As soon as he said this, Neil felt a little regretful and touched his nose.
But that didn't stop the maid Lucy from raising her head, revealing her face that was wet with tears again.
The tears that he had finally suppressed came out again because of Neil's unbearable concern.
He was still too worried.
Fortunately, Abdia solved the problem and helped explain. At the same time, he also handed over a handkerchief, which also solved the problem of Lucy's constant tears.
"Lucy's father is an alcoholic and her mother is a bad person. She doesn't want to lose the job given by the Duke, because only this job can help her brother continue to participate in the knight training in the town."
Hearing this, Neil also sighed.
This is a common topic, and he has seen it a lot - as a poet, Neil not only praises the beautiful scenery, but also sometimes criticizes the ills of the times and laments the unavoidable hardships of current affairs.
For the vast majority of citizens of the Cole Kingdom, especially those who live in areas with little land near the royal capital, maintaining food and clothing is usually not a problem, other expenses are a worry.
Unless there are special reasons, you can't make ends meet anyway.
For example, there is a drunkard who spends a lot of money, a gambler who falls into a bottomless abyss, or even the young and old whose family owes huge debts and runs away, and has a sword pressed to their neck, and they need to bear joint liability.
Since the Cole Kingdom issued a liquor restriction order due to a special incident, the price of liquor with some special materials has skyrocketed, which has further affected this situation and intensified.
Endless greed will always make people stumble, but it is the diligent people who suffer. No matter how innocent the starting point of life is, there will always be people who fall into the abyss under the instigation of temptation.
Even if it wasn't intentional.
Fortunately, Lucy can still be saved now.
Neil was really sympathetic, but looking out the window, he realized that they were indeed approaching the town of Windsor, so he could only put aside his good intentions for the time being.
He still has things to do.
After getting off the carriage, he turned around and ignored Abdia and Lucy's instructions. Neil walked quickly to the car in front and attentively watched Duke Albert get out of his beautifully decorated car.
——Even if his field of vision was limited and he could only look in from the window, Neil could still see the gold-inlaid decoration on the table and was quite moved by it.
Albert Talanick got out of the car, flicked the flying dust off his knees, then raised his chin and looked left and right.
"It's just such a place, it's not interesting. There are flowers and plants, and the house is very old - what's so special about this? Galola, are you kidding me?"
This is really not like the attitude you should have when you claim to "visit the remains of your ancestors" and check out the situation in the name of giving it away, and feel that you are full of poems and books.
Neil also expected it, smiled bitterly, changed the topic and at the same time tried to persuade him politely.
"Good scenery requires knowledge. It is different in the morning and evening, and the weather. Don't forget, this is also a seaside - the intersection of mountains and seas is unique. I remember there is a rather special and strange legend that may interest you."
"What legend?"
Albert raised his eyebrows and at the same time punched the side with his Tianhe wood cane, obviously being partially interested.
A little bit, not much, but you can use it as leverage to start taking advantage of opportunities.
——Just as the person expected.
Neil thought to himself, continued to reorganize the language in the direction he said before, and paraphrased it based on the current situation.
"There is an ancient song that says that there is a secret valley among the valleys south of the Lettsman Mountains. It is secret not only because of the steepness of the mountains - but also because of its unique power, and the vision of it is shocking. .”
"What valley?"
This sentence seemed to move Albert a little, his body trembled, and he quickly asked.
Then he realized that he had lost his composure, and immediately changed his tone and became disdainful.
"Are you just bragging? I've seen a lot of deceptive things. How can there be such a legend?"
He also grasped his scepter, which symbolized wisdom, as if he wanted to find temporary support and draw knowledge from it.
But obviously not.
"Perhaps it really is true." Neil said slowly with a stern expression, "I heard that only a few wise men can finally find that place, called the 'Forgotten' Valley."
