Extras: Dark Legend No. 3 - The Great Conspiracy No. 2
Miss Dill Merlin walked into the hall, threw the pile of things in her hands to the floor, and sat down on a chair in the corner.
Taking a long breath, her little mind started to work at high speed. First of all, her family would never be able to get five thousand gold coins, even if she sold everything she owned, it wouldn't be enough.
She had nothing to say to the man she could now call "father". If committing suicide could wipe off the debt, she could personally prepare everything for him, but unfortunately not, it would involve the family's reputation.
The reputation of the family belongs to everyone, and it also includes the reputation of the mother... The mother has nothing left, she only leaves this reputation in the memory of the world.
Miss Dill Merlin can ignore her family, her father, and even herself! However, she cannot ignore her mother, the only person worthy of her love.
She sat up straight, wiped the tears from her eyes, and began to count all her property.
"Miss." A servant came in: "I have a letter from you."
"Thank you." She took it, nodded and said, "Please inform others that something happened to our family... We will be moving, so everyone should be prepared. By the way, ask everyone to inventory and pack all the belongings at home overnight.
"
"Miss..." the servant was surprised: "Is the matter serious enough?"
"Yes, it's serious," said Miss Dill Merlin, "but we still have to face it."
She opened the letter and saw that it was from the creditor. This bastard named Otta had postponed the repayment date for ten days. He also repeatedly explained that the Baron was drunk at the time and that he and his friends agreed to forgive him for his behavior in the last few games.
"Bastard!" Miss Dill Merlin scolded: "I will kill you after paying off the last copper of your debt!"
But what she has to face now is the ridicule of all those who are dissatisfied with her and the pointing fingers of ordinary people from tomorrow on. At the same time, she also understands that her life in Wanpu is over.
I stood up and put the letter on the table, but I saw a piece of golden hair wrapped around my left hand. Oh, was it the robber's? I thought of his evil smile, entangled with me but not doing anything that was considered appropriate for a woman.
Rude behavior... I wonder if the scent of her lipstick remained on his hands? Miss Dill Merlin smiled bitterly, curled her hair and put it away.
Early the next morning, a piece of news spread throughout the streets of Wampu - Ivar Merlin's family was bankrupt. All his family's property, including his family's house, luxury goods, furniture, his daughter's clothing store and goods
, is being auctioned.
Dill Merlin was holding a mahogany box in his hand, which contained his mother's set of sapphire jewelry, a necklace, a pair of earrings, and a ring... This was the only thing her mother left to her besides love.
"I hope you can help me sell it at a good price..." The moment she closed the box and handed it to the person in charge of the auction, her heart broke.
Cohen Keda stood far away, watching all this quietly.
"Buy that box!" he said to the people around him: "Buy the house, the clothing store, buy everything."
"But boss!" said Jack next to him: "That's a lot of money!"
"Buy it!" said Cohen Keda: "These can bring us more money!"
"Yes!" Jack said, "But boss, the dagger in that woman's hand looks so familiar..."
"You saw it wrong!"
"No, boss, it's just like yours..."
"Tell you that you saw it wrong!"
"Really? But you are the only one who can wrap the silk thread on the handle...ah! I know I saw it wrong, boss, don't stare at me like this!"
"Go do it..." Cohen Keda's fist was ringing.
"Then I'll go!" Jack hurriedly ran away to arrange shopping.
Dill Merlin looked at the dagger in her hand, looked at the fine workmanship, and touched the silk thread on the handle. Finally, she did not hand over the dagger to the auction. She did not know that at this time, the owner of the dagger was looking at her.
She was even more nervous than she was.
The auction was over, and as she wished, everything was sold at a good price. She asked the person in charge of the auction to transfer all the money to the creditors. She really didn't want to face such a disgusting person.
"Please tell him that we have tried our best." Miss Dill Merlin said to the person in charge of the auction: "Please give me some time, I will not owe him a copper coin!"
Dill Merlin returned home in a carriage, where there were still many things to deal with. His father left the house in the morning and went to the villa on the seaside, which is the only place they can stay now, although he has always complained that it is terrible.
Thorough.
There was a person waiting for her in the house that now belonged to someone else, Mr. Pullet's housekeeper.
"Miss Dill Merlin," the housekeeper said to her, "I have brought you a message that I think you need very much now."
"Speaking."
"That's right, the message is for my master to convey to you." The butler cleared his throat. It seemed that this was not the first time he had done this kind of thing, and he seemed very organized: "Of course, you know who my master is.
The master wants me to tell you that he will be honored to travel with you. If you agree, he will be willing to accompany you wherever you want to go. You can buy a house and everything you need anywhere you like.
All expenses will be paid by my master. Do you understand?" said the steward.
"very clear."
"Well, Miss Dill Merlin," said the housekeeper, "when do you plan to leave?"
Dill Merlin did not answer him immediately, but walked to the window and looked at the street outside.
"I know I look down and out now, and I also admit that I am indeed in a very difficult moment." Miss Dill Merlin tightly grasped the dagger in her hand: "But I did not put a price tag on myself.
You can choose at the counter!”
