The butler had never seen his master behave so badly. The panic on Elphis' face was obvious, and there seemed to be a hint of fear. Who was this person? The butler thought, could it be sent by the British Bank headquarters
Elphis immediately pulled off the tablecloth from his collar, stood up, and said to the butler,
"Go and invite him in! I'll go make some preparations... No, it's better for me to go and greet him in person."
Then he quickly rushed out of the manor. All the etiquette was meaningless at this moment. If he was not careful, he would die.
Elphis was in a state of anxiety.
"Why would He come to me?!"
Elphis opened the door of the manor himself and saw the mysterious black man leaning against the wall, waving to him and grinning with his big white teeth.
"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious. I'm not here to cause trouble." The black man said in a relaxed tone.
"Why are you here?" Elphis respectfully tried to find out the purpose of the black man's sudden visit tonight.
“I’m just telling you, the fire is already lit, just do what you have to do.
Don't test me in this cheap way. I know every thought in your mind.
Fortunately, it was me who came tonight because I have a good temper. If it were that lady or that king, you would be dead."
The black man said this, his words struck at Elphis's mind, and kindly reminded him that God should not be tempted. Even though he was a believer of the King in Yellow, Elphis was not qualified to test him.
"Don't be nervous, I've said what I need to say, it's time to go. I've tasted most of the food in this country... Where should I go to eat next time..."
After the mysterious black man finished speaking, he whistled and walked alone into the depths of the forest, and his figure gradually disappeared.
Elphis whispered,
"Farewell, Your Excellency, the Walker of Chaos."
Elphis stood in front of the door for a long time. When he came to his senses, his body was soaked with cold sweat. His temptation almost angered the god and killed him.
Perhaps I got a little too proud of myself after receiving the revelation from the Lord in Yellow today, and I almost lost my sense of awe.
During the next prayer, I must whip myself more often to discipline myself for my recklessness, Alphis thought.
The next day, the weather was fine.
Puvent was taking Philip to the confluence of the Iller and Blau rivers, which was the entrance to the Danube. Most of the urban areas of Umler were around the east and west sides of the Danube. The fertile soil and water here allowed people in the Middle Ages to take root here and farm and graze. Puvent deliberately took Philip, who usually had a gloomy face, to see the large fields of rapeseed flowers by the river.
The two of them sat leisurely on the donkey cart, and the donkey walked slowly along the river. This leisure came from the scenery brought by nature. If you close your eyes, you can smell the sweet fragrance of flowers in the air, and the golden sea of flowers is everywhere. This is the breath of spring in Ulm. The rape flowers all over the mountains sway with the breeze, and the clean and cloudless blue sky complement each other, depicting a beautiful scenery. ①
Puvent's donkey cart was loaded with some goods and fishing gear. This trip was not just about delivering goods. The real business was to catch some fat Danube catfish on the beautiful Danube River.
This fish has a long and wide body without scales, and a huge mouth full of fine teeth on its flat head. There are hundreds of sharp and neatly arranged teeth in its mouth. The upper and lower jaws of the Danube catfish have a set of tentacles, which looks like an alien creature.
They are swift and ferocious, with the largest individual reaching a weight of 40 kilograms and a height of 80 centimeters, making them one of the overlords of the river.
But at the same time, the Danube catfish is a high-quality and valuable edible fish. Its meat is tender and has very few bones. It is the fattest when caught in winter and spring. After slicing and deboning, it has a delicious flavor when fried with a little spice and olive oil.
The donkey cart arrived at the destination, which was a hill beside the river. On the hill there was a small house made of red bricks and a huge windmill on the roof. The Sorel family and Grandma Naboti lived in the house.
Purventa rang the doorbell, and Grandma Napoti inside responded and went to open the door with a staggering step.
"Oh, Mr. Provent, I need to trouble you again. Little Philip, you are here too, come in and sit for a while."
Grandma Napoti politely and warmly led Purvant and Philip to sit down in the house.
"Little Philip, I haven't seen you for a long time. You have grown so tall now. Come on, come on, Grandma Napoti will treat you to a drink."
Then Grandma Napoti took out an earthenware jar from the cellar, scooped out one-fifth of the viscous liquid into two cups, and filled the cups with warm water.
"This is a good thing that is in season right now, rapeseed honey. Drink it quickly while it's hot."
Pvent and Philip accepted the rapeseed honey water prepared by the enthusiastic Grandma Napoti. Philip held the special-flavored drink in his palm, put it under his nose, smelled it, and licked it mischievously.
Philip's eyes lit up. This honey water had the unique fragrance of rapeseed flowers, but it was sweet and not greasy. He wanted to drink it again.
