quicksilver blood

Chapter 52

Donald frowned tightly, walking quickly on East Street.

He's very busy today because of the daring lunatic posing as the Blight in Caral.

As the security consultant of Lamu Town, after such a serious incident happened in the town, he had no reason to stay out of it.Even if he never wanted to go out on such a cold day, since he had received the summons from Her Excellency Farina, he had to go immediately even out of basic respect.

Everyone knows that Her Excellency Farina is the real master of this town.Since she wanted to hunt down the druid who wanted to pretend to be the Blighter for some reason, she had no choice but to make trouble with her.

At least the appearance is still to be done.But Donald dared to bet that not only himself, but also the other consultants summoned by Farina would never really care about this matter.

In any case, it was a druid after all, and matters between druids could only be resolved by druids, not to mention that Farina did not give evidence that the druid pretended to be the Blighter.

In the eyes of these advisers, this should be a persecution, a public and private revenge against the old enemy.

What can be handled perfectly is naturally the best.But Donald and the others didn't get any information about the so-called "fake witherer".

Therefore, Farina's several consultants had a brief discussion at the meeting, and decided to go through the process at least once according to Her Excellency Farina's idea—and just go through the process once.

After all, if that "fake blighter" is actually the person in power in the druid sect, then when he reacts, Farina may not necessarily suffer, and none of their consultants will be able to escape.

What Donald is responsible for is the security inspection of various gathering places.

Karal's wood resources are very abundant, and expensive wood that costs three gold coins a piece in Titan even only costs one silver coin here.It is precisely because of this that most of the buildings in Caral are purely wooden structures.Although Karal is also rich in ironwood, a rare wood that is as hard as steel, this does not mean that Karal can afford to use fire-resistant crystal wood to build a house.

Therefore, fire prevention is a very serious topic in every city of Caral, and the position of safety consultant is therefore very important.Whenever the city guard has no time to patrol, the safety consultant will go to fire-prone areas throughout the city to conduct a round of inspections.

——Actually, it’s still a cutscene.Donald curled his lips.

He remembered that two days ago, at the request of Her Excellency Farina, he had just checked for fire hazards and effectively eliminated them.What's more, people who have lived in Karal for a long time have a considerable degree of awareness of fire prevention. Unless there are hidden dangers that cannot be discovered by their professional knowledge, other factors that may cause the fire will naturally be avoided by the residents themselves.

Entering a hotel, after a cursory glance at the lobby, Donald left without even bothering to go up to the second floor.

He has other places to go.It's not a good habit to go out for a walk in such a cold day.Finishing some early and going home to write an "all is well" report and handing it in and then getting a good night's sleep is king.

But just as Donald left the hotel, a pleasant and soft voice came from behind: "Sir, how can I get to the south gate?"

A well-bred lady.

Before looking back, such an impression formed in Donald's mind.

But when he looked back, he immediately realized that he had guessed wrong——

Her waist-length black hair was fluttering in the cold wind, her delicate face was flushed with cold, her long eyelashes were flickering, and she was timid and cute like a small animal.The black tunic outlines a slender figure like an elf, and the slightly larger black windbreaker shows the girl's fair skin even more. The mink shawl does not make the beauty feel warm. stomped lightly.

——The dress is a typical bantha aristocratic style, the leather of the boots is Caral's snow buckskin, the shawl is this winter's product, and the windbreaker is a popular style designed by Suze's Master Nesser, and the interlayer In the book, the alchemy formula of heat preservation is written in triple breaks.

I don't know whether to feel ashamed or proud, as a top student who graduated from the noble academy in Bansa, Donald calculated the total price of this beautiful girl's outfit almost instantly.

Each piece is worth at least three gold coins, and together, this outfit is worth about thirty gold coins.Strictly speaking, it is not very expensive, and the overall style is more complicated.But in a small place like Ram, it is impossible for anyone to afford such an outfit.

If the money of the "big merchants" of the entire Ram is put together, it will be about the same.

Coupled with the ancient etiquette of the Suze nobles, the beautiful long hair as black as the night sky, and the delicate snow-white hands without calluses and scars, the identity of the girl in front of her is ready to be revealed.

Although he had a family for a long time, Donald smiled slightly due to the man's unique showing off, and asked in Su Ze: "Is there someone you are looking for? Do you need help?"