But she knew that there was a moment when she really wanted to do this.
"I am still grateful to your master, and thank him for being willing to buy me with money at this time... But what I am most grateful for is myself." Dill Merlin turned around and said: "I am grateful for my strength! I
Thank you for your faith! With these two things, your master is not qualified to buy me!"
"Miss Dill Merlin, I don't understand what you mean." The housekeeper said, "If you think the conditions are not good, I think we can still discuss it."
"This is not a matter of money, it is your master." Dill Merlin raised his chin instinctively: "There is nothing in your master that I am attracted to. He bought me just to satisfy himself.
It’s just lust. His personality cannot even be compared with that of a prostitute!”
After saying this, Miss Dill Merlin stepped forward and kicked the housekeeper out of the door.
On the sea, several ships were speeding toward the coast, and their drafts were very deep.
Seeing the smuggling ship returning successfully, Cohen Keda, the Governor of the Dark City, who had been standing on the tower of the castle, raised the corners of his mouth, patted Fichet's chest and walked towards the dock.
"Boss!" Mafa shouted to him from a distance: "We are back! What a great harvest!"
"What's there?" Cohen Keda asked with a smile.
"The best red wine! There are also all kinds of the most valuable gadgets!" Mafa beamed with joy: "Boss, I don't think we should be a governor anymore. There is a future in this!"
Cohen Keda watched his men unload the things from the ship, then load them onto the carriage and transport them away with ease, and suddenly thought of his previous life.
"Mafa, although smuggling seems to be very profitable now." He put his arm on Mafa's shoulder affectionately and said, "But this can only be used for emergencies and is never on the table. What we want is a truly safe living space.
.”
"ah……"
"That is to say, doing this is unstable, just like... marrying a wife and messing around outside, dangerous!" Mafa chuckled and nodded.
"By the way, Marfa." Cohen Keda said: "The next time you go over there, figure out everything there."
"Yes, boss!" Mafa said: "I like to inquire about information the most... Oh, this time there is almost a profit of four hundred gold coins. It's a pity that we don't know what is needed there, otherwise it would not be more than this amount."
Cohen Keda nodded and said: "So, we need one person to take care of all our business."
Fichet on the side came over and whispered: "I heard that our target has been trying to identify fruit trees and other things these days, and he is still reciting some solar terms, as if he is going to start a farm."
"Really? Then we will make it impossible for her to drive!" Cohen Keda waved his fist: "At night, go turn her orchard upside down!"
"Why?" Fichet said very dissatisfied: "You have already caused enough misery to others!"
"This is not me! You are her creditor..." Cohen Keda said: "If you want to make a person follow you wholeheartedly, you have to hit her again and again! Find her psychological strength in countless blows.
The bottom line of endurance is that at the moment when she is about to collapse, I will appear to rescue her, so that she will be grateful and remember it forever! In this way, she will know that I am better than her, and I am her support! She will be willing to
Help me with things..."
The people around him stood farther and farther apart. Everyone felt very cold, very cold, and at the same time they were glad that they didn't have to be attracted by this guy.
"No need!" Fichet complained: "They only sell you three pieces of clothing for fifteen gold coins..."
"Stop talking nonsense, my brother." Cohen Keda said: "I think you can help me decorate the room. I will live here from today on, thank you!"
Fichet looked at Cohen Keda walking away and said to everyone: "Did you hear what he just said? He said 'thank you'!"
"Maybe it's because the boss has been listening too much in the corner during this period..." Jack, who had been with Cohen Keda for a few days, said, "Look, the boss is there again..."
"Oh! Miss Dill Merlin..." said Fichet: "Please forgive me for my sin!"
The next day, Miss Dill Merlin got up early, had a hurried breakfast, and then took her servant to the orchard. She built this orchard with the little money she had left. It depends on whether it can turn over. This time!
However, the orchard was vandalized... It was obvious that the vandals were perverts, because they cut down all the fruit trees and then arranged them neatly, like soldiers waiting in line for inspection. .
"I can't cry, I can't cry..." Miss Dill Merlin warned herself: "This is just an accident. I will get through it. Until yesterday, my plan was going smoothly. I even had Learned to identify fruit trees..."
However, the tears still flowed down. Miss Dill Merlin knew that she had no money left.
"Okay!" Miss Dill Merlin turned around and asked a servant: "Tell me again what you saw yesterday?"
"Smuggling, miss!" the servant answered her: "They met at the beach, I saw it with my own eyes!"
"Forget everything you have seen!" Miss Dill Merlin said this and turned away.
The servants looked at each other, wondering what their lady wanted to do.
At night, Miss Dill Merlin's room.
Miss Dill Merlin put on a large robe for herself, tied it up tightly with a belt, and tucked every bit of her hair into the hood.
"Smuggling, it's not difficult!" She put the black iron dagger into her arms: "I can do it after just one look!"
Opening the window, Miss Dill Merlin disappeared into the night.
"You jumped down without saying a word... You want to scare people to death!" Under the window, a man in black who was almost stepped on by her just kept patting his chest: "You owe me again!"