It feels warm when you drink it, and has a long aftertaste.
Puvent laughed when he saw his son's behavior and said to Grandma Napoti,
"Grandma, the things you needed last month have been delivered. They are in the donkey cart at the door. You can count them first, and then Philip and I will move them to the warehouse. What do you think?"
Grandma Napoti smiled happily.
"No problem, no problem. I trust you. Just do a quick count. We won't suffer any loss. Hahaha."
Puwente touched his head a little silly and said,
"In fact, I have been taking advantage of them. Wade's wooden ornaments have always been very popular, and Isla's cauliflower oil and cauliflower honey have always been of the best quality. I feel embarrassed to only bring these things every time."
Grandma Napoti pouted her lips pretending to be angry and said mischievously,
"If you say that again, I'll get angry~"
Philip couldn't help laughing when he saw Grandma Napoti, who still had the temper of a child. In fact, when she entered the door, Grandma Napoti noticed that the child had a gloomy face, so she had some ideas to make him laugh.
"Hey, you little brat! Don't laugh at my grandma!" Guillaume Sorel, who had been hiding behind the stairs, shouted. Guillaume and Philippe were both eleven years old at that time, both were rebellious and loved to be called mountain kings, but Philippe had already understood what it meant to hide his edge, while Guillaume was still relatively immature.
"Oh, Guillaume, how can you be so rude to a guest?" said Granny Naboti, holding Guillaume's ear.
"Go and apologize."
Although Guillaume's ears were pinched so hard that they hurt, he still refused to apologize and cried,
"I didn't, he was the one who made fun of grandma, he was wrong first!"
At this time Philip spoke up, bowed, and then said to Grandma Naboti,
"I'm sorry, Grandma Napoti, you treated me with delicious honey water, but I laughed at you. Please accept my apology."
Granny Napoti let go of Guillamy's ear, touched Philip's messy hair, and said,
"You are such a sensible child. I will secretly give you a small jar of honey later."
Guillamy took the opportunity to escape out of the door, and with his head tilted to the side, he made a face with his tongue out to Philip, snorted, and then ran off to play in his father's woodworking shop.
"Philip, please go and look after this worrying child. Guillamy is not a bad person by nature, he is just a little naughty. I am afraid he will not be able to find his way back after dark. Please go and help supervise him."
Grandma Napoti said so.
Philip responded and chased after him.
Puvent shrugged his shoulders and said to Grandma Napoti,
"It's good to have a playmate, but if you leave your dad alone to play, poor dad will have to move goods and go fishing by himself."
Grandma Napoti looked at Purvent and said with a smile,
“Children will grow up and leave you, so you have to give them space to grow.
Let's go and count the goods!"
"Okay!"
Guillamy was going to go to his father's woodworking factory to play, but when he heard Philip's footsteps behind him, he turned around and said provocatively,
"Why are you following me? Looking for trouble?"
Philip shook his head and said,
"I'm just following you so you don't get lost."
Guillaume laughed and said,
"I live here and run around here every day. How can I get lost? Are you kidding me?"
Then Guillamy started running with his legs thumping, and Philip had no choice but to chase him.
Two children were chasing each other by the river, one shouted, "Come and chase me", and the other shouted, "Don't run, don't run."
Under the scorching sun at noon and exhausted from the intense exercise, the two men lay down on the rocky beach by the river in a spread-eagle position to enjoy the cool air.
"Huff, huff, I didn't expect you to be in such good shape. My name is Guillamy, Guillamy Sorel, what's yours?"
"Hoohoo, my name is Philip Rice."
The two men sat up on the rocky beach and smiled at each other. Guillamy took off his shirt and jumped into the cool but turbid river water, and Philip followed him in. A boy of this age, no matter how mature he is, is still a boy. Friendship, this unfamiliar word began to take root in Philip's heart. Perhaps this was his first friend.
"Philip, look at me!" Guillamy pushed his hands on the water, forming a large splash of water, and then Guillamy pushed another splash of water in front of Philip with great force.
Two people were happily playing a water splash war in the cool river water, but they didn't notice that the ripples on the water that did not belong to them were gradually approaching, which was the danger under the water.
If you were above the water, you could only see an almond-shaped black shadow about 150 cm long swimming out from the water plants by the river.
It was approaching at high speed from underwater, obviously irritated by the splash fight between the two.
After a short period of observation, the black shadow wandered underwater, sensing the location of the two annoying prey.
Yes, the children's fighting woke it up! It's very angry! It's about to attack!
Just when the two children were having fun, a rough voice came.
“Get ashore quickly!!!!!!!!”