Time flies, and three weeks after returning to Prosper, Henry and Mira were successfully promoted to the blue label.
The new mercenary badge will be issued in three days. Even if this is still only the first step in the eyes of truly talented people, it is already a hurdle that many people will not be able to overcome in their lifetime.
The most precious thing of a sage is his abundant knowledge. The white-haired Luo Anda Loli often wonders whether he has reached the level of omniscience and omnipotence.
Specializing in treating difficult and complicated diseases can be said to be the impression the two of them have left on the staff of the Mercenary Guild in the past three weeks.
The bird's nests of rock petrels fixed on the cliffs; the alert little fish that will run away instantly if there is any movement; various difficult tasks that low-level mercenaries dare not take the risk of losing their mercenary cards. They have all been completed easily, the completion rate so far is 100%, and the employer's satisfaction is also the same.
In just three weeks, Henry and Mira earned 17 Sivalier gold coins.
Such a sum of money was unimaginable to the girls before, and all they needed to do was to complete some tasks that were not too difficult in her opinion?
No - Mira did not indulge in the satisfaction of completing the task directly, but began to think, just as Henry taught her.
If there is no sage but herself, can she come up with effective solutions?
——The answer is obviously no. This is proven by the fact that the vast majority of illiterate green and even blue mercenaries have not tried to take on these tasks for so long.
She is not much different from them, and she only knows some superficial things.
Knowledge must be studied harder. The girl secretly made this idea in her heart, and then while carrying out the mercenary mission, she also carefully studied everything Henry taught her.
This made the sage feel very happy.
As we mentioned before, it's easy to get lost and lazy.
There are many people who lose their fighting spirit when life becomes better and more stable. People who are satisfied with the status quo and don't want to work harder are also getting a lot of money - who doesn't want to live a more relaxed life if possible? If living like this is already very satisfying, you will always be content with what you have. Comfort is always easier than hard work.
This is a simple truth, and it is suitable for most people, but if this girl wants to realize the little ideal that she still refuses to say even though it has been exposed in her heart, she cannot be like most other people. Like most people.
"I believe that everything in life is worth going all out, and moderation and moderation are for cowards." Henry said, and Mira, who was writing Siwaliya seriously, turned around. Her eyes widened because the sage said this in her native language.
"Who said this?" This sentence expressed in Luoan language contains many artistic conceptions that can only be understood. They seemed to naturally attract the girl's attention, and Henry smiled.
"Victor, Viktor Mikhail Vladimirovich."
"Half of the Luoan people love him, and the other half of the Luoan people hate him. He not only betrayed the essence of the Luoan people and chose to become a poet, but also appropriately expressed the passion and passion of the Luoan people in his poems. A brave, contradictory dual body." Henry said this, and Mira stopped and lowered her head because she didn't even know what her own nation had.
"Teacher..." She didn't raise her head, but Henry could hear the seriousness in her tone.
"We." The girl's word was a Luoan expression to emphasize the 'we' group she was referring to.
"Have you lost a lot of things..."
The meaning contained in the low tone of the young white-haired lolita may only be understood by herself and the sage standing next to her. Henry did not answer, but Mira continued.
"The more I read these articles and books, the more I discovered that there are many, many things in this world that I have never known about."
"The history of the country, the culture of the country."
"Just two city-states separated by more than ten kilometers, people may use different words to express the same thing. And then look at Avenella and Civalier, the two countries are so different. ..." She raised her head, glanced at Henry, and then lowered it again.
"They have their own songs, they have their own stories, and we..." Mira said the word again in Luoan language.
"We just repeatedly emphasized the glory of the past, emphasizing the misery when the country was destroyed by the Otolo people. Even when my parents were still alive, what they told me was always about the past Luoan Weiguo How cruel and bloody war is."
"But I don't understand." She shook her head, and her long white hair swayed slightly with this movement.
"I don't understand this way of emphasizing the hatred of the past all the time. I don't understand why it is mentioned again and again, why it is left behind, why we leave it to our children and grandchildren."
"It can't be something more beautiful." Mira, with a sincere tone, stared at Henry seriously with her big eyes.
"..." The sincere and profound question hit her heart. The sage looked at her quietly and smiled slightly.
"When you take something very seriously, you will be like this, unable to extricate yourself." The plain gray-blue eyes were just as calm as ever. Henry continued: "The exile on the West Coast The reason why the Luoan people, including your deceased parents, have repeatedly mentioned this matter to their descendants is because the former Luoan Kingdom was so important to them."
"Indeed, being obsessed with the glory of the past cannot move forward. Even the culture of one's own country has been lost, leaving only hatred and dissatisfaction. This is a wrong way of life."
"Forcing them on the new generation of Luoan people who have never experienced all this, and passing on hatred instead of good culture, will only make the Luoan people's situation in society more embarrassing." Mira said seriously. Listened, while Henry continued.