The man in black followed Miss Dill Merlin.
Miss Dill Merlin didn't even know there was someone behind her. She was walking carefully through the bushes, getting closer and closer to the abandoned castle built on the seaside.
"I have to be careful..." Miss Dill Merlin said to herself: "They are using this place as a base. Someone must be here."
She slowly walked to the pier and found a dark corner to hide herself. She didn't know that in order for her to sneak into the pier "smoothly", the man in black behind her not only jumped up and down and made various gestures, Moreover, the people in the castle had to pretend not to "see" her.
When Miss Dill Merlin's feet began to feel numb, the smuggling she had been waiting for finally began. A dozen fully loaded carriages drove onto the dock, and people began to load the smuggled items onto the ship.
Miss Dill Merlin wanted to laugh, because she felt that she was still too good to be stupid enough to smuggle these bulky and unprofitable items. These people were really country bumpkins, although they acted very professionally.
After finally waiting for these people to see off the boats and the lights at the pier to turn off, Miss Dill Merlin slowly climbed down from the pier with her legs that were almost completely numb. Her little head had already begun to calculate how many boats should be used at a time. Which servants to send with her? Even the moment she got into the bushes, she even thought about how she should dress up.
Seeing Miss Dill Merlin humming a tune and climbing up the window, Cohen Keda felt a serious crisis. He turned his head and looked at Fichet next to him.
"Brother, the situation is not good, we must plan ahead!"
"But……"
"No buts! No buts! If we let her play tricks, we will be doomed!"
"Okay! All the consequences have nothing to do with me..."
"What did you say?"
"Okay, okay...I'm on your side..."
The two black figures turned and walked away.
Miss Dill Merlin did not light the lamp, but directly took off her robe and went to bed, and then cast a small lighting spell on her bed.
Under the dim light of the illumination spell, she took out the black iron dagger from her arms and played with it in her hand. She touched the silk thread on the handle, pulled out the blade a little and then inserted it back in. She had been playing this game for a long time.
But she wasn't bored at all.
"I'm telling you! What a nasty guy, a clumsy robber." She proudly said to the dagger: "I have found a good opportunity, and I will be able to go back to Wanpu openly soon! When the time comes, I will seize it.
Seal your mouth with your right hand, and then press your head against your left hand... If you dare to grab my hair, I will make you regret it for the rest of your life!"
After thinking about it for a long time, she couldn't think of any good way to make him regret it for the rest of his life, so Miss Dill Merlin decided to go to bed first. She took out a box from under the pillow and opened it. She wanted to put the dagger in, but saw that there was a box wrapped around it.
The clump of golden hair was gone.
"Ah? Gone?" She tilted her head and thought: "You won't run away from home, right?"
For a moment, Miss Dill Merlin's eyes widened and she took out a ball of black hair from the box.
"What's going on? I just said a few words to you. Before I could think of a way to make you regret it for the rest of your life, you became angry and turned black?" Then I remembered that the guy with his face covered wanted to take it away before leaving.
Your own headband: "Your character is as stingy as your master, which is really nerve-wracking!"
The lovely Miss Dill Merlin never thought that there was only one person with hair of this color on the entire continent. And this person was extremely nervous in the room right now.
Perhaps because she was too tired last night, Miss Dill Merlin overslept, and she was not woken up by the servant until almost noon.
"How is the weather today?" She jumped out of bed and walked barefoot on the floor while asking her maid: "Where is my father? He is rarely so quiet."
Indeed, since he came to live here, Baron Ivar Merlin has been cursing non-stop every day. He cursed everything in extremely vulgar words.
"The Baron has guests today." The maid answered her: "They were having a good chat in the garden."
"Guests? Are you still happy?" she shouted: "Are they still there now?"
"Yes, they are still there." The maid watched as her young lady opened the wardrobe with a "pop" sound, took a random piece of clothing and put it on her body, then took out a dagger from a box under the pillow and put it on her body, "pop"
He closed the door with a bang and walked out.
"Oh... God." The maid said: "Only the God of Light knows what she wants to do, put that thing under the pillow..."
She knew best who her father would talk happily to. Miss Dill Merlin was furious when she thought of this. This ridiculous man! He had just incurred a huge debt, and as soon as he turned around, he was hanging out with these gamblers again.
Together.
After going down the creaking stairs, walking through the dilapidated hall, passing through the corridor, and then turning a corner, which is the door leading to the back garden, Miss Dill Merlin decided to make these two people look good!
When she walked to the door, Miss Dill Merlin saw a girl with a delicate face. The girl was looking at her curiously with her big eyes, and she was holding a cute white puppy in her arms.
"Who are you?" Miss Dill Merlin asked. She thought the girl looked familiar: "This puppy is so cute. Does it have a name?"
"Hello, I am Lily. The young master asked me to wait here." The girl said to her, "This is a World of Warcraft puppy. It is the young master's pet. Its name is Abu."
"Your young master?"
"Yes, he is in the garden," said the girl.
Miss Dill Merlin felt that things were very strange and something was wrong, and she even wanted to go into the garden to have a look. (To be continued)