Probably met a familiar accent in a foreign land, the beautiful girl like a fairy was obviously stunned for a moment, then she almost jumped up, leaned forward slightly, and happily asked Su Zeyu with the accent of the imperial capital: "Will you Are you talking about Su Ze? That would be great, can you take me to the south gate? My guard...my brother is separated from me and I can't be contacted. I only know that he is about at the south gate Wait for me, can you tell me how to get to the south gate?"

The authentic Huangdu dialect with elegant long tails and jumping pronunciation like singing made Donald dizzy.It is true that he had taught himself Suze in Bansa, but that level was limited to daily communication.Once a pure Suze person speaks to him in Suze dialect with an accent and speaks very fast, he can only listen to the general idea.

Although he only knew that the girl in front of him was going to the south gate to find her guard or brother, but her accent had already revealed her identity.

Su Ze's imperial capital Gyasa is a place where every inch of land is precious. Although it is located in the extreme north and covered with ice and snow all year round, Su Ze's royal alchemists have built a giant constant temperature barrier in Gyasa. Makes there four seasons like spring, the air is fresh.Coupled with the fact that Su Ze is a permanent neutral country, many hereditary nobles from other countries will choose to come here instead of Titan to retire after they abdicate.

The good scenery is one aspect, and the other is that although Titan is rich, the collision of ideas there is too intense. An idea emerges today, a theory emerges tomorrow, and a doctrine emerges the day after tomorrow—it’s okay for young people, but for these old people In other words, they would rather go to Su Ze, where the traffic is not so developed but quiet and serene, to retire.

But that being said, there may not be many nobles who survived to abdicate.

Therefore, most of the long-term residents of Gyasari are officials from various places in Suze.Throw an ax there and hit ten people, there can be more than nine nobles who are viscounts, and the remaining one is probably the director of some kind of big chamber of commerce.

If he grew up in that kind of place, Donald would not be able to offend any guard.What's more, it's this noble lady who is obviously of extraordinary background.

Regardless of the fact that her outfit is not expensive and has a lot of matching, and every part is not rare, at least you can buy it all in Ram - but there are some inner things that cannot be hidden by outer clothes.

Donald studied manor management and valuation for four years at the Feige Noble Academy in the capital of Bansa. Although he still couldn't find a job locally after graduation, at least his vision was different from that of the untouchables like Karal.

This smooth Gyasa-style Suze pronunciation cannot be learned in a year or two.Because it is adjacent to the land of winter elves, the pronunciation of Suze language refers to the language of winter elves to a large extent.Unless they have studied linguistics, most people can only learn the most basic pronunciation when learning Suze.

To the locals of Suze, you can instantly hear the difference between the pronunciation and the local pronunciation.

Because of the close relationship between Su Ze and the winter elves, some children of Su Ze's great nobles would be arranged by the family to contact the next generation of the high-level winter elves when they were very young.On the one hand, it is to continue this hard-won friendship. On the other hand, the Suze people hope to use the bronze blood of the winter elves to optimize their family's bloodlines, make their family's bloodlines more noble, and let future generations be born with higher bloodlines. starting point.

Legend has it that the Su Ze royal family has the characteristics of black-haired and black-eyed winter elves because it contains a very high concentration of winter elf blood.So……

Donald quickly took a step back, and bowed respectfully to the beautiful girl like an elf: "Please follow me, miss."

"That would be troublesome."

With a sweet smile, the black-haired girl tilted her head, and then thanked Donald with impeccable courtesy: "Also, just call me Herlan."

"Excuse me. This is Donald, no last name."

Donald lowered his head and said his own name.

Unknowingly, the dominance of the conversation between Donald and Hellan was reversed.Herlan clearly walked behind Donald, and the two of them knew nothing about each other except for their names, but they gave off a feeling of being between a guard and a young lady—the strangest thing was that the two parties seemed to have nothing to do with each other. I noticed it, so I accepted it as a matter of course.

"Speaking of which, Donald," the girl who claimed to be Helllan asked curiously, "Why did I see so many regular soldiers running around the city early in the morning? Is it morning exercise?"

regular army?
Donald smiled wryly.

In a small place like Ram, where does the regular army come from?Even the city guards are equipped with only a small number of armored forces, and all other armed forces are essentially the same as militias.

So he responded casually as he walked: "Those are Ram's city guards. A big incident happened this morning. A druid with a wrong mind pretended to be the Blighter and bluffed in the city. Those city guards are Farina. Your Excellency sent to hunt him down."

"Eh? Why did he pretend to be the Blighter?"

Herlan's tone was full of doubts.