"but……"
"It's not too late to start, isn't it." He looked at Mira with a smile. The girl was stunned. After a while, she nodded seriously and began to study harder.
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Time flew by quickly, and the two of them stayed in a hotel on the outskirts of Prospell for the past few days while waiting for the mercenary badge to be upgraded.
When the appointed day came, they mounted their horses again and headed to the city.
Today, Henry and Mira exchanged horses for the brown war horse that is usually used to carry things on their backs. Horses are humane animals, so the two occasionally exchange roles to prevent these animals, who have similar minds to children, from feeling that they are Being left out and feeling depressed.
Mira still cannot ride a horse alone, and equestrian training also takes a long time, and for now, she has a full schedule of swordsmanship and language learning.
It is not uncommon for children around the age of 11 to learn to ride horses among the nobles. Child-sized saddles and pedals are also available in saddle shops. Although the prices are relatively expensive, now the two of them have a fairly stable income. It's also affordable.
The horseshoes struck the stone slabs with a clear echo. Horseback riding was not prohibited in the urban area of Prosper, but no one including the Duke, including other nobles, allowed horses to run.
The laws of the kingdom are very strict on this. Anyone who violates the regulations will be directly executed by the horse, and the rider will be fined at least a thousand Sivalier gold coins.
Those who cannot pay the fine will directly become slaves and will work to death for a full meal.
"Neigh." The war horse made a noise. He handed another Ella silver coin to the fat stable manager, and the two turned and walked towards the mercenary guild across the street.
"Are you here?" The female staff member still sitting at the counter had become familiar with the two of them. Henry nodded, while Mira smiled slightly: "Good morning, sister Sandra."
"Well, good morning, little Mila." Sandra, who had short brown hair, said with a professional smile, then lowered her head and took out two blue mercenary badges from underneath.
"This is yours, please keep it." The overall appearance of the mercenary badge, which is larger than the green one and made of slightly better quality blue gemstones, is not that big from before, but the bright color proves that they are Now he is considered to be the better-off among the lower-level mercenaries.
Henry aside, Mira, who obtained the blue badge at the age of 11, can be regarded as a talent to a certain extent. The mercenary groups who want to win over the two have also appeared in twos and threes during this period. Few, but both of them refused one by one.
Hanging the badge on her chest again, the blue gem shone brightly in the sunlight that poured in through the door. Some movement nearby attracted their attention, and Mira looked over.
It's an acquaintance.
Alan, who still had a green card, was greeting two novice mercenaries who were about the same age as him enthusiastically. He didn't notice Henry and Mira here. The first floor of the mercenary union was quite large. The enthusiastic one-handed swordsman in the rest area on the right is dedicated to promoting himself.
"It seems that she and the other three people broke up on bad terms." Mira said in a low voice. Alan did not see Benoit, Jeanne and An around him. It is necessary to recruit collaborators. Everyone in the team agrees rather than he can make the decision himself, so not seeing team members next to him means that the team may no longer exist.
"Who can blame you?" Henry shrugged, and the two of them turned around and walked towards the largest board with various tasks written on it.
The smell of ink that had not yet dried filled the air. Mira, who had become accustomed to this smell, raised her head and looked towards the board. Many other mercenaries were also standing next to it. The center of the board was marked with The huge parchment has a unique mission written on it.
"Liba...mission?" What was written on the parchment was Sivaliya, the most mature language on the West Coast, and the language the girl is currently learning. But she was just getting started and couldn't fully understand it yet.
This is the biggest difference between this mission and other missions, because as we mentioned before, the vast majority of mercenaries are illiterate, so almost all missions commissioned by the mercenary guild have no real written descriptions. Instead, it is narrated by various simple abstract symbols commonly used by the people, which cannot be said to be words.
This kind of iconographic symbol is also a product left over by the northern pirates. It is simple and clear. The general task description is only twenty characters or less. This article is not as eloquent as this one.
The Mercenary Guild has naturally taken this into consideration, so it has a staff member nearby to explain to the mercenaries.
After several narrations, Mira understood.
This was the "Freedom Mission" she had heard of before. It was officially commissioned by Sivalier, so it was written in the official language of Sivalier.
There is no limit to the number of people who can take the free mission, just like the escort mission of the Chamber of Commerce Alliance that Luo An and Henry once went together. You have to go there and then prove your strength and you will be rewarded.
This can be said to be the most stable income among the tasks listed in the mercenary guild. Mira noticed that many of the people standing nearby and listening were blue-brand mercenaries like them. Obviously this was already a convention, so experience The richer ones have been waiting here for a long time.
"Let's go." Henry said to Mira. After the staff explained the requirements of the entire task, many people turned around and walked outside. Free tasks do not require registration, as long as you have a mercenary card, you can apply.
"Go to Inznir." The sage said with a slight smile.
