Job hunting in another world [Western Fantasy]

Aldridge couldn't figure it out anyway, what happened to his craft?

He resentfully took a bite of the chicken leg in front of him. The heat was really good, the crispy skin was soft and smooth, and with just the right amount of salt and pepper, the meat was fragrant and delicious.

But did I just do a poor job? !

Aldridge was about to have a good argument with Noah, when Connie came over, holding a glass of wine in her hand, with a hint of worry in her brows.And when she walked in front of Aldrich, she had already adjusted her expression and showed a beautiful smile.

"Your Excellency, thank you for your rescue." She had hoped to be rescued countless times, and it was because of this that she persisted in surviving the suffering.

She wants to come back and see her parents and loved ones again.

Aldridge quickly stood up, clinked glasses with Connie, and Connie smiled and said to Noah, "Noah, nice to meet you."

Her smile possessed a kind of gentle and peaceful power. Aldrich had never seen such a woman. She had the shadow of suffering and pain, but this did not make her haggard, but showed a reassuring maturity and calm down.

"It sounds like I'm not treated the same as the Knight." Noah wiped his hands, raised his glass, clinked with Connie, and drank it down.

Connie said briskly, "I just never met a missionary like you, well worth a toast."

Noah laughed out loud twice, and when Connie wanted to say something more, there was an exclamation from behind.

"Connie! Is that you?" Ellie, the village chief's daughter, walked over quickly. Connie turned around, and the moment Ellie saw her face clearly, she jumped up and hugged her.

"Father told me you're back, Connie!" Ellie said excitedly, "Great, you're finally back..."

"Yeah, Ellie... I'm back." Connie hugged her partner from ten years ago, her eyes turned red.

Ellie let go of her hand slowly, and said with some embarrassment: "I'm so excited, Connie, I've always missed you... By the way, this is my son."

She took the boy beside her, and the boy greeted him ignorantly.

Connie smiled at the boy, who shyly hid behind his mother to peek at her.

"Ellie, you haven't changed at all." Connie said happily, and then asked suspiciously: "What about my parents, I haven't seen them since I came back."

Even at the dinner party where everyone participated, she couldn't find her parents.

Ellie's face froze.

Connie's heart sank, and she called out, "Ellie?"

Ellie opened her mouth, but no words came out. She clenched her fists, took a deep breath, and whispered, "Connie, listen to me..."

"Ah."

"After you were taken away, your mother cried all day long, and your father went to the Veteri Valley alone to find you, but he never came back... Your mother, not long after, was also at home... committed suicide."

She struggled to utter those two words. Although she didn't want Connie to hear the bad news, she believed that Connie at least had the right to know everything.

Connie's face was frozen because her mind was blank.She painfully understood every word Ellie said, and gradually there was a blurred image in her mind, which was her mother crying inside the house.

"Connie..." Allie looked at her anxiously.

"Thanks, Ellie, I want to be alone for a while." Connie gave her a stiff smile, took two steps back, and bumped into Noah.

Noah held her up.

Connie felt dizzy for a while. She looked around. The faces of the villagers looked so strange. They hadn't seen her in ten years. Many people didn't remember her. Most of them, like the village chief, thought she was dead.

But she did not die.

Connie turned around, grasped Noah's clothes tightly amidst the jubilant sound of reunion and celebration, and lowered her head.

"I'm sorry..." Ellie's voice came from behind.

Connie couldn't speak, her body was tense, her shoulders shrugged, she was panting rapidly, her long hair was hanging down, no one could see her expression.

In the square, the village chief stood up, held his glass high, and said, "Toast to our reunion! Praise the great God of Light!"

"it is good!"

"drink wine!"

Among the laughter, only Noah heard her suppressed sobs.

The next day, Noah was exercising early in the morning, and Aldridge boiled hot water for him in a dizzy state for breakfast.Aldrich unknowingly drank a lot of wine last night, and woke up sore in the morning, but Noah only drank the glass with Connie.

Aldrich watched Noah doing basic physical training, and asked curiously: "Noah, have you ever learned the skills of a priest before entering the Judgment Knight Training Institute?"

Noah stopped and replied: "Yes, the godfather originally wanted me to become a priest, and then he let me go to the Judgment Knight Training Institute. In fact, I still hope to be a priest who cures diseases and saves lives."

He finds the Priest's skills more interesting, but he does learn much more slowly than other trainee priests.

Like healing spells, spiritual code words, holy punishment, holy light judgment... He didn't even have time to learn it.

Aldrich looked at the chain hammer on his wrist, and asked in a subtle tone: "Then what have you learned in the training center?"

