After staying in the tavern for less than five minutes, Caroline couldn't bear it. The crowded environment was full of mixed smells, like a cage full of livestock, and the noise was unbearable. Rhodes was okay, he was a hanging man before time travel.
Si, living in the slums, has never experienced any hardships. However, this aristocratic woman next to her was born into a noble family. She grew up in a comfortable and clean environment. Suddenly she was in the living environment of the lower class people, and she couldn't adapt at all.
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Especially when I see those greasy women constantly rubbing themselves against the passengers, I feel even more unbearable, as if I will vomit out everything I have eaten in the past few days.
"Well, as you can see, there are all kinds of people here. The more mixed up the place is, the more real information you can get. Those drunks, hunters, and homeless people, don't think that they are ragged and smelly and are collecting information.
The intelligence may be better than that of professional spies. You must know that many spies often buy information from these people. If we want to find vampires, we cannot miss every message."
Rhodes leaned close to the witch, leaned into her ear, and whispered softly.
"But……"
Caroline was still uncomfortable and was about to retort, but was interrupted again by Rhodes——
"But the environment is too bad, right? Just bear with it a little longer. Think about what kind of war we are facing, and you will feel that no matter how much you pay now, it is worth it."
Rhodes comforted.
While they were talking, the first plate of food was served, which was a plate of rye bread... Bogur, Talinnam and Yeskovitch didn't think much about it, they just grabbed it with their hands and took one piece each.
It was so uncomfortable. But Caroline's eyes were fixed on the black charcoal-shaped bread, and she didn't dare to start.
"Is this bread?..."
She asked in a low voice, so soft that even she herself could not hear clearly...
"What else? Do you think it's charcoal?"
Rhodes laughed, picked up a piece, and put it on Caroline's dinner plate.
"You have to know that in Kislev, most people can only afford this. The bread we usually eat is fine bread with no impurities, but it is expensive and most civilians cannot afford it.
Not to mention honey bread and berry bread.”
Rhodes whispered, setting an example by taking a bite of the black bread on the table, and crumbs like toner fell from his mouth. This scene made Caroline lose her appetite. She could no longer imagine it.
What does the next plate of broth and radishes look like?
A few homeless people on the other table seemed to have finished eating and were playing with the deck cards (1) on the table. Some food scraps, horse manure, and soil mixture were thrown on the ground, mixed with the smell of sweat from the homeless people.
The smell made Caroline cover her mouth and nose. It could be seen that the consumption of this group of people was relatively low, and the seating positions were temporary. Their tables were similar to those used by Rhodes and his group, but the chairs were made of a long wooden board.
, made of two empty wine barrels placed underneath. According to Talinnam, this was for easy cleaning after the meal. After all, Talinnam also belonged to the poor civilian class before becoming an attendant. He was not familiar with such a life scene.
I can't get used to it.
"Don't they use knives and forks?"
Caroline looked around and found that in the entire tavern, there were only a few well-dressed people using tableware. The others basically just grabbed it with their hands... No matter how greasy the food was, they always grabbed it with their hands, and those pairs of hands were stained with oil.
Next, my hands may need to go to the toilet to wipe my butt, play cards, or even masturbate...
"Dear Miss Caroline, you have to know that knives and forks are made of metal. Only rich people can afford them. Ordinary civilians can't afford them. Observe as much as possible. You have to help your father manage it.
Castle must know the life of the working people at the lower level."
Rhodes whispered, and Caroline felt that all her views were lost...
"How many days are we going to stay here?"
Caroline asked, resisting the stench surrounding her.
"Not sure, maybe two or three days, maybe a week, or even longer. My idea is that before Daft and Xia Ye move in for reinforcements, we can only stay here and get good information. Once they come,
Only then can we take action immediately, otherwise, large-scale troops entering the city will only make the vampires flee after hearing the news, or directly make them prepare to confront us."
Rhodes put his mouth to Caroline's ear and whispered.
"Okay, let's not talk about this for now. There are many people here, look at it."
Rhodes said, gesturing to Caroline to look towards the window, where a man wearing a fur coat, a black hat, and a knight's attire was looking at the place with his dark eyes. Due to the influence of the bear god Esun,
Blessings, Rod's observation skills are very good, otherwise, with normal people's vision and sensitivity, it would be impossible to find a specific person in a messy house.
Caroline put away her surprised face, because she knew that even here, it was not absolutely safe.
A few minutes later, the meat that Bogul ordered came. The person who delivered the food was a middle-aged aunt. She filled the meat in a wooden bucket, and then scooped it into the guests' plates with a big spoon. Fortunately, the plates were still clean.
