Lin smiled and said: "Take it all. Please give me another broth and bread. And--" Lin turned around and asked, "--do you want wine?"
The young magician hiding behind someone nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, and Lin turned around and said, "Give me two more wheat bars. Is this enough?"
"That's too much." The fat shopkeeper stuffed a few more gold coins back into Lin's hands, only took two away, and said, "Just find an empty seat and sit down." Then he left to make preparations.
The reason why Lin came in without causing trouble was because he guessed that someone who would tolerate a person borrowing some wine and food on credit would not have a bad character. And from the fact that he only took part, not all, we knew that the other party knew how to measure. You must know that according to the consumption level of an ordinary tavern, the five gold coins Lin just took out can probably eat and drink here for free for a long time.
This is not because the other party is afraid of magicians. Ordinary residents living in the holy city of Estali usually have a neither humble nor arrogant attitude when facing magicians, instead of bowing and trembling everywhere like slaves. In addition to the self-consciousness of the magician community, the inspectors wandering around are also a major reason.
Magicians cannot completely separate themselves from the ordinary people, just like no matter how noble their status is, they still need farmers and soldiers to maintain their wealth and authority. Therefore, when magicians have disputes with ordinary people, most of the inspectors who come to arbitrate help the disputes rather than the relatives.
But the manifestation of such civilization is only in the bright spots of the Holy City. But for ordinary people, such a life is quite good. As for those who voluntarily go to the dark side, of course a different set of rules applies. But as long as they don't walk into the shadows themselves, everyone still abides by the rules.
This is why the fat shopkeeper is not afraid of throwing a magician who owes money out. Of course, even though he doesn't know magic, he is still a capable person. However, opening a store is always about business. Now that someone has paid off the debt, he has no reason not to continue doing business. So the hot broth and the fluffy good bread were brought to the table quickly. There were also two large glasses of ale.
These things can be regarded as the most high-end dishes in the tavern. The young traveler from Italy had not eaten such good food for a long time, and since he was really hungry, he wolfed it down on the spot.
Of course, there were conversations in Italian and Midi Common. He was just eating something in his mouth, his speech was slurred, and he was excited. It would be great if he could actually understand two out of ten sentences.
Even so, Lin still roughly clarified the situation of this young man.
He suddenly came to this world two years ago, when he was about fourteen years old. It’s similar to someone’s experience, being taken in by a kind-hearted old magician. But it was different from someone's experience afterwards, because within half a year, the old magician died. After that he lived alone until today.
"So, the golden thread on your body is fake."
The young magician who was exposed said shamefully: "Yes, this is the relic of the old magician who took care of me. I am his last apprentice. After I bury him, I will accept the property he left behind. Including this magician’s cape.”
Lin sighed, what a daring young man. No wonder, according to my own detection, this young man's power level is at best an ordinary apprentice, not even a level one. He said: "Listen to my advice and remove the golden thread. If you are pretending to be a magician and are discovered by the inspector, the matter will be very serious."
Due to the mobility of adventurers in Lost Land, when a group of people come to a new location, it is difficult to determine their identity. In most cases, what the adventurer or magician reports himself is what people in the new location will register. Except for titles prefixed with 'big', which require recognition.
In addition to the difficulty of verification, another reason why it is so loose is that no one has to be responsible for others, only oneself is responsible for himself. He is obviously just a magic apprentice, but he pretends to be a magician and takes on tasks beyond his ability. Who will die?
Just to avoid such fakes, not only killing themselves, but also implicating teammates who are taking risks together, Midland will still have penalties for such people who pretend to be their identities. Don't think you can get away with a fine or jail time. Usually it's an arm, a leg, or a life.
So after knowing this fellow's situation, Lin couldn't help but warn him that this kind of behavior was unacceptable.
As if he knew that what he was doing was not good, so the young man followed suit and pulled off the golden thread and put it into his arms.
And to be honest, there is no real difference between walking in this world as a magician or as an apprentice. Maybe everyone will be very respectful to the magician wearing the golden thread, but the money that should be collected will not be less. When they realized that this person was just a paper tiger, they hung up ten golden threads to no avail.
Some brave people even dare to touch real magicians, let alone fake magicians. On the contrary, the fake person still has to worry about how he will die the moment he is exposed. The young man had been hanging on before, but because no one mentioned it, he never paid attention to it. When someone exposed it, this golden thread was closed without hesitation.