"Ah, my grades in judging knights are very good." Noah said with some joy: "I learned a lot of useful little skills, such as [Clash] [Critical Strike] [Hit] [Sunder Armor] [Vulnerable] [ Lethal] [Fast Walk]..."

Aldrich: "..."

He suddenly felt guilty.Aldridge was originally a very proud person, and he was superior in both memory and learning ability. However, in front of Noah, all his advantages disappeared.

It's not even good to cook.

Aldrich looked down at the hot soup in the pot, feeling his head hurt even more.

After they finished their breakfast, they put the lucky Dilo in a carriage. The village head brought some villagers to send them off, and provided some dry food and winter clothes.

Connie was there too.

She had recovered from last night's bad mood - at least on the surface.

Noah waved to Connie, and Connie walked over suspiciously, and Noah whispered something to her in a low voice.

Aldrich was paying attention to Noah's movement while coping with the village chief's warm send-off.

what are they talking about...

After getting into the carriage, the lucky Dilo screamed to the sky and ran happily.

Noah took out a book to read in the carriage, and after a while, he heard Aldrich's voice: "Noah..."

"Huh?" Noah responded casually.

"I thought you would take her away." Aldridge said, his tone full of unspeakable emotions.

"Connie?" Noah said without looking up, "Why should I take her away?"

What he said was a question sentence, but the tone was a plain statement sentence.

Aldrich stammered, "Because it is difficult for her to live in that village, and there is no room for her in that village."

"That's her business." Noah asked strangely: "You don't want me to be responsible for her life, do you?"

If Aldridge really thinks this way, there must be something wrong with his mind.

"It's not like that, I just..." Aldrich stared at the road ahead in a trance: "I just thought of my mother. My mother is very similar to her, and she is also a gentle and calm person..."

"Pfft." Noah laughed out loud, and then said quickly, "Sorry, I just couldn't help it...well...it wasn't intentional."

Aldrich blushed, he was glad that Noah couldn't see his expression at this time.

"My mother was abused to death by a nobleman." Aldridge held the reins tightly: "She has always protected me and my brother, and then my brother died too. I have been thinking, if I have the power , can protect them, but..."

But what kind of power can protect mother and brother.

Is it strong enough to be like Noah?

He saw Noah's strength, but following Noah's side, he faintly saw a stronger and more hidden power.

That kind of power was like a giant hand, tightly strangling his throat, and like a sharp knife, reaching the lifeline of all Neilbrookers and civilians.

"Odd, stop and get off the horse." Noah interrupted his thoughts.

Fortunately, Dilo was very clever and stopped by himself without Odd's order.Noah lifted the curtain and jumped out of the carriage beside him.

Aldrich asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

"Dillo and I are going to the Val de Verteri."

This statement means that there is no need for Aldrich to follow.

"Why?" Aldrich jumped out of the carriage and helped Dilo remove the harness.

"You are here looking at the things in the carriage. Dilo and I went to get some things. Last time, we didn't bring them because of the rush." ​​Noah touched Dilo's neck and motioned for Aldrich to help him up. .

"What?" Aldrich couldn't help asking, he couldn't think of anything left in the bandit camp.

Noah didn't answer, he gently urged Dilo to run, and his back quickly disappeared from Aldrich's sight.

"Come back early!" Aldrich shouted loudly, not sure if Noah heard it.

Dilo took Noah and ran briskly in the Veteri Valley. Since the last time he came, Dilo had completely memorized the route to the bandit camp.

It ran fast and steadily, and despite Noah's lack of horseback riding experience, he still didn't feel any discomfort.Soon, they arrived at the bandit camp.

The outpost still stood at the forefront, the torches around the camp had been extinguished, and there were bloodstains on the ground, and all the corpses had been moved aside by Aldrich.

Dilo lowered his body to make it easier for Noah to dismount.

Noah rubbed its face affectionately and said, "You should be called Smart Dilo!"

Under Dilo's long eyelashes, a pair of moist and transparent eyes showed an obvious smile.

Noah walked quickly into the camp, the place has lost its original excitement, the air is very quiet, like a storm is about to come.

He found the pile of corpses following the bloodstains, and after a night of laying them aside, many wild beasts came to share the corpses.

Noah didn't care about the smell of blood in the air. He picked up the tattered corpses, searched carefully, and finally saw the bandit leader.

The corpse of the bandit leader was also gnawed to pieces, it was like a dragon fruit smashed on the ground.

His armor was gone.

Noah clearly remembered that he was wearing the standard armor representing the imperial knights.Generally speaking, standard armor has a unique logo, representing his unique identity.

And the beast would never eat that hard and heavy thing.