The bell rang for a moment, and a young girl with a delicate face wearing a gray-white robe appeared in the yard.
"Who are you looking for?" Looking at the clothes of the three wizards, she sounded a little wary: "This is not that kind of place. You are looking for the wrong one."
While Zheng Qing was still thinking about what kind of place 'that kind of place' was, Xiao Xiao had already handed over the note in his hand with a smile on his face.
"We are students from First University's Kuyou College. We received a recruitment invitation from the Gini Hut, so we came over to see if there is anything we can do to help." His words were very polite and tactful, and he did not blame the other party for being rude. And angry.
As he spoke, the note in his hand moved gracefully like a fish, with a slight splashing sound, and finally fell into the hands of the young girl. This little trick made the girl opposite me shine with a look of envy on her face.
"Please wait a moment, I'll go ask Sister Kolma." She looked through the parchment in her hand and finally replied.
Xiao Xiao was confident and nodded repeatedly.
After the witch left, just as Zheng Qing turned to look at Xiao Xiao, Fatty Xin next to him came over with a mean smile on his face.
"I know, I know, you want to ask what kind of place the 'kind of place' that girl mentioned just now is, right?" Fatty Xin winked as he said, his originally honest round face inexplicably looking a little more vulgar: " Just... that kind of place! A place where men all want to go but can only go there in secret."
Zheng Qing is not a child. When he saw the fat man's wretched appearance, he knew what he was talking about.
"Stay away from me," he twitched the corner of his mouth and took a step back calmly: "I don't want to get things like dragon disease syphilis, snake flower genital warts... It is said that these days in the North District There is an incurable disease called 'Magic Immunodeficiency Virus' that is prevalent. If you have it, your magic power will continue to drain, and you will eventually become worse than a magician."
Fatty Xin had a somewhat uncomfortable expression on his face.
"It's just a joke, am I that kind of person?" Fatty defended for a while, and then added: "And the magic immunodeficiency virus you mentioned is just a rumor. I think it is more like the habit of some wizards in the alliance. Throwing dirty water on the magicians. Who knows if those sick guys were backlashed by black magic while doing black magic experiments."
There is some truth in this statement, but to be cautious, Zheng Qing will never conduct this kind of consumption in the North District of Beta Town - including other districts, and he will not go to other places!
With this strange confidence, he glared at the fat man fiercely again, which made the fat man confused.
"How much do you know about this Gini Hut?" Zheng Qing turned to look at Xiao Xiao, who had been keeping quiet, and asked, "You didn't choose this task randomly, did you?"
Xiao Xiao nodded silently, pondered for a long time, and then slowly explained:
"The owner of Gini's hut is Corrado Gini. It is said that he was once an officially registered wizard. However, due to some changes, he was deprived of the book of magic by the Wizards' Federation, sealed his magic power, and canceled his wizard qualification... and later... , everyone only knows that he opened this Guini House in the North District of Beta Town and became a magic master among magicians."
"Gold will shine wherever it is." Fatty Xin commented.
"Is this the point?" Zheng Qing glanced at the fat man angrily, and then asked worriedly: "Then his mission this time won't be something illegal... Is it appropriate for us to directly accept this kind of mission? "
"I didn't say it was Corrado who issued the mission." Xiao Xiao raised the notebook in his hand: "The imprint on the parchment belongs to Colma de Gini... She is Corrado's daughter, so she can use the Gini cabin Issue commissions in the name of the company.”
"Colmar de Guini?" Zheng Qing repeated the name. It felt very familiar for a while, but also had a strong sense of dissonance at the same time.
Fatty Xin spoke immediately and expressed Zheng Qing's sense of disobedience.
"De?" The fat man raised his eyebrows: "She is a noble? I heard you right. You just said that his father's name is Corrado Gini. There is no 'de'."
Zheng Qing immediately realized that he had just noticed something abnormal.
In French, names containing 'de' (German) are a symbol of nobility, used to express noble status and are intended to highlight and show off their lineage. Similarly, there are "Von" in Germany, "Fan" in the Netherlands, etc.; from a certain perspective, "Tang" in Spain and "Emperor" in Italy also have similar functions.
As we all know, the inheritance of noble status is extremely rigid and strict, but similarly, this kind of inheritance of status has been very declining in modern times. Korma's name has '德' in it but her father's name does not. From that point of view, it is very strange.
"And, if I remember correctly, 'Gini' should be the surname in Italy," Zheng Qing realized later and added: "It always feels weird for an Italian to use the word 'German'."
Dr. Xiao Da nodded happily.
"Being able to see this shows that you still have some common sense." He adjusted his glasses and explained calmly: "Colma inherited the word 'De' from her mother, Ms. Sophia de Heer. Ms. Sophia's father, Baron Hale of the Cotentin Peninsula, only had one daughter and no adopted son. In other words, de Hale became extinct in this generation. So after Baron Hale passed away, with the approval of the Wizards' Union, Cotentin had no heirs. Miss Erma inherited the identity of 'De' and became the last remnant of the Hale family in the world."
"In other words, except for the extra 'De' in her name, Miss Colma is not really a noble."
Zheng Qing and Fatty Xin were in admiration as they listened to the doctor's eloquent explanation.
At the end, Xiao Xiao added: "The school actually has professional courses to study the noble lineage. Things like 'blood heraldry' and 'werewolf totemology' are two of the most popular subjects. You can study them if you have time." "
If you can't learn it, you can't afford it, so you run away.
Zheng Qing and Fatty Xin handed over to the doctor almost at the same time, expressing their attitudes.
A gust of cold wind blew by, rolling down a few plum blossoms on the branches in the garden. The snow-white petals fluttered down, adding a bit of artistic conception to the conversation between the few people.
Before the wind had subsided and the plum blossoms had fallen, the girl who had informed appeared in front of the three boys again.
This time, she opened the door to No. 33 Gu Diao Street.
"Sorry, I've been waiting for a long time." She apologized and led the three of them to the yard. At the same time, she explained: "Sister Kolma is instructing her companions inside. You may have to wait a while after entering...but no need to Worry, it’s very fast.”
At this time, Zheng Qing and others naturally wouldn't worry about it. After all, they had already checked in at the hotel at the North District Pier and had no need to rush.
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. Guests can do as they please." Xiao Xiao was polite and walked at the front.
Zheng Qing and Fatty Xin were half a body behind, following the doctor - this time it was Xiao Xiao who received the task at the secret bulletin board, so naturally he took the lead.
At noon, most of the pubs were not open yet, and the Sakura Tavern on the first floor of No. 33 Gudiao Street was no exception.
Perhaps for this reason, the young girl who led the way did not lead the three people into the house through the main entrance. Instead, they walked half a circle around the white exterior wall of the two-story building, and finally came to an external staircase on the side of the house. .
