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Chapter 12 The Story Begins Here 【Recommendation Ticket Request】

The contract the dwarves gave Morgan was improvised.

Bilbo's contract was drawn up in advance because Gandalf had said it from the beginning.

However, due to Morgan's joining, some changes were made to Bilbo's commission.

The commission originally promised to Bilbo, which was one fourteenth of the total income, was temporarily changed to one fifteenth.

And Morgan's commission, because the dwarves can't afford more money temporarily.

So like Bilbo, it became one fifteenth of the total proceeds.

As for why the total number of people in the team is 16 this time, but only 15 people participate in the revenue sharing.

Morgan didn't know, and didn't ask much.

When Thorin Oakenshield solemnly handed over the provisional contract to Morgan.

After reading it quickly, Morgan simply signed his name on the final signature.

Bilbo, on the contrary, after reading all the terms of the contract.

He hesitated at the last moment of signing.

For a Hobbit who had never been too far from Hobbiton since his birth.

Leave your own warm home, leave delicious breakfast, lunch, dinner, and the leisurely and comfortable Bag End.

It does take a great deal of courage to venture into dangerous, toilsome, and dirty adventures.

Finally, Bilbo shook his head and said he needed to think about it, and went back to his room.

It was not only Morgan who saw that Bilbo had lost his mind for adventure.

Gandalf saw it too.

So, as soon as Bilbo left, Gandalf followed.

It was dark at this time.

The dwarves who had been making a fuss all day also began to yawn.

Tomorrow, I have to get up early in the morning.

Bilbo's Bag End was too small for any extra beds.

The dwarves can only sleep on the floor or find their own way.

Fortunately, it was still summer at this time, and the weather was hot, so it didn't matter if he slept on the ground.

Morgan just sat on the bench, lying on the dining table and slept like this all night.

Early the next morning.

When Morgan woke up, he saw a group of dwarves getting ready to go.

After a simple wash, Morgan led the dwarves to specially prepare pony with stronger endurance and stronger load for this trip.

His and Gandalf's horses had been disposed of yesterday.

Morgan led the horse to Gandalf, who was looking at the sun with a pipe in his mouth, and asked, "Isn't Bilbo going?"

"Why, you think Bilbo doesn't want to go, too?"

Gandalf turned his head, looked at Morgan and asked.

"Well that's not true."

"I just think it takes a lot of courage for an ordinary person to drop everything he has now and take risks with us."

"Of course, I trust you more, Gandalf!"

Seeing Gandalf's thinking eyes, Morgan patted Gandalf's shoulder and smiled.

Bilbo was not up yet.

Thorin Oakenshield was not prepared to wait any longer.

The dwarves have cleaned up everything they messed up in Bag End yesterday.

The group rode on the pony and left Bilbo's house.

Of course, the contract given yesterday remained.

If Bilbo wanted to, and if Bilbo didn't wake up too late, he could catch up with them all.

The late summer sun is not harsh.

Walk on the tall tree-lined path.

A group of dwarves chatted and talked about Bilbo.

Soon, the gamble was being played again on whether Bilbo would catch up.

Morgan also really saw what the dwarves were capable of: they always seemed to have fun.

Bofur, a dwarf who loves fur hats, spoke first: "I bet Mr. Baggins won't follow, because he doesn't dare. Which of you dares to bet with me?"

Fili, the young dwarf with a full head of golden braids, immediately shouted dissatisfied: "Hey, everyone knows that Mr. Baggins will not come, you are so unfair!"

Immediately, a dwarf followed suit and said, "That's right, that's right."

The dwarf Kili also answered, "Bofur, if you want to bet that Mr. Baggins will come, I'll make the bet with you."

At this moment, Morgan suddenly said with a smile: "I bet Baggins will catch up, who of you dare to bet with me?"

If he didn't know the plot, judging from Bilbo's performance yesterday and his failure to get up early this morning, Morgan would never take up this talk, because the possibility is too small.

But now, since there is money to be made, and a wave of favorability with Gandalf, why not do it.

Sure enough, as soon as Morgan spoke, Gandalf looked over with a smile.

He thought that Morgan did this all because he believed in him and took care of his face.

You must know that even he himself has no confidence in whether Bilbo can catch up.

What's more, the dwarves laughed at Bilbo's lack of courage, so it was a little bit of a slap in the face of Gandalf, although the dwarves may not necessarily mean it because they are noisy.

But it was Bilbo he had recommended with all his might yesterday.

"I'm the same as Morgan, so count me in"

Gandalf tapped the tobacco rod on his shoe and laughed cheerfully.

After the words fell, the two voices immediately called out one after another.

"Morgan's bet I take."

"I took Gandalf's"

Kili and Bofur spoke hastily, making the other dwarves who wanted to bet a step slower.

"Count me in as well. I guess Mr. Baggins may catch up. We might as well give him some credit."

At this time, White Beard Balin spoke, which made everyone stunned.

It was the dwarf Groin who reacted the fastest, and quickly said, "I'll take the bet from Bahrain!"

At this moment, the young dwarf Fili was ready to speak.

"Fili, you're too slow, haha"

Just when everyone in the expedition team made fun of Bilbo's bet.

Inside the bag bottom hole.

Bilbo had just woken from his sleep.

Woke up to see that the house was empty and everything was neat and tidy as new.

If the food in the pantry had not been used up, Bilbo would have thought that all that happened last night was a dream.

Looking at the empty room and remembering the hustle and bustle yesterday, Bilbo suddenly felt an inexplicable loss in his heart.

Soon, he saw the contract on the table that he refused to sign yesterday.

At this time, Bilbo suddenly remembered what Gandalf said yesterday: "Bilbo, your mother, your grandfather, your great-grandfather, your great-great-great-grandfather, were not ordinary."

"You are also a member of the Tuke family. Do you really plan to stay in this small family for the rest of your life?"

Gandalf's words seemed to still ring in his ears.

Suddenly an unspeakable impulse grew in Bilbo's heart: "Yes, I don't want to, I don't want to live like this for the rest of my life, I don't want to be ordinary!"

Bilbo immediately got a pen and signed his name on the contract.

Immediately, he dug out his own package, packed some clothes suitable for a change of clothes, and just rushed out of the hole at the bottom of the bag, and ran towards the distance.

After half an hour.

Carrying a backpack that he didn't even have time to fasten, Bilbo finally saw the figures of the expedition team from a distance in the woods about to leave Hobbiton.

Bilbo waved the contract in his hand and rushed forward happily.

The story begins here.

(End of this chapter)