In July, Bragg's air seemed to be filled with an irritating heat.
The undercurrents surging under the calm surface can foresee that the nobles and the nobles have been suffering in the past two weeks-in their circles, it can be seen that the signs of the end of the war have become more and more obvious-although the life of the low-level citizens is still as usual. But those who want to take the opportunity to make a fortune gradually become restless.
The citizens often see the messenger’s horses entering the city one after another. People who don’t know think that the war is tight, but these letterheads convey the progress of the negotiations in Winter Rose Castle one by one.
So that the common people are anxious all day long, and the nobles are also anxious all day long.
It’s just that all of this has nothing to do with Brando. The young man is steadily following his schedule-he spent three days buying up the relationship and getting a certificate of registration for the pioneering knight-it was a card that said knight and The loyalty and responsibilities due to each other between the monarchs, and then stamped documents.
This thin piece of parchment was more expensive than gold a few years earlier, but as the Eluin gradually declined, the knighthood degenerated into a local hard-line power, and adventurers turned to illegal businesses, but no one was enthusiastic about it. This ancient kingdom expanded its territory, so that the title of'exploring knight' gradually became obscure.
Since the first king came to the throne, the nobles who made their fortunes through the development of knighthood have gradually begun to mark the transfer of this title, and this piece of paper has become less and less valuable since then.
In order for Brando to obtain this status, just like he had done in the game before, Tobatom just bought a beautiful long dress for the wife of a small city official.
It was the eleventh when he got the paperwork. On this day, the lameness brought him another good news-the underground trade fair he had been waiting for had finally come.
Just like the fairs that regularly exist in certain areas, the gray realm of Braggs will hold underground trading in the first ten days of the month. It’s just that most of the things sold in this market are illicit stolen goods, contraband, and even human trade. Don’t be surprised at this, because the people participating in this fair-in addition to mercenaries and adventurers, unscrupulous merchants, more of them are Prague. The makers of Sri Lanka rules.
The nobles.
Undoubtedly, the underground market is undoubtedly the local underground forces, but it is inevitable that some nobles will intervene in it. This is an open fact.
And it is enough to hide it from the ordinary citizens who need a peaceful and stable society.
Bragg’s underground fairs are regularly held at the Maria Market in the Hood District or the Shepherd’s Market in the Dongcheng District. The organizers deliberately choose densely populated places to better cover their eyes. But people who are interested will often find that there will be a lot of strange faces in these two places, asking each other, talking, and then leaving in a hurry the next morning.
In particular, these two markets also have a small auction room for leases—of course, this is actually just an excuse on the surface. In fact, these two auction houses are almost exclusively built for this regular gathering except for occasional purposes.
If you go to check their owner, you will only find some ordinary merchant nearby. But if you investigate further, you will find that these two buildings are actually funded by the local aristocratic council.
Of course, these are digressions.
When Bartom led Brando off the carriage, the setting sun of Braggs was like in the oil painting of the same name, like an orange fire hung on the sky, burning the surrounding circle red. Yunxia.
Facing the fiery red glow, the young man wore a knight uniform and was ironed, and the wizard apprentice Charles stood beside him so that the two of them could disguise themselves as the identity on the invitation card—the highland knight from Karasu And his apprentice obedience.
Of course, there are also his sister, Antitina, alias Ann, whom Brando subsequently led from the carriage, and his fiancée, Miss Romance.
Antitina removed her hand from Brando without a trace when she stepped out of the carriage. She wore a black veil, and she wore a long black dress, her eyes staring at the small with indifferent brilliance. People coming and going outside the auction house.
The girl pressed her lips lightly, her temperament turned upside down a few days ago. If it is said that when she first met Brando, the young man felt weak as I saw it, but at this moment she became cold, and her body naturally exuded an aura that no one should be near.
Not to mention Tester's spy at this moment, I am afraid it is the "Owl" Jon who came to Antitina in person, probably not daring to recognize each other for a while.
What's more, at this cusp of the storm, such trivial things as a person disappearing in a city in Normandy would not be noticeable at all. The cemetery area was so talkative that it was only a few days later that the city officials discovered their negligence from the actions of their colleagues—
The disappearance of persons should belong to the work of the garrison under the jurisdiction of the municipality, but before that, the security cavalry had searched with much fanfare. Even the scale was considered exceptional. The cavalry units of the three squadrons almost turned the Dongcheng District one by one, almost alarming the local aristocratic council in Bragg.
However, afterwards, Viscount Teste didn't seem to want this matter to fall into the ears of other people as a handle. So far it died down. The final conclusion of the whole matter was finally assigned to the'cemetery attack' almost half a year ago, and it became a headless public case. .
Therefore, Antitina can now safely appear outside.
