Chapter 45: The Wonderful Hidden Weapon and the Hat Shop in the Neighboring Town
"You can leave later, Your Highness." The old woman said again, "I also want to ask you to give my friend something, and I will get it right away."
"Okay, old man. But what do you call me?"
The old woman quickly brought half a small black ball and gave it to Werther. Her eyes were full of kindness: "Give this to my friend. Just call me Ms. Shanni. My kind lord, you will be rewarded."
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"I understand, Ms. Shani, I'll leave first. Goodbye."
"goodbye."
After the old woman closed the door gently, Werther looked at Wile and said, "It should be noon now. Why don't we go back to the castle for lunch first, and then set off to find Ms. Shani's friend at this address."
"I think your suggestion is very good. Because the top guards came to the castle this morning, I didn't even eat breakfast, and now I'm so hungry that my chest is touching my back."
The two people returned along the road. On the way, Witte curiously placed the small ball in the sun and looked at it. The half of the small ball was painted with black paint on the outside. It was opaque, about one centimeter in diameter, and the flat part was uneven.
, there seem to be many regular lines on it, which are very similar to the structure of keys.
It seems that there should be another half of the glass ball that fits it and can form a complete ball. Perhaps, the complete ball hides a secret. But this is the old woman's thing, and Werther cannot destroy it privately for research.
"Your Highness, you have been looking at this thing for a long time." Wile put his hands on his waist and walked next to Werther, with a hint of complaint in his tone. "If you take another step forward, it will not be the way we came."
Werther stopped and realized that he had reached a fork in the road, and his body was facing a different direction from the castle.
"Thank you for reminding me, Wile." Werther turned his body and walked towards the correct fork in the road.
"But, Your Highness, what exactly is this half ball? At first glance, it seems ordinary, but after seeing it more, I feel that it is very powerful."
"I feel the same way. No matter how many there are, these are the old woman's things and I have to put them away." Werther put half of the ball in his pocket.
After a while, they finally arrived at the castle.
"Your Highness, it's already past twelve o'clock. Why have you been out for so long? Have you found a suitable house?" Tom asked with concern.
Werther took off his thick cloak and handed it to Tom, and said: "Wile and I inquired for a while and found it. However, the owner of the house and the title deed are in a neighboring town. I have to go to the neighboring town in the afternoon."
"Next door town?" Tom was a little surprised, "Do we need to walk a long way?"
"The location is not too far from Daybreak Town. An old woman named Shanni in the town gave me the address. I wonder if you have heard of this place." Werther showed the note to Tom.
Tom squinted and read the small print on it: Hat shop at the mouth of the mud river in front of the farm in Night Light Town, Shanna.
"I know this place, Your Highness. It takes about an hour and a half to go there on horseback. You can find Nihekou on the map. You should familiarize yourself with the terrain before going."
"Well, Wile and I will go riding in a while."
"But, Your Highness." Tom showed a worried look, "Yeguang Town is a small town on the edge of Dark City and belongs to Duke Dark. You must be careful when you go there this time."
"Don't worry, Uncle Tom, I'll be fine." Werther smiled, "Let them bring lunch quickly."
"Yes, Your Highness."
Werther and Wile finished their lunch quickly, and then Werther put twenty gold coins in his purse. They picked two more horses in the stable and set off on the road.
. Because it was afternoon, there were fewer pedestrians on the road, and the journey was smooth. After leaving Dawn Town, we arrived at the farm in Yeguang Town.
Witte looked around curiously. The fields that had just been harvested still had the smell of crops. Several people had not taken a lunch break and were busy plowing the land.
"Your Highness, the land here looks very fertile~" Wile said, "The harvest must be good."
"Dawn Town will also have a good harvest next year." Witte said, "And I believe the people of Dawn Town will become happier."
After dozens of minutes, they finally arrived at the mouth of Nihe River. Werther looked around and easily saw a shop next to a big tree. The decoration was simple but distinctive, with green walls and dark green roofs, and hangings on the walls.
A golden sign with the words "Hat Shop" written in black ink.
Werther and Wile tied their horses to a tree nearby, and then walked into the store. There were dozens of hats of various kinds. Werther went directly to the owner sitting inside, a lady who looked like Ms. Sunny.
An old woman of about the same age. The old woman is sewing a hat seriously.
"Hello, old man." Werther bowed slightly and said, "I came to see Ms. Shanna. Ms. Shanni introduced me."
The old woman raised her head and looked up at Werther: "Well, I am Shanna. It turns out it was my good sister Shanni who asked you to come here. Young man, what are you doing here?"
Witte returned: "I heard that you plan to sell your house in Daybreak Town. I happen to want to buy that house. I wonder if you agree."
Shanna looked at Werther with squinting eyes: "Okay, as long as you give me ten gold coins, I will give you the property deed."
Ten! Werther exclaimed in his heart. He thought that house would be sold for fifteen gold coins, but he didn't expect it to be so cheap.