Those child workers were very serious about their work. Because they were afraid of being beaten and scolded by the shop owner, they always did a cleaner job than adults when cleaning the plates, tables and chairs.
Caroline found that even meat was cold...
"They won't bake it for you temporarily. There are so many customers. They bake it at noon or in the morning. They wait until there are more customers in the evening and bring it out one by one. Otherwise, it will be too late to bake it temporarily."
Rhodes said lightly. Rhodes had also done this kind of work before traveling through time. All the ingredients were prepared in the morning, cooked, and then heated slightly and served to the guests' tables when the peak period came at noon and evening.
Of course, here, the tavern owner doesn’t even bother to reheat the food. He just serves the food that was prepared in the morning. Fortunately, the summer in Kislev is not too hot. Otherwise, the food may have been left in the kitchen for a day.
Things started to get bad at night.
"I'm in Heidelberg..."
Caroline was about to say that all she ate was hot food, but was interrupted again by Rhodes. This man could always see her thoughts in advance...
"In Heidelberg or Blackhammer, you are a lady, a noble lady. Of course, I will prepare hot food for you, but outside, we are just civilians. Remember our status, okay? My lady."
Rod said, grabbing a piece of cold meat with his hands and putting it on Caroline's plate.
"I don't eat meat..."
The witch had a straight face and acted like a young lady.
"You must eat to replenish your strength. Think about our career, which is related to the lives of tens of thousands of people."
Rhodes once again brought up the "ghost hunting" mission to pressure her. Caroline remained silent, looked at the stiff bacon roll, and swallowed hard.
"No, I can't eat." She finally chose to give up and said with a pout. "I went to the room. I brought food with me."
But as soon as she stood up, she was stared at by several homeless people on the side. Rhodes immediately grabbed her hand and motioned her to sit down. But Caroline didn't seem to know what was happening. The next second, several
A homeless man who was playing cards came over and looked at Caroline's body with lewd eyes. Although the Raven's Journey Tavern was the best tavern in the entire castle, most of the people gathered there were low-level civilians.
Real nobles would have already entered the castle to rest when they arrived. Therefore, no noble women would come here on weekdays. Although Caroline was dressed in civilian clothes, she looked very clean, with a slim figure and a fair face.
It quickly attracted the attention of drunkards.
"Hey, friend, how much does this girl cost? One night, one night..."
The homeless man who had just won money playing cards came over, first looked at Caroline with a dirty look, then walked up to Rhodes and talked about the price...
However, needless to say, Bogul and Talinam have spit out the food in their mouths and stood up with ferocious faces. The dwarves are not tall enough, but their scarred faces and strong muscles are enough to intimidate these gangsters.
Hooligan. And Talinnam directly pressed the drunkard's head on the table, took out the dagger, and inserted it on the table. The force was so strong that the tail of the dagger even trembled slightly. The sudden scene made the drunkard
He was half awake in an instant, curling his hands and shouting for mercy.
"Tell me what to do with him."
Rhodes glanced at the Frost Witch beside him and asked lightly.
"Let him not touch women!"
Caroline said in a commanding tone.
Talinnam understood what he knew and kicked the drunkard in the crotch. The homeless man with yellow teeth immediately held his head and screamed, and was dragged out by his companions in a panic. However, even so, the people around him did not pay much attention.
Looking at women, teasing women, fighting, gambling and making troubles are very common in pubs, and there is nothing unexpected about them.
Even if Rhodes caught the drunkard and beat him up just now, probably no one would care whether the drunkard in tattered clothes lived or died.
They just continued to drink, whore and gamble, and cursed the rulers for their uselessness and incompetence. When the next day came, everything was back to square one, and the servants in the tavern would clean up the leftovers and filth left by the guests from the previous night.
(1) Deck card: Also known as a deck of cards, poker, card game, card deck. The deck card consists of 78 tarot cards. The better set is equipped with painted panels and a small cloth bag or wooden box.
There are four groups of cards in a deck, usually consisting of shields, swords, goblets and clubs from 1 to 10, as well as squires, knights, queens and kings. In addition, there are 22 secret main cards, namely idiot, mentor,
Huntress, sea, emperor, priest, lover, war, judge, priest, wheel of fortune, power, crow, moor, abstinence, power of destruction, tower, stars, Mosrib, sun, Valena,
As well as the world. The main arcana card has different variations, which are more elaborate and carry important symbolic meanings, and individual artists will replace the cards with more appropriate drawings and characters. When people play this card game, a small number of people - especially those from
The strigany (remnants of the Kingdom of Mulcairn) who migrated from Sylvania claimed that these cards had the ability to predict the future.