Donald shrugged, indicating that he didn't know: "I don't understand either. But in my opinion, whether the fake Blighter or the real thing is yet to be considered. Your Excellency Farina summoned him before and let him go I got him, and now I want to arrest him... I really don't understand what these big shots are thinking."

"Wanted? Do you have his portrait?" Herlan keenly noticed Donald's words.

"Yes. It hasn't been produced yet, but Your Excellency Farina described it to us," Donald said while recalling, "It is said to be... pale skin, thin body, withered hair, about seventeen or eighteen years old. There is also a rancid smell."

"...Are you sure?"

For some reason, Herlan hesitated.

"of course."

Donald said as a matter of course: "Your Excellency Farina's memory is impossible to fail. Even a month's ledger can be fully memorized within half an hour...a terrible woman."

"Is that so..."

Herlan was thoughtful.

Keenly aware of this, Donald was slightly surprised and then his expression became serious: "What's the matter? Missy has an impression of this person?"

"You live in the East District, right?"

Herlan smiled and said, "I heard from people in the West District that there is a foreigner in the mule inn, whose appearance is similar to your description. Just ask the owner of the mule inn later."

"Outlanders?" Donald chewed on the strange words, "Lam seems to have quite a few outsiders..."

"—the kind that is far away."

Herlan interrupted Donald's words, accentuating the pronunciation of a certain word, as if he meant something.

Donald seemed to think of something, and immediately shut up.

He casually summoned a guard passing by in a hurry, and whispered something in his ear.Then the guard glanced at Hellan in amazement, immediately lowered his gaze, saluted and hurried away.

"I thought that the people here are very well-informed." Herlan's expression was full of surprise, "After all..."

"After all, Ram's place is too small, isn't it?"

Donald laughed.

When the laughter subsided, he sighed slightly and nodded: "Indeed, there is something wrong with Ramu. Not only is the place small, but the people here are also not right."

"When I was in Bansa, I always heard that Karal's folk customs are simple and honest, but after I came here, I realized that it is not the same thing at all."

"It's not too much to describe it as ignorance...and it's not just a matter of character, even mental state..."

As if realizing what he said, Donald immediately stopped talking, touched the back of his head heartily, and apologized to Hellan: "I'm really sorry, Miss, for making you listen to such boring complaints."

"It's ok."

Herlan raised her head and smiled slightly, that gentle smile was heart-warming.

"Consultant! Donald Counselor!"

Suddenly, an armored guard ran towards this side with a panicked expression.

"What's wrong? It's so frustrating."

Donald took a careful look at Hellan, and found that she didn't show any displeasure, so his expression stern, and he reprimanded in a low voice.

The guard glanced at Hellan and immediately realized that this was a big man.So he saluted hastily, then leaned down and whispered something vaguely in Donald's ear.

In an instant, Donald's face changed drastically.

"What? You said the mayor..."

After blurting out, his voice immediately lowered: "Are you sure?"

The guard nodded vigorously.

Donald's face turned livid.He saluted Hellan respectfully and apologetically: "I'm sorry, miss. It seems that something happened here..."

"It's okay. I understand, and the person I'm waiting for has arrived."

Herlan nodded understandingly, and then pointed to a particularly eye-catching person in front of her.

Donald looked over with his fingers and recognized that it was a mountain man.

Looking at the large shield behind him, it is probably a guardian.The momentum is very strong, at least at the level of the Bronze Rank, maybe higher.

The man looked anxiously at this moment, looking around.

...Probably waiting for this young lady.

Donald knew it, so he apologized again and bowed before leaving.

He must report to Lady Farina immediately if he has something to do.

But at this moment, a loud explosion sounded from afar, making his expression even uglier.

That's the direction of the Hunting Knife Tavern.I heard that they just imported a batch of high-strength spirits from Su Ze...

Visible to the naked eye, the blazing thick smoke rose suddenly, and the air nearby became distorted.Faint flames leaked from the cracks in the building.

As if an agreement had been made, several loud explosions came from several directions of Ram.The exclamations, curses, and cries of the townspeople became one.

Driven by the wind, the fire spread everywhere, and in the blink of an eye, the dense flames became one piece.

Donald, who was still in a hurry before, didn't move.He stood there stiffly, his eyes glazed over.

Suddenly, Donald felt a chill on his face.

He stretched out his hand and touched it dazedly.

- It's snow.

winter is here.

The last winter that Donald, and many in this small town, could experience had arrived.

(End of this chapter)