After seeing Werther's surprised look, Shanna said: "That house is leaky, has no heater inside, and is very old. Ten gold coins may be too much."
"Thank you, Ms. Shanna."
Werther took out ten gold coins from his purse. Shanna opened her purse and watched with a smile as the ten gold coins slid in.
"It's really good. I sell hats here and I can't make ten gold coins a year. As soon as this house is sold, I will get the gold coins." The old woman tied a knot on the money bag and put it in the box at the back.
, then found the property deed and gave it to Werther.
At this time, Werther thought about the hemisphere.
"By the way, Ms. Shanni also asked me to give you something." Werther quickly took out the half ball from his pocket.
After Shanna saw the ball, a strange look suddenly appeared in her eyes. She asked seriously: "Young man, who can you bring this thing from Shanni's hands to me?"
Werther was shocked by Zannah's sudden change, but he could see that Zannah was not a bad person, so he replied: "To be honest, I am Werther Claude, the lord of Dawn Town."
"Sure enough, it's you." Shanna's eyes became mysterious, as if she was a little happy, "Do you know what this half ball is?"
Werther shook his head: "I don't know."
"Haha, this is a hidden weapon ball." Shanna smiled happily and took out a black hemisphere from her pocket, "This is the other half of the hidden weapon ball. Let me tell you how to use it."
She aligned the two hemispheres according to the lines, and the two hemispheres were sucked together.
Then, she moved the two hemispheres in different directions. A small hole suddenly appeared where the surface of the ball was disconnected, and a bulge appeared on the other end of the ball.
Shanna explained proudly: "Turn the hidden weapon ball clockwise with your left hand and counterclockwise with your right hand, and it will
When this happens, as long as you press the raised position, a thin needle hidden weapon will be fired from the hole, which can be used to attack the opponent. After the fine needle is used up, you can add more fine needles inside. "
Werther was shocked. This was the first time he saw such an exquisite hidden weapon.
"This is just the first effect." Shanna was even more proud and continued, "Turn the hidden ball counterclockwise with your left hand and clockwise with your right hand, and it will recover. If you continue to turn in this direction, the second effect will appear."
Shanna walked to a position two meters away and turned the ball as mentioned above. After the ball recovered, its appearance would no longer change. However, the needles and paper clips on the table were instantly sucked to the hidden weapon ball.
"Did you see that the hidden weapon ball is originally made of magnets? After turning it in the second way, its magnetism will be greatly increased and it can attract iron needles up to two meters away. Because most of the fine needle hidden weapons are made of iron
Yes, so the second function of the concealed weapon ball is to attract the fine needle concealed weapons that are shot at you, so as to protect your safety."
Witte saw how this hidden weapon ball was used and was so impressed by the person who made it.
He showed a shocked expression: "It's really amazing that you have such ingenious skills and can make such a sophisticated hidden weapon. Can I ask out of curiosity, who are you and Ms. Shanni?"
"We used to make hidden weapons." Shanna looked quite proud. "Back then, we were very skilled craftsmen, and this hidden weapon ball was made by us. Unfortunately, the owner died later, and we craftsmen who made hidden weapons went our separate ways.
, Shanni never married and made a living by mending and washing people's clothes, and I moved to Yeguang Town with my husband."
"So that's it. You guys are really awesome. Can I know who your master is?"
"It's not convenient to tell you this. If you are destined, you will know." Shanna smiled mysteriously, "Also, did you know that this hidden weapon ball was a gift from Shanna."
"How do you say that?" Werther asked in surprise.
"After our master was killed, most of the exquisite hidden weapons were destroyed or disappeared. Shanni and I only kept this small ball. Each of us took half and put it in our hands. We agreed,
If one of them meets a capable and benevolent lord, he will give half of the balls to the lord and ask him to find the other person for the other half."
"No wonder you doubted my Lord of Daybreak Town when I took out half of the hidden weapon ball. But why did you do this?"
"Because we are also brave people, we hope that such a hidden weapon can be used by good lords, and don't want it to fall into the hands of bad lords." Shanna restored the hidden weapon ball and stuffed it into Witte's hand, "Your Highness, Lord of Dawn Town
, just accept it, this is what our sisters want."
Werther took the hidden weapon ball, his heart was extremely excited, and he couldn't calm down for a long time.
"Thank you. By the way, I have one more thing to ask. Does the store have those little hats that girls often wear?"
"Yes, they are all here, it's up to you to choose."
Werther thought to himself that if he happened to come to the hat shop, he might as well buy the hat he promised to give to Margery, and buy one for Lina by the way.
He looked at it for a while, pointed to the small goose-yellow hat tied with a gold ribbon and the pink wide-brimmed hat with a bow sewn on it, and said, "I want these two, how much do they cost."
"His Royal Highness the Lord has really good taste. He is planning to give it to two different girls." Shanna smiled and said, "Two silver coins."
"They were given to two of my friends respectively." Werther smiled, took out a gold coin and handed it over, and Shanna changed the money for him.
After bidding farewell to Zannah, Werther and Wile returned to the castle.