The innkeeper, Matt, still remembered Ellette, and was even more impressed with Link. Seeing Ellette's question, he shrugged his shoulders: "Room? No room. After you left, Mr. Link has been living in the attic."
What? attic!
Ailette's heart skipped a beat, he resisted showing it, and continued to ask, "Why does he live in the attic?"
"No money." Matt said as a matter of course: "Some time ago, he ate rough bread every day, two a day, one at noon and one at night. He seems to have made some money recently, but it shouldn't be much. He is big In the attic part of the time, if you want him, he's upstairs right now."
Hearing this sentence, Ellette's heart jumped again. He knew that after Link gave him 1300 gold coins, there should not be much money left, but he didn't expect him to be so embarrassed.
But why didn't he mention it in his letter? In the letter, he either talked about the beautiful scenery of Gwent Forest, or asked magic questions, but said nothing about his own predicament.
Why did he do this? Ailette couldn't tell what it was like, he thanked Matt, and walked up the stairs under the eyes of everyone in the hotel lobby.
During this process, he heard the discussion in the hall.
"That's a real magician, he came to Link?"
"Is Link really a magician?"
"No way? He wears such shabby clothes, and the place to eat and live is not as good as mine. Could he be a magician?"
These voices just verified the boss's words, and Ailette felt more and more uncomfortable. He felt that his eyes were a little sore and astringent, and he was very uncomfortable. It must be that there was too much dust in the hotel, which fascinated his eyes.
Go straight up the wooden stairs, and after reaching the third floor, turn up a corner, which is the attic of the hotel.
The light in the attic is very dim, the stairs are also covered with dust, and the door of the attic room is low and narrow. When Elette stood at the door, he felt more and more cramped.
He stayed in the tall and spacious magic tower for a long time, and it was difficult to adapt to this kind of ordinary residence.
"Tuk tuk tuk", he raised his hand and knocked on the door lightly. Ailette tried hard to calm himself down and calm himself down as much as possible.
"Come in, the door is unlocked." A familiar voice came from the room, the tone was very familiar, still calm and gentle, like a quiet lake under the starlight.
Ailette pushed the door open, and then he saw a figure bathed in sunlight.
The golden sunlight shone in from the small window in the attic, showing a golden beam of light in the dim room, and the beam of light just shone on that thin body.
The owner of this emaciated body was sitting on a lame chair, holding a quill pen in his hand, and was concentrating on writing something on the old table with mottled paint. Several magic books, a stack of parchment scrolls.
Ailette turned his head and looked to the right, and saw a bed on the ground, and a corner of the wall, where there was a big spider web. In the web, a fat spider was hanging there leisurely. It seemed that it was not worried about being disturbed at all. At the corner of the wall, he also found a big gap. Although the gap was blocked by a piece of rag, it was not blocked tightly, and the cold wind still blew in.
Simple, dilapidated, and slum-like accommodation conditions. Ailette used to be a homeless orphan and experienced such a life, but he did not expect that Link, the son of a nobleman, would also live such a life.
Just because Ellette has experienced it, he empathizes with Link's situation!
Heartache, shame, gratitude, all kinds of emotions rushed into Ailette's heart, and then turned into a hot stream and rushed to his eyes. His eyes turned red, and tears were about to come out. Ailette immediately raised his head, not letting the tears flow come out.
When he was 8 years old, he was bullied by several children of the same age on the street. At that time, he cried loudly, but he was an orphan, and no one would come out to comfort him. What he cried in exchange was endless ridicule and ridicule. Since then , he swore that he would never cry again in his life.
But at this time, he couldn't bear it.
The other party is the son of a nobleman. He originally had more than 1,300 gold coins on him. He could live a very comfortable life in Hegu Town, but in order to pay for his admission to the hospital, he lived such a hard life. How embarrassing is this for him
What made Ellette even more ashamed was that the other party never told him that when he was learning magic in the Magic Tower, Link didn't mention a little bit of his own difficult life, and kept comforting him, telling him to concentrate on learning magic and not to divide it. Heart, but he didn't notice all this.
"Link?" Elette tried to calm himself down and called out softly.
The thin figure paused, the quill in his hand stopped, then he turned around and looked at him in surprise: "Ailette, why are you here?"
He has lost weight, a lot thinner than a month ago, his eyes have become much bigger, but his eyes are still dull and dull, and the rough and thin linen robe on his body hangs loosely on him.