After getting rid of the unsightly golden thread, the two couldn't help but ask each other about their origins. The young man only said that he came from Florence, which was ruled by the Medici family. Even if he asked in detail, he could not tell anything more. From Lin's observation, it's not that he deliberately concealed it, but that he really didn't know.
As far as someone knows about European history, the Medici family is a long-established aristocracy in Western Europe. But the lineage of such a family seems to have been cut off in the eighteenth century, and before that, Florence had been the family's home base. This shows that the young man in front of him was a European before the 18th century.
Also because in Europe at that time, knowledge was not as widespread as it is on the modern earth, so I wanted to ask this young man more news about his hometown, especially the time period he belonged to, but I couldn't answer any questions. He could only talk about the customs and customs of Florence in his impression, and they were all trivial matters.
But someone is not a professional in European history, so he has no way of inferring what mountains and waters are. Suddenly Lin thought of something and asked, "Do you know the Pope?"
The young man biting the bread widened his eyes. After swallowing it quickly, he crossed himself and said, "Of course I know."
"Then in your mind, who is the Pope?"
"It seems to be Pius II, but there are also rumors that it was replaced by Paul II. I live in the countryside and am not very sensitive to this kind of news."
...Well, it is already remarkable that someone can remember the order of the Twenty-Two Histories of Qing China. As a science student, I have no ability to memorize the list of emperors, and I have never even looked it up, let alone the list of Catholic popes. So, Bai asked.
Anyway, the young Italian guy is called Leonardo and has no surname.
It was normal for European commoners before the 18th century to have no surnames. During that period only nobles had surnames.
I don't feel like the name Leonardo. This is probably the name of a vegetable market in Italy. Think of Di Li who later filmed the Titanic. It is not unreasonable for Europeans and Americans to live in two or three lifetimes at every turn.
Homeless, claiming to be able to do anything. So after he had eaten and drank enough, Lin took him home. Just by speaking Italian, there was no way someone would let him wander. Fellow friendship is not just about helping, just help. If problems arise later, we will consider them later. If you don't help because you're afraid something will go wrong, you'll feel even more regretful.
Besides, the other party obviously comes from a different era than myself. Why? If someone doesn't get to the bottom of this issue, he won't be able to sleep well. Anyway, now the other party has nowhere to go, life is tight, and it’s not much trouble to have an extra mouth at home.
It's not like Leonardo didn't ask about someone's origins. But the talk of a young man is definitely not as good as that of Lin, a well-known veteran who only said that he came from a country as far east as Florence. It's a pity that this young man only knew about the Jatuman Empire, whether it was the Ming Dynasty or the Qing Dynasty, he just shook his head. Therefore, we still need to work hard to determine the time period for his arrival.
Carrying a big living person home, no one said anything. Anyway, there were a lot of guest rooms, so after asking Vanna to tidy one up, Leonardo fell asleep.
According to what he said, it has been a very difficult time, especially with the snow and cold weather, and he often wakes up from the cold. If this continues, I might not be able to wake up one day. So there was a room with no air leakage and a quilt. He was so excited that he couldn't speak. Not caring about being polite, he just stayed. For him, hearing the local accent in this strange world is a rare thing.
Leonardo, who had suffered for many days, finally found a comfortable environment and fell asleep all of a sudden. He wasn't afraid of being sold for repayment or anything. Anyway, he was going to die, so it didn't seem like it could get any worse.
But people who have just returned from eating, drinking, and negotiating a business will not feel sleepy so quickly. Regarding cars, what we are talking about today are also preparations. To put the production and research regulations into practice, you cannot rely on that group of people. You have to plan one yourself.
But more thoughts are still on the word "travel". A big reason why I want to get in touch with people from the Jialong Chamber of Commerce is that I suspect that the other person's ancestors also have a background of traveling. After meeting today, that feeling became even stronger. And it can also be seen that he is not from the same era as himself.
First of all, the attire of their guards and the weapons they used had a strong modern military style, but they knew nothing about "cars". Secondly, they master many types of crops, including spices, and many types are unique to this chamber of commerce. In addition, those exclusive varieties are actually some kind of edible plants on the earth.
Therefore, Lin estimated that Fang's ancestor's background was probably Vietnam during the French colonial era.
