Quick travel life mentor system

Chapter 489 The King’s Candidate ([-])

The two came to a neighboring town and stayed in a hotel.

Sierra flipped through a hardcover book in her hand, "The closest candidate to here is the lord of Crodo, named Sophie Suman, and the demon she contracts with is Beatrice."

Charlemagne froze when he heard the name, "Sophie? Is it a woman?"

"Yeah, no one stipulates that there are restrictions on the gender of the candidates, right?"

"..." Charlemagne hesitated, "Should we change to another..."

"Heh... Could it be that after you killed the Duke's family, you still want to be a gentleman and don't attack women?" Sera closed the book with a snap, "Since you can't make up your mind, then I'll help you." help you."

"Sophie Suman, a girl born in a slum, started to be a thief at the age of five, killed her friends for many years for money at the age of ten, and killed her for the same reason at the age of 12. She has always loved her His mother made a contract with Beatrice at the age of 15 in order to have more money."

"Beatrice, about 3000 years ago? No, it should be a long time ago... Have you heard of the seven monarchs among the demons? They represent the seven original sins, and Beatrice is the 'greedy' capable man , it was Sophie's greed that woke her up."

"After making a contract with Beatrice, Sophie gained the ability to turn stones into gold, but this is just an illusion, and it will return to normal after a day. She told people that as long as they pay a price of one silver coin, they can give them' Turning stone into gold', staying in each place for only one day, and then fleeing to other places, and so on. By the time the rumors spread and everyone shouted for Sophie, she would have already become a rich person. Once the city lord is gone, no one dares to touch her."

"So, they are not good people, so... can you do it?"

"……Can."

In fact, it’s just for peace of mind. People are animals that are good at deceiving themselves.

They replenished supplies in this town, mainly bread and dried meat, plus some useful medicines, and then went to find Sophie.

The road went smoothly, but when he reached the gate of the city, he was stopped by the soldiers guarding the city.

"I'm sorry, but if you want to enter our Crodo, please pay a toll of one gold coin first, of course, one gold coin per person."

"Tolls?" Charlemagne frowned. He had never heard of a toll when he entered the king's city. How dare a small town charge so much for one gold coin. You must know that one gold coin is enough for an ordinary family to live for more than ten years. up.

Sera just smiled, "It's Sophie Suman's usual style to even have tolls, here." She threw three gold coins to the soldiers, and handed over a stamped letter to the soldiers. Told him, "Bring this to your city lords, and the extra gold coin will be your errand fee."

The wealth of the city lord of Crodo does not mean that other people are also rich, and after thinking about it, I know how can a stingy and greedy city lord give a lot of salary. arrive.

After entering the city, for a moment Charlemagne even suspected that he had entered the slums directly. There were few pedestrians on the street, even if there were a few children chasing and playing occasionally, they were all dressed in rags and looked like beggars.

And not far away, there is a resplendent and resplendent palace, the palace is extremely luxurious, even if you are far away, you can still see the dazzling tsavorite stone on the top of the palace, such a big one is priceless, La stared there for a long time, "When you defeat Sophie, I will take that tsavorite."

Charlemagne thought to himself that we haven't come to the door to challenge, and it is estimated that the challenge letter has not been delivered to Sophie. They are here to discuss whether the ownership of the property is not good. Looking around, many people leaned out of the window He looked at them curiously, as if he didn't understand why there would be guests coming to such a place, "The people here don't know what life is like."

"So it's up to you to rescue them now." Serra looked around and chose a house that seemed to have better equipment. She walked over and Charlemagne quickly followed after seeing this.

When the family saw Sera approaching, they hid immediately. She knocked on the door, but no one opened it.

"Hello, we are adventurers passing by. I will give you food. Can we stay overnight? We will leave tomorrow morning."

After a while, the door opened a crack, and a thin little boy poked his head out from the door, looking at Sera timidly, "Mom... Mom said, first give... give us the food first, then You are the only ones who can live."

But Sera quit. She crossed her arms and sneered, "Then what if I gave you the food and you regret it and refuse to let us live?"

"We won't do such a thing!" The little boy's face was a little red, obviously being punctured, he was angry and annoyed, "Wait! I... I'll ask my mother... "

After finishing speaking, he retracted his head again, not forgetting to close the door.

After a while, the door was opened again, and this time a thin woman came out. Although she was a little out of shape, her eyes were shining.

They all knew the rules of Crodo's entry into the city. This man could afford two gold coins. He was definitely a rich man. He planned to cheat for some food, but he didn't expect it to be punctured.

The woman smiled and said, "Master adventurers, it was my child who didn't speak clearly just now. Am I afraid that you will not give us food then? Otherwise, let's take a step back and give us enough for today. For food, I will let you stay for one night, and give us the rest when you leave tomorrow morning, how about it?"

"can."

Sela produced a pocket from the cloak that contained five croissants, and the woman took it, counted it, and opened the door to let them in.

When the meal was over, the woman shared the bread with her son, and Sierra borrowed their kitchen to make corn chowder and steak.

Charlemagne felt sorry for the child, and wanted to give him his steak, but Serra stopped him, "Don't think you are great, you let him taste something delicious today, if you can't solve Crodo once and for all The question is, how can you let him continue to starve and eat food that is not delicious but can still satisfy his hunger? There is a saying in eastern countries that it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but difficult to go from luxury to frugality. Understand?"

Charlemagne didn't understand, but he obediently put down the plate containing the steak, "Oh, I see..."

(End of this chapter)