Ailette felt sour in his heart, and finally couldn't hold it back this time, his eyes were flushed, and tears flowed out: "Why didn't you tell me?!"
Link was also taken aback when he saw Ellette's appearance. How could this half-elf be so emotional, a big man, how could he cry
However, he recalled the memory of the game in his previous life, and found that the other party seemed to have such an emotional personality.
In the previous game, Ellette cried three times, one time for his wife who was killed by the devil, one time for his comrades who died in battle, and one time for seeing countless refugees fleeing from the north.
This guy is just so emotional.
After thinking about it, Link also knew why the other party behaved like this, and laughed: "Are you blaming me for not telling you about this crude condition?"
Alette nodded. He had a good life at the Magic Academy, and as long as he worked hard, he could earn some gold coins. This month, even if he didn't spend much time writing magic scrolls, he still saved 15 gold coins. Those classmates, some of whom were hardworking, could even earn more than 50 gold coins a month!
As long as Link told him about it, there was absolutely no need for him to live in such hardship.
Link laughed, shook his head and said, "My friend, I'm actually doing pretty well. You see, from the window, you can see the beautiful Gwent Forest. Listen carefully, is there no sound at all, it's so quiet Think about it again, I have no money on me, and I am dressed in shabby clothes, so no one will think of me, and no one will bother me to study magic and write papers, how rare is this?"
Having said that, Ailette seems to think it makes sense, but he always feels that something is wrong "but..."
"No but. You know, my ideal is to pursue magic, and everything else doesn't matter." Link smiled, and this smile was very sunny, dispelling the guilt and haze in Ailette's heart.
Well, after Link said this, Ailette felt a lot better, but what he saw today was deeply engraved in his heart.
He knew that there was such a person in this world, in order for him to learn magic, he would not hesitate to let go of all decency and dignity, would not hesitate to be ridiculed by ordinary people, and would not hesitate to live a life like a beggar.
In his heart, this person is already his brother, for whom he can sacrifice everything if necessary.
"Are you free now? How about we go to the lobby for a drink?" Alette wiped his eyes and cleared up his mood.
"Of course no problem, wait for me to sort out the scroll." Link smiled.
After packing up their things, the two went to the hall.
"Best food, best ale, Matt," cried Elette.
"No problem." Matt smiled.
When the food and wine came, the two chatted while eating.
Link and Ellette talked about the progress of some papers, or discussed magic issues, and Ellette and Link introduced what he saw and heard in the Magic Academy, and occasionally some anecdotes circulated in the academy.
The two chatted very speculatively, and before they knew it, they drank more than a dozen glasses of ale. Ailette obviously couldn't drink, and had already started talking nonsense, but Link had a good drink capacity and basically remained sober.
Drunk, Ailette behaved strangely, crying and laughing, Link couldn't laugh or cry, he called the hotel clerk to move Ailette to a hotel room to rest.
"No, no, let's go, I want to sleep in the attic!" Ailette insisted on going to the attic.
Link had no choice but to let him go. Finally, he added a bedding in the attic, so that Ailette could sleep. As for himself, he sweated a little after being tormented by Ailette, and his slight drunkenness disappeared. .
He went out and greeted the carriage driver of the Academy of Magic, who said that they were going to rest in the town for the night and set off tomorrow, so Link went back to the attic with confidence.
There are scrolls and magic books sent by Ellette in the attic. After a glance, Link was attracted by the magic books. This is an advanced magic book, which is exactly the knowledge he needs urgently!
The title of this magic book is "The Advancement of Magic", which mainly introduces the magic structure of level 1 magic, and gives a general description of the advanced route of magic. Detailed explanation of the halo structure!
"What a good book!" Link was fascinated when he read it, and then he forgot the passage of time.
After an unknown amount of time, a voice came from behind: "What time is it?"
Ellette woke up.
Link woke up with a start and looked at his pocket watch: "It's past seven o'clock in the evening."
He just felt a little hungry.
"I'll go get some food." Elette was also hungry, he went out of the attic, and after five or six minutes, he brought up a large plate of cheese.
The two started to eat, and while eating, Link was looking at the magic book. He carefully turned the pages of the book to prevent stains from getting on, while Ellette casually flipped through the paper written by Link.
After eating, Link continued to read the magic book, but Ellette's soul had been lost in the paper, and he murmured: "It's so wonderful! How is this possible? Well, it can still be like this Deduction?"
He was completely mesmerized.