
After dinner, he took a shower, then waited in the living room with a book.
Although the content of the book is not boring, Matthew felt a little distracted while reading it.
He was mainly thinking about how to tactfully persuade Sif to stop coming to see him every now and then.
He has a very good impression of Sif.
So I don't want to hurt her even more.
7pm.
It's almost time for Sif's visit yesterday.
There was a ringing of bells outside the house.
Matthew put down his book and quickly stood up to open the door.
But what he didn't expect was.
Standing outside the fence was another woman.
"Samantha?"
Matthew looked at each other in surprise.
"Please forgive me for coming uninvited, and please don't blame Ella. I begged her to tell me your address."
Samantha looked a little tired.
But there was a strange look in her eyes.
At this time, she was wearing a dress that was in line with the fashion of human cities, but did not fit well.
The chest is swollen and trembling slightly.
She also looked a little embarrassed.
"Um, I'm not used to places where humans gather. Can you let me in?"
Samantha asked quietly.
"sure……"
But before Matthew could open the door to welcome her in.
A shrill roar broke out not far away: "No!"
The man yelled and approached:
"Samantha, what are you doing, why do you want to go to this necromancer's house!"
Matthew stared silently at the menacing Eli.
"Look, this..."
He looked at Samantha again.
The next second.
The embarrassment on the female druid's face disappeared instantly, replaced by anger and sternness.
"Eli, I warned you, don't! Follow! Me!"
When it came to the last sentence, Samantha's voice was as heart-stopping as a beast's roar.
She turned and ran towards Eli.
Every step you take.
Her body swelled.
After three steps.
A body of beautiful and flawless brown hair covered her body, and she transformed from a human woman about 1.7 meters tall to a brown bear over three meters tall!
"Please wait a moment, Mr. Matthew."
Samantha turned around and said something, her tone gentle and apologetic.
"You've never spoken to me like that."
Eli was still angrily accusing.
The giant bear pounced forward, she grabbed Eli's body and rushed out of the town like a mop!
In the blink of an eye, the two figures disappeared one after another.
Only a faint mark was left on the cobblestone ground.
ten minutes later.
A black shadow appeared at the end of the mark.
That's a leopard.
She jumped lightly in front of Matthew:
"I'm sorry, but Eli won't bother us anymore."
Matthew thought for a while, but finally said nothing.
He politely led Samantha into the living room.
"Peggy, we have a guest!"
Matthew shouted.
Paige reluctantly came out of the kitchen. She glanced at Samantha, snorted again, and turned back to bring a cup of cold coffee from the kitchen.
Just at this moment.
The bell rang again outside the house.
"Sorry, excuse me."
Matthew had to open the door first.
This time it was indeed Sif standing outside the fence.
Today she no longer wore the dark red cloak, but changed into a white dress.
She is tall, with slender thighs, legs together, hands behind her back, and a sweet smile, which gives people a healing feeling.
"Good evening Matthew!"
Sif greeted with a smile.
Matthew smiled back:
"Good evening."
"Well, let's talk first, right?"
As he said this, he moved half of his body.
Sif took half a step forward.
It's in this process.
She turned around suddenly and looked towards the alley opposite, with a look of helplessness on her face.
"Wait for me Matthew."
She trotted over.
In the shadow of the alley.
Sif poked a section of the wall, and the next second, a red blanket appeared on the wall.
The blanket fell, and an awkward-looking middle-aged man appeared in front of her.
"Father, you promised me not to interfere with my freedom."
Sif said angrily.
Rhaegar's face turned red and he quickly retorted:
"But you also promised me that you would pay attention to your own safety!"
Sif's eyes widened:
"But I'm going to Matthew's house, it's not a dangerous place?!"
Rhaegar grimaced, thinking that to him, that might be the most dangerous place in Rolling Stone Town!
But he didn't dare say this to Sif.
In previous quarrels and conversations with his daughter, they had indeed made an agreement, and he was the first to violate it, so he was not justified.
So he tried hard to calm down Sif's dissatisfaction.
"I promise you, I'll leave now."
The end.
Rhaegar reluctantly touched Sif's head.
Under the latter's gaze, he turned and left the neighborhood.
But less than five minutes later.
He then made a comeback!
…
"Damn Necromancer!"
Rhaegar gritted his teeth with hatred, but it was really inconvenient to do anything to Matthew.
He watched Sif's back and Matthew's smiling face disappear behind the door, and the uneasiness in his heart became stronger and stronger.
"No! We can't just wait outside! I have to see what they are doing! The living room, they are in the living room, I have to find a place where I can see the living room!"
Rhaegar's eyes searched the surroundings frantically.
soon.
He discovered a red roof with a tall chimney.
Rhaegar was agile and jumped up in one leap.
He took two steps up and looked happy:
“You can indeed see Matthew’s living room from here!”
It's just that the roof slopes upward on both sides.
Want to see more clearly.
He still has to go up.
So he stepped forward, feeling the bricks and stones.
All the way to the top of the roof.
suddenly.
He ran into an equally sneaky and wild figure head-on.
The man looked unwilling and his eyes were fierce.
When Rhaegar bumped into him, he was also staring intently at Matthew's living room!
Rega was stunned for a moment, and then seemed to think of something, and instantly became angry!
At that moment, he grabbed the wild man by the shoulders and asked:
"Your daughter went in too?"
…
The good news is that everyone in my family has recovered from the fever. The bad news is that I started to have a fever, and my body temperature has been around 39 degrees for a day. It may be because I have Chuyang and the symptoms are pointy. I may still be a 4k party in the next few days. I will recover as soon as possible.