Standing next to her, one line above her forehead, was Roman. The merchant lady was staring at a row of crystal balls on the table not far away at this moment. She frowned, as if to come up with a kind of scholar's hard work. The spirit of research comes—I want to figure out what it is.
But what made Brando a little bit dumbfounded was that there was no word written on the crystal ball, and even if he stared at it for a long time and no matter how serious it was, it would not grow flowers.
He knew that she was only doing this to get Antitina's attention.
In the past few days, Little Roman and Antitina have got along well together. She has a natural keen sense of smell that can smell the taste of opportunity under ordinary phenomena—but Antitina just has the common sense of the outside world that she lacks. , With some necessary knowledge.
It’s like, if no one tells this future merchant girl that the Anzek region has always been responsible for delivering wine and food to Braggs, presumably this country girl born in Buči would not have seen the implications. Business opportunities.
But Antitina is now in this role. Although all her knowledge comes from books, it is better than Miss Romant who all knowledge comes from imagination, isn't it
"What is that, Ann?" Roman couldn't help it at last.
Antitina’s attention was actually placed on the row of thumb-sized crystal balls. Their owner was a man in a black dress: in Eruin, not everyone is qualified to wear that dress, it’s a monk.
The girl couldn't help but put her gaze on Brando, but the young man looked indifferent. She was taken aback, and frowned.
"That's a kind of fire." Antitina replied softly without turning her head over.
"What is Tinder?"
"Tinder is the sacred artifact of people spreading civilization in the wilderness. I didn't expect to see such a thing at such an auction." Antitina replied.
"I didn't understand," the merchant lady replied straightforwardly.
Antitina couldn't help sighing, Brando didn't let her down after a few days of getting along. She never thought that the person who hired herself was really a noble knight, and also the legendary highland knight. Besides, Brando always behaves politely and calmly, which is in line with the image of a lord she imagined—
But his fiancée is a bit of a headache. It's not that Roman is not easy to get along with. On the contrary, the character of the merchant lady can be said to be likable most of the time. But what made the girl a little headache was that the other party seemed to really regard her as a mobile encyclopedia, and always asked this and that with a curious expression.
But she couldn't refuse, she could only answer: "How much do you know about our world?"
"do not know."
"..."
The girl coughed twice and replied: "Then I will try to be as simple as possible. In the epic of the Cruz people, their god'Eshiru' (Martha) created the fire, wind, and earth from the chaos. The six elements of water, water, life, and darkness construct a world with boundaries. After the contract of the four elven kings is reached, the boundaries of the world are formed—"
"This boundary continuously extracts the power of magic from the chaos, forming a land that extends infinitely in four directions, that is, the world we live in-so the shape of the world should be a round sky and infinitely extending in all directions. ."
"But this world is always biased towards chaos, so Master Martha's laws are used to restrict order and fix order on the land where mortals walk. In these areas, the sun, moon and stars operate normally, so mortals can multiply and civilization can be. Continue—"
"But outside of the land guarded by Master Martha, there is a battlefield between the elements and chaos, and there are vast transition areas between them. These areas are what we call the'wildness'. But there is no difference between the land of order and the land of wildness. The ones that cannot be converted to each other, the pioneering knights and the'Magic Tide' came from this."
"And the fire is the key to planting the law on the earth. A land established in the wild, there must be a fire."
Antitina coughed and asked after she answered, "Do you understand?"
Roman nodded, then shook his head again, and happily replied: "I only understood the first sentence before—ah! Pain, pain, Brando let go of me—" It turned out that she didn’t finish her sentence. Brando was dragged over his face, then held in his arms.
"Little Roman, it seems that you are destined not to have the talent to be a wizard, so don't care about it. Let's care about how much money we can make at the auction." Brando said to her, turning back to Antitina. A sorry look in the past.
The girl smiled slightly.
She walked up quickly and asked, "Don't you care about those fires, Mr. Brando?" As an assistant, of course she knew Brando had bought a certificate for pioneering knights.
Brando glanced at the crystal balls, and the appearance of so many fires at the same time really made him a little interested, but he must not be the only one who cared about this thing. He thought he could only try it later. Besides, there is a sleeping fire in the place where he is going, and he is not in a hurry to use such a thing.
So he replied: "I understand, I can try it later."
Antitina glanced at him, thought for a moment, and nodded uneasy. Brando seemed to her to be the kind of young knight who left home to open up his own space. Whether he can achieve anything depends on whether he can own his own territory-or make merits in the war.
The young girl also understands how long her own path is, and she is also completely dependent on it. After all, only Brando appreciates her talents at this moment.
Therefore, Brando's every move made her not worry.
Brando also saw the girl's concern and wanted to say something, but he suddenly saw the cripple hiding in the dark and gesturing to him, telling him that the trade fair was about to begin, and asked him and others to hurry up. The young man was startled slightly, raised his head, and found that the people gathered around had already begun to enter the arena.